The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-03-06

Christ, the Atonement, the Way of Sal
walton, the Judgment, the Resurrection
and the Second Coming were the prod
ucts of the Dark Ages" 1t required
1.-THE due time" to produce a Russell,
through whom the true light is now
shining it wasn't due, however, until
the coming of Russell and it will dis
perse the moral darkness of the past.
See!! Mueller and Moody, Sturgeon and
Finney and the thousands of others
whose tires were honored of God in
preaching the Gospel and winning souls
to Christ their piety and scholarship
and real knowledge of Scripture would
put the blush of shame on the cheeks of
this pretender, were it not for his eyre
gious self conceit. Alas, even these
could not discern 1.-THE due time, which
means the appearance of this luxurious,
light of Millennial Dawnism.
In The Divine Plan of the Ages, "
pages % u, he says the Early Church
did not see "as clearly into Gods plan
as it is possible to see today" and that
the Apostles had different degrees of
insight into Gods plan. though all their
writings were guided and inspired of
God as truly as were the words of the
prophets. This is not true as to the
great doctrine of Christianity. The
Apostles understood them and very
clearly taught them.
Russell is trying to turn the mind of
his readers to his perversions of the
truth, for he doubtless knows that the
apostolic church taught these truths
which he denies, so that those who
accept his teaching must give up the
teaching of the Apostles. he is right
Everybody else is wrong, for he has had
a revelation and he is now the accredit-
ed viceroy of heavenll He refers to
himself as that faithful and wise servant.
that servant whom his Lord when He
cometh shall find so doing whom He
make him ruler over all his goods. >"
Matt. 24:47.
On page III of THE Time is at Hand, "
he says: He has opened unto rs the
Scriptures. He has drawn 0Hr atten-
ton to the prophecies and shown as the
order of His plan Of operations. The
rs and cur, we must conclude, refer to
his teaching in general and to himself
in particular.
What is it impossible to understand
the Bible apart from his teaching? He
has the audacitY to claim this. This quo
tation is from an open letter signed by
Twenty-Five persons who seeded from
his church: In the Watch Tower for
Sept. 15, 1909, Russell has set forth
the view that he alone is that servant
referred to in Matt. A:45-47." "He
has through the Watch Tower and in
answer to questions at meetings of the
Tabernacle congregations expressed his
disapproval of meetings held for Bible
study unless such study was in connec-
ton with those works Of which he is the
author or editor, has stated that he
doubted whether much good had ever
been derived from all independent Bible
study in the past.
Dowie claimed to be Elijah the II, but
if Russell had not the gall to say so in
so many words. he claims that his testi-
mony is that of Elijah that should come.
Isn't it sad to think that the Gracious
Lord who gave His Son to die for us,
should have concealed his great truths
from the many devout souls and great
scholars of the ages, and denied spir-
itual illumination to all waiting for
1.-THE due time" to produce the illustri-
Gus person who was alone capable of
"the divine revelation, 4"
and who should shed the light upon the
household of faith-the light of his
teaching. Verify he is light and all
others are darkness.