Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-01-20
which claimed 1t as their support and

However. suddenly remembered
that much Of the New Testament Is
composed OF passages from the Old
Testament and comments thereon.
Alas. | said for | cannot accept the
Old Testament Scriptures. But the
more | studied the matter the more
convinced | was that II Jesus and the
Apostles were NJ all what they claim
ed to be the Old Testament must be az
true as tho Ncw-as ST. Peter declared,
Holy men OF old spoke and wrote as
they were moved by the Holy Spirit"
Then began n more critical study of
the Old Testament. and TO my JOY. rs
| sought. found. rs knocked the door
OF Truth opened for me. found the
Bible teaching very different from
what had supposed II TO be. very con
trary TO that of all the creeds. The
latter. indeed. each and all. contain
truths taken from the Bible. but truths
incrustcd with various human creduli-
ties aud misconceptions-the Bible mes
sage as whole divided amongst many
creeds and made 10 contradict Itself.
The Bible He'll Is the Key.
To my surprise found the presen-
taiions Of the Bible not only more log
Teal than anything else In the world,
but absolutely the only logical presen.
tation on earth As interpreted by IT.
self. and not by the crecds and theo-
rics OF the Dark Ages. the Bible tells
one beautiful. reasonable. harmonious
story, from Genesis Ia Revelation. IL
tells nothing of fiery hell manned by
fire.proof demons. and supplied with
fuel for all eternity. to which Adam
and his race were sentenced on ac-
count OF sin On the contrary. IL teaches
that 1.-THE wages OF sin Is death"
II tells that the soul that sinneth. II
shall die and tells that Adam sinned
and came under this death penalty and
that all of his race by the laws or
herediiy are subject 10 frailty, weak
ness. mental. moral and physical-and
that these have triumphed in reign
81 sin aud death for now six thousand
years. L, tells that this death Is the
death into which Adam and all OF his
race go Sheoi. the he'll Of the Bible. for
all mankind. good and bad II tells that
there is no pain or suffering there. no
knowledge. no work of any kind
IL tells that all. both good and bad,
siccp. awaiting the resurrection or the
dead. II tells that mans death would
have been an extinction as complete ms
that of the brute beast had God In His
Wisdom and Love not arranged Tor
human redemption and a resurrection
of the dead. both of the just and I'M
lust. II tells that the Divine arrange
mcnt whereby God could be just and
not repudiate the rulership OF His own
Court and yet recover man from the
death sentence was arranged for. The
arrangement was that Jesus. by the
grace of God. should taste death for
every man." that las by man came
death. by Man also should come the
resurrection of the dead: for as all in
Adam die even 80 all In Christ shall be
made alive. every man In his own or
der II. .: Cor w. 81. o.
First the Elect Bride.
With God ~ thousand years are as
one day" I'll Peter Iii, 50 He has
therefore arranged that six Of these
great days shall constitute mans peri
cd of battling with sin and death and
that the seventh of these great days
shall be the Day OF Messiah. the Sab
bath or Rest Day 10 the world. In
which Messiah. rs the Divine Repre-
sentative. shall lift M all the willing
and obedient opening their blind eyes.
unstoppng their deaf ears and causing
an 10 know the Lord. from the least TO
the greatest
As q result some will refuse and die
the Second Death utter destruction.
No more than Il century of trial Is TO
he granted. hecause we read. The sin
ncr hundred years old shall be cut
ofr-'-a child "A century old in sin shall
be accursed to the Second Death.
isaiah lxv. 2O1 l,nt all who will ac-
cept Divine favor may then he brought
TO full. huIian perfection. similar to
that which Adam enjoyed at the he
ginning. plus the knowledge Of good
and evil. which he lacked.
Of these willing aud obedient ones
II Is written. Every knee shall bow
and every tongue confess, TO the glory
Of God" Many ~ you Chinese, doubt
less. win Then hc bowling before the
great King Of kings and Lord OF lords.
whom then you will know completely:
for "ihc knowledge Of the Lord shall
MI the whole earth as the waters cover
the great deep" And your forefathers.
whom you reverence. will be there,
too: their eyes shall be opened and
their ears unstopped. as IL Is written,
"All the blind eyes shall be opened and
all the deaf ears shall be unstopped."
What great reunion time that will