Golden Age Vol. 1 No. 27: War Persecution Experiences, 1920

8/20/2019 Golden Age Vol. 1 No. 27: War Persecution Experiences, 1920

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Volume I Near York Wednesday, September 29,1920 N 21

. .

Editorial

Note

E ESTS

of grentcst moment Ilare

hnppenetI in th i s land. of -ri~icb

the people ar e in Ignorance. Thw e

ercn

ts

reaChcd a

cli

mas

at

Los An.qeles,

California. home

n

the mnlti-n~illion-

njrea. Jlay

17th Inst, rhen a highly

refincd.

Christian lady. 3Irs.

Emma

Jlnrtin. and three

Christian

gentlemen

\

were

taken to prison, rictims of

n

maspiracy

put

in opration hp agents

of the Department of Justice Tl~ese

crents are

so

shocking and unbelier.

ahlc that every editor

in

the land

ehnuld have lafen

up

the matter and

called for rcdressire nctioo.

but

dld

not. So little

has been

said thrnuzh

t h e

prcss th at the le:?nlcmain oC

pricstrr:tlt in the

cia?-$

of

the

Inqnisi-

tlon is brou;ht vhICIy to mind

From

the Las

Angeles

R c m d of

that date we quote:

Hundreds of members of the Inter -

national Eibte Students Associntion

=athered at the San Pedro dock yPSter-

day

to bid farewell to their

three

friends and associates who departed by

the steamer

President to

s e n e

the fed-

eral mnteneea

lmwsed

upon

them

dur-

ing the a a r tor hindertnp the selective

dr af t The prisoners on the ship and

the

concourse on the shore joined in

prnpers and hymns. One stranger ln-

quired.

'An these

departing rnlsslon-

arles?

Sightseers

were amazed when

told that

these

wets

going

ta the

peni-

tentlarp for distributing T h e Finished

3fystery1. MR. Martin will

be

taken

to State's Prlmn

at

S m

Quentin to-

night to se n e three

?-

This

report

la

conspimorw

by

what

It doe3 not say.

Remerniyrhg

tlm

persecutions ngainst Bible Stodcnfa In

(:emany

and Austria In

1917 and

tn

Canada in

1918,

and

haw

these

weis

Inutiated and participated in

by

t

clergy on

both

sldes of

the ocean,

ar

G ~ L D E X

cq

in justlee to

the people.

sent

a

reporter to

IA

Angelcs

to

aecertaln

the facts, 80d hers In h'sr

York obtained from Judp Rotherforb

President of

the

Watch

Tower Bible

&

Tract Society. 4 general m e w

of tb.

sitaatlm and why such thing8

passible

In Amsrica. Hla xeviaa b

so

comprehensive and the fa- a t a d are

af

anch

vital importance Q the

rans-dmtly

g r e a r

lmporkna

than

labor

nad mnomlca , ~ c u l t m c

manufacturing,

tnnqpmtatlcn.

tnseb

tlon, etc.-that Tax Gar. A m

ewtar

thls

entire

iasae

to

the

sob-

"Distress of Nations : Cause, Warning,

Remedy

W

I E X a

nation or

people suffers loss of rights and

wch calamities would come upon

the nations h t

e

prir i leges there is ~ o m e t h i u g r on g. It

is

t he duty

God a n d m o r e

his

fixed principles

of rightsausnea-

of

every lax-abiding

cit izen to

Psalm

9 : 17; : 12.

ascertain ihc cause

and

if

a

rcmedy

E'PITOKE

Bolsheviem had ita bh.fh

.

i

availnblc, help

to

apply

it.

PART 1.

~ r s r a r s s r

S A T I O S ~ ~ : cawc

Russia,

w h e

oppression md

mr

t h e Warning,

t h e A m d

19 Part I

w i l l

'I'hc

natious

of t hc earth arc in

be found

nraor

01 thb CO I I OW ~ I I ~

nLnts:

righteousness have long p m d e d .

Tlnt Christen~lorn s In

the

greatclt

d d s

g U

Over

the

earth men's

h&

a

great

crisis. Calm,.

i o k r and ,,,

we -e: preszat

hOl la t

consitlcration n-as never

so

fnreknovn a nd formhodowed in p r a p h w : t ha t

[are] fag ing th- for fed'

the cloring

m rits

of Israel'. history are

nr t i c l~ f r c c dc d .

The purpose

of b,i,- duplicared: that the polidepl, rinancial

fearing lest

this dread

malady

bo

tili,

i3

to

enlighten.

aid

n d ; c ~ l e s i ~ t i e l '

l e a d m

om

ro m blnd.

aCa1-t

i d i & d

upon

nation%

rhc

common

neople: that Bolsherism is

feared

znr rnm ort hp

&tin; t he

truth

Br

t h ~ adoas of earth: that

the

dten*

cause is not

recent, but

of long

r-rnM~;

la

forekaqirn .and forrrold, and,

It

;::

plain

i':rmz, the

onlp

motin?

h-dc3l.

W O C I ~

ave r t

untold

6uKeiIUKS.

starding.

T h e e r n e d ~

s

certain.

ba:in,-lor for rnatthinrl 'I ho:e R O

c ~ i > ~ ~ ~ I m ; ~ . g

EAS+

WAa : 4 Rev-

''TVho k he wise man,

that

m y

-1 .

v The ~ c a t r ^ ~ t

nmc

a t po:iria

of

t ho z s U I I ~ ~ I Y ~ I I ~

his?--Jer.

9:

I?.

.-[rain t~In1

t$ ,l-ncr,

c d m i ?

r

I s

~ l n r q r c r d le

,'be;wt' identified and

h i s

~ i ~ c.~ct,+~r


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PRESEST

CRISIS

FORESHlDOWED

the ultra-rich and iiduential to prominent seats

n

?.he

chiistendom

s

conpored

of

tho% nations of nhi rh

~~magogues

nd a t d i f f e r a t i t lges in the

world's

h i s b y

dim

t be chrut ian.

judaiS m f inds

ib

have acted jointly in each other's interest. I n lrrael'a

,anMndom.

G od d ed t

t h at n at io n ex c~ u l u i i u e ~ yime the greatest responsibility rested upon these three

for

more n h ck en cen tu ri es

and

used

t

to fore- ~ l a s ~ a .h e w e

b g

s

hue

t ~ k ~ .

his

ponerfd

&hadowconditions and experiences coming to Christen- -ho b

m e

a m any

it uW

dam. Prophecy

s

history m it te n prior to the happening mbOr@nhtiOm

md a

untruthhrl

dir

of th e events. Prophecy of tlie Old Testa me nt has r honest Pres-

lchemes

One

h o i o l d fulfilment (1

a li ni k d e h n t u pa n th e master min d, S atany who* PUrPose ever ha s been an d

nation of lsr=l; m a 2 )

nider stop o n C hristen- now t o d o h a & an d c o n h ~ lhe

P W P ~ ~

f

earth. The

dome Through

his

prop hets Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Zepha- Proof of

this

point *e p=ticular1~ s t for th in

11.

others, God forerrarned Isred of impending

I n th e ChUTch ghm

md

f i 0 t e b t 9 thm

W s k , a t th e sa me t im e o ~ n ; i n g rem ed y t h a t would

mmY

h o n ~ e n f ~ r end lovab le pm?le,

~ U

avert

d i s u k . The ri crCehorJes of the nor th mun- of the id ue nc e the unholy

trinie

re prevented

tq

the

Chaldeans, pictured the & . i c d element of

a fd

fmice

devotion to the Jaw P ~ U

Christendom. Warning and remedy apply non.

lmly manifested hia love for the meek and oppressed and

wn by

thra

elemab; vb. ie so he still manifests his deep interest in th e s m e

dun.

h his householi~, cons t itut iog the profEr iond Jeremiahys pr 0p he C~ es ~ e c ir l l ~

Iarae

politicisne;

the

princes, nobles and Pharisees, which

em

and

t o Christendom, and th e parallelism is marked dia-

braced the ,realthyy pmm inent and influentid citizens; t inc ay; and for

this

eas0n this peatrOphsy

hw

a

.nd t h e rabbi9 , sc rib es p rie sts, f or m in g t h e d e r ~f pcialIlkrest no\v

to

U Order-lodng people rho

calml~

that time.

view the present

stress

of humanity.

In

the affairs of all nations there are

u s u a y

three

Th e prophet Jerem iah typified the Christ. I n some

dement. thrt

~t i , e r p r a ~ l yr conjunrtively

to

i .natsnces the p b p h e t represented Jwus .iane, while in

wntrol an d d e h e p eo ple . T hese a r e p ro fe ss io n d

other instances he typified

some

specially favored servan t

polit icians, hancial princes and ecclesiastical

rdcrs.

of the Lord,

and

af ,othe r times represenlad

a

collective

In

IsraelJa

ime these

three

elements combined aga inst

number of the members of the body of Christ.

the common people, acre guilty of oppression an d extor-

Where the r rords Is rael and Judah are used by t he

tion, corresponding vith present profiteering.

Because

prophet Jeremiah Israel represents the Roman Catholic

the clergy in the close cf Israel's ex pr ien ce joined with

hierarchy, while Jn da h represents th e Pro testant ecclesi-

t umighteous clas.. tl:e Lord denounced them for astic"' systems'

Iere

he word

Jud.h

'' in

their oppression ard designated them

as

' the chddren

of

r e h i n g t o t h e J e rw t h e r efe ren ce in antitype is to t i le

th e devil'.--John 3

4.

entire system of churchianity, including the Pap al and

Protes tant sy3te.m~~ogether with their subordinate or-

The 'Ie%?. the course the people gan ization s such. as Knights of Colilmbus,Y.

hf

C.

of Israel. They began their career with good intentions,

Nebuch adnezzar, king of Babylon,

was

rule r over

Chal-

hut yielding to selfish desires an d fiattery, they became dea,

and

other provinceJ

lying north

of

Pdestine.

lovers of power, desiring a nd accepting the honor and people of the no rth foreshadowed or represented the com-

plaudits of men, and degznerateil irt o an un fa ith fu l class

mon people

of present social order. From chapten

of

servant3 =d led the pmple into idolatry. T ime and

to 49 of the prophecy of Jeremiah the king of

again Jehovah ~va rned hese leaders

and

showed

pictured

Bolshevism which aercises a

h is re n ed y ~ h e r e b y hey could a\ -oid s e a t punishment governin : ov controlIin," influence over the

elo-

and be redored to his fnvor. They ignored the divine meE+s of

at this

time.

