t h e "Pentecostal

movement, 'I which

has

swept this

CQUW

try and o t h e r s like B p r a i r i e fire. Thousands have faLlmwd it. It has caused thousands to wander. Other thousands have been

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is t h i s " b a p t i s m " for us today? V M m t is t h e Bible teaching about "TARRY MEET WGS? I'
Hepa bs t h e PLAIN TRUTH a-

Spirit.

greatly troubled by it, wliil-e still other

thousands denounce it as "wild-fire fanat ic ism. " What is t h e TRUTH? thSs movementof Gad! Is it true, as they claim, that the "l&;ter ra'in" of t h e Holy S p i r i t is new fa1 1i ng?

LIFE of God Jesus said "that uhich is bovn o f the, flesh 19 FLFSff." ''yo must be BORN AGATN"---born oC Gad's S p i r i t ! % a ye are not in rt , the flesh, but in fht S p i r i t , $2- so be that;
S-s the very

it

The H o l y SpCr-

fs

H i m t h a t a i s e c l u p Jesus--from t h e dead WELL I N XOU, 14% t h a t uaised up Christ from

The m o s t impartant businesri a 4 t h i s life is t h e recei-wing o f tha trua buptism with tho Holy S p i r i t . But haw few, koday, understand whRt t h a t bspti sm v e a l l y i n ! Yauv eternal. t salvation depends upon ik! ~ e us c w w study Q E v e q hunbhy, p r a y e r f u l l y , to t h i s a1 I-impovtonk 5ubjcZct. F his, V J know, i s m e . o f tire must ~ heated questiljns a f t h e day. Tk is one fraug\>k d i t h p r j u d I c e s on b A R 5. i ~ C S . ~ Let us remember t h a t the I b l y r S p i r i t i s , first; of a l l , t h e S p i . u i t of LoVie---of PATIENCE---of TOLERANCE. So let us, i f p o s s i b l e , came t o t h i s study, each admitting that he may have been w r o n g , and very humbly, p r a y e r f u l l y , s e e k l n a ; instruotioo from GOD out o f His Word. And l e t us see t h i s study thru, to k h e end.

Unless, t h e n , we ha-vrz recc-ivcd the Holy S p i r i t , God's 3pirFk, God's LIFE, t o dwell w i t h i n us" NU a r e LOSF---ukttrly with& hope OC e t e r n a l l i c e ! Surely, then, t h e receiyirvg of %.he Acly Spd-rklt is +he mst; important businoss aF this k i t e !

fri.endS of today i n harmony and ''one B C ~ Cord?" No, they are s p l i t up into many fragments and tiegwenks, over di sputas Rmong t h e m s c l V Q r . 2 , "And SURDERLX there catye R S ~ U W jrf)~g&~e~ as crS a rushing migb+y wind." & t i c s that on THAT day there was 8 SOUND, Not B sound made by t h e p e o p l e , but: th3.s sound came FROM HFAVE'Id, 1% sounded like a v i o l e n t w i n d storm. Have you ever seen

THIS part

cf

the experience repsated to-

day? Thetu n o t i c e , t o o , Chat; this S O U V ~ C ~ - - the S p i r i t which came FRCM EAVEN-.--the

S p i r i t which caused them t o speak w i t h tsneues---cme SilDDFNLY, Rut today- we see these dear f r . j e n d s s t ~ r t ; to "wm-k it; up" GRADUALLY. Sometimes t h e y h i s t , and jerk, and ehattev md mutter. r e p e a t i n g c e r t a i n .@rases Q i T e r and ever, unti Y. they work themselves i n t o it. But cn THAT day, the S p i r i t hat f i l l e d thesc d i s c i p l e s c m FRWIEAVEN, and ~ ~ P F N I ; Y , 3.'hvrd it ( t h e SOUND) f i l l e d & a house where they were s i t t i n g . " @a seunds

Dear f r i e n d s , have you ever witnessed an erperiewe l i k e t h i s ? Have you ever heard THLS kind o f "tongue speaking"? Can you even find a description, in all1 t h e Bible, w k e this same k i d o f Bxgovi.encc is described? True, khef spoke w t t h dthep. bngucs ghen the Holy S p i r i t fi.vst cam upon the Gentiles a t +he house of Cornelius ( A c t d 1 ) , And in t e l l i n g the Apasblas o f i.t, 0 pate^ s a i d " e Holy Ghost f e l l o n them m as on u s at t h e beginning,'' and %Od #RVC them t h e Jiks as He d i d unto US. b t s l :. 5 And that same C Wi for you and Z l! m 0 S ,s me today! Praise God for t h & . But it is not recededj nor did Faker say, that the Holy Ghost at that tima w SUBDENLY - , like t h e SOUA'D o f 8 & wind-st.omA appearing as divided tongues o f

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4. "And -there appeared- u n t o them GTC;NGUE$ l i k e 8; of five, and it SAT UPON EACIi O F THEM. Divided, flaming tongues APPEARED---they SAW them.lhey c m e and sat upon each o f the d i s c i p l e s : Has any nan living witnsssed such an expzesrie w e in t h i s day? 5. "And t h e y were & f i l l e d wikh t h e Holy Ghost .'I Surely no one has e v e r h e a d o f d mdwn I'peixtecos-t" meeting where ALL (there were 128 on THAT dhy) were fiPlpA, all. a t once, at t h e same tim, SUBMNLY, when the S p i r i t came w i t h ti great; SMfUi) 5vm heaven ! '. 6 . "And bogan to speak w i t h otlqecr t.ongues, as the S p i r i t ~ v them u t t e r a anae." A Hare, at: last,. some wi.11 be X sure t o say, i s an erperi.ence repeated today! But wait! Qn this original day of Pentecost, ALL began SUDDE'AfLY to spe3h in thess OTHER' tongues. N What; &J w K . of UNKNOWN tongus speaking was this? Was tongues? Was i t the kind that n e d d an interprets~?Was it l i k e w sce demonstrate ed today? Let us e m m i ns and smacf, Verse ti t e l l s us there were dlxidlliri~ in Jerusnlem at: that kine A ~ v Q u ~ ;Jew out 09 every n a h n en earth. Word of t h i s monentuw @xper.i.enceNent 1 i k e wild-fire a l l over the city, A multitude oP tliesa Jews cc8e w i s h i n g to t h e plfice, They ~ c r e a V Re 4 m n zc. "key marve'iled, &cause P.h~t, 7. '"EVEKY MAN I-IEARB Ttlk% SPFAK Id M I S C LAUGUAGE!" These J'ewc, f r o m a l l nnW f i o n s , UNDF;:RSTOOD what uas snid! %me Parthians. Some Medes. E l a m i t e s , dwsl b erg in Mesapotania. Rome, Arabik, e t c . A d they said, ''And how heav we every M n i n our &n tordgueh wheveifi we ~ e r 0 o r n ? " b Not< notice m r e f u 1 1 3 , beuy WW~J ed he

coming,. not frcm people's Lhroa%s, but from heaven, f i l l THE Wik3LE HOUSE where pecple are assembled today?

