The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-30

hoHle bhN deFNatttt4h-1tH3. III Z tNshS'
times. his largest audiences were at
London, about 1000, with Glasgow a
good second.
Ocean. May %. AS Hook abroad
and see water, water everywhere.
without speck OF land insight. md
as I reject that we are passing over
varying depths. some Of which nre as
great as Eve miles. am reminded Of
the promise in the Lords Word that
ultimately the whole earth, the world
Of mankind, shall have such an abun.
dant knowledge Of the Creator and the
Redeemer, as to be fitly illustrated by
the depths Of the sea. / have there
fore chosen as my text the words.
"The earth shall be full Of the knowl-
edge Of the Lord as the waters cover
the sea-" remember also the very
similar promise by the Lord through
the Propheh< (Habakkuk Il, ~. "f'or
the earth shall be filled withthe knowl.
edge Of the glory Of the Lord. as the
waters cover the sea" am reminded
also Of the Prophets declaration that
the time will come when Every knee
shall bow, and every tongue shall con-
fess" (Isaiah xiv, 23,. And again THAT
at the name Of Jesus every knee shall
bow, of things in heaven, and things
In earth, and things under the earth:
And that every tongue shall confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord. to the glory
l3ot 3od the Father" And am also
srenltnde that In that day, They shall
teaelI ID more every man his neighbor.
md man his brother, saying.
ISlof FORD, for they shallall know
me. dom DE least of them unto the
greatest st them, saith the Lord"
(Jeremiah XXI, 34l. The question
4toperi crises To what extent shall
We consider these statements literally
true? What kind of fulfllment should
we expect them to have?
II we look out upon the hcathen
world, however sympathetic We may
be in respect to foreign missionary
work. doing all In our power to make
known to the heather the grace of
God. and the great Redeemer, we are
nevertheless compelled to admit that
there is absolutely no hope Of our ever
causing every knee to bow. and every
tongue to confess Christ in heather
lands, even as we have long ago given
up hope OF accomplishing such work
In civilized lands. The work is too
great for us, and the errors Of henthen-
dom are too deeply seated to be quick
" eradicated. Government statistics
show us thatthere are twice us many
heather today as there were century
ago. IL, therefore, any Of US had been
fattering ourselves respecting our abil-
ity to accomplish the conversion of the
world. it IS time for US to acknowledge
our error and to look to the Lord, real
filing thattn him alone is the worlds
hope Doubtless this is just the les
son that the Lord wishes us TO learn.
He does not wish US to give up our eff
forts tot"Do good unto all men as we
have opportunity, especially the house
hold Of faith" for our own blessing is
associated With such activity on behalf
of others. But God does wish US to
realize that Of ourselves we are unable
to cope with the situation. He wishes
US to realize that only through the cs-
tabllshment Of the Kingdom Of Gods
dear Son can the glorious blessings OF
the Millennium ever be hoped for.
Alas! We must admit. and should feel
deeply humble by the admission. TINT
even IL civilized lands. the number OF
footstep followers Of the Lamb Of God
is very few. The number WHO are
walking, not after the flesh. but after
the Spirit" III civilized lands Is very
few. In comparison with the population
as whole. We are not III this setting
ourselves as Judges Of the hearts OF
our notwithstanding few
make any pretentlon to walking in the
marrow way" which nlone now leads
to life everlasting (Matthew vii ~.
Tho Necessity For knowledge.
Many dear Christian people, de
sIrous Of thinking well of the heaven
IL Father. are so befogged With the
teachings Of the past. that they try to
imagine that the way to eternal life is
not so narrow MS the Master said; they
try to Imagine that somehow the
heather will be sayed In their igpo-
rance, Notwithstanding the Apostle
says. "How shall they believe gu him
Of whom theyilave not heards( somdtls
&. 14l. And again. his INSURANCE that
"therets none other name under heav-
en- given among men. whereby we
must be savef'tActs ". 12l. IA
The error from the past which led to
this Inconsistency is the teaching that
all Of the heather nre going to eternal
torture. and TINT they never will have
an opportunity Of accepting Christ in
the future. They rebel against the
thought which has come down from
the dark ages that God foFeknew the
ignorance Of the heather and predes.
tinated their eternal torture; that they