Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-12-10
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hbCout1Ou 10 my opponents, Dut kluce
Blaloek has come out with such intol-
cradle abuse Of Pastor Russell. l feel
that must defend the truth. Paul
says. "Woe unto me if preach not
the gospel" Brother Russell has new
er claimed to be prophet. His teach
ings ale all from the Bible. He proves
everything he teaches by the unfailing
Word Of God. he has never said that
the kingdom of Christ would be fully
set up this year. The rock that was
cut out Of the mountain without hands
must first crush the kingdoms of earth.
Then it will fill the whole earth and
the earthly kingdoms are now being
crushed. In the 18th chapter of Dan
lei, first verse, we read, land in that
day Michael shall stand mp and there
shall be time of trouble such as has
never been since there was a nation, ="
aud Jesus, referring to the same time
says, "No, nor ever shall be-" and
except that time should be shortened
no flesh would be spared, but thanks
be to God TIE trouble is TO be cut
short, but it will be awful while it
lasts. for the Scripture says every
mans hand will be against his neigh
Dor, and there will be no peace, either
going ont or coming in. Micheal is
soon to stand up, for the trouble has
begun over in the old country, and it
will be worldwide, but thanks be to
God, when it is at its worst, Jesus
Christ will stand mp and say, "Peace,
be STILL" and the awful storm of hu-
man passion will cease, and there will
be glorious calm. Satan will then
ho nd sak ,.oirK n
thousand years. Then all enemies of
Righteousness will be destroyed in the
second death and there will be no
more sickness. sorrow, pain or death.
As to Pastor Russell's writing for
money, or receiving a salary. he does
not, He has put fortune into his
work and only gets his expenses He
works every day and never takes a
vacation His sermons are published
in thousands of newspapers. He is
giving out spiritual food to thousands
of hungry hearts. which is much more
profitable than debating. Although
debating is sometimes profitable it is
nothing to be compared with the
great work of Pastor Russell in dis
pensing Gods word. ! am truly sor-
ry for all who are so narrow minded
and prejudiced that they cannot I'M
derstand Gods wonderful plan of sal
~ation and the Wilderness of His mercy.
trust that soon their eyes will be
opened SO they will learn to study
their Bibles Alright, Brightly dividing
the word of truth -
The language Of the Bible is often
figurative or symbolic. All students of
theology should know this. The Book
of Revelation Is full of instruction,
but it is given in symbols and figura-
tive expressions. When two Scripture
texts seem to be In opposition to each
other, let us not take the one that
suits our belief and leave the other,
but let us study them In connection
with other scriptures and see which is
a literal statement and which is a fg-
urative statement The fgurative
must bend to the. literal. II we study
the Bible in this way We will find
that 1t Is q beautiful hafmonious
book from Genesis to Revelation. We
will End that firein the figurative Ian
guage Of the Bible, represents de-
struction, and sometimes, to make the
statement more forceful. birthstone is
mentioned In connection with lire. for
what is more destructive than the
fumes of burning sulphur. Is 1t not
very foolish to suppose that anything
could live in lake Of fire and brim-
stone. ft
All who have read my articles know
that have never written about the
end of time. only mentioned the
Gentiles' times. True, one of my let
tiers was headed with something about
the end of time but I did not write
the headlines. Jesus said Jerusalem
shall he trodden down Of the Gen
tiles till the times of the Gentiles be
fulfilled" Jerusalem represents the
Jewish psople. and If we read the
we find that the Jews are
no longer prosecuted. On Sept. 5th,
the Gear of Russia issued proclama-
tion to all the Jews of his Empire
stating that the Jews might have &C.
cess to the highest rank in the Russian
army, and that the Jewish religion
was to have the same freedom of other
religions in Russia, so the Jews are
no longer down-trodden. Many of
them are now In Jerusalem and soon
more will return to their own land
and possess it. God says thru His
prophet, Amos, "And I will bring
again the captivity of my people of Is
rael. and they shall build the waste
cities and inhabit them, and they
shall plant vineyards and drink the
wine thereof. They shall also make
gardens and eat the fruit Of them. -
Amos 9:14. If I wrote endureth in
stead of abideth il was mistake, but
not SO bad after all. for there is little
difference in the meaning Of the two
words. and we have other Scriptures
70 prove that the earth will not be de-
'troyed, but that the present order of
;hings, all the evil systems, must he
obliterated. The kingdoms of this
world must be demolished. They
must give place to the kingdoms Of
Christ. Those who do not believe that
Armagedon is now begun, should read
The eighth verse of the third chapter
IF the book of Zephaniah: Therefore
wait ye upon me saith the Lord, until
the day that rise up to the fray. for
my determination is to gather the ma
lions that / may assemble the king.
1oms to pour upon them mine indig.
nation, even all my fierce anger, for
all the earth shall be devoured with
the fire Of my jealousy for then I will
turn unto the people pure language
that they may all call upon the name
Of the Lord to serve him with one con-