Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished MysteryRussell, C. T. (Charles Taze)
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Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished Mystery
Russell, C. T. (Charles Taze)
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Jehovah's witnesses -- Controversial literature
“In spite of all our wealth, the blight of poverty, with its accompanying
sickness, suffering, crime, insanity and vice, continues. The social
disease manifested in ‘atrophy and hypertrophy,’ in ‘extremities bleeding
at the bottom, bloating at the top, decay in both,’ is a portent of the
modern world. The net result of our wonderful civilization is that men
have less time now than they have ever had since the world
began.”—_Current Literature_; Z. ’11‐420.
“Alienists the country over are sounding a solemn note of warning to the
American people over the alarming rush in which we live. According to Dr.
Harvey W. Wiley, federal pure food and drugs expert, nearly every man and
woman at some time in their lives border on insanity. That view is also
indorsed by the famous Dr. William A. White, head of the United States
government hospital for the insane, who backs up the stand taken recently
by Dr. Owen Copp, new head of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane.
Because of the terrible ravages of drink and drugs, particularly in the
United States, thousands of people are rendered so extremely nervous that
they are always on the verge of going crazy. The rush and worry of modern
life he gives as the causes.”—Z. ’11‐228.
And is become the habitation of devils.—“The _New York World_ publishes an
interview with Bishop Fallows, of the Reformed Episcopal Church, as
follows: ‘Telepathy is an established fact. In recent years great strides
have been made in the explanation of psychic phenomena and in the years to
come the science of communication with the dead will be made a part of the
curriculum of great educational institutions. I have called the new
science “Immortalism” because it depends for its existence upon the
immortality of the soul, in which we all believe, and the preservation of
identity beyond the grave.’ Bishop Fallows will be recognized by many as
one of the ministers who have recently been taking a great interest in
Faith Healing clinics. We have already pointed out that to our
understanding these cures are effected by hypnotic influences and that
hypnotism is but another form of Spiritism. We believe that through this
channel the fallen angels (‘wicked spirits,’ Eph. 6:12) are seeking to
break down the human will; and that the results, shortly, will be direful
in the extreme, leading to spirit control and every evil work.”—Z.
’09‐355; Ecc. 9:5; 1 Pet. 3:19; Jude 6; Jer. 51:37‐41; Rev. 16:14; Isa.
13:19‐22; 34:14.
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