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DAILY CAPITAL JOTJESAL, SALEM, OREGON- SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1912.
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Pastor jRusselFs Sermon
"WILL BE SAVED
SO AS BY FIRE"
Threads cl Truth In the Pur
gatorial Theory.
CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT.
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Potior Ruaaall Explains How Creada
War. Formulatad During tha Dark
Agea Bibla Truths Distorted Early
I Church Tsachsra Sincara, but Many
, of Conoluaions Wars Falsa Diasanta
From lha Thaory That Craada Ara of
Graatar Weight Than tha 8oripturee.
Kansas City,
Mo.; June 0. Pas
tor Russell spent
Sunday In our city
and delivered two
addresses, which
were well attend
ed, One of these,
from the text,
"Saved so as by
fire" (I Corin
thians 111, IS), we
report In part Be
said:
T Some of my
Catholic friends declare that I am
more Catholic than Protestant, but I
have never acknowledged this. I do
ay, however, that If compelled to
choose between the Protestant thought
that,, all except the elect, saintly few
wllli experience eternal torment, and
the "Catholic proposition that many
bPBiles the saints will be saved, by
passing through purgatorial expe
rlen?is, I would sooner believe the
latter. And while 1 cannot accept the
Cathijiic Purgutory as Biblical, I do
find certain threads of Bible truth In
the purgatorial theory. I can even fan
cy how thoso Bible truthB gradually be
came distorted during the many cen
turies styled "The Dart Ages."
During that time, not only were the
common people Illiterate, but printing
bad noTbeen Invented, and Bibles were
costly. That was the period dur
ing which Councils of bishops from
time to time met and decided for the
people what should and what should
not be believed. In other words, they
formulated the creeds. We do not
question the sincerity of those spirit
ual lenders of the darker days, but we
do challenge their conclusions and,
comparing them with the Bible now
In the hands of the masses, we know,
accenting the Bible as true, that we
must necessarily condemn many of
Ihelr conclusions as fnlBe, and when
we speak of the Blbio, we Includo the
Catholic ns well as the Protestant
translations of it In various languages.
The Voles of the Churoh.
Mnny, both Catholics and Protest
ants, tell us thnt we should receive the
message of Councils the crcods which
they formulated as of. equal lusplrn-
tlon with tho Bible because, say they.
tbeso Councils were composed of bisli
ops of the Church and, under the law
of Apostolic succession, thoso bishops
had equal authority with and Divine
Inspiration equal to tho twelve Apos
ties. Hence the theory says that If
auy conflict oxIstB between tho Bible
and the creeds the latter should have
the greater weight In our minds, as
being a luter production.
Prom this I dissent, and am glad to
note that 1 am In better accord with
the views of the present Pope, Pius X,
whosu recent proclamation urges upon
all Catholics loyalty to the Bible and
Its study. If all Christians. Catholics
as well as Protestants, would accept
this suggestion, 1 believe that the re
sultant, untrammeled study would soon
bring to Christendom In general the
one unity aud harmony which all de
sire and are arriving for.
Wbntevur the Pope may have once
believed respecting tho doctrine of
Apostolic succession, and the equal In
spiration of tho bishops of today with
tha twelve Apostles appointed by our
Lord, he sees thnt the people have not
Hill confidence thnt the living bishops
are Inspired to tho degree of infallibili
ty, as wero tho twelve Apostles. And
1 would say that to my understanding
this Is the right thought. The Scrip
tures everywhere recognlzo tho twelve
Apostles of the Lamb no more, no
less. They recognlce the (all of one of
these, ami that another took his place
St. Paul. But there were to be no
niero additions.
The choice of Matthias by the Apos
les, before they themselves received
the Holy Spirit, was Invalid and with
out authority. Jesus, in Ills last mes
sage to tho Church, pictured her as a
"woman," having "a crown of twelve
stars." Aud aguln lie symbolically
represents her future glory as tho New
Jerusalem with but twelve foundation
atones, and In those tho names of the
twelve A pottles of the I.anib no more.
The more thoroughly this Scriptural
fact la discerned the more surely will
God's people turn reverentially to the
Inspired words and Interpretations of
the Divinely appointed Twelve, re
Apectlug whose teachings Jesus said,
"Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth
us necessary, obligatory! will be tho
same that are bound In heaven. And
whatsoever ye shall loose on earth (ns
not noccMNiiryi shall be the same that
are loosed In heaven." No othor teach
t In (lie worlds history were so thor
oughly set apart to bo the oracles of
od: and their testimony Is one har
monious Not Preient but Future.
We remarked a moment ago that
there is a thread of truth in the doc
trine of purgatory. That thread con
nects up with our text of today. In
deed, our Catholic friends acknowl
edge that there is no positive state
ment in the Bible respecting purga
tory; they merely infer it from certain
texts, which do not use the word, and
ur text, which says, "Saved so as by
Are." This is one of their strong texts
supporting the theory of purgatory. It
certainly does imply that flery experi
ences of some kind will come to some
of God's people, and that these will be
designed to have a purging effect.
