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ROYAL ALBERT! HALL
CHRISTIAN MASS MEETING
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AUDIENCE ESTIMATED 1
AT SEVEN THOUSAND
Which Is the True Gospel and
; What Must Our Creeds
I Sacrifice In Order to t
Christian Union?
London. April 1
l'astor Russell d
dressed the huge
Convention at
Royal Albert Hall
t o n t g b L few
preachers are so
well kaowo In
Great Britain as
be. Many of the
. leading newspa
' tiers, both here
and la America, publish bis weekly
discourses. He took for bis text. "I
am sot ashamed of tbe Gospel of
Christ" momans 1. 10). He said:
Let as approach our subject rcver
ntlyl With reverence, because many
of our creeds are white with cen
turies. Tbey were tbe creeds of our
fathers and mothers. Tbey must not
be handled ruthlessly, unkindly. But
we must approach the subject with
courage because It Is a Christian duty.
For long centuries God's people have
been divided into sects and parties,
separated by creedai fences. At one
time tbey gloried In their differences
and destroyed one another In tbelr
zeal for what they believed to be the
Truth.
Now we see more clearly that
none of our creeds are without flaw,
Now we are willing vea, glad, to
take the Truth wherever we find It
and to acknowledge the error, though
It be our own. The oneness of tbe
Church requires that we should hnve
this courage! Tbe Interests of the
world demand It! We bare come here
realizing that the time for covering
errors, of which we are ashamed. Is
past; .that the time for reverencing
God and Ills Word has enme. Who
ever thus approaches the subject can
not fall of a blessing from God, in
harmony with the Mnster's prayer,
"Sanctify them through Thy Truth:
Thy Word Is Truth" (John xvll. T).
Are We Not All ChUitlani?
Our topic must be. What Is the Gos
pel of which St. Paul was not asham
ed "the faith once delivered unto the
saints" "one Lord, one Knltb. one
Bnpttsm" (.lnde 3: Epheslnns iv, 5V
Tbe speaker showed tlmt the Roman
Catholic Church. In order to unite with
others, would need to cut oiit of her
creed everything not found In the Bible
prayers to saints, homage to pictures
and Images, the sucrltlce of tbe mass,
holy candles, holy water. Purgatory,
tbe Infallibility of the Pope and the
general theory that the clergy alone
are the Church nnd brethren of Christ,
and the laity are merely the children
of tbe Church. He acknowledged that
so great a concession could scarcely be
expected at once: that the study of the
Bible must prepare Catholics to accept
It as tbe only staudurd of the "faith
once delivered to tbe saints."
Tbe Protestant Episcopal creed nest
had attention. Little that was objec
tionable was found. One point alone
could en use any hesitancy, he was sure
Apostolic Succession. He urged that
no Scripture could be found sustaining
this theory In clear terms. On the con
trary, be gave numerous citations In
proof that the twelve Apostles only
possessed plenary Inspiration and were
directly under Divine control 8t Paul
taking tbe place of Judns. These are
the twelve foundation stones of the
New Jerusalem, and tbe foundations
of the holy temple mentioned by St
Peter the twelve authorized by the
Master to bind or to loose from doc
trines and practices (Matt, xrlll, 18).
Eltotlon Fortordlnstlon Predestina
tion. The Westminster Confession, the
foundation of the majority of Pro
testunt creeds, distinctly emphasizes
the teac-hlugs of Brother John Calvin.
We can all agree that the words elect
and election, predestinated and tore
ordained art Scriptural terms and
that a truth must underlie and per
vade tbem. But it will give none of
us auy pain to repudiate entirely the
peculiar definitions attached to these
words by Brother Culvin. Surely we
are all prepared to deny that a God
of Justice, Wisdom, Love nnd Power
foreordained and predestinated from
before the foundation of the world
that everybody but the "elect" should
go to eternal torment! If we can not
nil agree as to what these terms menn.
we can unite In denying the atrocious
doctrines of the pust which have so
greatly dlHliouored our Creator and
ourselves and which have driven so
many honest uilnrts awny from God
and from Hist Book. .
