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VOLUME 9 BOOMER, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER, 1918. : t HXnsHBEB'2.
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THE PEACE CONFERENCE
President Wilson is in .France
to attend the peace conference
and to lend his aid in an effort
to establish universal and ever
lasting peace. The undertaking
is a commendable one," and from
a human standpoint it "may look
like it has a chance to succeed.
CAN, HR COME BACK?!
It has been a verv comnlon
thing to speak of the ExrKaifeer
A SERMON ON PERSECUTION
Text:
Bill as "Thp "Rpnat " Wo wna ftnf Cursed are ve when men shall rpvilo
into a moving; picture cafied an Pcute you, and shall say
ThvRoadf Af na;u " tjo. U manner of evil against you falsely,
put into a novel called The mg stared, for great is your punish
Blonde Beast TTp hn Ipati ! ment in hell: for men didn't persecute
cvwywnere mea, TOnaemnea, , 7-;-;- ....in QUr 0 day are d
men and not deserving of such
abuse. : -Our
text is the. language of
J esus himself, and he is talking
But to anyone who looks deeper and burnt in efftey for, the crime ! With the above scripture as a
than the surface to anyone who of impersonating a human being, . text I want to preach you a little
knows that men in their own And all nations have with com-1 sermon on Persecution. To be
strength cannot give lasting mon consent referred to him as sure that I got it right, let's go
peace to the world the propos- The Beast. And so far as" I,1 back and read the text again,
stake on down for the faith that
was in them? Was THEIR per
secution a proof of their guilt ?
No, we are willing to concede
now that those old-timers were
good men and that they didn't
deserve such treatment. But
we are too cross-eyed to see that
the very same class of sufferers.
be
as
so
a
ed undertaking seems almost know he is the first and onlv
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pititul m its nopeiessness. character m history to
In spite or all the boasted commonly snoken of
uicunio auuui vKuau gvuu umxoi" iJCcwst.
ian" nations we are, there has Truly his conduct has been
been nothing said about giving such as to give ample room for
God a seat at tne peace table, doubting whether he is a human
The only Power that CAN es- being. He cut a wide and bloodv
tablish pei-manent peace will be swath while he was at it; but;to
absolutely ignored. The devil look at him now it don't seem
will be. well represented by the possible that he could ever come
Pope or his agents, but God will back. If he is just a human be-
not be m it. The prophecies ot ing, of course his career as: a
Isaiah, Jeremiah, DanieJ, Micah, leader of men is about done. But
Nahum, Habakkuk, and Revela- if it were to be true that he is
tion, win not oe reaa nor con- the "Beast we read ot m Keve-
sidered in connection with the lation 13, he may get help from
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peace seiuemenw it is a saie. tne aevn ana manage to wneecue
oei, max; no nauon.viu nave on nis way into power again. ,jcou
hand a delegate who r bolievesrm'hvilrhotice that" theeast in that
the Bible prophecies or has any chapter, got s deadly wound -with
thought of their literal fulfill- the sword, and his deadly wound
ment in our day. was healed. Maybe that could
Having, therefore, , no correct refer to the crushing ; defeat
key to the situation, the best which the Kaiser has just suf-
they can do is to make a. mess of f ered, for surely it .is a deadly
it. We will have to wait just a wound with the sword. The
little while longer, until man s question is , can it be healed? Is
puny eltorts go to smash one there any way for Bill to muster
more time, and then the Prince his forces and recover his power
ot Peace will come and fix it after such a defeat? There is
right. It is worth waiting for. only one chance for him super-
natural power from the devil
FALSE PEACE Vip mav rpf if Notice that
"the dragon gave him his power,
to his true followers and tell
ing them how they, must expect
to be treated if they try to re
main true to tiim. He tells them
to regard such persecution as a
sure sign that they ' are right,
and he tells them to rejoice in it,
for great will be their reward:.
He points out that the good old
prophets were persecuted in the
Do you see anythingwrong with
it ? Seems to me it don't sound
exactly right." What do , you
think about it ? I believe it
would sound better this way; .
