The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-30

Another parable put he forth unto
them. saying, the Kingdom Of Heaven
Is likened unto man which sowed good
seed in his field. But while men slept
his enemy came and sowed teres among
the wheat and went his way. But when
the blade was sprung uo and brought
forth fruit then appeared the sares alao.
So the servants of the householder
came and said unto him, Sir, didst not
thou SOW good seed in thy field? From
whence then hath It tares? he said
unto them: An enemy hath done this.
The servant said into him. wilt thou
then that we go snd gather Thorn up?
But he said, nay, lest while ye gather
up the tares ye root up also the wheat
with them. Let both grow together
until the harvest, and in the time of
harvest l Will say to the reapers,
gather ye together first the tares and
bind them in bundles to burn them,
but gather the wheat into my barn.
Then Jesus sent the multitude away
and went into the house; and His disci-
pies came unto Him saying: Declare
unto us the parable of the tares OF the
field. He answered and said unto them:
He that soweth the good seed Is the
son OF man; the field Ia the world; the
good seed are the children OF the king
dom; but the tares are the children of
the wicked one; tho enemy that sowed
them Is the Devil; the harvest Ia the
end of the world; and the reapers are
the angels. AS, therefore, the tares are
gathered and burned in the FIRE; so shall
1t be In the end OF this world
The son Of man shall send forth His
angels and they shall gather out OF His
Kingdom all things that offend and them
which do iniquity; and shall cast them
into furnace of fire: there shall be
wailing and CRASHING OF teeth. Then
shall the righteous snine forth as the
sun In the kingdom OF their Father
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
l. One OF the greatest heresies of the
ege Is mtnihcation of Satanic power
God calls Satan 1.-The god of this world"
VI Cor. 4:4). THE prince of the power
OF the air." (Eph 2:2. Satan wrought
miracles through James and Jambres,
his ministers in the days OF Moses.
(Ex. 7:l2) He had his ancient aoreery,
medinval witchcraft and his modern
spirisualism The Roman Catholic
Church has claimed miracle working
power In all ages, OF course by satanic
power, as she has long been his faith
full servant. While we frankly admit
that Satan has superhuman power so as
from human standpoint to work mira
Giles, don't understand US to say that he
has divine power, which belongs to
God only.
2. Though Satan Is not omnipresens
he has the power OF inconceivable
rapid locomotion, SO that Christ says he
moves with the velocity OF lightning
(Luke 10:ls.) Twelve thousand miles
per second, running around the world
hfsy times in minute 80 as 70
render him practically omnipresent.
B. Out OF Mary Msgdalene Jesus cast
seven devils. Out of Gadarene He cast
legion. Vast armies OF devils rush
through the air. Doubtless there are
more devils In this world than men,
women and children. Satan being gen
eralissimo OF the countless host. From
his pAndemonium headquarters In hell,
he sent out HIS gu bordinste commanders
to lead forth his embattled host into all
parts of the esrth. =
a. He led his first campaign into
Eden about 5000 years ego, in which
glorious victory perched upon his black
banner. Never before did such a panic
sweep through hell as when the news
that the Son OF God had espoused the
lost cause, reached Diabolus' head
quarters. From that hour the satanic
empire assumed most beligerant atti-
sude, determined vi ea armis to hold
every inch OF the newly conquered
world.
S. You remember how Satan under
took to bride the Son OF God in that
wilderness temptation. He offered Him
AL Of this world on compromise.
LET us stop this cruel war and make
friends after these 1000 years of terri
BILE conflict you reign on earth and I
Will reign In hell" Suppose Christ had
yielded, the divinity would have Left
the humanity, which would have been
transformed into great arch-demon.
and OF course the plan OF salvation
would have collapsed forever. GLORY
to God, He resisted the tempter, and
you and 1 are saved When the last
compromise failed nothing WAS left but
war to the end; till Satan Is utterly de-
feased and driven from the earth, and
millennisl glory shall fill the earth from
sun to sun.
6. The final restoration of the earth
TO iss primitive heavenly eta.e. for at
nrst 10 WAS part of the Heaven, but
Satan broke 1t loose and added IL to
hell, but when the war in over Christ
will restore 1t back to Heaven, ia
clearly set forth in the prophecies.
Thoroughly sanctified from oil the con-
tsminssions Of sin, God will honor the
victory OF His Son, and reannex it back
to Heaven. and confer 1t as q memorial
present to his gloriaed saints, to become
favorite resort of the sDgels through
all OF the ages Of eternity. Matt. $40
z. just as Satan offered Christ the
world II He would worship him, so he
has made thesame offer to every church
ever set up on the earth. And 1 am
sorry to say, they have all, in the lapse