P(;BLI8HED FOR THE

PltOliOTIOS OF

c:lUlJu·lA. ... KNOWLEDGE

"TF.ACD .'lLL NATION::!"

Vol. 1

"The Kingdom of HtaVl'11 is 01 hond." - -Mattltew 3:2

NEW YORK CITY, MARCH 15, 1918

nt:\ OTt;O TO TOE

I'IUSCIPLES OF

ICELIGIOCS TOLERANCB

A..."iD

CHRISTIAN 1,lnERT"!"

No.1

RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE PASTOR RUSSELL'S FOLLOWERS PERSECUTED BECAUSE THEY TELL THE PEOPLE THE TRUTH

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Treatment of Bible Students Smacks of the "Dark Ages"

"The Servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will

also persecute you." -John 15:20.

I ::.; 1869, young Charle. T, Ru:uell. be_ [ng a diligent s tudl'nt of dlvlna prophecy. discovered thllt Ih. B[hla

conta:ns an outllna of Jehovah', won­derlul plan of salvat[on ... hieh will 1.11-

timat"ly bleu mankind. So "nthu_ed w~ he ... lth tha me!l!laea of hope that he at onca devoted all of hi' time a nd IIloney to making It knOWn to other ... At thE' v"ry beelnnlng ot his ministry. ha ,pen t HO,OOO out of hla own pocket to dietrlbuta freely In Ihe cit)' of New York end other part. of the world a little booklE'! entitled, "Food for Think· ing Chrl.tlan ... " A tew clerliYmen saw he wa. rlaht and with Illadne" Jol oed ... Ilh blm In tha work. Tbe lrFeater m a jority at cler8')'men, In.stead ot a ll:· plslnlng Ul.e!Je Scriptural truths to the peopl e and he lplDg them, beean. a cruel and systematic per!!ecutiM ot lbl!! .reat reformer, and thUIJ Ihey persl!!t­anlty c;ontlnuac1 to pareecute ht= uoU I lIl. death In 1916.

PlI.8tor Ruaaell elearly pro"ed trOID the Scrlpturu thlt the doctrlna of eternal torment ot human .oula II the ften41ah doctrine of tha ereu Adv.r-8ary and a defamation Of God'. holy nama ; thn.t tha do(;trlne of the Dlvlna right ot the clerliY to teach the Bi ble and Ihe Dh·[ne right ot k[n.e to rulp I, ,,·holly un~ulptural, and thel both have be"n tht' caulle ot untold .u!Ter[ng of Ibe Pl'op[es ot eartb,

P,,,",o r RUBSI'll "'rOle and puhll~hed lilt ,·o[umes ot Studiea in the Scrip. t ... ~es, and shortly afte r his death the S ... ,·enth '·olume of the lIerles was Ie· sued, the [:ltt"r more p:lrtlcular[y ex­plll.lnln; tht' prnphpcle" of Eukle[ and Rc,·elntlon and pro,·lne how the un­r[,"hto!ous !."Cde:'!last[ca[ lIystems have ,.-ro",n up [n Ihe enrth and opprE'ue<i Ihc people. This ,·olum e also points out tl'l:U ~leslllah·s J.;: lngdom Is near a t ll:l nd Rnd that .Icon Indescribable ble"'· Ing,. wHI 110"· OUt 10 mankind.

llort' than t "'en t)' yeau 81':0 Putor Ru~t'eJ[ pointed out (rom the Blb[e thllt G04 had granted to tbe GenUles a leue ot po"'er ... hlch 1II"0uld legally end In l!U, and that then the nation. would b"",ome angT}· and God's wrath would come: th:J.t a great Inl ... mat!onal .... :lr would besin at t hat Ume and WOUld he fo llowed b~' greater trouble, and that the trouble would usher In Mes!!illh', K[ng40m or righteousness, ... hlch '<I'ould he the de!!! re of all nation., Long as:o he showed that It would bt' Impf)ssihle tOf" the 1:n[ted Stntes to ke.,p out of tbat war, The lacts, nOI\· ".ell Imo" .. n by "'er)' m an, prove the corr ... ctne" ot Pastor Ru~sel rs Inter­pret:lt io ll of the Bible. His ellpos[tlon ot Scriptur e has greatly angered the majority of derg)'ltlen, because It IIhow s that t heir teachings In the paS! have b~n out of harmony ,,'Ith the 'Vord of God: and 1I he Is COHeC! In his InterpreUl.tlon ot the Bible teach­[ngs. their position a. clereymen must soon come to a n end, Tbe clergy w ... re cha llt'nged to sbow tbe people tbat these Scr[ptural Interpretations are wrong, or to Join In exptILlnlng them to the people and thus to help III. lead­ID&" them Into greater IIS-ht and happl· nus. Th[s they failed to do. They had no aD8Wer to the c lear expo.lUon ot ScrIpture S"1,'en by Pastor RU$3l!1l a nd those ... bo Joined with hlz:n In tbe work.

