Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-29

((RASIQR RUSstlll) by whom are ;'n
| So things. and We by
Him. Corinthians viii. E.
| Pastor Russell declared that for cen
| turies Christians have been overlook
| ing the real doctrine Of the Trinity, set
forth in the Bible, and have been per
| picking their minds in an endeaVor 10
| believe and understand the mysteri-
| ous theory Of the creeds on the subject,
| which so persistently ignores the laws
| of mathematics, by declaring that
three ones are one or at times varying
the declaration and asserting that one
| Is three.
Ally one questioning this fabulous
statement, even to the extent of asking
! IN explanation, was branded a hereto
and assured that the matter is mys-
terry which cannot be understood, but
that If denied the penalty would be
eternal torture; and in numerous in
stances jealous persons had andcipat-
ed the torture by burning the inquirer
at the stake as, for instance, was done
by our good brother John Calvin to
Servetus.
Doctrine of Trinity Traced.
There is no unreasonable mystery
connected with the doctrine Of the
Trinity as presented In the Bible, said
Pastor Russell On the contrary, it is
very simple, very reasonable, and very
honoring to God the Father, Jesus the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
The Pastor traced the doctrine Of the
Trinity, as presented In the creeds, to
its source. 1t was not the teachings of
Jesus and the inspired Apostles, and
surely not the belief Of the Israehtes,
and those who for more than four
thousand years had been Gods people
before Jesus day. After the death Of
the Apostles, the Bishops enormously
claimed to be their successors vested
with Apostolic authority, and these
formulated the creeds with their va
rious Inconsistencies and Bible contra
dtctions. .y.t... ..q 4 u,
The Trinity Of the creeds was intro
duced to Offset the agnostic influences
Of the Greeks, who became Interested
n Christianity as a philosophy, but
who denied its teachings respecting the
prehuman existence Of Jesus, the ne
cessity for His death as sin-atone-
ment, and the doctrine of the resurrec-
ton. " Ia
In proportion as the Grecians denied
many Christians would combat their
theory, and they advanced claim after
claim until they reached the climax
represented in our creeds Of declaring
! that Jesus was His own Father and
His own Son at the same time, that
one God, equal in power and glory,
prayed to the other part of Himself
with strong cryings and tears to be
delivered from the power Of the tomb,
was heard and was raised from the
dead by the power Of the other part Of
Himself. 8
Indeed, said the Pastor, some have
carried the matter so far as to claim
that when Jesus died the world was
FOR three days without a God, that He
then raised Himself from the dead.
Others, considering this an unreason-
able view, claimed that Jesus never
i really died, but merely pretended to
| dte-that all Of the experiences Of the
cross were mere farce, paDtomime,
performed for the effect upon the peo-
PIE that merely the body Of Jesus died
after crying. M " God, Ny God, why
hast Thou forsaken Me2n ana that the
real Jesus, the real God, stepped out
and watched the proceedings and con-
/ ntyed at the deception, including the
further deception respecting the resur-
i rection from the dead.
. All Of this must be abominabie to
4 the Father. All Christians are per
picked with this man-made mystery.
i Now. as Bible students are waking
and are studying the Bible, they find
that Its teachings are very different
4 from that of the creeds, that it. is very
real, very logical. very beautiful. very
i harmonious.
rinisy supported BY Forgery.
Before we come to the examination
Of the Bibles testimony respecting the
Trinity. 1 remind You that the word
trinity does not occur In the Eng
4 Iish Bible from Genesis to Revelation,
Il and that no passage approximat ting
such teaching is found there, except
lone, and that one Is al, interpo collation..
4 as all scholars. Including Trinitarians,
admit The Revised Version expunges
the additions evidently added about
Il the seventh century. because they are
mot found IA any manuscripts Of ear.
4 lier date.
The spurious passage is found In st,
4 Johns FIRST Epist ne, 81. Those SUN.
Iciently interested vim read the pas:
4 sage n ITS proper form Id the Revised
Version, and we ask them to note tia,
i the ditlonal words OF the forgery