The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-10-10


Gospel Of Christ, who Is the image Of
God, should shine unto them."-2 Co
rinthians 4:3, 4.
do not charge our forefathers with
evil intent in making the creeds.
cheerfully admit that every creed con-
tains an element of Bible Truth. My
contention is that Satan has substitute
ed the creeds for the Bible; and Into
the creeds, through human weakness,
he has injected a sufficiency Of non
sense and doctrines Of demons" to
render them unhealthful for saints.
and absolutely poisonous to others.
said the Pastor.
Taking up his text, he declared that
its truthfulness is manifest on every
hand. The word Gospel means good
tidings Of great Joy" This Gospel Of
Divine Love and Mercy toward our
race is completely hidden from the
world. Even mature Christians dis
Germ but little because the creeds Of
human tradition have SO misrepresent-
ed God and His purposes as to make
Of them bad tidings.
"Hath Blinded Their Minds."
The Pastor pointed out that St Paul.
as we'll as the other Apostles. foretold
the falling away of the Church from
1.-THE faith once delivered to the saints. :"
st. Paul particularly declared that this
would result from giving heed to Sc
ducing spirits and doctrines of demons
the fallen angels. Il Timothy ALL
In a thousand ways, through mediums.
planchettes, visions and dreams, these
seducing spirits have intruded their
demon doctrines upon Gods Church.
Their purport IL to deceive mankind
regarding Gods real character and pur-
poses.
The Pastor then showed how success
full Satan and his fallen host have
been. While persuadlng men that they
were afar OF stoking fires, they have
really been assisting ecclesiastics In
misinterpretion Of the Bible, especially
It's parallels and symbolical statements.
As result, the glory of God mani
tested in Jesus for human salvation
Is unintelligible to the world.
The statement of our text. Hid to
them that are lost" said the Pastor.
does not mean that they are lost be-
cause they cannot see 1t. The Bible dis
tinctly tells us that all are lost through
Adams disobedience. The Apostle
means that the masses of the lost
world cannot see the Gospel light Soon
Christ will take His power and reign.
His first work will be to bind Satan.
that be may no longer deceive mankind.
What Prison Statistics Mean.
In all modern prisons. statistics are
kept showing what religious training
was received by the prisoners in early
life. In almost every case the prison
ers guilty OF the most serious crimes
We're from infancy trained to believe
In eternal torment. In such homvs.
fear prevailed instead of love. The
natural effect upon the children would
be a terror Of God, torturing fear
respecting the future
Even In Christian homes. the par
ents feared to tell the children their
advanced views. They said, II chill
dren are scarcely restrained from evil
doing with the thought Of eternal tor
ture. how terrible might be their
course II they were to doubt that doc
trine! Little did we realize the fool
lshness OF such reasoning. Fear cannot
draw the sinner to God. '"rhe love Of
Christ constrainetb us"
The Pastor then showed that the In
fiuence OF the creeds Of the Dark Ages
has been the very reverse Of what has
been expected. Man naturally has
reverence for God. The true knowledge
Of God would incline men, to worship
Him. The highest qualities Of their
being would lind expression In wor'
ship. With the enlightenment OF the
Bible men would learn that all are sim
ners; that desth h the penalty for sin;
but that God has provided through
Jesus death q reconciliation.
BY hiding the Truth from men.
Satan has driven them from their best
Friend-Almighty God. In dread Of
God and In fear, Of, the ,unmerciful ar.
rangsments for the future taught them
from infancy. many have plunged
headIong into sin. striving to forget
God. But a true knowledge Of Gods
character has rsvoIutionissd the lives
Of many.