In .Jesus' day. the clergy ot the Jew­leh order uf that time, b~oil" unable to meet his forceful worda. Itlrred up the people apln.t him and ha.d him ar· rested" charS"1ng him with Ire!\JIon agalnet the Roman eO'l'er-lUDent aod with blupbemy a.p.lnst God.

Early In the month of Februal7, Ut8, tbe clergymen. ot Ca nada beean a systematic dePoulloclation of the Inter· natienal Bible Studenil ..... ociation and Its puhllcattons. For lDs taDce. the Wlru:ttpe .. (Ca nada) papers annoulI.ced that eertaill. clercYmen had denounced the puhllcatlon.s ot tbLs A!I$OClatioo frolll tbeir pulliits and s tated that the attention O( the Attorney Oeneral had been called to the matter . Later, tbe Attorll.ey Genera l eJtamln.ed certain ot the 4ssoolaUoo's publica tions and the

public censor placed a ban upon them In Canadu, Tha Wlnn[peg Tribune says, "The censor·s order Is belle,'ed to be the c1lrect result" of these repre· senlatlor.s o ~ the cle rgy. Shortly therearter, In various parts 01 Canada. member. of the Internllltionllli Bible Studant! Assoeiation were arrestad, theIr house. ware searched lInd thalr book, IlJld other publlcaUons taken a ... ay frorn them,

About lh. sam. tiDl' tha President of the Asso.)Ciation Ilddrened a great mnsll meetiolr at Loa Ange[u, Cal .. one of the leadin. papers Of that city carrying a full-pace report ot the meeting the morninll tollowing, The miniaterial alliance waited upon that paper .... lIh a view to prevell.tine lurther lIublicatiollo ot the Slbl, trut," as prOClaillloeG b,. the International Bible Stud"nt" Assoeillition. The clerliY t a ilod tn t.hi. mi •• ion. A fe... d_,. .. later, certain olficers swooped down upon the Sibia Studanls' h.adQuarters. took 1I0nenion of their various pub­lication.!!, i.cludine Bibles and h ymn books. IlJld took them away. Th.)' forced an Intrance into tha prh'I'e 01· fice ot one of the elders of the dass, without even having a s .. au:h "'arrlnt, In vlrlo ... pllrh o( the I:ountr~· . m en and "'Olllell were nrrelted end thrown In lO Jail . In Arklln",., • poor woman se lling book, at a smw[ prO"1 tor I

""[ng, wa s arres ted bec/lus" s he WIS seiling ·'The Finished Mylte ry," th~ Aeventh of Pastor RuneWi serIes of books; her bond "x ed at S20.00<i, ,,·hleh "".:IS Im p08slble for her to got,'e, and aha " 'al compelled to ela)· (or aome lime In a Jail too "llhy 10 houee "",Ine.

In big headlines. the clercymen h.ve advert ised the publlca.t1ons of Paltor R\l8sell a!I "German prgpapnda." Their evident objeCt "·as to .!Ill r up the minds ot t he people agaln!t Ihese Bible Students. becau!!e ot the enmlt)' th.:lt ealsts agalnst the Cermanl. Ae an u­ample, the Edmonton (Can.) Journal printed [n bold heading, this s tatement

of Rev. Dr. Ollver : ··Rvueillsm Is Hun Propapnda t !n de r a Cloak." "'An In , fam ous German pr opaganda under the co,·e r Of reUlrIon: said Dr. f't ench E . Oliver to II crowded audience at the Firs t Presbyterian C hurch of Wlnili. peg."

