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PliBLISJIED :E'OR THI!

Pl<fXClPLES OF
PBOHOTIO:S OF
HELJCJOUS TOLERANOB
CJIBl8T.IAN KNOWLEDGE
A.,,_D
CBJUSTJAN LIBERTY
"'l'EAC:U ~L NATION~"

"The Kingdom of Heaven is at lumd."- - Mattlrew 3:2

No. 1
Vol.
, 1 NEW YORK CITY, MARCH 15, 1918

RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
PASTOR RUSSELL'S FOLLOWERS PERSECUTED
BECAUSE THEY TELL THE PEOPLE THE TRUTH
Treatment of Bible Students Long bas the Papacy looked wltb lust- 1 We are cot against the war. We
t ul eye Cot the control of American In- recogi:iize aJ1d .b ave long taught that
sUtuttons, The same ambition that the Bible, three thousand yea.rs ago,
actuates the Kaiser of Germany lurks foretold the present great war. and that
paslUon to Interfere wltll the draft or
the waJ: 111 any manner. The tact that
so111e ot our members have aougbt to
take advantage of the protectlon of the
"WIRELESS SEIZED"
About U1e ea.me time that arrests
were being made In other places, the
public press throughout the country

Smacks of the "Dark Ages"

in thQ mind of the Pope. Since the God's band would be in the matter law, has been used a.a another means announced tbat a "raid' bad beeu made
days of Napoleon Bonaparte, It has When President Wilson asked tbe min- ot per.secuUon. Congress passed the on the Bathe! Home, Brooklyn, and a
beeo the desire oC the Papal bead to islet's to pray for pea.ce, Pastor Russell, Selective Draft Act In May, 1917. and J>Owerfut wlrelesa receiving station wu
exetcl9e terupoJ'lll power. We now in an address in the New York City In that act provided tbat no person found In the cellar and a sending st&
sound a "'ar'l11.ng to the llberty-lovlug Temple said, "'While I have the great- shall be compelled to engage tn com Uon on the roof, lntlmat.lng that tblll
people of tbe world against U!e ea- est respect f or our hollorable President, bata.nt mllltary eervlce who iis a mem was maJntalned lu the Interest of pro-
croachment.s of the Papal system, t must decline to join in a prayer tor ber ot a welt.recognised religious or Germa.n work. Tbe tactB are the!le:
"The Servant is not greater than his Lord aided and eupported by a class of peace, because the Word ot God sb.ows
clergymen trom other 117stems wbo that tbis war 11>ust come at tb is time;
ganlsatlon. tbe principles o! which pre-
clucje Its members Crom engaging In
Some three years ago, Ur. Edward
Kuser of PottstOW'll. Pa., presented
If they have persecuted me, they will have greed lor power and who are and for me to pray tor peace now
wtlllng to penecute any who &eek to would be to ask Jebovab to cbaDge the
wa.r. Thus the law makers or the land
reoognlzed tbat there are conscientious
Pa.lltor Russell w ith a receiving radio
machine and It waii erected on the roof
also persecute you."-John 15:20. enllgbten the people upon the true Divine plan....
teachtngs of the Scriptures. Success I fo r more th an thir ty years. Pastor
obJectore wbo cannot consclenllousl7
eapge In mortal combat. The reason
ot the Bethel Home. There never hlMI
bee_n a sending apparatus about the
of that Ecclesla.stica1 Trust wlll mark Russell and other members of the As- for this is that some have fully con- premises; not even the receiver has

I
~ 1869, young Charlea T. Russell. be
Ing 11. Jlligeol slut.lent ot divine
prophecy, discovered thllt the Bible
contains an outline ot Jehovah's won-
dertu1 plun ot salvation which will ul-
timately bless mankln<;J. So enthused
was tie wllh the message ot hope that
he al once devoted all of bis time and
money lo making it known to othere..
