Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

succeeded. COO mas merely allowed
him to prove. test, separate and mani
fest the saints-the very elect
A Great Time of Trouble.
THE coming of the light, the loos-
Ing Of the letters of ignorance and
superstition from the minds that are
not submitted to God, the Scriptures
show US, viii result in a great time Of
trouble, in which the passions of men
but partially enlightened will do great
violence to the entire social fab
rie. We see the preliminary steps
already being taken, and, In the light
Of the Scriptures, we see the awful
catastrophe which viii result. The
world is rapidly resolving itself into
two mighty powers, selfishly and with
mi-enlightenment, preparing for a
headlong collision which will mean
wreck and ruin, tribulation and an
guish, to practically the whole world.
The Bible, in calling attention to this
great time of trouble, warns the peo-
pie Of God, so far as possible to avoid
both sides OF the controversy, saying,
Seek meekness; seek righteousness,
it may be that We shall be hid in the
day of the Lords anger (Zephaniah
ii. 81. With the wreck of present ina
situations comes the end of Satan's
regime. So terrible will be the heat OF
passion and strife engendered at that
time that the Scriptures declare that
If II were not for the Elect there
would be no flesh saved Mark xiii,
2W. The interposition Of the Elect as
the Kingdom of God under Jesus, the
great King and Head of the Elect, is
the silver lining to that dark cloud.
The moment of mans extremity will be-
come the moment of Gods opportunity.
$50 terrible will be that time Of trou-
Bile that the Scriptures symbolically
represent it as whirlwind; as flood;
end as a fire Some have miS-interpret-
ed these Scriptures and are expecting
literal burning of the earth, but the
Lord denominates it the fire Of his jeal-
ousy,, (which will devour Society. And
then he tells us that following the fire
of trouble he will turn to the people
pure message that they ma! all call
upon the name of the IcGd to serve
him with one consent (Zephaniah iii, 81.
Satan has had much to do with cor
rupting the message originally given to
the Church by Jesus and the Apostles.
The jarring creeds have made dis
cordant sounds which have driven
many noble and logical hearts away
from the Bible Gods assurance i5
that the completion of the Church Is
near: that her change to the heavenly
glory in the First Resurrection will
soon be accomplished and that then
the reign of SIN and DEATH viii end
under the Kingdom of Jesus. Then
the bondage of the world to ignorance,
superstition, etc, viii terminate; then
all the blind eyes viii be opened and
all the deaf ears will be unstopped' and
the Lords pure message Of Divine
Justice, Divine Love. Divine Wisdom
and Divine Power exerted on mans
behalf shall be made known to every
creature.
'FellOw-ChriStians, what an incen-
tive to become more and more loyal
and earnest as the servants of so great
and gracious Sovereignty of
our Father and our Redeemer, And
what an Incentive we have to seek
first. in preference to all earthly inter
ests, a share with our Savior in his
Miilennia| Kingdom and its gracious
work of human uplift-from the depths
of sin and degradation to the heights
of earthly perfection and eternal life!
Let us. as the Apostle exhorts, lay
aside every weight, and the sin that
does so easily beset us. and let US run
with patience the race set before u.s.
OHebreHys xii. H. This race is for the
crown of glory as members of the
Elect Missionary Church and for the
glorious opportunities then to be af-
forded for the realization of the most
glorious dreams of service for the King
of kings and Lord of lords.
1--WE cannot suppose that Satan's
Empire is entirely satisfactory to him
self. Undoubtedly his original thought
was the organization of realm resem-
bling that of the Almighty. But the
course of sin is ever downward To
obtain control of our first parents they
were misled into steps of disobedience
-sin-and the Adversary himself, hav-
ing started upon the wrong course, can
maintain his own standing and king
dom only by determined opposition to
Jehovah. This is the significance of
the name given him in the Scriptures
Adversary
"The Scriptures set forth that all hui
mainly must. either now or some time,
come to the point of decision between
obedience to God and disobedience.
The obedient will be guided back to
ultimate harmony with the Creator
and obtain the reward of life eternal.
On the contrary, the disobedient, the
wilfully rebellious against God and his
righteous arrangement. taking the
course of Satan, win ultimately share
his fate-destruction
Responsibility and the decision as
to life eternal and death eternal, come
to each member of Adams race Gs
soon as he is brought into a clear
knowledge of the Truth This privi-
lege Of coming to a knowledge OF the
Truth. the opportunity Of eternal sal
walton. is secured to all the families
Of the earth, TO Adam and every men,
Der Of his race, through the great Re
deemer's sacrifice finished at Calvary.
While thanking God for the length and
breadth and height and depth Of his
glorious provision for the world In
general. we who now hear this mes
sage and heed II have the special bless
ing and opportunity of -heirship
with Jesus the Redeemer in his great
work of the Millennial Age. Let US
not only accept the Divine favor, but
let US run with patience the race set
before US. looking unto Jesus. the Au-
thor and the one who shall be the Fin
isher Of our faith. seeking for needed