13plshevism, he to the

remedy and

thc

result

x a 3 theu

overthorn.

This

proph-

prophetic

picture,

had

its

ori rriuin

he 'cnorth

country

ecy.w.asfuliilled u?on Israel an d

is

ce r t a i n o f f d f i k i ~ en t

o r

and threatens to overrun the

nations

of

upon t is tendxn unless the divise warning is heeded.

In

and 51

of Jeremiah,e prophecy the

Eve ry sober-rninc ed perion shou ld stop and consid er nnd

b-pe

changea and Babylon (me aning confusion) repre-

profit by the cvents

of the

p u t .

sents Christeadom, including all ecclesiastical systems.

Chr is t Jesus orgaaized the church t h r o q ~ is apos-

Catil,,lic and Prot-stmt. have

politicJ

t es.

Its

bcgimir; \\-as iirP,

L i l t

afterward.


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707

t he word " ~or ld" is not meant earth, but the order of

S ak n, the prince of darkness, has alxays been the per-

society dnring a given or stated period of time.

The

sonificntion of f ra ud and deceit, wickedness an d wrong-

disciples were in for me d th a t when th e period of t he e11tI

doing. Th e Scriptures foretold thpt Sat an would hara

of the vor ld

reached the re would be "upon e arth dis-

a

wed ;

hat ia to say, men who aould be his reprcmnta-

tress of rations wit11 perplexitp,

.

.

men's he arts failin g

tires, either consciously or uncon~ciously-and such

ii

them f or fear [of what they see] coming upon thee arth ";

calIed in the Scriptures, 'the

seed

of the serpent'. T he

that

"nation" [ ~ o i l d ] i se against nation and lcbgdom

Scriptures d so show that

the true

followers of Jesuz

a g a k t kicgd om "

in

a great world-wnr mhich would

be

\t,ithout regard to denomination and creed,

are

desig-

folIowed by othe r distressing conditions. Th is prophetic

nated ns "the seed of promise" and that there would

strtc mc nt of Jes us 1)egm to have its fulfillment in 1914

be a gr ea t conflict between tho seed of th e serpent and

with the coming of the world

war,

~oh ichwar God had

the seed of promise until Satan's kingdom

is

utterly

de-

foretold through

t h e

mouth of his prophets many cen-

t r o ~ e d .

It

lrould follow, thcn, that

any

one of the class

uries before. (Jo el 3 : - 14; Jfat thew 24: 1 7 ;

Luke 21:

of men, even thou gh profess ing to be followers of

Jesus

25) Th e world war has grcatiy n-cakened the nations. who would depart fro m

his

tcnchii, s, allying

himself

ll

the great industries were employed to

win

the war.

with th e powers of darhnese, misreprevent his W ord and

W a p u

Irere high while the war progressed.

Suddenly

engage in the persecution of the true and hum ble follow-

th e wa r. ended, but the cost of living does not decrease ers of the Jlaster, would be included in the.

Snipturd

with the end of

lrar

and the workers insist on

a liv-

t c m ,

'the

seed of th e serpent'.

ing

wage. Profiteering has influecced the spiri t of dis-

Jesus designated the clergy of the Jewish time

as Utha

content. Inju stice and unrighteo usness have so long pre-

geed

of the serpent". (J oh n

8

: 4-1)

The

clsw of the

rai lcd that the mass cf mankind hare lost fai th in the present time forming the counterpart of th at Jewish

clergy o ~ dheir allies, and th e spreadiilp of discontent

order must be placed in

Ule

same category, according to

goes on a t rapid pace.

l 'hc burden of the common

the

rrords of th e Uaster.

pcople increases, while ecclesiasticism and Big Bu~inesa

ISDICTJIEST

FOR

COSSPIRACI

raise m ore money, hoping to strengthen th:ir position.

A conspiracy is an aggecment between two or mom

.

TIIE

REAL CAUSE persons or classes to do a wrongful act. A conspimcy

I .

It

will

bc

conceded

by

cvcry one tha t hed all classes of may be established by an express agreement or may

bs

pcople dealt justly

with

cach other, h ad their sctiorw inferred from the acte or conduct of the

p d a

working

beeu prompted by love and un~effi&.ness, ad they put for the am omplishment of one general

pnrpoas

Th6

into operation the golden rule, there would have been clergy asa class openly claim

to

be

the

Lord'r r e p a ~ l b -

no world

war,

there would be no widespread discontent tir es on earth: therefore th e allying of tbmdvw w i t h '

c r threatened troubles folloning the war.

For nearly worldly classes or organiza tions to

accomplish

a purpaae

pj,nhteen cantnries tile clergy have posed

as

the mouth- contrary

t

he Lord's command would bring

upon

thna

pieccs of the Lo rd on earth , claiming to be his followers

the special ind img ation of

the

Lord, which would nso

an d t le teac 'l~cr s f his Ti-ord. B ut i t

i

fact that nee&

es ar ily involve those allied

with them.

no prcof t h a t 3s a class they have failed in their mission.

Jehovnh, through his holy prophets,leid an indictmat,

God foreknev; and foretold the exact condition w e now

against the unfaithful leaders

and

rule rs of Inael, which

see

on the

carth. Tllerefo re we should crp cct to find

indictaent is &-o laid, ac co rd iq

to

t h e rules of

pro-

L t a t

he

also foretold the cause for such conditions. The

phetic application,

against the

clergy

and a e s

of

the

facts discbsc that the gre ate r bla me Lies a t the door of

present time. Th e charge

in.

thia divine indictment,

the c l e r z c nss. iccluding the Catholic hierarchy and its briefly, is unfaithfulness to the Lord. Stated in prophetic

I 'rotestact d i e s ;

that

they have not only gone wrong phrase, the form al part of th e indictme nt reada:

Be.

* .

them sei~ es ut tiaye led th e pcople into forbidden paths,

aitonishcd,

0

e heavens [high ones in eccIesiastic

sye

ail4 thct the di\.inc judgment at Eand ucless the

terns] a t this and be horribly afraid, be ye \ ~ . e r ydesolate,

rliiivibrernedy is hecded.

~ a i t hhe Lord. For my [professed] people have am

J C B U ~

comnlir~ioned

his

foUof~erso preach the glad

mitted two evils: (1) they

have forsaken me

the foun-

tidi:?gs

of

hi: coming

I;in Ism

and to amounce

t h a t

the b i n of living R-aters [source of liEe and tr ut h] an d

2)

blessing of ihe world xoulr hc@ with it3 establish-

have h e m them out cistern [man-made @ems arid

ment ; and urtll then the d u t y devolrir; upnu

311

hi3

creeds],, brokcn cisterns that can hold no water [really

liuo

[email protected]

u-as ar.d is to

be?p

t h e m s i \ e s r e p r a t e

contain no life-giving truth]."-Jerem iah

3 :

12, 13.

fro m the20r 'rl and fr om all e r t a n g l h ; nllisrces with

X conspiracy is formed amongst the menof antitypical

politics or o tk -_ . rhing3 of the ~ r ? l . l d .

\Ye

shonlrl

there-

Jc da h a nd J erualcm , namely the hvrpocritical and un-

f.?re

e:;r:rt r t z l

if thee

T :O

cllim

to

be

:is

f , ~ l I o ~ e r s

a i ? t Ju l c l e r ,~ ,

Cathol ic

and Protestant and thcir sub-

anrl

n:oli ih~iece. j:l the

ccrth

thould

&part

f rom

the

crganizationr,

Knights of

Columbus,

f.x

h.,etc.,

7131il

ir.'tr::;th?r.s

O[ ti:?

?Izr [ , : r

ar.d

for:^ aiiincccs

x i th

t~- .? therwith the h a o c ia l giants and profes;ional poli-

@.

i t - .

1 1 1 c

I:, : a m , to estarhlish 3 s ~ ~ : e i i ~n earth for the csntrol of

ul; ;?

