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Show CELEBRATING LIBERTY" H ARE WE NOT SLAVES? H "Stand Fast In the Liberty M ; Wherewith Christ Hath M Made You Free," M Hypocritical Slaves of Mammonv and H Custom Ignorant Staves of Fear and IKKS 8uperstition Holplcss Slaves of Sin H and Weakness ''The Liberty of the H Sons of God" Slaves In Pulpits. H Slaves In Pews Slaves to Wealth. H Slaves to Poverty Slaves to Sinful Passions, Appetites Way to Liberty. S New York City, jPLg3gJ 80UH 0f God." H PASTQg. gUSSELpJ Romans 8:21. H The Pastor do- H dared that bis text, one of the grandest lf promises for humanity, does not relate to true Christians, but to mankind In general. True Christians are already freed, so far as their hearts, their minds, are concerned. Saintly Chris- tiaus are a rarity, a "little floclc," as the Master declared. (Luke 12:32.) The M world's blessing tarries until the com- IH pletlon of this saintly company, gath- H ered out of all nations during the past H nineteen centuries. jH , According to Scripture, six great jH Thousand-Xear Days bare already H passed over us. During this time God H has allowed our race to experiment rH with sin and to note its bitter results H to experiment also In endeavors to re- IH cover from sin and its penalty, death H with its concomitants of sickness and H sorrow. But mankind are not to be left H to destruction. In the great Seventh H Thousand-Year Day they will be recov- H ered from death. Christ will then be H the great King over all the earth, and M associated with Him will be the Church. God has laid a broad foundation for a H igTf-t work for humanity, In providing IH n only the necessary kings and lfl p -tB for Millennial Kingdom bless- M lngs, but also valuable experiences M through the reign of: Sin and Death and M through human endeavor to overcome H these. By now all mankind should be H satisfied that , life everlasting mU3t--r-BH come as a. gift from God. M A Race of Slaves. H The Pastor then called attention to H the terrible bondage upon mankind H Ignorance, superstition, weaknesses M mental, moral and physical and to H the needs 'of the hundreds of millions M alive today and of the thousands of millions unconscious In the tomb. fl God 1ms promised that Messiah shall jH recover all these from the power of M death, not merely awakening p-m&mM from the tomb, but uplifting a. 1 -willing and obedient to human Pa IH tlon, lost In Adam, redeemed at jH vary. Tills does not signify univt H salvation, but a universal opportu; H for everlasting life. (1 Corinthh 'H 15:21-23.) Those who shall intelllgei IH ly refuse to obey God's reasonable r H qulrements will die the Second Death. iH Christians should recognize the lib- H erty already come to them. (Galatlans M 5:1.) The speaker would not be mlsun- H derstood to refer to the 400,000,000 H noted in the statistics as Christians; H for according to Bible standards and H their own confessions, they have no H part in the true Church of Christ This H great mass Is well represented in the H European nations warring for commer- M clnllsm and the world's wealth. These H nominal Christians neither know Christ "IH personally nor give evidence of having H come into God's family. Like the hea- H then of other lands, they are bound jH fast in Ignorance, superstition and H rlsunderctunding of God. jM Responsibility of Clergy and Laffy."xH The Pastor believes tbat responslbll-H lty for the preseut condition In EuropoH lies especially close to the door ofH religious teachers of all denominations. H These ministers number more than a quarter of a million, and represent "Hp M highly favored class, far above WT H average In education and leisure for M thought. Apparently a fearful retribu- H tlon awaits these professed ministers -H of God and of Christ who, Instead of iH oslng their wonderful opportunities for 1 the emancipation of the people from M Ignorance, superstition and error, use H ithom to promote mental bondage. H The clergy neglect their opportunity (for educating the people to fl proper A 'conception of the right of man. TneyjPssH have fostered the fallacy tha' tfiJfB 'kingdoms of the world are God's king- idms, and that serving the king is H serving the Lord. They have not H (taught the brond patriotism that "the H iearth is the Lord's and the fulness H (thereof": and tbat national barriers of M eltlshnesa and natlomil agcnsm'vone-s H ure contrary to the rights of man. If H ithoy have not taught tht people that H the vok-p of the king is the vole of H food, they certainly have not disabused H (them of "that Idea, which the clergy of JM (pust generations Inculcated. IH Now that the war has come, and the jH (misdirected people are blindlv fighting JH for their error and mhroncpptlons. M what Is the attitude of the clergv? Are jH Ithcv not all "tipnorMm: the uovern- ' H (raents from whlrh thev receive thlr JH !pny? Policy ftiid hvpnrrWy are writter JH till' over Ihe'nfrnirs of thp world f:ile' colled ChrKondom -Hint's Klngd' M |