S p i r i t , Which t h e 3 + h a t h e l ~ c ~0e Him ad---le* U S understand t h i s - - - E HAS BEEN 0 Shbuid r e c e i v e : roi TI& Ho1-Y Ctios~w s p s ~ r YERE kVt'R 3INCFl because t h a t Jesw was not, y e t A 3 1 we have to do n w i 6 'to OPEN U6 glorified.)" T h e Moly G h o s t ''WEIS. not: yet, mq HEARTS, and t o l e t the blessed Holy SPL g i w n ," HOW could men r e c e i v e the G w r ? i t in! Today you need bat plea becore the GIFT had b e e n CTVFN? T h c SPIRIT an$ beg and a p n i z e for Gad co g i v e ybu this could not come until Jesus had k e n g1at-l.- g T a t e s t of dl ~ i f k God mads no bag-~

wG9;

m!

fjd. Speaking of' \he coming sf th-e H ~ l y Ghost, Jesus h o l d 111s d i s c i p l e s , 0t-1 ~ C I G eve of Iiis c r u a i f i . ; :* ' j f J go 170% " o p u ' m ~ the Comforter NILL nor COME unto you; ba-t, if I depna%, 'I will send h m unto you, And WHENhe is cqjme," a t c . ( J a h n 16:7,8. PPOceding +ex+ ;rcrm John 9:38.29). T h e Hol, G h o s t had not y e t beca giverr He had n o t j e + come P ~ u m heetrem. UnleGs Jmu5 wtcnt '0 heaven, and W B S glorified, He Cau3d nat came! &gain, t h a t : same meflarable n i g h t , 5eSUJ said: "ME dwel3et.h WITH yau, a n 3 s h a l l be W ~ o u , " (John L4:17), Me w a s WITH theq, in t h e persaii of Jencr, but He was, after the day of Pe n t e c ost , t o be IN them, i n the person laf the h l y Gh06k: And s o , today, as the Scriptures sexy, "Christ: IN us, hope n f glory." What hsrpprned u p m the day of Pentecost was the @ I Pi1 Immit o f Joel's prophecy (Joel 2:28-29)----khe advent a t h e OTHER Comforter, t h e Holy Ghost to e a r t h FROPI HEAVEN, as Peter c l e a r l y am1 plainly euplained o n t h a t very day (.Acts 2:16-21). 6 what a blessed truth! W y pervert , h it?Jesus died o r yaw R W ~ for me---because we have sLnned by trqnsgressinc~ God's law. He p a i d the p r i c e of d e a t h FUR u9 in our stead---ad t l t e n G d W f G b U;pn tram the dead, and fk ascended t o the r i g h t hand o f the F a t h e r in heaven, w h e r e today de intercedes for yola and me as our

gmgb The J b l y Ghost 3.s @RE---and Gad *d.ls; us in His p\lrwd de is w e WttIR Co give us t h i s G i f t than we are t o give bread t o %.~r hungry ohi.ldren! (Luke 11:13) Tw?ay Hc i s HERE---knocking on the door of your heart (Rav. 3:20), and the way to OPEN the d dabr is t o R E P 6 N T (Rev. 3:19), 8 ill cane in, and abide with you foree vThe Great Mistake:

Do you knew t h e great mistake so many earnesl: people have been deceived i n t o mak1nggT'ky are pleading with Gad to GTVE then something .that He is pleading with

f o RECEIVE! Thk is thair mistake: mEY ARE TRYINC TO COPY THE PENTECOST
EXPFRlENCF, A"tI TO DEMONSTWtTEI THE PENT% COST MANIFESTATIONS, INSTEAD OF FOUOWIUG THE TEACHING GIVEN THAT DAY! The EXPERENCF of that day was unique in all earth's h i s t o r y , The manifestations of t h a t day were the welcoming manifestat i e n s o f the advent of the '''Other Comforter" Jco t h i s earth from heaven, But the inspired T'EEBCH'ING of Peter on that d a y is the teaahing f o r t h i s whale church age. And Peter said "REPENT, and BE BAP?TSED:" and t h e n "ye G U L L r e c e i v e the Jesus s a i d , "exg i f t of the Holy Ghost." cept ye REPENT ye s h a l l all l i k e w i s e PJXC3E.f~" REPENT and BELIETE, are the k m conclj.+ions---and. the ONLY conditions, t o receiving t h e grQ& bblessingl af: the baptism

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High Puiest---and, pmise: dis Holy name\ fle sent us the CaslF~ Canforbet-, thp,m y

g i f t of God's I ~ I Y Spirit, On -&he contrary, WCH PRflYER i s ~ s u a l ' l yner,cesaryh $ut mst be t h e RTGHT KTNP a f prayer---nat t h e persfstent, nagging pleading of a s e l f willed c h i l d to have his own way, but t h e easnefit prayer a f a bvoken and c o n t r i t e and repentant h e a r t , t h a t Qonfesses its c n u t t e r depravity, i t s awn helplessness, w Ls uwn d e c e i t and ~ i c k o d n e s s , and, like t Davis, p l e n d s w i t h ~ l , o at o "creatn in ma Q CLEAN h e e d , 0 God; fwd renew a RtGHT SpLfit: within r;a," (Ps. Sl:lO), confessing that OUP heart i s nok clean, nor our spirit r i g h t 1.t; m y take CE g r e a t d e a l of prayer ---of earnest supplic ation and prayer-t o bring one t o t h e place where k CAN ~urvenderf u l l y to Goc\---ta have revealed t o him the things he b w s k surrcnder, which, pe.?haps, he I.ninseRf does n o t f u l l y realize---to be made thoroughly WILLIblG t o give up A I L For t h e blessed g i f t of l i f e eternal thru t h e Iloly Spirit of G Q ~ .

marvelous haw LIGHT. They THINK they have advanced and bcexb e\+v&ed ko a WrGHER SPIRITUAL PLAAE, And Satan has m b y 'IsTERS. A n d they da not a31 C ~ presthing C modernism, or c o l d s p i r i t l a s s dodrincs ----t:ey* too, c ~ m a as SPIRITUAL ministers,
end
axe t r a n s f o n m d e
flSCHTEOUSI\ILESS,"

the miniskers (11 CQV. l l : M , l 5 )