1l:~:y ;::od41 f d:

cp-nt ~1 ::i:ia

c d i i c d , uri 3,-airst [lit.

a ~ o i l l i c r l

1

he

Lord,

the";ced


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of promise", an d again st th e common people

and

to d o into a degenerate pI m t of

a

strange . e n s [vine of t

ceive the people by eetting up a counterfeit of XessiaKe earth ] unto me?'--Jeremiah

1 :

21; Revelation 14: 19

kingdom. To accomplish this a-rongful purpose "they

Jehovah gave to the church nominal, particularly

[h w e gone] a fte r other Gods to serve them", to-wit: gods leaders, the greatest commission ever held by any earth

of power, xealth and fame.-Jeremiah :9,10; 18

:

8. creatnra,

ria :

T o preach the glad tidings-of peat j

OVERT

AC TS

of Christ's coming kingdom th roug h which.

all

the fam

ilies of the earth shall be blessed. (Is aia h 61 : 3; Lu

In furth eran ct of

such c o m p k a c ~h e e l e r n

in

Par-

9 :

0 ;

Corinthiane 1; : 16 )

What a wonderf

ticular .an d their subordinate orgsnizationa and

and blessed o pp or tu n i ~

o

carry

to

sinewe

ha re committed the following overt acts, b w i t :

world the

very

message of com fort

all

needed

I

TO

ev

(1) They have forsaken the Word of God, formulated

i t e from that message, or

teach

instad

man-ma

and tau gh t doctrines and creeds of the ir o m , and Set UP doctrines amounts no t only

fallin g away but

to

po

other idols which t h q worship:

tive disloyalty to the Lord. Christians

are

plainly tol

2) The ecclesias tica l systems, under the la d m s h i ~ "Lore not the world @ onor, plaudits, an d th e things th

o r disloyal clergy, have committed fe r n id io n

with

the

the world ,-an confer] n either th e thine in the world7

powe rs of state, political an d finan cial; an d "Be no t conform ed to thia world," bu t '%w p [yourseIve

3 ) Posing

as

the npresentatives of the

-Prime

of unsp tkd

from

th e norld".-l John

2 :

5

;

amam

Peace''

a

disloyal cl e r n have open1y adt-ised, encouraged 2

; mes

: 7.

an d advocated de eds of violence an d "on

[their] skirts

s

he early church grew rapidly and a t first thcrc w

f o ~ dhe

of the

of

the

poor

no

distinctibn between the members, such

ss

clergy a

(Teremiah 2

: 4) ;

laity. T he early history of the church nom inal is full

4) ,They hare resorted to lying, fraud

and

deceit, beautiful stories of self-sacrifice and loving $m ic e. B

thereby lead ing the people int o path s of error-and de-

Sa tan was active in p lanting %is seed9 among t he loy

s h y d their faith

in

God and his Word (Jeremiah ones; prosperity and wealth came, an d with them cam

12:10 ,11 ; 14 :13 ,14 ; 5 : s - 3 0 ; 8 :O -1 1 ; 9 : S , 9 ) ; men ambitious to be leaders- love rs of the ~or l

(3)

have

scattered flo k

the true

Office seekers crept in , ob tained c ontrol a nd soon subs

Christians, and mlffered them to starve;

tuted formalism for simpIicity

d

worship. Theologic

6)

Ha ting the light tha t e*pbses them and their conkntio ns

took

possession of t he church ogan izn tio

dislosdty t o ~ o d ,hey have persecuted the light-bearers and the religion of

Jesus

Christ became s politic

(Matthew

5 :

I*), and by and through their wicked spy

Th e church nominal to the Emper

q s h ~

arrested,

perxcu*,

im-

of Rome, Constantine, who n6twithstandinghe pat

p*ned* and

the

lora1

8ervanh of the Lord;

death his own sister, his son

and

his wife, was fatrn

( 7 )

Although divinely commissioned to teach the upan by the ambitious c l c r g an d was

chosen

t

mncerning.Xessiah9s coming kingdom aJ the only

of

the cIlurch. Christ an d him

th

chapnel and means of lading peace, rightwusness, 1 - became

and

still is

a

reproach to the self-seeking

one

crt); life and happiness, they have, co nt ra v

to this

ccm- *he state became so-called 6ch ris tia nv an d the

mand advocated and endorsed the formation of an

cafihly

became imperialistic. T~~~ hristjanity n t J or,na

"league of nations" and

h i 1

i t

as

the sav':or. deliverer

zation n-as supplanted

by politicians bis210PB

f

and bleswr of mankind; all of which is a polliltion of

divinely

commijsion

,vas cast

the otfim assumed

them and contra^ and

ambitions c l e r g paganized and impcrialiw d the religio

the pcacc and dignity of Jehovah an d his \\-or&

of Jesi~s?nd their disloyal course caused vast numbe

THE

PROOF

to

accept the new nominal Christianitp, and thus tr

~t s bu t necessary to call attention to the a e ~ ~ o ~

hristianity was turned into a political religion. Th

and indisputable facts th at haye dereloped in recent clergy loved the honors of tb .~

W O T ~ ~

nd still lorn the

xears

est&,lish bero nd question the tru thf uln ess

of

and dcspise thc

self-sacrificing

position of the one

w

e;.ear_o\.ertct

n

t he i n d i c h c n t . me consider

faith£ully performs h is God-given conunission.

With i

the main charge of the indictment

overt

acts

edict

of

Just inian came the parting of the

ways

bctne

in

the order named.

the true church of Christ and t l ~ c hurch nominal-

(1) ~h~ forsaking

of

th e r o r d

of

God an d the estab- between Ch rirtia nity

and

churchianity-and they

ha

Iishment of man-made creeds instead:

never met again. From then

tiU

now the true Christia

xin,tecd

a, o

Jehor& byan the develop-

has been ruthlessly persecuted by the church nomina

ment

3

heh'reed of promire". Je sus the Bead and

the

The clergy t ~ l iway thc Biblc and forhadc the com

church,ihis

body

Jes~ is eferred

to the

members

o f

his

mon people to read it and enacted

laws

making the

po

body as %ranches of t he true vine'.

( J o h n

1 3 : 1.?)

ses~ion

of

the Biblc hp a layman a criminal offens

The church began its deyeloprnent in purity of practice

c o r n Arius till now

Fame of

the

truo

folloncrs of Jes

and in action.

of

it Jehovah

said :

'.I p antcd thee a

h a r e

darcd hold a oft

the hanner

of

t ruth

anrl thereb

noble I-inc , wholly

a

right x e d ; how then

art

thou turned

subjected thcmselvcs to

wicked

persecution. 'Time cam


5/34

Ihe Golden Age

for

.. .... .. .

.- ..-

when there

~

great Protestant reformation, but

d s,

today

the

so-called "Protestant" church is a qd e m with-

out the protest. The Bod-dishonoring doctrine of eter-

nal tormcnt originated by Satan and

first

taught by the

Papacy is eagerly taken up and proclaimed to the people

by many Protestant clergy who lmow they are teaching

a

falsehood, a defamation of God's character.

In

all the

theological colleges the doctrines of higher a it ic ism and

erolution are substituted for the message of the Lord,

L hia sacrifice and his kingdom. Instead of keeping them-

selves unspotted and separate from the world the

larger

percentage of the clergy-Catholic and hokst ;mGseek

an alliance with the profepsional politicians and the

financial giant3 who can confer wealth and honor upon

them. Instead of humbly serving and worshipping God,

they serve the worldly minded, and set up idols bf gold,

earthly power, and influence which they freely worship.

The proof of the first overt act charged in the indictment

is

common hnowledge and fully apparent to

all

S ~ c o n d :

Spiritual fornication, the second overt act

'charged, m e h s illicit relationship between the church

and the st'ate.

The true church of Christ is spoken of in the symbolic

language of the Bible as a "pure virgin , while the apos-

ta te church system-one thnt has forsaken God-is

s y n

bolized by a n impure woman and in the Scriptures des-

f

ignated as a "whore" or "harlof'. Papacy being the

first to forsake God and ally l~erself with the political

pols.ers is designated as "the mother of harlob, and

ahminations of the earth". (Rcvelation 17: 6) The

Biblical language clearly in~plies hat the church nomi-

nal is grri1t.y of illicit conduct With whornf Jesus

ans:vcrr, "K it h the kings," political ruling classes, and

the

"mcrchanls", the financial powers.

"For all natiocs haw drunk of the wine of the wrath

of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have com-

l~ i t t cd oruication with her, and the merchants of the

cart11 are rvas&l rich through the abundance of h ~ reli-

cacics." (ltcvclation

15

3) The clergy,-Catholic

and

Prolcbtout-openly seek all alliance ~ i t hrominent men

of the world. either political or finaucial, thus commit-

ting spiritual fornication. Tho prominent men are in

sgmbolic Inn~waua,"ef the Bible designated a s "a green

trcc". (See Psalm 3 7 :

3.5)

I t is an indisputable fact,

~rellknown for centuries, h u t more particularly made

maqifest in modern times, that n-henwer a person rises

to pr&.incnce in a communilp, either a politician, mer-

chant or other wealthy man. the clcr,ven and their

chief parishioners conspire together to induce such prom-

incnt person to become a member of thc i r church. regard-

less of nhctl:cr such promincnt person claims

ta

beliere

on and Ioke

t ly

Lord or not. '10 such unfaithful ones

the Lord

g - s : " C p n el-cry

i y ill and anrlcr every

7 r c n

i r cc ' thou

~andcrcst,p1a)-ing

the

h~-lot".-Jere-

minh

2 :

20.

TLe c l c r ~: aim

fo r thrm;c -cs t he

di;irc rizht to

hlcrprct

the

Gible and thcr inkrprek

it

to

j:iit

tic:r o m

selfish passions. In modern timm. they hare adopted

aorldly methods in their work. Organizations such as

the Knights of Columbus,

Y. M. C.

A., etc., are the

chil-

dren or offspring of the church systems. They use the

Bible in

a

distorted attempt to show the propriety of

controlling the political affairs of this world through the

church and their offspring organizations. They

run

after the political lords and professional politicians and

brazenly offer the church gstems as

an

added means to

control the people. The church system's methods are EO

very brazen in her attempt to ally herself

with

unholy

earthly interests tha t the Lord says to her: "Thou hast

a whore's forehead and refusest

to

be ashamed*'. (Jere

miah 3 : 3 ) And so abominable is the conduct of the

church system, her clergy and her children in seeking he

companionship of the professional

politician

and the

financial powers that the Lord liken8 her to a

certain

wild beast who at the time of her regular heat ed s

beastly gratification from any one who will accommodate

her, ~ayingo her, "How

canst'

thou say I

am

not pol-

luted,

I

have not gone after Baalim? See thy way

in

the

valley, Imon what thou hast done: thou art

a

m d t

dromeclary traversing her rays; a wild

ass

used

to the

wilderness, tha t snufyeth up the vind a t her pleasure;

in

her occasion who can turn her away? All they tha t

seek

her will not weary thcmrdvcs

[to

locata hw]; in her

month they shall find her '-Jeremi* 2 :

f3 24.

