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The B ible says, “T hey sh a ll see th e Son of m an com ing in th e clouds” (M att. 24: 30). "T his sam e Je su s w hich is. ta k e n up sh a ll come in lik e m an n e r” (A cts 1:11). 2. That Christ in His second com ing will be manifest to the world only through the eyes of our understanding (Vol. 2, page 138). T he Bible says, i "E v ery eye sh a ll see him ” (Rev. 1:7). 3. That Christ’s second coming will be a gradual revelation (Vol. 2, page 138). The B ible says, "As th e lig h tn in g com - e th o ut of th e E ast, so sh a ll also th e com in g of th e Son of ipan be” (M att. 24:27). 4. That Christ is not coming—He is already here (Vol. 3, page 125). T he B ible says, “I f th ey sh all say, B e hold he is in th e d e se rt: behold, he is in th e se c re t cham bers, believe it not. . . . Im m e d iate ly a fte r th e trib u la tio n sh all th e sun be darkened, th e m oon sh a ll no t give h er light, th e s ta rs sh a ll fall, th e pow ers of heaven sh a ll be sh a k e n : a n d th en shall a p p ea r th e sig n of th e Son of m an com ing in th e clouds” (M att. 24:26, 29, 30). 5. That we should not expect to see either Christ or the risen saints except by faith (Vol. 3, page 305; Vol. 4, page 600). The B ible says, “W hen he sh a ll a p p ea r w e sh a ll,b e lik e him , fo r we sh a ll see him as he is (1 Jn. 3:2). 6. That Christ came in 1914 and before the end of 1914 the last mem ber of the church was glorified (Vol. 2, page 77). The call is now to mil lennial blessings, not the Gospel (VoJ. 3, page 218). That the millennium be gan in 1872 (Vol. 2, page 33). A gradual new order of things is being revealed (Vol. 4, page 520). T he Bible say s th a t w hen He comes to se t up H is kingdom , He w ill “send his an g els w ith a g re a t sound of a tru m p e t and th ey sh a ll g a th e r to g e th e r his elect from one end of heaven to th e o th e r” (M att. 24:31). If the critics knew anything about Russell’s position they would see that on the subject of the Second Coming, at least, Russell is in almost perfect agreement with their own position. Such liberalists as Dr. Shailer Matthews, Dr. Shirley Jackson Case, Dr. H. C. Sheldon, Dr. James H. Snowden, Dr. George Eckman, Dr. George Preston
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I.B . S. A. I ^llllilllllill]llllllll!lllllllllllllll!llllllll!inil!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllll!lllll!llllllllllllllllllll!ll!li!i:illll!llll^ Two of our good subscribers'1 in Penn sylvania were recently dismissed from a Sunday school because in their prepara tion for teaching their classes they used the helps in The King’s Business. The superintendent and the pastor both de clared th a t 'they were teaching from a Russellite magazine. Other officers of the Sunday school were so dense as to agree with the pastor and the superin tendent who denounced The King’s Business from the platform. If there are points of agreement be tween 'the teachings of the Bible Insti- tutei of Los Angeles and the late self-, styled “Pastor” Russell, (founder of the “International Bible Students Asso ciation” ), we would be glad to know what they are. Russell presents a brand new theory on practically every vital doctrine of Scripture. Probably no one organization has done more to show up the fallacies of Millennial Dawnism than has the Bible Institute. Some prominent higher critics have recently attempted to confuse people by classing the Russellite teachings concerning the second advent of Christ with the teachings of the Moody Bible Institute, Bible Institute of Los Angeles and other similar institutes. This game of confounding Premillennialism with Russellism, Seventh Day Adventism and other cults, has been taken up by many deluded people who do n o t. know enough about their Bibles to see the difference. As to the second coming, the Russell ite books teach the following: 1. That .Jesus will never again come as a human being (Vol. 2, page 107, 122, 125).
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