.At the very beginning of his ministry,
he spent s~o.ooo out o r his own pocket
to dJslrJbute freel y In the city ot New
York and other parts ot the world a
Jlttle booklet entitled. "Food for Think-
ing Christiane.." A tew clergymen s11w
he was righ t nnd with gladness Joined
with blm In the work. The greater
majority of clergymen, Instead ot ex-
plaining these SCTlptural truths to the
people and helplDS them, begu a cruet
and systematic persecution ot UJls
great r eformer, and thus 1'hey persist-
ently continued to persecute htm u1>lll
hi death In 1916.
Putor Rueaell clearly proved from
tbe Scrlpture11 that the doctrine of
eternal torment ot humaQ eoula le the
fteadleb doctrine ot the gre11t Adver-
!l&r)' and a defamation ot God'a b olir
name ; thl\t the doctrine of tbe Divine
right ot the clergy to teach the Bible
and th e Dhlne right of klnge to r u le la
wholly un,.rdptural. and that both h11ve
been the cau11e ot untold autterlng oC
tbe P<-Oples ot earth.
Pa>' t<>r Russell "'rote and puhll!<hed
slit ,-olumes ot Studiea in the Scrip
tures, and shortly a fter his death the
S eventh Tolume ot the !'erles was la
sued. the lntter more particularly e.x-
pll\inini; the prnphPcles of Ezeklel and
fien~lnllon ?nc;I pro,lng how the un-
rlghlt>ous t-ecles1astlcal systems have
~ro"-n up In the earth and oppressecl
thc.> peo ple. This \'Olume also points
out that ~lesslnh's Kingdom Is near at
hnnd and that soon Indescribable bless-
lngi; wlll !low out to mankind.
:More than twent}' yeara ago Pa.stor
Ru~eell pointed out f r om the Bible that
God had granted to tbe Gilntlles a lease
ot po ...er wh1ch would lega.Jly end In
1914, and that then the nat ions would
bP.come angry and God's wrath would
come; th.at a great International "War
would begin. at tha.~ time and would he
followed b~ gl'eater trouble, and that
the trouble would u s her in Messiah's
Kingdom or righteousness. whi ch
"'ould he the desi re at all nations.
Long ago he showed that It would b ..
Impossible for the t.;nlted St.o.tes to
ket"p ou t of that war. The facts, DO\\'
v.ell known by e\'er)" mu.n. prove th e
correctness or Pastor Rui;sell's lnter-
pret,;i tion of the Bible. liis exposition
ot Scripture has greatly angered the
majorhy of dergymen, because It
11hows that their teachings In the -past
have been out of harmony with the
'Vord of God: an d l! be Is correct 1n
his interpretation of the B ible teach-
ings, their pos ition aa clergymen must
soon come to an end. The clergy were
challenged to show the people that
these Scriptural Interpretations a.re
wrong, or to Joln In expla.lnlng them
to the people and t hus to help ln lead-
ing them jnto greater light and happi-
ness. This they tailed to do. Tiley
had no answer to the c lear exposition
ot Scrfpture given by Pastor Russell
and those who Joined with him ln the
work.
In Jesus day, the c lergy of the Jew-
ish orde" uf that time. b&lng unable to
meet bis forceful words. stirred up the
people against him and had him ar-
rested. cbarg!.ng him wttb treason
against the Roman gover11J11ent and
with blasphemy against Ood.
Early lo the month of Februa1"7.
1918, the clergymen ot Canada began
a systematic denunciation of the Inter
n a tional Bible Student. Association
and Its publ1cat1011s. For Instance, the
Winnipeg (Canada) pape.rs announced
that certain clergymen bad denounced
the publlcatlons oc ltils Asl;OC!latlon
from tbelr pulpits and stated that the
atte~Uon oc the Attorne7 Oeneral had
b een called to the matter. Later, the
Attorne7 General 8'0amlned c ertain of
the AssoolaUon's publlcaUons and the
public censor Placed a ban upon them
In Canadu. The Winnipeg Tribune
says, "The censor's order Is belle\'ed
to be the direct result" ot these repre
sentatlom1 of the clergy. Shortly
thereafter, ln various parts ot Cnnadu.
members ot the Internationa l Bible
Students Association were BJTested,
the1r houses were searched and their
books and other publications taken
away trQ!ll them.
