The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-17

has been taken prisoner. me Aust
by the Russians.
ancient council. which gave this great
formula of Christian doctrine to the
World
Little schisms and now and then q
few earnest people have dIssepted
from some OF the. e conclusions be-
cause they could not reouce the Trim
tty to proposition wr.cIT-rUutu ne
comprenendea like proposition IN
mathematlcs--but they nave been few.
Among them the Unitarians, who
! have rejected the Divinity OF Christ.
but the great bulk OF Christians IN
every age and cline, evangelical Fnd
| otherwise. nave recognized the e4n-
damental character OF these doc .aes
and have by faith wrought them into
| experience and character and des-
| tiny. Multiplied millions of men nave
| lived and died with this foundation
under their religious conceptions. and
! have looked forward to that joyful
| hour when under the influence they
would be at home with God.
But in these latter times comes
one Pastor Russell--sclf-styled
| vivid Imagination and cunning crafti-
ness and adroitly concealed blasphemy
| to teach us not only that Jesus Christ
! liz not the Sen OF God. but that He
| who was known as Jesus Christ on
1 earth was the only incarnation of the
Archangel Mfchaei--'that he had
1 but one nature--a criminal human
nature: that he was precisely IKE
| ADAM before Adam fell; that as
| death is the extinction III zeing, when
Jesus Christ died on the cross, he
| ceased to exit, and that His humanity
WAS destroyed forever
These In the main are the teach
ings OF Russeilism with regard TO the
person and death or Our Lord. IL Is
difficult for one who has looked long
4 and rexereatiaHS- on that sacred per-
sonality and tsudied Him in the light
of history and experience as to the
Divine Son of God and many to speak
lin measured terms OF system
which treats with such gross disre-
spect and yelled blasphemy The
sacred person of the Son OF God.
mir. russell claims TO believe in
J and defend the Scriptures as the liz
spired word OF God, and yet ne can
J not offer single Scripturai state
ment as the foundation OF his teach
ing In respect to his theory of the
! incarnation Of the Archangel Michael
! IA created being instead of the in
carnae Son Of God.
Contrast IL you viii the statement
of Hussall In his own. book. Stnaies
In the Scriptures" volume 8. page "a
where it unhesitatingly says before
Our Lord came into this world He
rwas a Created Aagei, ana none etAef
than the Archangel Michael. With
that sublime annuneiation of His
. birth by the Angel Gabriel when he
= said To Mary: Fear not, Mary. for
thou hath found favor With God
and behold thou shalt conceive III
thy womb brine forth a son, and
D IL a.. Iaut q
shall be great and she'll be called the
Son of The Highest and the Lord God
shall give unto Him the throne OF
His father David and He shall reign
over the house Of Jacob forever, and
of His Kingdoms there shall be no end
/ And the angel answered and said unto
her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee and the power of the Highest
shall ovegshadow thee. Therefore,
also that holy thing which shall be
/ born of thee shall be called the Son
of God
"contrast the pitifut ar d inane va
perrtngs OF aPstor Russell and his
blaspheinous presumptions concerning
the incarnation of the Archangel
Michael as Jesus the Son of Mary with
this sublime announcement OF Gabriel
of His incarnation as the Son OF 600
and reach your conclusions as to the
presumptions and fraudulent claim OF
the self-styled pastor to be teacher
OF Christian truth. =
christian indeed No viler refiec-
ton on the honor, dignity and integ-
rity of Jesus Christ has ever been
given utterance to than this. II
simple. unvarnished blasphemy. An
attempt to nislead a guilible and
easily duped portion Of humanity ia
accept a doctrine which destroys al
once the divinity and the passion OF
Our Lord.
Rude and violent Hands.
Nor does Russeliism content itself
with stopping here in placing It's rude
and violent hands upon the affairs O
our holy religion. This would be Anti
4 Christ. Must attack also the truthlui'
ness OF the Master himself. In 'Studfef
| in tho Holy Scriptures. volume "
page rs. this doughty champion OF
spurious Christianity says that otit
Lord Jeaus Christ was man. Neither
more nor less than 3 man, Russeilisn
makes Him perfect man. hut Meth
Ing more than q man. 1t teaches THY
| in face OF the declaration Of the Bthtt
that He was God manifest In the flesh.
"RusseIiism makes Him only man
1 despite the fact that he Himself di-
rectly claimed to be the Son OF God
3 and despite the fact that in man,
I. instances. IN prnphacy- in history II
Il Ceremonial, III forms OF Worship, N
i the inspired words of his holy
I apostles the Bible designatcs him thu
4 Son Of God.
I Around the death of Christ. and hi
I resurrection from the death, around
mis- contamination Of his passion. and
! his vicaricus suffering. and his Elort
, Gus resurrection from the dead. mul
, tipiied millions NJ humanity hays
4 centered their hopes M eternal SALIVA
ton and have dried their tears at tn
, closed graveside OF their loved ones.
From II the Master has Spoken
!. again ana again that message sp0kei
/ first 10 the sisters at Bethany. n an
. the resurrection and the life. He tina
} belisveth In me. though he we're dead