of

It i,s thego pro w s 9 i n g i n t o d = cr S P Z ~ ~ A C x p c r i e - L r *om Satan w i l l e G p t amd try ths most, and WHO ARE WST SUSCEPTIBLE to hia deceptions\ That is, unless constantly ON GUARD, a d unless we refuse t o follaw any but kha TRUE 3CREPTURAL !?EST. you cannet trust ywr EXPERJEMCF3, b & cause %atan, a sptrit bedng, can giro count e r f e i t spiritual expcrienaes, a d bg them n deceive any human soul t h a t ever lived! "Beloved, BELIEVE cvtry s p i r i t , but TRY the s p i r i t s , pf GOD.. because m y false prophctr are gon8 out inta the world." (I John 4:1)@ What is TRUTH? Jesus said, ' H WORD TY The hvil's is Truth!" The BIBLE! So, when Ht, t h e Spiri a Truth i s come, and fie guides us t n t o t Muoh has bean ~ . r i t t e n - - - t h u u s a n d s of he TRUTH, He merely guides us into LL sermons prewhkd---on the NEED 03 khe hap- RIGHT understanding of the 81BL\ ?he bl[bZE tism w i t h the Holy Ghost. Muah abn& and the Bible, ALONE, is the t e s t , %onguee, 'I and "manifestations, and t h e shall say unh you, "Signs folIorringr" have familiar spirits, BUT LITTLE IS f l E R SAID ABUT TIE hat p e q mutter; W"ER OR J$E!IVOD of receiving this gift! should not the people seek unfs their God? That is because peopla. have had far the living t o the dead? 'K, THE U I W AND their e y e s en the E X E R I E h t E , a d n o t o n TO THX TJLWIMONV4 if they speak n& & p the !i??ACHING o f the day of PentecosJc! oordin ta a d a d St: i-s beaause +her& is (Isa. 8:19=2O). The metha$ u n f o r t u n a t e l y , h i ~ s been taken for granted by thousads---a modern The h u a d . the Testimony" i s t h e method t h a k ha8 not been questioned, 01Gld and t k N e h ; r . R g t a , t s - - - t h c BIB=. checked or prmed according to t h e BIB16 TRY the S p i r i t s ; By what standard? The teaching BTBLF:; Is it no* a self-evident fact t h a t if Sa+m today i e misleading, fooling, we seek it a wrong way, we shall reaaive and cleverly deceiving: thousarda by giving "impressions, " or drams or "vi6iom,"unamong thir?g? Beyond doubt this modern "Pentoco3t- til people say "the Lord t o l d IIIC" t h i s or al" movement has brought a v i t a l TRUW t h a t , and calf t h e i r impressions " l a d i n g s once more to light---ths truth o +=ha 09 t h e S p i r i t . " Remember, 3atan is LL need of t h e baptism w i t h the HoXy Ghost. s p i r i t who can lead, as we11 6.s Cod. We &t do yo" suppore el% Devil waerld wrestle n o t against flesh and blood, but be eontent to deceive men o n a l l o-kher ageimt WUIKED SPTRSTS in high places, a d consequen+Iy cad warns us t h a t we need o n questions, and then neglect to decej.ve. the many thousands of seekers after t h e Eke WHOLE ARMaUR o f COD t h a t we may withbaptism w i t h %he Holy Ghost i n t o a deverr, stand the WILES OF THE DEVIL, @ph. 6:10-18), s f a l s e , spurious h?ANNER and MEnlOb of And t h a t a m u r i n c l d e s the shiekd o f receiving t h i s nost preoi 011s g i ft; 04? s31 F A X T H , and &k sword of THE W D OD Gab. R ---and therefore into a c t u a l l y receiving EVERY s p i r i t is ??& t h e HOLY $pir%t. There are false, seducivPg, unclean spirits a COUNTERFEIT instead OF the genuine? God* s Word WARNS you and me t h a t Sxtan is gaing about, today, as a raaving lion, seeking whem he may devour, KNWING HE HAS &UT A SHORT TIME. The church is W e e p (Mat. 25:s) but Satan the adJerSasymovenent for seeking the Holy s p i r i t is the widern ''tarry mceking.'" is on the job! Jesus w a r n e d us Of false Are "tarry meetings" Scriptusa3T 1s doctrines that would appear in these last t h i s the BIBLE method? days, and t h a t wou2d KcCEIx may. Ik musk be remembered +ha+ there .bst Oh, but Satan cdulld never deC&Ve mahy d i f f e e w k kypcs: af " p e n t c c o d a l " peeHe, you say! Why, are YOU not seeking after %hedeeper SPLRXTUAL expep-iences? p L e . R d sa t h e i r ways differ 90mtd1ak. Bfctr wi th prhthp t h e nrqjoriky a +herce Perhaps spoken in ' k m p c s " : ) You think people, t h e m e t h d is as fallows: The "seekYb[l could not be deceived---it is ably er," as h e i s cal7ed, must attend a "tarry those who &re n o t "spiritual." t h a t are meeting" alone; with other ' ~ S C G ~ C Y S ' 'and 4 t h deceived Can't: w e see that: S d a n is a $PTRrf- t h e m , dhere possible, who already "have UALBeing? ( b h . 2:2), He does n& coma t h e i r 6 a p t i s m " b s j t is expressed. The seeKers are told to any such phrases as "Glorcy! as a red d e m n w i t h horns and t a i l , but as "AN OF 4rG(lr,'' He a p p e a r s 8s an Glopy'! G l o r y ! " over and Over. C o n s t a n t l y t h e y a r e u r p d t o "say it a littla Cas*erc" ANGEL---a SPIRJT, and as bringing LTGHT. VariaCims otf tihi s phrase art "dalleluj&h!h m e s e deceived THINK they have received

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Constantly t h e is t o l d t o keep it up, fastar and f a d e r ; not t o become discouraged. Somet h e s they are told 0 l i f t +he arms above their heads, and h o l d them t h e r e . When thy become So t i r e d hey are unable to hold them longer in t h e siro others will erne aria support t h e i r arms. T i n e after tiwe t h e seeker will come t o m e of these "tarry meetings" repeat-. ing the above formula, hours at CL t i m e . I other forms of the "k8rrY meeting" m a group of seekers assemble together,
er ''Praise you Jesus!''
''seeker"

does not mean begz ar agonize, or rtpeat words ever and over. 2.t doe6 n o t RGCLn b

prsyer meeting. The dictionary Says "tarry'' means ''to put o f f g o i w o t corninig; 'Linger. TO remain in t h e same place; abide; stay.

To await: to delay. U1, s o j o u r n e stay.u from t h e Interlinear Greek t e x t i s : "but J J I YP Id THE CITY OF JERUSASM, KA B f
The l i t e r a l Greek, word for word,

ye be clothed with power from on Ugh. I-bw can we 0 0 ~ ~ 3 8 i V+he idea of there e modern ''tarry meetings" from the s c r i p t u r a l yr: IN r H E crry OF JERUUtvith, where possib3e me who dready h a v e c o m m d VEMIN U " M1 ''received their baptism," Children mst But, protests the %wry meeting" be lefk at home. Only "seekers" are perdefender, i t ; says in Acts 2:113? 14, that mitted. A13 pray &loud a t once, begging the d i s c i p l e s "wcnb ivrto an upper 66d t o give them t h e "blessing," Por bbd "these a l Z aontirmcd d t h onc accord hours, oftm l a s t i n g until 3 or 4 o ' c l o c k i n prayer and supplication." The sscrurrpin the morning, t h e y c m k i n u c t o beg, tion is that the disciples met at a aertain p l e d , a d agonize. hause fov t h i s purpose---thkt thtj: wore 8ccasional7y, perhaps after many of there holding a "tarry mceCinp--that they these ''tarry meetings," one ar mre of a compmy wiZl begin tQ "speak in tongues," begged and pleaded with God until We finally sent them the "bLcssing" from on and are then acknowledged by 821 as havhigh---and *ha%we should da *ha am8 ing received %heir bapttsm." Nothing but "speaking in tongues wiZ1 be accept- %ingo Ofken the stab;ement i s made thaf "it teak the d i s a l p k s t e n days .Q pray ed a6 the evidence 04' "the baptism,"

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down Pentecost!"

Cm a c t h e o m n! "Tarry Meekinq?

true scriptural WAY, or merely plain heat heni sm?