About th e sam e time tbe President
ot the Association addreseed a great
mo.as meeting at Loe Angeles, Cal., one
of the leading papers ot that city
carrying' a full -page report of the
meeting lbe morning following, The
ministerial alliance 'Waited upon that
paper with a view lo preventing
further publication ol the Bible truths
as proclaimed by the International
Bible Students A99ociation. The clergy
f.ilod lo tiiia miaaion. A few days
late!', certain ollicers s'Wooped clown
upon the Bible Studants' headquarters,
took 11ossu11ion of their various pub-
lications. including Bibles and hymn
bQOlu, and took them a"'ay. They
forced a.n entrance into the private ot-
fu:e of one ot the elders of the c lass,
w1thout ev11n having a !IParr.h ..,arrant .
In varlow par!~ or the countr )'. men
apd women were arrested and thrown
Into Jail. In Arknm1ae. a poor woman
selllng books at a small pront tor e
ll vlng,. 'l\'0.11 arrested beCRU!lf stie was
selling "The Fl11lsl!ed lltyatery," thf
Ae\enth of Pastor Russell's series of
books : her bond nxed at S:Z0.000. 'l\'hlch
was Impossible !or her to g1ve, and
she w aa compelled tc) atay Cor some
time In a Jail loo filthy to house awlne.
In big headlines. the clergymen h&\e
arl\'ertlsed the publications of Pastor
Ru11sell a.s ''German propaganda."
Their evident object .,,as to stir up the
rnlnds of the people agnlnst these Bible
Student!!. because or the enmJt) that
exists ag:i.1nst th.e Germana. Aa an ex-
ample, the Edmonton (Can.) Journal
printed lo bold heading. this statement
ot Rev. Dr. Oliver: 'Russelllsm is Hun
Propaganda Under a Cion.k." "'An ln -
tarnous German propaganda under the
co,er of religion.' said Dr. French E .
Oliver to a crowded aulllence at the
First Presbyterian Chu:rcb of Wlnul
peg.''
PERSECUTION IN GERMANY
To s how a well-organized elfort on
beha1t of the clergy to persecute these
Rl ble Students. we see their activities
have not been connned to our country
alone. but to many countries. For a
number of years the International Bible
Students Aaeociation has maintained
an omce In German)" and lo many
other foreign countries. A paper in
Copenhagen. Denmark, recently pub -
lished the tollow1ng:
"A Warning Agalnat the Millen -
n iu m Sect
''The Consistory of Kiel (Ho1-
11tein. ~rmany) Is calling the at-
tent ion of the (Lutheran) priests
to the activities carried ou by tbe
Millennial sect, which calla itself
'Watch Tower Bible and Tract
Society.' and also 'Bible Stude.nta
Ailsoclatloo.' The Imperial War
Department has recently requeeteCJ
us to keep a watchful eye on the
activities or this sect. whlcb con -
sist In selling the writings at Us
founder, the recently decea.aed
Pal!tor Russell, of Brooklyn, North
America. in untiring propaganda
work, accomplished w ith American
money. The Consistory does,
therefore., call the priests' atlen
tion to t h l.s sect and requests that
they take action asainst i t and re
port to the Consistory their obser-
vations of Its dangerous activities."
LUST FOR TEMPORAL POWER
Jt ls ao secret that the clergy tor
Jears past have diligently sought to
acqu ire greater polltlca l power amongst
the natJons; and particularly is ttlls
true In the Uni ted Slates, They now
take advantage Of the conc11t ion ot
stress to furtber their selrtsb alms.
the end ot rellgtous liberty. Thel'e are soc:iatlon bave been telling the people
tbouaaods lo the world today who be- that the war would begin in 1914. The
llne that t4e Pope recentlv betrayed clergy tbTougbout the land ridiculed
Italy Into the b ands of tbe Ka.Iser; but and scatted at the Idea. Bad the ad-
when his wrongful course wa.e dlscov- vice of Pastor Russell and the lnterna
et'ed. he faced abouL We Q.uote from tional Bible Students Association been
The Literary Digeat !or .Tao. l!I, 1918: heeded. the people would not have been
1
'A scapegoat bae been found tor
the recent reverses In Italy In the
person of Pope Benedict XV .. and
on11 ot the leadlng Eu.gllsh papers
doea not heeltate to accuse him of
having turned from a passive Aus-
trophll Into an active worker tor
the Austrian, as against the It.al
Ian. C<Juse. Jn a loog editorial In was a n.ation. even to that .same time."
