New Britain herald., 1926-04-19
DENIES EXISTENCE
 OF HOLY TRINITY
Bible Student Calls Belief Worse
 Than Heather Ideas

The theory Of a "Triuno God" or holy trinity was disputed yesterday by J. A. Bauerlein of New York. who spoke at a meeting of the h. tcrnational Bible students in Odd Fellows hall. Mir. Bauerlein took as his subject, "Who Is your God 2" and said that some Christian con- captions of God are more ridicu- Ions than heathon conceptions.
 The sermon in part folows.
 "The general tendency Of the peoples Of earth is toward a null tiplicity of gods. Tho ancient Greeks had their gods of the sea. fire; of the day; of the night; the god of war. etc. 1t was customary among them 10 erect altars to these gods, and fearing that they might overlook some god they erected an altar to the unknown god, Paul calls our attention to this in Acts 17:23. Not long ago, a Japanese orator spoke of the 15,- 00o,000 gods of Japan. The Bible refers to these, saying; The gods of are nations are idols. the work of mems hands,
 Christian people, recognizing the fact of the utter helplessness of such gods, have laughed at and ridiculed the ignorance and stu- pidity of the heather in worship ping them. and yet it has remain cd for Christian people to give 10 the world two conceptions of God which, if possible, are more ridicu- lous than the aforementioned , heather conceptions. For many centuries the Christian conception 1 ot God has been what they were [ pleased 10 call the triune god;' that Is, three gods in one. Just how there are three and yet one. has been acknowledged to be n great mystery; and seemingly. the theory has been that the greater the mystery the more truth there must be in it. This theory, called the trinity assumes that Jehovah God, and his Son. our Lord Jesus, | are one and the same person; and 1 that in some unaccountable way a third person, called the Holy Ghost, is also a part of this one person.
 People are accustomed 10 talk = 1 ing glibly about the trinity, as ! though it is Q reasonable and proven theory, and as though tho Bible had much 10 say about it.. The Bible shows that God is the Father. and that Jesus is his Son, 1 and any person who will think for q moment can See that father and q som cannot be one and the same person. The Japanese idea of 15.- 100000 gods is not nearly so fool ish as this three-in- -one idea. In Cor. S:4, 6, the Apostle says there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things. In 2 John, verse 9, the Apostle says, He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ he hath both the Father and the Son. Jesus never taught thta he was God, but denied 1t by saying. My Father is greater than I.'-John 14:2S,
 "All the heather people have be- lieved that their gods were vicious and vindictive, and needed to be appeased. and so they were con stantly offering sacrifices to ap- pease ihem, and even the lives of millions of innocent babes have been offered to sacrifice 10 these gods that were no gods. Satan him. self was the author of this concep. lion of God, and designed it fol the very purpose of hcaping re- proach on the name of the great Jehovah. The Apostle Paul says, ir Cor. l0:20, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacri. flee to devils, and not to God
 Tn the same manner, Christian people have pictured their God as q tiend, delighting to torment people in lake of fire which He Himself had prepared, and that this torment was never-ending. This conception of God has made millions of infidels
 "The Bible declares that God is q living, intelligent personality; that He created all things; that He i'