PERSECUTION IN GERMANY To show a welt-organlaed etror t on

behalf ot the clerg)' to peratcute thege Rlble Students. we see their activl1les have not been conn ned to our countr y a lone, b\,lt to many couPotrles. For a number ot years Ihe Inte rnllltion ;a l Bible Studcnta A .. oe;",tion has maintained an om.:e In German)· and In mAny other foreign countries. A paper In Copenhagen. Denmark, recently puh­Ilehed the folioWin&" '

"A Warninll Agalnat thl Millen_ niurn Sect

''The Consistory ot Klel (Hoi· eleln. Germany) !s calling t he at­tention ot the (L.utheran) prlesUi to the act[Vltle8 carried on by tb. MiIlenoiaJ teet. which calle Itllelf 'Watch Tower Bihle a.n!l Tract SOCiety: and also 'Bible Studenb Aaaoelatlon.' The Imperial War Department baa rl'Cently requeeted 1.111 to k eep a watchtul eya on the actlvlt!es ot thl. sect. whleb oon. el.t In aeiling the '"ltln." of 11.8 founder, the recently decea.se!l Pastor Ru'sell, ot Brooklyn, North America. In unUrlne lIropllpnda work, a.c:compllBhed with Amerlcallo money, Tha Consistory does, therefore. call tha priests' atten­t ion to this sect and reouests that they take aetlon aealnst It and ra­port to tha Cons!story tbe[r obser. vatlons of Its dangerous actlvitles. ~

LU8T FOR TEMPORAL POWER It Is 11.0 seeret that tbe dergy tor

,ears past bave \SlIIgenlly sought to acquire greater political power amOllCst the tl.3.tIOns; aDd P3"ieularly Is this true III. the United States, The), now lake ad'l':1ntaa"e Of tbe CODdlUon of .tress to t urtber their selfish alms,

Long has the Papacy looked ,..UlI Ius,· I We ue lIot aeainst the war. Will '\,11 eye lor tbe control ot American In· recoClliae aAl1 bave 10llog taucbt tkat stltuUons. The Slllme lIImbitio" \hat tbe Bible. tbree tbousand yeus aco., lIIctuates the K lIIiser of Germany IUlks j fOretold tbe pre«nt ereat war, and that in the mind of the Pope. Blnce m. God's band would be in tbe matter days of Napoh!on Bonaparte. It bas Wben President Wilson uked tbe min­been tbe dealr. of tha Papal head to isteu to pray for pea.ce, Pastor Russell. u:ercl,e teRipoDl power. We now in an address in the New York City sound a. wunhlc to tha liberty-Iovine TCllIople said, "While I b.ave the creat­peop[a of tb.. world ..... In.t tb8 ell· est respect tor our hORorahle Presid8nt, croachmenUi ot the Papaj 'Y8tem. t IIlU~t deeline to JOiD in a prayeJ: for aided and 8upported by .. clus of peace, beeause the Word of God shows clerlD'men trOIll other .,..tem.s wbo that this war ll'Iust COIll8 at tb is tizne; have STeed tor power an.d who .... e. and for zne to pray tor peace 1Io0W ..tHIn.. to penecuta any who .aek to would be to ask Jebovab to cb.allose the 8oU.hten tba p.opl. uPOII. tbe trua DiVine plan.... .. teachlnp of tha Scr[pturu. Success I For more tban tbirty years. Pastor Of that EccleSIastical Trust will znark I Russell a.nd other members of the As­the end of rellSlou, liberty, Thare.:ra soc:iaUon bava been. tellinc the people tboullllln.ds In tha world today who be· Ibat tbe WilT WOuld becin in 1914, The lI.ve tbat tbe Pope recently batra1"d clenY' tbrouChout the land ridiculed [Ialy Into the hllnds of tbe KaIser; but and scotted at tbe idea. Bad the 34-whea his wronltful coune Wall dlscov- vice of Pa~tor Russell and the Inte~na· ered, he faced about. We quote from tional Bihle Students "',sociation been Tha l.il.ra~y Dillad for J aD. n. 1911 : heeded. the people would not have been

