Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-06

or the untrutufulneSS or this addition Is 1t true that whoever believes the Gospel of Christ may handle serpents with impunity and may drink deadly poison without harm? Surely not It Is nothing short or sin for those who know better to acknowledge these verses and to use them to bolster up theories of Divine Healing. It is as much a crime to add to the Word of God as to take away from it.
 Today I invite attention to some oth- CT dead flies some other additions to Gods Word. which have had much to do with twisting the theology once de- liyered to the saints Take. for in stance. the closing words of the Lords Prayer
 -Thins Is the Kingdom and Power and
 Glory"
 These words. if uttered by our Lord. should be found in the old Greek MSS. But they are not found therein They are. therefore. 10 be rejected as additions made by people centuries after Matthew's Gospel was written These words were introduced when the faith of the Church respecting the Kingdom of Messiah was changed or changing from what it was originally.
 Ali through the New Testament the second coming of Christ in power and glory to establish His Kingdom and to glorify the Church. His Bride, is set for the end of this Gospel Age. But as the time grew long change of sen timent came into the Church It be- came popular and rich. Its bishops were respected Finally the theory prevailed that God did not intend to delay the establishment of the King dom until the second coming of Christ. but did intend to establish it in the hands of the Church during this Age and to use the Church for the con quering Of the world and the fulfilling of ail the promises of the past
 h line with this the most prominent bishop of the time was recognized as Divinely appointed to represent Christ in the world and 10 reign over the na- tiOns in his stead and to bring about the Messianic reign, etc. This was the Bishop of Rome. who subsequently was styled the Pope and who claimed and was accorded the honorable title, "Tice-ge-eHt Of fhe Son of God" It Is said tbat the equivalent of this title ! Is worn to this day by the Pope on his l tiara. or three-crowned hat-Ftearius Del Filii
 | "Thy Kingdom Come on Earth" l The Lords prayer was already In the Scriptures. and was known 10 many l It could not be eliminated. But some jealous person, fully believing that | Gods Kingdom had come, felt justified | in amending the prayer to correspond to what be supposed were the facts. 1 Hence the prayer which begins. Thy Kingdom come" is made to end by saying. Thy Kingdom has come in it's | glory and power"
 ! How glad we are to see the Truth on | this subject: that the Kingdom of Gods dear Son has not yet been set up | in any sense of the word-that 1t Is still | future. It cannot be set up until this | Gospel Age ends and the "elect" saint 1 ly few Of every nation. Jew and Gen tile. shah be changed from earthly to hea yenly nature by the First Resurrec- ton. which will qualify them to be ! kings and priests unto God and unto Christ and to reign with Him a thou sand years (Revelation xx. 6.
 ] It Is well that all Bible students should mark this fly" and extract it | from the Precious Ointment and notice | how much sweeter and fresher the Lords prayer is to them forever.
 @oh, What Whopperi"
 II Who cannot sympathize with the great inadei, Thomas Paine. who wkeR | reading the last verse of St Johns Gospel. exclaimed. .'Oh. what a whep Il perr' IL reads, And there are also many other things which Jesus did. the which. if they should be written every one. I suppose that ever t.ie world i,- self could Rot contain the books that shonld be written" John xxi. a5l. Surely anyone of reasoning mind shonld see the absurdity Of such a statement Surely all Christian minis ters should have informed the Lords sheep under their care respecting what is and what ss not the Word of God. the Bible. as it was recognized by the Apostolic Church and written down in the original Greek MSS Why any Christian minister should assau me because I endeavor to do for the peo- pie what he has neglected to do cannot understand. ] must leave 1t to the Lord to judge between US.
 I rcrent Higher Criticism and accept the Word of God in full reject notb- ing because of my own or other mems surmises. but merely go by the facts. If al.. ..laIua C-ool- nfSC an rnf .l.sn-