Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-11-05


ed an audience Of nearly four thousand
people from the above text His hear
ers were of al classes and very intel
iigent appearing. He had closest at
tention. He said In part
God has messages for those who
have hearing ears at each great Dis
sensational change in earth's affairs
These messages have generally been
ia the nature Of fofewarning of COM
ing distress and the reasons therefor.
Such message WIS given to our first
parents when they were expelled from
Eden-aceursed would be the ground
for their sakes Thorns and thlstles
1t would bring forth unto them. In
sweat of face they should eat bread
thereof until they should return to the
ground, from whence they came. An
other great message went forth at the
time of the food another before the
destruction Of Sodom and Gomorrah;
another at the close of the Jewish
Age, when Jesus and his Apostles call
ed attention to the prophecies which
foretold the Divine rejection of the
nation of Israel for time and de-
clared that all things written in the
Law and the Prophets concerning
them would have fuldllment, quoting
the prophecy which declared that
their house would be left desolate;
that they would have neither prophet
nor vision, nor priest, nor ephod for
many years, but that eventually Gods
favor would return to lsrael-that he
would gather them again and fulfill TO
them ererlastipgly the blessings prom
Used both to Abraham and to his de-
lscendants-"the sure mercies of Da-
vid."
D week ago we considered the pro-
phetic message, Comfort ye, comfort
We, my people, saith your God" isaiah
ri, 81. We noted then that the due
time has arrived for the fulfllment to
Israel of this comforting message
that as people the appointed time
for the return of favor to them is ac-
complished because their twofold dis
ciplines for sin have been fulfilled
Thus our present day is clearly mark
ed and the words of our text follow
ing Imply that now is the time for q
special message to all, in proportion
as each may have the hearing ear.
1t is the voice of God which calls
now through various channels end
agencies 1t cries not from the city
Babylon the Great" 1t cries not from
the citadel of Christendom; but from
the wilderness, from those who are
more or less separated; from those who
have heard the voice of the Lord say
ing, Come out of her, my people. that
We be not partakers of her sins, and
that We receive not of her plaques"
Revelation xviii, ~.
Prepare the Lords Way.
The message of the hour to every
hearing ear is. THE Lord whom We
seek shall suddenly come TO his tenn
pie" Malachi Iii, u. For centuries you
have been praying, THY Kingdom
come; thy will be done on earth as 1t
IS done in heaven" Now your prayer
is about TO be answered, whether you
prayed IN sincerity or in hypocrisy.
The glory Of the Lord j. about to be
revealed. "Aii flesh shall see it to-
gether.% 1t will not be revealed mere
" TO one nation, nor merely to one
holy class His glory will be revealed
in Raining fire-in judgments. All flesh
shall see 1.-THE rich and the poor,
the learned and the ignorant. the
holy and the unholy. But, as the
Prophet Malachi declares. who shall
abide the day of his coming, and who
shall stand when he appeareth; for he
Is like fuller's soap lin It's attack upon
grease and dirt. and he is like re-
fner's fire." as 1t melts and separates
the dross of sin and iniquity (Malachi
Iii, p.
The coming of great earthly king
to a city is the signal for general
cleaning up everywhere. And so the
Lord declares that the message of his
fast-approaching Kingdom should In
fiuence all who have the hearing ear
TO make preparation. To each nation
II means. Set your house In order. An
inspection is at hand. See that your
laws are just and equitable and that
they are administered justly. The
same message comes to each self-gov
erning city, and lastly, and most i'm
portant of all, this message comes Il
each individual. and especially to al
who have named the name Of Christ
Or, as St Peter declares, this inspec
ton OF the King of kings and Lord o.
lords must begin with the house o
God Il Peter iv, 10. And If the In
spection be so searching that 1t mus
begin with Gods saints, what coult
we expect of 1t when II reaches thos
who are merely nominal Christian
and then the world in general! All
we may expect just what the Bible ad
vises US will come, "a time Of troubl
such as never was since there was I
nation" Daniel xii, y. The messag