One difficulty i s t h a t feu h o w t h e meaning of t h e types 04?,cvikicILG 23. There we find instruction regarding t h e stven annual fea& days, occurring at t h e 9sThose who defend %he "tar*y meeting" with, perhaps, 6 great deal ef heat, w i l l different t i m e s duran&he year, . The first was Ehc Passaver, on the 14th quote the ScripCure t o the e f f e c t t h a t af? Abib, the f i r s t month OP t k sacred year, lesus CWAAIPED us t o ''TARRY UWIG ye be on this day a I d w a s abryc Gain, hnd so endued w ith power from en highr" the crucifixion occurred en t h i s V e r y d q ~ . This connand o f Jesus t o "tarry" is I was upon the 14th oPI Abib, 31 A.D.that t found in Luke 24:49. Pentccoskb3 people Christ, the Lamb of 60d, our PadtaVex, Mas invariably read t h i s t e x t thus: Tarry UNTIL ye be endued w i t h power," Then hey slain foc us! construe the nard "tarry" t o mean the kfrd The secend of thcse set feasts *as t h e feast of P i F s t f r u < t s , known ss tho d v of of meeting described above, & that is net what this t e x t seys Pentecost, 50 days later. This alwsyr had t typified t h e FirstfYuits of)tbc New T d a a t all! Mtnt Ckwcpf, 4rrl aacovdingly, when t h e RIGHTLY quoted, Jesus' command to "ether CornPo rtcr" c a w f rum hcavem---fmm His disciples was: ''tarry a THE CITY "on high"---ta bring Porth the FZRSTFRUI'IS -9 until be educd wikh of t ha Teshmen.1; aureh, + h i s b a n power on high." dous event, to aaccur but snca in all eJesus t o l d then t o tarry, net in a ternity, was ordained ta .trakc p l a c e ou THE Certain MANHER, but in a definite PLACE --in the Crry JFRUSALEY. y h d u y y or o VERY DAY OF PEAVTECOST, 82 A.D.! Pentecostal friends always ornit the words Jesus w e l l knew the Holy Ghost would "YE," expressing TO WHON this c e m d wa8 oome from heaven on t h & v e r y day. H knew e i t wauld be just t e n days fram His deaddressed, and the U O T ~ S "IN T H G CITY OF parture TO Hewen, GO Jesus ZoKl 3oi8 d i e FROSALF," t e l l i n g VHRE they were to c i p l e s they shauld be "bapt.l%cdwith t;he tarry? And why d i d Jesus ask t h e m Co %Zy Ghost naC m n days h-e." ay (Acts 1:5)remain In t h e city of Jerusalem? Because t h e "ather Comforter" had Xn t h e first chmter of Acts w e find ths not ye+ ccme F R W HFAVEN---from "on high-" sane instruetian-of Jesus as recorded i s And Jesus knew t h a t WHEN He came, He Luke 24 ;49, this t h e in wards mra p l A i n 1 J would come f i r s t t o the c i t y af Jerusalem- to be understood: "And a , , commanded them ~ n d Jesus WCLS merely instructing His SO that disciples t o w a i t , or remain, in Jerusabut; lem u&i1 the day o ' Pentemst, when, +t (Acks 1 4 f :) had b e a ordained, the Holy Ghos-s to So the d i s c i 2es did n & "pray dwm c fron heavcn---"'fron en high"--ko Pentecost, I' ''Pen-&'' is a b A V , nat h carth. f i l l i q w i t h t h e Spirit. And since it nlas Now '"tarry'' is am E n g l i s h word, trans-ordained t h a t the 14oIy. Ghost wa5 t o -ma lated 323 years a p , Sr is an Old EhglistL f r o m heaven TO J E W A L E M , and On t h a t v e r y Werd, formerly in popular usage, now sel- day, do you suppose C h a t , i f t h e d i a o i p l e s dam used. Tdday many mistake i t s meanhad prayed and begged j u s t h l i t t l e harder$ Ing. Mhat does it: mean? It does mean they c a u l d h a v e "prayed H i m down" a day o r pray. It docs nok m a n s u p p l i c a t e . It tco soaner? certainly wtl, Not egen a n
rs t h i s modern "tarry meeting" t h e

haue to "Pray down anather Pentecost." The1 ! ''8ut,'' argues t h e t a r r y rneetaog addid mot have c- beg or plead or agonize. uocate, I' d i d n ' t khe dasciples all meet i n m e y had surrcndared f . u l l y and uncondikionan upper room, and centime there in p r y - a l l y , When Peter c ~ ~ n o reveal t o them the t e Truth, and the Way, they d i d ref. bcgin to er a d supplication?" argue, o r try t a refute God's W o r d . They Most a s s u r e d l y , buL WHf? N o t i c e t h e Scriptures! "And a m &h?y accepted it without a w o r d . ~4 SO, t h e i r h . hearts htiw ready and Subdued, 'while Peter were m e in, they Went up into an upper y e t spakc," they received the baptism with room WHEE ABODE bath P e t e r , and Jahes, She bloly Gherb? and Sohn, and A n d r e w , '?hiLip, and Than-, And so can y6u, juok h s quickly and 8artholomew, and Matthew, James tht son of AlphaaUS, an4 Samn Zelcteri, a d Judas ssddtnly, IF, and WHFU, you src as surrenthe brother o James. These: all con+iwed $red 8 s hey Were, There W I C S w d y n6t twry m t c t i y r g " here, acpca%ingwords with e m pecord in prayer an4 supp,Qlication," (Acts l;I.3-14), as they natumll3 oyer and 0ve-r. rust: rta3 vlrpentancc, dnd faith, b e mly C6NRVIdUS would have doner at so solemn a time. bur next erperiance is found ifi Acts Is t h e r e even a h i n t , in t h t s text, 19: 1-7. Paul c a w ts Ephcsus He found a t h e 1 were BCGGINc or PLEmy& wikh dozen d i s c i p l e s t h e r e . Padl asked t h e n Lf God t o glue t h e m the premised C d u x t c r ? they had received t h e Haly Ghaad? Tfbt lithther, W kyurw they were merely VM'l'Tm c there, as Jesus had commotvded, in complete e r a l trans1at:ian is not "since ye TKtic.3cd," >l M ye FAITH that Gocl would keep His premise! Is buk "Did ye receive the Hbly G h o s t w believed?'' Paul we11 knew Ged A d prarnised there so much 6s a HIM' in t h i s p a c 8 q a that thcg were saying Words over and over, Me should t e c c i v e the Spirik WHEN w e h e m yielded te the can&it:,ons. L i b the modern %Lory, %Lory, glory?"
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i n t o *he E W i s h ]Qn&uage, it Mould h&vo rsad "rMt@RSE." For the Greek w w d 'hap tise" means " t o immerse.'' " t o plunge into.'' ' h e person b s p t i s e d is QLUNGI> IkfTO the thing he i s bapttscd in' Whcm baptised in water, the candidate is pZunged inta, or iwmrsed, in w a t e r , ConsequenLLy the baptism w i t h , or by, the doly S p i r i t is not c v immersion ZNTO uthe Haly S p i r i t , far t h e Scriptures t e i l u . it is the e n k r m c c of t h e S p i r i t 1NTU s

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And i n Romans 8 : 9 , Paul tell6 us plainly t h a t unless the Spirit of God dwells f " , w e are none of ChrisQs! Ue becurre Christ' then, wt\e_r\ & t l-blv Spirit c a m s TNrO 5 , I And when WG we GhTlSfS, E a r e then into the 3OPY OF CHRIST, t h e Church. Therefore, it is the receiving of the holy S p i r i t which plunges us, immerses cr plaeor us i n t o the Church. And this immrsian into k h c Church BY the Holy Spirit the Bctiptures call "ehe bapfism with, t r by, t h e Holy Spirit." 3 W e 80ly S p i r i t " T e term "baptism h M Pen+ecostd people aay it, 2s mot to bo found in the Bible. It is the baptism with, or by, t h e Holy S p i r i t , l 0 t h e "

8AQTrSM with the Holy Ghost. '?he thourands who cbme running into that roam, prioked in t h e i r he&, k s l ~ d uhat THFY should do t o rcceiva this SOb sp t i sm w i t h the HOIY G h o s t , Peter did not s a y "tar q,' o r "aqonit e , " but he said "REPENT, and BE BAPTISfD," ard "ye shall receive the G ~ S **' (Act6 J 2 : ~ ) . And so the RECEfvrrc; a t the GIFT OF 77% HOLY GfWT is t h e baptism with khc H O I ~G h a s t And three khousand recdved tt that day\ A d bhere 5 s n8 m e n t i o n of their speaking i n "tongues 'I and ccrts5n2~ there w a s no 'tarrying. ?I After P e t e r re-kurned t o Jerusalem from t h e housc of Cornelius, he was tdkn to task by t h e other a p o s t l e s far associating w i t h Gentiles, 7;n explaining hew Gad had l e d him, and t e l l i n g what the Gcntilrs r e c e i v e d , Peter said, "Then remembered I t h e word of t h e Lord, how t h a t he said, John indeed baptised with water: but ya shall be baotised with ths Ifoly Ghost. Foreasmuch then as God gave them t h a like gift as he d i d unto US,'' 0t4. ( A c t s 11:16,17). Peter plainly says t h a t what the Centilts then received was t h e baptism w i t h the Holy G h o s t , And this baptism is tlsa c a l l e d , in verse 17, "the l i k e GIFT. And