Nothing in the text, however, gives
t single suggestion to the effect that
juch purgatorial trials are now in op
sration. On the contrary, tho Apostle
points down to the future saying, "The
fire of that day shall try every man't
work of what sort it Is." Those who
have built with the wood, hay and
stubble, even though upon the good
foundation of Christ's redemptive
work, will suffer loss. Only those who
shall build with the precious Divine
promises, the gold, silver and precious
stones of the Divine Word, will pass
unscathed through the flery experi
ences of that (lay.
Nevertheless, says the Apostle, those
who will suffer the loss of their entire
faith structure of wood, hay and stub
ble false doctrines and theories of
their own and of other men will them
selves bo saved, because they built
upon the Rock Christ Jesus. But, he
adds, "They will be saved so as by
Are" saved through flery experiences.
Search aa we will we find no reference
to any such sufferings after death and
before the resurrection. Thus we see
thnt the Apostle is In full harmony
with what the Bible .every where teach
es, that the dead are not consciously
alive to experience either Joy or suffer
ing between the time of death and the
resurrection. But, on the contrary,
they all "sleep in the dust of the
earth," awaiting the awakening of
tbolr souls in the glorious morning of
the New Age.
St. Peter's remarks to the fulthful in
his day have been applicable through
out the Age, aud arc still applicable to
us. IIo says, "Think it not strange
concerning the flery trlnl which is to
try you, as though some strange thing
happened unto yon." (I refer iv, 12.)
Here agnln he Is not speaking of a pur
gatorial experience after death, but of
a purgatorial experience in the present
life. God could protect His children
from every foe, from every trouble,
from every sorrow, from every one of
Satan's darts, but instead of doing so
He permits these fiery trlnls to tost
their faith, their loyalty to Him. to the
Truth, to the brethren.
Purgatory In tha Praaant Llfa.
Did not Jesus thus have purgntorlal
experiences? not to purge away sin,
for Ho had none being "holy, harm
less, imdctlled and separate from sin
ners" but to demonstrate Ills loyalty
to God; as the Apostle said, "lie was
obedient unto death, even the death
of tho cross." And did not tho Apos
tles have purgutorlnl experiences,
which were needed, and which we all
need? Is It not in respect to these
purgatorial experiences that the Apos
tle urges us to remember thnt God is
faithful and will not suffer us to be
tempted, tried, more than we are able
to bonr, but with every temptation,
trlul, provides also a way of escape?
He also assures us, "My grace is
sufficient for thee, for My strength is
made perfect In weakness." And la
not this tho very picture the Scrip
tures give us respecting our present
trials, namely, that our Lord sits as a
Refiner and Purifier of silver to take
from us the dross and to purify us as
New Creatures in Christ Jesus, and to
make us ready for the Kingdom?
It is in full accord with this that the
Apostle declares of the Church that if
we Judge ourselves Judge our own
conduct, and properly criticize our
selves for errors we will not need to
be Judged or chastened with flery
trials by the Lord, But if we neglect
to thus Judgo ourselves, and become
careless, the Lord will give us chasten
ings, flory trials and stripes purgato
rial experiences to the Intent that we
may not be condomned with the world.
Tha World's Condamnatlon.
In this statement, to the effect that
the Church Is now chnsteued that she
may not come Into Judgment with the
world, we should understand the word
trorfd to mean all outside of the
Church both Jews and Gentiles. The
Church Is composed, not of any sect
or party, but of nil those who have
come Into covenant-relationship with
tho Tather through faith In tho Lord
Jesus, and a full consecration of their
lives to walk lu His steps. The re
ward of the Church will liejolnt-belrshlp
with the Savior In His Kingdom, for
which we pray, "Thy Kingdom come.'
The Bible teaches us that shortly
tho Kingdom will be established lu
the midst of a great "tlmo of trou
ble," aud that through its blessed
reign of righteousness the whole
world, of every' nation and kindred
and people nnd tongue, will bo blessed
with light, with knowledge with op
portunity. "Tho Sun of Righteous
uess shall arise with healing lu nis
beams," ushering lu for earth the New
Day, which all tho Prophets of God
have for so long foretold tho period
which St Peter styles, "Times of
RanHtutlon of all things which God
bath spoken by the mouth of all the
holy Prophets."-Acts ill, 10-21.
Since wo have learned that the Bible
teaches that God has blessings lu store
tor the world under .Messiah's King
dom, we are the bettor prepared to un
derstand how nnd why the Mosslanlc
Kingdom Ih to usher In the "Times of
Restitution" and ' blessing. And we
learn at the same time that God has
purposed, first of all, to (leal with the
Church, call. test, provo. discipline
them with flery trials, before He be-
glui His dealings with the world. We
perceive that the Church Is to be dealt
with first because it Is the Divine
declaration that the Church shall
share with Jesus in Judging the world
in disciplining the world, giving to
the world purgatorial experiences,
which will be helpful nnd uplifting.
