DAIRYING MEANS RETURNED TROOPS
PROSPERITY FOR FROM RHINE TAKE '
ROGUE R. VALLEYi UP LIFE IN FORT
ciyuo r-. iMios.. manager of the
JilverbankS; I-urm near Grants Pass,
was the principal speaker at the
Chamber or Commerce Jorum lunch-
eon at the Hotel Medford this noon
Mr. Nilea uddressod the members
of the forum on the value of the
dairy cow as a wealth producer and
v consorwir or sou rortlllty and quot-.they represented the L'nltud suites nt
e& ailtlioratatlve statistics showing ' C'oblenz as the army nf occupation,
tho prosperity of dairy regions com-;"1'1 "ut tulluy for' Charleston. K. c,
pared wlttwreKion3 engaged In other ; tlbonri1 th" transport, where npproxi
types of agriculture. ."""''J' ,300 .80,u,1' r o be un-
ii .. i a . loaded lute todny.
Hank deposits are from two to The Oerman. French nnd ncbrlan
three times larger In dairy centers j wlvc who returned with the enlisted
occoraiug 10 sit. .Mies than they are'
in gram growing ceutor:.. In towns
Burrounded by dairy districts thcro
uro r2 jay days a year instead of
two as In tho towns whero crpp3 are
harvested once or twice a year.
According to Mr. ,lles the Kogue
Hiver valley is particularly well
adapted to dairying. "We
have !
three of the essential elements of
success In the valley," said Mr. NUes,
"unexcelled climate, responsive soil
and plenty of. water for Irrigation.
The fourth element: is tho high class
dairy cow."..
"Blue grass is not necessary to
uood dairying,' said the speaker.
"One acre of land in corn silage and
aifalfa will ralso three times tho
amount of dlsestlble nutriment that
ono acre in blue grass will. This
Etatement is based on six years of
research work done at the University
of Illinois
n-i.- . . '- !
'l ,mwo. , 116 lUUBl ll-gtVU IB LUli
the best dairy land in the country. ;
The Piogue River valley laud is three
times as good as the coast crass !
land
"Dairymen hern do not have to
build the expensive type of building
for housing their cows as they do In
the middle west as the climate here
Is mild. The Kogue River valley is
one of the mo3t ideal spots In the
country for the development of the
dairy industry.
"Gentlemen," said the speaker, "I
believe that opportunity is knocking
ut our door; opportunity In the form
of the high class dairy cow. Knock
ing that she may he permitted to en
ter and Improve our soil, knocking
that she may bo permitted to Increase
our bank deposits; knocking that she
may enter and bring with her the
greatest prosperity, for it is a true
Btamement that wherever tho h'gh
class dalrry cow has entered prosper
ity has followod." - .,
A number of farmers were present'
ht the meeting of the forum which
enjoyed a good attendance and B. V.
Paul played the piano in place of
Herb Launspach, official accompa
nist for the booster songs, who was
not present.
Contracts were to havo been sign
ed today by representatives of the
Gold Ridge Mining company and P.
X. Johnson, representing eastern
capital, closing a transaction, which
it Is said, will turn tho possession of
the Gold Ridgo company's property
to eastern Interests for a considera
tion of $ 1 r.o.ooo.
The Gold Ridge is one of the best
"lines in the county according to min
ting men and they claim if operated
properly on a largo enough scale
should be a big producer.
It Is understood that the new own
ers will install $25,000 worth of new
machinery nt once and- wilt put a
largo crew of men at work within the
next thirty days.
Y. M.C. A Notes
REPORT GOLD MINE
SOLD FOR $15010
Team standings to date:
p, v. rc.
South Methodist 2 2
f'hristlnn 3 2 'i0
North Methodist 2 1 (io0
linptist 3 1 -3:l3
Presbyterian 2 0 .000
The games Monday night were
rlose nnd hnrd fought.- Fast playing
nnd low scores characterized both
contests. In tho first the South
M. H.'s took one from tho North
M H.'s hy n score of 18 to 14. The
line-up was as follows;
4?Wh M. K. 18 North M. E. 14
fVentrv f ltawllngs
Caldwell f , . . Olnsscock I..
Vimont' ... Glasscock H.
.lnrkson K Hurl
Perry K llnertlc
Hhafer Evans
, Steele
Second gnnie:
Christians IS ' Pnptlsts
Olson t N". F-
.lennlngs f ,'rff'
Newlnnd c Smith
White g Homer
Mnddnx K "'". A-
Referee Wnldron.
