The Washington times., 1915-12-13

spirits. whose communications were throIsh
necromancers, wizards, etc. deuteronomy |
ls:9-12) The Divine command was that ho |
such agents OF the Evil One were to be per
putting darkness instead of light. Satan |
brought many Of the Israelites under the IN
nuence of his errors, 80 that In the days & o.
that OF casting out demons from those VINO |
had come into close contact with the evil
spirits that they were possessed by demons
The same was true of the Apostles. who also !
cast out demons. notable instance was
that of maid that brought her masters much
gain through soothsa aying-fortune telling. St.
Paul commanded the evil spirit to come out
OF her; and forthwith her power to foreteh
The teachings of Jesus and the Apostles
brought great light into the world ana
established new standards, In proportion as
their teachings were received The Bible
tells US that as the darkness hates the ight.
so those who under the influence OF
Satan's falsehoods hate the true Message OF
Goa. promulgated by Jesus and His iviio"eIs.
Mucn OF the persecution oil the chiidren Oh
the light must pe ascriueo TO satan anu ms
| many Oh you into prison." etc. tteVelatioh
2:lOJ throughout the eighteen hundred years
OF this Gospel Age tnere has been "ariaie
between the iight ana the darkness, between
aatans false ,eachinsss Insiuiousiy insralteu
! into men, = minus. ana the teachings OF the
Lord and his people, VINO received these
/ into good and honest hearts. Pride and am
uitIon were stirred up IN the Cnurcn; ana
| tEose who should have been humble followers
/ OF Jesus were misIeu INTO pomposlty, with
a form OF sooIiness. but uenying its power.
| About the year 3-O a. -. bishops OF the
| Church. missed by Satan, proclaimed them
| selves to De SUCCESSORS 10 the Apostles In
power and Divine authority; whereas the
| bible declares that there were only Twelve
| Apostles OF the Lamb" keVeia.ion 2l:l4)
| We see clearly that the Church has their testl-
| Inony in the Bible as iuIly today as ever;
ana, as st. Paul. who took the place oi
| Judas. declares The Word of God is sui
hcient that the man OF God may be :hor-
! oughly furnished. u Timothy 3:l7J The de-
made many changes from the .eachngs OF
the Bible. claiming that they indiviu Tally
had the same inspiration as the Apostles.
1hey additionally fortified their position by
| holding Apostolic Councils and through these
making creeds. which Tor more than twelve
hundred years entirely supplanted the Bible.
The first of these creeds claimed to be
simpiifcation OF the Bible story. making
Bible study unnecessary. The Nicene Greed
Gil of Nice, attended by three hundred and
eighty-four Bishops, at the invitation OF EN-
peror Constantine. who paid their expenses.
According to his promise, he backed up this
creed. made at his suggestion and In Lar-
mony with his assurances. Hundreds Of
! thousands OF the heather forthwith focked
into the Christian churches, with practically
no knowledge OF God or OF the Bible. Con-
siderinE 1t impossible to immerse these multi
tudes. the Bishops sprtnkled them. claiming
full authority for their action: and the
heather following OF the Emperor are said
to have been baptized by the dipping Of
boughs and branches OF trees into water and
, the sprinkling of it upon them en- masse,
| For more than twelve centuries anybody
found In possession Of the Bible, or study
ing It, was suspected of heresy and liable
} to persecution for why should they study
the Bible when the e Emperor % c,. and the so: SO.
l Nicene Greed to be a condensation of the
Bible. and all that was necessary TO he
| believed? During those twelve centuries In
, which the professed followers of Jesus were
7 without tho guidance Of the Bible, the pro-
fessed Bishop-Apostles met from time tt
9 time and made new creeds containing frest
. errors-the very errors which have troubled
n the whole world since. and which ar,
e still troubling US and confusing us
The Bible. speaking OF the influence o
these false doctrines OF the civilized world
declared that all nations were made drunl
. by the wine Of false doctrine. 'Resea
y the drunken stupor Of error which has 81
n beclouded our faculties that they led III
" a'or"the at % q God T of ali grace. the Father
e Mercies from whom cometh down ever!
j. good and perfect gift-to think Of Him a
. plotted knowingly and intelligently for m
;: creation OF the race, nearly all Of WHOM
), i were to spend an eternity in torture.
u SATAN HAMPERED REFORMATION.
. Any one familiar with history realize
e that both Catholics and Protestants ar
y truer and nobler men and teachers sine
70 the Reformation time than they were be
v fore. We not blaming humanity 10
y the reign OF darkness We are cnarg1n
a the matter to our great adversary. satan
:. the Bible does. 1t has ever been nj
70 ! custom TO pose as an angel OF lignt-
s. | leader-to defend the Truth and to sprea
knowledge; whereas in reality he has a
ways persstently continued TO he the ,ns
r my and adversary OF God-seeking to thwai
rs doubt at many times he has thought min
ID self successful, not catching the spirit
re is able TO make all of his Vaccinations
he work out eventually tor good.
al When in the Sixteenth Century the ligl
at OF the Reformation began to break. II
| hpRA To II
CO to inquire what Jesus and the Apostle
or had said. They wanted the Bible. III
es for time the Bishops stood in their wa
be 1t vas in the year 1925 A. D. exact
'n twelve centuries after the making OF Il
IN first creed, that Professor Tyndale god
h, man and a scholar translated the Ne
lis Testament into English and sought to gl
MS 1t TO the British people. Although prin
ing and paper had been invented. he cou
m not have his work published in Great Brl
er | ain; for the power OF the Bishops was L
1y strong. No printers dared to offend them.
re Professor 1yndale finally succeeded in ha
g ing his work printed on German presses
~ the city OF Worms, and then imported tho
e. New TesIaments into London. They IL
q peared in the shop windows. and the peop
as rejoiced. But the masses Iound themseN
in unable to read; for education was On
ee amongst the favored few. They Dtarted
us have Bible readings-to hire scholarly perso
u read TO them. But the Bishops, learnil
az OF these things. bought up the entire editi'
ne OF Iyndales New Testament and public
an | burned the books in front of ST. Pauls Z
~ | thedral. in London-Protestant Bishops of &
lis Church Of England. They reasoned that
y The neonIe got mack to the Bible they wou
no ignore the creeds and those who had ma
OF the creeds: and that thus the Bishops hon
'ss and influence would be lost. They foresa'
ce also thai ALI the creeds would be Challeng
ON by Bible authority; and that their own Apo
toltc claims also would be challenged by I
oi words Of Jesus, who declares that those W
E do so claim do lie ie''-Revelation 2:2.
s But the Lords time came for the Bible
AS | return gradually to its proper place i
lat Rishnn. ,ound thai the neople were murmu
OF ! ing against their course: and in forty yea
IN the murmuring reached such height tn
s,s 'ss the Bishops found It wiser to brlng out
fit | Bible translation. They called II the lis
OPS Bible in order that they might d"s
l. back to themselves the favor OF the peop
the and thus offset their previous Bible burniL
,1a | put they warned the people that in readi
Nil the Bible they must interpret 1t by