"A 8capegoat bas been fO\lnd tor so s urprisad when tbe war came, and the reeePot reverses In Italy III. the would have beello better prepared ud person of Pope Benedict XV_and . tortified for it. 00" of tbe leadlng Ezlcllsh pallen W e recocnize tbat thi~ war, foretold doea not hultate to accuse hlQl, of by Jehovall, will be overruled by him havine turned trom a lIanlve Aus- and ruult in moch cood to mankind. trophil Into an active worker tor The Bible s3)'s, "There shall be a time the AUlJtrlaQ., 011 a,;alnst the ltaJ· ot trouble such as was not since there IaQ., cause, In a 'onl!: editorial In was a nation. even to that same time.-tbe LoQdOD Morn'"!! Post the Vat!_ (Daniel 12:1; Nattbew UlJn If it Is can and aU Its works are .-oundl,. di,loYllil to call lIIUelltion to the mun-denou.ced. Th .. LOQdoQ Tory or· i"9 of this 9~eat troullla upon the earth, gan says: 'The time has come then It is dis loylll' to repeat the l.ord's when It ls necessary tbat the Allie! prlllyer. Be tauchl all his followers should consider with some eare to pra)', "thy Kinedom com e; thy will .... hAt b their PO.U[.,n In reu.rlon be done on carth a s it is done in to the Vatlcall._ Tha t the recenl heaven,M Italian reyerse .,.as largely due to Furthermore, the Lord said; "Wait the IllAuence of treaehenlUS rep- ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the resentaUons dlsselnlnated among da)' t hat 1 ri se up to the prey; tor m y the ita lian a rQl,Ie! ~ known: tha t determination is to cather the nations. tbe Yatlcallo wa, Implicated In tha t that 1 m3J' usemble tb. kincdoms, to propaganda Is ""0 klloown; allld the pour upon them mine indignation, even re!u lt was a dl.aster 50 IfTILVe that all my fierce ancer: for all the eanh lUI e!Tects cannOl yat be measured. sball be deyoured wllh the tire ot my Since the beglnnln. 01 the war, Jealousy (not literal tire ), For t ben the Vatican. In so tar as pollticoal wiil J turn to the people a pure mn­action's concerned. has maillotalned sace. that the), m3J' all call 1I1Ion the an attitude whleh, as It was telD· porarlly neutral, was spl rltua Uy Incomprehensible. IlIoa!unucb as '·lo[l\Ilons ot law and offenses against humanity .... ere tacitly con-doned.' " It Is no aeeret that the Catbolle and

Protestant clergy are Joining hands In the persecution agalnat the llIoterDa-t ional Bible Students, botb In America and other countries: not becau.e they believe thllt the Bible Studenu are dis· 10)'al to any goveMl.ment. but because they kno ... that the true teachings nt the Bible n:pose tbem and show how they have kept the people III. darluless for so many o.nturles. Now the cler8y, pOSing as patriots and suportefS of the government, are really taking advan­tage ot the occasion to turther t heir self ish purposes. We take thll oppor­tunity to warn the Amerleallo people and order-Iovlns people everyWbere agalnlt a hlgoted elaas Of men wbo ha"c !!ystematlcally endeavored to prevent tbe people from undentandlag the Bible and to tbrottle all Bible teach!ne unless It comes through them. While ArneriCOl'. aonl art fillht Ing for the principles of liberty, the ele .. g)l are aeeking to establiah a policy .. I religioua intole .. ance whio;:h fi"d. ill

precede"t only in the DaMe Ages. We are glad to rllCcenLae tbat [n all

the churches, Catholic and Protestant. there hsve long been IJOlDa true, loyal Chr[stlana. But II Is the churCh t rus t, cornpo8ed ot tb.e clergy class, that Is seeking to crush others who dUte r from tbem.. We Illealt here against the church tru.t and In tb.e IlIoterest of the comllloon people generaJly. We have malice tow.rd none. but love tor all mello. We would 1Io0t even do our enemies an Injury; but we conceive It to be our duty to call t he people's at­tellotlon to these facts, that the pr[n­clples ot religious liberty may stili be recogll.lzed In this government.

NOT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT These clergymen, Catholic and Prot­

estall.t. who are Jo[nlng bands together to cain greater political power In the land and who are un.able to answer the teachings ot the Bible concerning them­selves. like the persecutors ot our Lord, have raised a great hOwl that the In­ternllltional Bib[e Students are d[sloyal and against the Government ot the United States, and theretore &"\lIlly ot treason. Nothing Is turther (rom the truth. There Is not a disloyal one amongst the members of the Inhrnlll· tionll Bible Studentl Allocillition.

