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twelve kinds of Mennonites, Bruederhoef,Amish, Old Amish, Conservative Amish,Reformed, General Conference, Church of Godin Christ, Old Wisler, Bundes Conference,Defenceless, Brethren in Christ, sixteen kinds ofMethodists shown in comments on Rev. 9:1,Union Moravian, Pentecostal Church of theNazarene, Other Pentecostal Associations,twelve kinds of Presbyterians shown incomments on Rev. 8:10, 11, Christian Reformed,Hungarian Reformed, Reformed Catholic,Salvation Army, Schwenkfelders, SocialBrethren, Society for Ethical Culture,Spiritualists, Theosophical Society, OldConstitution Brethren, Unitarians, Universalists,etc.Their "faiths" are quite as varied as their names,but without exception they deny the central truthof the Scriptures (1 John 4:2, 3) that when JesusChrist came to earth He came as a man only,devoid of immortality or Divinity, that when Hedied He was as dead as though He never hadlived, and that by that death He bought for Adamand his race the Restitution of all things foretoldby "the mouth of all the holy Prophets since theworld began." (Rev. 4:10.) The common groundupon which they stand is this, their denial of theRansom, their affirmation of Spiritism, in someform, and their adherence to the principle ofFederation. All of these things are condemned inthe Scriptures but the Scriptures will never beallowed to stand in the way of those who live byshearing the wool from the sheep. (2 Tim. 4:3. 4;Deut. 18:10, 11: Isa. 8:9-22.) The latter passageis full of the deepest significance at this time."Christian Heralds" that refused to publishadvertisements of Pastor Russell's books nowgive space to advertisements of godless,Christless, Buddhist, demoniacal books,glorifying the New Thought system of mindworship, the boot-strap system of religion bywhich men, by cultivation of the will, liftthemselves into money, piety and immortality,and by making assertions to and demands of thealleged "sub-conscious mind" invite and receivethe assistance of evil spirits, and finally come