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Friends, Primitive Friends, Friends of the Temple, German Evangelical Protestant, Latter-Day Saints, Reorganized Latter-Day Saints, twenty-one kinds of Lutherans shown in comments on Rev. 8:7, Swedish Evangelical Missionary Covenant. Swedish Evangelical Free Mission, Norwegian Evangelical Free Church, twelve kinds of Mennonites, Bruederhoef, Amish, Old Amish, Conservative Amish, Reformed, General Conference, Church of God in Christ, Old Wisler, Bundes Conference, Defenceless, Brethren in Christ, sixteen kinds of Methodists shown in comments on Rev. 9:1, Union Moravian, Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, Other Pentecostal Associations, twelve kinds of Presbyterians shown in comments on Rev. 8:10, 11, Christian Reformed, Hungarian Reformed, Reformed Catholic, Salvation Army, Schwenkfelders, Social Brethren, Society for Ethical Culture, Spiritualists, Theosophical Society, Old Constitution Brethren, Unitarians, Universalists, etc.

Their "faiths" are quite as varied as their names, but without exception they deny the central truth of the Scriptures (1 John 4:2, 3) that when Jesus Christ came to earth He came as a man only, devoid of immortality or Divinity, that when He died He was as dead as though He never had lived, and that by that death He bought for Adam and his race the Restitution of all things foretold by "the mouth of all the holy Prophets since the world began." (Rev. 4:10.) The common ground upon which they stand is this, their denial of the Ransom, their affirmation of Spiritism, in some form, and their adherence to the principle of Federation. All of these things are condemned in the Scriptures but the Scriptures will never be allowed to stand in the way of those who live by shearing the wool from the sheep. (2 Tim. 4:3, 4; Deut. 18:10, 11; Isa. 8:9-22.) The latter passage is full of the deepest significance at this time.

"Christian Heralds" that refused to publish advertisements of Pastor Russell's books now give space to advertisements of godless, Christless, Buddhist, demoniacal books, glorifying the New Thought system of mind worship, the boot-strap system of religion by which men, by cultivation of the will, lift themselves into money, piety and immortality, and by making assertions to and demands of the alleged "sub-conscious mind" invite and receive the assistance of evil spirits, and finally come under their control. Modern "Christianity" is Buddhism.

"The Rev. Dr. Day, Chancellor of the Syracuse Univer sity, recently, in an address to the Y. M. C. A., is reported by the public press to have said: 'Wouldn't you rather live in America than in Heaven? I would. I'd like to

go to Heaven when I can't be here. In fact, I think I'd be rather discontented in Heaven till I got adjusted. You can get anything you want here. You can live under forty odd governments, meet all the nations of the world, eat all the fruits of the world and get any kind of climate that you choose. So America is the best place to live; but I think when a man can't stay here any longer he ought to steer for Heaven.'" (Z.'08-196.) Having concluded to stay here as long as possible, "Christians" are now flocking by thousands to the purchase of works which will show them how to use spiritism to take advantage of their fellow men. The religious and other periodicals are now filled with advertisements of these books. We quote a few extracts to show their Satanic character:

"It is necessary to control others, to discover their plans. This you may be able to do if you have develope i your inner faculties. We show you how to so develop your intuitional nature that you are able to detect the feelings of others; to penetrate their secret motives; and to dis cover what they try to conceal. The Golden Rule must be followed in controlling others. 'Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.' There comes mora and more the power of seeing the future, so that more and more true becomes the old adage that coming events cast their shadows before. Health in time takes the place of disease; for all disease and its consequent suffering is merely the result of the violation of law, whether consciously or unconsciously. There comes a spiritual power which, as it is sent out, is adequate for the healing of others the same as in the days of old."

"Many omniscient men and women will soon walk the earth. Omniscience and Freedom are the goal of all, and in this Great Age of Light many Egos are approaching the blessed omniscience state."

"Suddenly it seemed that the top of my head had been lifted, and I became aware of an immense increase of personal consciousness. I became conscious, I say-I know what I am writing-of the vast sky above, and the mighty deeps below, and the wide sweep of present human life, and the long forward and backward stretch of human history. It seemed that I could sense the All. Since that day all is well. Life is deeper, richer, stronger-assured, fearless, and saturated with perennial vital interests." (What really happened to this man was that he became obsessed by demons.)-Rev. 7:3.

"The strength of these delusions lies in the grave errors mixed with truths long held by Christian people, because of the 'falling away' from the pure faith of the Apostolic

Church, foretold in the Scriptures. Among these errors none is designed to open the heart and mind to these delusive and destructive theories of today more effectually than the general belief of the first lie-'Ye shall not surely die.' (Gen. 3:4.) The general acceptance of it results from a failure to understand the Bible doctrine concerning life and immortality, which were brought to light by our Lord Jesus through His Gospel of salvation from sin by His Ransom-sacrifice. The advocates of these false doctrines are surprisingly alert and active everywhere, especially in the United States, where thought is most active and where liberty often means license. Hundreds of thousands have embraced these errors as new and advanced light. The extent of their success is not fully apparent to many; for their success lies in a still hunt for prey. Their advocates are to be found in almost every congregation of every denomination, and especially among the more cultured; and the ‘angel of light' feature is seldom neglected. The nominal churches are already permeated, leavened with these false doctrines. The Scriptural prophecy that 'a thousand shall fall at thy [the true Church's] side, and ten thousand at thy right hand' (Psalm 91:3-14), is now fulfilled before our eyes."-Z.'15-343.

