The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-06


crate as one; others teach that thes
are but three different manifestation
OF the one God what confusion.
All this has tended 90 undermine IN,
faith Of the more rational members o
these various churches So disgnste,
have people In general become witt
their inability 20 harmonic with com
mon sense the creeds formulated II
the Dark Ages that many OF the bright
est minds have abandoned them ant
sought 20 frame new and more ration
al conceptions.
/ But alas, the great Adversary, as tb,
Apostle forewarned. has manifested
/ himself as an angel of light and leader
into all truth, and has captured their
| college and seminary professors and
their most prominent ministers. With
wonderful unanimity they have become
| Higher Critics and Evolutionists In
the name OF all that is holy and good
they are persuading the leading minds
In the various sects that the Bible IN
not the Word Of God; that Il is not re-
liable; that while Jesus and the Apos-
ties were honest enough, they were
not brilliant scholars, and therefore
could not detect the falsities of the
Old Testament, upon which all Of their
teachings are based.
Denying tho Lord That Bought Them
These wise men OF our time assure
us that the story OF Adam and Eve Is,
ut very most, an allegory, which TWEEN
~ men might interpret In twenty diff.
ferent ways; that there never was a
Garden of Eden; that there never was
II sentence upon Adam because OF his
'lisobedience In perfection; and that,
therefore, the Scriptures delude us
when they declare that by reason Of
Adams disobedience sin and death en-
tered the world Since they deny mans
fall, they perforce deny the need OF
Savior. They deny our Lords words
that He came ito seek and to save that
which was lost'-Luke 1910.
Denying that there was any sin, they
deny that Christ died for our sins and
rose again for our justification Il
Corinthians 1853; Romans 4:24. 25.)
They ignore the Apostles statement
that by one mans disobedience sin en-
tered into the world, and death as
result of sin; and that thus death pass
ed upon all men, because all are sin
ners. Romans DID Thus do they
make void the Word Of God and set
up, instead human theories--the gold
en- image to which all are required TO
bow down and worship If they would
be called respectable, intelligent.
Churchianity-Confusion--Babylon.
All this while the true Church has
been Sin the wilderness" as the Scrip |
lures explain. Revelation 1910 In
other words, she has been In disfavor, |
ignored, and unknown to the worldly
wise. Some of her members have been |
throughout the various de |
and some have been out |
side of all these. The popular institu-
tons known as churches are worldly; |
their aims, ambitions and methods are
Hence there can be very lit
tie religious sympathy. fellowship and
70 operation between the majority In
these systems and the minority who
are true to the lord and His Word.
Our Lords parable Of the Wheat
md the Tares pictures the situation
exactly. He and His Apostles sowed
he good seed. Subsequently the Ad
rersary sowed errors, and brought into
nominal Christendom many who were
Christians I'm name merely and who
)rofessed morality for personal pront-
,ither to escape eternal torment or to
gain present advantage. Look where
ee may over the field Of Christendom, .
We see comparatively few true disci-
lies of Christ wsslngly and gladly
Walking in Ills footsteps In the narrow J
way of self-sacrifice and service. We
ee the vast majority ignorant of the (
ruth and of the grace of the Lord h
ot knowing Jesus as their personal
avior, not knowing from what they
we're redeemed, not knowing TO what :
hey have been called, and not knowing n
he trials and difficulties Of this pres
mt time for all the faithful ones. q
We see that the fruits Of the Spirit ;,
leekness, gentleness, patience, long. ;,
love-possessed by the wheat
lass, are not esteemed by the tares.
he tare class is full Of earthly ambi p
ons, schemes and plans; In every +
ense OF the word they give evidence h
nat they are OF the earth earthly.
ONE Of these tares are fine, noble PEG 3
lie in many respects; but they have !,
ever consecrated their lives to the AZ
ord's service even unto DEATH they q
ave never entered the narrow way, II
'hich alone leads to glory and honor. il
Having In mind the numerous brands
Churchianity and their various con. ~,
letting doctrines, we cannot wonder
rat the Scriptures use the word Baby
name for these =
stems as a whole. One can put his Nv
nger with some degree Of defniteness ef
pom the teachings Of Confucius, and
3 followers know what they believe of
e same with those Of Buddhists, h;
rahmins, etc, but not so with Chris D.