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P(;BLI8HED FOR T HEPltOliOTIOS OF

c:lUlJulA... KNOWLEDGE

"T F.ACD . ' lLL NATION:: "

1The Kingdom of HtaVl 11 is 1 hond. - -Mattltew 3:2

NEW YORK CITY, MARCH 15, 1918

nt :\ OTt;O TO TOEI 'IUSCIPLES OF

ICELIGIOCS TO LER A N C BA..."iD

CHRISTIAN 1,lnERT" "

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INTOLERANCERUSSELL'S FOLLOWERS PERSECUTEDTHEY TELL THE PEOPLE THE TRUTH_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _of Bible Students

Smacks of the Dark AgesServant is not greater than his Lord.I f they have persecuted me, they willalso persecute you."-John 15:20.

1869, young Charle. T, Ru:uell. be_[ng a diligent s tu dl'nt of dlvlnaprophecy. discovered thllt Ih. B[hlaan outllna of Je hovah ', wonplan of salvat[on ...hieh will 1.11-bleu mankind. So "nthu_edhe ... th tha me l laea of hope thatat onca devoted all of hi ' time a ndto making It knOWn to other ..thE' v ry beelnnlng ot his ministry.,pen t HO,OOO out of hla own pocketfreely In Ihe cit)' of Newend ot her part . of the world ae booklE' entitled, "Food for ThinkChrl.tlan .. " A tew clerliYmen sawwa. rlaht and with Illadne" Jol oedblm In tha work. Tbe lrFeaterat cler8')'men, In.stead ot a ll:Ul.e Je Scriptural truths to thee and he lplDg them, beean. a cruelsystematic per ecutiM ot lb lreformer, and thUIJ Ihey persl ty c;ontlnuac1 to par eecute h t= uoU Ideath In 1916.Ruaaell elea rly pro"ed trOIDScrlpturu th lt the doctrlna oftorment ot human .o ula II thedoctrine of tha er eu Adv.r-and a defamation Of God'. holy; thn.t tha do(;trlne of the Dlvlnaot th e clerliY to teach the Bi ble

Ihe Dh[ne right ot k[n.e to rulp I,u n ~ u l p t u r a l and thel both havetht' caulle ot untold .u Ter[ng ofPl'op[es ot eartb,r RUBSI'll "'rOle and p u h l l ~ h e d, o[umes ot Studiea in the Scrip.and shortly afte r his death the' olume of the lIerles was Iethe [:ltt"r mor e p:lrtlcular[y extht' prnphpcle" of Eukle[ andand pro,lne how the un."Cde:' last[ca[ lIystems haveup [n Ihe enrth and opprE'ue

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KINGDOM N EWSNEWS sa ry to know the telegrap bic codebef or e any one could inte lL igentlyr ecei ve or se nd a message . clatlon is not In any ..... Ise to interferewit h the war a.nd its progress, but Itsml on and purpou I t o te ac h thepeople th e plai n meaning of the Bible

try ing to teach them and eve ry o n ealso that the Bible pr oves that on ly theconsecra t ed C hr is tian Is now Oil. tr ialfcr Ute, and that when Mess iah 's KIngdom Is In ope ration a ll the l IvIng wtlllearn the t r uth . and all the dead shallr etu rn t r om thei r tombs an d bav e anopport u nI t y t o gaIn everl asting blessIng$. Sold iers who d Ie upon the battlefield. those who dIe at hom e fromdlseau an d OthH ca us n : In ta ct. a ll,sha U he ar the voice of t he S on of Manand come to r th from the t om b. (J ohn5 :33 ) The Elble Is full of c onsoli n:rprcmlses for ma n k Ind. The great Ad ver sa ry, by hIs va r iou s machinat ions,has kept the people In Igoorance ofthese great tr u t hs tnr centu r Ies. NowIII. thIs ho ur of gr ea t s tr ess upon theworld. he IS despe r ately st r iving toth rott le those who are ea r nesUy andfaIthfully t r ying t o ope n th e ey n atthe peopl e to this consoling messagecon ta ined In the B ibl e. It III the Adversary's old trick of Intolerance Inthe name t r eligion a:ralnst he gl or Icus hope that God ha s set before thosewho love r Igh teo usness. As a sa mplea t the t eac illngs of the BIble Studentsa nd at Pas tor Ru ssell's wr itI ngs co n c er ning this hope se t before mankInd.we Q.uote t r a m h is first volume:

of sin ma r s the harmon y and pe ac eof a pe rf ec t so c iety; n ot a h itt e rthou ght. no t an unk ind loo k orwo rd : love , well i n:r 1.1", tr am e ve ryhea rt. m eets a ki ndr ed res ponse ineV/: r y other hea r l, and be ne vol enc ema rk s eve ry ac t . Th e r e sic kn essshall be no mo re: not an ache nora pain, no r any ev ide n ce of decayot even the t ea r of s uch t.hings.T hink at all th e pictu res of com pa ra t ive health and bea uty of hu_man torm and featur e Iha t yo uhave ev e r see n. and know t ha tpertect humanity will he ot s t illsurpass in g lo vel iness. T he inwardpur i ty and mental and mor al pe rfec t ion will stamp and glo rif yev e ry ra d ia n t conntenanc e. Suchwill ea r th 's societ y be : and wee ping be reaved ones will have the i rtea rs all w iped away. when thlUthe y realize the resu rr ect ion workc omplete. "

fat h er s hraved the s torm s of theAtlantic in open boats and ca m e to w ildAmerica that they m ig ht find he re asa fe r e tr eat and es tabl ish an asylumof rel igious l iber ty w ber e th ey oouldwo r shi p God according to the d icta tesof thei r ow n co nscience. Th ese g r eatpr inc ip les we r e emhod ied in the fundam en tal la w of the land . The Constitution guarantees the r ight of petitiona nd redress , the r ig h.t of freed om ofs pee cb. In the inte r est at hum.ankind.W e call upon al l or de r -lov ing. lawah idl ng people to prot es t ag a inst th isunhol y pe r se cution of innooent me nand women. who h ave but o ne desire .and tha t to procla im the Gospel ofJ esus Cb r ist and h is glor ioUS K ingdom_now at hand_

L B. S .A . Publishu .IS, 17 H ick s St., Brook l,...., : f. r.hl y- U c a year, Singh cO O es. ll .In d P"'ftdenl, Vnsec:tadan RellS s p e r SPl'da11l" DeYOled I .Her a lding ot01 e IUngdo m of Chr ist01.. elo . . or Cod and Good o t

e detector b u lb UPOIl whlob theess ot tb e appa ratus enlirelyIs the original oue I tur e d In 1918, and Is co mph u l,.out, bence r endering tb e i n-nt ot no practical use wl1