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Churth A d 5 6 '2 one S p i r i t a r t w e dl Impn kised into one h6d.y.' Thus, t h e RECFIV3NG of th e Moly Spirit is the BAPTISM w i t h the SpLrit', Many scan t o believe t h a t we are first saved, which mean6 we f i r s t reCeiVs the S p i r i t , and then ARERWIRD, as lstp eni i r e l y separate and later maram.1outi act of Gad, we receive the "baptism" with thc Spirit! This is h notion t h a t has been carelessly taken f o r granted and ASSUMED, w i b h o d having bem PROVED BY TI SCRIPNRES The EXPERIENCES sf some have I d many

5 0 "the g i f t of the Holy Ghost" ia the baptism with the Holy Ghost. I n verse 15 Peter s a i d "the Holy Ghost fell them, a s on us a t the beginning." Se t h e Raly Ghbst "FALLING on them" was the baptism w i t h t h e Holy @host, In the 10th chapter, verse 44, whsrs this actual experience is described, we learn +hat "the Holy Ghost FELL ON THEM,'' and in verse 45 we f i n d t h a t "on the Gintiles also was POUR47 OUT THE GlFT OF THE HOLY GHOST." A n d in verse 47 they "RECEIVBD THE HOLY GHOST." Sa the RECEIVING of the Holy Ghost is t h e baptism w i t h t h e Haly

Ghost.
A l l these t e r m are used synonimourly

into this ervonctous assumption. &;rt e w r - and inkerchangeably by the Holy S p i r i t to i r n c e is a poor g u i d e , esgeci,ally when con- describe the sane experience. So what must we conclude? That whiah trary to b d ' s Word, because we misunderi s born of the flesh IS FLESH. (John 3:6). atand i t . Those yrclo 9ay they absolutely K M Chcy had t h i s eqeritncc AFTER being When f l e s h l y , sinning, martal man REPENTS N "converted" either do n o t understand \ruha.t; and is BAPTISED as a symbal of h i s FAITH i n Christ, he RECEIVES THE HOLY SPIRIT---n& it is to bt really "converted'a and were as a result of "tarryin$," but thru FAITH merely deceived and NOT eomtcrttd at a l l pvior to their true e p e r i o n c e , or eloc (Gal. 3:14; John 7;39,39). And this RECEIVING of t h e G I F T af the Holy S p i r i t is the t h i s euperiemce, impressive the it pa as baptism with the S p i r i t . have been, wbs merely an addikiernltl an& He is then a CHILD OF GOD, He has been nointing---ths racciving o a G R U E R RIUnSS of the Spirik---or else they haws typically BORN AGAIN---tho the real re-birth must c m e at the time or the resurrection. misundarstood t h e experience they c l a i m was "their baptism" and received cmly the He i s born from above---born o f t h e Spirih. And hhus he is baptised BY the S p i r i t i n t o counterfeit.
t h e body of Christ! T h i s baptism Fs n o t t h e end, but only the BEG'INI'IIJG of h i s C h r i s t i a n experience) He is merely a new-born 3486 i n Christ! He Let us cweful'ly S t u d y this in the must now GROW in grace and knowl@dge. Ha Movd of God.! must l i v e a l i f e of OVERCOMING, And he that BePore the day OF Pentecost, A.D, 31, endureth UNTO THE EN0 s h a l l be saved! Jesus said to h i s d i s c i p Z c 6 , "ye s h a l l be ba t i r e d w i t h the holy Ghost not mahy d s w De && Speak w i t h TONGUES?
TherePore yc knew the& what thc disciples r e c e i J c d the day of P e n t e c o s t
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Is ' ' s p e a k i n g i n tongues" THE Bible cvaw i t h t h e Hely Ghost?" Must ALL speak with tongues at t h e t h e y r e c e i v e the S p i r i t , are "born again, and brought i n t b t h e Crue Church? ' Ao s t l e s d;d not gcaah &! Pp a ?he EXPERIENCES recarded in the New
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+or t h e Church today, THIS f S A MISTAKE! They 010 speak *tongues'' a t t r c b s t after the 120 had received t h e Spir- house Of COrnaliUs, and a+ Ephesus, A E mR t h e day of Pentecost. it w i t h Such a grand d i s p l a y ; the S m a r i tans; t h e Ephesians; t h e house of C o r n e l While c a r r a c t i n g t h e C o r i n t h i a n church ius; and Paul's e x p e r i c n c e - - - o f t h s s e five, Paul s a i d "I Would t h a t ye ALL spakc with it is recorded that t h e r e was tongue-speak- tongu@$ (I Cor. 14:5), and "forbid not t o ,'I 6peBk w i t h tongues," i n t h a church, ( V , 3 9 ) . ing i n but two of them, S h a l l we ASSUME The very f a c t of' t h e c e u n t e r f t a t 5s there were tongues in t h e other three experiences? Let us be careful about ADDIW the strongest proof THERE I S A GEwTw! And we believe t h a t L f more people t o God's Ward what is nbt there! would s u r r e n d e r ALL There i s NO THE WAY t o Gad, withSTATSMENT I N SCUIPout ANY reservation, ADHOHITIONS OF SOHN WESLEY TUt?E t h a t you must and TRUST H i m mote speak with tongues fully, and PRAY mora "Beware t h a t daughter of pride, t o prove you have earnestly, t h e r e would Enthusiasm! Oive no place to a received t h e H o l y be a g r e a t d e a l more heated i m a g i n a t i o n , spi r i t * 03ph~ GENUINE tongues NO SCRIPTURE says ---the true work of Do not hastily a s c r i b e things t o "By t h e i r TONGUES ye the Holy S p i r i t ! A n d Do not easily suppase dreams, God. s h a l l know them. " P l o t less o f thc But the Scripv o i c e s , impressions, v i s i o n s , or cgunterfeit ! revelations t o be from God, They ture does say, ' y b W should banish e may be horn H i m . They may be their FRUITS ye s h a l l a l l prejudice against from nature. They may & Iron the know them! (Mat. 7:20) t h e true rnsnifestadevil. Tho lives w e live tion of tongues. are t h e BIBLE EVTBut we should LOVE i s the h i g h e s t g i f t of God?, DENCE o f whether or get the "tongues't innot we have received humble, g e n t l e , p a t i e n t love. All ta the proper SCRIPvisions, dreams, or manifestations t h e Spirit! TURAL plane o f irnJesus s a i d , "By whatever, are l i t t l e t h i n p s comportance. t h i s s h a l l a l l men pared t a MUF, If you look for I n tha same 14th anything b u t mere l a v e , you a r e K W t h a t ye are m y U chapter of I Carindisciples, if ye have looking wide of t h e mark, you are t h i e n r , above quetsd, LOVE one t o another.'' getting out of the royal way!"
Testament, s u b s o q u r d t o Pcntecos+, do not +each i t , O t t h e f i v e e x p e r i e n c e s vrcorded---thC three thousand on t h e day of Pen-

(Jahn 13:35).
But are n o t the "tongues'' a t l e a s t AN evidence of the bap+ism w i t h t h s S p i r i t ? Most of us have assumed so, But anyone who has really known the private lives of as many as twelve people who p r o f e s s ta have received t h e i r ''baptismt1and spoken i n tongues, Will t e s t i f y t h a t at least sbme o f them do NOT show the EVIDEL'ICE gf the f r u i t s in t h e i r lives. When t h e y claim the "evidence of tongues," but do not have true E L B E evidcnce o f lovc,joy, p e a c e , p a t i e n c e , gentlen e s s , f a i t h in t h e i r l i v e s , then we m u s t concluda that, regardless of "tongues, " they have t h e strongest kind of Bl"Jl DENCE t h a t they do & p have t h e "baptism!' In such a case are ''tongues" even AN midence? Is any evidence at "Though I speak w i t h t h e tongues of ANGELS and have not U)VE, I am become a s soundi n g bl*aJs*"( 1 Core 1 3 : 1 ) - ?here are fall e n angels, damona, and without a W 3 t i o n many t o d a y are speakin8 in t h e "tongues" of these demons# Would you say t h e counterfeit tongues o f demons are any evidence a t all of the true baptism w i t h t h e Holy Spirit? If tongues Weye t h e evidence, O r 8 V . n one of t h e evidences, tongues Would be a sign t o O w . !Jelievers---but Paul Jays "tongues are for a sign, & n t o them b d i c v e , but t 0 then t h a t b e l i e v e , n o t , " (I Cor. 1 4 : 2 2 ) .
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FIVE WORDS' w i t h h i s understanding, t h a t ha m i $ t t e a c h others a l s o , than TEN THOUSAND WORDS in an unknown tonguo. To t h o r e Cari n t hians , becaming f a n a t i c a l on " t o n g ~ e," 8 he s a i d "brethren, 86: NOT CHTLDREN i n underc standing." (V. 19,20). The Holy Spirit i s t h e S p i r i t of a SOUND MIND (IS Tim. 1:7).