Blessed are ye when men shall re
vile you, and persecute you, and shall
say all manner- of evil against you
you falsely, for my sake Rejoice,
and hp. eitcp.firHne' clad for crpat is?
your reward in heaven;' for so perse- Same way, and shows that' such
cuted they the prophets which were persecution is an honor rather
before you.-Matt. 5:11-12. ; than a dishonor in the sight of
Yes, .that's better. I thought God. 1
I could get it fixed after awhile. Now tell me this : How many
Now we can go on with our ser- prominent orthodox preachers
mon. I itist tancrled it urt and can vou find who are in i ail for
made it read different in order their faith today? How many
to show you how ridiculous.it Baptists? How,. many. Metho
would sound that way. dists? How, many ti Presbyter-
Andyet, to look at the attitude lans? And so on. Count em
of. the world and the orthodox up. How many of such people
church toward persecuted peo-1 are having air manner of evil
pie, it seems that they all think spoken against them falsely on
it reads like I first had it. They account -of their faith? Hpw
flii'nlr if vrtii Viali'mra ani foonn mnnv? Vnn mov find rn a VkiTt" T .
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anything different ' from what doubt it.
they have always been used to, Well, then, let's sorter keep
you are teaching dangerous the evidence m view as we go
heresy, and they think . if you along and see what it proves. If
cret persecuted and nut in nrison these big orthodox neonle of the
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you are only getting wnat you leaamg aenominations are not
deserve for being such a bad per- being persecuted any if they
They think the mere fact are having a good easy time and
This present time is the . time and his seat, and great-authori
of which it is said: "They shall fv ' "
cry, Peace, Peace! but there is Some great. ftevil-posessed be
no peace." There will probably inr is to net control of Europe
be a little spell of peace now, but in the near future and drench
it will be a false peace. It will.be the land once more in blood and
built upon a false foundation, ruin. It mav be the Kaiser, or
and every pillar under it will be the Pope of Rome, or a new Na
a powder-keg. - poleon. But just keep your eye
And I tell VOU that as loner as rm -nann rnn WriPP anfl T
the world tries to maintain an jthink you will be pretty apt to
mvAA pccilc i, win imvc. nu see mm suck nis neaa up.
Peace at all. And the whole . ,
tendency is toward greater arm- Just because we know that
tvTt; instead of smaller ones, the Golden Age of peace and
ne United States is now to have hanniness. is near at hand, let
"O m 1 . 1 i ll I r - - - ...'.
V?;,y second to none m tne us not delude ourselves with the
world. It don't require;, any belief -that it has come before
7 ? knowledge nor any pro- it really gets here. It has not
pnetic eve to fnrpspp t.hp inp.vit- ,4- w aao nnmo
able end nf it nil .fho nff or ml- -.'n-i U ir refill
i!u0f whole rotten fabric in the "time of trouble," and we
diff T" up oi an entirely are g0ing to be in it for awhile
Z J nu- . L P, soon-com- yet. Remember that.
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fignteous government on. earth President Wilson has ' never
ls the onlv hnnp fnr fTii wnrlH ' tri-nva ano-nanl-aA fViof Inn wast orn-
lnlS nPflPfi ici nrlr fVick rolm VP-.I tAm ntta-m 4-1-lw 4-r Vilr . wioL-zi -flip
wre another storm. Don't fool lTm?.s nf NVihiiphadnezzar's
yourself. . r f .. "T ,
son.
of a man's being in prison is ab- no trouble at all then it looks
solute proof of his guilt. - to me like they are MISSING
Nnw T don't denv that ner- some mighty good evidence that
haps a majority of men who go they are, the true followers of
in i5,il for varimis crimps Hesprve Christ, Looks like they would
to go there. But I do contend try ..to do something to get a lit
that liberty of conscience ou $tffifi
HOV to uo ci uiimt; ill uiio uuaotcu t 4. 4.i wh-u
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iana oi xne iree. . . . anybody nor against anybody,
But it is. - ; . but 1 tell you, according to the
I could name you dozens of testimony of Jesus Christ him-
good men and women perfectly self , these poor old "heretics
peaceable and law-abiding citi- who are having such a hard
zens and devoted Christians time of it being put in jail, lied
who are this very minute lying about, slandered and abused I
in jail in this free land for no say they are getting the very
other crime than hdlding religi- STRONGEST evidence; that they
ous views that didn't, suit the ARE v the ' true followers ; of
bosses. . , . Christ and on the right track.
Now if nersecution of that .
sort is such a clear proof of And now the United States
cruilt'. T want to ask when did it proposes to have a navy second
become so? What about John to none in the world. Even go-
the Baptist, and Paul, and Peter, ing to underteake to out-do Eng
and Stephen, and Christ Him- land in sea power. And so that's
splf What : about Luther and the sort of "universal peace"
rjBunyan? What about Ridley they are going to give us! Oh;
-Jand Lattimer? And vhat about the folly of it! It does seem
thousands, oi other saints ana sometimes hkg uur wise uieu aie
martyrs who have1 Buffered bigger fools than the rest of us
every viung uuin'.ueuui . u wicjjiwc iuwo.