Golden Age 29 Settembre 1920

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Editorial NoteE"E~TS or greatest moment 11a.ehappened in this lnrul, of whichthe people are- In I~()ra:'l~. Thebe

events reached a climax at Los Angeles,Califl)rnin. home nf the maltim1l11on-oi res, lIay l,th lust, wnen .. highly~ftl!cd, Ouistian ludy. 1111"9.EmmalIIartio. and three Christian gentlemen".- ,,'(Ore taken tit prison, "ictims ot ncoa~pirn('y put in operatton by ageD tsot the Department ot Justice. 'I'heseevents are 1"0 shocking and un beuev-able that every editor in the landshould nave taken up the matter lindc:llled for rcdresslve nction. but didnot. 8( 1 little hUll been ~altl thrau;;'!th~ ,[,res,", that the le;:wrormaln o rJ)Ti('stf'raft in the da,s of the In('tulsi-t lnn is brou;;ht "I-,Idly to mind..

l!'TOm the Los Angeles Record of'that date we quote;"Hundreds of members of tbe Inter-nattonal Bible Students Association;:othered at the San Pedro dock y('.sterday to bid fare .....ll to their threefriends and associates .....o deported bythe steamer President to seCTe the federal sentences Imposed upon them dur-ln~ the war tor hindering the selectivedraft, The prisoners on the sllip andthe concourse on the shore joined Inprayers and hymns. One stranger In-Quired. IAre theEe departing mission-aries?' Slght.set>rs were amazed whentold that theM weMl colng to the penltentlary tor distributing 'The FinishedMystery'. }frs. Martln ....m be takento State's Prlron at 5an Quentin to-nl~ht to serre three :;~.~This .report Is conspicuous b1 what

It doell not 1IIl1. Rememberl1l, thepersecutions ap.inst Bible Students II Il1enna.ny and Austria In 1911 and IIICanada In 191.8, and how th_W'I!f'ItInsttgated and participated In by theI'lergy on both sldesof the o c e s . n . TJnGOLnl'!~ Acz, In justice to the people.sent a reporter to Los ADreles tea!!certain the facts, and here In ~_York obtained trom Judge Ruthertord,President ot the Watch Tower Bible &Tract Society, .. general renew ot thestmatton and why II1Ich thin.. arepossible In America.. Bill rwv1ew Is 10eomprehenslve .. nd the facti stated anof sncb vital Importance to the ~- -


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The Golden . Age fo r $eptembeT 29, 1920pnESE~T cnrsrs FORESltiDOWED

Christendom is composed of those nations of earth whichclaim to be Christian, Judaism finds its counterpartinChristendom. God dealt with that nation exclusivelyfor more than nineteen centuries and used it to fore-shadow conditions and experiences coming to Christen-dom. Prophecy is history written prior to the happening01 the events. Prophecy of the Old Testament has atwofold :fulfillment: (1) Toa limited extent upon thenation of Israel j and C2) in a . wider scope on Christen-dom. 'I'hrough his prophets Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Zepha-niah, and others, God forewarned Israel of impendingdisaster, at the same time naming a remedy that would",ert such disaster. The fierce hordes of the north coun-try. the Chaldeans, pictured the radical element ofChristendom. Wa.miDg and remedy a.pply now., Israel was ruled by three dominant elements ; viz., thekiDg and his household, constituting the professionalpoliticians; the princes, nobles and Pharisees, which em-braced the wealthy, prominent and influential citizens;and the rabbis, scribes and priests, forming the clergy ofthat time.In the afl'airs of all nations there are usually threeelements tlmt work either separately or conjunctively tocontrol and rule the people. These are professional.politicians, financial princes and ecclesiastical rulers.InIsrael' s time these three elements combined againstthe common people, "ere guilty of oppression and extor-tion, corresponding with present profiteering. Becausethe clergy in the close cfIsrael's experience joined withthis unrighteous class, the Lord denounced them fortheir oppression and designated them as 'the children ofthe devil'.-.John 8: 4.4.The clergy shaped the religious course of the peopleof Israel. They begun their career with good intentions,but yielding to selfish desires and flattery, they becamelevers of power, desiring and accepting the honor andplaudits of men, and degenerated into an unfaithful classof servants and led the people into idolatry. Time andagain Jehovah warned these leaders and showed themhis remedy whereby they could avoid great punishmentand be restored to his favor. They ignored the divineremedy and the result was their overthrow. This proph-ecyw,a.5 fulfilled U :>O ll Israel and is certain of fulfillmentupont'mistendom unless the divine warning is heeded.Every sober-minded peT50n should stop and consider andprofit by the events of the past.Christ Jesus organ ized the church through his apos-tles. Its ~egil;lfii.:l!;;was pI,r", bu t. afterwards, ambitiousm en b cca ra e le1 ltl~ r.', t" )r_;ot tiw r=la tiouship to G O< 1,an df"l'~led a.ll.flli:lrice with pol itciuns and financial princes.This ~ance is herein t:",i;t'at"d the "unhoh] t rin iiy". Ithas existed suice the ea.r1y days of the Christian PTa.These ambitious men in the church formed what hJ.Sbeen lo:O'TU a3 :'~~ clef:;::, :3.3 di.t icguishcd f rorn thela:t;r. They 11.1';~~l~c ,t CaE)" f0T Frdc2::o~al r;,'liH-cians to fied a ~X=!3in th~ church. They have ;~nt~1

the ultra-rich and influential to prominent seats in thesynagogues, and at different stages in the world's historyhave acted jointly in each other's interest. In Israel'stime the greatest responsibility rested upon these threeclasses. The sarne th.iDg is true today. This powerfulunholy trinity has many instruments it uses, ouch assuborganiza.tioDS and a. subsidized, untruthful and dis-honest press. The whole scheme is managed by onemaster mind, Satan, whose purpose ever has been and isnow to dominate and control the people of earth. 'I'heproof of this point we particularly set forth inPart II.In the church systems, Catholic and Protestant. thereare many honest, sincere and lovable people, who becauseof the influence of the unholy trinity are prevented froma full service and devotion to the Lord. Jesus particu-larly manifested his love for the meek and oppressed andso he still manifests his deep interest in the same class.Jeremiah's prophecy is especially applicable to I6rae1and to Christendom, and the parallelism is marked dis-.tinc~y;. and for tlUs reason this great prophecy has a8~clal mterest now' to all order-loving people who calmlyVlew the present stress of humanity.The prophet Jeremiah typified the Christ. In someinstances the prophet represented Jesus alone while inother instances he typined some specially fa,or;d servantof the Lord, and at other times represented a collective .number of the members of the body of Christ. .Where the words Israel and Judah are used by thaprophet Jeremiah Israel represents the Roman Catholichierarchy, while Judah represents the Protestant ecelesi-astical systems. Where the word Judah alone is used inreferring to the Jews the reference in antitype is to theentire gystem of churchianity, including the Papal andProtestant systems, together with their subordinate or-ganizations such as Knights of Columbus, Y. M. C. A., etc.Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, was ruler over Char.dea, and other provinces lying north of Palestine. Thesepeople of the north foreshadowed or represented the com-mon people of the present social order, From ehapters1,to 49 of the. prophecy of Jeremiah the king of Babylonplcture.d particularly ~ols~evism, which exercises a greatgoverninr; 0" controlling influence over the radical ele-rnents of Society at this time. Bolshevism, true to theprophet.ic picture, had its origin ill the "north country'or RUSSiaand threatens to overrun the nations of ea.rth.In chapters 50 and 51 of Jeremiah's prophecy thetype chan?e~ and B~bylon, (meaning confusion) repre-sen~3 ~hnste;:!dom. including all ecclesiastical systems.Catholic and Prot-stunt, who have m ixed po litics anJuorl dliness with th=ir religion, forming the unholr alli-ance. It is the same picture tbat is shown ill Rev;lation1 ith and l Sth ('ha.,~crs, which pictures mu=t he com-:l lEV!ly fulfilled br:for~ the inauguration of 1fe':3iah'sk:nbdcm in power and ;;lory.

'iY0RLD E:-.-nEOJ~S11S 1"3.3 o 1.:k ",d b y h i; di. '"cidc; as to '- l:.lt " - ,~~t . i beproof of the end of the world an'a he ;a;'e tne anrwer, B]


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'The Gorden Age for Septem ber 29, 1920 707the word "world" is not meant earth, but the order ofsociety during :1 given or stated period of time. Thedisciples were informed that when the period of the endof the world was reached there wouldbe "upon earth dis-tress of nations with perplexity, ... men's hearts fa.ilingthem for fear [of what they see] coming upon the earth" ;that "nation" [would] rise against nation and kingdomagaiJ;tst kingdom" in a great world-war which would befollowed by other distressing conditions. This propheticstatement of Jesus began to have its fulfillment in 1914with the coming of the world war, which war God hadforetold through the mouth of his prophets many cen-turies before. (Joel 3: 9 - 14; ~Iatthe\V 24: 17; Luke 21:2. The world war has greatly weakened the nations.All the great industries were employed to win the war,Wages "ere high while the war progressed. Suddenly'the war ended, but the cost of lh'ing does not decreasewith the end of war and the workers insist on a . liv-ing wage. Profiteering has influenced the ~pirit cf dis-content. Injustice and unrighteousness have 50 long prerailed that the mass of mankind have lost faith in theclergy aud their allies, and the spreading of discontentgoes on at 2. rapid pace. The burden of the commonpeople increases, while ecclesiasticism and Bi3" Businessmise more money, hoping to strengthen their position.

THE REAL CAt:SEItwill be conceded I> y every one that had all classes ofpeople dealt justly w Ith each other, had their actionsbeeu prompted by love and unselfishness, had they putinto operation the golden rule, there would have beenDO world war, there would be no widespread discontentor threatened troubles following the war. For nearlyeignteen ccuturies the clergy have posed as the mouth-pieces of the Lord on earth, claiming to be his followersand the teachers of his Word. Dut it is fact tha.t needsno proof that a " a . dC.S5 they have failed in their mission.~od foreknew and foretold the exact condition we nowsee on the earth. Therefore we should expect to findthat he also foretold the cause for such conditions. Thefads disclose that the greater blame lies at the door ofthe clergy c ! D , , , S , including the Catholic hierarchy and itsProtestant allies; that they have not only gone wrongthemselves but have led the people into forbidden paths,and that the divine judgment is a. t hand unless the. ilivi~I,emedy is heeded.Jesus commissioned his followers to preach the gladtidings of his coming [,ingJam and to announce that theblessing of the world would begin with its establish-ment; and until then the duty devolving UP0U all hi3true f')ll~I',.."r~ was arid is to keep themselves separatefrom the. ....w,)dfl and from all eLtang;li.!lg alliances withpolitics or' oth=r thinI;" of the world. We should there-f,:ore expert that if these ",1:0 claim to be hi; f)lIowersan - I n'


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. . .of promise", and against the common people and to de-ceive the people by setting up a counterfeit of Messiah"skinedom. To accomplish this wrongful purpose "they[ha~e gone] after other Gods to s~r\'e, them", to-wit: godsof power, wealth and fame.-Jerelnlah 11: 9, 10 j 18: 18.