Baptists and Disciples. Pastor Hus
sellr declared, hnve something further
to surrender. Surely they mny keep
water Immersion. Surely they may
claim ttint. mure fully than sprink
ling, It represents the underlying
thought expressed In the symbol. The
inreasonnble and nnscrlpttiral thing
which they must renounce In favor
ct union Is that water Immersion Is a
tent of mtmlMTMhlp In the T'A..r& of
Hair Help
it '4
the color In any way. But it promptly stops falling hair, and
greatly otes growth. Ask
Ckritt. They' must admit that Cor
nellus'at least, was accepted of the
Lord,bnd begotten of the Spirit before
his, baptism In water (Acts x. 4").
The Pastor could not think that the
Baptist and Disciple brethren vould
bave much difficulty in rejecting
water Immersion as a test of Chris
tian fellowship, if once they saw, tbe
matter In Its true lltfit. thus: Tbe
Disciples. In holding that Immersion
in water Is for the inii'ion of u.
are claiming. In fact, that all not thus
Immersed are lost doomed to eternal
torment, according to their theory.
Baptists should see the absurdity of
claiming ttint only the water Immersed
are iwmbers of the Church of Christ,
for thus, according to tbelr theory,
they doom to eternal torture, as un
sawd. all of their Christian brethren
who have not been Immersed. Surely
Baptists and Disciples, therefore, may
be expected te promptly and heartily
repudiate these test features of their
theories.
Tbe Methodist Creed was next ex
amined. It was commended for the
prominence It gives to tbe Love of
God aud Ills forbearance with the mis
representations of those who honestly
seek to be Ills children. The speaker
asked the Methodist brethren to fore
go the worshiping of their Church and
to give the more boinuge to the Lord,
He admitted the masterfulness of their
organization, but reminded tbem that
tbelr Kplscopncy Is not modeled after
anything shown In the New Testament.
It does not even pretend to be an au
thority along the lines of Apostolic
Succession. They must admit that tbe
establishment of Its Bishopric was, at
least, semi-fraudulent a supposed
emergency, born of the error that an
Episcopal ordiuutlon was necessary to
an authority to preach.
Hell and Purgatory Must Go.
Unitedly, we must all acknowledge
that we grossly misunderstood the
teaching of our Bible when we believ
ed and taught thut our Almighty Cre
ator prepared a great hell, manned
with fire proof demons, with the fore
knowledge that all of our race would
go thither except as a certain few
woud be specially rescued by the
Savior, after His coming, when He was
not sent for over four tliousnnd years
after the fn II. Looking buck to the
"Dark Ages." we behold with horror
the terrible effects of this blasphemous
doctrine upon good men of that time,
who thought they were copying the
Divine spirit nnd methods when they
burned one another at the stake.
As we have learned that Purgatory
Is not tuugut In the Bible, so also we
have learned that this hell of our fore
fathers Is unscrlptural thut the Bible
hell Is the grave, the tomb, the state
of death. This Just penalty for sin Is
wbnt the Bible everywhere teaches.
We now know that the Hebrew word
tlieol of the Old Testament, aud the
Greek word hades of the New Testa
ment refer to the prate, the state of
death, the tomb: nnd that tbey are so
translated more times than they are
rendered hell. We now know that In
old English literature the word hell
was so used as signifying a pit, a cov
ered place, a grave. The Pastor an
nounced tliiit free pamphlets, discuss
ing tbe word hell nnd the pa ruble of
The Rich Mint unci Lazarus, etc.,
would be distributed by the ushers.
The Divine lan of the Ages.
With our neyrts and heads agreed to
discard those features of our creeds
not loiinu in the Bible and, as far as
possible, to harmonize what we do
11 lid therein, what Is the result? Is It
tbe Cospel of which St. I'uul was not
ashamed'.' The speaker submitted that
It Is, and believes that all Christians
could lieurtlly unite nnd fellowship
upou Its broad basis.