Third: The thi rd overt act chnrged is that of nspon-

sibility for the great wars thnt have ataictcd the peopla

of earth and particularly the world war which began in

1914 a t the end of the Gentile Times. And for th ia

cause the h r d rays to them: "On thy skirts is found

the Mood of the souls of the poor innocents: I [JchoPah]

hare not found it by secret search but

upon

ll

them".

-Jeremiah 2: 31

%ether or not it is right for a

n tion

to en,gige in

war need not be here consitlered. The sole question hem

is.

That is the proper position for

the

church to

taka

1:rom Cod's vievipoint the chuuch must ehnd for thiagy

spiritual as distinguishecl from worldly govcrxunents.

The commission to the followers of Jesus nowhere com-

man& thcm to go to war. bnt exactly the contrary course

is prescribed. Jesus said: "IIy kingdom

is

not of this

world: . . [if

it

were1 then wot~ld

y

servants fight .

\\-hen the mob assaulted him he said he could call for

twelve Icgiocs of angels to fight his battle, but he declined

to resort to force. He even forbade his disciples to ase

weapons of defense. The church

s

his

body, the mem-

bers of which are called to follow

in

his footsteps 1

Peter 2 : ? 1 I f ~o rl dl y ations want fight that i,q

their business. The followers of Jesus

to

be faithful

m u i

t obey his expressed n nd refrain from shedding

blnad.-3 Corinthian;

S O 3,

4.

But the majority of the cletgy hare abandoned the

n- d l ct

the Lord and set

u p

their own d his they

?

It

is

the c.ler,ov who taught the

Lh s

to hrliere

&at they

d c d

by d i ~ i n e ight. From their

te ching


6/34

710

The Golden ge for Sqtember 29 1920

~ m gan do 'no m ong-this visit for these thi ng s? saith the Lo rd:

ahd

not myame the as ion^, "The I-

upon ths t h r y tha t the k ing (po li ti ca l govern ing

be avenged on such a nation as this ? A aonde rtul

a

fador) represents the Lord on earth, and since God can

horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophe

do no w ro ng neiLher can tilo king-ruling by divine

prophesy falsely, and the priesb bear

rule

by the

rigint-do

wrong. B ut rulers have convinced themselves

mean s; a nd my [professed church] people 16ve t o

ha

iliet

to m l e

war upon

a

neighbo ringnation is justifiable,

it so;

and what will ye

do

in the end thereof ? -JE

kauSe

the clergy l~a ve o held and taught. H ad the pro-

miah 6 31.

fcsberl

C lu is ti an d e r a t au gh t

the

people the truth, and Jllany of the clergy class have c pimed to ha re power

had t l ~ e p l e rec eiv ed it, th er e ~ r o u l da -e

been

no ware forgive sins and

usc

this fraudule nt an d deceitful mea

between Christian nations nor wars of Christian nations to e d ra c t money from the pockets of the people. Th

a g h s t o th er n a tio ns.

Th e tru th would have turned the have elaimed to

be

the friend of the common peopl

pfapls

away

from an evil course and saved them from

+ereas they deceive an d defr aud th e people. He n

the

horrors o l mar.

T h e preachers have preached war c o d says of those unf aithf ul stewards:

"And

ihey

d

eontrq

to God's Word, as he says:

I

have not sent ceive eyery one his neighbor, an d

will

not speak t

t h w

prophets, yet they ran : have not spoken to.them, tr ut h; they have taug ht their tongue to

speak

lies, m

yet

they propheslcd. But

if

they had stood in

my

counsel

v-emy thcm=lves to commit iniquity. Th ine habitati

[Word]

and

had caused

my

people to hear my words,

is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse

then

they should hare

turned

them from their evil way,

hot^ me, saith the Lord.. Their tongue is as an arro

fr om th e evil of t he ir doings".

(Jeremiah 23

1,

&ot

;

t speaketh deceit

;.

one speaketh peaceably

2%) &%~cc

the rcsponsibility of tl?e clergy for "the blood

his neighbor irith his mottth, bllt in his heart he Iaret

of

the

poor

innocenk "; anci Cod -ill require a t their his wait. Shal l

1

not v isi t for these th in g sai

bands B

fearful accountin:,

l t n l c s they speedily avail

t h e

~ ~ ~ h :

hall not

soul

be a r cn gd on such

a

nati

themcc~lz esof the divine remedy

aa this?

[A nation forming an alliance with mch u

Fourth:

T h e clerg y have forsol;en God in thi:, th a t

faith iul stewards]

. Then

the Lord said unto

me

T

they have resorted to lies, fraud an d deceit to build their

prophets

[preachers] preach lies in

my

name:

I

se

awn systems,

and

thereby led the people into error and

them not, neither have commanded them, neither spa

away from God. For centtlries they hare maintain ed unto them : they proph-y un to you fal

th ir

organizations by imposing u p n the people the vision and di rka tio n

and

a thing of nought, md t

f h

octrines of eternal torture, purgatory,

masses

fo r deceit of the ir heart."'-Jeremiah 3:

5,6,8,3; 14: 14

the dead,

etc.,

and

the reb y induced lllall ' h0n-t

P P I ~

~ ; j t h : T ha t the clergy,, pastors, pricsta, e tc , ha

to m ~ p o r t

hem

morally and to contribute

large sums

scattered t he f l d ; of God, and left them to starve a

of money fo r thcir upkeep. They have taken the p s i -

die. ~h~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ t , ~ ~

efcr

to the fo~o;Fers

f

jesu

tiun t h a t

a l l

who are

saved must

go to heaven and that

Lithe

flocl

C;oz~.

h~ positi,.e com ma nd give n t

such must

unite

with occ of their churcir qs te m s in

eldcrn anll

leaders

(who became clcrgl;men)

va

F

order to secure

s

passport to heaven

;

whereas, on the

the

floclc of Co d which is among

you,

taking oversig

con trary God's Mrord zBoa3 (an d they sllould ha\-e told thereof, no t by con str ain t but n,illinglr, not for filt