We are 1Io0t against the Government In any sense, We recog nise the United States Government as the best on earth and Mr, Wilson as the greatest nr earth'S rulers.

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name ot ttle Lord. to serve him with Olle consent."' (Zephaniah : :8, ') Thus .Jehovah polots out that after the trouhle Is over. a "reat bless[ng shall come to the pe<lpte.

Now we are attempting to teach the pe<lple what Is aoillog to f ol low atler this war-not teaching a ccordln" t o our own wisdOm, but according to what Ihe great Teaeher, Chrlst Jesus. made elear. Again tbe elerey are trying to keep both tbe governments and Ihe people In Ignorance. The olergy cry lon9 and loud abo'" their own loyllty .nd pdrlotis MI where .. , I. I mstter of hot" the,. are ,..,llIy I mensce to both govern .... e..... Ind people. Tbe American people can be trusted w ith all the knowledge pOSSIble to be glvell. them. Knowledge of righteousness will do gOOd and not harm. Let the peopla understand What the tutllre holdS and thei r fears will be calmed, The Inter­national Bible Studenta A .. ociation [s earnes tly endeavoring to help the peo­ple alone this very line.

THE DRAFT W e recognl~e that the United States

Governme nt. being a polilical and eco­nomk Institution. has the power and authority. under Its tundamental law. to deelare war and 10 dratt its citizens Into military service. We have no dis_

position to Interfere wllb the dratt or the wat III. any manner. The tact that ;aome or our members bave souabt to taka adva.ntage ot tbe proteeUon ot the law, ha;a beell. ueed as another means of persecuUon, Congress pused the S,electiva Draft Act In May, 1911, and In that act provided th.a.t no per.soo I hall b. compelled to eope'" 10 eom­ha.taot military ",."Ice wbo Is a. mem· her of II well-reeop[J:ed rellgiou. or· 1&l1llaUC"D" the prlnclplu of Which pre· clude Its melllobers from en .. a81n.. In war, Tbus the law ma.kers of tha l&l1d reoognlzed tba.t there are cOMelell.Uous objector. who ea..nnot consdentloully eapga IPo mortal combat. The rea!!on tor this i. that SODI. haya fully con· sec ... ted themselves to the Lord and the,. conselenlloue!y believe If tbey are laltbtul to blQl, they .hall have a part [n hi. Klnldom or rlpteous nesa, and Ihat It Ihey enpge In the taklos of human life this wtll destroy tbem eter­nail,.. Tha law provides tbat .uch shall bo g1vell. Poon_combatant "rvlce.

WHAT BIBLE STUDENTS BELIEVE

The IlIteMl.otlonal 8ibla Students be· lIe'l'e that .J.,u. Cbrlst I! the great Ra· deemer of mankind ; tha.t h a prolllle.d betore bis aicenllion into heaven tha.t he would return acaln a nd receive bl' Church unto h imaelf; that be ..... ould relp (or a tboulalld years thereatter, durinl whlcb time he would give every Ql,an a. to.lr trtal for life Ind .all tbe obedtent ones would be re.tored to hu_ man p.rfectlOD, hlliPiness and etarnal JOY. the wl1lully wicked. beinl ever-111,",.11 .. 17 cla"b>o,.a," tbat uitilllo.tely the eaTth will be tilled with a race of happy. j"yfUl people. The wont wmJllenlloium' meaDS ODe thOU&a..l1d ye .... : therefore the mllIenllolal relp ot Chr[lt me_a the tbouaand-year relp ot Chrillt men· Uoned In the Scriptures. (R,",elaUt)Q 20 : 1_.) They believe thllt tha Lord's !'eign I nd g~eat blessing is at hand. The bringing of thi, hope to the people lit this time has grutl)l angered the olargymer'l Ind they have vehemently d ","aunced it, hecaun, lf true, the power