the London Mornlnq Post the V atl -
can and all Its works a re roundl7
denounced. The London Tory or-
gan sa:rs: 'The time baa come
when It l9 necessary that the AJlles
should consider with some care
whnt I their po!Oltloo lo reutlon
to the Vatican. That the recent
ltallan reverse was largely due to
the IDJhaenee of treacherous rep-
resentaUons disseminated among
the Hallan armies ls k.llown: that
the VatJcan was lmpllcated In th3t
propagaoda ls also kaownj a!ld the
result was a cll1aster so gTo.ve that all my fierce anger~ Cor all the earth
lls eltects cannot yet be measured.
Slnce lhe beginning of the war,
the Vattaa o, In so far as polltlcal
action Is concet'ned. bas malnt.allled sage, that t hey may all call upon the
an attitude which, as It was teal
porarlly neutral. was s piritually
incomprehensible, Jnasmucb a s
violations ot law and of.tenses
against humanity were tacitly con
doned..' "
ll Is no secret that the Catholic and
Protestant clergy are join i ng bands In
the persecution against the lnterna
tlonal Bible Students, both In America
and other countries; not because they
believe that the Bible Students are dis
lo)'al to any government. but because
they know that the true teachings ot
the Bible u:pose them and show '1ow
they have kept the people In darkness
tor so many oenturies. Now the clergy,
posing as patriots and s uporters ot the
government, are really taking adv~n
tage ot the occasion to furtbe r their
selfish purposes. We take this oppor
tunltY to warn the American people
and order- loving people everywhere
against a b igoted c lass of men wbo
have systematically endeavored to
prevent the people from underatandlng
the Bible and to throttle all Bible
teaclllog unless It comes through
them. Whi le Amel"ica's s ons are fi9ht
l ng for the principles of liberty, the
clergy are seeking to establish a policy
of religioua intoleranc;e which finds a
precedent only In the Dark Ages.
We are glad to recognize that In all
the churches. Catholic and Protestant,
there have long been some true, loyal
Chrlstlane. But It Is the church trust,
composed of the clergy c lass, that is
seeking lo crush others who dlrrer
from them. We speak h e re against
the church truet and lo the Interest or
the common people gene.rally, We
have malice toward none, but love COi'
all men. We would not even do our
enemies an injury ; but we concelYe it
to be our duty to caJI the people's at-
tention to these facts, that the prin-
ciples .o ( religious liberty m ay stlll be
recognized In this government.
NOT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT
These clergymen, Cathollc a.nd Prot-
estant, who are Joining h and s together
to gain greater political powe.r lo the
land ana who are unable to answer the
teach ings of the Bible concerning them-
selves, like the persecutors ot our Lord,
have raised a great howl that the ln-
tef'national Bible Students are disloyal
and against the Government ot the
United States, and the.r eran guilty or
treason. Nothing Is turther frl:>m the
truth. There is not a disloyal one
amongst the members or: the Interna-
tional Bi ble Student& Anociation.
W e a re not against the Govermrient
In any sense. We recog n ize the United
States Government as the best on earth
and M r. Wilson as the greatest of
earth's ru.lers.
so surprised ..,hen the war came. and
would have been better prepared and
fortified for it.
We recognize that this war, foretold
by Jehovah, will be overruled by him
and result in much good to mankind.
