The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-29

lieve not, lest the light Of the glorious
| Gospel of Christ. who Is the image OF
| God. should shine unto them. - Co
| rinthians 4:3. f.
l 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 suffciency of non
] sense and doctrines OF demons to
I render them unhealthful for saints
and absolutely poisonous TO others.
| said the Pastor
Taking up his text. be declared that
| Its truthfulness is manifest on every
| hand The word Gospel means good
| tidings Of great Joy" This Gospel or
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 tidlngs.
"Hath Blinded Their Mnds.H
The Pastor pointed out that St Paul,
MS well as the other Apostles, foretold
the falling away Of the Church from
the faith once delivered to the saints. y
st. Paul particularly declared that this
would result from giving heed to Sc
ducing spirits and doctrines of demons
the fallen angels. Il Timothy 40
In a thousand ways, through mediums
planchettes. visions and dreams these
seduelng spirits have intruded their
demon doctrines upon Gods Church
Their purport Is 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 off stocking fires. they have
really been assisting ecclesiastics in
misinterpretion Of the Bible. especially
It's parallels and symbolcal statements.
As a result. the glory of God mani
tested in Jesus for human salvation
Is unintelligible to the world.
The statement Of our text. Hid r.
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 he 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
were from infancy trained to believe
In eternal torment. In such homes,
; 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. If chill
dren are scarcely restrained from evil
doing with the thought Of eternal tor
ture how terrible might be theil
course II they were to doubt that doc
trine! Little did we realize the fool
tshness Of such reasoning. Fear cannot
draw the sinner to God. THE love Of
Christ constraineth us
The Pastor then showed that the In
= 6uence 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 theil
being would find expression in wor
ship With the enlightenment Of the
2 Bible men would learn that all are sin
ners; that death IS 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 bes
Friend Almighty God In dread OF
God and In fear Of the unmerciful ar
rangements for the future taught then
from infancy. many have plunged
headlong into sin. striving to forge
Cod But a true knowledge of Gods
character has revolutionized the livei
OF many.