West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-10-22
TIE DAT OF HIS PREPARATION.

am Jehovah, that is my name, and my
glory will no, give to another, neither my
praise to craven images. will raise mp
unto David a righteous branch and king
shall reign aud prosper aud shall execute
judgement and Justice IN the earth and this
Is the name whereby he shall be called, The
Righteousness of Jehovah, not The Lord
our Righteousness, as translated In large
capitals. The same. words Jehovah Isidkem
precisely occurs again by same prophet but
Is not rendered by our trausiators in large
capitals because the Connection show that
this shall be the name of the whole church.
As the wife shares her husbands honofs
and name, this is the name wherewith she
shall be called Jehovah Isidkcnu, the right
eousness of Jehovah, the new Jerusalem.
Without the possibility of collision all the
holy prophets since the world began. all the
writers of Scripture through period of two
thousand years, all speak of restitution of
all things, all proclaim gospel of salvation;
not salvation from place of torment. but
from the Adsmic death. This is the burden
of prophecy, the salvation of God, the glory
of Jehovah, the establishment of righteous
ness and justice in the earth.
We quote from three Of the prophets 10
suggest their exact harmony with each
other and with the undertaking subject, viz i:
the destiny of man, OF the plan of creation.
The frs, quotation suggests quite the con-
trary TO mans theory. that God has been
doing all lie can do for mans salvation, but
that the Day of His Preparation was then
future. The prophet declares that one
feature OF that time would be the railway
the motive power of the chariots jos,ling
each other in the broad ways and running
like lightning should be with flame. From
this and another attemp, to describe the
railway by Isaiah. Jewish scholars have the
proverb that ''when the railway reaches
| Jerusalem Messiah comes" correct de-
duction but while the railway has reached
Jerusalem yet they with the world know no.
of His presence. Our second quotation
suggests that man cannot establish rigteous-
ness in the earth. The glory is Jehovah's
alone. He here declares His personal
name and that no praise shall belong to
the works of man. craven images, poor
attempts to initiate lis purposes.
The third quotation declares that the
glory of Jehovah will be manifested through
the exalted church. Our Lord and Ills
Bride and the context shows The neshly
Israel will be the first people saved as an
| established nation, the FIRST Christian nation
upon the Garth. The world that was before
the flood was submitted to the ministry of
angels but the leprosy of sin was incurabic,
the contagion affected many of the would he
saviors and instead Of saving mankind they
fell into coudem nation and haslened The
degradation of man until he lost all knowl-
edge Of the one Almighty aud was at the
mercy OF numberless gods and their hybrid
progeny, 'the earth was corrupt before
God, and the earth was filled with violence. >,
The judgment followed, not of the indiyid-
ual, but of the whole cosmos of things.
The gods were restrained and degraded, and
so held in reservation for the final indiyid.
ual trial aid sentence at the hands of the
exalted agency of our third tex. whose
name shall be called the Righteousness of
Jehovah.
After the flood man soon forgot God and
was given up 10 his vile passions. The
great Apostle porirays the condition in
Romans and in the same letter shows that
the whole creation is still groanng and
Travelling in pain under the just wrath of
God and subjected still to the cunning
devices Of the fallen gods and their mighty
leader, the primal disloyal son of God and
murderer of the race. Their restraint con-
sisis mainly in that they cannot ma,erialize
as men and again contaminate the flesh.
Their power however is beyond mans
ability 10 escape their thraldom. Every
thing super-human is attributed to God and
they can adapt their deceptions to every
phase of human knowledge and progress in
enlightenment so as to lead man away from
the truth and into unright views upon all
subjects involving the knowledge and glory
OF God, and what subject does not II is
vain TO say 81 will have nothing 70 do with
The evil ones" the world is in their power,
the usurpa,ion permitted because man chose
to forget God aud contradict Ills words IN
their own inventions. Evolution agains, the
undeniable fact that this day Is no, day of
increased ability but on the contrary the
modem scholars point back 10 the pas,
masters IN the arts and sciences, whose
works and style are largely studied and
Initiated today. Some of the mos, valuable
arts have no, yet been re-discoyered. It's
the increase Of knowledge aud lis general
dihosion as never before that folly accounts
Tor The present enlightenment. while the
many issues attest the influence If the
NePhiliu' Of old, ,he disioSal sons Of God
The world given over 10 its oaa ways ba,
God had not reliDquished Ills purpose. In
due iime a ualion was made aud offered
salvation aud exalision upon the only
possible basis, viz. peffec, obedience to lis
perfect law. The result was that instead
of saving the earth that nation fell into
double condemnation. Il fsiled OF ifs own
escape fiom the original condemnation and
remains today amenablc to the Law whose
demands cannot be evaded. The world
remained IN ignorance Of the one God
except as they we're msie examples Of Ills
terrible judgements, no effort for lheie
salvation "You only have known Of all
the families of the earth" was said to the
Jewish nation. 4, reached iIs zenith Of
glory and proved It's inability to establish
fie,eonsness, the only basis Of lite and
peace. in the earth.
The dominion If the uhol. .,,,t 80.