But whosoever drinketh of the water philosophy of life! that " shall #ive him shall never thirst$ but the water that " shall #ive him shall be in him a well of water sprin#in# up into everlastin# life% &'ohn ()*( +',-
When the enemy shall come in like a flood. the Spirit of /ruth! of the 01RD shall lift up a standard a#ainst him% &"saiah 23)*3 +',-
Build your life on the truth of God, and your life will be preserved: /herefore whosoever heareth these sayin#s of mine. and doeth them. " will liken him unto a wise man. which built his house upon a rock) 4nd the rain descended. and the floods came. and the winds blew. and beat upon that house$ and it fell not) for it was founded upon a rock% 4nd every one that heareth these sayin#s of mine. and doeth them not. shall be likened unto a foolish man. which built his house upon the sand) 4nd the rain descended. and the floods came. and the winds blew. and beat upon that house$ and it fell) and #reat was the fall of it% &5atthew 6)7(876 +',-
" beheld then because of the voice of the #reat words which the horn spake) " beheld even till the beast was slain. and his body destroyed. and #iven to the burnin# flame% &Daniel 6)** +',- 4nd there was #iven unto him a mouth speakin# #reat thin#s and blasphemies$ and power was #iven unto him to continue forty and two months% 4nd he opened his mouth in blasphemy a#ainst 9od. to blaspheme his name. and his tabernacle. and them that dwell in heaven% &Revelation *:)28; +',-
God is telling us about the flood of false doctrines of the Papacy, which Satan is using to keep the world ignorant of the great truths of Gods Word. These false doctrines had preiously referred to as great words and great things in erses !, "", and #$ of %aniel & and as dark sentences in %aniel !'#(. This idea is also portrayed in %aniel !'"" and "# where the little horn power takes away the daily, the place of his )*hrists+ sanctuary was cast down, and cast down the truth to the ground. This sa,e idea is used in -eelation "#'"$' And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. .-eelation "#'"$ /012 These erses reeal the strategy of Satan in using the Papacy to try to keep the world ignorant of *hrists ,ediatorial work in the 3eaenly Sanctuary and the other great truths of the 4ible. To counteract these lies of Satan, God uses a loud cry to gie the eerlasting gospel to the whole world in the last days.
With the setting aside of the Bible has come a turning away from God's law. /he doctrine that men are released from obedience to the divine precepts, has weakened the force of moral obligation and opened the floodgates of iniquity upon the world. Lawlessness, dissipation, and corruption are sweeping in like an overwhelmin# flood. verywhere are seen envy, evil surmising, hypocrisy, estrangement, emulation, strife, betrayal of sacred trusts, indulgence of lust. !he whole system of religious principles and doctrines, which should form the foundation and framework of social life, seems to be a tottering mass, ready to fall in ruins. "rophets # $ings, page %&'.
Spiritualism is about to take the world captive. !here are many who think that (piritualism is upheld through trickery and imposture, but this is far from the truth. (uperhuman power is working in a variety of ways, and few have any idea as to what will be the manifestations of (piritualism in the future. /he foundation for the success of Spiritualism has been laid in the assertions that have been made from the pulpits of our land% /he ministers have proclaimed as Bible doctrines falsehoods that have ori#inated with the arch deceiver% !he doctrine of consciousness after death, of the spirits of the dead being in communion with the living, has no foundation in the (criptures, and yet these theories are affirmed as truth. /hrou#h this false doctrine the way has been opened for the spirits of devils to deceive the people in representin# themselves as the dead% Satanic a#encies personate the dead and thus brin# souls into captivity% Satan has a reli#ion. he has a syna#o#ue and devout worshipers% /o swell the ranks of his devotees. he uses all manner of deception.))*ndated +anuscript %%. vangelism, pages %,& to %,-
A Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the County of Monmouth and the Principality of Wales: With other Notable Relations from England; Together with Observations about Them, and Instructions from Them - Designed to Confute and to Prevent the Infidelity of Denying the Being and Apparition of Spirits tends to Irreligion and Atheism