evaluating t h r importance of 'tongues, if seem to f e e l t h a t the ona who has h i s "tongues" and is doing nothing i n t h e Lord's
work, is greater, spiritually, t h a n anather who has not, y e t i s thoroughly yielded t o God, and has been used o f God i n the miniat r y to bring many souls t o Christ. But word s a y s NGroster is he that. prophrris~h

Same "tongues" pebpla, hat r i g h t 1

(preecheth) t h a n he t h a t s p e a k e f h w i t h tongues." (I core 14:s). W e should NOT seek t o n ues. Pentacorhl people loudly pretest they t o net de this, but i n practise and i n f a c t , they $a, and t h e y should not deny it.

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The reason for t h i s caution i s found in t h e Scripture "He t h a t spcaketh in an

unknawn t o n y e EDIFTPTH -.'I (I Cer. 14:4.), It i s s e e k i n g for SELJZ---fw SELF blessings---for SELF-thrills---and i s CONTRARY t o f i l f i l l i n g t h e law God which is l a v e AWAY fram s e l f and toward Cod and neighbbt! And therefare i t may easily drIs thPre any GENUINE _Tongues? generate i n t o a m o s t deceptive +t::'-of SIrJ. of' ts" "tongues" mere is s6 much t h e C o U N T E R ~ B ~ ~ One is tthet " farnu i seekofn ot thhiasn g b u t tnevament ha m y variety of t o n g u e s and d a m o n s t r a t i o n s "blessings, 'I as t h e y e x p r e s s it--which an (falselY ca31ra manlfrr*a*ions~ 1 that plain language means FEELINGS and TWRILLS honest people conclude " t o Q & u e s " iS n o t tha-k t h e y themselves ENJOY as a PLeMuRE.

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Jesus s a i d "That which is born of the f l e s h fleSh-" (John 3:6), Wa m u s t be BORN AGAIN---born of t h e SPIRIT, to. irp herit e t e r n a l l i f e . Now t h e flesh has its FEELINGS, its EiMOTIONS, its f i v e SENSES. It is but natural t h a t Satan's eeunt a r f e i t J e r e o f t h e FLESH---even h i s cbuntcrfeits of' s p i r i t u a l things So Satan t h e Devil gives t o people FEFLTNGS, and

on BECAUSE he h r t h annointcd m e preach k!s g o s p e l to t h e paor; he bath b e n t m t 2 heal t h e brokenhearted; & preach d e l i v e r a n c q ta Che captives, and Sight the blind," a&.

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fealous seeker's a f t e r t h e Waly S p i r i t t o accept t h e s e p l e a s i n g s e n s a t i o n s as "blessings" and "manifestations a f t h e H o l y The saddest f r u i t af t h i s whole "tongues" movement i s t h a t t h r u it Satan has beguiled many i n t o c o n t i n u a l l y lusting for SENSUAL FEELINGS, and f o r THRILLS of the FLESH, deceiving them into believing they are r e c e i v i n g " b l e c s i n c s " f r o m

God!
Oh, WHY will 30 many h o n e s t souls b e tpisled, and f a l l i n t o this satanic snare? God's Word warns us t o TRY t h e s p i r i t s , WETHER they be of God! For many false SPIRITS are gone out i n t o tho world! This i s n o t t o say there is no EXPERIENCE, or nothing f e l t , when God pours forth His b l e s s e d Holy Spirit. There is o d e f i n i t e EXPERIENCE t o r e a l genuine conversion. But w h a t a tragedy to s e e s o many deceived i n t o r e c e i v i n g t h e FALSE expe r ienc e---t he FALSE expe r i e nc c ---the FALSE "blessing, "---because t h e y have failed t o heed God's warning to TRY t h e spirits---because they fail to have on the WHOLE ARMOR of Gob, including he shield of FAITH, and t h e sword of he s p i r i t , which is THE WORD OF GOD: God's way is t h e way o ' CRUCIMIhlG f the f l e s h , t h e rensual---of DKNYING the SEU---of LOVE toward God and toward fellow man. Satan's counterfeit a s SFLFSECKING, lusting for fleshly thrills, and feelings, and "blessings" t h a t bring pleasure thru the f i v e senses. And the greater pity is t h a t the very ones most

(LuKe 4: 18 The objact and purpose a4 the Haly Spirit i s not: to give FEELINGS and THRILLS t h a t qrt of t h e senses of t h e FLESH, and t h e r d o r s SENsUAL---nat to plesre the SELF ---buk t o e n a b l e one t o CRUCIFY t h a SELF ---tb endow w i t h pawar t o evercome sin, which i s transgressing af Gad's Commandments (I John 8:4)---to CLEANSE us of a l l unrighteausnrrs---ta impart: t a us GOD'S righteousness, s8 our l i 3 t may s h i m and o t h e r s may see Christ i n us---to UNbCRStA~O t h e Word of God, so we may l n haw te cw l i v e by its every word---to give us the FAITH of Jesus, making p o s s i b l e H i s t i ght eousness---to g i v e us POWR t o be kind, patient, gentle, and of S'IIRVICE, to othrrs ---ta preach t h e Gwpel---to heal t h e sick.

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Do you t r u s t men more than you trust Gad? You w i l l answer, quickly, "NO!" aut ere you quite sure? Suppose you ore flat 'broke," and without a s i n g l e morsel of food i n t h e house for your hungry children for breakfast next morning, and no v i s i b l e p o s s i b i l i t y or hope of obtaining any. Would you s l e e p b e t t e r i n t h i s situation if you should r e c e i v e a cashier's check f o r f i v e dollars, an t h e s t r o n g e s t bank i n your c i t y or county, --of i f you had absolutely NOTHING to put under your pillow but t h e BIBLE, which contains t h i s promise: "My God shall supply a l l your need, a c c o r d i n g t o h i s r'rchs6 in g l o r y by Christ Jesus?" (Phil. 4:19). The cashier's check is THE WORD OF MAN. The B i b l e is THE WORD OF GOD. In e i t h e r c a s e , you have merely a WRITTEN PROMISE---one, from MAN, the other, from GOD. Tn t h i s condition, would yoa n e t sleep a little more comfortably with MAN'S pronise under your p i l l o w , than with COD'S7 Take another case: Suppose your l i t tle child i s suddenly stricken with a atrange new s i c k n e s s that s t r i k e s terror i n t o your h e a r t . I n WHOM will you place your t r u s t and f a i t h , MAN, by calling a doctor, or GOD, by obeying t h i s instruct i o n t o t h e New Testament Church: "Is any sick among you? l e t him c a l l f o r t h e e l d e r s of the church; and lae then pray over him, annointing hint w i t h o i l in the name of the b r d : and the prayur of f a i t h s h a l l save t h e sick, and THE LORD SHALL RAISE HIM UP." ( J a s . 5:14,15). Do you TRUST GOD fully, t o DO what Ho has promised i n H i s M o r d ? Do you BELIEVE H i s Word? O da you say, "Well, I think r i t ' s all r i g h t to call t h e doctor, and t o fray to Gad, t o o . " God's Word nowhere says c a l l the doctor, but rather condemns it. (I1 K i . 1:1-4,17; If Chron, 16:12,13; Mark 5:26,34), Do you n o t t r u s t men m o r e than you trust God? How are we saved? "By g r a c e ara ye saved , THPOUGH FAITH. ' I F a i t h is BELIEVING Cod. You do not BELIEVE God---TRUST Ged--have FATTH i n God---unless you BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAYS. And a l l that you o r 1 kndw of What God SAYS is H i s WORD---the Holy Bibla! Tt t h a t is Cod's word, and YOQ &

