The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-12-14

Never In the history Of mankind
has the world been In such deplor-
able condition. Jesus Christ prophes
sled that things would go ON from
bad to worse until 1t got worse than
II ever had been since there was q
nation; until that self-same time,
when nation shall rise against nation
and kingdom against kingdom, and
there shall be famine and pestilence
and earthquakes in divers places.
Which followed the War No. | and
this gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached In all the world, for wit
ness unto all nations; and then shall
the end come of Satan's world, but
the beginning of Christ's, in which
will be taught the truth. Religion
has promised to evangelize TIE world
and bring 1t to Christ. What do you
think OF their job?
Has religion saved the world from
disaster? No, not yet. Has religion
brought peace, happiness and pros
perity? No, not yet. Then II religion
could not bring 1t to Christ in 1900
years, just how long will 1t take? We
now have 256 different sects in this
country. Just what one do the advo-
Gates of religion for world peace pre-
fer? Since the big s cannot agree,
how can they on one of the 256? Or
do they want more religions and how
many more will 1t take? We know
that the Japanese religion is no good
or the Chinese, nor the Mohammedan
religion, nor do we accept any kind
of Protestant religion except our
own. Then how can we agree on any
form of religion?
Christ taught that no man hath as
cended up to heaven but he that
came down from heaven, even The
son of man which; is in heaven John
3:l3. After man had been on earth
for 1000 years, did he not say that
it is easier for camel to go through
the eye of needle than for rich
man to go to heaven? Why did he
say that? Because God did not prom
Use Adam in the garden of Eden to
take him to heaven, and lie never
changes. He placed before Kim goC>t
and evil. Life and death, ana tha
stands. So If Christ's sayings are
true, then all religion is false. Did
Elijah acknowledge the Jewish re-
ligion? Did he not tell the priest that
they were priests of Baal or the
devil? Did he not put $50 of the
priests of Baal to death? Did Jesus
Christ recognize the Jewish religion?
Did lie not teach his own disciples
himself? When Paul of Tarsus was
educated by Gimaliel, the greatest
religiuos educator or his day, and
putting into effect what he had been
taught by numbering the true fol-
lowers of Jesus Christ, when Christ
appeared unto him and asked him,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou
me?" Saul answered, WHO art thou,
Lord?" Il am Jesus whom t,Jou per-
secutest" and sent him to be rein
structed by one of His witnesses.
Then the Apostle Paul had two edu-
cations-one of religion and the
other of Christ. He was able to write
thirteen books in the New Testament.
Does not all this prove that religion
is a snare, racket, an historical
thing?
Yet in the face of all this proof
from Gods word men are advocating
more religion just as drunk man
crying for more strong drink. Reli-
gion gone to seed. No, religion will
never cure mans ills. Only Jesus
Christ and his righteousness will
bring peace, happiness and prosper
ity in the world to come after Arme-
geddon, which is near at hand.
G. A. HUTCHENS