River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-24

(RASIoR- 3USsELg) 1873
He explained
chat the Book of Revelation declares
itself to be book of symbols. The
Woman of the text is the symbOlicai
Woman Of the Bible; namely. the pro-
fessed Church of Christ. The context
declares that the Woman herself the
Church NominaD was drunken with
her own success In overcoming the
saintlier followers of Jesus; that she
attained great outward splendor as the
price Of her unfaithfulness to the Re
deemer-the price of her illicit inter
course with the kingdoms of earth-re-
ceiving their support in return for her
recognition of them. At the same
time she held in her hand the Golden
Cup-the Word of God, which is full
of testimony against her, but which
she used in such manner as to deceive
and corrupt them, and to make all the
people drunk, as our text declares, in
dividually and nationally.
The speaker adverted to his dis
course of the previous Sunday, In
which he had pointed out some of the
false doctrines which led to the exalta-
ton of the Scarlet Woman. the un-
faithful Spouse of Christ She had
not followed her Redeemer's footsteps
| in humility and self-sacrifce. She nad
especially separated herself from the
people under the clergy title; she had
practised and prOspered; she had
fought down the true followers Of Je-
sus. causing them to suffer for right
eousness sake, even as the Jews had
crucifed Jesus. and as the Apostles
had suffered for loyalty to Truth.
Intoxicated by her successes. she went
to great lengths of boasting, establish
ing herself as the Queen of Heaven,
ruling over the kings of earth. yet hav-
ing fellowship with them and dra wing
support from them. Both kings and
peoples were made drunk, infatuated,
with the thought that they could have
so close dealings with the Divine King
dom and still live after the flesh. Deg
radiation, mental and moral, ensued
while kings and peoples went into a
drunken sleep from which they are not
yet fully aroused.
Daughters of Babylon.
The Sixteenth Century brought par
! tial awakening. but the Adversary was
at hand to re-entangle those mentally
confused by the adulterated wine-the
mixture of Heavenly Truth with earth
ly selfishness and deviltry. The time
had not yet come for the binding of
Satan. and the Lord allowed him to
continue to make the way narrow for
the jealous, sanity few. To have al
lowed the full light of Truth to shine
in upon the world at that time would
have meant the permission of the great
Time of Trouble nearly three centu-
ries too soon; for the Lords Kingdom
would not be ready for establishment
until the full end of the six thousand
years of the reign of Sin and Death,
and the completion Of the elect num-
Der of the True Church.
For these reasons God permitted the
various Protestant Churches to be
born. and to develop under the infu-
ence of the intoxicating Cup of their
Mother. This being true, we are not
surprised atkthe prophetic declaration
| that the Daughters had the Mothers
disposition and became Harlots like
her to the extent of their opportunities
-affiliating with the kingdoms of the
world. cooperating with them, modify
| ing doctrines so as to meet with their
sapproval, etc. Each Daughter has done
her share to perpetuate the-iintoxica-
ton of the world.
Babylon Is Fallen, Is Fallen"
The name Babylon fits the entire
household; The word contains a dou-
BILE thought: first, the Gate of Cod and
second, confusion Thus it imports
that the professed Church, the Gate
way to God and righteousness, became
confused, impure and adulterOus.
Each must judge for himself as re-
spects who and what these symbols of
the Divine Revelation signify. | be-
lieve that not many of Gods people
who are awake and even partially So
bered up from the false doctrines or
the creeds and their perversion Of the
Scriptures will need further assistance
In seeing that Babylon, the name orig
inally applied to the Mother Church,
has become a family name, applicable
equally to all human systems fraudu-
lently posing as the True Church.
The Scriptures tell us that this True
Church has not yet been glorified: that
her members are being called. devel-
oped, perfected under Affections. In
preparation for their exaltation to be