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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, QTCEGON, SUNDAY, MAY 29, .19.10.
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PASTOR RUSSELL'S
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CHARLES T. DISCOURSE
RUSSELL,
pT,.f" The Overthrow of
Tabernacle.
Satan's Empire
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London, Eng., Mny 22. Albert Mc
tuorl.il Ilfill una again crowded to hear
Fnstor Russell Tbo discourse, on
"The Overthrow of Satan's Empire."
wnB In the nnturo of a religious lec
ture. It was marked throughout by
deepest reverence for tho Bible, many
of tbo passages of which shone out
with a new meaning under the search
light of his message. Ho asserted, and
seemed to prove, the personality of Sa
tan. Out according to his showing It
Js u great mistake to suppose the Arch
enemy of mankind to be afar off stok
ing furnaces and torturing the dead.
Instead, he Is the cunning Deceiver
who for centuries has been hoodwink
ing humanity. Including the Church
putting darkness for light and light for
darkucss. God did not create him a
devil. Ho became such by self-perver-lon
through ambition. Originally his
name was Lucifer Morning Star. He
beheld our first parents In Eden, noted
their power to produce a race In their
own likeness and coveted an empire
with them as his subjects.
For six thousand years God has per
mitted Satan to exercise a measuro of
deceptive power over the race and to
display to both angels and men the ter
rible results of sin. as exemplified In
what the Apostle terms the "reign of
sin and death," and the mental, moral
and physical degradation resulting.
Satan has not been alone. Not only
Is he "the Prince of this world" or
age, but additionally he Is the "Prince
of devils" demons. The speaker show
ed from the Scriptures (Genesis vl;
Judo C) how these subordinate de
mons bad once been holy angels, too
and when and where they sinned, and
how.
"The Apostle Peter gives the key to
the real solution of the matter when.
In reciting the events connected with
the flood, be tells us of the fall of the
angels at that time, who 'In the days
of Noah' 'kept not their first estate'
(I Peter ill, 10, 20). Those angels who
were permitted to have a measure of
control of the fallen race, with a view
to helping them as much as they
might be able, and who, for the pur
pose of rendering such assistance to
mankind, were permitted to appear In
human form, became enamored of the
human female, and preferred the hu
man form to their own state as spirit
beings. They thus left their original
estate, as Jude also explains (Jude
C). These angels are the ones de
nominated 'the sons of God,' none of
the human family being given that
name after the fall. The angels who
fell from their noble work and condi
tion, and became groveling and sen
Bual. manifested clearly In their own
course the downward tendency of all
transgressions of the divine law.
"The Apostles Peter and Jude clear
ly mark out the punishment visited
upon those 'sons of God' who thus be
trayed their trust and fell into sin,
'leaving their own habitation,' their
own nature, and affiliating with the
human nature. Their punishment has
been their deprivation of all such lib
erties, and their separation from God
and from the holy angels: and this re
straint Is called, by the Apostle,
'chains of darkness,' while the re-
strained ones themselves, instead of
being recognized as 'sons of God,' or
angels of light, were thenceforth
known as 'angels of darkness,' 'de
mons.' 'wicked spirits.' Incidentally
we remark that these are the 'spirits
In prison' mentioned by Peter (I Peter
111, 10), and that although restricted as
respects their powers of fellowship
with tho holy angels, and with man
kind, being no longer privileged to ap
pear as men, they still' seek human
fellowship, endeavoring to gain posses
sion of human beings who yield up
their wills, and who are then said to
be possessed of devils or 'obsessed.' It
Is but n preliminary step toward thus
getting possession of tho individual
that these wicked spirits appeal to hu
manity to become their mediums (spir
it mediums), through whom they to
soiuo extent communicate. And they
personate dead human beings, because
they know well that humanity would
shun them und fear them if their real
identity were discovered.
"Satan and bis subordinates have
maintained a system of human decep
tion," the speaker declared, and It
must be confessed that ho gavo Bib
lical proofs for his every claim. Ho
asserted that tho communications be
lieved by SpIrltuallstB Dr. lAink. Prof.
Hyslap, Editor Stead and others to bo
communications from tho dend, are
really deceptlvo communications from
these fallen angels. So far from claim
ing that theso professors and medi
ums practice deccptlou, bis claim Is
that they themselves are deceived and
are- unintentionally leading others on
ward into a terrible Spiritualistic
maelstrom, which, ho declares, wo aro
nearlng, according to the Blblo. IIo
warned against hypnotism, mind cures,
etc., practiced by well-meunlng but de
ceived physicians, ministers and oth
ers. IIo declared that all theso tended
to break down the human will, the
God-plvon bnrrier and defenso of man
kind against the encroachments of
these fallen angels, who seek contin
ually to lntrudo themBolres Into the
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mind, thoughts and will of tncu. Do
warned all ngnlust occult Influences of
every kind, urging that the hnuinn will
should bo preserved and should bo
submitted only to the Almighty, and to
him only Intelligently In accordance
with his instructions in the Bible.