A good crowd wns out to witness
the contests and the best of good
feeling prevailed. Next games Mon
day night. Presbyterian vs. North
M. K.: South M. K. vs. Christian. Ad
tnfpnn for both times Inc nnd 1 0
tu - '
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swallow mail piece of
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I V Vapo Rub
I Oi 17 Million Jan Vxi Yecrly
I
SAVANNAH, On., Feb. S.-dly the
Associated inwi-Sumo -100 soldiers
who returned 10 America aboard the
,mn"l"'rt M- Mlhloi from the ichine
t,,u famlll if -m i,f tin- men
' ",7" ri'""n' ,0,1'' nt I'""" K.-reven
! lalX
Their fellow soldiers with whom
men, were expected to experience dlf
riculiy todny In arrnBin their
households at tho fort. Borne of them
have little household goods and most
have none. Tho vessel beimr too
crowded, much of the possesions of
the soldiers was left ut Coblcnz or
Antwerp.
The wives today were also belnR
acquainted with tho poignant truth
miu a dollar Is Just a dollar, and that
a soldier In the ranks is paid but
thirty of them each month.
Piquant Player
Reveals Depths
Of Superb Art
Tho center of picture Intcrost this
week Is at tho Pago Theater, where
the points of tho compass nssert a
contradiction "East In Wont " it in
" '
cntance Talmadge's biggest picture.
" wtpncioira Constance in
a. role ot adorable feminity and with
all the characteristic charm that is
Constance's; but it also reveals the
deeper nature and the finer art 6f
which she is possessed; its emotional
fervor is superb and tho beholder is
carried from cllmsj to climax until
the pinnacle of a great dramatic plot
has been reached.
Constance appears as a daughter of
tho Orient Ming Toy who escapes
from dread captivity in Shanghai and
makes her way to America, the land
of the free. Though, at the peril of
her life, she had escaped hateful slav
ery In China, she found In the China
town of San Francisco that the white
man's laws do not govern, and is
threatened with bondage scarcely less
hideous than that from which she had
escaped. She seems doomed to "wife
slavery" in the city by the Golden
Gate. . ; .. .
The "one-ncss" of human impulses
and tho similarities between the hopes
and aspirations of girls from Shang
hai and girls from Boston aro dis
closed in this remarkable picture and
tho clash of wills and forces as they
aro wielded by Oriental and Occi
dental hearts and minds.
"A great picture and a greater Con
stance" Is the verdict of Page patrons
Tho supporting cast includes Ed
ward Hums, E. A. Warren, Warner
Oland, Frank Lanning, Nick Do Ruiz,
Nigel Harrle, Winter Hall, Lillian
Lawronco, Jim Wang and many otl.ers.
The brilliant musical interpretations
which seems to accent every scene
with additional feeling, adds much to
this much-talked of photoplay, skill
fully rendered as it is by the Page's
organist "Betty" Brown.
"Kindred of the Dust," Rlalto.
"Kindred of the Dust" startod a
four day run at the Rlalto Theatre yes
terday, i . ,
The leading roles are taken by
Miriam Cooper and Ralph 'Graves.
Never has a picture reached the
screen which contained so many dram
atic and romantic elements as "Kind
red of the Dust." Thrills galoro, a
touch of humor and a dash of adven
ture, with pure romance winding its
way through the mazes cf the plot,
makes this picture one of the events
of the season.
Patrons of UioRlnlto Theatre are
to be congratulated on their oppor
tunity to see such films as "Kindred
of the Dust."
Cow Kill Threatens 'Hot
Stuff for Idle Bureau
SALEM, Feb. 8. A few sensational
verbal bombs are going to be thrown
kerplunk Into the camp of the house
Irrigations committee unless they get
into action forthwith.
Such wns the threat made in the
lower house Monday by Rep. Cowglll,
himself a member of tho committee,
who chnrged that one meeting has
been held thus far during the session,
nltho numerous mighty Important Irri
gation measures are up for considera
tion.
"We have been hiring a chief clerk
for this committeo thruout the ses
sion hut he has bad nothing to do," he
asserted. "It 1s an outrage."
Just what charges of a sensational
character he Is ready to make, Cow
glll would not reveal, but ho Indicated
they would be of high Interest. The
other members ot the committee
promised him that another meeting
will be held at once.