And I heard a voice.-William Miller, from A. D. 1829 to 1844.

From [the four horns of] the golden altar which is before God."The Golden Altar in the 'Holy' would seem to represent the 'little flock,' the consecrated Church in the present sacrificing condition."-T120.

9:14. Saying.-By pointing to the near fulfillment of the 2300 days.-Dan. 8:14.

To the sixth angel which had the trumpet.-The Evangelical Alliance-Spiritism movement. The Alliance proper was organized Sept. 2nd, 1846, at the end of the 2300 years. The spiritism feature began January, 1848. The two have been growing towards each other ever since until now they are substantially one and the same thing.

Loose the four angels.-Four errors in the nine fundamental principles of the Evangelical Alliance. We give the erroneous clauses by number: (3) "The unity of the Godhead, and the trinity of persons therein." See Rev. 6:4; 5:7. (5) "The incarnation of the Son of God." (8) "The immortality of the soul." (9) "The Divine institution of the Christian ministry" (1. e., the clergy).

Which are bound.-Hindered from gaining fullest expression.

In the great river Euphrates.-The world of mankind.B209, D24.

And the four angels.-The four great errors of trinity, incarnation, immortality and lordship over God's heritage. Were loosed.-Given greater liberties than ever before. Which were prepared.-Each sect for itself, and in its own time.

For [an] THE hour.-The hour of judgment, 1918.

[And a day] and [a] month, and [a] year.-Thirteen symbolic months, the 390 years of Protestantism's siege of the Papacy.-Ezek. 4:5.

For to slay.-To make nominal Christians of, to take away the manhood of.

The third part of men.-According to the World Almanac for 1917, the total number of Christians in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century was 571,400,000, of whom one third, 177,300,000, were Protestants.

9:16. And the number of the army of the horsemen― In round numbers, at the time of identification.

Were two hundred thousand thousand.-Approximately two hundred millions.

[And] I heard the number of them.-Heard, heeded, or noted, the count as given in the World Almanac, as correct. This is a tribute to a journal notorious for its ignoble, unjust and dishonest attacks on Pastor Russell. "Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee." And have you noticed, on the same principle, that nearly all the encyclopedic references herein are to the great standard Protestant works to be found in every capable minister's library? How is it that they do not know these things? 9:17. And thus I saw the horses in the vision.-Horses are symbols of teachings. It is the doctrines a man has been taught that carry him along to do things. "As & man thinketh, so is he." The man and his beliefs are inseparable.-Joel 2:4. (The four kinds of horses of Zech. 6:1-8 seem to refer to four companies of saved ones. Red, the Ancient Worthies; black, the Little Flock; white, the Great Company; bay, the world of mankind.)

And them that sat [on] UPON them.-The total Protestant church membership.

Having breastplates of fire.-Keeping the doctrine of hell-fire well to the front in their teachings.

And of jacinth. "The hyacinthus of the Romans is invariably blue and lustrous. This description suggests the blue flame which issues between the fire and the brimstone, represented as 'smoke' in verse 18."-Cook.

And brimstone.-Yes, indeed, plenty of brimstone went along with the hell-fire.-Rev. 14:10.

And the heads.-"The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.”—

Isa. 9:15. "In a genus of serpents or ophidian reptiles called amphisboena the tail and head are equally obtuse, and the scales on the head so similar to those on the back as to render it difficult to distinguish one extremity from the other. Hence these reptiles have been supposed to have the power of creeping backwards or forwards with equal facility." (Cook.)-Isa. 29:10-14; John 4:22.

Were as the heads of lions.-Able to swallow the most ridiculous and impossible theories.-1 Chron. 12:8.

And out of their mouths issued fire.-Sermons full of hell-fire.

And smoke.-See Rev. 9:18.

And brimstone.-O yes, surely; plenty of brimstone, to go with the hell-fire.

9:18. By these [three] PLAGUES was the third part of men.-The Protestant third of Christendom.

Killed.-Deprived of reason, manhood and dignity.

By the fire. The sermons full of hell-fire.

And [by] the smoke.-Smoke is a symbol of confusion. The following is an extract from an article on the brain written by a well-known physician and alienist:

"To illustrate how effectually such conceptions served to block all progress in the science of life we may quote one instance from a ponderous volume in my library with the date 1618 on Physiology and Anatomy by Hilkiah Crooke, Physician and Professor on Anatomy and Chirurgery to His Majesty, James I. Speaking of the origin and growth of hair, he says: "The immediate matter of the haires is a sooty, thicke, and earthly vapour, which in the time of the third concoction (distillation) is elevated by the strength of the action of naturall heate, and passeth through the pores of the skin, which heate exiceateth or drieth this moysture of these sootie and thicke vapours, for the vapour being thicke, in his passage leaveth some part of it selfe, to wit, the grossest, in the very outlet, where it is impacted by a succeeding vapour arising where the former did, is protruded and thrust forward, so that they are wrought together in one body. The straightness of the passages of the skin were through the matter of the haires is auoyded, formeth them into a small roundness, even as a wyre receyeth that proportion whereof the whole is, where through it is drawne.' One great office of the hairs of the head, therefore, Crooke perceived to be to lead off 'the vapors which otherwise would choke and make smoaky the braine,' though how hopelessly choked the brains of all bald heads hence would be he does not mention." A study of the foregoing leads to the conclusion that the various churches must have been founded by

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