World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-02-08

ism CT any other lSms
who claims an apostolic success
ion: is wrong. And now what
we will produce is the part
Of our text that says that
the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it, they will claim that
if they are not right; then the
gates of he'll did prevail against
Christ'S church. But we answer
No. And while we have proven
that the church has left it's
first love. and has fell away,
a I'd hts waxad cold, and
many have a form eff Goodness
but are denying the power 1t
does not convey the idea that the
gates of hell has prevailed and in
the first place Christ said upon
thi, rock | will build my church
this does not say my church is
already builded, Christ was only
preparing material at this time
to build his church with: and lie
did not speak of the hindering
causes that might stop the prog
ress If tie building. or what
delay there might be in the bull
ding of it. in the text, but tie did
speak of those delays and binde'
ring causes in other places in
His holy word such, as He said
hen He was speaking to His A.
postles ana said to them, they
shall kill you by the edge of the
sword and ye shall he led away
! Captive into all nations undoub-
tedly Christ ment while this was
going on the progress of the
building of his church, would be
V. ~ slick, For instance we
male an illustration of this fact
in this manner. A man under
takes tu build him a house and
he goes at it aud gets out all his
framing and has it all on the
ground.
And then leaves the place for
a night. And during the night al
enemy comes and cuts the tim
Der all into pieces. The building
!of the good mans house would
be Kindred somewhat, for the
good man, would have TO do !;
great deal of his work over. Ant
yet the enemy did not prevail
only placed in the way a hinder
| ing cause, And so it was whe!
the enemy killed the Apostles b.
the edge of the sword, and le'
T.. the rest away captive. Yet to
gates Of hell did not, nor has no
prevailed. And when the Pop
l Of Rome and Martin Luther sc
up the one man theory, and XII
ed the two witnesses, there by
, For the two witnesses was tn
two olive trees, and his two car
, dlesticks, which was the Jew an
| the Gentle who were the two oliv
|tre.s, Peter and Paul the t~
4 e4ndlestieks with the two 60;
|" pels. And when the one man tn
ory was set up the Two men wa
but out of the minds Of the pc
b ole. And the larg est gate OF be
d Sc; up. For the one man theory
y the largest gate of hell that thel
is in existance. It has sent MOI
s souls to eternal torment than
S other gates put together. All
J. wet it has not prevailed ov'
Christ's church. Nor it new
d will. For the three days and
is half, that the dead bodies
g those two witnesses were to !;
in the street of the great city,
>. at an end. And the spirit OF Ii
"a have entered into them aga
st and they are standing on the
1. feet. And the church of Chri
TX viii be completed, the buildil
at will be erected. And the gat
y of hell. will not have prevaile
70 The one man theory has been
at gate that more souls has pass
n. through to hell than all 9th
~ gates put together, for all 9th
to gates we're a mere side issue,
in side this great thorough-fa:e.