Since this verbal explosion four bills
Introduced by Representative Cowglll
have been brought out of committee.
Onnke In Chile.
orAYAQUL, Kriiador. Feb. 8.
Dispatches from Quito report than ail
earthquake was felt yesterday In thai
eitv and Its environs. Five persons
jam said to havo been killed. Slides
occurred in many places covering the
' railroad tracks.
MEDFORD MAIL TRTRtTNTC.
SPEARING IN TONGUES: MODERN HEALING MOVEMENTS: ARE
IFiy Dr. A. C. Oaobeleln, Noted Bible t
Student: Delivered at Moody Bible j
Institute Biblo Conference.)
Wo nro especially concerned at this i
time with certuln teachings which of .
recent years have come Into promln-1
once. We have reference to the Pen- i
tecostal movements, claiming a rovlvul '
of tho gift of tongues, as well as the
gift of healing. These movements
havo become world-wido In a very
short time, and have led to serious '
schisms in the body of Christ' and !
have brought to light cortaln features ,
and evidences, which show that the
power which Is at work. Is not. ub It Is
claimed, tho power of (jod nnd of His
Spirit. These Pentecostal-healing-glft I
of tongues cults claim that they are l
manifestations of the supernatural, j
similar to those which hitppoued In
the beginning of the age. We shall
show that while there are unquestion
ably supernatural manifestations, that
these manifestations cannot bo of God.
And now for a description ot the
movement, or movements, for there
are several. We shall call It simply
Penteoostalism. It started about
twenty years ago in a meetlug place
among colored people. This place is
located on Azusa Street, Los Angeles.
Calif. , 15 very body knows how exclt
nblo and emotional colored pooplo uro.
They claimed there had boon a won
derful outpouring of tho Holy Spirit.
Wild scenes were enacted with shout
ings and other outward domonstni-1
tions, Including talking in strange
sounds, which was branded as tho
restoration of the gift of tongues. In ;
a very Bhort time the tiling spread in
every direction and the same phen-,
omena of talking in a strange or un
known tongue appeared, almost slm-1
ultaneously, in dlfforent parts of the I
country and in foreign lands, like Eng- j
land, Germany, Sweden, Norway,
China and India. In this respect it
reminds one of tho movement of
Spiritism of somo eighty years ago,
when the spiritistic phenomena ulso '
spread like wild fire. j
. From the very start of the move- j
nient it was claimed that another Pen-1
tecost had taken place. Tho prophecy I
of Joel was at once used as now hav
ing been fulfilled in these happenings;
sons and daughters were prophesy
ing, dreams and visions also were
ulai'netl Others called it 't he latter
rnln." The messages were and are
still, that Jesus Is soon coming. j
As far as tho teaching is concerned
it clusters not around the Person and
Glory of our adorable Lord, tho Son,
of God, but magnifies the Holy Spirit i
and His work in the believer. The
Goneral Council of tho movement has
issued two statements.
Doctrines of the Pentecostal People
dl All believers are entitled to and'
:.'.:: 'f.d ardently expect and earnestly
sccK the promise of the Father, the ,
baptism in tne iioiy unost ana lire.
(2) The full consummation of the
baptism of believers Is indicated by
the initial physical sign of speaking
with other tongues as the Bpirit of
God gives utterance. This is based on
the second chapter of Acts, nnd they
say "this wonderful experience is dis
tinct frqm the new birth. '
Heme the teaching is that only
those can claim the Holy Spirit's pos
session in a real baptism who have
the evidence ot tho intlal physical
sign, that is, talking in an unknown
tongue. They selected the very low
est of the gifts of the Spirit as an evi
dence of the presence of the Spirit.
It has to be sought earnestly; what is
connected with this seoking nnd what
takes place when the individual Pen
tecost has been reached, we shall men
later. Nor do we now touch upon
other matters connected with this bap
tism in the Spirit
Furthermore, from the very start
bodily healings became somewhat as-
ariMatnrl with PinwviHfn I lam ltefiiflnn
holy laughter, holy dancing and heav- j
only choirs, which consisted in scores
of men and women humming tunes of
familiar hymns. During the last few
years miraculous healings have almost
over-shadowed the gift of tongues in
this movement. Healers have nnscu
overywhero, claiming to perform mir
acles; miracle men and miracle women
attract large" crowdB; thousands are
anointed with oil; handkerchiefs are
blessed by these liealors, who thus
link themselves with tho apostle and
all kinds of astonishing results are
claimed.