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When Jesus Born? 1s it truly a What does the Bible say about Christian i n s t i t u t h e Christmas t r e e ? Then when WAS Jetion? sus born? Thc date is W y do YOU calh e n t i r e l y unknown, 8 S ebrrte Christmas, a d all a u t h o r i t i e s aatrade g i f t s back and knowledge. Even the a n c i c n t w r i t i n 6 s o f the forth? Do you know? You probably do it second and third centuries tell us the drte because it i s CUSTOM---because everybody of His b i r t h was totally unknown then. else does it---because you were brought If God had wished us to observe and up t o do it. c e l e b r a t e C h r i s t ' s b i r t h , He would not have That which we have bean taught Prom so completely hidden the d a t e , childhood we accept and take for granted There is only one possible c l u e t o t h e without question. We seldom think -to ask d a t a , and that would p l a c e it in the early WHY? F a l l , about t h e m i ddl e of September, T h i s is frbm the prophecy of Daniel's The Real .Moaning of Christmas '$Seventy Weeks. I' (Dan, 9 :24-27). From the 5 t h month (Hebrew calendar), 457 B.C., to We have SUPPOSED t h a t Christmas is the chief of the C h r i s t i a n h o l i d a y s , which 5th month, A.D. 27, marked the fulfillment all Chr ist ian s a r e bound t o honor and ob- of t h e sixty nine "weaks,"--483 years. A t this t i m e "Jesus himself' began t o serve. We have supposed Christ was born be about thirty years of age," (Luke 3:23), on December 25th. a But l e t us quit m p p o s i n g and assum- Thus He started Rir ministry, when H was b a p t i s e b , and anointed as the Messiah, when ing, and LEARN THE TRUTH! H e "began 4co be about thirty years 03 .&a," The word "Christmas" means 'Mass o f as was I s r a e l i t i s h custom (See Nu, 4:3, 8nd Christ,'' or "Christ Mass.'@ It is a Roman e Catholic Mass, taken over from t h e heath- T Chron. 23:3). Thus IF H began H i s minen celebration of December 25th as the i s t r y on His 3 0 t h birthday, it fell appro%birthday of the Sun-god SOL! imately at t h e 5 t h or 6th nonth, corresponding to our September, This same prophecy Contrary t o popular assumption, the idea t h a t Christ was born o n December 25th foretold t h a t H i s ministry would last, as it i s one of those FABLES t h a t G o d ' s Word d i d , three and one-half years. He was "cut warns us would be taught and p r a c t i s e d i n o f f " (Dan, 9 : 26) , in the m i d s t of the "70th week" of s e v e n years actual (versa these last days of apostacy from the 27), H i s c r u c i f i x i o n being an tha 14th day TRUTH. (I1 Tim, 4:4>. The p l a i n t r u t h i a t h a t Christmas i s of the 1st month---the Passover day. not Christ's b ir t h d ay. I t d o e s not celeWhat is t h e ORIGIN &Christmas? brate His b i r t h , The c e l e b r a t i o n is NOT

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The where d i d we g e t our C h r i s t m a s , that has become so dear t o t h e h a r t s o f our people? WHEN did Christiaru f i r s t begin t o celebrate it? T h e r e is not one w o r d in all the B i b l r about c e lebr a t i n g Christmas ! It was never KNOWN t o C h r i s t i a n s i n thm

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The Christmas t r c a , as we hrva seen, o r i g i n a t e d i n heathen Egypt, What doar t h e Bible s a y about i t ? L i s i e n ! W i l l you HEED this warning Christmas was not amoig t h e e a r l i e s t fesfrom God's Nord, o r continue i n the Way tivals of the church." t h a t may seem RIGHT to you, but tha and a f New Inter nat i o n a l Encyclopedia says f h t d a t e was fixed December 25th in honor w h i c h God say5 ( P r o v . 14:12; 16:25) are kha WAYS OF ETERNAL DEATH? Of heathen gods -1DOLITRY ! It is in Jeremiah 10:1-4: The Encyclopedia Amsricanna says: "Thus saith t h e Lord, Learrl not t h c w a "CHRISTMAS. was, according t a It of t h e heathen for customs gf the many authorities, not: celebrated in the people are v a i q ) f o r one cuttcth 8 ?RUE o u t first centuries oC t h e Christian Church, of t h e forest, t h e work of t h e hands of the ts t h e Christian usage in general was t o with celebrate t h e death of remarkable persons, workman, w i t h the axe. Thev deck s i l v e r and gold: t h e y fasten i t w i t h nails rather than t h e i r b i r t h . A feast was and hammers, t h a t i t move n o t 7 established i n memory of this event ( t h e There i s a perfect description of thr birth of Christ) in t h e fourth century. In very t h i n g the majority o f our paoplc w i l l the f i f t h c e n t u r y t h e Westem Church orbe doing as you read this! dered it t o be celebrated forever O J yes, you argue, "but 3 c a n ' t see any dau of t h e o l d Roman f e a s t of the birth harm i n Christmas, or giving tha kiddies of Sol, as no c e r t a i n knowledge of t h e some c n j o p e n t with a Christmas tree." And day of Christ's b i r t h existed a And again f r o m t h e Britannica: "Car- "I thank the ' s p i r i t of Christmas' i r just SFLENDID:" That'a what YOU think! That's tho tain Latins, as early as 354, may have transferred t h e birthday from January 6th way t h a t seems RIGHT t o YOU! Oh, dear f r i e n d s , read Proverbs 14:12 again! GOD to Pecember 26th, which was theQ a Mitkraic f e a s t , the birthday & the u n c o n p e d says this is THE WAY OF THE HEATHEN. The Syrians and Arcommands you and me, "LEARN THE WAY OF SOW of Phi1:calus. menians, who clung t o January 6 t h , acj & beathen!" Are you defying Gad, by following the way t h a t seems right an YOUR cused t h e Romans of SUN-WORSHIP and IDOLITRY, conttndrng t h a t the feast of Decem- ayes? Turn ta and r e a d , if you are I CHRZSTTAK, and not a heathen, Lsa. 5 5 : 8 , 9 ; ber 25th had been i n v e n t e d by disciples Mark 7:13,9,6-7;Mat, 5:ZO; TI T i m . 3:16. of Cerinthus .'I The question i8 not what YOU think,or The hmericanna says "the holly, t h e m i s t l e t o e , the Yule-log, e t c . , are relics what I think, but what GOD COMMANDS! of pre-Christian times , I ' ---PAGANISM! Ehrhtmas honors the SUN god, c a l l e d Ths book "Answers to Questions," COW Baal-worship. Ood' s peopla were i n t o Baa1 p i l e d by Frederick J. Haskins, t o b e found worship in t h e days of Elijah. He s a i d to them, as God says now t o YOU and m : "How a t any public library, says: "The use of Christmas wreathes i s b e l i e v e d by author- long halt ye between two opinions? g P R D be &d, FOLLOW but if Baal, then i t i e s t o be t r a c e a b l e t o t h e pagan customs of decorating buildings, and places follow him!" (I Ki .18 :21). of worship, at the feast which took p l a c e a t the same time as Christmas. The C h r i s t "COME OUT F O Al'dONG THEM!" RM t r e e is from E g y p t , end its oriGin dates from a period lang anterior to t h e Christmas came originally from t h e Christian era," heathen, and was adopted by t h 8 t great false h a r l o t church (Rev, 'L7:4-6,) called "BABYtON.' A HEATHEN Celebratian In Rev. 18:3, ALL NATIONS have followed her false doctrines---including US. In versas And so the FACTS teill U S t h a t the 11-16, s h e has made t h e merchant6 rich by practise of observing Christmas is a stimulating t h e sale of t h e i r merchandise! HEATHEN CUSTOM. Christmas originally W a s EVERY CATHOLfC HOLTDAY is a commercial cone of the HEATREN h o l i d a y s , observed bY vent , sCFmulating the s r h o f mcrohandira! the pagan world during those centuries Christmas i s the g r e a t e s t SELLING SEASON of when Christianity was having i t 6 greatest t h e year! TRADfNG g t f t s ! spread. Thus, a 3 t h e pagans came wholeAnd verse 4 shouts t o you t h i s warning: sale i n t a C h r i s t i a n i t y , they s t i l l h e l d "COMF OUT- OF HER,, m pcopla, that ye be not y t o many of their pagan customs and bcliafs,partakers of her SINS, and jyeive m4ng them the celebration of Dect-~mbw nat of her $ U G U B S i " If you observe her 25th. And J O the C h r i s t i a n s .took up with heathen ways, YOU ARE IU HER. Coma this pagan holiday, gave it a C h r i s t i a n God says "COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM, Sounding name, called i t t h e birthday Of and 85 YE SEPARATE, s a i t h the LORD! (IT C o r , 1 Christ, i n s t e a d of S o l , and have c o n k i n d 6:17). since t o worship Sol's birthday in t h e Are y o a C h r i s t i a n ? THIS IS A TEST! ~ name of Christ! "But what would my friends and relatives say?" Consequen*lY, it is on@ of those you exclaim. Read John 12:43 and M a t . 10: pagan FABLES people h a v e been turned 32-38, e s p e c i a l l y v e r s a 3 . 7 i n the great a p o s t a c y a w a y from God! r n d c a d of h o n o r i n g t h e HEATHBN, why not Observing and a e l c b r a t i n g Christmas, obey Prov. 3:9, and put your Christmas mney i n t o THE LORD'S W O R Y ? - - M ~ C a c c e p t r b l e giving!

