The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-27

/ eagerly that the few learned ones
| might read 60 them. The Apostolh
bishops feared that this would meat
the loss of their prestige; Eos the pco
I tle would think for themselves Thu
Bishops bought up the entire edition
and burned the books publicly In from
/ ( 81. paul's Cathedral, London.
Surely. Jesus forcwarned Us * thes.
would.bc Apostles Revelation 2:2l
| He appointed only twelve. aud recog.
nized St Paul AS the successor TO Ju-
/ dns These Twelve were 10 be His
special mouthpieces and were the
| crown Of twelve stars OF the Church
aud IT, twelve foundation stones.
! tReyelatlon FL; 2i;lil Referring to
the Illegal Apostolic Bishops. Jesus said,
/ Thou hast tried them which say they
are Apostles and are not, and hast found
them liars" -Rey. %; Cor. ll:l3,
Burning the New Testament made
the matter worse. The people wanted
to know why they should not be per.
mitted to read the words OF Jesus and
the original Twelve. The pseudo-apos
ties got busy and produced what they
styled the Bishops Bible, and gave it
TO the people. But with the Bible they
gave threats that IL the people in any
way, through reading that Bible would
get out of harmony with the creeds,
they would go TO eternal torture. Poor
people, brow beaten and hindered by
the very ones who professed to be
their leaders by Divine appointment
Poor bishops, deceived by the doc
trines OF demons" into taking this ter
ribe position
Roman Catholics also saw the OPP.
portunity for giving the Bible TO the
people and thus affecting, as the Prot
estants did, to be progressive friends
Of the Bible. They got out the Douay
edition. Each party warned the peo-
Pile that the others translation was
especially wrong, although, as a mat
ter of fact, there Is little difference;
and the attempt was to hinder the
people from studying the Bible
The same spirit Is manifested every
where yet Whoever will agree with
the creeds. Catholic and Protestant, Is
tolerated by his own class. Whoever
presents the Bible without sectarian
bias, and shows its simplicity and puri-
ty, its Divine Message Of love and
mercy, that person is branded a hereto
and dangerous; and any utilization
heaped upon him Is reckoned as serv-
Ice to God. however false. 1t Is not
surprising that we have been centuries
in getting out Of the darkness Of the
past; but it is surprising to what ex-
tent we have been hoodwinked by the |
Adversary. |
What Are Doctrines Of Demons?
From first to last, the doctrines Of /
demons are various falsehoods de-
signed to misrepresent Gods character
and dealings, and thus to hinder the
light of Gods Message from taking
effect in human hearts. But, you say,
could not God have hindered Satan
from thus practising receptions and
His character? Surely He
could, as He declares He will soon do.
But repeatedly the Lord indicates that
it has been His purpose not TO use
force in the gathering Of the Church.
AS St Peter declares, God hath Civ
IN unto us exceeding great aud pre-
,ious promises, that by these we might
become partakers of the Divine ma
ure" e Peter la We are Gods
but He is working mere
y through His promises and seeking
age and promises BY and by,
Trough Messiah's Kingdom, force Will
,e used for the instruction Of others;
nut those now being selected from the
world are to be taken out without ,
human power, without .
ny power except that Of the Truth.
them through Thy Truth, ,
ny Word Is Truth" John 1717.t +,
o whatever extent Gods Word is re- I,
eived into good and honest heart, II !,
oes a work Of ransformation-"tr trans /,
)rmed by the renewing Of your mind, o
trough the Holy Spirit. 1872. !
Satan, personally and through his de- !
ION hosts of fallen angels, seeks to !,
Gods Message, Gods a
st. Paul tells us this. say .
Y, ''The god of this world hath blind =
i the minds of those who believe ~
Dt, lest the light of the glorious Cos. ;,
Il of Christ, who is the Image of =
cd. should shine unto them" q Co r
nthiuns Az If the light of Gods
)odness shine into any heart, 1t will +,
, by the Truth shining IN, which will /"
i've the effect Of scattering the error :,
I'd sin and Of drawing that person "a
carer TO God. So | am hoping today IL
at more light Of Divine Truth n
III shine into all our hearts, that we Ia
ay be drawn nearer to our God and >,
parated more and more from sin ana 4,
erything opposed TO God q,
" What is TO crush this SANDER against -,
e Almighty which Satan has manu- Il,
cturedY He got US to believe that r,
fore God created man He made a n
eat place called Hell, Sheol, Hades
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