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MEETINGS IN NEW YORK CITY

The Editor, in response to the urgent solicitations of the friends in and adjacent to New York City, will (D.V.) preach there Sunday, Nov. 27th, as follows:—

At 10:30 A.M. in Cooper Union Meeting Room No. 24. Subject, “In Our Days.”

At 3 P.M. in Hardman Hall (Fifth Avenue and Nineteenth Street). Subject, “The Restitution of All Things.”—Acts 3:21.

At 7:30 P.M. in Hardman Hall. Subject, “The Millennium and Its Day of Preparation.”

Private meetings will be held elsewhere on Monday. Sister Russell, also, is expected to be present.

The notice is given thus publicly and in season, that readers from surrounding places may attend, if they can make it convenient.

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PROTESTANTS NO LONGER

Protestants lately seem to be sadly at a loss to account for their name—Protestant. They know from history that there was once a wide difference of religious views between the founders of their sects and the Church of Rome. They know of the rack, the prison and the stake; but they wonder why it all was, and think there must have been some great mistake.

Papacy declares that she never changes; and so Protestants fancy that they have been misinformed, and are seeking union with the very one whose conduct and doctrines their forefathers protested against—even unto death. The Congregational National Convention at Minneapolis adopted the following in a resolution on the subject:—

“The Roman Catholic body is recognized as a branch of the church of Christ, and the report welcomes the opportunity to co-operate with its members, clergy or laity in the advancement of the cause of Christian truth and Christian morals. The attitude of the Episcopal church coming forward in England and America bearing an olive branch is heartily commended.”

We are glad indeed to believe that the membership of the Church of Rome contains some noble souls, and that as a whole her multitudes are more enlightened than once they were; but we believe the system to be Satan’s handiwork, and as really Antichrist as it was when, with greater power, it “wore out the saints of the Most High,” and practiced outward evil, and prospered in it. The same false doctrines still underlie her system; and only opportunity is lacking for the same display of devilish intolerance that during the dark ages marked her pathway with blood.

We respect all decent, honest men as men; and whenever we can we shall be glad to do them good, physically and spiritually. But we reserve the titles of fellowship, “Christian” and “Brother,” for those who trust in the Savior and his one sacrifice for all. This as much ignores Roman Catholics, who hold to many, repeated sacrifices for sins (sacrifices of the Mass), as it does to those who deny any sacrifice.

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We mentioned in our last our intention of presenting in this issue some evidences that the giving of life and authority to the “Image of the Beast” is not far distant. We did not mean by this that you should expect a review of Rev. 13. The evidences referred to, crowded out of this issue, may appear in our next.

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— November 15, 1892 —