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ONLY A FEW saying to them t h a t dwell on t h e e a r t h t h a t COPIES ARE LEFT, BUT bottomless p i t " i n t h e rasthey should make an IMAGE t o teration of t h a Roman Empire THEY WILL BE MAILED t h e BEAST, which had the wound by a faderation of t e n n'BFREE W I E TW LAST, H L bv t h e sword and d i d l i v e ,'I t a m s (Rev. 17 :12-18). This, h6' NOW what is t h x s IMAGELE? What does "8. Mussolini is now bringing rapidly t o pass mean? Tha dictionary says it i s a "likrnesa," under bur very eyes! a 'lcopy, representation, model, semblance, The "Two-Horned Baast I' counterpart." Therrforc it m u s t be a l i k e ness, semblance, model, or counterpart, af Now n o t i c e again t h e 13th ahapter of t h e GOVERNMENT of t h e ROMAN EMPIRE! Revelation, beginning v e r s e 11: "And I We quote from Myers' Ancient History: beheld a n o t h e r beast: earning cp oub of the During the reign of Leo I, t h 8 first real earth; and he had t w o horns like a LAMB, pope, t h e Church set up "within the Roman Empire an ecclesiastical s t a t e (government) and he spake as 4 DRAGON," The Bible interprets its own symbols. which, i n its constitution and i t s adminA "berot" is a kingdom, or gav@rnrncnt(Dim. i s t r a t i v e system was shaping itself w o n 7:17,23), So this i s another kingdom, o r ths IMPERIAL, MODEL." An 'IMAGE of the government. I n t h e s e prophecies God views Roman Empire GOVERNWENT! earthly Gentile governments as t h s beasts "?he f i r s t xlurjc: pop&, i n the real whose characters describe them. This beast s e n s e o f t h e word, was Leo I. (440-461 A.D.r appears as a LAMB. But he only PRETENDS to says t h e Cyc 1.opedia of Biblical, Theologibe a W E , for actually ha speaks as a c a l , and Ecclesiastical Literature, V o l , 7, DRAGON, What does a ''lamb" symbolize i n page 6 2 9 . To him the plan o f government of' t h e Bible? CHRIST! (John 1 ~ 2 9 ;Rev. 17:14). *ha Roman Empire was t h e most mrrvelow And t h e DRAGON symbolizes the DEVIL (Rev, t h i n g on e a r t h , He applied t h e system t o 12:9;20:2). And r i n c c t h i s i s ';L K'ZNGDOhf, the Church, forming t h e PAPACY, which is and t h e s a i n t s , under Christ, ultimately an exact 'IMAGE o f the government of t h e s h a l l t a k e over all THESE kingdoms, estab- Roman Empire! lishing the Kingdom o f God; and s i n c e The pope wears a crown. He is literFALSE CIRISTS were t o appear, this "beast1' ~ l l y KING! Vatican city is a separate a must be a kingdom PRETENDING t o be t h e state---a NATION, GOVERMtlENT, or KSWGDOM. KINGDOM OF GOD, b u t a c t u a l l y of Satan! The n a t i a n s af earth send t h e i r ambassadars Mow n o t i c e verse 12: "And he Sxcerthere. &&ALL *power kf t h e f i r s t beask The Britannica c a l l s the Papaay an before him." T h i s kin&ddm, c l a i m i n g ta be ECCLESIASTICAL WORLD EMPIRE. Its governCHRIST'S, takes, ercercises, uses, ALL t h e ment was shaped upon t h e Imperial MODEL power of t h e f i r s t kingdam---the Roman ---a l i k e n e s s , or IMAGE of the "Beset." government a f t e r it became "healed .'I And Now v e r s e 15: "And h e " ---the CathoONLY the CATHOLIC CHURCH d i d that! It was l i c Church government, one horn representL KINGDOM, and ruled over t h e Roman civil i n g church, the other s t a t e governmont of government -th e firs t b 8 as t t h i s Church---"had power t o give li4c unto Sonre say t h e "two-horned beast" i 5 the t h e image of t h e b e a s t , t h a t t h e image of United S t at es, and t h e "Beast" b t h a Cafh- t h e beast should both speak, and CAUSE t h a t olic Church! Did t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s e v e r a s many as would n e t worshil t h e image of crcetcisa a l l the power of t h e Roman Cath- the beast should be k i l l e d . olic Church? No! Will it? It is unthinkThe ''imare" COMPELLED t h e people of Christendom t U'ORSHXP HIM, Tha-pope did : able! kt the Catholic Church government blb wieZd ALL t h e power o f kh+ Holy Roman t h i s , And CAUSSD as many as refused to b8 Empire, f o r t h e full 1260 years! k i l l e d ! The papacy d e c l a r e d a l l dissenters Let us continue: "and causeth t h e "anathema from Chr i s t " - - - h e r c t i c ~ - - - w h i c h was aerth and t h e m t h a t dwell t h e r e i n ta wora DEATH SENTENCE, The STATE k i l l e d them-ship t h e f i r s t beast w h o s a d e a d l y wound + h a Church CAUSED them to be killed! W I S healed.'' Notice t h i s second b e a s t wields And now v e r s e 16: "And CAUSETH a l l , paver over ALL ?HE EAS'IH. The Catholics to receive a MARK." What is the MARK o f did t k r t ! AFTER t h e wound was healed! *he BE'S*? A l a t e r article will tell!

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