River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-25

{ began TO sbe Consulted. Satan so work
ed matters that some of our forefa
theirs retained the He'll of indescribable
torture for all except the elect few
repudiating because not Scriptural the
only ameliorating feature-the purga
torial theory.
Their eyes blinded with the errors Of
fourteen centuries of no Bible study
the errors of human theories and doc
trines of demons-can we wonder that
the enlightenment of the past three
centuries has come very slowly? Even
when we were getting free from the
errors. Satan. our willy foe entrapped
our forefathers into the making of
creeds. and thus hindered further prog
ress out of the darkness into the light.
for which we all cry out.
LEAD, Kindly Light, Amid the En-
circling Gloom!"
The seducing spirits mentioned by
st. Paul are surely none others than
the fallen angels, of whom Satan is
the chief, or prince of devils" AS St
Paul suggests, there is a similarity
between the deception of the Church
and the original deception of Mother
Eve Eve was beguiled into believing
that Gods threat, Dying. thou shalt
die" could not be true The serpent
declared, "Ye shall not surely die"
Thus deceived by the serpent's lie
Mother Eve was ensnared and led her
husband and our race into death.
And now note the parallel. The Sc
ducing spirits, the fallen angels. have
sought to perpetuate in the Church
the very same falsehood which misled
Mother Eve. And they have succeed
ed BY visions. dreams. tipping tables
trance mediums, CLARA udient powers.
mesmeric powers. hypnotic powers.
they have deceived the Christian
Church, even as they had previously
deceived the heather. into thinking
that the dead are really alive. Upon
that foundation they have built the
doctrine Of the tortures of Hell and
Purgatory. and subsequently,, doctrines
of masses and prayers for the deliver
ance of the dead from Purgatory. and
ordained and predestinated all except
the Elect to eternal anguish
The Pastors Thanksgiving.
On Thursday last, when my heart
went out to God in special thanksgiv-
ing for all the mercies of life. | gave
Him special thanks that gradually the
eyes of my understanding are opening
enabling me to see Him in the glorious
light of His great, loving Plan of Sal
walton for the church and for the
world NV thanks for all temporal
mercies and blessings were dwarfed
as the anthem of my soul went up.
and repeated the text of today, Holy.
holy. holy. Lord of Hosts!"
All! 1t is a blessed thought that God
has already made provision that Mes
siah's Kingdom shall be established:
that Satan shall be bound and shall
deceive men no more; and that, instead
of the darkness Of ignorance and super
stition, the glorious light of Gods
goodness shall shine forth. causing the
earth to be filled with His praises!
With great patience God has permit
ted His plans and His character to be
misrepresented and traduced. Yet we
can see a wisdom in this; for even
tually, when all the blind eyes shall be
opened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped, when all the decisions Of the
past-the hobgoblins of seducing spirits
and the doctrines of devils-shall have
gone, the Lords precious character
and loving provision for our fallen race
will stand forth in glorious radiance
Whom to Know Is Life.
The Savior declares, "This is life
eternal, that they might know Thee,
the only true God. and Jesus Christ.
whom Thou hast sent" John 1879
Evidently He meant by this that who
ever would have an intimate acQuaint
ance with God must be received again
into Gods family; that those who do
not come back into Gods family will
| never know Him in the true sense of
the word-be able to appreciate the
glories of His grand characteristic
Justice, His Wisdom, His Power and
| His Love. Such knowledge is impart-
ed only to those brought into the fam
| lily and made partakers of Gods Spirit.
In the present time only very few
of our fallen race are able to take the
steps which lead to this intense, deep
| knowledge of Jehovah. The great
mass of mankind are blinded by igno-
rance, superstition and the weaknesses
of their fallen nature But God is not
content that merely the elect Church
| shall have this knowledge of Him and
this opportunity for everlasting life.
| His glorious purposes encompass the
world of mankind. His Divine ar
rangement is two-fold: first. that call
the blind eyes shall be opened and all
the deaf ears shall be unstopped''; sec.
ond, that 1.-The glory of the Lord shall
| be revealed and all flesh shall see it
| together" and that ''the knowledge of
Gods glory shall fill the whole earth.
us the waters cover the great deep"
A Grand HaIIeIujah Chorus.
| We may be sure that when the true
enlightenment shall reach humanity
the real character of the Heavenly Fa-
Their will be manifested, and there will
be hallelujah chorus on earth which
will rival the Heavenly acclaim of
Glory to God in the Highest 1t is
not for US to say that all. or even the
majority of the human family, enlight-