The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-10
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The silver Question Discussed In q New
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The silver Question Discussed In q New
Light BY u Religious Mind.
To The Editor " ne hpelgsHosr.
sm;-"rhy silver is become dross,"
Isaiah, LIST chapter, 22d verse. We
shall not attempt the description OF the
causes, nor the why's, nor the whore
fores, OF the depreciation OF silver, But
in as limited space as possible in your
valued paper we shall give q twOfold
sense OF two epochs In the beginning
and ending Of our era. Prophecy fore.
told that in the days OF q raiser o.!
taxes" that at that time shall Michael
stand up, the great prince which
standeth Tor the children OF thy peo-
ple," which was thus literally fulfilled
in the birth of Christ. the true man
like God, which Michael means in He
brew, being born in the days OF Angus
tus Cesar, who gave the command
ment that "all the world should be
taxed" When all of Gods people were
going to the head of their government
[thisis only the prototype oil the spir-
itual now being fulfilled in Gods peo-
pie under Christi to be- arrayed or reg
istered for the exactor, literal meanings
OF the threefold sense, in which the
original words are used in the Old and
New Testament. So is every Christian
taxed with that arrayal or registration
which Jesus Christ exacts from his SUBJ
jeCts in his spiritual kingdom and has
thus sustained his church militant on
earth with the values OF his tax-gather-
ers, his mlnistering angels, whom st,
/ Paul %admonishes ua to beware OF 'iest
We entertain unaware"
Now let US review this silver which
has become dross, Silver has become q
drug on the market, If dross Is the
scum OF metals, so silver, becoming
dross, Is such to-day Tho world ia do
| claring against silver. Now we could
say much moro on these things but We
leave them with the world, We pro-
coed TO our mint-all the world is u
mint, God speaks, and He speaks not
in vain, and you can only understand
Him when you know what Flo says,
Hear Him: "Ihe House OF Israel is to
Mo become dross." Eze. %; IS. Repro
bate silver shall men call them because
tho Lord has rejected them. Jer. $3.50.
Down through the ages OF the Christian
era God has been refining this silver,
Israel, and now in his drossful state
God is going to restore him to his for
mer valued basis. The same flnanciers
are striving TO put silver on its former
basis. These things OF which we speak
arc only tigurative. "Coming events
cast their shadows before" Nature
itself preigpres spiritual things. GLOW
be it that was not first which is spirit
ual, but that which is natural, and af-
terward that which Is spirital."-l Cor.
10, 40. All Europe is aroused against
silver and against Israel. "Therefore
thus saith the Lord God, Because ye
are all (the natural Jews and tho Chris
tians, their offspring in religion) become
dross, behold, therefore, | will gather
! you in the midst OF Jerusalem" while
in this drossful state, remember).-Eze.
%, 10. "Behold furthermore, l will
gather them out Of all countries whittier
| have driven them in Mine anger and
in My fury (through the Christian era),
and in great WRATH md l will bring
them again to this place, and l will
cause them to dwell safely."-Jer. 80,
81. Their silver-now preCedes gold,
"and their gold with them, unto the
name OF the Lord, thy God, and to the
Holy One OF Israel, because He hath
glorifed thee. Therefore thy gates
shall be open continually; and
they shall not BIO shut day o night;
that men may bring unto thee
the forces Of the Gentiles"-How about
tho almighty dollar, that now would be
made a universal standard2-"and that
their kings may be brought. For the
nation and kingdom that will not serve
thee shall perish (God has subjected
Kingdoms heretofore and nc wonder If
he does again. This must be spirit
ually considered); yea those nations
shall be utterly wasted. lisa. lx:9.l2.
BY the taxes OF Augustus Caesar were
the Imperial forces" strengthened Sin
the glory OF thu empire" and the
prophecy declares 1.-THE forces OF the
Gentiles" shall be brought for its pur-
pose in the glory Of the restored jew
ish empire. These things arc spirit
ually concerned and must he 80 viewed.
Israel in his world dispersion is to be
gathered in a world-ruling empire.
I've Just want to recall to mind the
wealth OF Israel to-day and tho gath
ering OF the Egyptians wealth ere Is
rael's departure.) Jerusalom the capi-
tai of the worldl Jesus Christ kingl
Silver now in its decentralization shall
be made a universal standard OF basis.
God uses material things to prefigure
spiritual and this event Of our times,
the close OF the Christian era, is OF no
mean Importance. Events in Jernsa-
lem OF to-day, too numerous to mer-
ton. predict the fullness Of the times
OF tho Gentiles, when Jerusalem shall
no longer be trodden under foot.-Luko
xxi:24. Yours in Christ, DANIEL
WhcelinA w Va, August0.