The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-23

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succeeded. Cod has merely allowed
him TO prove. test separate and manl-
fest the salnts-lhe very elect
/ A Great Time Of r .oublt.
rhe coming Of The llsnt. the loos-
Ing Of the letters q ignorance and
superstition from the minds that are
hot submitted 70 God the Scriptures
show is. viii resnltiti q grest Time 81
tronijie, inswiiicb Tie mas siQns 81 mem
but partially e1lig litened wllls DO greet
violence 10 the entire sdclll e "
fIe NE see he preliminary stetis
atfeady helng talieni and. n ne ligllf
of The Sculptures we see ttie q.
catastrophe which will result he
IE6rld Is raptsils resolving ltself Into
two mighty powers. selnshly aud with
sem ;enlIghtenniehE preparing for a
iea dong collision which will mean
wreck and ruin, tribulatioH and an
euish. 10 practically the whole world:
The Bible. In calling attention TO this
great time Of trouble. warns the reo-
pie Of God so far as possible 80 AVOID y +. 8
both; sides OF The controversy, So yiag.
seek meekneSs: seek Righteousness.
| II may lie that ye shall be bid in the
1 day Of tile Lords anger t2ephaniah
( ii. 81 with the wreck Of present In
stitutions comes the end Of .Satan's
regime. So terrible win be tile heat of
passion and strife engendered At that
time that the Scriptures declare that
II Il were not for the Elect there
would be no flesh saved CLARK XIII.
520. The aterposItion Of the Elect us
the Kingdom of God under Jesus, tile
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 win be that time Of tfou-
lie that the Scriptures alphabetically
represent 1t as whirlwind; IS . food:
/ and as a fire Some have niislnterpret-
| ed these Scriptures and are expecting
| literal burning Of the earth, but the
| Lord denomInafes 1t the fire Of his jeal-
ousy. which will. levour Society. And
then he tells us that following the fire
Of trouble he will turn to the people q
pure message that they may all call
upon the name of the Lord to serve
| him with one consent tZephaniah Ill. 81
Satan has had much to do with cor
rnntine the message originally given TO
the Church by Jesus and the Apostles.
The Earring creeds have made dis
cordant sounds which have driven
many noble and logical hearts away
| from the Bible. Gods assurance Is
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 will end
under the Kingdom of Jesus. Then
the bondage of the world to ignorance.
superstition, etc. will terminate: then
all the blind eyes will 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.Chrlstians, what an lncen-
tive to become more and more loyal
and earnest as the servants Of so great
and gracious a sovereignty-tha of
our Father and our Redeemer! And
what an Incentive we have to seek
first, in preference to oil earthly inter-
ests, share with our Savior in his
NIilIennlal Kingdom and its gracious
work Of human upllft- 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.
Hebrews XII. u. 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 apd Lord Of lords.
I'VE cannot suppose that satnn's
Empire Is entirely satisfactory to him
self. Undoubtedly his original thought
was the organization Of a realm resem-
bling that Of the Almighty. But the
| course Of sin is ever downward. 10
obtain controlof our first parents they
we're misled into steps Of dsobedience
-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 hu-
manity must, either now or some time.
come to the point of decision between
obedience to God and dlSobedience.
The obedent will be guided back TO
ultimate harmony with the Creator
| and obtain the reward Of life eternal.
On the contrary. the disobedlent, the
wilfully rebeIllous against God and his
righteous arrangement takIng the
course Of Satan. will ultimately share
his fate destruction.
Responsibility and the decision as
| IN life eternal and death eternal, come