The Great Time of Trouble, which
our Lord declared should be expected
at about the time of the completion of
the Church, will be a time of special
discipline upon the world the begin
ning of the world's purgatorial expe
rience. Hearken to Jesus' words,
"Watch ye (disciples), therefore, that
ye may be accounted worthy to es
cape all those things coming upon the
world." Describing those things our
Lord said, "Men's hearts will be fall
ing them for - fear, and for looking
after those things which are coming
upon the earth, for the powers of tho
heavens shall be shaken." Many of
us believe that we are in that very
time now.
Tha Churohaa Have Lost Thair Power.
Surely men's hearts are falling them
as they look about and see the surg
Ings of soclulism and anarchism, and
the threatening of these "waves of the
sea," that they will ultimately swallow
up the present social order of things.
Many of the rich and great are looking
to the Church at this time, hoping that
as of yore eeclesiastlclsm will be able
to control the masses. But ah, it will
be different now; for, as the Master
said, "The powers of the heavens 'will
be shaken" the ecclesiastical powers
will be shaken. From every side the
cry goes up that the churches are be
coming more and more empty, that col
lections are falling off and retrench
ment must be the order of the day or
ruin will result.
St Peter refers to the coming trou
ble, under the symbolism of fire, and
declares that not only will it consume
the "earth," the social fabric, but the
"heavens" also will be on Are and
"shall pass away with a great noise"
a great commotion. Not the physical
earth will burn, but the social earth;
not the physical heavens will burn, but
the ecclesiastical heavens.
The great and the rich have been so
busily engaged lu amassing wealth
that they have not noticed nntll re
cently that the churches of all denomi
nations have lost their power over the
masses, and now "their hearts fall
them for fear" as they come to per
ceive the weakness, the nothingness of
ecclesiastical power as compared with
the strength of socialism and anarchy
amongst tho masses. No wonder their
hearts fall them for fear. Poor peo
ple! How we wish we could make
clear to nil the glorious prospects
which the Bible holds out-that out of
this the most awful troible of the
world's history, God graciously Intends
to bring the greatest blessing imagina
ble, the one for which we have been
praying so long.
We ore sure thnt the present Pope,
Plus X who has taken such active
measures to repulse the higher critical
and evolutionary theories In tho Cath
olic church, would fu'ly agree with our
sentiment when we say that many of
the great and rich of our day have
been unwittingly helping forward In
tho overthrow of religious faith and in
the awakening of socialistic infidelity.
They have given freely of their mil
lions to the great colleges of the land,
which in turn have fostered unbelief In
God's Word, and indirectly unbelief In
a personal God. Their influence has
extended to all the prlnclpnl pulpits of
Protestantism and Is rapidly percolat
ing through the various strata of Pro
testant church membership. Thus the
churches nnd their treasuries are being
emptied and the number of unbelievers
is being augmented dully, hourly.
The World's Purgatory Bagina.
If time permitted we could marshal
many texts of Scripture showing that
tho tlmo of awful trouble now Impend
Ing is In the nature of a Divine Judg
ment upon the people of our day be
cause we have not more wisely and
more generously used the present In
ventions nnd blessings that have come
to us as foregloams of the Messianic
Kingdom because of our selfishness.
In this troublo, according to the Bible,
thoro will bo a general reckoning and
settlement of accounts between Justice
and Humanity (aside from the weak
nesses nnd imperfections of heredity,
which will bo excusable and forgiven
through tho merit of the Redeemer's
sacrifice).
Tho settlement of accounts now will
leave the slato clear for tho New Dis
pensation. Furthermore, the plow
share of trouble will prepare men's
hearts all over the world for tho en
lightenment and blessings which the
glorified Redeemer will shed abroad.
Slnco all human hearts are hard, self
ish through tho fall. It seems quite
necessary that all should be broken,
humbled, but the glorllled Redeemer
both King and Priest of thnt New
Age will then say to the world, as He
now says to the Church. "Come unto
Mo. all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, nnd I will give you rest." And
"whoever will not obey that Prophet."
thnt Great King of Glory, the antitype
of Moses, "shall bo destroyed from
amongst the people." (Acts III, 2X)
Again. Peter declares thnt all such
shall perish like brute beasts. II Peter
II, 12.
The glorious result of Christ's Relirn
of righteousness, and the purgntorlal
experiences which It will administer
tn those requiring them, will be to
help all to rise eventually to perfec
tion, so that every knee will bow and
every tongue confess to the glory of
God. But the Purgatory of the Bible
Is so very different from the PuYgn
tory conjured up by good men In the
Dark Arcs, and pictured by Dai and
Doro. that the latter r.re now seen to
be gross travesties on the Divine ar
rangement not only mlslnterpretlug
the time of the purgntorlal experi
ences, but also their character.
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