The Washington times., 1915-12-13

npirits, whose communications were through |
necromancers, wizards, etc. deuteronomy
such agents OF the EVIL one were to be per
mitted 70 live In the land Of Israel, But by
putting darkness instead OF light, satan
fiuence Of his errors. 90 that In the days OF
Jesus one Of His most prominent works Was
that Of casting out demons from ,ho,e WnE is'
spirits that they were possessed BY demons
The same was true Of the Apostles, who also
that Of Z maid that brought her masters much
gain through soothsaying-fortune telling. st.
Paul commanded the evil spirit to come on.
OF her; and forthwith her power 20 foreteh
events, etc, was at an end.-Acts 1913.
The teachings Of Jesus and the Apostles
estsbsbed 5s% ss' ,taSasrdS @ % in % proportion As
their teachings were received. The Bible
tells US that as the darkness hates the Ilsnt,
satang falsehoods hate the true Message OF
Goa. promulgated by Jesus and hts iviioweIs.
ae Son S o. 1ns psrsesSlSn o. 70 'ns tSn Sp sna his
/ hosts As we rehd, "Ihe Devn snali cast
many OF you into prison." etc. (itevelaton
2:lO.D throughout the eighteen hundred years
| OF this 0oBpei Age there has been - warfare
between the iighL ana the darkness, between
satan's false teachinSs' lnSiuiously lnsrHtsu
into mems minus. ana the teachings OF the
Lord and his people. VINO receINsd these
into good and honest hearts. Pride and am.
| Dltion were stirred up IN the Cnurcn; ana
tEOse who should have been humble followers
OF Jesus were miHleu into pomposity. with
a form OF godiness. but denying It's power;
| About Ahe year 3<O A. ~, Ine bishops OF the
Church, misIed by Satan. proclaimed them
selves TO be successors 10 the Apostles In
power and Divine authority; whereas the
bible declares that there were only Twelve
Apostles OF the Lamb" (RevelaIion 2l:H.)
We see clearly that the Church has their testi-
and, as 81. Paul. who took the place OF
Judas, declares, The Word OF God is SUI
ouShIy turnirSed ~ T,mothy s:lS1 The de-
luoed Bishops, claiming Divine authority,
made many changes from the teachings OF
the Bible. claiming that they indiviu tally
had the same inspiration as the Apostles.
They additionally fortified their position by
holding Apostolic Councils. and through these
making creeds. which for more than twelve
hundred years entirely supplanted the Bible.
The FIRST Of these creeds claimed to be a
simplihcation Of the Bible story, making
Bible study unnecessary. The Nicene Greed
. was made in the year 3z5 A. D.. at the Coun-
ell OF Nice, attended by three hundred ind
eighty-four Bishops at the invitation Of En-
peror Constantine. who paid their expenses.
According to his promise he backed up this
, creed. made at his suggestion and In Ear
) mony with his assurances. Hundreds of
I thousands OF the heather forthwith focked
into the Christian churches, with practically
no knowledge of God or OF the Bible. Con-
siderinE It Impossible to immerse these multi
tudes. the Bishops sprinkled them, claiming
full authority for their action: and the
! heather following OF the Emperor are said
4 TO have been baptized by the dipping o
b boughs and branches OF trees into water and
the % " S 8pGS them n,STe1 s9 aSss
i found in possession OF the Bible, or study
d ing II, was suspected OF heresy and Habl'
0 to persecution; for why should they study
e the Bible when the Emperor and the so
n called Apostolic Bishops had declared tn
4 Nioene Greed to be condensation of th'
h believed? During those twelve centuries II
n which the professed followers OF Jesus wer
Il without the guidance Of the bible, the pro
i fessed Bishop-A postles met from time 4
. time and made new creeds containing fres
. errOrs-the very errors which have trouble
u | the whole world ever since, and which ar
q still troubling US and confusing US.
e The Bible, speaking OF the influence o
y these false doctrines Of the civilized world
declared that all nations were made drum
II ton 1T:2l Gradually we are getting owe
y the drunken Stupor OF error which has s
to think of our Almighty Friend and Gre
" ator-the God Of all grace. the Father =
l. Eood ana perfect sift--to think Of Him a
" a great devil. who from the beginning ha
Is plotted knowingly and intelligently for IN
., creation OF the race. nearly all Of whOr
a were to spend an eternity in torture.
20 SATAN HAMPERED REFORMATION.
s Any one familiar with history realize
le that both Catholics and Protestants a.
~ truer and nobler men and teachers sine
10 the Reformation time than they were b.
-, fore. We are not blaming humanity Il
- =, the reign OF darkness. We are cnargln
"a the matter 10 our great adversary. Satai
- leader-to defend the Truth and to spres
knowledge; whereas In reality he has a
}. ways peraistently continued TO he the en-
r. my aad adversary OF God-seeking to thwa
e- every feature OF the Divine Plan. ,
ss doubt at many times he has Thought hin
%, the Divine Program or reaiizing that C,
re is able TO make all Of his Vaccinations
ne work out eventually Tor good.
IAl When in the Sixteenth Century the ltg
at Of the Reformation began to break, q
se people began to look past the Bishops al
ce to inquire what Jesus and the ApOSti
les for q time the Bishops stood In their wa
be 1t vas in the year 1925 A. D.. exact
Rn twelve centuries after the making OF I
IN, man and a scholar translated the Ne
MS Testament into English and sought to 81
ms II TO the British people. Although prlI
ing and paper had been Invented, he cot
I'M not have his work published in Great Br
Ter ain; for the power Of the Bishops was
by strong. No printers dared to offend them
IRE Professor 1yndale finally succeeded In hs
S- ing his work printed on German presses
q the city OF Worms, and then imported tho
10 peared in the shop windOws, and the Peol
ns reiolced But the masses found themselN
In In unable to read; ] Tor & education 4S was. was 81
Ius have Bible readings-to hire scholarly persc
II read TO them. But the Bishops, learnt
ne tHsSS ES IsSS New % TeStsPsnt Ste Sh Snd pTbii %
an burned the books in front Of ST. Paul's [
~. thedTRl, in Observation-Disclosures Bishops OF I
nly the people got back to the Bible, they Wo'
no ignore the creeds and those who had ma
OF the creeds; and that thus the Bishops hor
ess and influence would be lost. They foresa
see also that all the creeds would be challenG
ION by Bible authority; and that their own Ap
y ,cuc cIatTns aIan would he by
OF words OF Jesus, who declares that those "
l. do 80 claim do lie."-Reveation 2:2,
But the Lords time came for the Bible
As return gradually to it's proper place, !
nay Bishops found that the people were murm
OF ing against their course: and in forty yel
on the murmurinE reached such height u
PAS the bishops found II wiser to bring out
MT Bible translation. They called II the Bi
op's Bible in order that they might Dc
l. | hack 10 themselves the favor OF the peol
the ana thus OFFSET their previous Bible burni
ads But they warned the people that IN read
eVi the Bible they must Interpret II py