The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-08-05

tion which have been his web for en-.
tangling humanity. Thus all the blind
cd eyes will be opened. and all tho
deaf ears unstoppcd all viii see. all
viii hear. all will know of the Love Of
God, which passes all human under.
standing isaiah 35.5. Romans SIS.
gal Then the knowledge Of the glory
OF God viii OH the earth: and as re
suit every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess, 10 the glory of God
lisa II q; IIab. 21i: Phil. 2io. IL.
The outcome will be that all wilful
sinners viii be destroyed in the Second
Death, while all others will be ushcred
into the perfection OF life In world
wide Eden. Then there shall be no
more signing. no more crying, no more
dying: for all the former things shall
have passed away. And He that sat
upon the Throne said. Behold, make
all things new. Revelation 21:i, 0.
disappearing the Holy Name.
Is II not strange that we ever be
lieved the monstrous falsehoods taught
us by these doctrines of demoDs-that
the dead are more alive than ever; that
nearly all of them are suffering I'M
tellabe tortures, while the remaining
small remnant look over the battle
ments Of Heaven and rejoice IN the
misery of the unfortunatesY Assured
ly no human brain ever concocted such
a Satanic theory. We challenge the
ability OF any man 20 sit down and
deliberately concoct anything worse
than what has been described 10 us M
the Plan OF the great Heavenly Crea-
tor. the Father OF mercics, from whom
comcth down every good and every
perfect gift, and whose very name IL
Love. We have never found man or
woman so hendish as our God has
been described TO us.
Herein we see the Satanic cunning
of our great Adversary BY establish
ing great religious institutions he has
satisfied certain mental craving.
bound to assert itself in humanity. Yet
by these false doctrines, which bias.
pheme the Divine character and the
Bible by misrepresenting them he has
driven far away from God nearly all,
even of those who have protested
church membership 'rhey profess
that they know God; but in works they
deny Him" Titus l;1G.
Some may be disposed TO say, Satan
~. alta
ment; for ii would be contrary 10 his
interests and would keep people away
from him. We reply that after eight
cen centuries this theory Is proven to-
be wrong, and Satan is proven to have
been wise In his method. Mankind do
not wish TO serve Satan and sin. Nat
urally they would be, as the Apostle
declares, feeling after God and desir-
Gus of finding Him; for every man has
some degree OF reverence for
a supreme Creator Let me give an
Illustration OF how Satan's lie operates.
A Christian lady who has become
Bible student, and who now dearly
loves God and the Bible, told me her
experience thus: II was Presbyte-
rian, trusted that ] was one Of the
Elect and felt serene, but not without
sympathy for the non-elect, who were
to be tortured eternally. Then came
the thought, Are you sure that you are
one Of the Elect? In distress ! went
to my pastor. In substance he said,
You are all right; you are one of the
Elect DO not bother your head about
such questions.
But still was troubled Finally
feared that | would land In an insane
ASYLUM: for ! could not lift my
thoughts from my danger of eternal
torture. To escape insanity ! plunged
INTO society, gave and attended social
functions, and made my life one busy
whirl, in which had no time to think
IF God or Satan or the Bible. Oh, how
hanged everything is now, Pastor
Russell. My heart always yearned for
God. and now | know Him. | read
His Book, and see its great Divine
Plan of the Ages, showing a gracious
blessing for the Elect on the Heavenly
blame and grand Restitution for the
lon-elect TO perfection on the earthly
ylane. ever thank God for the Stud
es In the Scriptures.
Have we not driven away from God
md from the Bible some Of the very
,est minds Of the world. plunging them
nto business, pleasure, society, novel
theater-going or intoxication-
nything to stop themselves from
linking about the terrible possibilities
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