I repeat, these healers aro Identified
with Peuteeostttllsni. In the January
number of the Moody Monthly a Pon
tecoslallst states that Mrs. McPher
son. the miroclo woman. Is In vital
affiliation with the General Council ot I
the Pentecostal cult and In absolute
harmony with its teachings. We have
therefore In Pentecostallsm tho claim
of two manifestations of tho super
natural; the physical sign of apeak
Ing In unknown, or strange tongue,
and miraculous healings.
What the Bible Teaches
It would he quite impossible to
entor in one lecture into a closer ex
amination of tho teachings of Scrip
ture concerning the gilts of the Spirit
and especially the "gift of tongues";
nor can 1 trace fully the phenomena
as they are troubllug the church now
In a historical way, I mean by show
ing that all we witness today is noth
ing new, but ha8 appeared in differ
ent periods of the church, and always
discovered In tho end to be a fanatlcul
delusion.
But 1 shall venture a fow remarks
which will prepare the way for the
charge that Pentecostallsm Is unscrip
tural, unsound, unsafe, fanatical, delu
sive and therefore not of Mod.
As to Pentecost. No Christian ques
tions that thero was Buch a day, the
day on which the promise of the
Futher, the coming ot the Holy Spirit
to earth, took place.
Pentecost Never Repeated
It is a unique, day, just as unique as
the day when the Son of God was
cradled In Bethlehem; Just as unique
when thirty-three years later Ho
bowed His blessed head, nnd just as
unique when on the third day He
arose from among tho dead. The
Savior's birth can never bo repeated;
nor His atoning death; nor His physl-
a n I uiirnu.lnn Thia ! nnilfillv true
of Pentecost. There Is but ono day of
Pentecost and a socoud, or an Individ
ual Pentecost, for each believer. Is
unscriptiirul and a delusion. I
Nor can the outward signs con !
nected with the coming of the third ;
nnrson of the Trinity to be on earth I
In connection with the church, ever be
repeated. Tho fact is, in spite of all
the claims made by Pentecostnllsm,
w hat happened on tho day of Rente-,
cost hns never happened ngaln. but :
they say, "yes It has happened: When
MEDFOTm OK'KCOW
wo received our Pentecost an l llnp-1
Usui we talked in strange tongues.'' ,
Lot us see. There was on Putitocost j
a rushing mighty wind. Has this, is I
this being repeated? Then Otere ap
peared uuto them cloven tongues like
of lira. Has this been repeated? Then
they begun to speak with other I
tongues. The assembled Jews sulci:
"How hear we every man in our own
tongue wherein we were born? Nor
did they only hoar n sound but they
heard thorn speak a real language
about th owomlMiful works of God. :
(Acts 2:11-11.) Has all tliis ever b?en j
repeated? Certululy not. It was not
repealed In tho liuiiseliold of Corne- '
Has. At that tinm we read nothing of
a mighty rushing wind, nothing of j
cloven tongues of fin-, not of differ- J
ent languages which were understood, j
It does not Bay that tho converted
Gentiles siKko with Vi'ther tonguus." 1
but wo road "they he;ird thorn speak j
with tongues and mighty God." It
was not another Pentecost, not n repe-1
tllion of Pentecost, not another Bap-1
tlsm of the Spirit, and let mo add, no-'
body knows what the simply apeaking-j
with tongues was. I havo no right to ,
say that they nooke In different lan-1
guages, for it does not say that. It;
may mean only an cnthusiustle, emo-;
tlona! outburst.
Nor was thero another Pentecost In ;
Kpliesus. when Paul found the dis
ciples of John tho Baptist. Nothing is :
said that thoy sjioko In other tongues, i
nor wns there tho mighty rushing .
wind nml the cloven rfongiies of fire, j
Another Pentncost, an Individual Pen-1
tocost is therefore an unscrlpturnl iu-!
ventlon and tho miarahl theory that
every Individual, believer must experi
ence the same, what took place on
Pentecost, nnd speak In other tongues, j
InckB all scriptural support. j
Wo cannot read 1 Cor. 14 without I
being impressed with the fact that all !