The Bible says, "Tbere shall be a lime
ot trouble such as was not since there
(Daniel 12:1; M.attbew U 1Jll If It Is
disloval to call attoation to the mean-
Ing of this great troulll e 11pon the earth,
\hen it is disloyal to repe;it the Lord's
pr'ayer. Be taught .,.11 hjs followers
to pray, "thy Kingd om come; t hy will
be .Sone 0 n earth as i t i.s done in
heaven:
Furthermore, the Lord said; 1'Wait
ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the
day that I rise up to the prey; to?' my
determination is to pther the nations,
that I mar assemble the kingdoms, to
pour upon them mi ne indiirnation, even
s-haU be devoured with the tire ot my
jealousy [not literal tire}. For tben
will J turn to the people a pure mes
THE PROPHECY 01='
EZEKIEL
t
THE
name of the Lord, to serve blm with
one consent." (Zephaniah ::: 8, 9}
Thus Jehovah points out that after the
trouble Is over. a great blessing shall
come to the people.
Now we are attempting t o t each the
people what is going to toUow alter
this war-not teaching according to
our own wisdom, but according to what
the greaL Teacher, Christ J esus, made
clear. Again the clergy are trying to
keep both the governments and the
people In Ignorance. The ole,.gy cry
long a nd loud about their own loyalty
and patrlotiam1 wher-eas, as a m atter
of faot. they are r'eally a menace to
both governmet1ts and people. The
American people can be tru.s telS with
a ll the lcnowledge possible to be given
them. Knowledge or righteousness w jll
do good and n ot harm. Let the p eople
understand what the future h o lds aod
their fears will be cal med. The Inter
national Bible Students AH ociation Is
earnestly endeavor ing to help the peo
pie along this very line.
THE DRAFT
W e recognize that the United States
Government, being a political and eco-
nomic Institution. has the power and
a uthorlty, under Its fundamental l aw,
lo declare war and to dra(t Its citizens
Into military service. We have no dis
St!!Crated themselves to the Lord and
they consclenlloualy believe If they are
Caltbtul to blm they shall have a part
In bis Kingdom of rlghteousneae, and
tllat It they engR.ge tn the taklng ot
humaa life tl!ls w111 destroy them eter-
oaJly. The law provides that IJUCh
ahall bo given non-combatant s6rvlce,.
WHAT BIBLE STUDENTS BELIEVE
The I11terno.tlonal Bible S tudents be-
lleve that J'e,us Christ Is the great Re-
deemer of 1118.Dklnd; that he promlaed
before his ascenl'lon i nto heaven that
be would return again and receive hie
church unto h i maelf; that he would
relp tor a thounad years thereafter,
during wblcb t ime he would gtve every
man a ta.Ir trial tor life and all tbe
obedient ones would be restored to hu-
man perteetlou. happiness and eternal
Joy-, the wlllully wicked b eing ever-
taMin1r1,. de11tro7ed, lh1Lt ultima.t&ly the
earth will be lllled with a race of bappy.
jnytut people. Tbe word ~mtnenoium
means ODe thoWllUld yea.ra; therefore
the mtllennlal reign of Christ Diea.Da
the tboue&Dd-year reign of Christ men-
Uoned ln the Scriptures. (Re.elatll)ll
20: l-f) Tht: y believe that the Lord's
reign and great bl essing is at hand.
Th e bringing of this hope to the p eople
at this time has greatly angered the
olergymen and they have vehemently
denol.lneed it, because, If tr"e the power
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CLERGY WOULD CENSOR THE
of a hypooritical clergy i about to end.
As a sample, we quote from Dr. Shir-
ley J'. Case. ot the Divinity School of
the University Of Chicago, who has re-
cently written a book against Millen-
.narfanlsm, alld 1"ho, speaking against
the work or the International Bible
Students Aeaociation, says: "Two
thousand doltara a week is being spent
to spre<id the doctrine. Where the
money comes from le unknown ; t)ut
there Is strong suspicion that It eman-
ates from German sources. In my be-
lief, the (Und would b e a profitable field
tor government Investigation." H ave
such r epresentations bad anything to
do with the lnvestlgaUon ot the Bible
Students .Association's books! Some-
ttllng bas caused It. We have notblng
to conceal. W e bere mention U1al re-
ce ntly the Government officials took
possession or the books or the Bible
students Association and made a thor
ough Inv estigation. No trace was
round of German lntluence or the use
of German money, We gladly state
that a ll the money used In our work is
voluntarily contribut ed b y conscien-
tious men and w o men tbroughout the
country who regard It a great p riv ilege
now to declare the message of p eace
and hope that the Bible holds out. to
the poor, groaning creation.
