NOW, Volume 4, Number 11, August 11, 1939 Page: 2
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N O W
Use Will Rogers' Name
To Swindle
By ToM M. OLSON
In a special article, the San Francisco
Chronicle says:
"A Nation-wide swindle, perpetuated
in the guise of a charity fund was dis-
closed in Boston when the widow of the
humorist complained to a Federal Grand
Jury.
"It also was announced that Owen D.
Young, industrialist and chairman of
the Will Rogers Memorial Commission,
would file a similar complaint later in
the week.
"Hundreds of thousands of persons in
many parts of the United States have
contributed 50 cents each to the fund
during the last 18 months in the belief
they were honoring the memory of Rog-
ers by aiding in the establishment of a
worthy charity, United States Attorney
Edmund J. Brandon declared.
"Brandon said postal inspectors ex-
pected to prove before the Grand Jury
that the tickets, bearing the name of the
Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, were
distributed throughout the country by a
ring which has sold $20,000,000 worth of
fake lottery tickets in recent years.
"Indictments will be sought against
70 men, 20 of whom allegedly are New
England agents for the ring. Sale of the
tickets bearing Rogers' name was stimu-
lated with a lottery scheme, also fake,
investigators said."
Using an honored name to deceive is
an ancient practice of evil men.
As the Lord Jesus was concluding His
sermon on the Mount, He warned:
"Many will say to me in that day, Lord,
Lord have we not prophesied in thy
name? and in thy name have cast out
demons and in thy name done many
wonderful works? And then will I pro-
fess unto them, I never knew you: de-
part from me, all ye that work iniquity."
(Matt. 7:22-23).
It is easy to realize how multitudes of
people can be deceived by false prophets
and false religious workers using thename of Jesus, as hundreds of thousands
of persons who were appealed to in the
name of Will Rogers would purchase
tickets thinking they were aiding in the
establishment of a worthy charity. a
Certainly the Lord Jesus is all right,
but not everyone using His name is all
right--nor is everything done in His
name all right.
We are definitely told to: "Prove all
things; hold fast that which is good."
(1 Thess. 5:21). And again: "Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the
spirits whether they are of God: because
many false prophets are gone out into
the world." (1 John 4:1). There are
many types of deceivers in the world,
but the worst are the religious ones!
Hence the need of caution.
In the days of the Apostle Paul the
seven sons of Sceva sought to imitate
his wonderful works. They said over a
man possessed with an evil spirit: "We
adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preach-
eth." The evil spirit answered: "Jesus I
know, and Paul I know, but who are
ye?" And the man leaped upon them and
overcame them and they fled. (Acts
19:13-17).
"Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but
who are ye?" was what exposed the
imitators! It does not seem to dawn on
many who see or hear of a wonderful
work of healing in the name of Jesus or
some other "wonderful work" to ask the
worker: "Who are you?" That is why
unscriptural cults thrive.
Simple because the work itself is
"wonderful" and because it is done in
Jesus' name the majority seem satisfied.
They forget that the Lord Jesus warned
that many wonderful works would be
done in His name by workers of iniquity.
It is the part of wisdom to ascertain
who the worker is and his personal atti-
tude toward the Lord Jesus. Does he be-
lieve implicitly in the deity of the Lord
Jesus, and in His sinless humanity and
in His vicarious death and His bodily
resurrection and His glorious ascension
and His Present exaltation and His per-
sonal return? If not, beware!
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