t h e p p l e t h is ) t h a t t he m as s o f m an ki nd NLUhe saved

l u c r e

tint

of

ready mind ; not 8s lording i t over t

on earth and restored to pcrfcct manhood during Ues-

heritage, but being esamplcs

to

tile tlock? ( 1 pckr

5

s iah's reign . S ince t i c s c a t

war

the c crz arc saying,

3 ~h~

only food that rrould the true ollowe

V e

must have some new religion, the soldier will not

F

~~~

s the

pure

w o r d

of

~ ~ ~ t h - t h ~) i t , l ~ .y

sta nd fo r the old," some new stories by which

to

d:ceive

failed

to tcoch tllc pcoplc the ~ i b l ~ruths Blri

the people and hold them in bondage.

~ a t i s f yhc hungry soul , ~~anlcly ,h e R a c ~ o m ,Besurre

T h e p p l e g re atl y dcsirc p eace. l i l ~ ~ r t ynd life in

ti,,

a n d

Restitution blessing which will be extended

happiness, al l of w hich I)les~n:s the. D~ Lle A?C~CS arc

during tllc

reicp

of Christ now beginnin

co rnk g to man cluriug tllc Uillec nial reign

of

Christ.

;z~~,-Jrllcn any

of

"the fiocyy

alld founcl llc tr u

h e c lergy

stoff

a t thcse great truth s, dpny the Jlillen-

the

haye scoldccl, thrrntcllcd an d persecuted the

nie lre ig n of the Mcsslah. and re:ort to i raud u ~ dlcccit

p-nd

scattcrcd tile b r d ' s eherp among the ravenous

bea

in

or*

to

keep the people in rcbjection

and

to ieed fat he cnrth-and hauc dcstroq-etl the fait h of many

tho

thei r o m elfish desires. Henc:: God

ays

to

:hem

sauds. \\-hen some of th e hnm blc followers of th e Ma st

"For among nly

peep .

are found 5s-ichcd m c n : they brought fort l the p ure meesage of t ru th . exposing t

la?

wait, as he that eei te th xarcs: hey sct a

t r ay .

t lrp

error, t h i s 11nfaiChful c l e r g class caused ihe suppressi

catch mcp As a cage

is

full of I ird:. :.I are th cir house3

o t that truth and the prosrlcution and imprisonment o

I d 1 of decei? thcrct'orc

the"

are

breon:e

-;c3? ant1

t h c humhlc tcnc11:rs of

the

people, for which dcau

Taxen rioQ.

Thry ar c rr-;sen fa t. ti?-? .:Air,*;

r.2

ii:y

c i a t i . 3 ~s prcn orlnc cd xpon t he m by Jcho:ah.-Eze


7/34

--

Thz G o l h Age for

. _ . _...___

..........

" -.-...

........................ ....

.......... .........

s s t h the Lord Cod of Israel again& the pastors that

feed

my

people: Ye t i a~c cattered y flock, and driven

em away, and hare not visited t l ~ e n ? ; ehold I

will

visit upon

you

the erii of your doing, saitlr the Lord..

Therefo re th us raith the Lord of' hosts concerning the

'

preachers: &hold,

I

will feed

then1

with \rormwood,

and make them ( rink the w ah r oi gall : for from the

prop hets of Jeru sale ru [int:rcl:urchianity] is profane-

ncssgone forth into all the l m d . " 3 e r e m i a h

23: 1,2,15.

1

2

Sixih I n forsaking the Lcrd and following the evil

tendencizs of their own liearts the unfaitbJu1 clergy and

assid ants have committed th e overt act of h ating an d

wilfully

spying

out and persecuting the true

m d

humble

fcllawero of Ch rist Jesus.

Cod forcshndoaed a nd illudtrafed this in the lif e expe-

riences of E eau and Jacob. Although heir to the Abre-

M i c pr om is oE sa u , bccsuse of his love for fleshly

gratificotiou and earthly pleasure, sold

his

birthright for

a mess of savor? ~nect.aud then persecuted Jacob be-

ceuse the l a t h made eEort to avail himjelf of the prize

he had justly bought.

Xsau

pictured the dns s of Christ-

ian people-leymen an d clergy-\rho have loved the

plcasures of

t

world, Bonor a c d preferr.:ent of men,

and despised the pr on~ ises f God concerning his king-

dom blcssinge. Jaco b pictured the h n n ~ b l r nd fn i thfu l

, Christians who purchased the heavenly birthright by

selling their all

in

full conseerstion

to the

Lord. The

Esau

cl as sf ai th le sa ones-hwe persecuted thc Jccob

class,

faithful ones, who prcferrcd to suffer ~ersecutioll

a d eath , remaini rg fa-itl:ful to God rather than y ie ld

to the spirit of the world and lose the pronlised prize.

Th e very faithfulness of the Ja cob class has I m n a re-

buke to t ha t c la ss ~1 10 a\-e desired to

use

the Cllriatian

religion as a camouflage to hide tbeir evil and

selfijll

course. Of tile tru e Ch ristian s Jcjils said: '-Ye are the

ligh t of the world". T he

selfish.

faithless clergy have

hated this l ight . Thc true Christ ian pr o g s se s in the

knowledge o i Cod's plan.

"The

pat11 of the

just

is as a

shining ligh t that shines more and more unto the perfect

day." E se q - progressive step of the tru e follower of

Jesus has met with I-igoroi~sersecution at the hands of

the d x g y cC las3.

CIIUCCLI-STATE K ~ U ~ T R O Y SE L I G I O t S

LIBERTY

T h e L or d d ik id cd the Ll~rclopmcntof liis church into

wrcPepoche, pr og rc si ~e hei r order . Yo cash epochal

m g e hc pro\.ic',ed a hur,?an ncerpcge r. Each of thcse

in

turn \+-as

persecuted

L ;

t l ~ c

enders or

cler,y class.

he pclSrccutlsn of ;\rius.

IT.:

do. IYpiiEe. and Luther

was lc by ~ h o 'apac .. The piersen;cr to t h e sev-

en th ?Li .h

g

he c l~irci V I I Pasti.. Rus:ail. For

forty

qi

e held sicit l: e 1i;ht of rile ,-orpel of Jles-

b i b s ki3,?dcm, ~ l l i i i l i,ri:t cipm?sxl the deceit fu l m d

i.-au1:ulcst c-lai~~:;..

l u ~ t l i c i i :d

~ r a c t ~ i ? ~

f the clr:.?.

ard

true to riieIr

. n~ac , r t : : d a;: :.i:c'?:

iile u ?isithfu .

i i j h ~ p e r t

cier3---C~;i : ; . ' iL il2il

~:i:c..;;acr-,-ic.kc~l?-

arl,J ~ C 1 e ~ ~ ~ L : y;ij-;?i~:~.ILrr.rr

L::,-l a ~ dl.;

j:ril-

ciates

in

service.

In

1916 he

fdshed his

earthly cour-

and others took up the burden where he laid it d o n

rigorously carried it forward, and like

him

they b

been objects of p erse cutio n

The Cathol ic luerarchy and the Pr ot a t an t nomin

church syatems have created societies,

such

as

th

Knights of Columbus, Y.

96. C.

A., Interchurch Worl

Hovement, etc., t o aid

in

their vork, and

th s

har

rendered raluable aid to their pa=b

t ha6 bee

another means to cement M y he "unhoiy trinity

Their members are active in politiu and fill importan

offices in eve ry bran ch of the Government.

They

rerpon

readily to the Kishes of

s

parent clergy

T h e m mem

bers of the antitypical

Esau

clasa ha re h ated and

mal

ciously slandered Paetor Russell, t he frie nd of

the

pa

ple,

and his zealous associatea T h e g r e a t

war furnishe

the opportunitp to make manifeat that hatred.

I n

188

Pas tor Russell began the publication of s e u of Bibl

comn~ents-STWIE~ IN

THI

S~~~mmuxs-inen vd

umes, si r of which he published

'in his

lif-

and

th

seventh, "The Finished Mystery," was

published afte

his death. It is an interpretation of

Etekiel end Re

lation.

These prophetic books of th e Bible contraat th

course of the true with the nominal church.

In pro

pl~ etic hrase the Lord foretold the persecution of th

tr ue by the false, and the great hypocrisy of the clergy

Necessarily '"The Finished Mystery" er p la i n d thes

Scrip t i~res

n

the lig ht of the historical facts-recording

fulfilled prophecy. T hi s greatly angered the

clew

because it interfered with the ir scheme

to fiwther

defrau

the people, and they s ought an o p p o r t u n i q f o r vengeance

The

so-called "Espionage LIVurnished eliectiv

wapon . It raa to 1x2 e-qected that this

Iaw

wouldsearc

out spies.

I;ut

what spy prosecuted und er th

In \ \ -?

Th e chief selected for its enforcement

wao a

wel

h o r n , u l tra -nomind c iiu rchman , who is k n o m *r

heretic-hnntcr,having heretofore prosecuted

P Y.

C r a p e

fo r heresy. II e m a aided in the collection of evidenc

by a "d~e d-in -the- \~oo l" night of Columbus, and

bot

of thcse men have ready ears for the

cry

of the clergy

The penalty for violation of the Espionage Law

did

n o

g e m auficiently severe. Ear ly in

1918

a convention o

c l e r s m e n

was

held at Philadelphia, a t which

s

esolu

tion {ras pdopted call ing upon c on grc s to

provide

tha

alleged violators of the Espionage Law should be t r ie

by court-martial end dwth infl icted as s penalty.

A

gerernl

in

the T7nited States army vas authori ty for

th

s u t c m e n t

il:at t'ne

purpose and intention of this

pro

pc5ed

law

nas to punish

the

olffcers

of

th e I n t e r n a t b a

T+il~lc tude nts ;\:oci;ltion an d the publishers of "Th

l ' i r , :zhrd

3Iystcn by putt ing t l ~ c n l o d e a t h

A bil l

aas pending before Cocgress to amend th

Erpiooa;e L a r eo that one chargcd with i t3 Fiolstio

r ; , - h t hove zn op po rb ~n it p o 1:ia::e fu rth er de?eu e

T: 2

m e m h r

of the D~ ?a rtr ;lea t

oE

J x t i c e

havhg i

c k 5 5 r tke

c r . f ~ r c c m e n t o f

t i ~ i ? a-.

~lamelp . h r

L c r ~ ' C E I I Y , ~ ~ C ; I T C ~eicgre


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hsving

in

charge the bill

and

argued that the amend-

mcnt be dcfeated, assigning

a8

his reasons therefor three

classes that he could not prosecute successfully if the

amendment carried, the three classes named being "The

Finished Mystery," the "International Bible Students

&sociation,:' and the "Kingdom Ncvs". Mr. OJBrian

well knea a t the tinie tha t the three

represented

but onc

class of Christians. No other conclusion can be reached

than that

he

deliberately mil ed the United. States Sen-

ate into

defeating

this amendment. Hi s report appcars

in

th e Conges iona l Record of Hay 4th, 1918.

