their dispositions and inclinations.

A large majority of the sectarian world reject the scriptures that teach
plainness of dress, that condemn revelry and fleshly lusts. There is not a
sect upon the earth but what rejects some portion of God's Word, and
taking them all together, probably there is not a text in the Bible but
what is rejected or perverted by them. Sectism to-day presents a
deplorable picture.

I would ask the reader to look at the plain, simple truths of the Bible as
taught by the Savior and the disciples. Picture to your mind, by what
knowledge you have of Scripture, the life of Christ and the apostles and
the church in their day. Notice their humility, their equality, their care
for souls, their privations, their persecutions, their holiness, their
faith for healing the sick, their oneness, their unselfishness, their love
for each other, their separation from the world, and their belief of the
whole truth. Alongside of this place a picture of the religious
denominations of to-day with their proud, highly educated and
high-salaried ministry, rejecting much of the Bible; denying holiness and
the humble ordinances, no healing faith, assuming proud titles, building
fine temples, living in ease and luxury, joined to the world free from
persecution--their greed for money, their revelry, the pomp and show--and,
oh, what do you see of the church of God? Truly, this great dark beastly
sect religion has darkened the pure church of God.

We can scarcely forbear mentioning and exposing many other false teachings
of the denominational world, but will console ourself with the hope that
the reader will thoroughly acquaint himself with the Word of God and try
every spirit and doctrine by the same. There remains yet one almost
universal false and dangerous doctrine, which we deem but justice to the
reader to refute. I refer to the doctrine of the

Millennium.

This is not a Bible word, nor a Bible doctrine. It is a word and teaching
of the apostasy. The word is used to denote a thousand years. The most
general teaching of the millennialist is that there will be a personal
reign of Christ upon this earth of a thousand years after his second
coming. There are very many theories respecting the millennium. This of
itself is enough to make the doctrine very questionable. If there is such
a doctrine in the Bible it should be so sufficiently clear as to not admit
of so much disagreement. The millennial doctrine as