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promise not to repeat it, that can take it away. If Jesus were
the "Lamb of God," to take away the sin of the world,
then John's preaching would be - God forbid! - ridiculous
and meaningless! Besides, John better than anyone else
knew that such words from his lips would have caused - as
has been the case - an irreparable error which would en-
tirely disfigure and deform the Church of Christ. The root
of the error which has soiled the religion of the Churches
is to be sought and found out in this silly "vicarious sacrifice"
business! Has the "Lamb of God" taken away the sin of the
world? The dark pages of the "Ecclesiastical History" of
any of the numerous hostile and "heretical" Churches will
answer with a big No! The "lambs" in the confessional-boxes
can tell you by their groanings under the tremendous weight
of the multi-colored sins loaded upon their shoulders that
the "Lamb of God," to take away the sin of the world,
then John's preaching would be - God forbid! - ridiculous
and meaningless! Besides, John better than anyone else
knew that such words from his lips would have caused - as
has been the case - an irreparable error which would en-
tirely disfigure and deform the Church of Christ. The root
of the error which has soiled the religion of the Churches
is to be sought and found out in this silly "vicarious sacrifice"
business! Has the "Lamb of God" taken away the sin of the
world? The dark pages of the "Ecclesiastical History" of
any of the numerous hostile and "heretical" Churches will
answer with a big No! The "lambs" in the confessional-boxes
can tell you by their groanings under the tremendous weight
of the multi-colored sins loaded upon their shoulders that