Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-10-29
Divine, the length. the breadth, the
height and the depth Of which he now
comprehended as never before.
The Power of Gods Word.

ne1gnt ana the depth of which he now
comprehended as never before.
The Power of Gods Word.
Another case: Several years ago l
met with Convention of Bible Stu
dents in Chattanooga. While there,
gentleman introduced himself, saying
that he was from Mississippi and that
he had become deeply interested in our
presentations of the harmony Of the
Word of Gcd. He said in substance,
II will not attempt to tell you how
wicked man I was before got your
literature. My dear wife here, an
earnest Methodist, said to me, John,
John, you will surely go to Hell!
replied to her, Mary, know it! l
know it! And, Mary, am determined
to deserve all that get. am not go
ing to He'll for nothing
Zone of your tracts came to my desk
in my store. read it and perceived
that it was different from anything l
had ever understood respecting the
teachings of the Bible; for it seemed
more rational and more God-like.
sent to you for various Bible Students
Helps. The result is that the Love of
God has constrained me, has conquer
ed me, in way that the doctrines of
devilish torments could not influence
me. Now see the true teaching Of
the Word of God; can honor Him,
worship Him, and take pleasure in lay
ing down my life in His service. l
have made full conservation of ev-
erything I possess.
"For time sent you a fifty-dollar
check every month; but, Brother Rus
sell, it was in the nature of conscience
money. At that time the most profit
able feature Of my store trade was the
sale Of liquor to the Mississippi ne
groes. AS the grace of God more and
more filled my heart to overlooking. it
brought me to see that must love my
neighbor as myself and do injury to
none, and those checks stopped. /
ceased to deal in liquor, and have de-
voted my whole life to the service Of
God and of my fellow-men."
Three murderers confined in the Ohio
State Penitentiary had from childhood
been trained in the doctrine of eternal
torment by different denominations;
and yet these men had committed muir
der. Under the providence of God.
these men received some Of our liter
ature-" STUDIES IN THE SCRIP
TURES"-and were cut to the heart
when they learned Of the Love of God,
as expressed in the Divine Plan Of the
Ages. This knowledge made such a
change in the hearts and the lives Of
these three murderers that the prison
keepers took knowledge of them that
they had been with Jesus and had
learned of Him. BY and by they were
patroled, and today two Of them are
preaching the Gospel Of the Love Of
God, seeking to bring their fellow-men
out of the condition Of darkness and
sin into the glorious sunlight Of Divine
Love and Truth.
Let Us Acknowledge the Truth.
Having tried the Gospel Of Fear and
Domination and Torture for the past
sixteen centuries, and having seen that
under this teaching there are more
blasphemy and general wickedness in
Christendom than even in the heather
world, should we not decide that it is
due time to give the true Bread and
Water of Life to the hungry and thirs-
ty ones who, for lack of it, are search
ing the earth over, and many Of whom
are falling into Higher Criticism and
other decisions peculiar to our day?
With shame Of face we must all ac-
knowledge that I'VE have done those
things which we ought not to have
done, and have left undone those
things which we ought to have done;
and there is no health in u.s." The
proper thing for us to do, dear Chris
tan friends. is to get down upon our
knees. before the Lord and In contri-
ton of heart acknowledge that we
have wrought no deliverance in the
earth Usaiah 26:1S); that our sectarian
differences are our shame; that the ig.
norance tn which we have all been re-
speeding the Word Of God is humiliat-
ing.
When once the eyes of our under
SCdIllluS are Opeueu, we Cdu cOmpIe-
bend as never before the harmony Of
Gods Message from Genesis to the
Revelation. Daily the Word Of God
becomes more precious to us. More
and more we realize that it is our duty
to fly to the assistance of our dear
brethren in Christ and to call upon
them to join us in a determined stand
: for God and His Word of Truth. We
must show them that our God has
been dishonored by misrepresentation
of His character and Of the real teach
ings Of His Word. We must point
them to the fact that the Bible does
not teach that all mankind except the
Elect will be consigned to an eternity
of torture at the hands Of demons.
We must also show them that the
Election of the Church during this Cos
pei Age does not mean injury to the
non-elect; but that on the contrary it
is the Divine purpose that the elect
saints with the great Redeemer shall
constitute Gods Kingdom, which will