been used, except to eX'perlment with
by some of &he younge.r members wt,o
were trying to learn the operation of
the Wlt"eless. and n ot even this h as been
done during the past two years. 'llore
than a year ago, the wlreles$ was dis
mantled and the poles aawed up and
used for other purposes. and the re-
ceiving Instrument aafely stored uw11y
In the art room. It was voluntarily
produced and by consent removed, be-
cause we have no use tor It. There
Is not a person about the Bethel Home.
nor bas there been for two years. who
kno11'11 anything about the use of a
wlrelesa Instrument.
We here Insert tbe a.fftdavlt Qf the
person wbo utanufactW'ed and erected
the wt~le88:
COUNTY OF N'EW YORK)
STATE OF NEW YORK)
: SS
t. Edward Ku.ser, belng duly
swo'r n, do d epose and say, as fol-
lows:
In 1915, about the llrst of the
:rear, 1 made a presen~ to Pastor
R~ll of the wtreleas recetvlog
set 'Which wa.s found on the prem-
ises of Ute Watch Tower Bible and
TTact Society at Bethel Home, 122
Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New
York, as my o Nn personal gift,
Being a manuCacturer or wireless
equipment I can positively state
BIBLE
tha.t there was no ~ansmltter
connected with thla instrument.
The Instrument was purely a re-
ceiving one. Mesaages could be re-
ceived, but could not be sent. This
waa more or less between Paet.or
RuaaeU and myeelL Several ot the
realilents there alao knew ot !ts
presence. l know certainly when
l presented lhe Instrument to Pas-
tor Ruaaell that there wa.e no one
reeldlng at the Bethel Home wbo
could operate Jt lntelligentty. I
wu at tha Bethel Home in August.
1917, and 1 aaw at that Ume tbat
the aerial system was dismantled.
the pole belllg ea.wed otr even to tbe
roof. but I clld not see tbe lnstru
ment and was Informed that the
apparatus had beep out ot commla
elon for over a year,
T~eaeallngofwlreleaaa~paratua
conafate ot taking down the aer1&l
ayatem and placfll.IJ the apparatue
where Sl woul4 not be poealble to
use It. All near u l remember. the
eatd recelring tn.11trwnent bu uot
been .ha use as IP. reoalver tor the
Jut twenty monUul.
I have Juat now made a. per90nal
ln.specUon of the ln.strument, which
was taken trom the Bethel Bollll'
on Mardi IUt, 1911, ILl14 llDd that
2 KINGDOM
KINGDOM NEWS
L B. S. A., Publisher.
U, lS, 1l Hicks St., Brook lyn, " T.
J.<on thly- 12e, a year, Single cooies, le.
An Indepen dent, Unsecta rian Relig~
lous News p aper, Specially Devoted to
Ule Heraldin g o t tl'te Kingdom or Christ
for tl'te Glorr of God a n d c:; ood of
H umanity.
Ministers ~f the I. B. S. A. render t.belr
sei;vices a t fu ne r a ls free ot charge. T bey
also invite correspondenc" trom those deslr
tng Cbristiao c-ounsel.
tbe detector bulb upon whloll tbe
s uccess ot the a pparatus ei:it lr ely
depe n ds Is the original one I f ur-
nished In 191&, and Is completely
t.urned out, bence rendering the ln
strument ot no practical use wb.3.t
ever. Twent y mon t hs ago l was
asked to renew this Said bulb by
Mr. Crosby. but l t was not renewed
and nas been out ot commissio n
ev~ since. In order to renew thi s
bulb it would have been necessary
to send the old one to t h e !actol')'
and procure a new one In Its stead.
this being the requirement o t the
manufactu rer, De Forest Company.