amounts to a warning, becauso this
gift Is peculiarly open to spurious Imi
tation. Satan, who Is the arch-coiiu-terfeltor,
cannot Imitate the work of
Christ, but being a spirit with im
menso spiritistic resources imitates
mostly, if not exclusively tho manifes
tations of the Holy Spirit. And of nil
tho gifts the gift of tongues is the
easiest to imitate. If Interpretation Is
lacking no one knows whether the i
speaking is really of God; it may bo,
vile, blasphemous or anything else, i
And now we are ready to snow that
in view of tho Holy Scriptures and
sound doctrine as to tho work and ac
tivity of God tho Holy Spirit, tho mod
ern day Pentecostallsm is unscrip
tural, unsound, unsafe, spurious, de
lusive not of God, hence a dangorous
movement which must work disaster
in the church of God, because it is an
'imitation.
As to the utter unscripturalness we
stato once more that tho use of the
word "Pontecost in the sense .or a
repetition of that day when the Holy
Spirit came to earth, or an Individual
PontecoBt, hns no foundation whatever
in the Word of God. Where ie there
in the New Testament an exhortation
to believers to make individually a
Pentecostal experience? There is not
even a command totesoek ,thu Holy
Spirit for tho slmplo reason that the
believer is the new Dirui, Dorn or (.ne :
Spirit, is also sealed hy that Spirit of
promise. The Holy Spirit is as much j
the gift of Grace as eternal Hie and
in fact accomnnnies tho gift of eter-,
nal life. Every child of God has tho
Spirit indwelling and to demand that
a believer must seek his or her Indi
vidual pentecostal experience strikes
at the very fundamentals of the Gospel
of grace.
Baptized by the Spirit
It is equally so with the term "Bap
tism in the Holy Spirit." The bap
tism of the Spirit is an entirely dif
ferent thing from that which is bo er
roneously taught in PentecoBtalism.
Nowhere is there a command Tor a
child ot God to Beek the baptism In
or with the KnirlL What the baptism
by tho Spirit really means is stated
in 1 Corinthians 12:13. "For by ono
Spirit are we al lbaptlzed into one
body, whether wo be Jews or Gentiles.
whother bond or free; nnd have been
nil made to drink Into ono Spirit." ;
Now the ona Snlrlt IB the Holy Spirit I
who came on Pentecost On that day j
tho church, tho body of Christ was
brought Into existence by the coming
of the Spirit. The assembled believers
were baptized into that body by the
Spirit and over since when a sinner
trustB on Christ the same Spirit adds
that one as a member to that body,
thus every believer is baptized by the
nnn Solrlt Into the ono body. That is
the only baptism with the Spirit of
which the New Testament speakB.
The Holy Spirit Not to Be Sought
Furthermore the teaching of this
system that speaking with tongues Is
the Bole evidence of having received
the Spirit Is unscrlptural. An intelli
gent Btudy ot tho doctrine of tho Holy
Spirit, nnd especially 1 CorinthlaiiB 14
ahows that this is false teaching.
Tarrying Meetings
The seoking of this gift is unscrlp
tural. The so-called miracle woman Mrs.
McPherson as well as the other Pen
tecoBtal teachers and preachers, ap
point so-called "tarrying meetings."
TheBO meetings are patterned after
that unique prayer meeting In the first
chapter of Acts, as if that meeting,
whero the disciples waited for the
promise of the Father, could ovor be
repeated. As wo have seen from tllo
Corinthian epistle that gift being the
inferior one, is not to be coveted and
Bought after. Yet here aro these peo
ple, faBtlng. praying, waiting and cry
ing like the priests of Baal for the
firo to come down from heaven. And
in this unscrlptural seeking of tho
least of the glftB of tho Spirit they
give up theniBelvcs, there is a re
nunciation ot all control over their
bodily movements. Homo of tlieso
seekers through self-hypnotlBm have
becomo physical and mental wrecks.
Scenes In a Pentecostal Meeting
And now let lis look and see whnt
Ib taking plnco In these "tarrying
meetings" and what happens when
people get "their Pontecost" when
they receive this uiiBcripturul baptism
with the Holy Spirit. What take
place Is the opposite from what tho
Apostle demands, order and decency.
