River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-09-10

position. Thus Babylon with her ten
wards includes practically all of Eu-
rope; and Mother and Daughters of
this same family name include nearly
all of the Protestant denominations as
well as the Catholic Mother Church.
What Is Meant by HarIotry7
1t should be remembered in discuss
ing this subject that the Scriptural
language is igurative-that it does not
signify that either the Church of Rome
or her Protestant Daughters are i'm
moral. The correct thought is this:
Primarily the Church of Christ was a
virgin" company of persons, called
out separated from the world, its aims
and its mbitions-called to be saints
and joint-helrs with Christ in His
Kingdom To whatever extent sys-
TENS rose amongst the followers of
Jesus and became affiliated with any
of the kingdoms of this world-to that
extent, Scripturally, figuratively, they
committed harlotry; for they were
espoused to the King of kings and the
Lord of lords, and were to wait for
Him, that at His Second Coming they
might become His Bride and His Asso
ciate in His Throne.
It will not be questioned that Papacy
became affiliated with the Roman En-
pire and sat down on the throne of
Rome; nor that the Church of Eng
land. as one of her daughters" be-
came affiliated with the British Govern
ment and now sits, representatively In
the House of Lords. It would not be
questioned that the Greek Church ex-
perienced d similar betrothal and mar
riage to the Russian Government, the
Lutheran Church to the German Gov
eminent, etc.. etc. 1t is on this account
and in this sense that the Church of
Rome and her Daughters and
daughters, organizations of Professionals
are figuratively called by the family
name of Babylon.
BabyIon's Golden Cup.
Under the figure of "a woman cloth
ed in purple and scarlet the Mother
System of Babylon long centuries ago
made all the nations drunk with her
wine," the doctrines which she had In
her Golden Cup. Revelation 17:1-6.)
The Golden Cup represents the Bible,
the Divine Standard, or authority. 1t
was misused when the wine of false
doctrine was put into it-when the Bi
bic was claimed as authority for vari-
Gus erroneous teachings Of the Dark
Ages. The intoxicating "wine" which
made the nations drunk, and which led
them to support the woman" and to
call themselves Christian nations, Pa
pacy still holds In her hand, and still
offers to whoever will receive it. But
the nations are gradually SOLDERING up
1t Is not necessary to suppose that
every doctrine presented by Papacy
was false and intoxicating. The
thought is, rather. that Supplying
potion was put into the wine already in
the Cup. AS the Golden Cup represents
the Word Of God and Its Message, the
stupefying potion may well be under
stood to be some of the doctrines; for
instance. that Gods Kingdom has al
ready been set up. that the papal
throne Is the Throne of Christ, and
that the Pope reigns as Christ's Vice
gerent, or substitute and representa-
tive Other poisonous elements threat
ened the people with purgatorial tor
ture or with eternal torment If they
failed to keep in line with the papal
authority-this claimed vicegerent au-
thority of Christ.
The Protestant denominations were
all born under these intoxicating in
fiuences and false theories. While they
separated from the Mother system and
denounced her. nevertheless they held
doctrinally to many Of her intoxicating
errors. Consequently they, too, claim
that somehow, they know not how.
Messiah's Kingdom has been set up
and is reigning. They, too, join in CIV
ing the nations some Of the same com
mingled wine" that the Mother gave
them. telling the people that these are
Christian nations, even though they
have anything but the Christian spirit,
and are building guns and dreadnaughts
to blow each other off the earth.
So strong is the power of this in
toxication that the inconsistencies Of
such theories are not discerned by
those intoxicated. Only the few who
are gradually getting free from the
Supplying potion are able, by Divine
assistance. to see some of the mistakes
along this line. These see that neither
the Church of Rome nor any of her
Daughter systems is the true Church.
Each system processes to be the
Bride of Christ, yet each knows that
the marriage of the Lamb is to take
place at the Second Coming of Christ
They have therefore very generally lost
sight of the fact that the true virgin
Church Of Christ. only a Little Flock
duke 1882. who will be accounted
worthy to become the Bride of Christ.
must wait for the Lord from Heaven,
Il Thessalonians 10. 10D She must
keep herself "unspotted from the
world rirgin. that she may be ac-
counted worthy to enter into the joys
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