The Washington times., 1915-03-08


ord That This Is
~ vthe Son of God"
~ ne declared that
~ about three-fourths
Iof all the preach
s1 lers are his en-
u lemies. Unable TO
IA .esist the force Of
X his Bible teach
= ings. they misrep-
E6ExHS6 6I1T[YIN)resent them and
eEa&!Sz!S- -H&4s&SSsj jvilify his reputa-
ton. thus to him
der good people from hearing and read
ing. BY their fruits We shall know
them" said the Master. and evidently
wrong of heart: else they would not
bear these unscriptural, unmanly fruits
works OF the flesh and Of the Devil
But the Pastor would continue TO
make known the true God Of the Bible:
so In contrast with the Satanic god Of
the creeds. THOUSANDS Of letters from
az parts OF the world. telling him Of
new life. new Joy in the Lord. through
his efforts, encourage him to go onward
IN the narrow. way which the Master
render personal abuse in retaliatton.
To do SO would be contrary to the
Word and Spirit of the Lord But
| creeds and false doctrines he would
that hungering. thirst!ng souls might
be delivered from error into the joyous
! liberty of children OF God.
Denying the Son of God.
Billy Sunday has joined other cvangel-
! lists and preachers in the s!anderous
misstatement that Pastor Russell denies
that Jesus is the Son Of God. BY such
false statements said the Pastor, they
seek to prejudice people against my
Bible expositions. Yet how foolish II
is for them to make such deliberate
misstatements; for eventually Their
who learn Of their gross misrepresenta.
ton realize that only desperation, at
| tempting to support weak cause
could lead men processing to be min
listers of the Truth to thus do 1t Vio'
, lence
! Really. it is who believe that Jesus
is the Son of God. while the great ma
jority Of preachers and cvangeiists dc
not clearly so teach. They confuse
their argument and he"ilder their hear
is Jehovah God who sent His Son into
| the world to die and In the next breatf
that He Is the Son who sent Himself
as God.
the Fn,ser TO It tns wa: %neo ockery : for
When He said, 'The Father Is create
than IT, He misrepresented the facts
according to these preachers, evangei
lists and creed-maksrs: He spoke o
for Him: He said that He could d
nothing OF Himself. He PRAYED. M!
God. My God! Why hast Thou for
saken Me- and said to Mary, II hav'
your Father, to My God and your God
But these wiser-than-the-B Bible teach
ers contradict Him. and feel like say
ing. Jesus must have been Mtlien
rial Dawner. But We know better
Such teachers make void the Word o
God through their traditions In claim
J ing that Jesus is Jehovah God. the
really deny that He is the Son OF God
for common sense tells everybody tina
a son receives his life from the fathe,
This is exactly what the blole tells u
respecting Jesus.
invite truthful criticisms OF m
teachings but my opponents know tha
to treat me justly would be to turn a
thnkps psops peosonaS. t2 my sas ror tsr
years thy ignored my presentation
=, lest people should find out; but as m
sermons now reach millions they ar
j., alarmed for the safety of their must
. creeds. and resort TO rank ia,ssnooI, nnart
!, weapons of moral cowards' VINO reallz
= their own weakness. -
c c II they would charge me with disbf
lievine the doctrine of the Trinity-ths
|
admit II. and point to the fact that ne
= ther the word Trinity nor the though
;. Of a trinity is found in the Bible, 9,
cept In one passage, which all scho!ars {
ali denominations admit Is , forgery
I John 81 s. See Revised Version.
! believe in the Heavenly Father, Jt
hovah God. | believe In His Son. ou
Lord Jesus Christ. who left the 1ieaver
y ly nature. took human nature, died fc
our sins and was afterward highly e;
IN 40 l
l the Holy Spirit. the spirit of Truth, tn
Spirit Of God, the Spirit Of Christ: NJ
crime Is that l do not believe that tf
Father. the Son. and the Holy spirH az
glory" neither one existing before tf
L. others. neither one the Son and neith<
:; one the Father. really. The Bible say
- nothing Of this kind: and am glad m
deny the Bible and common sense 4
the sake of being in harmony wit
+: creeds made in the Dark Ages.
t "Who Art Thou, Lord?" "Jesus!
/ The Bible makes no mystery of WI
l. Jesus is and We would not ha'e ne'
;. in confusion had We relied solely up,
~ Scriptural testimony Our m'sleadii
IS came during the twelve centuries WIN
l. the Bible was ignored, because 1t WI
believed that the living bishops We
Apostolic and had the plenary powe
q OF the original Apostles. This serio
- error Jesus emphat'cally warned again
=. in advance 2:2.
!. The Bible tells OF Jesus present i;loi
>, Gus station, "partakcr of the Divine n
&, ture" But many ignore this, and clai
n that Jesus Is a man In Heaven. complet
N ly out of touch with His surrounding
N for man. according to the Bible, is
l. little lower than angels" whereas I
l. Apostle declares that Jesus, at His re
n direction was cxalted "far above a
D; gels" This glorious One. although n,
"A of different nature. Ia the same One W
Dr. was "the Man Christ Jesus who n
left the Heavenly glory and humbl
Himself TO take a bondman's form-t
same nature as humanity. which n
come into bondag" to sin
n The Bible explains how Jesus conld
Of our race and yet be holy, harnle
undefiled separate from sinners.
- tells us plainly that Jesus had hdl1
10 mother. but that His life came not ire
a hur,aN father, and that therefore
~ could ransom the race by giving TO q
~ sscriiiciallv corresponding nrir"
Adam. whose life WAS forfeited hrcai
hi nf sin. Thus the Bible explains II
" Jesus death IL sufficient for tn" sing
the whole world. for mankind w"r" '
M condemned individually. but rlolcl' VI
hs took Of Adams "crds smnatiou to d"a