River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-05-13

llkASlG)K KUSStLLl The Pastor said:
We are gradual
Iy awakening to the fact that the
world does not love God, but merely
fears Him; and that few Of the
churches recognize Him as the gra-
cious Heavenly Father. Although the
hi has told us repeatedly that God
is love. that His mercy endureth to the
limit and that from Him comes every
good and perfect gift, nevertheless the
doctrines Of demons instilled into our
minds from childhood have hindered
us from approaching these statements.
Back in the Second Century, when
Bibles were printed by pen and very
expensive, and when few had the edu-
cation to read them, Satan laid the
foundation for gross errors. The cler-
gy began to claim Apostolic Succession
for the bishops, who assumed the title
OF Apostolic Bishops This meant that
they were success ors to the Apostles,
and consequently that their teachings
were OF equal authority. Gradually
the deception fastened itself; nobody
was allowed to preach except those au-
thoriZed, or ordained, by those claiming
10 be inspired successors of the Apos-
ties The result was the separation of
the Church as the clergy-the public be
ing called the Children Of the Church,
or sometimes referred to as the laity.
A little later the Apostolic Bishops,
with Emperor Constantine, started
ed-making Thereafter creeds took
,hc place of Bible study; for the EN-
peror decided that the Nicene Creed
would be the standard of Orthodoxy,
and that any one differing from its
teachings would be a hereto and sub
ject to persecution. Any Bible study
thenceforth meant liability to be count
ed a hereto and suffer accordingly.
Thus Bible study was crowded out
and any reference to the Bible was
considered il Slight to these Bishops and
the creeds which they had made.
How long did this last. you ask? We
answer. twelve hundred years; then
the authority of the Bishops as Apos-
ties began to be questioned. The Bible
began to be sought and studied, but all
who did this were esteemed heretics,
or in danger of becoming such by get
ting out Of touch with the creeds. How
much error could be brought into the
Church in twelve hundred years! Is
it any wonder that now we find that
our creeds are more than half error,
and that the doctrines of devils which
were worked into them as leaven have
corrupted them entirely and made them
injurious to spiritual health?
l remind you that this was the very
prophecy which Jesus made-that leav
en-, corruption, would be hidden in
the family portion. (Matthew 1876. II.
-; Luke 1929 Again, Jesus pictures
the matter in Revelation Ia. >. where
Il woman is shown. having in her hand
4 Golden Cup filled with her own false
doctrines, with which she makes drunk
all the inhabitants of the earth. The
whole world has been stupidity drunk
for centuries and now is awakening
some daZed, some angry, some hysteri-
cal. etc. But, thank God! we are get
ting awake; and that with our waking
we perceive that the glorious Morning
Of the Millennium is near at hand.
There. as promised, Messiah will as
sumo His great power and begin His
Reign. and will roll away the igno-
rance and superstition from the world
and let in the true light of the knowl-
edge Of Gods glory.-Isaiah co.,, 3;
Habakkuk PA.
Organized Opposition to the Bible.
I am not blaming our forefathers-
Catholics or Protestants. Doubtless,
there were bad men amongst them,
but l believe there were also good men
and sincere. l am blaming the great
Adversary, Satan, and his demons, the
fallen angels. rs the Apostle does. We
have been debauched by these doc
trines Of demons" as the Apostle il
our text declares prophetically.
It was about the year 1900 4. D. that
the people began to desire the New
Testament and to doubt the inspiration
of the Apostolic Bishops. About that
time Prof. Tyndale translated the New
Testament into the English language,
but could not get it printed in Great
Britain. because of the power of the
Bishops-Protestant Bishops, mark you.
afraid that the Word of God in the
hands Of the people would discount
their authority. Tyndale persevered,
had his New Testament printed in
Germany. and then imported it to Lon
don. Although few of the people could
read. they began to buy the books