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CLERGY WOULD CENSOR THE

of a hypooritical clergy i. abo .. t to end. As a sample. we quote from Dr. Shlr· Ie,. .J. Case, ot the Divinity School Of the University Of Chicago, wbo has reo cently written a book against Millen· narlanlsm. and who, speaking against t he work Of the Intern .. tional Bible Studcnt. ..... oc; .. tion. says; "Two thousand dollare a week Is being spent to s pread the doetr lne. Wbere the money comes trom I. unknown; but there Is s trong s us picion that It eman· ates from German sources. In my b e. lief , the fUlI.d would be a prot[table field for government Investleallon,"' Rave such representations had anytblnll to do with the InvesU.atlon ot the Bible Students A5soelatlon"s books! 80me­thing bas caused It, We have notb[ng t o conceal We h ere mention that reo cenUy the Government olticlals took possession ot Ihe books ot Ihe Bible StUdents Association and made a thor. ough In"esUaallon. N o trace was found Of German [nfluence or the u se ot German money. We gladly stat e that all the money used In our work Is "oluntarUy contributed by consclen. tlous men and w omen tbroughout the country who regard It a great privilege now to declare the message of peace and hOpe that the Blbl ... holds out, to the poor, groaning creation.

"WIREL.ESS SEIZEO" Abo\lt tne earoa tllna that arrests

wero he ine Ul&de IPo other places. tha. public press throughout the countrY announced tbllt a "ra.1d' had baen mada 011. the Batbel Home. Brooklyn.. and a powerful wireless reeelvlng station W1U

tound III. the cellar and a sending .Ita.. Uon na tha root. Intlmatln. that thl!! waa maintained til. the Interest of pro· German work. Tb. facUi are the:HI' Bom. threa year. 111..0, lItr, Edward Ku.ser ot Potl!lto..-n. PL. presented Pa.etor RUSlleil ... Ith a reeelvlng I'\I.dlo m.a.ehilloo allod It was erected 011. tbe roof of tbe B ... thel Homa. There never bas beaa a. 'endlns apparatus about tha premilles; not evell. the receiver ha.s been used. except to experiment with by .01De ot the younger members wto _ere trylnll to leun tha operation of tbe wl!"e les", and not evea thiS has bean dona durin .. the past two yeo.~. llor. than a year ago. tbe wireless was d is· mantled and tha poles IIIIlwed up and used tor other purpOse!!, allod tba n· celvlns Instrument safely etored away In the art room, It was voluntarily produced all.d by consent removed. b ... • ca.use wa have poo u.e for It. There III Qot a person about the Bethel Home. nor baa thera been tor two )·ear", who kno .... all.ythln. about the us ... of a. wtreleaa In.trument.

We here hlSert lha a.tndavtt of tha person wbo manufactu.tad aDd erectad the wtreleatll:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK) STATE OF NEW YORK)

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I. Edward Ku.ser. being duty sworn, dO depose and sa,.. as tal· lows :

In f!lts, about the Ilrllt or the ,.ear, 1 made s preseat to Pas tar R~II ot tha wlralea» r_lvlnlJ aet which 9f1LS found on the prem­ises of the Watcb Tower Bible and Th.ct Society at Bethel Home. 122 CululDbia. He[ghts. Brooklyn. Ne ... Tork. as my ONn penonal gilt. Beine a m.anuf:acturer of ... Ireleas aqulpQl,ent I can po.lllvaly atate

BIBLE

lbat there was no transQI,ltter connected with this Instrumenl. The Instrument wa. purely a r.· celvlng oPoe, Muaage. could be r e­ceived, but coulc1 not be .ell.t. Thla wu mora or less batween Pa4tor Ru_ell &.lid IIly.alf. Several ot the mldenlB thera a.l8o knaw ot la preaenca,. I know certainly when I preeta-ted the lnatruzneot to Pu· tor Ruuell that tbere waa no ona r .... ldln .. at the Bethel Homa who could operate It IntemeeD-tiy. 1 wu at tb. Bethal HOIlle In Augufl:, 1$17, and 1 eaw at tbat time tbat the aerial ayatem waa dlama..ntled., the pote belli.&" 8awed off even to the root. but J dId not He tba 11l8tru. men.t IUl.d W&.ll Intorm.d tbat the app~U8 bad beep out Of COQl,IlIo'" slon tor over a. year,

The leallng ot wtrele.aa 811puatua eoQ.lltau of laklnll 40WII the aert.a.1 ay.tam &.lid plac:ll)3' tha apparatu. wbere It. woul4 IlQt ba pONIbIe. (0 Ulle It. M near as I J'eJDeDlbu. tha !IBId reee.lvtne IUUument b.u :not been 1D nile &.II .. ne.lvar tor the lut twe:nu monthJl.