John Calvin and our forefathers
were right In declaring that tbe Scrip
tures teach the "election" of a "little
flock": but they were wrong In claim
ing that the great mass of humanity,
tbe nou elect. nre "passed by," routed
for eternal torture. On the contrary
tbey all go to the Bible hell, the grave.
They are nil unconscious there. The
Divine promise guarantees tbe resur
rection of the deait, both the Just and
the unjust by One Who gave His life
for their redemptlon-"Vho died, the
Just fur the unjust" (I Teter III. IS).
Iu u word, merely the "called of
God" lire being dealt with In tbe pres
ent time, although the remainder of
mankind are having a "witness" and
lire learning lessons which will be
valuable to them when their trtnl tlrue
shall' come. ' We bave, not In tbe past
sufficiently noted the difference be
tween the Church nnd the icnrld. The
Chuivh Is Invited to walk the "narrow
way" In the footprints of the Redeem
er, bearing the cross with him. Tbe
faithful are promised a share with
Him In nis heavenly glory, honor and
Immortality.
But nothing Is said about torment
ing the world. The entire race of
Adam has lxn tinder condemnation
for six thousand years. The coming
of Jesus and Ills death were not in
tended to Increase man's condemna
tion, but. hy providing for their resur
rection, to set them free from Adntnlc
condemnation-to glvetoenchnnd to nil
n full, fair opportunity to demonstrate
their love of sin or love of righteous
ness, when the latter shall be fully ns
easy us tbe former during Messiah's
glorious reign of righteousness the
thousand years. The reward for well
doing will then he humnn perfection
fn n sinless Paradise restored.
Realising Weiley'i Ideal.
Brother John Wesley lived In a time
when practically nil Christians had ac
cepted Brother Calvin's theory that
God had foreordained tbe great mass
of humunlty.to eternal misery. Brother
wesley s heart was tender and sym
pathetic, no could not believe that
bis gracious Creator and loving Re
deemer could possibly have been
guilty of originating sifch diabolical
Dan Weslev's heart and tongue re-
Ayer's Hair Vigor has no effect
whatever upon the color of the
hair. It cannot rossiblv chance
your doctor first.
J.ainrOiK,
belled. Let tthert. -reach foreonlliMW
lion to torment Jfer uon-elect InfRnts,
'-eg -well as tuoyrny-halred. In. a fiery
peii. no c-.ia not ai so. lie must
preach, V Cod, of Lore who would not
contemn U1s creatures to torture
at least not without some opportunity.
But, bifulii-iipied by the error rentt
lag Jril poor Brother Wesley was In a
sad. dilemma. lie kn-w not bow any
could get to the r fill phce without
Divine f(.reUnmv:n!"i-. .ml tie knew
not how fi bar: il -e su-h Divine
forekiiowlrdr i 'i Divine Love.
Why sh'i-i'! "res n Divine
grace could n t " from eternal tor
ture bei-IVHled in HilV
Noble Chris; iau 11. oilier, be preached
to the best of bis ll-bt. Now with the
clearer light upon God's Word, we can
see that Brother Wesley and Brother
Calvin both contended for Bible truths
which tbey knew not bow to harmon
ize. Now we see thut this Gosel Age
is tbe time in which God is calling and
drawing and sealing with His Spirit
and with the Truth His "very elect."
the Brlde'of Christ, the members of
the Body of Christ, the Royal Priest
hood. Now we can see also that the
Free Grace, which Brother Wesley
realized must be a part of the Divine
Program.' belongs to the coming Age.
Then all the blind eyes shall be opened.
Then all the deaf ears shall be un
stopped. Then tbe knowledge of tbe
Lord shall Oil tbe whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep. Then
"whosoever will may come nnd take of
the water of life freely" (Rev. xxll. 17).
The Gospel Age Harvest.