OVEllT A.CTSIIi furtherance of such conspiracy the clergy in par-ticular .and their subordinate organizations and allieshave committed the following overt acts, to-wit:(1) They have forsaken the Word of God, formulatedand taught doctrines and creeds of their own,and set up

other idols which they worship:(Z) The ecclesiastical systems, under the leadershipof a disloyal clergy, have committed femication with thepovers of state, political and fin~cial; and, (3) Posing as the representatives of the 'Prince ofPeace" a disloyal clergy have openly advised, encouragedand advocated deeds of violenee and "on [their] skirts isfound the blood of the souls of the poor innocents"(Jeremiah 2: 34) ;(4) 'They have resorted to lying, fraud and deceit,thereby leading the people into paths of error-ond de-stroyed their faith in God and his Word (Jeremiah12: 10, 11; 14: 13, 14:; 5: 25 - 30; 8: 9 - 11 ; 9: 8, 9) ;(5) They have scattered the flock of God, the trueChristians, and suffered them to starre ;(6) Hating the light that exposes them anJ theirdisloyalty to God, they have persecuted the light-bearers(Matthew 5: a), and by and through their wicked spysys tem they have sought out, arrested, persecuted, im-prisoned, and killed the loyal servants of the Lord;(7) Although divinely commissioned to teach thepeople concerning 'Messiah's coming ki~gdom a!' the o~Jychannel and means of lasting peace, rlghte0usne~3, !th-erty, lile and happiness, they have, contrary to this ecm-mand advocated and endorsed the formation of an c a r + . . h l y"league of nations" and hail it as the savior, delivererand' blesscr of mankind; all of which is a pollution ofthe office assumed by them and contrary to and a;ain~tthe peace and dignity of Jehovah and his Word.

THE PROOFItis but necessary to call attention to the well-knownand indisputable facts that have de ...eloped in recentyears to establish beyond question the truthfulness ofe\'~ overt act charged in the indictment. We considerthe main charge of the indictment and .the overt actsin the order named.(1) The forsaking of the Woru of God and the estab-lishment of man-made creeds instead :. Nint\t~Ii centuries aco Jehovah M,zan the develop-ment of the "'-'seed of pr~mise", Jesus thc Head and thechurch~is bod". J~SU'l referred to the members of hisbody as 'brancill's of the true vine', (John 1,5: 1. 2)The church began its deYel"pment in purity of practiceand in action. Of it .Ichovah said: "1 planted thee anoble vine, wholly a ri;ht sced ; how then art thou turned

into degenerate plant of & strange vine ~rine of thearth] unto me ?"-Jeremian 2: 21; Revelatl~n 14: 1~Jehovah gave to the church nominal, parhcularlYltsleaders, the greatest commission ever held by any earthlycreature, vis.: '1'0 preach the glad tidings_of great joof Christ's coming kingdom through which all the families of the earth shall be blessed. (Isaiah 61: 1 - 3; Luk9: 60; 1 Corinthians 1: 21; 9: 16) What a wonderfuand blessed opportunity to carry to a sad and sin-eursedworld the very message of comfort all needed I To devate from that message, or to teach instead man-madedoctrines amounts not only to a falling awar but to postive disloyalty to the Lord. Christians are plainly told"Love not the world [honor, plaudits, and the things thathe world can confer] neither the things in the world""Be not confonned to this world," but ''keep [yourselves]unapotted from the world".-l John 2: 15; Romans 12; James 1:27. .The early church grew rapidly and at first there wano distinction between the members, such as clergy anlaity. The early history of the church nominal is full obeautiful stories of self-sacrifice and loving service. BuSatan was active in planting 'his seed' among the loyaones; prosperity and wealth came, and with them cammen ambitious to be Ieaders=-Tovera of. the world'Office seekers crept in, obtained control and soon substtuted formalism for simplicity of worship, Theclogi(;acontentions took possession of the church organimtionand the religion of Jcsus Chri~t became a politicalsociety. The church nominal surrendered to the Emperorof Rome, Constantine, who notwithstanding he put tdeath his own sister, his son and his wife, was fuwnedupon by the ambitious clergy and was chosen as thchampion of the church. Christ and him crucified th~became and still is a reproach to the self-seeking onesThe state became so-called "Christian" and the churchbecame imperialistic, True Christianity in it.s organization was supplanted by politicians and bishops and fhdivinely given commission \I":1S cast aside. The selfishambitions clerg-y paganized and irnpcrializcd the religionof Jesus, and their disloyal course caused vast numbersto accept the new norni~al Christianity, anti thus trueChristianity was turned into & political religion. Thclergy loved the honors of the world and still love themand despise the self-sacrificing position of the one whiaithfully performs his God-given commission. With thedict of Justinian came the parting of tile ways betweenthe true church of Christ and the church nominaI-between Christianity and churchianity-and thf'y ha,'never met again. From then till now the true Christianhas been ruthlessly persecuted by the church nominalThe clNgy took away thc Bible and forbade the COIDmon people to read it and enacted laws making the pessession dthe Bible hv a lavman a criminal oftcnsFrom Arius till now l:'O~C of t-he truo followers of Jesus

have dared hold aloft the banner of truth anti thl'rcbJsubjected themselves to wicked persecution. Time cam


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The Golden Age fo r September 29, 1920 709when there was a great Protestant reformation, but alu,today the so-called "Protestant" church is a system with-out the protest. 'I'he God-dishonoring doctrine of eter-nal tormcnt originated by Satan and first taught by thePapacy is eagerly taken up and proclaimed to the peopleby many Protestant clergy who know they arc teaching& falsehood, a defamation of God's character. In all thetheological colleges the doctrines of higher criticism andevolution are substituted for the message of the Lord,hi.;; sacrifice and his kingdom. Instead of keeping them-selves unspotted and separate from the world the largerpercentage ofthe clergy-Catholic and Protestant-seekan alliance with the professional politicia.Il! aad thefinancial gianh who can confer wealth and honor uponthem. Instead of humbly serving and worshipping God,they serve the worldly minded, and set up idols o f gold,earthly power, and influence which they freely worship.The proof of the first overt act charged in the indictmentis common knowledge and fully apparent to all.SI;.t!ond: Spiritual fornication, the second overt act'charged, means illieit relationship between the churchand the state,The true church of Christ is spoken of in the symboliclanguage of the Bible as a. "pure virgin", while the apos-tate church system-one that has forsaken God-is sym-bolized by an impure woman and in the Scriptures des-ignated as a "whore" or "harlot", Papacy being thefirst to forsake God and ally herself with the politicalpowers is designated as "the mother of harlots, andabominations of the earth". (Revelation 17: 5) TheBiblical language clearly implies that the church nomi-

nal is ;;ui1t.y of illieit conduct. With whom1 Jesusanswers, ",nth the kings," political ruling classes, andthe "merchants", the financial powers."for all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrathof her fornication, and the kings of the earth have com-mittcd fornication with her, and the merchants of theearth are waxed rich through the abundance of her deli-cacics." (Revelation 18: 3) The clergy-Catholic andProtcstant-vopenly seek an alliance with prominent menof the world. either political or financial, thus commit-ting spiritual fornication. The prominent men are insyruboltc language of the Bible designated as "a greentree". [See Psalm 3.: 35) Itis an indisputable fact,well known for centuries, but more particularly madema.g,l!est in modem times, that whenever & person risesto prbtF.ieence in a community, either & politician, mer-chant or other wealthy man. the clergymen and theirchief parishioners conspire to!;ether to induce such prom-inent person to become a member of their church, regard-less of whether such prominent person claims to belie,"eon acd lo\e t~ Lord or not. To such unfaithful onesthe Lord~ys:"upon ('wry hi'!lL hi!! and under f'wryfo rc e'" tr ee 'thou wandercst, playing the harlof'.-Jere-miah '2: 20.

Tl1(' drr=-: claim f,..,r thom3d':cs the divine ri;ht tointerpret the Ilible and they inter pres it to ';'lit thc.r 0';>[1

selfish passions. In modem times they haTe adoptedworldly methods in their work. Organizations such uthe Knights of Columbus, Y. ll. C. A., etc., are the chil-dren or offspring of the church systems. They use theBible in a distorted attempt to show the propriety ofcontrolling the political affairs of this world through thechurch and their offspring organizations. They l'1ll1after the political lords and professional politicia.ns andbrazenly offer the chu: rch systems as Bl1 added means tocontrol the people. The church system's methods are sovery brazen in her attempt to ally herself with unholyearthly interests that the Lord says to her: "Thou hasta whore's forehead and refusest to be ashamed". (Jere-miah 3: 3) And so abominable is the conduct of thechurch system, her clergy and her children in seeking thecompanionship of the professiona.l politician aad thefinancial powers that the Lord liken! her to a certainwild beast who at the time of her regular heat teeksbeastly gratification from anyone who w11laccommodateher, saying to her, "How canst' thou say I am not pol-l uted, I have not gone after Baalim? Sec thy way in th evalley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swiftdromedary traversing her ways; a wild ass used to thewilderness, that snutfeth up the wind at her pleasure; inher occasion who can turn her away? All they that Seekher will not weary themselves [to locate her); in hermonth they shall find her."-Jeremialt 2: 23, 24.Third: The third overt act charged is that of respes-sibility for the great wars that have afflicted the peopleaof earth and particularly the world war which began in1914 at the end of the Gentile Times. And for thiscause the Lord ~ays to them: "On thy skirts is foUDdthe blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I [JchOTah]

ha."c not found it by secret search but upon all these".-Jremiah 2: 34.Whether or not it is right for a nat ion to engage inwar need not be here considered, 'rho sole question hereis, What is the propel' position for the church. to take.From God's viewpoint the church must stand for thing!spiritual as distinguished from worldly governments,The commission to the followers of Jesus nowhere com-mands them to go to war. bnt e::caetly the contrary courseis prescribed. Jesus said: "M y kingdom is not of thisworld: ... [if it were] thee would my servants fight".When the mob assaulted him he said he could call fortwelve legions of angels to fight his battle, but he declinedto resort to force. He even forbade his disciples to use

weapons of defense. The church' is his body, the mem-bers of which are called to follow in his f"otstepa. (1Peter 2: 21) If worldly nations want to fight that iltheir business, The followers of Jeslls to be faithfulmust obey his expressed will and refrain from sheddingblood.-:3 Corinthians 10: 3, ~.But the majoT'ity ot the clergy ha~e abandoned thewill ( " o f the Lord and set 1 lp their own 'rill. This theyrio. It is the clergy who taught the kin;~ to hdie;-.that they ruled by divine righ], Prom their teaching


