Evening journal., 1910-05-14

Sometimes on a battle field It would ap-
pear as though each man were fighting for
himself. All batt.e lines seem lost In the
confusios; yet in the end the victory will
show the same clear-cut distinctions as
prevailed in the beginning Of the battle.
According to the Great Teacher the entire
human family is either on one side or on
the ether side of a great battle between
right and wrong, truth and error, God and
Satan There is no doubt whatever as to
how the battle will end--God VIII have the
victory. Indeed the Bible assures us that
al any time he could quickly put an end
10 the conflict, deliver his saints, over
throw Satan and his empire, etc. The
Divine promise Is that this vii be done in
Gods due time''-when the Church will
be completed and changed by the power Of
the First Resurrection, and the time shall
come for the establishment OF Messiah's
NInlennial Kingdom for the blessing of all
tho nations of the earth.
Is it asked why the long delay Of now
six thousand years that sin has triumph
cd, two thousand of this since Messiah
died for the redemption Of sinners and
their release from the death sentence
The answer is that during these nineteen
centuries those whom he has favored with
some knowledge of his will-testing then
loyalty to him to his Law, to his repre-
sentatives-he is testing because he seeks
to find, amongst those protesting loyalty
such as have the principles Of righteous
ness at hearts Our present Study shows
how some at the First Advent were thus
Al. D. Al.
nineteen centuries the experience of the
footstep followers of the Nazarene have
been similar to his own. Frequently they
have been hated without cause-maligned,
misunderstood, s.andered-sometimes by
fellow religionists OF honorable standing
in every such instai Ice We are TO remem-
Der that there are but Two sides TO the
conhict-the side Cf God, truth, righteous
ness, and the sidl Of error, fslsehood sa-
tan.
As we see how blindly scribes and Phar-
isees and Doctors of the Law Rated Jesus
aid said all manner of evil against him
we perceive tlfst really they were Oh
Satan's side. AS we see Saul of Tarus
stoning stephen to death and others per-
scouting followers Of Jesus We see clearly
that they were in Satan's service, deluded
by him and. in some instances. we are as
sured that these servants Of Satan and uli-
righteousness verify thought that they
did God service. Let us therefore be OF
guard along these lines. remembering tn'
words Of the Great Teacher. eye cannot
serve God and mammon." "He that is not
for me is against me-" "He that gath.
ereth not with me scattereth abroad.
Alas, how many noble people have 'un
Willingly been on the wrong side Of the
ereat controversy-hgh against Coo
and the Truth, ignorantly deluded by the
Adversary. By permitting this conflict anC
the measure Of darkness, God is the more
effectively trying, testing, those whom
he has called to be his people. Not onl,
are We tried directly as TO the side We
will take, but, in a secondary sense, We
are tried as respects our humility. Thos'
who are honest Of heart and who max,
the mistake of fighting against God, whel
their eyes are opened have a great tes
Of humility in the matter Of confession o