Overthrow of Satan's Empire.
"Satan, through false doctrines
'doctrines of devils.' has entrenched
himself In the superstitious nud preju
dices, uot ouly of the heathen, but also
of the civilized. The creeds of the
Dark Ages evidenced the fact that he
bad much to do with their formulatiou.
His false doctrines, antagonistic to the
Bible, have been palmed off upon us
as veritable Bible truths just as Satan
endeavored to twist and misapply the
Bible to Jesus In his wilderness temp
tation (Mnrk 1, 13). Thus Satan ha
caused gross darkness to cover the
heathen and considerable darkness to
cover the civilized earth. But wo are
in the morning of the New Dispensa
tion, which is to bring so much bless
ing to the world of mankind in the
opening of the eyes of man's under
standing, and In physical blessings and
comforts. As a result we have tho
wonderful conveniences nnd appliances
of steam nnd electricity, the printing
press and tbo electric light, as Instead
of the tallow candlo and quill pen of
the past. 'Whatsoever doth make
manifest is light;' nnd speciaMlght Is
due also at this time to God's conse
crated nconle. The Illumination now
I granted to the eyes of our understand
ing as Christians, through Bible study
helps is intended to be for the Chris
tian what the arc-light Is in nature.
"Man's subserviency to Satan Is an
unwilling captivity. Even those who
realize their bondage do not generally
recognize by whom they have been
enslaved. But gradually tho bonds
are breaking as we near the time of
Satan's overthrow. According to the
Bible our Lord at his Second Advent
will bind the Adversary for a thou
sand years that he may deceive man
kind no more. Meantime all tho bless
ed Influences of light and Truth and
grace will bo let loose in the world
and as a result, 'the knowledge of the
glory of God shall fill the whole
earth." Instead of the darkness of
the night of sin nnd death there will
be the 'morning of Joy,' and gladness
and restitution and blessing. 'The sun
of righteousness will arise with heal
ing in his beams.' Of that glorious
day Sulnt Peter spoke, saying, 'Times
of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord, and he shall send
Jesus Christ, who before was preach
ed unto you, whom the heavens must
retain until tho Times of Restitution
of all things which God hath spoken
by the mouth of all tho holy prophets
since tho world began' (Acts HI, 10-21).
Satan's destruction, according to tho
Bible, will not be consummated until
after the MILLENNIAL KINGDOM
OP CHRIST shall have accomplished
Its glorious work of uplifting human
ity out of sin and death conditions to
full human perfection nnd the image
of God. All tho unwilling and dis
obedient will be counted as servants
of Satan nnd will, with him, be de
stroyed in the Second Death extinc
tion from which there will bo no re
demption or recovery.
Great MIsilonary Work.
"The missionary work of blessing I
and uplifting 'all the families of the
earth' is appointed of God for the Mil
lennial Kingdom nnd. thank God. the
evidences are that it is very near, yea.
in a sense, already beginning. Its
blessings aro intimated by tbo wonder
ful progress of our day. Everything
waits uutil the predetermined number
of Missionaries shall bavo been called
and schooled and tested and found
worthy of tho great and honorable
work. The qualification is that each
must be n 'copy of God's dear Son'
so far as heart intention Is concerned.
Then these Missionaries will bo glori
fied like their Lord, on tho spirit piano
aud with him they will constitute tho
'Kingdom of God's dear Son,' which
for a thousand years will bless the
world and bring to pass all that the
Lord our God has spoken, and moro
than wo could havo asked or thought.
"Christian people have no need to
upbraid themselves, on the score that
tho missionary efforts of eighteen cen
turies have accomplished comparative
ly little. They have no need to bo dis
couraged with tho fact that tho census
returns show that in tho past century
of tho greatest missionary endeavor
the proportionate numbers of tho hea
then have doubled (six hundred mil
lions a century ago twelvo hundred
millions today). This Is all as God
foreknow and Intended. God did not
purposo tho conversion of the heathen
during this age, but commissioned his
people to preach his Gospel to every
nation for a witness, that tho Elect Mis
sionaries for tho futuro work might
bo gathered from overy country, peo
ple and tongue. God's will has been
done. Tho Adversary temporarily mis
led the Church Into a misunderstand
ing of her mission. He sought to have
us lower our standard of saintshlp, in
order to increase tho Church far and
near. He sought to opposo tho Dlvlno
will by lowering the standards of
saintshlp so as to lncludo tho masses
of mankind. IIo thus worked against
Divine arrangements. But he has uot
succeeded. God has merely allowed
him to prove, test, separate and mani
fest tho saints the 'very elect.' 4
A Great Time of Trouble.
"Tho eomlr.g of "Jho light, tho loos
lng of tho fetters of Iguorance and
superstition from Oie minds that aro
not submitted to God, the Scripture
how us, will result lu n great time of
trouble, In which the passions of men
but partially enlightened will do great
violenco to the entire social fnb
rlc. We seo tho preliminary stops
already being taken, and, In the light
of the Scriptures, wo see tho uwful
catastrophe which will result. The
world la rapidly resolving Itself Into
two mighty powers, selfishly nnd with
seml-enllghtenmeut, preparing for a
headlong collision which will mean
wreck nnd ruin, tribulation nnd nn
gulsh, to practically the whole world.