Public sentiment must be worked up against the

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S@ 29

1920

713

. a . ..

...

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Okl saua.

Jesse Ifearn

ss

jj3ilc.d

~ Y O

q s without nar-

r u t

Gr espleraiion and i~?ar.?n nto inscn3ihility it1

hi3

6b-n

Seld

by s mob.

organized by a minister of the

so-.

d e d

ChrL-tian

dmoruination.

Other ministers, acting individually, or in groupr,

prsrured the

tol lon-i~tg

utr3ges :

Jlarch

9,

1913. at Chicksha, Oklahoma,

A.

H.

6m-

pley

nnd

Vr.

and Mrs.

S. 9. Croy were Jailed and fined.

Usrch

1'7, 1913;

at

\vPsrr, Idho, two colporteurs were

threatened and colnpelled K O stop work. April 30 191S,

April

O ;

1913, at Csmanche, Oklahoma, 0

It.

Das-io

aud son nere insulred and thr+atcned.

May 1

1918.

a t

'I'uls, Oklahoma,

Xrs. euldi Li

Coreg

was

arrestrd

and suitcases

and

Bibie study textbooks seized without

w3rrant.

May

4

1918

a t New

London, Ohio. Clyde

Morrison and Claude 3forrison ware mobbed and ar-

rwted. Nay 8 1913,

at

Greenville, Mississippi. Mrs.

I d .

F.

Lnrtigue

was

arrested, but after emmination

of

the literature the sheriff

dismissed

her

with

the s b k -

ment, "So one could find fault with those papers except

-

at

Thayer, ~ & o u r i , Charles Branke, ~ d k v drench,

Jl.

R

and Mr. llnd Mrs. D. Van Hoeaen were

ta sen to

the

Y.

M.

C. A.

and threatened

by

a mob.

Grifin was forced

to

leave

tonn

and sacrifice home and

business.

The postmaster here held mail in the Post

Otice

s r

months without delivery.

April 30, 1918, at

Xammoth Spring, Arkansas, Ure. V i n n n B. Franke was

mobbed snd compelled

to

clo%eout a $10,000 stock in

one

Jay

and leave town. At Garfield, Washington, Don-

ald

Jlain and Mr.

Iah

Kere j d e d and threatened with

death.

A t

Uinerl-a. Ohio,

S. Griftin

was

f i s t jailed

sod

then released to

a

mob,

then

ectured

fifteen minutes

by the mihieirr.

t i~en truck

repeatedly, cursed,

kicked

trodden upon. threatened with hanging and

with

drown-

ing

driven from

t o m ,

spit

upon,

tripped repeatedly,

jabbed repeatedly with

an

umbrells, forbidden

to

ride,

followed five miles t o Malvern, Ohio,

rearrested,

jailed

for saIety a t Carrollton

and

b n d y taken home

by

brave

and faithful ~ Ec ia ls ho,

after

examining

his literature,

.

mid,

in

so many words,

'Cme

find no fault in

this man .

Compcuriu of ministers, acting together, procured the

f~llowing utraga:

Much

20 1918

at Checotah,

Oklahoma, T. H.

Brad-

ford was

jaded

h a

nighte,

h i s

home entered

and

Blble

W

extbooks

seized

and

he

wsa

driven

from

town.

March 21

1918, at Corpus

Christi,

Texas, the home

of

hka

Clva Hanke, a native American. ws3 raided, her

person

atkked a11d threatened and Bible study tert-

books

seized

April

24,

1918. and April 29. 1918, tbe5e

raids

were

repeated, a wm pm ie d by mare threats and by

an

invasion

of

Mr%

Hanke's

bedroom when she

was

rcst-

ing

on

the

bed

The

Court s find of

the mat-

tern

April 30. 1918,

was

that

no more literztiue

cf

the

kind should be circulated d~ lr in g he war inasmuch

-rrOm The xeic

E n t e r i r i a c .

it hurt the

feelings

of kl c.ler,T.

~ l ~ b ~ , ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ ,

IY T K I

S K I R T S 19

F O r s O T R I ELi,iJn 1

7HI

SJCL Or I P S

PJOa

ISSoCEaTS."-Jerem:a

2 : 4.

Bender and I R. Starks vere jailed two davi and

threi?:@iistrs wPre heard to urge

rhe

officizls :o ..Give

the cler,g".

A t Celeste,

Texas.

a mob Jcmnnded the

the boyjthe l imil .

arrest of

A. J.

'Solbert,

G. B.

\\'eavzr and

Urs. Harvey

April

12, 1915.

JedforJ. Oregon,

E.

P.

T~ii&rc.r~a Huddleaton; the demand

was

reilwd

by

the authorities

a : ~

obbed and

L.hL=~d

of tobvn

f a r

pr2uhing

t h e

b u t the

parried had to leave tocvn to escape vioience.

gaspel and

George

R.

Uavnard

w;ls

pdncrd

a n d

June, 1919,

a t

Hochester,

SCW - ~ r k ,

\rilliam

E.

driven

r

s n for -&rmjrting Bible study in his

IVheelcr was twice arrested and h r s ~eaten for circulat-

him.. Ap

iiiil li.

3 Dloiiun.

' rc la : , w

. )[urphy, ing

r

p?titiou appealing for the rili.~;c l Bible Students

P. 13 \ F i l ~ 3 m 3 , \,

U. YGrl;, I

\v

,q3ffard.

3

Drake

unjurrly sentenced

to

prison.

111 thc

f ~ r ? g o i n g

ubsg2s

.md

4. . CLnss

arre =&bed

nd aLrcrnc.y.: f o r b i d d e n to

nere

di rec t ly

incited by

tvia

or mar? clergymen.

accept h e

a j e .

K n i e h s

a: C31-mbu

arir t . ; .d

e l e r n

Church

m e n 1 5 t 3 ,

acting

as

t 6 ~ 1 3

f

~ l e r ~ m e I l ,

m d

in

* e D t k n outrage

d v

utraga

se

f ~ l l a a s :


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eptember

ig

1920

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March 28, 1318, at Xonroe, Louisiana, Henry C.

wee they

will

be settled, if i t r done by the America

Humble s made to lose a government position and

people themeelves".

\That did this Judge sa n t don

s a s jailed three monrhs

a t

the instance of two Yetirodist by the ,her ican people?

chu rch members, one of whom secured his job. Ap ril

April 17, 1918, at Shawnee Oklahoma, G. N Fenn

23, 1918, a t Ce n tr e d e , Iowa, E.

A.

Talbott nas abused,

George M Brown,

L.

5 Rogers, W . Glass, E T G

' threatene d and jailed three days

at

the behest of a mob

an d

J

T. ull were jailed. Du rin g the trial t h e Pr*

of whom fou r announced themselves

a s

church members ecuting Attorney

said

"To hell

with

your Bible;

YO

determined to sccure

bis

imprisonment.

October 16, oug ht to be in hell

with

your back broken; yon ought t

1913, at VarsMeld, Oregon, Pay R.. Smith Tas thrown be

hune;". i ne n G. F. Wilson, of Oklahoma

City

a

o u t of employment and jailed twenty-lour days on

corn-

tempted

to

act

as

co un~ el o r the defense

he

'also

plaint of t\so prominent

Presbyterians.

arrested.

Each was Gned 55 an d costs ffense, dis

Catholic

priests r e r e n o t

in

any mob8 that attacked

tr ibut ing Protes tant l i tenture.

The trial J n d p en

Bible students. They haye had centuries of experience

couraged mob action follo~ ving he tr ial , but the mob

in

getting results otherwise.

At present if they

rrsnt

a e re foilecL

any rongh work done for them they w e the Jlollie

April

22, 1913, a t Kingsville, Tesas,

L. L.

Davis

Nagpires, alias the Ancient Order of Hibernians, alias Dan iel T oole were chased by a mob led by the Na yor an

the %hfs of Columbus. Also, the y pre fer to put these

County Judge and subsequently caught

and

jailed with

people in office first and then use the m with a show of ou t warrant.

D a v b was forced out of

hia

job: In

IegaliQ inste ad of followin g the coarser, less efficient Xay 1913, at Te cum sh, Oklahoma, J.

J.

May wm

mob tactics of the Protestant ministers. Th is is the

seized and incarcerated thirteen months in an insan

Beast

in

action. Attentio n is invited to the follo ~rin g,

asylum

by the order of

a

Judge, after threatening

an

by way qf iUustration of the point in question:

abuse. H is family uas not ~ d ~ k e ds to what

had h ecn

Ynrch 4 1918, a t Razleton, Pennsylvania, Eenja min

done mith

h*.

Kimmel, l leuben Platt , Amos

K.

Smoker and IL-illiam

I n June, 1918, at Ronnoke, Virginia, C. T. &forr

hinunel

were jailed by two alleged oficials named Jlc-

n-a3 jailed three months for being

"a

strict adherent o

Kelvey

and

O'Larnic, given a hearing before Curcio in

the Pastor RUSWII

secf

and

\VIS

wamed that if

kr

the office of

Gorman

questioned

by

O'Brien in the pres-

his release, he preached his doctrine he would recei

ence

of M cHenry, U cD erm ott and Bople.

March 4

much worse treatment.

I n ful f i l lm nt of this,

in

th

1919, a t Stra nto n, Pennsylvania, Clayton J. Woodworth,

Erne city, Pebruarg 15, 1920, Alex.

E

f acrnuan wa

U

L .H e rr nod Stanley Young aere arrested by J lc-

jailed by t h e U ay or , w itllo ut r ~ r r a n t r charge, at

th

Court and UcHenry and arraigned before Kilcullen.

hour when he rv s advertised

to

lecture to the publ ico

April 28, 1918,

at

Boise, Idaho, Dr. H. D. Xorr is and

the topic, ''Cl~rist'a Second Coming xeu ; &fillions

~ Q

nine others were jailed and covertly threatened d t h mob

Livi;ing IVil l.Nc rer D iel .

Fiolence by XcC lear. T h a t ni gh t Dr. .lforrisY

ouse

was

I n the sp ring of 1918, a t Los -4ngeles, Cdiforn ia

&fi,ped. April 30 1918, at New Orleans, Louisiana, Erneat

D.

Sexton, with twenty-fiva others, was tried

fo

James M Fi lbon , car ry ing a permit from the M a ~ o ror

distributing Protestant l i terature which the tr id Judge

distributing his l i terature, was jnjled tu-o day.; by Be njam in Bledsoe, adm itted contain ed not hin g whstere

Mooney, th e Chief of Police. A t Jnclisboro, Texas, Miss

seditions. Th e only charge against se verd of these

me

Lula

E.

Jackson n-as visited

bp

the sheriff twice, oxce

n.as t h a t they had attended a pryer nieeting.

Not

with

XcCombs and once with Keith, demanding the

scrap of evidence

was

produced against

a

number a

m e n d e r of Bible study testbooks.

Xay 18, 1918, at

them. The

jury

disagreed an d the casz w u dismissed

Ho ust on , %.souri. poor wo man, Mrs. Ger tru de Kim pe, b u t while en route io t h bull-pen tllese innocant C hiist

