River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-22

Bridegroom Note the symbolical pic
ture by which she IS representative
New Jerusalem, coming down from
God out of Heaven" Revelation 21:2,
8, 10J That is, the Heavenly King
dom, the new rulership Of the world, is
then pictured as the Bride. The grand
work Of the Church in glory is also
pictured as the work Of the Bride
The Spirit and the Bride say, Come.
And whosoever will, let him take OF
The Water OF Life freely."-Rev. 22:17.
At the present time not only is the
Church not the Bride, but she IS not
privileged to say, Come, to WhosoeYef
will: for with the calling Of this Age
there is a measure Of election. Our
Lord declared, "NO man can come unto
Me EXCEPT the Father which sent Ne
draw him" John 6:44) Moreover,
there is no River Of the Water Of Life
now. That bountiful provision is for
the future-for the world during the
Millennial Age. Now, as our Lord ex-
planned, those who become His conse-
Grated followers are granted to have
in themselves "a we'll Of water spring
ing up into everlasting life."-John 4:14.
Many Churches Of Christ.
The heather and children in Chris
tan lands when they begin to study the
Bible are perplexed and inquire, Which
is the Church of Christ? They see
churches Of various names claiming
to be branches of the Church; and they
ask, Which did Jesus establish! The
answer implies confusion and reproach.
All claim genuineness and originality,
but none can show any existence OF its
present organization earlier than the
Third Century. When we contrast
their elaborate and formal services
with the simplicity of the early Church.
as described In the New Testament,
we are sure that they cannot be the
same. When we compare their doc
trines with those of Christ and the
Apostles, as set forth in the New Tesla
ment, their claims fall to the ground
for lack Of support
TO ILLUSTRATED The Scriptures teach
that there is but one God, the Father,
and one Lord Jesus Christ q Corinth-
ians 8:6) that the Father, who IS above
all, sent His Son to be our Redeemcr;
that when the Son had faithfully &C
comBlished that work, the Father rails
ed Him from the dead and exalted Him
to His own right hand, or place of
favor-next to Himself. Our Lord Him
self said, "My Father is greater than
T." John 1929 But the various
churches, each claiming to be the orig
inal. unite in telling us that there are
three Gods, equal in power and glory"
Some explain that the three Gods Op-
crate as one; others teach that these
are but three different manifestations
of the one God What confusi0n
All this has tended to undermine the
faith Of the more rational members of
these various churches. So disguised
have people in general become with
their inability to harmonic with COM
mon sense the creeds formulated in
the Dark Ages that many Of the bright
est minds have abandoned them and
sought to frame new and more ration
al conceptions.
But alas. the great Adversary, as the
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 is
not the Word Of God; that it 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 the Lord That Bought Them"
These wise men of our time assure
us that the story of Adam and Eve is,
at very most, an allegOry, which TWEEN
ty men might interpret in twenty diff
ferent ways; that there never was q
Garden of Eden; that there never was
sentence upon Adam because of his
i,disoDedience 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 a
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. q
Corinthians 1913; 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 5:12.) Thus do they
make void the Word of God and set
up, instead, human theories the geld
en- image to which all are required TO
bow down and worship II they would