1 .have lUit now made .. perlOnaI Inap.cUon of lba lnatrumea.t, whh::b w ... taken. fnlm tba aethal. Hom .. OD. March 'UI, lill .. IUl.d !bad that

2 KINGDOM NEWS

KINGDOM NEWS sary to know the telegrap bic code bef or e any one could intelL igently r eceive or se nd a message.

clatlon is not In any ..... Ise to interfere with the war a.nd its progress, but Its ml .. ion and purpou I. t o teach the people the p lai n meaning of the Bible

trying to teach them and ever yone a lso that the Bible proves that only the consecra t ed C hristian Is now Oil. trial fc r Ute , and that when Messiah's KIng­d om Is In oper ation a ll the l Iv Ing wtll learn the t r uth. and all the dead shall r eturn t r om thei r tombs and bave an opportunI t y t o gaIn everlasting bless­Ing$. Soldiers who d Ie upon the bat­tlefield. those who dIe at home from dlseau and OthH causn: In tact. a ll, shaU hear the voice of t he S on of Man and come to r th from the t om b. (John 5 :33) The Elble Is full of consoli n:r p rcmlses for ma n k Ind. The great Ad ­ver sary, by hIs va r iou s machinations, has kept the people In Igoorance o f these great tru t hs tnr centur Ies. No w III. thIs hour of grea t s tress upon the world. he IS desper ately st r iving to thrott le those who are ear nesUy and faIthfully t r ying t o ope n the eyn at the people to this consoling message conta ined In the B ible. It III the Ad­versary's old trick of Intolerance In the name at r eligion a:ralnst he glor I­cus hope that God has set before those who love r Ighteousness. As a sample at the t eacillngs o f the BIble Students a nd at Pas tor Russell's wr itI ngs con ­cer ning this hope se t before mankInd. we Q.uote t r a m h is first volume:

of sin mar s the harmony and pe ace of a pe rfec t soc iety; not a h itte r thought. no t an unkind look or word : love, well in:r 1.1", tram e ve ry heart. m eets a ki ndred res ponse in eV/:'r y other hear l, and be ne volence marks eve ry ac t. Ther e sickness shall be no mo re: not an ache nor a pain, no r any evidence of decay -not even the t ear of s uch t.hings. T hink at all the p ic tu res of com ­para t ive health and beauty of hu_ man t orm and feature Ihat you have ever seen. and know t ha t pertect humanity will he ot s t ill surpassing lovel iness. T he inward puri ty and mental and mor al pe r­fect ion will stamp and glo rify every radian t conntenance. Such will ear th's societ y be : and weep­ing bereaved ones will have the i r tears all w iped away. when thlU they realize the resurrection work complete."

fat he r s hraved the s t orms of the Atlantic in open boats and ca m e to w ild America that they m ight find he re a safe r e treat and establ ish an asylum of rel igious l ibe rty w be r e they oould wo r ship God according to the d ic tates of thei r own conscience. These g r eat pr inc ip les we r e emhod ied in the funda­m en tal la w of the land. The Constitu· tion guarantees the r ight of petition a nd redress, the r igh.t of freed om o f s peecb. In the inte r est at hum.ankind. W e call upon all orde r -loving. law­ah idl ng people to protes t agains t th is unholy per secution of innooent me n and women. who h ave but o ne desire. and that to proclaim the Gospel of J esus Cbr ist and h is glor ioUS K ingdom _now at hand_

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the detector b u lb UPOIl whlob the s uocess ot tbe apparatus enlirely depends Is the original oue I tur· Dishe d In 1918, and Is comph!!u!l,. t.ur'U!!d out, bence r endering tbe i n­strument ot no practical use wl1<u­ever. Twenty m O'Hhs a&,o ! was aSked to renew Ihls satd bulb by Mr. C r oaby. but It .. as 1I0t r e newed and has been out ot commission ever since. In order to renew this bulb it WOUld have heel1 necessary to send the old one to the fa ctory and p r ocure a new o ne III Its stead. Ihis being the reQui r ement ot the IIlanutacturer. D. Forest Compan y. The De For est Company have the pal(1nt Oil. th:s bulb and th",y would not hav", rene wed It without the return o f the old one. and thls was the o r iginal one I fu rn iShed. I found With t he Instrument a tele­gt"lI.ph key, w hich was not a part a t th~ s3.Jd receiV Ing Sl!t. helng l'sed tv pr8.(:t!ce t he code. as It Is neCe8-