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visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soube avenged on such a nation as this? A wonderful anhorrible thing is committed in the land; the prophetsprophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by theimeans; and my [professed church] people love to havit so; and what will ye do in the end theteof~'-Jere-miah :;: 26 - 31.Many of the clergy class have claimed to hare powerforghc sins and usc this fraudulent and deceitful meanto extract money from the pockets of the people. Thehave claimed to be the friend of the common people,,-n('rell8 they deceive and defraud the people. HencGod fays of those unfaithful stewards: i


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'The Golden Age for Septem ber 29, 1920eaith the Lord God of Israel against, the pastors thatfeed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driventhem a.....y, and have not visited them; behold I will'Visit UPOIl you the evil of ;'our doing, saith the Lord ...Therefore thus saith the Lord of ho~~ concerning thepreachers: Behold, I will iced. them with wormwood,and make them drink the water of ga.ll: :for from theprophets of Jerusalem [intcrchurchiunity] is profane-}. ness gone forth into all the lillld."-Jeremiah 2;}: 1, 2, 15.I ~. Si~tlr.: In fcrsaking the Lord and following the eviltendencies of their own hearts the unfaithful clergy andasslstauts have committed the overt act of bating andwilfully ~pying out and persecuting the true and humbleicllu'I\ 'er& of Christ Jesu!.God foreshadowed and illustrated this in the Iiie expe-riences of Esau and Jacob. Although heir to the Abra-humic promise-s-Esau, because of his IO\'e for fleshlygratification and earthly pleasure, sold hi" birthright fora mess of savory meat, -aud then persecuted Jacob be-C2Use the latter made effort to 3.V:J.il himself of the prizehe bad justly bought. Ei'au pictured the class of Christ-ian people-laymen and Clergy-who have loved thepleasures of the world, honor and preferment of men,and despised the promises of God concerning his king-dom blessings. Jacob pictured the humble and fnithfull~Christians who purchased the heavenly birthright byselling their all in full consecration to the Lord. TheEsau class=-Iaithlese ones=-have persecuted the J l l C O Oclass, faithful ones, who preferred to suffer persecutionand death, remaining faithful to God rather than yieldto the spirit of the world and lose the premised prize.The '-ery faithfulness of the Jacob class has been a re-buke to that class who have desired to use the Christianreligion as a camouflage to hide their evil nnd sclflshcourse. Of the true Christians JC3US said : "Y e are thelight of the world". The selfish. faithless clergy havehated this light. The true Christian progresses in theknowledge of God's plan. "The path of the just is as ashining light that shines more and more unto the perfectday." Every progressiva step of the true follower ofJesus has met with vigorous persecution at the hands ofthe C:::rgy class.CHt.:RCHSTATE ('i:.::: ;Tr,Oi:S TlELIGI01:S LIBERTY, The Lord divided the dcvclomncnt of his church into

6E: .C ' iY-epochs, progressive in their order. Tv each epochalmage he provided a human messenger. Each of thesein turn was persecuted u y the leaders or der;;)' clas s.The pcrsccutron of Arius. W'lJd.o. W~n:iif!'e. and Lutherwas lcq b)". the Papacy. The Ple",el1;N to the sev-enth e~ch'~f the church \, J5 Pastor Russell. Forforty YIl. h e held alcit \ :~ e l i; ht of the C;0topel of ~[es-siah's kinzdcm, which l;.;ht exposed the deceitful andl?Ju'-;ukr.t cl.lin':'. tkr .n:CC5 a.id practices of the clt';'g;_and true to rucir .nsticct J :',d ~a.:: ~-:.~t('~.-th~ uru'aithful.r~i.:hcceit cl'r:;:'~-CJtl~('\il~ a2'! r;\"~


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'VIDESPREAD PER8ECUTIO~The spring and summer ot 1918 witnessed a wide-spread persecution of Bible Students, both in Americaand in Europe, at the instigation of the clergy in everycase. The homes of the Bible Students were searched

without warrant, their hymn books, Bibles, "STUDIES IXTHE SCRIPTURES." and other Bible literature were seized,carried a.way and in many instances destroyed. In Lo ..Angeles, California, every kind of Bible literaturewas seized bv officers without a search warrant, andmany of the Bible Students were arrested and throwninto jail. Others were beaten, their ribs broken, theirheads cut and some permanently injured. InotTeMvt!!men and women were mobbed and thrown into jail andheld there without charge or without trial.We give a brief statement of the facts in a few o t thesample cases of persecutions, all of which occurred in aso-called Ohrietian land.WRE~ ....-.nWHERE ~IINISTERS WERE A..'URCHISTSAgainst the rights guaranteed under the Constitu-tion of the United States, namely, the selling of Biblestudv textbooks not under ban of any kind:B~rti .st ministers, taking advantage of war cendieions,caused the following outrages: ,March 1, 1918, at Salem, Virginia, C. W; ~rorris wa3, .arrested at the instance of Rev. R. G. Smith. March 23,InS, at Checotah, Oklahoma, CharlesJ. Crews WI5jailed nine days at the instance of Rev. E. D_ Cameron,his teacher's certificate was revoked and his home andfurniture lost, all in accordance with the Reveread'sthroat that he must give up his belief or go to the peni-tentiary. Xo offense was ever charged and the C3:;e 'Wasnever brought into court. April ~;], 1918.< at !1iami,Texas, ~[r. and ~[rs. R. A. Bayless were jailed severaldavs at the instance of He,"..J. C. Stalcup. May 30. 1918,at-Po3t Oak, lIi;;ouri. W.L. Bowen's new automobilewas disfigured and carried. to Leeton, Misdouri. by a mobassociated with Rev, L. Newkirk, pastor o r ProvidenceBaptist Cuurch, after threats by members and deacons ofhis church, Rev. Xcwkirk is !lOW insane.J(etlcodisi ministers caused the following outrages:Fcbruarv 1;;. 1~1S, at Anadarko, Oklahoma. A. H.

~("'mpl~'y " : 3 5 threatened with im prisonmcnt. April 19,FilS, at Winnsboro. Texas, G. W. Wilcox was jailed in arllth~ privy over night. April "!~. InS, at Farmington,Washington. ~[r5. C . A . Im hoff "as threatened withimpnsournent, At Tama ha, Oklahoma, Mr. and Yr!.B. ~Ierrim3n and ~. R. Charley were jailed six days atthe instance of Reverend Pha], ~Ir. Charley, 65 ycarsof a,;e.di0d from the effects of his imprisonment. Yay1. In:3. at llc.-a. Atizone. an Episcopaliat minister;"ineu with a )Iet!':


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Oklahoma . Jesse Hearn W:>3 jailed two days without war-nun or explanation and b2:lt.on into insensibility il l hi~own field by a mob. organized by a minister of the $0-,called Chl"i.stid.lI denomination.Other ministers. BC'ling individually, or ill groups,procured the folloJwing outrages:llarch !), 1918. at Chickasha, Oklahoma, A. H. Sam-pley and lIr. and. :1.fr".S. S. Croy were jailed and fined.liarch 17, 1918, at W~o('r, Idaho, two colporteurs werethreatened and compelled to stop work. April 30, 1915,at Thayer, :Missouri, Charles Franke, Edward French,11. R. Griffin and Mr. and ~Irs. D. Van Hoesen weretaken to the Y. lI. C. A. and threatened by a mob.Griffin was forced to leave town and sacrifice home andbusiness, The postmaster here held mail in the PostOf fi ce s ix months without delivery. April 30, 1918, atlIammoth Spring, Arkansas, !Irs. Minna B. Franke wasmobbed and compelled to close out a $10,000 stock inone dAy and leave town. At Garfield, Washington, Don-ald Maln and Mr. Ish were jailed anti threatened with

death. .A t lHnerya, Ohio, S. H.. Griffin was first jailedand then released to a mob, then lectured fifteen minutesby the minister. then muck repeatedly, cursed, kicked,trodden upon. threatened with hanging and with drOWD-Ing, driven from town, Ilpit upon, tripped repeatedly,[abbed repeatedly with an umbrella, forbidden to ride,

~4 followed fi'."e miles to Malvern, Ohio, rearrested, jailedfor saiety at Carrollton and finally taken home by braveand faithful officials who, after examining his literature,said, in so many words, '~e find no fault in this man",Comp 1'1b. at Denison, Ten'. W. E. ~furphy,1'. C . WilnlID3 . -\. '}L Y crk . .r. w. ,~;lJT ord . B . D rake.and A. E. Class WEre mobb=d lOU at tcr uevs Iorbidden toaccept the Lase. Knig nts of Columbus a.;;i;t~J the clergyin the Denison ou~ii.5e.

_\pril ~.:;, 1918, at C"IIlAllche, Oklahoma, O. M. Davisand son were insulted and threatened, ~l:1y 1, EllS. at'I'ulsa, Oklahoma, Mrs . Beulah B. COlCY was arrestedand suitcases and Bible study textbooks seized withoutwarrant, Ma.y 4, 1918, at New London, Ohio, ClydeMorrison and Claude Mormon were mobbed and ar-rested. May 8, 1918, at Greenville, Mississippi, Mrg.L. F. Lartigue was arrested, but after eXll.mina.tion ofthe literature the sheriff dismissed her with the state-ment, "No one could find :fault with those papers exel.'pt

\ .-rrom The xe erG Ent~J'~rwl!'.6'I~ Ta;~ 51([.'1'5 I~ Fo rx o TH. BLC")(lI (,,,,"THr. ~IlCt...l 0" TK& P\lQ2

lX~OCi:!ot'I'!I""-J .trtom:l..b :1: :!~.the clergy". At Celeste, 'I'exas, a mob demanded thearrest of A. J. Toluert, G. B. Weaver and Yrs. l:Iarv~:rHuddleston; the demand was refused bv the authoritie~but the parties had to leave town to' escape violence.June, 1919, at Rochester, ~C'" York, William E.Wheeler was twice arrested and brow beaten for eireulat-iug a petition appealing for the rcloase of Bible Studentsunjustly sentenced to prison, All tho ivregoing outra~aswere d irertlv incited bv two or MCJl'" clerzvmen,C kurcl ~~m !ler a~tlng as tools of d~~gymen, ca.usEd~ar ou.tra.g.::.>u fcllowi:


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cases, they will be settled, i it is done by the Americanpeople themselves". What did this Judge Tant d.ouby the American people?april 17, 1918, at Shawnee, Oklahoma, G. N. Fen:nGeorge M. Brown, L. S. Ragen, W. F. Glass, E. T. Grierand J. T. Tull were jailed. DuriDg the trial the 17oa-ecuting Attorney said, "To hell with your Bible; YOlought to be in hell with your back broken; yo u ought tobe hung". When G. F. Wilson, of Oklahoma City, at-tempted to act as counsel for the defense be also waarrested, Each was fined $55 and costs; offense, distributing Protestant literature. The trial Judge encouraged mob action following the trial, but the mobwere foiled.April 22, 1918, at Kingsville, Texas. L. L. Davis andDaniel Toole were chased by a mob led by the Mayor anda County Judge and subsequently caught and jailed without a . warrant. Davis was forced out of his job. InMav, 191$, at 'l'ecumseh, Oklahoma, J. J. May wasseiz"ed and incarcerated thirteen months in an insane

asylum by the orde r of a Judge, niter threatening andabuse. His family \OIlS not advised as to what had beendone with him.In June, 1918, at Roanoke, Virginia, C. W. Morrisw as jailed three months for bei.ng "a strict adherent ofthe Pastor Russell sect" an u was warned that if, a.fUrhi! release, he preached his doctrine he would receivemuch worse treatment. In fulfillment of this, in thesame city, February 15. 19~O,.Ale3:. H. Macmillan wujailed by the Mayor, w\thout warrant or charge, at thehour when he was advertised to lecture to the publiconthe topic, "Christ's Second Coming Ne:u-; Millions NowLivingWill Ne,er Die".In the spring of 1918, at Los Angele$,. Cc.liiornia,Ernest D. Sexton, with twenty- five others, was tried fordistributing Protestant literature which the trial Judge,Benjamin Bledsoe, admitted contained nothing whateverseditious, The only charge against several of these menwas that they had attended a prayer meeting. Not ascrap of evidence was produced agaillst a number ofthem. l'he jury disagreed and the case was dismissedbut while en route to the bull-pen these innocent ClL."istian men were assaulted and terribly beaten by the RomanCatholic police; one of them received serious injuries,Xorp.mher 8. lOIS, at Iroquois Falls, Ontario, A. 1 1,,"ooel, Peter Wood, 'I'homaa Phillips, .lin. A. E. Holl~nd,.1.lrs.W000, Mrs. lIe:Curdy and llu. Atcheson were fined$100 each for having lI. pruyer meeting, The Bibles

iO;;i=cd at this meeting, together with the Dible studytextbooks were all burned in the turr.ace by order of thetrial Judge J. K. Ebbitt, member of ti~e Ch.~!rch 0 /ng!and.

'The Go ld en Age far S ep te m ber 29, I920March 28, 1918, lI.t Monroe, Louisiana, Henry C.

Rumble was made to lose a government position andwas jailed three month" at the instance oi two Jiathodistchurch members, one of whom secured his job. April28, 1918, at Centreville, Iowa, E. A. Talbott was abused,threatened and jailed three days at the behest of a . mobof whom four announced themselves as church membersdetermined to secure his imprisonment. October 16,1918, et lianhfield, Oregon, Fay R .. Smith was thrOWIlout. of employment and jailed twenty-four days O n com -plaint of tw o prominent Presby ter ians .

Catholic priest .s were not in any mobil that attackedBible students. They have had centuries of experiencein getting results otherwise. A.t present if they wantany rough work done for them they use the MollieMaguire!!, alias the Ancient Order of Hibernians, alia.sthe Knights of Columbus. Also, they prefer to put thesepeople in office first and then use them with a show oflegality, instead of following the coarser, less efficientmob t4ctics of the Protestant min isters, This is theBeast in action. Attention is invited to the following,by way ~ illustration of the point in question:lrar~h4, 1918, at Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Benjamin:Kimmel. Reuben Platt, Amos K. Smoker and WilliamKimmel were jailed by two alleged officials named McKelveyand O'Larnie, given a hearing before Curcio inthe office of Gorman, questioned by O'Brien in the presenee of McHenry, :\IcDermott a.nd Boyle. lIarf.:h 4,1919, at Scranton, Pennsylvania, Clayton J. Wood....orth,1I. L.Herr and Stanley Young were arrested by McCourt and .lIC'lienry and arraigned before Kilcullen.April 28, 1918, at Boise, Idaho, Dr. H. D. Morris andnine others were jailed and covertly threatened with mobviolence by Me Clear. That night Dr. !lforris' house wasdisfigured. April 30, 1918, at :New Orleans, Louisiana,james Y. Wilbon, carrying a permit from the :liaror fordistributing his literature, was [ailed 1\1"0 days by:Mooney, the Chief of Police. At Jncksboro, Texas r :MissLula E. ,la.ckson was visited by the sheriff twice, oncewith McComb3 and once with Keith, demanding thesurrender of Bible study textbooks. Yay 18, 1918, atHouston, Mi.s.::ouri. 3. poor woman, Mrs. Gertrude Kimpe,W:l8 [ailed by McCa~kill because she was unable to buybanda. At Henderson, North Carolina. :llr.!. K. W.Edwards was repeatedly threatened, the threateners in-cluding a J;.;d;e and a Roman Catholic. At Kennebec,lrd~ Mrs. Frederic Holmes was grilled three hours by:M cK ean . At Rossville, Georgia, G. W. La Ferry wag~Jited by Fi!l].'Y, v..ho demanded all his religious booksand literature.

JUDGES DO SO:'llE WO.:-'DE:RIi'L"L THI:-;CS\'1!arch H. 1918, at Pomona, Californic, J. E:l:;leston1',.., i:J.il~ilt riir~en days in prison tanks, four of themwith no bed or ~:l!,:e>s .insurficient covering and insuiIlcent feed. \Ther. t:-'~ J:':ry disagreed, 5 to :'. the Judgesaid ill"pcc ..; Ii there :3 no l . : l .w to settle these

nxxxzns A);D nro Bl"3I):I:SS A~.ill(,HISTSMarch 17. 1 > 13. at Grand Junction, Colorado, a .! 'c('t

irc:? for Bible study was broken up by a mob composed of,!::~ ::ti;}!"or, I '::lG..n:; :'~"';.a ?er ::::ell 3L.i e th er P Nm.: .n eIit


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business men. April :30. HIS. at Brownstown, Indiana.Curtis Plummer was threatened and coerced bv Ii mobcomposed of the county sheriff and business rnen, 1Ln'3, InS. :It Corpus Ch;isti. Texas, ~ln, Bertie :\. ('~l:llk"':15 threatened and insulted bv otrt('ial~. ~bv 10. lnlJ..nt Tarboro. Xorth Carolina. 'c . F. r,lI..I1ar,l\\":15 jailedten days, a local bank!'!" refusing to honor :t cashier'scheck intended to ..rlcct his release on bail. April H.19] S, at Denison, Texas . J. R. ~I:ly \',':1" forced out ofbusiness bv the Denison bankers for not buvinz bonds,He entel'ed the secret conference where th=v 'w{'~~ deci.l-ing to ruin him, laid down five Olle-hllnrlr~d-doll:1.r billsin front oi them and offered to give the entire amountto any Denison bunker who could show where> the warJ-ad cost him.one dollar of his own money. lind not oneof them could or did open his mouth in ~E'ply.June 5, InS, at Indlannpclis, Indiana, WilliamDarhy, after thirty-two and one-he I f Y E "o ,t5of honorable!!ervice as It letter carrier, was discharged by J. C. Koons,Firrt Assistant Postmaster General, for the offense ofbeing a . Christian; no other details available, At Fouta-nelle, Iowa. Etta Van Wagencn was forcibl v driven fromtown b v n banker and another silk hat anarchist. Sub-sequently men in the uniforms of offic('r~ o r the Lnit('dStates .l+.rmy endeavored in vain to Iorce her employerto dismiss her. At Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. A. L. TuckerWIlS driven penniless out of town hy a mob of ten men,which included his own banker with whom he then hadfunds on deposit. He was forced to leave the countyand sell his property at great loss.OTHER srcszsrxc EX.-\~IPLE:; OF A:-L\RCHYIn March, 1918, at Shattuck, Oklahoma, J. B. Sieben-Iist, a nattve American, 1',:13 jailed three days without

warrant aud without food. except three pieces of spoiledcornbread, was taken from jail by the mob, stripped,tarred with hot tar and whi ppod with a buggy-whip hav-ing a wire at its end. for the offense of applying at thedepot for 8package oi Protestant literature. April 2l?,1918, at Wynnewood, Oklahoma, Claud Watson was firstjailed and then deliberately released to :1mob composedof preachers, business men and a few others thatknocked him down. caused a negro to whip him and,when he had partially recovered, to whin him 1 1 zain.They then poured tar ;nd ic::thrTS ;)11oyer him, rubbing-the tar into his hair and scalp. April 29, 1918, a .t Wal-nut Hidge, Arkansas, W. D. Duncan, 61 yt'ar.s of age,Edtl"'ll.rd French. Chat lcs Franke, II )[r. Griffin and :lIre.D. \'a~ Hocsen WE're jailed. The jail was broken intoby a mob that used the most vile lind obscene languago,whipped, tarred, feathered and drove them from town.Duncan was compelled to walk twenty-six miles to hi,home nrlji b U E ; ' l y recovered. Griffin \\":1;; virtually blindedand died from t b; assault a [.,11' months later.For u~ribllting" the ,,::omeProtestaut literature. whlch110 Governm ent ..I!ki;ll has ever found oL ~,.'.--tiv~:lb le E::'{-cept that it hurt the fccling, of the ('le":,r:;. tr.c fvllv''\-ingother riots and ullt!':1Z~;; ...re arT:ln~~Il;

'jLuch :?G. 1'113. at .Taf"bon\'ill~. Tp.xa~. C '. L. Scheling:r was [ailed twenty-six days ; A pril 10, 1918,Vi nita. Oklahoma. Ilay Walrod wn, jaikd ten weekApril ' 2 ' 2 . 1~l18. at II arrisburg, Pennsylvcn i a . . H.\\",'nrich and 'jlrouri Yall-y, Iowa, A. C. ~orthop was [ailed

.May 1. 101:-1. at (;rC 'cm illE ". 'I'oxas, A. J. 'I 'clbcrt Wj(lilrd~ ~[ay 1, rois. at Tulsa, Oklahoma, Leota S. ('111ninghum was arrested and threatened, lIn\" 2. 1918.\\"j:~on. Xorth Carol ina. C, F. DuHartl \~'ag arrl'sted~.[ey18. 1'118. at Corpus Christi. T,;xe!!. R. H. Po""yanDr. George I. Spivey were jailed two days, M8y'?~, 191at -Jamestown, Sort;l Dakota, Allen D. ~IOI!er \t"QS [ailethree days. ~hy.] 918, at Terrell, 'rc:'Ca!. lir:J. LVersell and Mrs. Harvev Huddleston were arrested Amobbed, Mny. l!)Jft,:1t rommf'rc(', Texas, A. J. 'rotbl!O . B . Wf'llYPt :111d iU rs . H u rv ev Hu dd le sto n we re - :lrre steand mobbed,

.Iune :1, ]~]8, at Auburn, Xehraska, Mr. and ~(David Smith \ \ " (>1' :- reviled nod coerced, June 12. 191at Huntington, W""t Virginia, Frank ,A. Post~11 wjailed twelve hours, without warrant. June 30, 191$ It Pride, Louisiana, {'.. J. Robinson was jailed eighteedays. At Oakland, California, Benjamin F. Holadawas arrested lind [ailed, At Knowles, Oklahoma, CharlL. Coultrup and Otis Rummier were jailed. At Applton. Wisconsin. M. T. Lindern was abused, insulted anjailed four days. At Bandon, Oregon, lIn. EdithSmith and son Walter B. Carpenter, the lattu in navuniform-home Oil a furlough--were run out of towu