Evervthing is disorder. Here are
Borne which have a wild look in their
eyes, they stare fixedly nt an object,
mumbling something nbout "Josus" or
something else. Others lay on their
i.nrka holilltiK mi their hands. Women
Iny on the floor Indecently uncovered. I
Some nro In a rigor wnne otners an
troubled with shakings which am un
controllable, some kind of a paralysis
ugltnns. Again otliors foam ut the
TlHMfSJUY. FKISUTAK V
mouth and havo convulsive fits. Then (
there are those who about at the top
of their voices, some muku sounds like
a cat, or some other beasts. Others I
shrlol: In terrifying manner and here I
aro sorno who say "Du-Da-Mania-'
maiim-papa-papa." This Is called the
"Ruby Talk.'' As It was In San Jose ,
Inst fall when a Pentecostal womau !
approached a Billy preacher who came I
to seek this gift chucking him under
the chin she said "Now JiHt limieine j
that you are a baby amf begin to I
bubble." So great became the con- .
fusion and the outrageous behaviour ,
in one of theso moetlngs that tho
woman leader warned tho people not
to go too far or they would "go to
hell In an asylum." All this Is not of
God. Nowhero do wo road In tho
Won! of God that the Holy Spirit gives
a man or a woman convulsions or vio
lent, uncontrollable shuklngs. But wo
know that there is unothor spirit
which throws people down, makes
them at tho mouth, and you know the
name 01 that power. Tho emblem of
the Spirit of God is a Dove, meek nnd
lowly. According to those Pentecostal
meetings the embleui of tho Spirit
ought to be a hideous scriech owl. or
a loud it mlh parrot which talks with
out lino itig what it Hays. Only n
spiritual imbecile can thluk or im
agine that this Is ot God. It is the
work of demons pure and simple. Tho
fact that demon power Is at work In
tho Pentoeostal cult, is, wo aro told
acknowledged by somo of their lend
ers We have tho testimony of a
number of people who came under tho
spell. We quote one:
"Again I was knocked from my
knees to tho floor on my bnck and my
head was beaten on the floor many
1 lines, nnd my wholo body was shnken
hy that strange power. I then spoke
In tongues. They told mo I had the
gift of the Greek language. A short
whllo after this I could speak In dif
ferent tongues. Ono of thorn sounded
more liko the cries ot a wild animal in
distress than llko a language. I then
had no iiower over my body. I hnd
giveD it up to be controlled by that
Iiower. After this 1 had diri'orent
manifestations. 1 will only tell olio.
There would be a shock llko that of
electricity through my liody and shake
It from head to foot Then tills power
or personality would ba so real that
It would talk to me saying I was going
to, be mlghtly used of God. Having
the gift of healing. It would tell me
that I was able to prophesy and do
wonderful miracles. When under the
control of this power my thoughts
were constantly evil. With thess
thoughts evil lusts prevailed.
"Many to my knowledge shortly
after receiving this experience have
fallen Into Bin."
With others wo prayed and using
the name of the Lord Jesus Christ de
liverance came. Each case we have
observed was a clear case of posses
sion nnd each claimed to lie troubled
with vile, unclean suggestions.
Pentecostal Visions
And now concerning visions, dreams
and prophecies. Many of these Inter
pretations claim to bo prophesies
about the "coming of Jesus." Others
claim to have visions and then they
prophesy. Ono of tho oarllest canes
was that of a woman who had a vlsiou
in Colorado Springs, whllo under the
power. Sho set a date when tho Ant
lers Hotel would bo swallowed up by
an earthquake nnd sink out of exist
ence. It got into tho pRpers. She
even appeared before the ministerial
association and gave in an Impressive
manner her vision. It was a vision,
Hiiro enough, but it wns a lylug vision.
The Antlers Hotel Is still standing.
Year ago when 1 boro witness
against these hallucinations nnd lying
prophesies, as well as against the en
tiro movement that It Is not of God,
some peoplo Bent mo haters that the
Lord had revealed It unto tbem that
I would bo stricken dead In n short
tituo for having blasphemed the Holy
Spirit. Ever since that time I have
enjoyed better health than over be
fore, and tho more I warn agalqst this
delusion, tho more tho Lord blcssos
my tostlmony. Last year I lost some
200 subscribers to my magazine be
causo I bore witness agalnt these
Blrango things, but counting up a few
days ago. we discovered that we had
gained 2,000 new subscribers.
Causing Divisions In the Church
Here Is another faot which shows
that this Pentecostallsm Is not of God.
