Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-08-19

a resume of the blessings astound us;
We can cite but few, to-wit, He will
pour out his spirit on all flesh. Death
will be swallowed mp in victory All
tears will be wiped away. Sins re-
membered no more. No more pain,
no more sorrow. Gods law will be
written in the hearts of men. All war
and strife shall cease, all evil be sup
pressed, and the desire of all nations
shall come.
When all this is accomplished then
the sufferings of Christ and his body
members will be appreciated. Then
the thousand-year reign OF Christ
brought to our attention in Revelation
Goth chapter, will be seen in all It's
glory.
From the above it will be seen that
a great mistake has been made in sup
posing the day of Judgement to be the
crack of doom, when the Scriptures
| declare it to be one of rest and restitu-
tion to the poor, groanlng creation, so
long in bondage to sin and death. For
truly, as the prophet says, "When thy
judgements are in the earth, the in
habitant of the world will learn right
eousness, and not before.
But while this is to be time of fav-
or and reward to the righteous, 1t Will
be one of correction and "stripes' to
| the disobedient. While very righteous
acts will be rewarded, every indis-
cretion will receive its proper punish
ment Justice will be the foundation
of that Kingdom, as John puts it in
Rev. 2:7; 19:15 1915, he will rule
with road of iron Judgement will
be laid to line and all who wilfully
and knowingly oppose the law of that
kingdom and trample under foot the
love of God, will suffer even to sec
ond death. ''He that formed the
ear" will hear and judge.
But while this great purgatorial
Judgement Day is future it will inter
est some to know that there have been
judgement days in the past when GER
tain ELECT classes were on trial.
The first of these was in Eden when
Adam, and the race in his loins, was
on trial before God. There the first
judgement trial and sentence) took
place and the sad verdict is recorded
in the fall of man-guilty and SEN
fenced to death. The second great
judgement day was the Jewish age
when special class called the House
| of Servants" was tried, and final
judgement rendered at the destruction
of Jerusalem and the loss of national
polity to the Jews. And since the
close of judgement on that people, an
other great judgement has been in pro-
gress. During what is termed the
Gospel Age, the Church of Christ has
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ing to their enlightenment, have been
judged as worthy or unworthy of
'joint heirship with Christ" who as
the great Inqui>itor, will conduct the
worlds judgement. during its trial
day, the millennium, the great purga-
tory of Scripture.
Yes, during this gospel age, the
Lord has been taking out of the gen
tiles people for his name, to be his
"bride," his Joint heirs his asso-
ciates in the coming Kingdom when
the residue of men, all men, may see
after the Lord, and all the gentiles up.
on whom his name is called. See Acts
t5:14-t7. The present is the great tri
al day of the church; no others are es
pecially on trial now, though all are
responsible according to their knowl
edge of right and wrong. During this
age the great seed of Abraham ha'
been in progress of development. Oul
Lord was THE Seed, but all who com,
into covenant relationship to him arr
accounted part of the seed as it il
written, If ye be Christ's then are Y,
Abraham S seed, and heirs according Il
the promise (made to Abraham) =
Gal. 3: 80
Dear reader, are SOu on trial? Havl
you by faith and conservation, beer
joined to the Lord as branch in th,
true vine, and are you seeking dali,
to know the Lords will concernin!
you, to overcome evil in yourself, ant
by his grace to be made partaker O
his holiness, and bye and bye, wheI
he comes to make up his Jewels t,
share his Kingdom and help bless tn,
world' If so, our interests are mutu
al and let us sing:
"Lift up your heads desponding pill
grims;
Give to the winds your needless fears
He who hath died on Calvary's noun
Soon is to reign thousand years.
Chorus:
A thousand years, earth's comm,
glory
'Tis the glad day so long fOretold;
'Tis the bright morn of Zion's glory,
, Prophets foresaw in times of old.
Tell the whole world these blesse,
tidings;
Speak of time of rest that nears
Tell the oppressed of every nation,
Jubilee lasts thousand years.
'What if the clouds do for a moment
HIDE the blue sky where morn appears
Soon the glad Sun of promise given
Rises to shine a thousand years.
Haste We along ages of glory;
Haste the glad time when Christ ap
pears.
o. that may be one found worthy
To reign with MIN thousand years.
/ Yours in service.
: L. d. BARNES
p S There was one point in on
good editors comments on "PurgatC
+ ry' that we wanted to notice. He say
THE tendency..Of our tract is to knoc
out the idea which has prevailed fo
= eighteen hundred years that when
= man acts devilishly mean in this lif
he pays for il in the next" Not a
| all. We hold in harmony with th
Scriptures that man is responsible
= according TO his enlightenment, an
I the more degraded he becomes in tn
q life the more he will have 10 OvercUn
! when restored, and put on trial {,
{ life or death eternal during this trii