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Christianity and Civilization." (P. D.)— Jer.9:15; 23:15, 9-40; Deut. 29:18.And many men died of the waters.— Lost theirmanhood, reason and common sense bybecoming Calvinists.FM152Because they were made bitter.— Because theScriptures were made to appear to teach whatactually they do not. "It seems remarkable thatonly now are we realizing that a man so deficientin the spirit of his Master as to murder hisbrother, should not be an accepted teacher of theWord of God and its spirit. Only now are Biblestudents realizing that Brother Calvin was notthe inventor of the doctrine of election, butmerely of the doctrine that all the non-electwould suffer everlastingly. Now we see that theterms, ‘the elect,' ‘the very elect,' are Bibleterms! and that those who make their calling andelection sure, will be glorified in the FirstResurrection. Now we see that the Elect will beassociated with Jesus in His Kingdom, whichwill bless the non-elect— 'all the families of theEarth.' "— P. D.Revelation 8:12.And the fourth angel sounded.— The Baptistsectarian movement began, resulting in BaptistChurches North, Baptist Churches South, BaptistChurches Colored, Seventh-Day Baptists,General Baptists, Separate Baptists, UnitedBaptists, Baptist Church of Christ, PrimitiveBaptist Church, Primitive Colored BaptistChurch, Old Two Seed in the SpiritPredestinarian Baptist Church, Church of Godand Saints of Christ, Mennonites, Six PrincipleBaptist Church, Free Baptist Church, FreewillBaptist Church— not forgetting the SelfwillBaptist Church, which also has a largemembership, but is not listed.— 1 Cor. 3:3.From an examination of history "It does notappear that the Baptists were formed into anystability (as a sect) until the time of Menno,about the year 1536. About 1644 they began tomake a considerable figure in England, and