Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-06-08
Pastor RusselPs Sermon

with her ten wards includes practically
all Of Europe; and Mother and -Daugh-
ters of this same family name include
nearly all OF the Protestant denomlna-
tions, as we'll as the Catholic Mother
Church.
What ls Meant by HarIotry?
1t should be remembered in discuss.
ing this subject that the language is
It does not signify that
either the Church of Rome or her
Protestant Daughters are immoral
The thought is that the Church Of
Christ was primarily a virgin" com.
pany Of persons, called out, separated
from the world and its aims and ambl-
tions--called to be saints and joint
heirs with Christ in His Kingdom
To whatever extent systems arose
amongst the followers Of Jesus and be-
came affiliated with any Of the king
doms of this world-to that extent,
Scrlpturally, aguratively, they commit
tel.harlotry-beca they were espous-
ed to the King of kings and the Lord
of lords, and were to wait for Him,
that at His second coming they might
become His Bride and become associ-
ated with Him In His Throne
1t will,not be questioned that Papacy
became affiliated with the Roman EN-
pire and sat down on the throne Of
Rome. northat the Church Of England,
as one Of her daughters, became afill-
ated with the British Government, and
now sits, representatively, in the
House Of Lords. 1t would not be ques-
toned that the Greek Church expert
enced a similar betrothal and marriage
to the Russian Government, the Lu-
theran Church to the German Empire,
ETC., etc. II is on this account and in
this sense that the Church of Rome
and her Daughters-mother and daugh-
ters, organizations of Protestants, are
hguratively called by the family name
Of Babylon.
Habylon,s Golden Cup.
Under the figure of a woman clothed
in purple and scarlet the Mother Sys-
tenn of Babylon, long centuries ago,
''made all the nations drunk with her
wlne," the doctrines which she had in
her golden cup" (Reveation xvii.
1-6) The golden cup" represents the
Bible, the Divine Standard, or authori-
ty. It was misused when the wine Of
false doctrine was put into it-when
the Bible was claimed MS authority for
various erroneous teachings Of the
Dark Ages The intoxicating wine
which made the nations drunk. and
which led them TO support the won.
an" and to call themselves Christian
nations. Papacy still holds in her hand,
and still offers to all who will receive
It. Rut the nations are gradually So
bering up. and becoming less and less
inclined to take more Of the wine.
1t is not necessary to suppose that
every doctrine presented by Papacy
was false and intoxicating. The
thought is rather that of commingled
wlne-that stupefying potion was
put into the wine already In the cup,
As the golden cup represents the Word
Of God and its Message. the stupefylng
potion may well be understood TO be
some Of the doctrlnes-for Instance,
that Gods Kingdom had already been
set up. and that the papal throne In
the world is the Throne of Christ, that
the Pope relgns as Chrlst's vicegerent,
or substitute. and representative, 9th
or poisonous elements threatened the
people with purgatorial torture. or eter
nal torment, II they failed to keen
In line with the Papal authorlty-this
claimed Vlcegerent authority of Christ.
The Protestant denominations were
all born under these intoxicating lnhu-
ences and false theories While they did
separate from the Mother system. and
did denounce her nevertheless they
held doctrinally to many Of the intoxi
eating errors Of her cup Consequently
they, too, claim that somehow. they
know not how, Messlah's Kingdom Is
set up and is relgnlng. They, too, join in
giving the nations some Of the same
dope that the Mother gave them. telling
them that they are Christian nations
even though they have anything bul
the Christian spirit and are building
great guns and dreadnaughts to blow
each other Off the face Of the earth
So strong is the power Of this intoxi
cation that the Inconsistencies Of such
theories are not dlscerned by the In
toxlcated ones. Only the few who are
gradually getting free from the stupefy
ing potion are able, by Divine assist
0nce, TO see some Of the mistakes along
this line. These see that neither the
Church Of Rome nor any Of her Daugh,
ter systems are the true CnurcN Oi
Christ These see from the Divine
standpoint that these systems ure "har
lot" systems Each Of them processes
to be the Bride OF Christ, yel each
knows that the marriage Of the
Lamb" is to take place at the second
coming OF Christ, They have therefore
very generally lost sight Of the fact
that the true Virgin" Of Christ, a "llt
tle flock" who will be accounted
worthy to share the marriage and be
come the Bride Of Christ, must swat
for the Lord from lledven"-must live
separate from the world, keeping her
self unspotted from the world, a DirOin
that she may be accounted worthy Il
anNar lnto cha fnva ~ hes I nrd ha,nu,a His