The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-11-03
Russelisrn vs.. Sound
Doctrine

sneaker BY the name Of Thorn
oe,,onsina- "Russe?lism" and halllng
f,a,,, the state Of Massachusetts
smoke at the auditorium THURSDAY
,iobt to approximately 800 people
III, +benie was "Millions now hVlng
viii never die" and he attempted 70
raz-olntionize the doctrine ana Oeli7l
held by the Protestant cnurc1lSa
throughout the world. The thous1i'
...on entered the writer's m1nd' alCei
tely Nords spoken by MT 1Ao1'i'
t,3f ne believed I.l-1lSe-I L Sell e'Ai0lA O
-, aD0sue WISER Jlan Ine IlAOuoSNiANo
ami I1lllI1LIs o. 9oUu\people "l1o llr'
,vad ana d-eQ, tIeOlo&lAllo anu o'l1oI
-,1otOliS giants VINO nave Ie1" CO
.-r1ad TIE holy W III ana
>y;th and pIOpOunded us Z tGc'C u "'11D
r.,r Thorn seemed astoanued' because
,t1ers could not ramon Tie Pi''1ii w." 49,
vine Of the Bloc Willcn ne appdi eil'i'
a,ovad vas second natNre to nm.
fTne various cycles of time, accord
$50 =, his 5nt2rp rotation OF the Blole,
1rarn explained and his final conclu-
,-o1s on the matte. was that the neAc
i've wears would p0lVe TO be q pef1ou
~ o1Dch trouble and suffering Dut Il
me neoDle Remained true and good
"a T-o5the7. the storm Of financial
nd physical stress, all would be Wen
9th them and tney would be among
lie "Inii.ions living Who Wou.d never
lie" But peTchance those VINO wen
,ared away from the path OF "Ilg,1C-
tuusness would not be damned ouI
lie given 100 years to redeem tIleht-
z3iIes' FIVE years, OF TO pe exact 81
En Cg1J
ouds, no rain and the air would De
= ,I77,a +l,at man would not catch dis
,3es and de, because all germs, mi,
tIcbes and other things that spread
i ease, would perish. Abraham
.oses and the ether old Bible charac-
,4.s as we'll as latter day statesmen
I'd world builders would return and
t.ke charge Of things; the child who
died will be restored to it's mothers
rms, the 90-year-old grandfather
you'd came back just as he died; the
;H-year-old grandmother would also
.:,5G1n from her long sleep and take
Ter position, the fallen SOLDIERS on
lie battlaie-ds Of France would aga n
come to life and all would be happi-
sneaking Of troubles and debts Mr..
:,a7orn said: "Re patient, be honest,
nv eli voaz, de;7ts you cen, but II you
s mt paw all don't worry because after
1925 al debts viii be cancelled; there
v5iil be no banks and other great Il
,.ancial Institutions; in fact, the Euro
man countries have about fepud11tei
t'7air war obligations end will not pay,
neither will the individual he required
- settle I'd. Before the peaceful pc,
..:od after 1926 capital and labor wi
- aTrayed cgcinst each otheE and
t1ere viii be much bitterness; friend
will be arrayed against friend and TIE
1,orst chaos known will &c the result
T-caven viii eventually be, flgnt mere
on this GARTH FIr. Thorn had three
looks which would put the people
right" If they would only read them
and he put III a good WORD Tor the.h
every now and then. One IN p2rtic-
ular he called attention to, Whlch IslS
government suppressed, but later le'
:, PASS. The three books would o.
sold for the small sum Of 78c, due x
the fact that there was so much Hh
c-nnlovnoent. "Many an insane per
sen would no town be in the asylum
Nd thew read these Books declared
the speaker.
The Inference drawn from Thorn,
+ol1r was that he didn't believe n111ci
in hell but would have the people BE
l;ove that it was connparatlVel! cas-
sailing for them, saint and slnhe[5
thus apparently multiplying the teach
ing Of thousands OF years ana oe
lived in bv. countless millions nov
living and dead.
These are a few Of the many sen
sational and to our mind misIeadln
1tterances Of Speaker Thorn Thurs
dav night and to our way OF tninkoh
rather DANGEROUS doctrine and II 10
lowed would do much damage to tn
rnbelieyer and incidentally to tn
church Of our fathers and the ret:g- o
cf ages. The very fact that he toun
nit witt! prophets that differ wit
him, made him conspicuous as
prophet Without. a sensible, san
creed and seemingly had no r1g1T !,
east the first stone. Why should 1
fsal obsessed with the idea that /
:lone knew more about the past, pre-
c.et and future in religious matter
than the thousands, yea millions
ministers. scholars and searchers aft
the greath truths, that have preced@
lin. How can he expect a saneib
people to fall for such stuff; to belize
such doctrine?
We dare say the Christian re'ioic
would fall fat and all the hone of :
eternal life blasted it the world won
odopt such visionary and unreaso
"hle doctrine But, thanks to an etc
ral truth and the stability of the ave
oee man. the Christian religion as e
0znplifed bv the prophets, practic
Nv our forafathers and defend
THROUGHOUT the ages will not be q
~+roved nv such ''new visions" a
dogm"s that are continually "r0r2ni
10 In the words Of the old hvnn
'' +i'22c re!i~;on IS good c~o,7rI
me- y