Once more let me call your attention
to tho Eplstlo to the Corinthians. Tho
Spirit of God makes this Btntcmont,
"That there should be no division in
the body." On tho Day of Pentecost
tho Holy Spirit united tho believers
into one body. Thus the Spirit of God
produced a unity. Soon that unity
was marred and tho work of the flesh,
sects and parties, became evident
And let us remember this started in
Corinth, whore they created sects I
am of Appollos, I am of Paul, I am of
Cephas, I am of Christ. Now when
ever the Holy Spirit manifested H1b
energy among God's peoplo It always
resulted In uniting tqoni. But here
is a movement which hns produced
from the very start the opposite; It
hns created new divisions. The move
ment Itself hns now different sects
and parties and it is playing havo:
among n certain class of bolievers
Qntl itrnduppR Hitch an nrrnirniit nrlde
ami uplf-nvnHalinn that it floes not!
tnko much discernment to see It Is
not another Pentecost but a delusion.
Besides this work of the flesh "di
visions" worse things have apiearod,
somo of which are unnnmable In this
audience, the worts things of the flesh
have been practlsod under the guise
of a restoration of apostolic gifts.
The Work of Demons
Ono more fact Solomon, wrote,
"Thero is nothing new under the Bun."
This Is likewise true of Pentecoslnl
Inni. Tho same thing appears peri
odically In church history. Tho Flnge
lant movement hnd it; -then there were
the Camlsards and other deluslnnists
and fanatlcB. The last time It np.
peared was about one hundred years
ago. Europe was then JiiBt emerging
out of the horrors of- wnr and the
Napoleonic upheavals. Christians
spoke then of tho coming of the Lord.
Then under the leadership of Edward
Irving tho same thing broke out with
tlm same manifestations and oar
marks nB tho Pentecostal movement
I havo In my possession an orlglnnl
copy of the work of Robert Baxter,
who gives a vnluahlo sketch of the
wholo Irvlngnlto movement Women
were talking In tongueB. Mr. Baxter
himself had received tho power which
made him bellow like a bull, bo that
when the power came over lilm ho.
quickly stuffed a handkerchief In his
.
THEY SCRIPTURAL?'
mouth so ns not to awaken tho peoplo
at night. Men and women propluiBled
nnd announced tho soon coming of tho
Lord with other startling prophecies.
All theso prophecies were lies, Just
us the visions and prophecies of 1'ento
eostullsm are lies and falsehoods.
The wholo movement wna found out
to oiniinato from demons; It ended
with the demons emitting their venom
against our blessed Ixml and teaching
that Ho was man with a nature of sin
an dthe flesh. Tho spirit of delusion
Irnl been ncooptod for the Spirit of
God. And let me say iu the Irvlngnlto
movement the word "Pentecost" and
"Pentecostal" wns as prominent as it
is today In this modern gift of tongues
delusion. Let me add that leaders In
Oonnany, Great Britain nnd our own
land had their oyeB opened and bear
now witness that the controlling
power is evil mimicking tho true
power of God.
Whnt Pontecostallsm Is yet to prc
duco remuina to lie seen. In my esti
mation It will remain preparing the
way for stronger delusions, trying to
dowlvo tile very elect
Over against all this, well moaning
persons ralso questions. Does not
this movement bear witness to tho
Daily of Christ? Do they not speak
of the blood? Aro not peoplo being
saved In their montlngs? Do you
think this could emanate from de
mons? Tlieso and other questions ure
constantly put up to mo. Of courso a
large number of true believers have
become ensnared In this cult, think
ing it Is of God; thoy bear witness to
the truth even then, and God always
honors His Word. But on tho othor
linnd let us also rememlier that It wus
a demon who first confeasod thut our
Lord Is tho Son of God, when a demon
possessed man witnessed thus. Also
remember that the demon possessed
damsel In Phlllppl Bpoko the truth
and witnessed to tho fact that Paul
and Silas wore tho servants of the
Most High nnd that thoy taught God's
way of salvation. As Sir Robert An
derson has shown, demons are uot
all vile, but Satan transforms himself
Into an angel of light and makes his
ministers tho mlplBtcrs of righteous-
ness.