The De Forest Company have the
patent on t'his bulb and they would
not have renewed It without tbe
re turn ot the old one. and this was
the original one I furnish e d. I
rou nd with t be Instrument a te le-
graph key, which was not a part oC ., And thus eve ry effort has been made
the srud receivi ng set, being used
t0 practice the code. as It ls nece.11-
MILLIONS Now Living May NEVER DIEi
By HON. J. F. RUTHERFORD Member New York City Bar
In order that the people
ofNe,v YorkCity n1ayhave
an opportunity to consider
. .
his conv1n c1ng and heart-
cheering message, the
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE
STUDENTS have arranged
for Mr. Rutherford to deliver
his great lecture FREE to the
public.
BROOKLYN ACADEMY of MUSIC
3 P. M.
ALL SEATS FREE
sar y to know the telegraphic code
before any one could intelli gently
rec e ive or send a message.
( Signed) EDW. A. :KUSER.
Swo r n to bef or e me this
14th day of March, 1918
(Signed) T homas F. Keena n . J r .
Notary Pub lic-Brdnx Cou nty No.
51 ; Certificate Filed N. Y. Co. No.
295; Term E~pires March 31, 1919.
''THE F'INI SHE D MYSTERY"
At the first Intimation tbat there was
an y objection to the lan;ruag e u s ed
in "The finished Mystery," a spec ial
representative of the Assooiatlon was
se nt to Was hin~on. D. C., and took
the ma.tter u p with the Censor Com-
ml ttee of the l n telligenoe Section of
the War Dep artment. That Committee,
after looldng over the boqk, would not
declare t hat any part of It Is seditious,
bu t a dyl.sed th at pages 247 to 25 3 be
removed. Near ly all of the matter on
these pages is quotatJon s fr om two
mlnlst e rs of New York City, written
p r ior to the Uni ted States' en try into
the war, and ">ho there discussed the
advisability of war. The .A.ssoclation
Immediately proceedecl to Instruc t alt
of Its Colporteu rs thr oughout the coun-
try to remove the pag es above men-
tioned. before effering the book for
sale. The manufacturers were nottned
to hold up the wor k u n til new plates
c ould be s upplied for these pages.
to comply With the advice o! the pub-
lic censor. The purpose of the Asso -
FREE LECTURE
LAFAYETTE AVE. & ST. FELlX STREET
NEWS
ciation is not in any wise to inter fere
with th e war and its _progress but Its
tryi ng to teach them and every one
also that the Bible prov es that only the
of sin mars the na r mony and peace
of a pe rfect society; no t a b i t te r
fathe r s b r aved the storm s of the
A tl antic i n open boats and cam e t o wild
Amer ica that they migh t find here a
ml u ion a n d p u rpos e la to t;aeh t he consecr ated Cnrlstlan Is now on t rial thought. not an unkind look or
pe op le t he p lai n mean in g of th e Bible
tor lite, and that when Messiah's King wo r d; love, well ing u p t rom ev e r y safe r.etr eat and establish an asylum
dom is in ope ration all the living will hea r t. meets a ki ndred resp onse i n ot r eli gious l iber t y where they oould
The Prophets ot the Lor d deiicrlbe
lea r n the t r uth, a nd aU the dead shal l eve ry other hear t, and benevolence w o rship God accord ing to the d ictates
Mystic Babylon and show that the ec-
r eturn from t heir tomb s and have an marks every act. There sickness of thei r own conscience. T h ese g r eat
cle$Lastica.l s ystems constitute Baby-
opportUalty to gaJn ev erlasting bless- shall be no mor e; not an ache nor p r inciples wer e embod ied in the funda
lon. The book th.at bas recently. been
ings. Soldiers who d ie u p on the bat- a p ain, nor any evidence of decay m ental law o f the land. The Constitu -
so much commented upon in the press ,
tlefield, those who di e a t home from - not even the t ear of s u ch Uungs. tion gu-arantees the r ight of petition
"The Finished Myste.ry," is a commi:in-
diseas e aoc;t other causes; lo fact. a ll, T hink of all the p ictu res of com - and redress, the right ot freedom of
tary upon these prop hecies, p art icu
shall hear the vo ice ot the S on of Man par ative health and beaut y o! hu- speech in the inte r est of humank in d..
larly Ezekiel a n d Revelation. T h ese
and co me forth from the tomb. (John man t orm and reat ure that y ou "Ve call upon all o~der -lovl ng, law-
two g r eat prophecies e x pose t}1e clergy
5:33) The Bible Is full of consoling hav e eve r seen, and know that a b idli:i:r p eople to p rotest against th is
a n d show that their doctrines are mis-
promises !pr mankind . The great Ad pertec t humanity will be of st.ill unh oly pe r secution of innooent m e n
leadi ng , without hope, a.nd c onfusing.
ver sary, by his var ious machinations, surpassing loveliness. T he inward and women, w h o h ave but one desire.