IS IT A CRIME TO SELL nOOKS'At the following times and places the parties namwere arrested and jailed for ilelling religious books nunder 1 1 ban of an, kind:In February, niis, a t B og -o sh a, O kla homa , ! i{ rs. C .Knowles WIlS jailed. March 4, 1918, at Siloam Sprin~,Arkansas, S. Van Houten waa jailed. March Ul, 191at Vanoss, Oklahoma, J. T. Grier and C. R. Hall jailPeleven days and fined $8S. March 25, 1918. at Ar

more. Oklahoma, Claud Wauon jailed eight d a Y J .Franklinville. Xelv Y ork. :M r. Y!"ager fined $10 for sein~ a ten-cent cop::, of "The Divine Plan of the A:gesI'."THE nIGHT OF l'ETITIO:-:"

For the circulation of a petition for the releL.~Dible students unjustly sent to prison the folJo'l'l-outrages were perpetrated:February, 1010, at Tulsn. Oklahoma, C. M. B. ClaWl'I,; arrested. April 1:1, 1919, at Shawnee, OklahomaG, ~. Brown, Thomas Kociolek, J. T. Tltll and R.'I'co ples wer. arrested and jailed, At l1emohi,. Tencssoe, R. lI. Ir w in was arrested. At San Fur.eLseCal ifcrnia. Benjamin F. Hobday was arrested,Lrcwr .sville. Pennsylvania, b~


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Ibooks were confiscated that Wi're never under a ban 'o fun y kind. At Wilmington, Oblo, in .August, 1918, thehome of A. N. Price was invaded and religious boob,and papers seized that were never under Bny ban. July10, 1918, at Tulsa, Oklahoma, C. ~L B. Claus WII3 mis-represented as a German spy, discharged from his posi-tion, mobbed, whipped, kicked and his jaw-boD! frac-tured, necessitating sU : weeks of intense su1ferings."TIlE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEA.CEA..BLYTOASSEllBLE"At all the following times and places meeti.J,lgs otChristian men and women at which the gospel, and onlythe gospel, of our LOTd Jesu.s Christ was discussed, orwould have been discussed, were broken up by mobs ar-

ranged for the purpose, u.su.ally w~th some alleged olE.l!erof the law as spokesman:March 10, 1918, at Walla Walla, Washington, &CeOrn-pani.ed)y threats and abusive language by Chief ofPolice. M arch 16, 1918, at Denison, Texas, accompaniedby abuse and seizure of Bible study textbooks withoutwarrant by alleged Federal officers. April 21, 191~. atCarpus Christi, Tans. April 0, 1918, at Grand Junc-tion, Colorado, by thAt fearless warrior Lieutenant-Colo-nel Furman. who led 11 large company of armed men,with bayonets fixed, into the private home of a gentleChristian, Mr. Perry, and without any warrltnt confis-cated his Bible study tertbooks, April 24, 1918, PolishBible class at Chicago, Illinois. On this occasion W.Jasinski, ten other excellent Christian men, and onewoman, were jailed two nights, and hundreds of Biblesand Bible study textbooks never under nnv ban were con-fiscated, together with a phonograph, ml/ogic lantern andslides. Does such action make the world safe for democ-racy? On the same date at Plover, Wisconsin,. the Polishclass there was also jailed. The same month at Du Bois,Pennsylvania, the Knights of Columbus, after a nightinvasion of a Protestant home, farced the abandonmentof a meeting and seized the $25 paid for theatre rental.lIay 6, 1918, at Nashville, Tennessee, a meeting ofcolored Bible students consisting of a grand total of threemen, three women and two children was broken up byjust forty brave armed men, twenty of them in police-men's uniform, and the hymn slips were confiscated.June 1, 1918, at Jamestown, Kamas, late at night, theRoman Catholic Mavor's mob drove R .. L. Robie fromtown so that he could not, on the next day. preach fromthe topic, "The 'World Has Ended ; 11illions Now j.l\'-ing Will Never Die". June 29, 1!l18, at Estherville,Iowa, C. E. Stewart was run out. of town to preventhis giving a similar lecture, July 1, 1918, a . t Portland,Oregon, Ernest D. 8enon was [ailed ODe night fer c p -Iivering a lecture, illustrated by Bible pictures of thehighest class. In Roanoke, Vir:;inia, ~rnrrh ~1. l!n~.o scar E. Bvlander was arrested bv one W. R. Bryon,without warrant or char jes, wh ile en his way tv 0. iiblestudy. A loaded revolver WlB l::.Pld to hi, temple, hewas threatened with tar and ~ather3 and also th:e:oi-

rrhe Golden A ge far S eptem ber 29, 1920Hungarians, who loved their English-speaking brethren,and because there is too much IO\'e abroad in th e world,the Icllowing were not only arrested for circulating thepetition but were fined $10 each, viz.: Louis Zazic, Alex.Vargo, Andrew Lassen. George Azari, Bila Gara andSteve Basty, Did you ever read the Constitution of theUnited States?June 30, HilS, at Olive Branch, Louisiana, Alex.5n'.Ls was jailed four days, under $5,000 bond, for dis- 'tributing copies of a regular weekly newspaper, the St.Paul Enterprise."SECURE IN THEIR PERSO:'S. HOL"SES. P.!.PERS,A.." seized. At Victoria,British COlum1:ija,.A. Sutherlund was jailed three monthsfor having,a Bible study textbook in his possession, AtWic1diffe, Ohio, the home of l[r", K.. F. Burkholder wasentered and a Bible studv textbook confiscated withoutwarrant, June 5, 1918, ~t Greenvill, Texas, the borneof lI.ri. S. H. LfUc.h WlLS invaded and several religious


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t t 7 u : Golden A ge fo r Sep t ember 29, 1920 7Iened with being thrown from a. seventh- story window;total criminalitv consisted in the Iact that he had withhim some hymn' hooks fur usc at the meeting. At Perry,Oklahoma, brave men waited on an aged woman, MaryE. \. ollmer, and threatened her with physical violence ifshe coutinued discussing the Lord's gospel with anybody.nut she refused obedience. Which Is better : To be areal (,hri~ti9.n during war-time, or an I nterohurenWcrldling aiterwar.d?

CHn[STTA...'\'S E~TRAP[>EDThe following reads like the wicked Inquisition. OnMarch 1':', 1918, a little class of Christ.ians had quietlyassembled in Southern California to study the Bible withtheir textbook, "The Finished Mystery". The UnitedStates District Attorney, officer of the Department ofJustice, knew of their meeting place. He sent four mento attend the Bible class. These men, Messrs. Atwood,Boden, Mussel, and Meeker, sat through the study and

at the conclusion manifested interest in the Dible. Theythen approached Mrs. Emma Martin, the widow of awf'll-known doctor, and Messrs. Sonnenberg, Hamm andStevens, students and members of this Bible class, andinduced them to let them have a copy or copies of "TheFinished 1fystery",A few days later these Christians were arrested andthe above named men appeared in court as the only wit-nesses against them, testifying that they went to the Bibleelass at the direction of the District Attorney to get evi-dence against these harmless people. The Bible studentswere tried and sentenced to terms in the penitentiaryfor interfering with the selective drait. The cases wereappealed and affirmed.011 M ay 17, 1 !):?O. more than a year and a half afterthe war was over, they were taken to prison, The LosAngeles Record said: "Two hundred and fiity Bible

Students assembled at the pier and sang, 'Blest Be the'ric That Binds Our Hearts inChristian Love' and '.Allthe Wny )ly Savior Leads Me', etc. A stranger inquired,~\rp. these departing missionaries?' and was amazedwhen told that they were going to the penitentiury"-for selling a religious book to sleuths of the law,Officers of the law, in league with an apostate' clergy,deliberately conspired for the conviction and imprison-ment ot these innocent Bible students. Itis inconcciva-bte.,hvw their aots could han! interfered with the selec-ti\~lt1ait, and still harder to believe that a year anda half after all ether nations have discharged even theirpolitical prtsoners these Christians should be quietly.taken of( to Si'rVC terms in the penitentiary. This caseis a disgrace to American institutions and proves thatthe unl\oly 'all ianee has dest royed rei igious freedom.Euph 1 I " Q , f foretold by the Ma.;ter when ht' said: "'rhl'Yshall deliver you up to councils r courts ,. and in the~,I"llagog\!f~ yo ~h:J.1Jbe beaten. aud ye shall be broughtbei.Jr~ rulers arid J, : jn~. fill' mv sake, for a test imonv&~:lin:;t th em." ~ ~lark 13: 9) These cases wi.U e'ie~.t~d as ~ :~~wnvcy a,p.~'t the u.nh,;,11 uillit1.

Seceni l: Substituting a man-made "League of Nations" for '\le"slah'~ king-dam. In this the clergy hosdenied the div indy given commis sion to every followeof ., esus Christ to proclaim tho message of his kingdornas the panacea for all human ills, ~;od never f:ills imaking good all he promises, He hag promised aabound that promise with his oath, and it cannot !:l(Hebrews 6; 18) that 1Il "his due time" e.C'ry maa. shalha\'e a full and fair opportunity for Hie everlasting,liberty and eternal happiness, Such is the great desirof all 'hone-st hearts and God's way is th'c only v.ay thesblessing; can \'er be had. Radical elements of societhonestly think they can bring about this desire, but thecannot in their way. God's viay is the only way. Hcommissioned his church to keep before the mind othe people his great promise of blessings under hkingdom. The clergy claim to bold & commission ~preach the gospel. But alas, they have abandoned thLord and bis way and set up a way of their own. '!'heiovert act here consists in not only a failure to tell thpeople of restitution blessing; coming through Messiahreign, but in trying tokeep others from telling th.peopleThey not only reject the Lord's way, but they let upway of their own by advocating and urging the formationof Iileague of nations and hail it as the emancipator anblesser of man, created and set up by man in lieu of thLord's klngdom. Hear the authoritative words of T1F td l!ra i C o un ciZ o f C hu rch -ts, issued January, 1919:"The time hns come to of::-nnlzethe \vorld ;tor trutll, rlch3ustlce nnd humnnity. To this PDd asChrlstialJs '1\"8 ursa tbestubltshment or a Len:ue or Free Nations at tile comlnPeuee Conference, Such a leugUe Is not me~IT Iip!!l1~ e:pe


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718 Golden Age fo r S ep tem b er 29, 19208: 9; Zephaniah :;: 8; J~i .: : 1, 9 - 11 ; Jonah 4: C - : 3 _ sons and thy daughters should ut: th",y shall ~nt up t'I'o submit further proof on this point would seem flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines asuperfluous, In fuct. we are inclined to the thought that thy ti~ trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced citiethe clergy will willingly plead guilty to the seventh overt wherein thou trustedst, with the sword."-Jer_ oj: 15 -act here charged. Their public utterances show that "'Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh frothey claim much credit for the League of Xations scheme, . the north country, and a great nation shall be raiscalling it the greatest achievement since the resurrec- from the sides of the earth. They shall lay hold on btion of Chrrst Jesus. and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their "o