K ~ Sailed

bp JlcCaskill because she wag unable to buy

ian men verc os sa~~ l tednd 1,crriblybeatcn by the Roma

bonds. A t Henderson, North Carolina.

ME K.

IT.

Catho lic police; one of them received serious inju ricj

Edwards

sas

repeatedly threatened, the t h r e a t e ~ e r s n-

Sovcrn:~er

8

191S, at Iroquois Falls, Ontario, A.

R

ciuding a

J.ill, e

and a Roman Catholic.

At Kennebec.

~V~IO I, Peter Wood, Thom as Phillips, Mrs. A

E. Hollznd

MarsplMrs. Frederic

Eolmes as

grilled

thee

hours by

3Iri.

Wood, Xrs. U cCurdy a nd Vra. Aicheson aere fine

X c K c d .

-4t

Roscville, Georgia,

G

W

LaFef ip was

.$IOO

eoc i~ or hav ing a prayer mct,ting. The Bible

visited by h:l cv , ~ ; .h o emanded

dl

his reli;.ious bouks

seized a t

this meeting, together s i t 11 the Bible stud

m d l iters turc. . :xtI)ocks were a l l htirned i x ihe fui.race by order of th

t r ia l

Judge J. K Ebbitt , member of tl:e hzrch o

TGDGES

DO

SO.\LJS

WOh-DERFL-L T R I X C S

1

E?g and.

Xnch

1-1. 1318, at Pomona, Cd i fo rn i a , 3 E3,"lrston

K5

jail& ereen in prison t a n k , fG =

of

then,

C-LYKZES

h S D CIO E rJ I S rS S AS-UCHISTS

r;itll no h?d or m,s::resa, in x E c ie n t covering a z d inst&-

Uarch 1 1513 ot Grar,J Ju n c~ io n , 'olo:aJo, a

iwcct

cr:

fccd.

n e r

:??

j-rp &:a,m~d, 5 to

y :he

J u d g e

irg fo r Eib e study :van broken

up

h r a mob

composed

o

=a m 3 r d CG- -

.Li

here 5 no l w

ts

i d e hese

LC,-

Xa rc r : *s&ng r::ril;aper r e n

3rd

crher prum4ezi


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Age

for

Sc11tembe-r

29

192

71

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business men.

April 20. 1913. ron-nntorvn. Indiana.

l l ~ r c l l 6

1918.

nt .Tn~':~on\-il ?.Texaa. C.

L.

%he

Curtia l'lumner nos tiircatenccl and coerced by s 111oh

ing:lr \?.as jai1c.d t\v+,111 .-eis dcys; April 10. 1913,

composed cif the c o u ~ t y heriff n:ld 11usinrssmen.

>lav

Vinita. C)l\v months liter.

F or

di3rihuting the ,+:n:c i'rot~sta~ltitc~.at:ue.v;hirh

no Oo\.ernmel~t lRri;ll 1 33 ever fou :j o:J,,:~:~i;nnbleex-

cept

t ha t it hurt the

fcc. ;ng3

ol t h e c e-?.

:b.z

f'ull~;\-i::g

other riots

a n d

ciut:.ngcs -;;ire

i i x n g ~ d :

IS

IT A

CRI31T:

TO SELL BOOKS?

A t the fo1:owing

times

and places the parties nam

were arrested and jailcd for d i n g religious

bo o b

n

under

a

ban of any kind :

I n rebruary, 1918 at Bogcsha, Oklnhomn, Ifrs. C.

Knorvlcs wns jailed. March 4, 1918, at Siloam Sprin

Arkan~ns,S. Van Houten was jailcd. March 12. 191

et Vasoss, O :lnhoma, J. T. Grier and C. R. E d 1 jail

eleven dny3

and

fined 83. March

25,

1913,

at

dr

mow. Oklnl onla, C1a11d Watson jailed eight

days.

Frsnklinville. Xcrv Tork. Mr. Teager fined 10 for se

ing

3

ten-cmt copy.

of

"The Divin'e Plan

of

the

AIgoeg

" THE

RICIlT OF PETITIOS

Tor the circulation of a petition for the release

Cible stcdeats unjustly sent to prison the follov.-in

ourraga wcre perpeirated:

Ycbruary.

1313 ,

at Tulsa, Oklaliorna,

C. If.

B. Cla

Xrn.5 arres:ed. April

I::, 1919, a t

Sha\tnee, Oklaliom

;. V.

Bronx, 'l'homcls hociolek,

J.

T. Tuil and R.

'i'cqplra

w

clrr~sted and jziled. At Uempl~i r.Te

r .czre R. X . Irain 1va3 a;.reI.tzd. At 83n Frs~ciw

i'difornia. Bmjanin

I. .

EIol~tlay azs arrestmi.

L:To~\.~.sI.IIIc.

l'enr,sl[~onia, ecnui;. th3y ilappencd to


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716

The C j o h ge fin

..

Hung~rlans,who lor~dheir English-speaking brethren,

and h c . o u q thero is roo much lot-? abroad

in

the world,

the fallowing n-cre not only arrested for circulating the

peti~i on ut re re fined 10

each, v z

Loui3 Zazic,

Alex.

\'argo, And rer Lassen, George Azari, Uilm

arm

and

Steve

Easty. Did you erer read the Co~zitutionf the

Z'uited States?

June

30,

1918, at Olive Eranch, 1-ouisiana, Alex.

3 r a s was jailed four days, under 5,000 bond, for dis-

tr ibut ing copies of a re,dar rr-eekly newspaper, the St.

Paul Enterprise.

SE(S[JRE IN

THEIR PERSOYS.

HOCSES.

PAPERS,

AXD EFFECTS

March 1 1918, at Clevdand, Oklahoma, T. D. John-

son wos jailed three days and bo ob confiscated th at were

never under any ban.

arch

1 1918, at Tulsa, Okla-

homa,

Mrs.

Alta Randall's home aa s entered by officere

and others who confucated Bible study textbooks with-

out any warrant, accompanied by abusive, threatening

and violent language. March 10, 1915, a t TuIsa, OHa-

homq 0.

R.

Col-ey was arrested, his home and garage

entered ahd searched and propertp seized-all without

any wursnt. On the same

day,

in the same city, Mrs.

FLra Thomas' home was entered by other aileged officers

in plain clothes who conliscated Bible study terthooks

without war ra nt March 16, 1915, a t Princeton, lndi-

ana,

J.

A. Miller and S.

A.

Keith were jailed fire days,

their homes entered and property .seized without

war-

.rants.

Sfarch 19, 1915, at Xeem Orleans, Louisiana, James If.

Wilhn, Frank U.Douglas and W o r d A. Fleming were

jailed without warrant. the first night without any bed.

Bond was refused and for for&yhours they were for-

bidden

to

cons~dt ttorneys. Aleantime their homes were

ransacked and property seized, including seven Bibles,

h.p.mn book, concordance

aml

lmtern

slides

of Bible

pictures.

Narch 27,1918, at Corpus Christi, Texas, the home of

Dr. George L. Spivcy, a nati re American of English

descent,

waa

invaded without varrmt and his etIects

seized. H e was cursed and abused as a Guman spy,

falsely, and his patient ilrirsn array and told not to re-

turn. I n Narch, 191S, a t Alha, Uissouri, at 11 o'clock

st night, the home of

l f u y

E.

Thaper, 71 y@arsof age,

was invaded-without warrant, her person threatened and

her .&e& seized.

~ p d - 1 ,919, at Pocatcllo. Idaho, the room of

P.

G.

Cfloystein

W 3 S

raided and h u

Biblc,

hymn book and Bihle

etudy textbooks were confisrsted.

April 24

1918, at

%US

W t i Texas, Urs. Eerue If.ch lk

vas

threat-

ened and.insulted snd

her

eiEecti seized A t Victoria,

Eritish Cdlum&a, A. Sutherlund was jailed three months

for having+ Eible study testbcok in his poscssion. At

IVidilifft?,Ohio. he home

of ITS K

I? Burlholda wa3

entered and a Eible stud

ta:hol;

confisated without

wnrmnt. June

5 1918,

at

Grws v ~ Ll e .T w ,

he home

S. EL

Lpch

n u

risoQd ard

~ r d& ous

boob

w s e conficated that were never under a ban

of

m y kind

A t

Wilmington, Ohio, in

August

1918, the

home of A. N. Pr im was i nv ~d ed nd religious boob

nnd papers seized that were newr under any ban. J d y

10, 1918, at

T d ~ a ,

khhoma, C.

Jf

B. Claus w u mis-

represented as a Ckrman spy, dkc l~arged rom

his

posi-

tion, mobbed, whipped, kicked and his jaw-bone

f r s c

tured, necessitating

six

reeks of inknse d e r i n p .

T H E RIGHT O F

THE PEOPm

P E A m L x

T

ASSEMBLE

At

all

the following tim& and pl- m-gs

of

Christian men and women at rrhich the gospel, ndonly

the gospel, of our Lord Jesus Christ was discussed, or

would have been discussed, were broken up by mobs ar-

ranged for the purpose, usually with some alleged o f i m

of the law as spokesman:

?Larch 10, 1918, at N d a Walla, Washington, accom-

panied ;by threats and abusive language by

Chid

of

Polica March 16,1918, a t Denison, Texas, accompanied

by abuse and seinrre

of

Bible study textbooks

rrithout

sa rr ant by alleged Federd oficers. April 21, 1919, a t

Corpus Christi, Te ns . April 5, 1918, at Grand Jnnc

tion, Colorado, by that fearless warrior Lieutenant-Colo-

nel Furman, who led a large company of armed men,

with bayonets fixed,

into

the private home of a

gentle

Christian

Mr.

Perry, m d without any r a r r h t confis-

cated

his Bible study tqtbooks . April 24, 1918, Polish

Bible class at Chicago, Illinois. On

this

occasion W.

Jasinsbri ten other excellent Christian men, and one

woman, were jsiled two nights, and hundreds of Bibles

and Bible study te.xtbooks never under any

ban

wen? con-

fi,wted, together vith a phonograph, magic lantern and

alides.

Does

such action maKe the world safe for dcmw-

racy? On the same date a t Plover, Wisconsin,

the

Polish

class there was also jailed. The same month at Du Boia,

Yennsylvania, the Knights of Columbus, after a night

invasion of a Protestant home, forced the abandonment

of a meeting and txized the

25

paid for theatre rental.

May 6, 1915, at ?iash~ille,

Tennessee

a meeting of

colored Bible students consisting of a grand total of three

men, thiee women ard trro children wns broken up

by

just forty brave armed men, twenty of them in police-

men's uniform, and the hymn slips were confiscated.

June 1 1918, at Jameston-n, Kansas, latc a t night, the

Roman CathoLic Mayor's mob drove R.

.L.

Robic from

t o m so that he could not, on the next day, preach from

the topic, "The

Ii-orld Has Ended; Villions Sow

I.ir-

ing

Will

Never Die". Jun e

29,

1918

at Esthervillc,

Iowa,

C.

E. Stewart

s

run out. of

town

to prevent

his giving a similar lecture. J r ~ l r

,

191Y, at Portland,

Oregon, Ernest D. Paton

Kas

jailed one n i ~ h t ~ r . d

livering a lecture, illustrated by Bible pictures af the

1lighe.t chss . I n Roanoke, i'irginia, Jfarch 21

131.9

Ownr I? Eylnnder ass arrested

by

one \V PI Eryon,

niihout &arrant or c hi ry s, w l ~ i l e n his u3y to it

libla

stud . 4

loaded re~clver a; held to

hiz