The Bible, lu calling attention to this
great time of trouble, warns tho peo
ple of God, so far as possible to avoid
both sides of tho controversy, saying.
'Seek meekness; seek righteousness.
It may be that ye shall bo hid In tho
day of tho Lord's anger' (Zephanlah
11. 3). With the wreck of present in
stitutions comes tho end of Satan's
regime. So terrible will bo the heat of
passion and strife engendered nt that
time that the Scriptures declare that
If it were not for the 'Elect' there
would be no tlesh saved (Mark xlll.
20). The Interposition of tho Elect as
tho Kingdom of God under Jesus, the
great King nnd Head of the Elect, is
the silver lining to that dark cloud.
The moment of man's extremity will be
como the moment of God's opportunity.
"So terrible will be that time of trou
ble that the Scriptures symbolically
represent It as a whirlwind: as a flood;
and as a fire. Some have mls-Interpret-
ed these Scriptures and are expecting
a literal burning of the earth, but the
Lord denominates it tho 'fire of his Jeal
ousy, which will devour Society. And
then he tells us that following the tiro
of trouble he 'Will turn to the people n
pure message that they may all call
upon the name of the Lord to servo
him with one consent' (Zephnnlah 111, 0).
Satan has had much to do with cor
rupting the message orlgfnnlly given to
the Church by Jesus nnd tho Apostles.
The Jarring creeds bavo made dis
cordant sounds which have driven
many noble nnd logical hearts away
from the Bible. God's nssurance Is
that the completion of tho Church Is
near; that her change to tho heavenly
glory In 'the First Resurrection' will
soon be accomplished and that then
tho reign of SIN nnd DEATn will end
under, the Kingdom of Jesus. Then
tho bondage of tho world to ignorance,
superstition, etc., will tcnnlnntc; then
'all tho blind eyes will be opened nnd
nil tbo deaf ears -will bo unstopped' and
the Lord's pure message of Divine
Justice, .Divine Love, Divine Wisdom
and Divine Power exerted on man's
behalf shall bo mndo known to every
creature.
"Fellow-Christians, what an Incen
tive to become more nnd moro loyal
nnd earnest as the servants of so great
nnd gracious a Sovereignty that of
our Father nnd our Redeemer! And
what an Incentive we have to seek
first. In preference to nil earthly inter
ests, a share with our Savior in his
Millennial Kingdom nnd Its gracious
work of human uplift from the depths
of sin and degradation to the heights
of earthly perfection nnd eternal life!
TAt ,,o na tlm AnnaMA nvlmrta lnt
aside every weight, and the sin that
does so easily beset us. and let uh run
with patience tho race set before us"
(Hebrews xll. 1). This race is for the
'crown of glory.' as members of the
Elect Missionary Church and for the
glorious opportunities then to be af
forded for the realization of the most
glorious dreams of service for the King
of kings nnd Lord of lords.
"We cannot suppose that Satan's
Empire Is entirely satisfactory to him
self. Undoubtedly bis original thought
was the organization of n realm resem
bling that of the Almighty. But the
course of sin Is ever downward. To
obtain control of our first parents they
were misled Into steps of disobedience
sin nnd tbo Adversary himself, hav-1
lng started upon the wrong course, can j
maintain his own standing nnd king-!
dom only by determined opposition to
Jehovah. This is the significance of
tho name given him In tho Scriptures
Adversary.'
"The Scriptures set forth that all hu
manity must, either now or sorao time, '
come to the point of decision between
obedience to God and disobedience,
Tho obedient will bo guided back to
ultimate harmony with tho Creator
and obtain tho reward of Hfo eternal
On tho contrary, tho disobedient, the
wilfully rebellious against God and his
righteous arrangement, taking the
courso of Satan, will ultimately share
his fate destruction.
"Responsibility nnd tho decision as
to llfo eternal nnd death otcrnnl, come
to each member of Adam's rnco as
soon oh ho Is brought Into a clear
knowledgo of the Truth. This privi
lege orforalng to n knowledge of tho
Truth, tho opportunity of eternal sal
vation, is secured to all tho families
of tho earth, to Adam and every mem
ber of his race, through tho great Re
deemer's sacrlflco finished nt Cnlvury.
Whllo thanking God for tho length nnd
breadth nnd height nnd depth of bin
glorious provision for tho world In
general, wo who now hear this mes
sago nnd heed It havo tho special bless
ing and opportunity of Jolnt-hclrshlp
with Jesus tho Redeemer In his great
work of tho Millennial Ago. Let uh
not only accept tho Dlvlno favor, but
lot us run with pntlonco the rnco set
beforo us, looking unto Jesus, tho Au
thor and tho ono who shall bo theFlii
lsher of our faith, seeking for needed
aid to mako our calling and election
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