Milford chronicle., 1909-06-18

human responsibilities. IL taught then
that all men are sinners and that the
/ King and the peasant, the learned and
I the ignorant, are all responsible to the
one God and that he is no respecter Of
! persons.
As a consequence, Christians came
to be generally recognized because OF
the influence of Christ's message OF
liberty, which effected their every In
terest with its enlightening influences
We read that the people took knOwl-
edge of them that they had been with
Jesus and had learned Of him. They
learned Of Jesus no lessons Of anarchy
or strife, but those which taught the
proper relationship between man and
man. They were also taught to live
peaceably, to endure to suffer, to wait
for justice until Gods time would
come; when, at the Second Advent Of
Christ, his Kingdom would be estab-
lished and Justice would be laid to
the line and Righteousness to the plum
met" OF the Apostles we remember
that it is written that the rulers were
astOnished at their courage in standing
up for principle in faithfulness to the
Divine Word. They marveled at such
courage in men whom they perceived
to be Ignorant and unlearned." The
fact is that having learned In the
School of Christ the real principles Of
Righteousness and the relationship Of
the things of the present time to the
things eternal-these were transformed
men, whose balance Of mind, of judg
ment. was in accord with their knowl-
edge-lessons in the School Of Christ.
A Great Falling Away.
st. Paul, and indeed all Of the apos-
ties. prophetically declared that before
the Second Coming of Christ a great
falling away would occur IN the
Church, which would affect the whole
world. These declarations came true I
in the period known as the dark /
ages. when the Word Of God was in
accessible to the people and when the .
teachers Of the Church turned aside .
from waiting for the Son Of God to es
tablish the Millennial Kingdom, and .
co-labored with earthly princes to use
the name of Christ interviewer with
ignorance and superstition and a chain
of slavery. whereby the people would
be restrained of their religious liber
ties. In order that they might not ap-
preciate their political liberties The
School Of Christ and its enIightening
power belong by right merely to the
fully consecrated. The sanctifed in
Christ Jesus" But Others their rela-
tives. neighbors and friends in large
numbers partook Of the spirit Of liberty
without accepting the spirit Of c0RSe-
cration The result Of this spirit un-
der present conditions. it may easily
be seen. would be anarchy. Hence
the princes. kings and emperors were
glad to have the ministers Of Christ
come to their aid in binding and re-
straining the people. Nevertheless.
nothing has occurred that God did not
foresee. and that he is not able to
)verrule eventually for the advantage,
he blessing Of such as are truly his
Lifting the Veil.
Evolutionists tell us that the liberty
md attendant blessings of our day,
ire because Of Evolution; but they do
lot explain why or how Evolution
should so suddenly lift the veil of ig-
lorance and superstition from the
ace; why It should so suddenly bring
o us the blessings of invention, skill
through machinery ministering to our
comforts in ten thousand ways un-
Ireamed of generation ago.
The Bible answer to the question is
hat Gods due time has come, and
therefore, these blessings, which are
part Of and leading up to the Mil
ennial Age conditions. are ours. The
reat clock Of the Universe. under Di-
inc regulation, has been keeping per
ect time. At the proper stroke of the
our the Jewish Age began. at the
riarchal Age. Again, at the proper
troke Of the hour the Gospel Age be- :
an. at the close Of the Jewish Age, at !
he death and resurrection of Jesus.
md now likewise al the dawnlng OF :
he Millennial Age and the close Of the ,
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Il the events properly connected and 7
ghtly understood show that our great :
reator is working all things accord +
lg to the counsel Of his own will and n
nat the worlds present experiences 7
re wholly Of Divine Encouragement 7
Looking from this standpoint, we no. n
ce that in Divine providence America +
as hidden from the world until Gods o
ue time for its discovery. It was 4
Dened for settlement at a time when 7
,ligious persecution was rife In Eu- /,
,pe, when a man had no liberty even n
think for himself-no liberty to wor- {
Zip his God according to the dictates n
his own conscience. 1t was under q
ivine providence. doubtless, that the L
Igrim fathers reached these shores q,
nd cast their influence with that Of r,
hers in bringing forth the child of n,
liberty. In Gods providence various h
ligious sentiments were at that time i
evenly balanced that all Of the col a,
lies gladly arranged for religious "
eedom, which really meant a higher II
andard. a more Christlike standard in
an had been known in the world .,
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