Pastor Russell declares that the
signB of the times, in conjunction with
the prophecies of the Scriptures, clear
ly Indicate to him thut we are living in
tbe "harvest time" of this Age, which
is drawing to a close In tbe dawning
time of tbe New Dispensation, wblcb
will soon be ushered In. He wished
his bearers to clearly distinguish be
tween this teaching and the common
teaching represented in all of our
creeds. Our hymn books, like our
creeds, tell of tbe End of this Age as
tbe end of hope "tbe wreck of matter
and the crash of worlds." In a huge
bonfire. Tbe Bible, on the coutrary,
shows that tbe most blessed days of
tbe world's experiences are ubout to be
ushered In. The election of the Church
completed, tbe saints, glorified with
the Redeemer on the spirit plane. In
visible to men, will take coutrol of
earth's affairs. God's Kingdom under
the whole heavens will be established.
Satan, tbe present spirit Prince,
will be dethroned and deceive the na
tions no more for a thousand yeurs.
The reign of Messiub lu tbe glory of
Divine power will constitute the Sun
of Righteousness, Light and Truth
and blessing to refresh the poor,
death-stricken world. Healing will be
in the beams of this Sun of Righteous
ness Restitution, uplifting from sin,
degradation und death. As the reign
of Sin' nnd Death terminates, the
reign of Righteousness unto' life ever
lusting will begin. The wonderful In
ventions nnd blessings of our day are
but the forerunners of still greater
blessings. Verily "the night Is far
spent nnd the dny is at hand" the
great Dny of which Jesus and the
Apostles nnd the Prophets continually
spoke. It will be tlnrmimlng only for
all the systems of Iniquity and un
righteousness. "Not Ashamed of the Gospel."
nave we not all felt more or less
ashamed of the unsatisfactory pres
entations of our various creeds? said
rastor Russell. Is It not time that.
from self-respect, as well as from
respect for the Almighty, we repudi
ate them? nnve I not presented to
you this oyening the Bible message
which the angels proclaimed nt thp
birth of Jesus "Behold, we bring you
good tidings of great Joy which shall
be unto all penplet" (Luke II. 10). No
Gospel message renched anybody be
fore Jesus "brought life nnd Immor
tality to light through nis Gospel."
This "great salvation begun to be
spoken by our Lord." as tbe Apostle
declares dlebrews II. 3i. None heard
It during the first four thousand yeurs.
and not more than one-fourth of
humanity hnve heard ft during the
last two thousnnd years. And the
message which has been proclnlmed
for centuries past Is certainly not
"good tidings" ns a wholp, though It
contains precious truths.
What I have expressed this evening
Is "good tidings of grent Joy" to the
saintly few of the elect class now. And
the lesser blessing of rentltiitlun will
shortly be "good tidings" to nil people.
It will fulfil the Divine promise to our
first parents that "the Seed of tbe
woman" shnll crush out evil, "shnll
bruise the Serpent's head." It will
also fulfil the promise to Abraham,
bound by God's oath-"In thee and In
thy Seed shnll all tbe families of the
earth be blessed." It accounts for
every text appertaining to Election, ns
well ns to every text teaching Free
Grace. It shows the Justice of God In
permitting the death penalty. It
shows the Love of God In providing
the redemption for all. hy a "Ransom
for nil." It shows the Wisdom of God
In the ordering of all the various steps
of the Divine Program. It will show
the Power of God In bringing back
the dond to life nnd In uplifting all
the willing nnd obedient of earth to
human perfection and nn earthly
Paradise. And surely the exceeding
riches of God's grace, of His Wisdom.
Love nnd Power are nil demonstrated
In His wonderful favor toward the
saintly few now bplng developed as
the Bride, the Lamb's Wife! (Ephe
slnns II. 71."
I.pf us, beloved brethren, lajs aside
every weight nnd hindrance. Let us
come quickly into the narrow way
and walk In the footsteps of the Re
deemer and make our "calling nnd
election sure" to a place with Him
In His Throne, nnd In His great work
of blessing and nr-llftlne hnmsr.'rv.
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