THE JtJDG1IEXT roareth like the SC.l: and they ride upon horses, setlj-~on the indisputable evidence the unholy trinity arTilY a.~men for war against thee, 0 daughter of Zion

stand3 convicted M charged of everv overt act in the --Jf'fcrniah G: 22. 23.iudlctment, and the verdict must be :'Guilty". "But the Lord -is the true God, he is the living GoHaman built a gallows upon which to hang the one and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shwhom he hated without' a cause. Haman graced the tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abidegallows with his own body, What will be God's judg- indignation .... For the pastors are become bru.tish. ament upon Churchianity P Has Jehovah indicated what have not sought the Lord ; therefore the,. shall not pro-his judgment will be and how it shall be executed? St, per, lind all their flocks shall be scattered. Behold the noPaul in 1 Corinthians 10, reviews the derelictions and of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of twrongful acts of natural Israel and the punishments" north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, athat followed. Then he adds : '~ow all these things a den of. drllgons."-.Teremiah 10: 10,21.happened unto them for ensamples, and they are written "Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerninfor our admonition upon whom the ends of the world the prophets [preechersj ; Behold, I will feed them wihave come". The old world or order of things is passing wormwood, and make them dr~ the water of gall; faway, and the new coming in, hence we are at the ends-- ~rom the prophets of .Jerusalem 1B profaneness gone forconcluding end of. one, beginning end of the other-of Into all the land."-Jeremiah :23: 1;:;. -the worlds or ages. Through his prophet Jeremiah God "Behold I will send and take all the families of tgnve warning to fleshly rsrael that unless they repented north phe exasperated conu:non people], saith the Lorhe would cause D . strong people from the north, Itmighty and Nebuchadrezzar, the king of. Babyloll, my servanand fierce people, to make their land desolate. Such WIlS [farmer and labor leaders], and will bring them uguina mere picture of what is threatened by Jehovah against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof [the coall Christendom, urntu th,rt 1 . 9 a spud,!! npentan.c6. troller~ thereof], and against all these nations round aboJehovah's judgment upon the unholy trinity truly w&s ~d will utterly destroy them, and make them an astoforetold in the following tens, which were written afore- ishment and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. Mortime for the bent' fit of those now on earth: "And I will over I will take from them the voice of mirth, and tutter my judgments against them touching all their voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and twickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned in- voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and teense unto other gods [gods of gold and power], and wor- light of the. candle, 's~ipped the work of their own hands". (Jeremiah 1: 16) "Therefore prophesy thou against thorn all the"Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I 'W.ords, and say unto them, The Lord shall roarfromam bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah that high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation :whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. Anal shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall givewillitretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the shout as they that tread the grapes, against all the iplummet of the house of Ahab : and I will wipe Jeru- habitants of the earth. A noise shall come even to tsalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and tuminz it ends of the earth; :for the Lord hath :1 controversy wiupside down. And I will forsake the remnant of m"ine the nations, he will plead with all flesh: he will ghinheritmice, and deliver them into the hand of their them that are wicked to the sword, saith the L01denemies; and they shill become a prey and a spoil to all Jererniah 2.5: 9, 10, 30, 31.the~ enemies; because they hare done that which was Thus hath Cod indicated that unless the divine remed, evif1.o-my sight, and have provoked me to ancer since is immediately applied there shall come upon "Chri~t


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all mankind; that the church systems-c-par ticularly theclergy-became disloval to God, f...3001;: him and hisWard. and substituted their own doctrines and schemcs ;and with these have intoxicated the king~ n:1(1 rulers ofthe earth and corrupted themselves : that they ha ve com-plvmised with professional politic ians and profiteers,substituted worldly political scheme. for GOd'3 plan, thuscommitting whoredom, lewdness and fornication withthe ruling powers of the earth; that in claiming tl.atman can set up a league of the nnrighteons governrnents1 1 3 a substitute for _ \ le .< s ia h 's k ingdom they h av e re ach edtheir fullness in wickedness and hc purposes to put all en.lto the fraudulent and llnrighteous systems, ami to setup his kingdom of righteousness.nut if the clergy are chiefly to blame why should thepolitic-al and financial powers and others suffer abo? Ifthe politicians and financial giants, princes and rulers ofthe. earth. had held themselves aloof from the clergyand refused to form an alliance ..vith them, either openlyor tacitly. doubtless they would not have bern subjectedto punishment as foretold. nut the Lord informs usthat their relationship with the ecclesiastical systems,p!lrt;(ul:lrly th e dcr;!y, "..ho claim to he his represcnta-tivcs en =arth, i . ' ! an abomination in h is sight, Tn otherwords, they have ell defamed his holy name. The poli-tician has used the name of the church to help him inhis worldly schemes, The financier has used his posi-. tion in the church for th> fame selfish purpose, Besidesrhi.. the clergy themselves have entered e\'ery branch ofpolitics.But is there no remedy fer these evils; is there no wayto Uloid th is great threatened alamity P 'I'he Lord's\\".;;rd answers : "Go and proclaim the ha ad of tL e king of Babylon.;lr:J he';:J.J, !..,ir:J it with Cl , . " -J~r(:n:lah 21: 8 - 10."I! s L~1!\CY lbig VlbiJ;'.;'. ,:r.arch;;luit:.] w illhs."Rev. Dr. Banks Nelson of Hamilton, Ontario, saJl:"Weo haw "ut'rere,l from being dumb dogs In the church,nnd only when red. bloody revotutton was hammertoe Il

Ihe gutes do we tuke actton. The only war to a"old revol.nVIl is to preach repentance among Christian people."-Set' tsatnh {iG: 10. 11.The Denver Pasi says:"There j~ n movement toward a so-called 'reunion' ot 'ili

,lturclle~' wntcn requires tv be watched by uiose who belle,,_.n the ult lmate snpremucv u r splrttual vc.luel"." rr tl.e church h!l~ lost tt,,~~plritu!ll ,ltll.llty which PTei& birth it will I l U & r"ga;n it by union with another ~urchE'quJ.iI y J~:ld, A 1"0" I.lt emDty t 'r:H.ern~ is useless 1 D a'.'r(.u;;lit. howevor gr e ut therr unity and ~u3;;lbl~ ~ublc con-~~nr."

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themselves. Be it known then that Jehovah will dissolvethe unholy alliance, the throe-sided combination. and re-lease the people from bondage prC'[l:ll'atory to the inau-guration of his kingdom of nghteousness ill the earth: ,God's Word discloses that, it is hi> purpose to establisnshortly ll. righteous government 011 earth. Unless thepresent unrighteous systems voluntarily reform them-selves, as indicated by God's Word, then he will, by thepermission of war, famine, pestilence, revolution, etc.,utterly destroy all Christendom and punish eyery nacionthat has been corrupted by the whore (Papal system)and her immoral daughters [unfaithful Protestantism).There must be a complete reformation. Shall it be voluntary or enforced? The wise and order-loving will.....th one voice answer, Let us voluntarily humble our-selves under the mighty hand of God, repent of ourwrong, reform our course, and establish the golden ruleamongst ourselves instead of the selfish one. Wouldthat all the peoples of the land, both radicals and reac-tionaries, would calmly view the situation in the lightof divine prophecy and heed and obey God's Word. Fail-ing to heed it, the inevitable must follow.

RUMBLINGS OF THE COllING EARTHQUAKEThe Atlanta Georgio .n . editorially (2-2-1-'19) said:UA delusion prevalent among some wellmeaning ml'D who

Mve Dot thou~t deeply Is thnt discontent Cl1J1be cured byEspionage censorship and employment of force to stlUllP oueIta first detected embe-rs, nnd this has been tbe deluslon othe privileged throughout history and it Ilccounts for mosof the world's violent revctuttons,"In his ChiCAgOspeech concerning Bolshevism, Jnnuary14, 1919, Han. Bourke Cochran said: ,''The latest word of our President Is that BuJ.ghevll.:Europecan be quieted by food. I do not agree \vltb him. 'l'he onl,

cure for Bolshevlalll is to give them justice. Bolshnlm1 1 1 _ .ale by the PlaJority. Tho.t does oot sonod sale.do Dot f


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fT'he Golden Age fa r September 29, 1920 7.11.....Opl~\f'lir.vethat the man-made "L":lgut> of Xations" will b~ thepanacea for human ills and will bring peace on earth andgood will to men. Concer n ing there false prophets theLord has said : "When thov fast I will not hoar theirery ; when they o:lfe-rburnt otf.:-ring and an oblation [ willnot accept them. ButI will consume thvm by the swordand by th e famine and by the pestilence. 1:hen said 1.~h Lord God, b..held the prophets [preachers 1 say untotbem [the peoplp.J. Ye shall not s-e the s....ord, neithershall ye~,e famine. but I will gi 1'0 you assured p"a( '< 'in this place. Then the Lord said. The preachers proachlies in mv name. I sent them not, neither have [ corn-ma.nded them. neither spak I unto them. 'I'hoy proph-esy unto you a f:lbe vision an.I a divinat i..n and a ti1in,~of nought, altd th~ lleeri. oi their heart. Thr-refor th uswth the LotJj cottcNning the pfPneht'f., that preach in .my name and 'I oC'nt them not. y.'t ,b.-,! ~:J.,y. SW0rd an.lfamine shall not b.~ in this 1:J.t1d:Bv sword ar.d f.uni neshall those preachers be con"urn~J.': -,I er, l-!:: j': - j.i.The protHi'f'ri and iina n cial "i:lnl'; have d~fr:lllllpd

others that : .hey Illight grGw nch, and d:~.nhave iheir

own con=ciences salved by contr ibutlng heavily to thepreachers. Because of their alliance with these faithlc~.and decei tful repr ..sentatives of the Lord he says cfthem: "Woe unto him that buildeth his house by un-right ..ousness, and his chambers by 1'17ong; that useth hisne izhbors service without \Va:;:"e;;nd giveth him not furhis work; that saith, I will huild me a wide house andlarge chambers, and eutteth him out windows; and it isceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. Shaltthou reign because thou closest thyseU ill cedar ;'~-Jeremiah 22: 13 -15.\\"ould it not be well for the clergy and their allies toimmediately take heed to the words of the Lord, reformtheir own course and stay the hand of violence? ThnLord has made it plain that nothing else but a completereformation will appelU!e his ,....nth. He says to the na-tions: "Come near ye nation! to hear; and hearken yepeople; let th e earth [organized society] henl' and allthat is therein, the world and all things that come forthof it, for the indignation of the Lord is upon all na-tions."-Isaiah 34: 1,2.Surely the poor old world is in a miserable conditionand is torn with strife and trouble. The people desirepeace and not trouble, yet the troubles da.ily increase.But will not the League of XatioDs prevent all thisthreatened trouble and bring "the desire of all nations"?1:\0 , because it is not according to God:'s way. As theheavens are higher than the earth, so are the plans ofJl'hol'llh higher than those of man.

