The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-10-23

page two hundred thirty, he says
His human existence ended on TN
cross" Volume Five, page fou
hundred fifty-four says, at was nee
eSSary, not only that the man Chris
Jesus should die, but just neceSSr,
that the man Christ Jesus Shoul,
stay dead" Volume Five, page fou
hundred SiXty-siX says, THE MAJ
Christ Jesus suffered for us dealt
in the moSt absolute sense of tn,
word everlasting destruction" Oh
serve, please, RuSsclliSm says w,
know not what became of His body
the angeln knew not and said, "Hc i,
not here-He is risen as He said.
! (Applause) Are you going to be.
icv MIR. Russell and the Internal.
ional Bible Students Association o,
the angel? Interrupted by voice
from the audience.
A VOICE FROM THE AUDIENCE;
The angel.
REV. MIR. JOHNSON: (Continu-
ing) The Disciples knew for they
said, The Lord is risen indeed and
hath appeared to Simon" Luke
2l:34. Paul knew and he said, "Hc
was seen of CephaS, then of the
twelve. After that he was seen OF
about five hundred brethren at once
after that he was seen of James and
of the Apostles and, last of all, lie
was seen of me also, as one born
out of due time" interrupted by
voice from the ahdience)
A VOICE FROM THE AUDIENCE;
Um huh.
REV. MIR. JOHNSON: (Continu-
ing) But Mr.. Russell says, I'VE dc
not know what became of the
body"
Well. now, in the face of these
Scriptures, Mr.. Russell had to gel
up some kind of explanation and
what did he get up? He says that
body that was buried did not rise
did not reSurrect-his humanity
stopped at the Cross and in all His
appearances He created a new body
and clothes for the occasion. Now
that means He did lot of creating
of bodies; He had Corporal
Guard" new bodies for all
of His appearances when He ap-
peared the first time at the grave
and on the way and in the upper
room and when He appeared and
diSpelled the doubtingS of Thomas
and when lie aScended and all were
looking at Him go up; all of thai
mans also-that Jesus was bluffinl
that Jesus was footing the folks
making them believe that when He
went TO Thomas and showed him
His hasds and Thomas said, "My
Lord and God" that that was moi
body that was pierced on the cross
thai was not the Christ nailed tC
the CroSS-that was just one Jesus
made for the occasion. Then, he
fooled Thomas and Thomas shoulC
have continued doubling. Accord
ing to Russellism He fooled Thorn
as and played a base 'hypocriie
Are you going to believe that? Are
yO ugoing to substitute these teach
ings for the doctrines of Orthodox
Christianity? | am sure you viii
not.
RusSelliSm teaches that the gos,
pei is not for the whole world
/ Here is what Mr.. Russell says Oh
this subject, just to prove it-"ThC
object and purpose of the gospe
everywhere, not to the Jews only
but to every people can easily bC
demonstrated to oil who have faith
in God. To claim that God intend
ed the gospel TO convert the world
and to know that il has done SO, is
, to destroy faith in God and to de.
stroy hope in any glorious outcome
to the Divine plan of salvation; foI
those who claim that God intended
the preachings of the. gospel to ac
| compliSh the worlds conversion
must admit that it has accomplished
no such purpose, and if Gods plar
has been a failure for eighteen cen
turieS, what hope could any on'
have that it would be a success.
Bible Students Monthly, Volum>
Six, Number Sir. Following tha
same reasoning he would say to tho
Black man in the dark ages o.
slavery, for Two hundred and forty
-four years; 5et's say two hundred
years when he was about forty-foul
years from freedom, he would say
now you have been slave for two
hundred years and you are still {
slave and you are not free-it tha
not proof you never will be free
That argument would be just a,
sound as Mr.. Russell has said will
reference TO the salvation Of the
world, because men have not beer
saved universally then, the whole
thing is false and must be explained
in some way, but the Bible say,
Go ye into all the world and preach
the gospel TO the whole creation
and he that believeth shall be saved
and he that belieyeth not shall be
damned" Why say go and preach
to everybody if only a few can be
saved? Why dha that? Why die
Jesus make such an unreasonable
proposition and put such a big jot
on his followers when it was noI
necessary-when God did not intend
to do it?