Smyrna times., 1895-12-25
"COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE"
BY SIMON B. NEEDHAM.
WAUKEsHA, Wis, Nov. 16. 1895

WAUKEsHA, Wis, Nov. 16, 1895.
"And heard another voice from heaven. say
ing Come out Of her, my people. that ye be not
iortakets OF her SINS, and that ye receive not OF
her plaques. Rev IS! 4.
This scripture is the voice of God
speaking unto his people among all
nations. Hence, says the spirit:
''Flee out of the midst of Babylon. and
deliver every man his soul; be not cut
off in her iniquity, for this is the time
OF the Lords vengeance; he will rem
der unto her a recompense. DER.
81: g.
Dear Christian reader. the dav of
final separation between Gods peoDle
and those of the world is now fully
come. Therefore, ''Be We not un-
equally yOked together with unbe-
heves; for what fellowship hath righte-
BUSINESS with unrighteOusness? and
what communion hath light with dark
ness? and what concord hath Christ
with Bellal? or what part hath he that
belleveth with an infidel? and what
agreement hath the temple of God with
idols? For We are the temple of the
living God; as God hath said, l will
dwell In them, and walk in them; and
L will be their God, and they shall be
my people. WerefOre come out from
among them, and be We separate, saith
the Lord, and touch not the unclean
thing; and will receive You, and will
be Father unto you, and We shall be
my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty. q Cor. 6: IA to IS. Not to
come out of Babylon" is to stay in
her; and receive of her plaques. "For
her sins have reached unto heaven. (the
throne of Judgment in church and
state, and God hath remembered her
lnlquities. (Rev. 18l 81 Christ said,
Il am come to send fire on the earth:
and what will I, if it be already
klndled? Luke 12: 49,
Again said he, Suppose We that I am
come TO give peace on earth? 1 tell
you, nay; but rather division: for
from henceforth there shall be fire in
one house divided, three against two.
and two against three" Christ knew
that the time would come, (Which is
now here, when before him should be
gathered all nations; and that he would
separate them one from another, as a
shepherd divideth his sheep from the
goats. Matt. %: 81 etc.
We wish to be understood to saw,
that, The day of Christ is now at hand.
And that we, the people of God, are
called upon by God himself to come
out of confusion. "For God is not the
author OF confusion, but of peace, as in
all churches of the saints" q Cor. "A:
S3. We can never have heaven on earth.
(and here is where we are to have it)un-
til we are separated from sin and all un-
cleanness. Gods call to Noah. is now
made to every household of faith.
Come thou and and all thy house into
the ark; for thee have 1 seen righteous
before me in this generation. "
Gen. Z: ID Noah's family represents
Gods family or church on the earth.
This little flock was saved from phvsi-
cal death through faith in God. (Heb.
II: ~ But without faith it is imDos-
slble to please Him." Gods family
are n little flock, while Satan's number
by the millions. Matt. z: 10, IA; Luke
y; 81. God has no other world TO
carry his people to as error has taught.
Neither will He send the wicked
to another world to punish them. "Be-
hold, the righteous shall be recon-
pensed in the earth; much more the
wicked and the sinner. (Prov. II:
BID All fieshly connections between
the righteous and the wicked will be
separated by ''the coming of Christ to
be glOrifed in his saints" der. 81:
20-24 and 2 Thess. 1: 10.) 0 We saints!
Hear We the call of thy God; and come
out her, my people"