temple.

he

WFS thrcsteced with tar ond fea:iiers scc d 4 & cat-


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ened ait h.bcin g ihroim from ? seventh-stoq vindow;

Seren t l r :

Substizuting a man-madc " L P ~ ~ uf x

totd criminality coneiitcd in the fact that he had with

tions" for JIessirll'a kingdom. I n rhis the clcrpy

~ P

him some l ~ y n ~ noob for use at the meeting.

At Perrv,

denied the divi~l~rlyiven cornmi.i;ion to every iollo\r

Oklahoma, brave men waited on an aged woman, Jary

of ,lesus Christ to proclaim t h ~ essage of l~ i s ingdo

I:

\'sllmer, and threatened her with physical violence if

aw

the panace3 lor all human illp.

(iod nescr fails

she continued discussing the Lord's gospel

w i t h

anybody, making good d l he promises.

He

has promised a

Cut she refused obedience. Which j j bettc.r: TO e a

bound that pron~isewith hi3 oath, ant1 i t cannot f

rrnl Chri9tisn during war-time, or n Interchurch

[Hebrews Li 1 8 ) that 111 "his due time" evrry man sha

IVarldling Lte ra ar d?

have a full and fair opportunity for

liie

cverlasti

C H R I S T I L Y S E N T R A P P E D

liberty and eternal happiness.

Such is tile great d.-si

of all .honest henrts and Cod's way is th'c only way the

The

following reads like the wicked Inquisition. On

bles3ings can

ever

be had. ~ ~ d i ~ dlcmcnts of ic

March 17,

1919

a little class of Christians had quietly

honestly think thcv can bring =bout this desire, but til

assembled in Southern California to study the Bible with

cnnnot in their way. cots

is the only

way.

q

their textbook,

lie

Finished Mystery .

'fie United c o , m ~ ~ o n e ~is church to

~ e c ~

efore the mind

t a b

District Attorney, officer of the Depnrtment of

people his

of bledsings under h

Justice knew of the ir meeting place. He

sent

four men

kingdom. The claim to hold

a

commission

to attend

Bible class. These men, xessrs- Abood,

prcsch the gospel.

But &las, theyhave abandoned

U

Boden,

Mussel, and Meeker, sat through the study and

h r d and his

set

up

a

way

of

their own. rf i e i

st

the conclusion manifested inkre st

in

the Uible. They

overt

act

here

consists n

not

only

a

failun

to

t

then

approached Mrs. Emma Martin, the widow of a

people restitution blessings coming through M

w 1 -kn0n74 doctor,

and

Messrs. Sonnenkr& and but in trying tokeep from telling thepo~

Stercns, students and members of this Bible

clas,

and

They not only

reject

the ~~~c~

but they

induced them to let

rhenl

a

copy or

of

"The

of their oltm by advocating and urging th e formoti

Fi~lishedMystery".

of a league of nations and hail it

as

he emancipator an

A

few days later these Chrktinna were arrested and

blesser

of man,

rind

set

up

by mcm n lieu of

t

the

named men appeared in court

as

the only wit-

Lord's kingdom.

Hear the authoritative words of T

nesses against them, testifying that they aent to the Bible

~ ~ , j ~ ~ ~ l-ounc~~

of

~ h ~ ~ ~ h ~ ~ssued

janW919:

class at the direction of the District Attorney to

get

evi-

t

im e hns

mme

to org.ulize the

\~orld

or

truth, rlq

deuce against these harmless people. The Bible students

just ice and humanity. TO this md us Chrl s t l a ns we urge

t

were tried and wntenced to terms in the penitenti;uy

estnbll-rl~ment

of

u L e n s * Of Free Wntlons at thc Om

for interfering

the

selective

r d t .

he

Pses were

Pmce Conference. Such n l e n . g e Is not merely

a Penes

er

dient. It Is rather the political expression of thc klnmlom

appealcd

nntl

affirmed.

~ o dn

earth

Th e I.en, ut of Xntions

is rooted la them@

On f a p

17,

1920

more than

a

year

and

a

half

after

~ i k e

he

gospel, its objective

Is

Peace

on

earth,

goo

r

t he r a r

was

over, tllcy were talcen to prison.

The a

toward men. Like

the

gospel,

Its

apPenl s universnl.

Augeles ecord said

:

6cTaohundred and fifty Bible to^^;:‘=^^^;^^

2:

EG2eclnf:~ e ' ' l ~ ~

Students n.csrmblcd at the pier and sang, 'lllest Be the

drrlletll rigllpeousness.-2 Peter 3: 13.

Tie

That

Binds Our Hearts in Christian Love' m d 'All

- ~ h ~lll,rcl, [nonlinnl] can g iv e sptrlt mwi

the \vny Jig Savior Leads Xe , etc.

A stranger inquired,

witllout

which

no

Leazue

of Nntions

can endurr

'Are the* departing ni s~ io na ri es ?~nd mas amazed

Thus thc clergy claim that it is the blood of

soldi

when told that

they

were going to the penitentiwy3-

shed upon the battlefield which will purchase

thc

fre

for selling a rcligious book to sleuths of the law.

clom and blessing of mankind, instead of the blood of t

Officers of tlrc Inw, in league with an apo;tate' clergy,

Holy One, Christ Jesus; and thus again they deny t

dclibcrately conspired f o r the conviction and imprison-

s e a t ransom sacrifice.

mcnt of these innocent Bible students. It is inconccira-

Furthermore, their argument' is tha t the politic

bk ..ht;. their acts could have interfered ~ i t hhe selec-

financ.ial and ecclesiastical powers combined wiU esta

tive>~ait, ant1 st i l l 113rder to believe illat a year and

lish "Peace on rarth , good-will toward men",

ne

a

half a ltcr d l ot ~er nations have dischnrg-d even their earth wl~erein welleth righteousness, and

wil l

do this

political prisoners these Christians should be quietly

and through the League

of

Nations--hence no need

.talien oii to serve terms

in

the penitentiary.

This case

4fe isir h'~ iingdom to come. Verily, nothing short

is 3 di.


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: 9 ; Zrphnr,Izh

: s ;

J i :;:l 3-11; onah 4 : C - 8 .

'Fo srlbniit lurther proof on this point would seem

sl.tperfluor:s. I n fact \ re are inclinecl to the thought that

the clergy ~vi ll .illingly plead g i l t y to rhe seventh overt

nct here chargcd. Thcir pu )lic utterances show that

thcy claim much credit for t ~cwe of Xations scheme,

ca l l i~g t the greatest achievement since tbe resurrec-

tion of Christ Jesns.

THE

JEDG3IEST

V-pon the inrlieputnble evidence the unholy trinity

stands convicteil as charged

u l

every overt act in the

iudictment, and the verdict must be "Guiltf'.

Haman built a ga1lov:s upon which to hang the one

whom he hated withont. 3 cause. Ilaman graced the

gallows with his onn body.

What will

be

God's judg-

ment upon Churchianity ? Eas Jehovah indicated what

.his jn rl pe nt mill be and how it shrill be executed? St.

Paul in

1

Corintllians 10, reviews the derelictions nnd

wrongf~tlacts of natura l Israel and the punishments

.

that follolr-ed.

Then

he add:: "Sow all these things

happened unto thcm for ensamplee. and they are written

fo r our admonition upon whom the ends of the st-orld

have come". The old world or order of t h i n g is pnssing

away, dnd the new coming in, hence r e are a t the ends-

concluding end of one,

Leginning

end of the other--of

the worlds or ages. Through his prophet Jeremiah God

gave warning to fleshly

Jsrael that unless they repented

he would cause a strong people from the north, a mighty

and fierce people, to make their land dewlate.

Such was

a mere picture of what is threatened by Jehovah against

dl

Christendom, unl ss there is a speedy repcnlancs

Jehovah's judgment upon the unholy trinity truly was

foretold in the follosving texts, nhich were witten afore-

time for the benefit of those now on esr th : "And I will

utter my jud,ments against them touching al l their

wickedness

who have forsaken me, and have burned in-

censeunto other gods [gods of gold and power], and nor-

shipped the work of their o m ands". (Jeremiah 1:16)

"Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I

am

bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah that

whosoever heareth of

it,

both his ears shall tingle. And1

nill stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the

plummet of the house of Ahab

;

nd I will wipe Jeru-

em a

maxi

wipeth a dish, wiping

it,

and turning it

upside down. And I will forsake the remnant of mine

inheritance

and deliver them into the hand of their

enemies; and they shall become a prey and n spoil to all

their

enemies; because they h ~ eone that a-hicll mas

evil%-my sight, and hare provoked me

ta

anger, since

the day their fathers came forth out of E m t even unto

this day."-3 Kings

?

: 1 - 15

'Zo, 4 ring a nation upon you from far, ouse

of Israel saith the Lord: it

is

mighty sation, i t is an

ancient hztioQ, a nation rhose 1a3gllage thou hoirest

oot, neitkr u6: erstancirst

v1iat

they

ss::

Tlleir quiver

is as

an open ssp11lcl:re. hey arc cll mi,o lty n en. And

they shall rat u p tiline l an-;.st: 2nd thy t i e ~ d

h i i h

ty

sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall cat up

flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines

thy fig trees: they shall imp\-eri-~hhy fenced cit

wherein thou tnutedst, with the sword."-Jer. S :15

.Thus 4 t h the Lord, Behold, a people cometh fr

the north country, and a great nation shall be rai

from the sides of the esrth. They &all lay hold on b

and spear hey are cruel, and have no mercy; their v

ronreth like the

sea:

and they ride upon horses,

set

arrzp

as men for Y against thee, &ughter of Zion

J ~ r e m i a h : 2 29.

'.But the I ~ r ds the true God, he

is

the living C

and an everlasting king: a t his math the earth

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Golden Age Vol. 1 No. 27: War Persecution Experiences, 1920