(Signed) EDW. A. X US ER. Sworn to before me this 1Hh day of Marcil. 1918 ($oigned) T homas F . Keena n . Jr. Notary P Ublic-Bronx County No. 51; Certificate F i led N. Y. Co. N o. 295; T erm Fxpires ~[a:rc h 11. 1919,

"THE FINISHED MYSTERY" At Int imation that there was

the lan~age used Mystery," a spec Ial

the ASsoolation ""as D. C.. and took

u p tile Ce nsor Com-I ;~,'",;~- -;,~ the IntelLigenoe S ectIon of Department. Tba t Committee.

I ~:.;~~~:i:,;;' over the hook. would not any part of It Is sed ltlouS. that pages 241 to 253 be

al l of the mattor on Is quotations fr om two

of Ne w York City, written to the Un Ited States' entry Into

""aT. and who the r e discussed the advisabilitY of ..... a r . T he ASsociation Im m ediately proceed ed t o Instruc t all of Its Colporteurs th rougbou t the 001.111.­

try to remove the pages above men­tioned. before offering the book for sale. The manufacturers ..... ere n otified to hold u p the ..... ork until n e ..... plates could be supplied for these pages.

. And thus every effort has been made to comply ..... lth the advice of the puh­lic censor . T he purpose o f the Asso-

Thl! Prophets at the Lord describe Mys t ic Babylon and s how that th e ec_ clesiastical systems cODstitute Baby· Ion. The book tha t has recently. been so much commented upon In Ihe press. "The F in ished Mys ll!ry," is a commen_ ta. ry upon these prophecies. particu­larly E~ek le l and R e velat ion. These two g r eat p ro phecies expose the cle rgy and s how that their doctrines are mis_ leadill.l, w it hout bope, and con tusing. Babylon means confUSion. The Dible proo t s hows that the c lergy have been p rey ing upon the people and colled_ ing money from them upon the pre­tenee of teaoh ing the." the Scr;ptLl~u; ..... hereal they have kept them in Ignor. .ance of the Bible. The cr eeds taught by the olergymen have he ld out no hope for anyone except tile few that 1'0 to heaven. They baTe taught that the mass of humaolty ","auld have to spend eternity io bell-a lake 01 burn­Ing lire a.nd brimstoDe.

On the contrary, the Scriptur es hold ou t a wondertu l ho pe fo r mankind. III. obedience to th<lir country's call, thcusands of young men at Amer ica are facing the enemy upon the bat tle­tield. Douhtless many of these do not claim to be Chr istia llS; and If the teachings at t he cle rgy are correct. then tllose hays w ould have 11.0 hope Tile Internat ional Dible Students a re

"Close your eyes for a moment to the sce nes of mIse r y a nd woe. deg­radation a nd sorrow that ye t pre­vail all. account of sIn. aod picture be fore your menial vIs Ion the g lor y af the perfect ear t h . X ot a staIn

Ho w d ifferent is th is s weet m essage to that of endless torme nt taught hy the clergy and wh ich had Its b irth in the Dark Aires.

S urely the people do no t Wish to r e ­tUrtl to the Dark Agf!s and have a t ew higoted cler gy m en leU them that they should not read w hat the Bihle says_ We are r emmded that In the early days o [ the P:l.pacy It Willi made a crime [or a man to have a Bible: and now the clergymen Would lake away the Bible e x plan.ulon fro m the people. Our tore-

R el igious intole r ance has b r ough t R USS ia to be r present con..!ition . An a rrogant. r el i:rious in tolerance has made German autocracy possible. While t he peoples of the Allied nations are f ight ing t or p r inc ip les of Justice and right. let :1...11 see to it that theSe principles are not denied to or der-lov­In:r men and wome n who are attl"'mpt­Ing to help thei r tellow-men to a better underst:l.nding of God's purposn co n ­cerninK theIr future welfare and bless ­ing. Let t he people a semble every­where In calmness and Sobriety and consider the g reat truths o f the Bible. because '"r ig hteousness el'alteth a n:l.· tlon." :lnd nowhere ~a n righteousness be so well learne d a s tra m the ""'or ll at God.

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