The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-05

ilPASIoR RUSSELl)l the balances and
foun d wanting"
(Daniel v, 20. 2S.) He said
While our message for today is meat
in due season" to the Household of
Faith and every way most important
to be understood, it is nevertheless a
subject difficult to treat without Civ
ing offense. without being misunder-
stood, without seeming harsh. Bear
with me, then, while expressing what
4 believe to be the Divine Message in
just as kindly a manner as know how
The Scriptures which | may quote in
Support of my presentations seem
Z harsh, almost to cruelty. but / assure
you. my hearers, that | am not respon-
sible for the language used. My re-
sponsibility is to speak the word Of the
Lord. In doing this | shall endeavor
to present the Lords words in as kind
ly manner as possible, and so far rs
possible explain some of the harsher
expressions; but ! must not shun to
declare the whole counsel of God-and
as fully as | believe He would now
There was no Mystic Babylon in the
days of Jesus and the Apostles. The
expressions therefore in Revelation
bearing upon Mystic Babylon. were
prophetic of the Systems and condi
tons which have since arisen in the
Church The word Babylon" has q
double significance. 1t comes from
Babel" 1t calls our minds back to
the period when the sons of Noah
lost faith in the Divine. Providential
care. and the promise of the rainbow
and endeavored to erect n structure
for their own preservation-the Tower
of Babel. This attempt led to the con
fusion of tongues
Similarly. following the days of the
Apostles and the persecution of the
early Church. an attempt was made
to erect a great religious System for the
Church's protection. not waiting foI
and relying upon the Divine promise
and establish His Kingdom for the
worlds blessing
The religious Tower of Babel was
primarily. pamcy It was wonder
full structure so far as it went. but il
never accomplished the designs of its
founders. Il never mastered the sit
nation and established the Church fal
above the power and influence of the
civil governments and earthly mon
archs.
1t was when the Tower of Babel rose
TO a considerable height in dignity and
grandeur that the Lord manifested His
power amongst the workmen. and con
FOUNDED their speeches Disconnected
the further building of the Tower
ceased, and the people of the different
languages set up each for himself nc
cording to the different ideals This
corresponds well with the Protestant
Reformation movement. and the vari
4ous denominations into which those
4pnce Catholics became divided
+ Babylon and It's WALL
Another thought connected with our
subject is that the literal city of Baby
Ion was a prototype, n prophetic figure
of Mystic Babylon The name Baby
Jon signifies. THE gate of God"-the
gateway by which access to God is 70
he attained. This in effect was the
claim made by Papacy. and the claim
she still makes. that she is great
City, a great Kingdom. that she has a
great wall of Divine salvation and pro-
Section about her-a great wall built
of ignorance and superstition. say her
enemies.
In the Book of Revelation Jesus pro-
phetically pictured the greatness of
this City this spiritual Empire. 1t is
essentially religious, although it in
cludes the great kingdoms of earth.
which unitedly are styled Christendom.
This great City Babylon is represent
ed as being divided into ten different
wards. each of which represents one of
the kingdoms of Christendom. and
which correspond to the ten horns of
the symbolic Beast, Compare Reeve
lation xi. 10; xii, ID: Kill, /.
) And as this great City. or spiritual
kingdom, thus includes the chief mon
arches of Europe. so. under another
figure. Babylon, Papacy. is represented
as woman" in whose forehead was
found the name. Babylon the Great.
the Mother of Harlots." Thus ia shown
in some manner the various Protestant
systems OF Christendom which sep
grated from the Mother Church" OF
Rome, still her daughters. still related
10 her. partakers or her character,
traits and disposition Thus Rabvlon