The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-10-23

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hear ar heed.
We answer that This Is an very true.
bus that the difficulty lies In the fact
that the GuSlel message Is not proper
~ presented To the people. The mes
sage Will o our Lord and the apostles
prosecuted Is a consistent one. whereas
the message from the majority OF pull
pits today Is an Inconsistent one. The
people are told. 10y both Catholics and
t'rotesiauts. that there Is a heaven
for the sanity who before dying shall
h.come firmly established in the
lrlces Of the holy Spirit. AS for the
masses. they are told by Catholics
tha5 they must expect centuries Of
torment to be prepared for them. And
by Protestants they are told that they
win have an eternity OF torment with
out hope of a release. And then both
Catholics and Protestants unite in
telling the poor world that such an ar
r90gement for the future is the pro-
vision of a Just and loving God. for
which they should be deeply thankful,
and that the troubles Of this present
life are partial penances for sin.
Tell the Truth-shame Satan.
The Truth is so much more reason
able, so much more just, so much
more wise aud loving. that to every
ear that hears it there comes a salts
faction, a harmony. which error could
never produce. Gods Word tells us
that our race is a convict race-con-
demned TO death because Of father
Adams observation-disclosures, as his
children. we have inherited a share
In his death se~ntence-not an eternal
torment sentence. The Bible tells
thar Satan. who misled our first par
ents by misrepresenting God and his
Word, has since misrepresented him
to mankind and that he II Is who is
responsible for the doctrine Of dew
lis" Il Timothy iv, II. respecting the
fortunes Of the dead. whom the Scrip
lures declare know not anything"
Ecclesiastes tx. o.. The Bible tells us
that God, seeing that many Of our
race dying because of Adams trans
grPssion. would be glad to return to
fellowship with their Creator, and to
be recovered from sin and death con-
ditiOns, has made q provision for
them. Our Lord Jesus by his death
purchased the lives and liberties Of
Adam and his entire race. He died.
the Just for the unjust, that he might
bring us back to God" q Peter Ill, 49,.
But why must we wait? Why must
we pray. Thy Kingdom come? Why
the delay? The Bible answers again
that the Kingdom class must first be
found-"the little fiock'' to whom It is
the Fathers good pleasure to give the
Kingdom luke xii, 32l. This King.
dom class is to be composed Of the
sanity few who form positive char.
acters for Righteousness by faithfully
following in the footsteps Of their Re,
deemer; by being taught of him in the
School Of Christ. These faithful few
Of present selection, or election, are
symbolically spoken Of as the mem.
bers Of the Body Of Christ" which is
the Church Of glory; and again. as
members Of the Body OF Christ. bis
joint Heirs in his Kingdom. The King
dom will not be established until this
elect Kingdom class Is completed
These must share In the sufferings OF
Christ aud then the glory will imme
diately follow.
The Desire Of All Nations Shall Come
The Lord declares that the desire Of
all peoples shall come. The people Of
the world in general would desire thu
coming Of the Lords glorious King
dom and would rejoice in it. II they
knew about 1t. The Divine provision
would satisfy their longings as moth
Ing else could do. Brother White ant
all ministers OF God should hold uI
before them the glorious message o
the Divine Word. This would brinI
them Joy aud peace and rest Of heart
Notwithstanding the incidental trial
and difficulties aud weaknesses Of thi
present time Of distress. Socialism
stirs up the minds Of men to dissatls
faction and to worry and to fear an
to strife. and leads them on and o.
into the great time Of anarchist tror
Bile. The Gospel message. on the con
trary. would be helpful. comforting
sustaining.
True 1t is not all men who are abb
J to receive the Gospel message: bu
those who cannot receive II would b
| far better OF without the dlsl. actin
Gospel Of socialism. which merel
/ arouses them to greater dissatisfaction
The Bible tells that In mercy God ha
{ hidden his Plan from the world an
intends that only the sanity believer
in the Lord Jesus Christ shall undel
| stand the secrets OF It. ''rhe secrt
Of the Lord is with them that reve
= ence him and he will show them hi
Covenant" psalm XIV. 1A.
So then the work Of the Christla
{ ministers as Divinely appointed is I
, let the world alone to be dealt wit
i in Gods due time, and to comfort an
p sustain and instruct merely thos
whom they find to have the hearing ca
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