The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-08-05
Present Truth.
Text, II Peter i-19.

Inc SUBJECT OI pTeSenI tIuIh, do
presented at the tent, was listened
to with deep interest. The speaker
remarked that there were two kinds
of truth, one applicable in all ages,
such as the existence of Ged, ETC.
while the other kind would apply
only to a certain location, or gener.
atien. This last he would consider
more particularly, and would de-
nominate it present truth.
Noah's case will illustrate this.
God, at the proper time, gave him a
message to warn the world of the
coming flood. This he did for about
hundred and twenty years, till it
came. God blessed him in doing it.
But suppose that, after the flood was
over, Noah had continued TO preach
that the flood was coming. Would
there have been any force in his
preaching? Would it have been
-Irne? Certainly not. 1t was a pres
ent truth in that generation, but af-
ter it passed, it was no longer SO.
Noah was blessed in giving it, but had
he neglected to give the warning,
God would have raised up somebody
who would give it.
Take the case of Jonah. When
God sent Jonah to Ninevah, the
prophet cried, "Yet forty days and
Ninevah shall be Overthrown." Was
this an important message? We
know that it was from God dealing
with Jonah when he refused to give
it. But when he repented and deliv-
cred the message, how it stirred the
city. 1t caused repentance from
the king on his throne, down TO the
humblest subject. This was a pres
emit truth to them at that time, but
would not have been had he contin-
ued his preaching. Take another case.
God raised up John the Baptist to
prepare the people for the coming
of the Messiah. lisa. xl.3; Matt. iii-3.
That was an especial message. God
was in it, and greatly blessed it.
Those who needed it were blessed of
God, while those who did not heed it
rejected the counsel Of God against
themselves. Luke yii-29, 80.
These illustrations might be great
ly multiplied, but these are sufficient.
Before the second advent of Christ
to the earth, there well be present
truth carried to the world. But let
us hear the word OF the Lord:
"Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and
sound an alarm in my holy mountain
and let all the inhabitants of the land
tremble; for the day of the Lord
cometh, for it is nigh at hand" Joel
i'll. What is the day Of the Lord9
1t is the day when the Lord comes,
II Pet.iii-10 BLOW ye the trumpet
in Zion.'' This was always done to
warn the people of some important
event. Then when the day of the
Lord is drawing near, then is the
time when this prophecy must be
fulfilled. And God will see that this
work is done. In preparing peo-
pie for this great event the Lord
says: Zepb.ii, 1.S, Seek righteous
ness, seek Necklaces: it may be We
shall be hid in the day of the Lord S
anger"
The psalmist says that, all thy
commandments are righteous. In
Rev. xiv, II, we read: "here are they
that keep the command ments of God
and the faith of Jesus"
So, from these Scriptures. we learn
that to be shielded in the day of
Gods anger We must be keeping all
the Commandments of God.
The judgement, Actsxvii, "a; Jude
vi; Rev. kip. the second advent,
Matt. xvi-27; Matt. xxiv-27; Acts i.9,
ILL Thess iv, 16, the resurrection,
John v-28, %, and, the end of the
world. Matt. xiii-38-42, are solemn
fraths that are now being published
to the world. They have gone to
every missionary stallion on the
globe. The present truth, the pres
emf work and faith in the present
work. which leads men to engage in
and support the present work, this is
what has always been pleasing to
God--tbis Is Bible faith.
A dead church and formal profess.