West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-06-05
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upon the fundamentals OF Christian faith.
II does not apply at all TO the 4 400 600. 900
OF mankind living in the Judgment OF the
Church. These have never been under
special favor nor dwell In the secret
place OF the Most High" They could not
iali from favor to which they were not
reckonod eligible. nor from faith they
never possessed. Judgment begins with
the house of God" aud until the Apostles
Tell asleep the Church was kept In virgin
purity, as IL must bc In this final sitting.
and our text indicates that ten thousand
VIII be sifted out--rcjectcd--to one that
VIII be able to stand of all the 400 600 600
OF Chrstlandom. From the stand point of
ORTHODOXY this is an appalling picture,
| Tor u means the eternal torture of
all living. save about 10000 too
horrible for belief. Yet there is no way
out OF II without lowering the standards.
and changing the conditions of salvation
IL eternal torment Is the wages OF sin The
proportion is In exact lines of all the Scrip.
lures bearing upon the subject. MANY
| are called. but few are chosen" II have
chosen You out OF the world "rhcy that
are with him are called. and chosen and
faithful. Fear not. little flock IL is the
Fathers good pleasure to give you the
| Kingdom. Only Ia4ooo are sealed in
their foreheads (Rev. y. These are the
"choscn." called after the name OF the
twelve tribes of heshy Israel Children Of
Abraham by faith. The true Israel or
seed in whom all the families OF the
earth shall bc blessed
| The Gospel age intervcncs between the
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the purchased possession for the purpose
OF selecting this seed OF promise" and the
promise is to the "overcomers" only Rev.
aud chapters, letters TO the seven phases
OF the Church down the age)
| We used to read the prophecy of our
text without noting It's awful import. even
when We consented to the "proccpts OF
men and allowed that the rich man of the
| parable was literal. aud in literal Hades
| OF torture but then we had swallowed the
doctrines like pills. without chewing.
without investigation, and we could not
rub two thoughts together" But some
one viii say that The Scriptures do not limit
the number OF saved TO I4iooo. We answer
that the Scriptures are not to be crowded
| INTO one age, Eph, az. They reveal the
whole plan of creation. and must be
| rightly divided" every part TO the age to
which II belongs The Gospel age has Sc
cured the promise lost to the natural seed
of Abraham Gal. 3;ao and its number is
| given plainly-iwolyc thousand for each
tribe; but the natural children are not
therefore out of Gods plan Rom. iI.as-3a
No indeed Thank our Great Creator
whose other name is love 'IIc will have
all men TO be saved from the Adamic con
diion and come to a knowledge OF the
truth That includes the millions OF today
and OF tho Yesterdays back to Eden
| For there is one God and one Mediator
between God and men the man Christ
| Jesus; who gave himself ransom for ALL"
Tim ago. There is the whole gospel
briefly stated. But when will lie deliver
| or savc--iiis purchaser The Apostle
| answers: In due time But what then
shall be the lot Of ten thousand 90 one OF
| Christcndomr The answer can only bc
made In general terms. The greatest
| numbers Of them belong to the world Matt.
| 1917 a. and will be judged individually
| with the world" The Gre-the great tribu-
lation coming will try them of what sor,
they are, and great unnumbcred com.
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no man can tell tho number Of thcm) will
wash their robes and attain to an
honorable position-ycssels OF silver
Servants before mot on the throne Rev
| TO In the prophetic picture Of the Sealing
The many not Scaled are slain" sym
bolically because unwittingiy they resist
the setting up OF the Kingdom Eek. o.4z
| Gin the city-not the country. In the Great
House are many mansions" the great
company true nj heart. will hear blessings
and messages and he used In the uplifting
OF the race
| The masses Of Christendom are ignorant
| OF how thoroughly the word of God Is
already rejected by the leading doctors Of
| Theology. These "wickcd" T. G. more or
less guilty OF breaking their covenant
through deception and pride Of place. arc
used Of the fowler" 20 ensnarc the masses
who follow the posular current without
stopping to investigate. like sheep 20 the
slaughter" As the lines justice and
| righteousness are being revealed the
responsibility increases. and they choose
the popular course. and "fall' from the
present favor The Scriptures are so
thoroughly one that tho rejection Of q part
Is counted for the whoic-for il is step.
which. II not retraccd. inevitably leads
into tic snare.
The masses have tho liberty 20 invcsu.
gate Their way is their own choice. and
they shall be filed with 1t. and never
desire 10 repeat their folly. The only
shield and buckler is the truth Thy word
Is truth. " W.. II has never been popular.
Anyone who believes in the Second Coming
Of our Lord TO be King OF the earth is "a
crank. The man who denies eternal
torment unreasonable. unscriptural. or who
denies that the Bible offers immortality In
any sense or condition TO the wicked or
who declares that he believes in the Father.
and IN the Son. and In the Holy Spirit and
that these three are In foil harmony. but
denies that " can be true that shey arc one
person. or tbat the Scriptures so states
called a "Iiefitic" On tic other hand
whoever PROCESSES to believe that these
things which tie Bible docs not teach and
which reason fcpndate and who denies
the Bible record Of creation. accepting
instead the unscrptural theory Of evolution
that man IS orthodox add 40 not con.
ccding to this arc nncnleitcncd fossils.
The following from ono Of the leading
orthodox religious journals. IS plain
statement Of the present conditions.
we venture to say that there is not a
competent professor OF biology or geology
IN the obscufcst Presbyterian college in the
United states, who believes that the Adam
and Eve Of Genesis we're historical cbarac.
tcrs. One would have to rake all our
colleges and universities with q hnc.tooth
comb 70 End such teacher. .
1T Is held Gin the popular mind) by those