West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-12-19

The Analusia.

| Under the Royal mandate our tranSlatorS
have given us the supposed meaning in
stead OF the correct rendering ot the
| Greek text. The words quoted arc parcn.
thctic and apart from the thought of DIVING
OF living, between which two things Paul
had just said that he did not choose His
desire was for third aud very different
thing which is Tar better" tthan either of
two things, via. To die and bc at rest OF to
abide in the AcSh for their Sakcs) The
words translated "a desire c'--tcn cpithu
mian-are emphatic, as all scholars know
by the prchNed article ten" Its render
ing requires an adjective to show it's in
tcnSity, 81, instead of "a desire" Paul
| wrote Having the earnest desire" not to
die neither To remain ia the flesh but his
words are "cis tn analusia' rendered with.
out regard To the Greek article to" and
omiting entirely the Greek word cisQor)
simply to depart as though his earnest
desire" was to die which is far better"
Ci this hc correct then. far better" than
what0
The word "analusia occurs In Luke - 20
and is there rendered return a word of
opposite meaning from depart" as in our
text This seems confusing to the English
reader but in Greek literature the article
is declined with Gender Number and Case
tas are also the Noun. Prououn and Partici
plc) when NO article Is expressed the Eng.
lish is sgnihcd. The two articles in our
text in the Greek are violated ignored aud
the proposition To- given instead of the
Neuter definite the analusa tho one par
ticular analusia earnest desire of the
Apostle In Tim. o the Apostle uses
the same word hut not the anausa of our
text His words are the time OF my ana
luScos is at hand" aud that he did not cN.
pcct To be with Christ immediately Ills
words accord with all Scripture i'm har-
mony with our Lord $ farewell II will come
again and receive YOU to myself that where
am ye may bc also" Oohn d and SO
the Apostle taught "HcnCcforth there is
laid up for me (and Tor all who love the
Lord appcaring) crown = 80 which the
Lord '*' shall give me in that day Cat
his rcturnl
In the typical Law Covenant shadows.
the amounting oil, was poured upon tho
head OF the High Priest aud ran down to
the skirts of his garments. This type was
fulfilled and passed away when the Holy
'p'l' Nilnbul measure descended upon
the man Jesus at his baptism. constituting
him the Anointcd ono of promisc-thc
Messiah tHcb) tho Christ (Grcckl both
words mean the same q the Auointcd
One
AZ Pcntecost this amounting reached His
body members, once for all. not To be nc
peatcd There the whole body was anoin.
ted and every member is made a partakcr
OF this Holy Spirit at the time Of his bap
tism into the Christ into the anointcd com
pany. This is not Johns baptism. not for
the remission Of sins our Lord was with.
out sin and the justified believer is reckon.
ed Holy acceptable from i7:G( see
Acts I9I-s-lohn's baptism was for the
Jews only-who were iypically clcanscd
Oiol) but this IS the offering up with Him
tho perfect taccountcd sol humanity Of the
previously Justified bclicycr(Rom 63.l
His baptism is profession OF belief also
else he would not bc baptiscd
The shedding forth Of the Spirit was also
a token Of the acceptance Of the great
sacrifice finished at Calvary and officially
presented to justice when our Lord as.
cendcd to heaven
This baptism signifies the death OF thc
human rights and privileges will and an
md the immediate bcrottng again To- th.
spirit plane Of being Far beyond our pre-.
sent comprehension even into the Divine
family. "hcirs Of God and joint heirs with
Jesus Christ John 3.I-1 Again this shed
ding forth Of the Spirit at Pcntccost was
fulfilling the Lord promise that hc would
send another comforter not person but
the Holy Spirit the Spirit Of Truth. John
i8.I6 " and IS
twas under the direct Influence Of this
Spirit OF Truth that the Apostle Peter
said concerning the dcccndcd Lord whom
the Heaven must receive until the times Of
restitution of all things Acts g.2I
Here IS an obligation a necessity. The
heaven must receive the assembled Lord
until the due time n God S order
The lost possession had been bought
back and the times Of refreshing and rcnov.
alton must follow as effects must follow
their cause. The promise pcrmcats the
word Of God like threads Of gold boz price.
less fabric spoken by the mouth Of alI the
holy prophets since the world began. set
still the whole creation groaus boo travail
and pain together Rom 10 made sub
jcct 20 vanity fraltynon continuance.
nc NithlitN was lost 100 Adam
Take with us glance into the darker
parts Of the earth today. the non Christian
world says Bishop Foster after an cx.
tended tour Of the world some years AGO.
Call to your aid all the images of poverty
and degradation you have ever seen in sol.
itary places Of the cxtrcmcst wrctchcdncss
those sad cases that haunted you with hor.
row o those drcary abodcs of filth and
gaunt squalor crowd them into one pic.
turc unrclicved by 70 single shade of tenn.
pcred darkness or colorcd light. and hang
" over ono half the globe. 30 will still fall to-
equal tho reality You must put into 10 the
dreary prospect Of hopeless continuance
sou must take out Oft all hope aIl asp,ra
tion even. Ihe conspicuous fcauturr OF
hcathenisn is poverty You have never
seen poverty Itis % word thc meaning of
which you do not know what YOU clIf pot.
erty IS wealth luxury Think ofit not as
occasional not as In puriicns not as cxccp
tonal in places of deeper misery but as
universal continent wide Put boo to BE- iun.
ger. nakcdncss. bcsualty take out OF it
expectation Of something better tomorrow
hll Africa with &c. 900 Asia with it. crowd
the vision with men women and children
t"cnty times the population of 900 your
great cities towns and village. aud rural
districts. twenty Tor every one OF ,our
states and territories the picture then
fails Co reach the reality Put now into ibc
picture the moral sb3dingof no God
The remembrance chat thcy arc beings who
have the Same humanity that wc have
/ human cravings Paint sarIcs. ek,
darkcn 900 iho past let th, future bc draprd
iu deeper and yct deeper night This .e