Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20

resist the force Of
his Bible teachings, they misrepre-
sent them and vilify his reputation,
that thus they may hinder good peo-
pie from hearing and reading. "By
their fruits We shall know them; and
these wicked fruits indicate that many
clergymen must be in a seriously
wrong condition of heart, else they
would not bear these unscriptural, un-
manly fruits--"works of the flesh and
Of the Devil"
Denying the Son Of God.
Billy Sunday has Joined other
preachers in the slanderous msstate-
ment that Pastor Russell denies that
Jesus is the Son of God. How foolish
1t is for them to make such deliberate
mlsstatements in our day, when even
tually their falsehoods will be found
out! People realize that only despera.
tion, attempting to support weak
cause, could lead a professed minister
Of the Truth thus to do it violence.
The Pastor declared that really 1t is
he who believes that Jesus is the Son
Of God; but that the great majority of
preachers and evangelists do not clear
ly so teach; that they confuse their ar
gument and bewllder their hearers by
telling in one breath that Jesus Is the
Son Of God and in the next breath
that He is His own Father. Accord
ing to them, Jesus is Jehovah, who
sent His Son into the world to die,
and He Is the Son, who sent Himself,
as the Father; when He prayed to the
Father 1t was mockery; for He was
the Father-"one in person."
When He said, "My Father is great
rr than l." He misrepresented facts,
according to these preachers and creed
makers. He spoke Of the Cup which
His Father had poured for Him, Of
how He could do nothing Of Himself,
Of how He would return to the Fa-
ther He prayed, MY Godl Why hast
Thou forsaken Me?" and He said to
Mary, 81 have not yet ascended to My
! Father and your Father, My God and
your God" But these wiser.than-the.
Bible teachers contradict Him. and feel
like saying, Jesus must have been a
Mlllennial Dawner! But We know
better than He did"
] c,,aI ton,h,v, m ogcnptol n1nlfn
void the Word of God through their
traditions. In claiming that Jesus Is
Jehovah, the Father, they really deny
that He is the Son Of God; for com.
mon sense tells everybody that a son
proceeds from, receives his life from,
the father. This is exactly what the
Bible tells us in respect to Jesus
Truthful Criticisms Invited
The Pastor invites truthful criticism
of his teachings; but his opponents
know that to treat him fairly would be
to turn all thinking people to his side
the Bible side. For thirty years they
ignored him, lest people should find
out; but as his sermons now reach
millions, preachers are alarmed for the
safety Of their musty creeds, and re-
sort to falsehoods, Misrepresentation
and slnnders-tho weapons OF moral
towards, who renlze their weakness.
| II they charged him with dlsbellcv-
/ Ing in the doctrine Of the Trinity that
three ones are one, he would cheerful
~ admit, and point them to the fact
that the word Trinity IS not found In
the Bible, aud that the thought OF
Trinity Is not there, except IN one pas.
sage which all scholars Of all denomi
nntions admit to be forgery See
John 5:7, s, Revised Version.
The Pastor believes IN the Heavenly
Father. Jehovah God; IN the Heavenly
Son. our Lord Jesus Christ who left
the Heavenly nature took the human
nnture, died for our sins, and was nft-
erwnrd highly exalted to the Divine
nature; In the Holy Spirit the Spirit
OF Truth, the Spirit Of God, the Spirit
Of Christ. the Spirit Of all who ore on
Gods side. His crime, he declared, Is
that he does not believe that the Fo'
thcr, the Son aud the Holy Spirit are
"one IN person, equal in power and
glory" neither one existing before the
other, neither one the Son aud neither
one the Father, really The Bible, he
Asserted, says nothing Of this kind, and
he b glad that his head Is not 80 H.
logical as to lead him to deny the Bi.
bic and common sense for the sake OF
being In harmony with creeds made In
the Dark Ages.
+ The remainder Of the discourse was
devoted TO thorough discussion Of
every text !n the Bible relating to the
subject