DUnATWN OF THE LK\.OUF.l OF NATIONSA League of X ations -formed by the people, ADd forthe people, the basic principles being equal and e:ract

[u-tice, with tho honest purpose of promoting amongstall the people peace and plenty, righteousness and broth-r rly love, and then operated according to the terms o!the gulJi>n rule, would necessarily be a grent blessing.But who is forrning the League of Nations and l..agueof churches :lUU hig business? Doubtless the mind thatconceived it honestly desired to accomplish much good.10'01' six thousand vears men have desired to form idea.!g,w(rnm('nh and hnve failed, the primary reasca be-ingthat an im perfect m all cannot produce a perfect thing.(;ou'~ way is the perfect way and will in due seasonbe r--nlizcd. but so long as man ignores the divine wilyhe must fail. .\Ian without the !lin of the Lord is uttl'rlyunable to cope with the gr(>at adversary who has at alltimes attempted to counterfeit God's way and get thepeopl .. to accept the counterfeit, "Satan himself Istran,:t,lrml'!.i into an ang!'l of light. 'fher e fore it is no_!!I""uL thin~ if his miD~ters also be transformed as then1 i 1\, "t(r.' of ri:.!hteousness.' (2 Corinth ians 11: 14, l:i I::':aL .l!l io ; 'chf> i !" .l of this wcrl d.' (2 Cor in thians 4:-l:.lohn ',1: :!I)) The UU"'f'rn pow .. r that has controlled the"unholv t r init v' has not h"NI "~"rr'i',


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wen Ion:; in the pullr lcal (ielu. r..esernltioDs are mllUe to thextent thut both rL'll~ivus r:U:tit)D5 are to be Jett tr~ to pur_UP. thol r own Qblesser of the world,W ill any one se rio usly q uestio n the fact thl1 t th.financial and political powers fear \"that is called Bolshevism and that the League of Nations and league ochurches with big business is advocated lIS a preven-ti ve of war", revolutions, etc? And SO they say, Cnele t us associate ourselves together, that no power wilhe able to withstand our strength, Jehovah foreknewthis and inremarkable prophetic phrase foretold it thns:"Associate yourselves, 0 ye people, and ye shall bbroken in piecc~; and give ear, all ye oi. far .COUDtri~!nird yourselves, and ye shall be broken In pieces; g!leyourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. T,~e coun~sci together, lind it shall corne to nought; speak the wordand itshall not stand ;ior God is with us.."-lsa. 8: 9, 10And then addressing himself to all those in Christen-dom who really love th e Lord and serve him, regardlesaof denorniuctioa or creed, he calls upon them not to bmoved by fear and join the league or confederacy, saying, "For the Lord spake thus tome with Iistrung hand,a n d instructed me that 1 should not walk in the way othis people, saying, Say ye Dot, A confederacy, to all themto whom this people shall say, A confederacy, neither frlUye their fear, oar be afraid, Sanctify the Lord of hostshimself and let him be your fcar, and let him be yourdrr'ud:'-12eiah s: 11 - 13.Bolshevism was made possible in Ru.ssi:1because of t.hoppression of th e common people by 11 priest-ridden,corrupt, politico - profiteer combine, RUHia is the"north country" and God indicates that the movementstarted in that "north country" will extend to all partsof Christendom, unless the divine remedy is appllcd, sayinf'. "Thus saith the Lord, Behold a people cometh f.rom

the north country. and a great nation shall be raisedfrom the sides [nl.l sides ] '; t the earth. They shall byhold on bow and spear [instrurn ents of destruction 1 th~yare erne I and have no mcrcv: their voice roazeth like the,'::1 [restless, turlllll~ntr'":-Jer"miah () :>;'!, ~:~.'I'heu hi ! reuroscnts the "unhclv trinitv' class oChri.tcndorn spt'uking Ihus : "W e have hoard the fI1mti1l'f.of: ou r hands Ir...x f" "b le : unguish hath taken hold o\1; :1:1,1pain as of a woman in travail, Go not forth tate1he ;",hl ncr wail. hy tl:e way, for the sword of th e Enemy~1.i~J Icar is on evorv sjJe.'-.Jt?rrmj~h G: 2+~ 25.'"Fur tin,,> "ailh'th~ Lord : We have heed a voice o('em bl i!~,;,vi 1\':lI'. and not of peace. _l, , !, : . ;. _: now. cd',:e '.I'h.:-thera man doth travail with child. \rh~ref.)re do1 :l~~ ',';'ery !T.!lO with his h ands 00 his Ioins, as a ~c~

'The Golden Age fo r S eptem ber 29, 1920designs-e-to keep the people under his control. He willuse the League of :\'"ut ions in a last desperate effort tvmnlntain his empire. but he will fuil. It i'l true the i.leaof a League of Satiolls originated in the Uuited States,but its constitution was written by _En;lish politiciansand, according tv the arrangement, in the language ofa United Stutes Senator, "1'he League of Nations willbe controlled by Europe and .-\sia", The "arne profes-sional political class, and the same flnaneial class, aidedand abetted by the same clergy cI1l3~-tlle unholy trinity-who have held the reigns for centuries will still holdthem, the same invisible power will control them.The financial powers may have some excuse to sup-port a . LE ague of Nations because the war has created anenormous, debt represented in bonds held chiefly by thefinanciers, and a . league of strong-armed governments isdesirable to the liquidation of these debts in due season,The, professional politician may be excused for desir-lng e League of Nations, seeing that such rut arrangementwould maintain him in status quo. And since these twoclasses are presumed to be worldly men who never claimed

to have made, a . covenant with God. he m i;ht not inter-fere with them for a time, but chiefly because of theother member of the unholy trinity-the clergy-God'indicates that he will not permit the League of Nationsand league of churches to endure,The ciergy-asthc leader", pastors and priests of thechurch nominal-s-claim to have entered into a covenantwith the Lord to do his will and pose bpiol'e the worldas his representatives The great :Mu5u:r plainly directedhis representatives to preach "the kingdom of heaven".that with its cornimr. and it alone, would the desiredbles sings come to th;; world. For tho? clergy there is nopossible eX(U3C to advocate a League of X ations and aleague of churches with bL~ businessv.and then to aban-

don the way of the Lord and join in the ,"'ay of man. andhail such counterfeit U~ the medium of bl ..ssing ior man-kind, bringing "pcace on eartll and good-will to a llmen", ThL; not onlv convicts them ~H charged in theindictment but brunds them as blasphemer-s ,;f God',Word und plan,FE .\T~, 'fHF. xrorrvn

But the moving an.l r-ontrolling (illL'0 lor the Iorma-t ion of the Lpu!!ue of '\ations i._[ear , just lB .Iohovahforetold it \\'oul~ be, Fear has i'or~pd even the Protes-rants to withdraw their PI'0tCSt..; and r,lslt tv the out-crl"e~ed arms 01 the mother harlot. ( Rc l- ei: :! tic n 1 :- : s)This i3-fr.2ely cdrnittr d as applied to C?f1>;:my. nut t hesame is true .:lll 0\'N (,h~i"t(,lHlcm. The L ;/ I'! :1 r'j D : ~ ie ;to f r: ~l .iru :lry ~ .~ ~ 1~)l9. :.~;ge :~-t _ - : ~ y . : :Th.~ common ~n~mr. n"l~~lt'..;";m. nus thr,,.'n th~'1 ('.lth.;di("!lod Protestant "a('nun_~ ',If I :(~n~:::n...~ll:a('~l i[I~I.i _';ld vljwr'~

arms, th~:!h ~lt:ll.t' !lI'E' I :~!'I"'ful (I) jJi,irlt ut rhnt [h~ un loni.e fur" J!'~-JPil.:2 .'~lU[J'J -','" I.r,l.,. Th~ l~.. r.r rtst .} r (':1:h,',IiI~!1':lny L . . ; eJ;~r for r l ! ~ 'tl!-'r~'.Irc of ihe Evinr .....k:11~ to :--;\\".:.-(.L!~;:rr !1~nlter-.; nr. .. l tt:~ E\'ang(IV!1!-i :;1~.l~!Y,';~\'-'I,m~ tr:~ ~o,).llu.:al ~er\~::ce ~d ;~;;,..;i=/ ,,:: tJ :: l ' . :- : : :'" ';- ..; '.; hI,) h:l.,e


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rrhe Golden Age f O T Sep tember 29, 1920in travail. and :111bees are turned into naleness :"_Jeremiah 30: ,j,6. .At the opening of the Peace Conference in FrancePresident \nlson said : .'Th... p('~li or Frnn~r .~ rhO" peril of the. world : and [he na-ttons must untte in a le!1!;-Ut'[rouf

the first time in fllr't that tbe world hm. a.~i'lembleUto~tl1er1 & lIele-gntton of all the 1'! \J lI1.p.u nations or the wortu",The statesmnu-politicians and the financial princesthrough a corrupt and subsidized press are saying, "Be-hold we have assembled the nations and kinzdcms ofearth, and united them. in :l. great compact for'='the pur-pose of administering the affairs of the world nnd lirirur-ing to pass the desire of all men". The Catholic hi('~.

I' .archy, the old "mother whore" (Revelation 17: 6 - H). together with her daughters, the Protestant systems, partjcularly the principal ones and the disloyal, unfaithfuland hypocritical Protestant clergy, likewise spiritualprostitutes, bow down to worship the "golden calf" .:1ZIdare saying. Behold the gathering together and the as-sembly of the nations and kingdoms of earth, resultingin the formation of the League of Nations and league ofchurcbes with big business, "which is rooted and ground-ed in our gospel," bring "peace on earth. good willtoward men," and which "is the political expression ofthe kingdom of God on earth".'rhus under the spiritual tutorship of an apostate endfaithless clergy, "Tho kings of earth set themselves, andthe rulers b.k: counsel together, against the Lord and:lg:l.imt his anointed", They do I;ut know that in at-tempting to uphold their present unrighteous institutionthey are really fi:;lltin;; ag;lin"t the c-tabli-hment of the. Lord's kingdom, "He that ,ittc't\; in the heavens shalllaugh; the Lord shall have tborn in derision," as .....l] U .,their 'W.Qliderful banding together. "Then shall he speakto thorn in his wrath and vex thorn in h;;;


