The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-04-09
Two Works of Grace y
4 y and Gods
X y Hand in it All
BY w. c. ANDERSON
CHAPTER IX.-Continued.

ChABIEh lA.-Oontlnueu,
According as it is written, God hath
given them the spirit of slumber eyes
that they should not see, and ears that
they should not hear unto this day.
Was not this for a great purpose? Lets
see what that purpose was. And David
saith let their table be made a snare,
aud trap, and stumbling block, and
recOmpence unto them. Let their
eyes be darkened that they may not
see and bow down their back alway.
Rom III to 10. But listen again to
the opostle. say then have they
stumbled that they should fall? God
forbid; but rather through their fall
calvation is come unto the Gentiles for
to provoke them to jealousy. Now il
the fall of them be the riches of the
world and the diminishing of them the
riches Of the Gentiles, how much more
their fullness. Rom. I'LL and 12.
Is not this cne of the great wonders in
Gods plan to save the world that he
would leave his own in darkness that
he might save the heather. For /
speak, says the apostle, to you Gen
tiles inasmuch as l am the apostle Of
the Gentiles magnify my office; if by
any means l may provoke to emulation
them which are my flesh and might
save some Of them. For if the casting
away of them be the reconciling OF the
world what shall the receiving OF them
be but life from the dead? Rom. Ills
to 10. To establish this truth we turn
to Eze. 81. The hand of the lord was
upon me and carried me out in the
spirit of the Lord, and set me down in
the midst of the valley which was full
of bones, and caused me to pass by
them round about, and behold there
were very many in the open valley, and
10 they very very dry. And he said
unto me, son of man can these bones
live? And | answered o Lord God
thou knowest Again he said unto me
prophesy upon these bones and sayetf
to them O ye dry bones, hear the wore
of the lord. Thus saith the Lord Goo
unto these bone. Behold | will cause
breath to enter into you and ye shal
live: and | will lay sinews upon yor
and will bring up flesh upon you ant
cover you with skin, and put breath il
you, and We shall live, and ye shal
know that / am the Lord. So / prophi
side as l was commanded; and as
prophesied there was noise, and behold
a shaking, and the bones came to
gether bone to his bone. And when
beheld, 10 the sinews and the fiesl
came up upon them and the skin coy
cred them above; but there was NJ
breath in them. Then said he unto mi
prophesy unto the wind, prophesy sol
of man and say to the wind. Thu
saith the Lord God come from the fou
winds, o breath and breathe upon thes
slain that they may live Eze. 37-1 to 8
For this proof please turn with me t.
Rev. 20-4. And I saw thrones an,
they that sat upon them and jndgmen
was given unto them; and saw tn
souls of them that were heheaden fo
the witness of Jesus and for she wor
of God, and which had not worshipe
the beast neither his image, neithe
had received his mark upon his fore
heads or in their hands, and they live
and reigned with Christ a thousan
years. All the apostles were Jews an
we're beheaded for the word of Goo
and they are to get up when Chri'
comes to reign with him for thousan
years, which is the millennium. S
we will go back to Eze and see whel
this kingdom will be set up.
SO / prophesied as he commando
me and the breath came into them an
they lived and stood up upon their fe'
an exceeding great army. Then |
said unto me, son of man these bon'
are the whole house of Israel; behol
they say our bones are dried and OIL
hope is lost; we are cut off for OF
parts. Therefore prophesy and SO
unto them thus saith the Lord Go,
Behold, G my people, 1 will open yol
graves and cause you to come up OF
of your graves and bring you into Il
land of Israel. And We shall kno
that am the lord when / have op9n(
your graves, o my people, and brougl
you up out Of your graves, and shs
v put my spirit in you and ye shall Ii
l. and shall place you in your own Ian
then shall ye know that l the Lol
/. have spoken and performed it saith Il
a Lord. Eze. 37-10 to IA. Let us lii