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

members OF the thurch N1ulu surely
go 60 eternal torture, but that by join
ing the Church they would have
chance OF Heaven. even though the
path led through rurgatory. Under
these unscriptural teachings, Christian.
ity has enrolled It's hundreds OF mil-
lions, very few OF whom know any
thing about the real Christianity OF the
Bible--true discipieship Of Jesus Christ.
We see them In Europe today--of all
creeds--doing their best TO destroy
each other--to send each other TO Pur-
gatory or to eternal torture. About FIVE
per cent. are estimated 20 Toe NOLAN
medans, Jews and iniidels, and the re
naming ninety FIVE per cent, Chris
tians. What farce! What Il hypo-
critical deception The fact Is that
probably less than one per cent OF
all those millions would make any
claim To be followers of Christ or OF
seeking to cultivate His Spirit of
meekness, gentleness, patience, long
suffering, brotherly kindness, love. The
great majority manifest the reverse
spirit of anger, malice, hatred, envy,
strife--works OF the flesh and of the
Devil-Col 3:S; Gal. 5:19-23; I John 3:S.
How few anywhere profess TO be
disciples or followers Of Jesus and His
teachings. Christian standards have
been so lowered that today Il Christian
Il a .I Ms
whole being TO God and His service,
and who has devoted himself 20 fol
lowing the Masters example, but mere
~ one who refralns from profanity and
such gross sins as murder and i'm
morality. This change has come about
as a revulsion against the thought that
everybody except IA mere handful OF
saints Is en- route TO eternal torture.
Kind-hearted people could not think
Of their friends and relatives as suffer
ing thus. They had the thought of
eternal torture firmly fixed and let IL
remain, but moved down low the stand
ard Of worthiness for everlasting life.
DemonoIogy and the First Lie.
Lucifer, the cherub, through ambition
became Satan, Gods opponent He
deceived our first parents into sin by
his great falsehood. "Ye shall not sure
ly die" Genesis 3:4) Since then he
has supported that lie personally and
through his demon hosts of fallen an
gels. These are not far off stocking fires
in Hell and Purgatory, but right with
perpetuating the original
lie and convincing the world that Satan
told the truth when he said, "Ye shall
not surely de- and that God lied when
He said, Thou shalt surely die The
doctrines Of demons have so far sue
ceeded that now practically everybody |
believes that lie, and the claim is made |
that the dead are more alive after |
death than before.
On this original foundations false |
hood Satan has built up various the
Dries, all Of which tend to delude hui
manity and to drive them away from
God and from the promises of the BIZ
BILE. He tells them that the dead arr
alive somewhere, and that at death the
good and the bad Immediately enter
heir rewards and punishments with
tut resurrection The errors are so
'kilfully framed as to teach that Heav-
IN can be entered only through num-
Der Of passage ways; such as baptism
n infancy, confirmation, holy water,
loly candles and holy burial prayers,
Eucharist and masses. Satan enlists
N his side all who are interested In
hese various Heavenward helps. These
AVE been reverenced; money has been
,aid to them freely; they have made
he success already suggested, and
lain four hundred million Christians.
,ut how few of these really know the
rue God or really love Him!
"Gather Ny Saints to Me-"
In the Bible however, God sets forth
he True Church of the First-borns,
whose names are written in Heaven.
esus is the Head over these; and they
Il are brethren, and not divided into
,ergy and laity. They are called saints.
Psalm 50:5.) God could indeed use
Orce in gathering His Elect Church.
ut He will not do so. He will now
ather merely those who have the hear
~ ear and the responsive heart. OF
1ese He says, "They shall be Mine In
nat Day when make up My jewels
Then a New Epoch will open; and
nder the Headship Of Jesus these jew
Is will constitute the Messianic King
ON. Then the blessing Of the world
I'LL begin. The first step in that
lessing Will be the binding of Satan,
lat he may deceive the people no
lore. Next will come the sweeping