Babylon means confusion. The .Bible
has k ep t the people lo tgnora.nce of purity and me nta l and mor a .l p e r - and that to proclaim the O<>s pel o!
proof shows that t he c lergy have b ee n
thes e great t r u t hs for centuries. Now f ection will stamp and g lority Jesus Ch rist a .n d hls glor ious Kingdom
p rey{ng upon t h e people a nd c ollect-
In this hour of g r eat stress upon the ever y rad ian t countenance. Such -now at hand.
in g m on ey from them u pon t h e pre
world. he is d es p e rately striving to w ill e arth's society be; and weep Religious intolerance has brought
tense of teaohing t hem 01 e S criptu res;
throttle those who ar e ear nestly and ing ber eaved ones will have the ir Russla to he r present conJH ion . An
w h ere a s th ey have kept them in Ig n or-
faithfully t r y in g to open the ey es ot tears all w i ped away, when thus arrogant. religious iotoliraoce has
a n c e of t he Bible , The creeds tau ght
the peopl e to this conso lin g message they r ealize the r esu rrec t ion wor k m ade German autocracy poss ib le.
by the olergymen have he ld out no
contained In the B ible. It Is the Ad- complete." W bile the peoples of the All ied na tion s
bope for a.ny one except the few t h at
ver sary's old trick of l ntolerance In How d ifferent is th is swee t message are fighting for p r i nc iples of Justice
go to heaven . They bave ta.tight that
the name of rellglon against he glor i- to t hat of endless torment taught by and rignt. let all see to i t that these
the mass of humanity -would have to
ous .h ope that God has set before those t he c lergy and wh ich had Its b irth in pr i nciples a r e n o t d enied to order-lov-
spend eter nity in heU-a lak e of burn-
who lov e right eousness. As a sample ing men and wom e n who are attempt
ing fire a.r:id brimstone. the Dark A g es.
of the teachlnirs of the Bible Students l.n g to help the ir fellow m en to a better
Surely the people do n ot wish t o r e-
On the o.ontrary, the Scriptur es hold and of Pastor Russell's w r iti n gs con- understanding ot God's purposes con-
out a wonderful hope for ma.nkind. cer ning this h ope set b efore mankind. turn to the Dark Ages and have a Cew cerning their future w elfare and bless-
In obedience to their country's call, we quote from his first volume: bigoted c ler gymen tell them that they ing. Let the people asemble every-
thousands of young men of Amer ica should not read what the Bible says. whe re In calmness and sobriety and
are facing the enemy upon the battle- "Close your eyes for a mome nt to We are reminded that tn t.be ~arly days consider the great truths of the Bible.
-field. Doubtless many of these do not th e scenes of misery aod woe, deg- o r the Papacy It was made a crime t or because "righteousness exalteth a na-
claim to be Christians; and It the radation and sorrow that yet pre- a man to ha\e a Bi ble : and now the tion." and n o wh ere ~an r ish tt!ousness
teachings of the clergy are cor rect, vail on account of sin, and picture
c lergy men w ou ld take away the Bible be so well lear ned as from the \\ord
th en those boys would have no hope b efore your mental vision t.he glory
The International Bible Students a r e of the perfect earth. :-; ot a stain e.rpJanatlon from the peo ple. O ur tore- of God.
Thousands of America's
sons are gone to the battle-
field. Many may die there.
Mr. Rutherford's lecture
.
gives conclusive proof of
future blessings for them,
whether they die Christians
or not. This message will
.
bring JOY and com.fort to
every heart.
- SUNDAY - MARCH 24
NO COLLECTION