Unscrlptural Healing
An to miraculous healings. As stated
in the beglnnlug faith healing is
closely coupled with tllo gift of:
tongues delusion. A closer examlna-1
tion of this phase Is not possiblo at '
this time. I ubull confine myself to a
very few remarks. i
There is made a most astonishing
claim that the miracles of the Apoa-.
tolic Days are being performed once
more. Healings and miracles wore al
ways claimed in spurious movements
of the past
But now the "healing movements"
have taken on tremendous propor
tions. Healings nro claimed by many
cults, if not by all cults which are pro
pagated by demon powers. Years ago
I stood before a veritable mountain of
crutches, surgical appliances and
bandages, in a monastery in Central
Russia. Pilgrims from all over Russia
had come to the Lawra, In ."holy"
Kleff, to get hoallng by touching the
bones of saints of long ago. They
were healed. 1 have been to St Anne
via Benu-Pre, In Quebec, nnd saw the
same thing there as well as in the
Louvre of Franco. Then thero Is Mor
moiilsm, that vilest of all religions,
worse than the snuke worship ot the
Hopl Indians; they claimed to have
miraculous cures. .
Christian Science Is a cult of de
mons, and here too are the claims of
miracles of healing. Spiritism has
connected with It healings and other
signs. So has New Thought, and the
evor multiplying physical cults for
which new numes are constantly
coined. Dowlelsm, that running mix
ture of truth and error, founded by
one who claimed to be some great one,
claims miracles of healing, lint above
all, tho different Pontecostal sects
claim to have wondorful healings, veri
table miracles.
So do others, like tho Bosworth
Brothers. Thoy seeni to utilize a cor
taln Labor organ tor advertising pur
uses. Let uio road to you what ap
lcared In head linos in a single issue,
tho claims which aro made by these
men. And let me add that In Toronto,
Detroit, and other places numerous
cases have been Investigated and it
wus found thut not one was genuine;
these men and others have been chal
lenged to bring forth evidences that
what is reported Is true. 1 havo in
vestigated the BUpiHjsed miracles of
Mrs. McPherson and other liealors
with the same results. But lot me
read the eusattonul claims printed In
tho "Lalior Tribune." All appeared In
ono issue: "Wholly deaf healed."
"Nervous twitching cured." "Special
ists said incurable hoaled." "Sick 20
years; operated on 14 times; prayed
for and healed." "Was deaf but now
hears." "Had nervous prostration;
had 28 doctors In 21 months; Instantly
healed." "Ear drum gono; 17 doctors
failed; now Instuntly healed." "Had
paralysis; healed by reading the
'Labor Tribune' "
Cessation of Certain Gifts
Lot me state a few facts in conclu
sion. Cortaln gifts in tho body ot
Christ havo disapiicared. Miracles and
signs were porminent in the beginning
of thla dispensation for they wore
needed then. The beginning of tho
age was Jewish and tho Jew "asks for
a sign." He wants to' see nnd then be
lieve. As long as the New Testament
revelation was not completo these sign
gifts, on account of their evidontlul
character, were prevalent oven among
tllo Gent.llo belluvers, as It was tho
case In Corinth. But when God had
completed His Word and given all He
had to reveal to man, then the true
character of the age becaino evident.
It became as It Is still, the age ot
Faith, and not tho age of sight. Tho
heavens became silent. No more rev
elation, no more visions, no more
prophetic, no more nngelio manifesta
tions, no more miracles. Man Is to
beliovo, to trust, to walk by faith.
Furthermore these sign gifts, like
the gift of miracles, the gift of tongues
and tho Interpretation of tongues are
not needed for tho completion ot the
body ot Christ, nor for the perfecting
of tho saints. Please compare here I
Corinthians 12:28 with Ephoslnns
4: 1 MS. Why are the sign gilts mon
tloucd in the former passage and why
are they omitted in the epistle in
which the full revelation concerning
the church, the body of Christ, Is
glvon? For the simple reason that.
these gifts are useless for the real
edification of the body of Christ.
But may we not expert a revival of
apostolic power nnd gifts, a revival of
PAGE FIVE
signs and miracles, before the Lord
comes? Pentecostallsm claims tills,
out wnai saun tne scriptures.' lue
age ends not in a restoration of mir
acles, but it ends in apostasy. Yes,
signs and miracles and wonders will
appear In tho very close of this age,
but theso will be the miracles and
wonders of Satnn's masterpiece, tho
coming man of sin. (2 Thess. 2.)
I wonder If thone present day claims
and delusions, these most subtle man
tfutatlous of demon powers are not
tho wuy prepnrers of greater delu
sions? Surely Satan stalks about lu
the garb of un angel ot light . God
help His true church to resist him
and hold close to the Truth of OoO.-r- ;
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