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representative democrecy=-ruled by the cll1S3es-ha.~proven the best goverurneut thus far. and yet it is farfrom satisfactory. In many respects the rich have beena blessing to the world. '.L'hp.y.have made possible thogreat labor-saving devices, and. the development of \ ':lS1enterprises, which have brought ll. measure of eleYlltioQto the masses, Andbe it known if tbose who claimed tobe followers of Jesus had rema'iocd humble, had kept outof politics, had taught the people the great principlesof justice and love, had adhered to the Word of God, ADdbeen true- a~d loval to him, there would never have ~nthe mighty gulf 'between the classes' and the masses, ADdthe terrible troubles or the pre-sent time would have beenobviated. The classes have been controlled by the spiritof selfishness and have failed. The. masses controlled'by the spirit of selflshness and indulging in excesses willalso fait And then what? .The prophet IIho"-8 that the Ishmael class, the hypo-critical clergy, dethroned and smarting under their cIiM-

tiscrnent, aided and abetted by their- offspring, viz.. Y.~I.C. A., Knights ot Columbus, professional politicians,disappointed and haughty financiers, etc., conspiring t o -gether will provoke and bring on a counter-revolution,with the hope of again controlling the altairs of, earth.And then the masses in desperation will retnliate !lntUevery man's hand will be against his neighbor, develop-ing into 11 world-wide tribuletion, wrecking all hllJllaJrsoc-iety. .W hy shouldsuch 0. great calamity befall thenationAof earth? The answer is, Because selfish professionalpoliticians and their allies have deceived and defraudedthe common people and have robbed them ~f their'justrights.Because this "unholv trinitv" the three classes namedhave united in the P~!,,(,~llti~n and oppression of themeek, humble and loyal followers of Jesus, by ialselycharging. arr('~t:llt; and imprisoning- them, '"By' reasonof the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressedto cry" (.Job :l.j: !J) ; and their cries have reached untoheaven, thus saith the Lord: "The


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and rise no more, because of the sword which I will sendamong lOu. And it shall be, ii they refuse to take thecup Qt thine band to drink. then shalt thou Eay untothem, Thus saitb the Lord of hosts, Ye shall ccrtalnlrdrink. Fur 10~1 begin to bring evil-on the city which {icalled by my name, and should yc be utterly unpunished ?Ye shall not be unpunished: for Lwillcall for a swordupon all the inhabitants of the earth. saith the Lord ofhosts. .Therefore prophesy thou against them all thesewords; And say unto them. The Lord shall roar from onhigh, and utter his voice from his holy habitation ; heshall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give ashout, as they that tread the gru pes, against all the inhai-tants of the earth; A noise shall come even to the endsof the earth: f.or the Lord hath a controversy with thenations;. he will plead with all flesh; he will give themthat are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord. Thue saiththe Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nationto I14tion, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up fromthe coasts of the earth. And the slain of the Lord shall~at that day from one end of the ('arth even unto theother, end of the earth: they shall not be lamented,neither gathered, nor bur ied : they shall be dung uponthe ground. Howl, ye shepherds, and cry: and ,..allowy~ul'sel"es in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: forthe days of your slaughter and of your dlspersions are'~mplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel., And the shepberds shall have no way to flee. nor theprincipal of the flock to escape. A voice of the cry ofthe shepherds, and an howling of the principal of thefleck shall be heard; for the Lord hath spoiled theirpasture. And the peaceable habitations are cut down,because of the fierce anger of the Lord. He hath for-saken his covert, as the lion: for their lund is desolate,because of the fierceness of thl' oppressor and because ofhis fierce lI11ger."-Jcrcmiuh 2':;: 15, 16, 2G - 33.Another prophe-t of Cod describing this great andterrible day says: "For he cornmandeth and raisoth thestormy wind, which Iiftcth ufl the waves thereof, Theymount up to the heaven, they do down again to thedepths; their soul is melted because of the trouble. Theyreel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and areat their wit's end. Then thev crv unto thr- Lord iu theirtrouble, and he bringcth them 'out (J( their d istrr-sscs,

He mak-th the storm a calm. so that the waves thereofaJ:e still:'-P~alm 10;: 2,-'- ~~.:,ranyi\(_r.O(r,~ people. the great multitude class mis-

guided by the disloyal plrrgy. have joined in the perse-cution of the saints of (:0.c;,i..ent deaths at the haads vi their r.:r.in:'.ltuCs. BlH

before they go they will have the blessed privilege 01 de-Iivering the message of truth to their "little brother"the great cornpany class-c-typifled by Denja.min.THE IP.Of'l::l~ ATTITCDE

Seeing then that the great trouble upon the nationsis by divine permission would it be proper to advocateviolence or to encourage revolution and anarchy? WI!answer, No. When the revolution a on should theChristian take part in it? A thousand times, No. TheIaet that God permits the great trouble is no reason fororder-loving ones to engage in it. The elements ofhumanity enguging in violent demonstrations arenoithose who have the spirit of Christ. Our advice t : o allChristians is to adhere strictly to their divine commis-sion to tell the people of God's great plan. for blessillgmankind. Therefore to the order-loving people, to th9meek, in fact to aU we would advise the course pointedout by the Lord's prophet, viz., "Before the decree bringforth, before the day pass as the chalf, befor& the fierceangror of the Lord come upon you, before the day of theLord's anger come upon you: seek ye the Lord, all y8 'meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment;seek righteousness, seek meekness: it mlly be ye shall behid in the day of the Lord's :mger."-Zephaniah 2: 2,:t

PART II -~.-,-THE BEAST AT WARA Revelation in Polities

"sThe ecclestnstlcs launch a s~heme to extract trom the

common pl'ople hundreds ot'mtutons In money. BI& buslnQII!lunderwrttes tile scheme, while professional politiciAns aet asspell-binders. The llmit has been reached.-Isalnh 3!!: 10."Tbe beast that thou sawest was aod Is Dot ADd shanascend out ot the abyss and go Into perdltlon. AneS the,.

ttiur dwell on tile earth sunll wonder. whose Darnel werenot wrttten In the book ot life from th" foundatIon of the\\'01"1


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t - . " ; t . , t that carrioth }~N, which hath the seven heads andten horns ''fhe beast that thou sawest "\\'11;0, I!.Gdis not;and shall MCNld out of the abyss, and go into perdition:arui thov that u \ , ; ( ' 1 1 on tho earth shall wonder. whMenames \;'C'fO l ' < ' > J ; written in the Book of I"ife from thef'ouudation of tho world, when thov behold the i J e l l . ' ! t that.was, and i,; not, an.i shall again 'be present, And hl!~is the mind which hath wisdom. lIThe seven heads aresevenmountains.on v ; hich the woman sittcth. l0And thereare seven kings : five are fallen, one is. and the other isnot vet come: and when he cometh, he must continue ashort spare, 11And the beast that was, and is net, he isthe eighth, and is of the seven, and geeth into ~rllition.12And the ten horns which thou saw-est are ten kings,which have received no kingdom a.~yet; hut receive poweras kings one hour with the beast, 13ThelK! have one mind;and give their powerand strength unto the beast, uTheMshall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall ever-come them: for he is Lord of Iords, and King of kings:and thev that lire with him are called, and chosen, andf~ithful~ l(jAnd he saith, These watt'rs which thousawcst, where the whore sitteth, are both people" andmultitudes, and nations" and tongues. lGAnd the tenhorns which thou sawest and the beast, these shall hatethe whore. and shall make' her desolate and naked, andshall eat her flesh. and burn her with fire. 1iFOl" God hathput in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, anllto gtve their kingdom unto-the beast . until the words ofGod shall be fulfilled. lSAnd the worasn whleh thousawest is that great city, which reigueth over the kin~dOIDS of the earth."

S,\.TA:-; TRE AnCR E~-nrrSatan stands sponzor lor ignorance, superstition andoppression. He .has never done ri~ht but always wrong.Fraud and deceit arc among his favorite instruments.

He frequently makes the ::ppl':lrn.nce of rightevusnessto hide hi$ wicked purposes" He operates upcn th~minds 4) ( TI1t'nby inj(,(tll\g" into their minds evil thoughts.He will ~u~3'e;:t to many that they refrain from readingwhat i. s here written, To others l i p . will suggest that thisis written in the interests of the people's enemies, Hewill ,)0 this Iwcuu,'C' her-oin is exposed his offspring, whomhe uses :1, tools for the opprc-sion of the common peopl ...1[0 hates the light and loves the darkness. Light andtruth arc of vital interest to the people.

TIn: cxxm POLITIC.H.Politics is l game at which Satan is the


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' T h e Golden Age f f n ' September 29, 1920 727d.iNctlv involved. Brie.fiv, the authentic record showsthat J;hovah created andplaced in Eden a perfect manand woman-s-Adum and E,e-and clothed them withpl'heLord revealed to his disciples that "the seed of premise"would oonsistof Jesus Christ the Head and the church,his bride; and that the bride would be selecteti fromamongst men during the gospel age. Satan imme-diatelybegan to plan ways and means to destroy - the trueChristians-c-followers of Jesus-thus hoping to destroythe "seed of the woman" whom Jeho,:lh had declaredshould crush Satan's head.Can you doubt for a moment that every effort made topersecute and destroy Christians has been made at theiustlgaticn of Satan? And why has he tried to destrorthem? Became Christians are the true [riends fit thecommon people. To the Christians Jesus said: "Ye arethe light of - the world". They have ever stood in the wayof the carrying out of Satan's political scheme to controlall the peoples of earth according to his ambitious desire.And now, dear reader, haying journeyed with U9 thusfar, and having seen the unmistakable evidence ofSatan's malicious hatred and persecution of the favoredones of God, prepare yourself for the plain proof of themost gigantic fraud that has ever been perpetrated uponthe peoples of earth. Every prr~on who hates iniquity,10.c3 truth and righteou,'ne;;.;:, and who now reads hen-pstly will have his "yes opened.What we ':1, heroin is not intended as :1 criticism or an

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The beast described in Re,dation 17: S that went m t atile pit ,was known 8.iI tile "holy Roman empire", cum-posed of the ecclesiastical Papal hlerarchy e:!ercisiDgpersecuting power through civil authorities; that beanwe.at iD.to the pit ill1;99. Itappeared again in 1918.It~ow composed of the same P~pa.l hlera.rchy and herdaughters, the unfaithful Protestant systems, particu-lady the disloyal clergy, aided and &betted by unscrupu-lous politicians, dishonest fi.naIu:.iecaand. prodteeu a.ct:ingin unison to control the common people by violence and.to destroy the seed of prOIIrise and others who tell tb.truth and. who refuse to worship '" the s b r i : D a 1 1 1 ther;ystema.

'The QoU1en Age fo r September 29, 1920progress in its discusaion, we append hereto some defl-nitiO::l3 o jf thesyrubciie terms used in Revelation:

DE.FL"ITlO-,"S"'Dragon" symbolizes or means civil powers."Virgin" and "bride" symbolize or mean the trull

church of Christ ; virgin meaning a . pu.re, chaste woman."Whore" means an Impure, unchaste woman, and :i 3used to sym.bol i7 .e a . church system claiming to b e thetnu church of Christ, but in fact not being such. Thete:rl clearly indicates more than one of such systemsbecause it says, '''The Mother of Harlots," th~ indi-cating offspring, ,"City" symbolizes an ecclesiastical government orsystem. Verse 18 shows that "who.re" and "ci.ty" refer

to the Same thing.. "Beast" symbolizes a governing power exercised overthe people in :1 beastly manner, a rule by violence."'The Beast" of verses 8 - 11 means the dominant eccle-iiastical or church sys

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