The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-11

people IN the end Of this Age. as veil
8s . flgurative one. But the Lordr
grace Will be sufficient for them ans
! tho more they shall suffer for lfle
sake. for the Truths sake, the great
or viii be their glory and stat'"n IN
tho Kingdom.
Who shall be punished fOr these
crimes against the ssiu.a ~ G9df
| We answer. Babylon. ana sshf '"n
| signifies what IL TO-DAY known ~
/ "the"'hrIatihn world very ang-
I mslous term. for the world haa no
4 idcntification with Christianitf nor
| Christianity with the world. THE 20
called "cnristendom" OF our day Ger.
responds exactly % the Jewry 81
/ Jesus day. Then scriben and Phafi-
sees, hypocrites, we're ba AIDED toeeth-
er with the sadduceea and the iief0-
dams. the worldly and infidcl POLL
ticians Their object was one, nance
". the perpstuatiog Of their own in
sttution. regardleha ~ Gods arr
rangemsnt. 80 here the civilized
world. misnamlng Itself "Christs
/ Kingdom" ~ intent upon the preaef-
walton OF the great Babylon which
IL las constructed. AID willing 10 DO
anything 90 avoid the destruction
which the Bible declares. But Moth
Ing that Babylon can do can avert
the overthrow of present institu-
tons ana the esta blishmsnt Of the
new order Of things which God las
] foroOrdained for the blessing 81 the
worls through Messiah's Kingdom.
for which His saints have long
prayed. Thy Kingdom Conner
Hypocrisy the Greatest of All sins
Taxing into account the persecu-
lions endured by Gods saints
Throughout this Gospel Age. there
must be heavy account IN the book
| OF Justice 20 be settled SANITY
Catholics sanity Prerbytsrians,
sanity Bsptists. sanity Mcthodists
sanity people In and out Of all de-
nominations have suffered: and
~, that whososver would give 10 tie
least OF His followers even q cup ~
cold water would not fail Of re-
ward, AMI that injury % even the
least OF these would be punished.
| Are we asked what are the special
sins Of our day repre0enslble IN
Gods sight? We reply that here. as
IN Jesus day. hypocrisy ~ the great
est OF all sins. There were thefts
murders. aduiteries and injusilees 81
various kinds I'm Jesus day. vet while
denouncing all these I'm spirit. He
practically ignored them all In Ills
denunciationt Of the hypocrisy OF
tbs religious rulers OF His time We
believe that His judgment OF So
called "christendom" today IL Of the
same order
There was time when the word
ignorantiy thought that the kings Of
earth were ruling as part Of christ's
Kingdom. There was time when
men really believed that their ever
lasting destiny was In the hands %
the clergy. Protestant and Catholic.
and that unless they had the good
offices OF these I'm baptism. marriage.
funerals. etc, they would be eternal
I Ia rrxIa
when all were so deluded as to
believe that the entire human fam
ny was going down 90 eternal tor
fneut, except the mere handful. the
elect saints There was time
when such atrocious doctrines were
fully believed TO be OF God. but that
day has passed--a more enlightened
day has come.
our Bible r. better understood: the
clergy are no longer deceived They
know that the word Sheol Of the
Old Testament and the word iiades
or the New Testament represent the
state or condition OF death. into
which the whole world goes-good
and bad. They know that these
words could not represent torture OF
| fire In any sense OF the word. They
see Gods character more clearly.
they perceive that the Kingdoms 81
this world are merely political in
n
the same sense that God permits
fsmines. pestiiences. etc. waiting for
the glorious epoch OF Mesxiahs
Kingdom 10 bring In the New order
OF things
But Notwithstanding this knowi-
edge. the Divine character Is s,Iil
lblasphemcd. The kings OF the earth.
told during the dark ages" that
| they were the sword ~ the Lord md
servants OF the Church. have not
been undeceived. Hence the Gar OF
| Russia. the Head Of the Greek
Church. believes he IL working out
a Divine destiny: the British. under
King George. are equally convinced
| that they are working out "A great
destiny as Gods Kingdom. The Ger
man Kaiser is similarly deceived in
20 thinking that he is the sword OF
the Almighty. Mark his latest re-
ported Proclamation TO his army in
Poland. which reads: o
Il AN JEHovAIrs SWORD SAYS
KAISER,
Remember you tmr army are
| Gods elect. Gods spirit has de-
| scended on me becaus. l am Emperor
OF Germany. I am Jehoyah's sword
Ills representative, tn. insir.YneHt 81
the Mos; High. Woe and defth he TO
those who resist my win, And TO all
who do not believe my mission and
To towards Ia my armyi The enc
| mics Of the German people shall per-
ishl God demands their destruction.
He IL IL who through me commands
you to fulfili his wiil.
These false doctrines OF the dark
ages" are bearing a terrible fruitage
In the present war. Similarly the
teachings of eternal torment. mis-
representing and biaspheming Gods
character. are bearing an evil fruit
age. Millions OF people are being
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Love and from faith In the Bible as
His message by the most monstrous
blasphcmies OF the dark ages"
charge the responsibility OF all this
against the sects and creeds of
Christendoni. l charge that the min
listers. whose eyes are now open to
a sancr comprehension, have neg
iected the Bible. have neglected the
people. and. instead OF helping them
out OF the darkness. are now leading
them into darkness in an opposite
directlon-into Evolution and High
err Criticism and everything COM
trary TO the Word of God.
God Is sim misrepresentcd Ia the
world. The creeds OF the Dark Ages
are stili Rugged to the bosom i'm out
ward pretense. while inwardiy they
are ioathed.
A great fraud. a great hypocrisy.
you say | answer: Yes. the most
astounding the world has ever
known. Two hundred thousand pro-
fessed ministers of God and of Christ
are standing before the world today
telling the legends OF the Dark Ages
and seeking TO hinder the people
from coming to knowledge of the
Truth. meanwhile receiving the peo-
pies money and reverence. Does not
such hypocrisy. such blasphemy
against God. such deception of the
people. such keeping OF them IN
darkness, deserve great punish
ment, aud Is IL not nigh. even at the
door?
What shall we do. do YOU ask
answer; Re honest BE true, Come
out or Babylon. Stand free from all
such slendering OF the Almighty God
and III. gracious provisions. stand
for the bible the TrIlfh the Cod .,f