The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-05-30
largely propagated BY the printed page.

prophetic, is The Finished Mystery"
which the Government has seized as
disloyal and pro-German. 1t seems
evident that German propaganda funds
are invested in this Mystery" A
score of the cult have been arrested
here, involved in the circulation or in
dorsemenr, and large quantities of
printed matter seized. in one instance,
in the state, stated half million copies.
These Russellites raise the cry of per
secutioni" pose as martyrs of truth,
and blame 1.-THE bigoted class of clergy
men" for their troubles.
Russellites are scattered through the
state. If we and all other evangelical
Christians are as active these war days
as peryerters of the Word are, we are
illustrating the military policy that a
victorious army, while more or less on
the defensive, is, above all, an aggres-
sive power. This is the mission spirit
in faith propaganda, whether the faith
be true or false. whether the pure
Gospel or substitute. exemplified in
Mohammedaeism, Romanism, Mormon
ism, Eddyism or Russellism. The.fol-
lowers of Russell are persevering circu-
lators of his errors in our city. In ad-
dition to false doctrines, there is an al
most rabid denunciation of our gospel
misisters in the name of Pastor Rus
sell-hated by the clergy. loved by the
common people"
Russellism makes no real distinction
between Romanism and Professionalism,
using assertions OF wild range against
all clergy as dumb and greedy dogs,
of Babylonish systems" Voltalre,
Poine. Ingersoll and Russell failed in
making distinction, as the Caesars too
often committed like bIunders concern
ing Jew and Christian. The Lord
knows his own, and sooner or later
Satan, "accuser of the brethren"
overreaches.
Some-at least two of these men who
were put under arrest have been here
to enlighten the community, and to
show them the true and only way to
be saved
A short time ago, one of these ''ites,"
on Sabbath afternoon, was trying to
explain why the headquarters at Brook
Ign, N. Y, were raided some time ago.
Its in order for him to explain, this
last raid and the arrest of it's leader and
FIVE of his associates. Yet the man
who undertook this task was a rene
gade M. E. preacher, a backsliderl No,
clean cut and wlllful deserter. A man
who could boast that he had seen the
light, had come out into it and was on
his road to heaven. What is the logic
of his argument? He was in darkness
before, he was in the wrong way, the
way which led to spiritual death. He
was a Methodist then, therefore all
Methodists are wrong. All goners.
How one pities theml And what of all
the rest who are outside the pale of
Russellism? In darkness of ignorance,
cropping their way to-where? What?
With them there is no such thing as
sanctifcation or being born of God now.
Sanctification is of works. Then we
are independent of Gods spirit and
word in this matter.
And what do you, my intelligent
reader, think of this. We are not born
of God until we are raised from the
dead, and though we may have all this,
that is to be born of God and have
sanctification, yet may we fall from
grace and suffer the second death.
Russelllsm denies the resurrection of
Christ: from the dead vol page 126,
129, 1877.
AS to the second coming of Jesus
that is spiritual and invisible. Russell
closed up the present order of the uni
verse in 1914. In that year all were
raised from the grave simultaneously.
However | haye a strong suspicion that
you will find the graves intact vet if
you will examine them. The wicked
are raised up to be as innocent as
Adam, and will have a second chance
for salvation. Boshl How the soul of
Russell was stirred against the doctrine
of future punishment. He evidently
hated it and bent every effort to get rid
of it, by explaining it away. He seems,
as do some of his followers, to be ex-
perts in this art To him the doctrine
was absurd, of course that settled it for
his poor simple minded dupes. At death
he blotted the soul out of existence.
and so it remained until the resurrec-
ton. Think of it, thing that has no
existence raised up again! How could
it be? Well, about as easily as for
his foolish notions to be realized. |
could fill your paper with true exposures
OF. his fallacies. But what good will it
do those whose minds are poisoned by
his illusions. They have strong delu
sion, to believe lie.
Here close, trust forever with this
for it is soul DESTROYING
o~l fbn oE Ill