The Washington herald., 1915-12-13

! really appreciated the Bible had their
minds warped and twisted by twelve CEN
Divine character and Plan. under the
malevolent influence Of ''the prince Of
| this world" Hence. although the trans
lations Of the Bible are generally good.
fusion Of doctrines until today the vast
ma jority Of even those VINO profess full
conservation to God are pefplexed. be-
wildered. The fire of Higher Criticism
| from the colleges II burning up the false
| faith OF many. as st. Paul foretold would
| be the case with those VINO should build
their faith with the wood. hay and stub
BILE Of human tradition. and who would
not sufficiently search out and build with
! the gold. silver and precious stones OF
Divine Truth Corinthians 3i2.
The eminent Cardinal Newman eH-
| pressed the sentiment of all honest
| Christians in his HYMN. which has met
with such general favor everywhere In
| il he says:
Lead. kindly light.
Amid the encirclinS gloom:
Lead Thou me on
The night Is dark,
And I am far from home:
Lead Thou me on"
Like the CARDINAL all Christian people
are coming to realize that they have been
| in an encircling gloom: and that Some
how or other error. false doctrine. has
been the cause Of that gloom: All Chris
tians as we'll as the Cardinal realize the
need Of a Divine light to guide the peo-
pie OF God. They realize that they are
still in the dark night. that the Morn
ing OF Divine blessing has not yet burst
in upon the people of the world Thank
God. however. it Is breaking now. We
are in the dawn OF the glorious Millen-
NAL Kingdom.
Soon the sun of Righteousness will
arise with healing in His beams CHaia-
thousand years, to deceive mankind
no longer. tRevelation 2o:2) And then.
a little later according to the Word of
then intelligently sympathize with this
wrong course and who refuse obedience
to God under the blessed influence Of
Messiah's Kingdom will be destroyed in
down from heaven-the Second Death.
from which there viii be no redemption.
no recovery. CRevelation 0:s9 OF those
ST Peter declares they shall perish like
clares they shall be punished with ever
lasting Distinctions Peter sl,' Thes-
salonians 1:9.
Although Catholics, Presbyterians.
admit. as does the Cardinal, that they
are encircled in the gloom and the dark
ness of the night everywhere about.
nevertheless each consoles himself with
the thought that II Is no more dark or
gloomy with him than with those OF
other sects. Evidently this Is the truth
But the difficulty has been that although
there are many sects. parties and divi-
is no more authority In the Bible for one
of those sects than for another. The
only Church Of the Bible is the Church
written in Heaven"-in the Lambs Book
Of Life.-Hebrews 12:23: Revelation I:s1.
The course which Gods people should
free from any sectarisn bondage and to
continue to walk in the light OF the
Truth. instead of binding themselves
with human creeds and stalking their
Calvin, Wesley and others. It is not too
late yet to step out from all human bond
age and to obey the command OF the
Lords Word. which saws that We should
ia rian darkness. The Bible tells US that
the path Of the Just is as shining
light. that shincth more and more unto
the perfect day" proverbs i:lSl We
are now in thu beginning OF that per
feet Day: and all who are walking in the
light and free from bondage are recelT-
ing blessings from the Lord. because "
is due TIME Timothy rs
IL Is safe to say that no minister OF
education in any of the so-called ortho-
dox sects believes the creed Of his own
denomination or would think for a mo-
rnent of defending IL before the public
\ Baltimore minister. recently challcng-
cd 10y ono Of his congregation as to the
truthfulneSs Of the Crceds respecting the
eternal torment of all excepting IN"
sanity believers in christ. said. George.
George. ! do not hcli-~c those things one
hit moro than Won do. But am bound
to preach them. cannot help myself,
Alas. poor man. how terrible his slav-
cry. What mighty power could have
bound him to SANDER his Creator:
The wealth of tho world should not be
deemed worthy of the slightest consid-
Grafton II 1t could be obtained at such
price The sale of the Alnichtvs
name and character seems necessarily
worse to us than the course OF Judas
IScariot in the selling NJ Jesus for thirty
pieces of silver. Additionally how much
more would any honorable man demand
for heceving the con ngrcSation that trust
cd him and that supplied living for
himself and family" How much money
should It require for any honest man 10
keep his confiding flock In ignorance Of
his real views and of the teachings OF
the Bible?
Alas, alas. how much hypocrisy appear,
10 bc under tho cloak of religion, The
ministers Of today have taken VOWS to
preach creeds which they do not be-
lieve and quietly asserting to those
creeds and allowing their congregation
privately they confess to their fellows and
to many in their congregations that they
have no faith whatever In those teach
ings As with the pulpit, so with the
pew, How many bankers, doctors, law
yers. far too intelligent to believe the
monstrosities of the sreeds. nevertheless
hack with their personal influence and
their money those very creeds which dis
honor God. and which have driven thou
sands Of sensible peopIe away from all
denominations, Would these same men
be so dishonest in respect to their VOWS
to the Masons or the Odd Fellows or
other human organizations? Would
they support things which they did not
believe? We cannot think so.
The only explanation We have for such
a terrible course of hypocrisy is that
these good people do not realize what
they are doing and believe themselves
justified in protesting lie because others
so do. Surely the hour OF awakening and
of decision Is upon us. II / am correct
in teaching that Messiah's Kingdom Is
at the door, surely II is a time to be
sobered up from the false doctrines, a
time to be very penitent for our share
therein. a time to step out of all false
representations, into the liberty where
with Christ has made His people free
Galatians SD. and a time to profess
the Truth and to uphold il and II alone.
Surely no one believes that any hypo-
critic will be granted a share In Messiah's
Kingdom as a member Of His Bride class
How serious Is the situation, Does II not
call for prompt action on the part of all
who would have the Masters approval:
well done. good and faithful servant.
thou hast been faithful over few things:
l will make thee ruler over many things:
enter thou into the joys of thy Lord
Matthew :5:TD Satans Empire Is tot
tering to its fall. Let us then join IN
assisting in the overthrow of His En-