The Washington times., 1915-03-01

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away avn / viii come nc
~ again and receive
you" John N:3.l
He complimented
| l Billy" Sunday by
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MElW0 W10lFTU come up to the BIZ
kkA2l$A kk22k4&l BILE, nevertheless
..-.. he is far ahead Of
so-called Orthodoxy" on this theme
Mr.. Sunday breaches considerably as
! DO on this subject. said the Pastor.
yet still comes far short Of my concep-
ton OF the Bible teaching. Mr.. Sum
Gays presentation recognises that the
e,tablish a worldwide Empire which
will bless the entire world with fullest
opportunity to walk In the ways Of
righteo.sness. To this We agree.
But we disagree with Mr. Sundays
who died during the past six thousand
years In ignorance Of Christ are to suf.
fer tortures to all eternity because OF
the Ignorance. Amongst these billions
he includes all who have never heard
heather lands, and at home where. he
explains to US. some were led strsi&at
down to Hell by the churches. These
billions. according to Mr.. Sunday. were
lucky.
We disagree with this and present the
Bible thought. that the dead are in
neither a fiery Purgatory nor a fiery
He'll. but in the Bible Hell-the tomb.
We insist that the Bible teaches that
ALI that are in their graves shall hear
the voice Of the Son OF God and come
forth" The sanity will come forth to
5l.Sry With With Christ Il HI. Kingdom.
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by Judgment. See Revised Version.
John 6:cs. p
These billions who have not intelli-
gently heard Of Jesus and His salvation
penalty Of Adams sin and not Of their
personal rejection OF Jesus. whom they
never knew. 1t Ia to give these the op-
portunity OF judgment. or trial. during
the thousand years Of Chr1sts ReigD.
that they will be called forth from the
tomb. A. all died through one mans
disobedience. all are 70 be awakened and
brought forth to an opportunity Of ever
lasting life through the obedience OF the
other man-Christ- The resurrection Of
hope. (Acts A:l6) Aside from a resur-
rection. there 10 no hope. Hence the
whole world. good and bad. are said to
sleep with their fathers"
"Orthodox" View Is Still Worse.
Those who style themselves "ortho-
dox" are still further astray from the
Bible than is Mr. Sunday. While the
latter proposes Millennial blessings for
the fortunates living at the Second Ad-
vent. Orthodoxy declares that there
will be no Millennium-that there will be
no hope for anybody except the Elect
few: that instead Of establishing His
Kingdom at His Second Advent. Jesus
will DESTROY the earth and its inhab-
itants with fire. They overlook the
teachings Of the Lords rrayerIthIst Pray, h1s
should believe that ultimately Gods will
shall be done on earth as fully as It Is
now done In Heaven. They neglect the
Scriptures which tell that Paradise 10
90 earth He /. seS aeae tootstool." and that He
ous. isaiah ss:i: cola
They neglect the Bible declaration
that the earth abideth forever" and
formed It to be Inhabited" (Ecclesias-
tss IA Isaiah 45:ls) They neglect st.
Peters declaration that the Restitution
Time. mentioned BY AL the holy s pnophs;
ss es ss jesus ss sssss Set. at iss Se'Gns
stead. they hold. and express It in all
their creeds-Catholic and Protestant
that at Chrtst's Second Coming the
earth and It's inhabitants are to be
consumed with literal fire. They are
led thus to give a literal Interpretation
to st. Peters symbolic statements por-
trayine the fire Of anarchy which will
destroy present institutions and make
Earth Ear 10, Of IN Messish's & Kingdom. " "
They fall into this error because OF
another formed during the Dark Ages:
namely. that the only kingdom Of God
that this world will ever see will be
ie n In yyt{
the various so-called Kingdoms OF God
are hutchering each other. Each Is try
ing to justify its own selfish course.
and all unite In saying that the civil
ised nations Of today are Christendom
This theory began in the year 400.
with Pope Leo III. since which time
Catholics claim that the Church 10 glori-
fled. retEn'ns with Christ. and the Pope
or instead Of Messiah. English. German,
and other reformers coming out Of
Catholicism brought with them the same
theory. which has been falsely added TO
L. the Kingdom and the power and the
glory forever" which words are not
found In the oldest Greek manuscripts
and properly omitted in the Revised
Version.
Proteetants generally. refusing the
Pope as the vicegerent of Christ, are
much confused when they attempt to
explain the Kingdom for which they
pray. Thy Kingdom come" and the
reference in Revelation to its lasting q
thousand wears. Protestant preachers
are becoming Higher Critics. Evolution.
lists, ctc and take little account Of the
Bible testimony. What pity that such
do not resign their pulpits and enter
business life. where higher standards OF
honesty prevail!
What Troubles Honest Preachers.
There are honest preachers who be-
lieve the Bible. yet are skepticel re-
specting Messish's Kingdom. Properly
enough. these argue that II Jesus had
teen slorifcd for eighteen centuries rs
4 Spirit Being. at the Fathers right
hand. and has boon preparing the
Church for tho Heavenly Courts II
wonSd ~ \ tstrosression for Him to
returS g. a,Nth and establish an earthly
kinedona ssSh Joldiers. servants, cour-
tiers. etc. Probably they reason that