The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-28
FAMINE
in y THE q: he. AND
Il vii ..nd ! famine IN the land; no. a
famine Of bread. nor thirst iot watel.f b..
Of hearing the word. Of The Lotd tAmo.
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Ing the doGmas of the past. hive re.
jectcd the Bible also. believing that
the teachings or the creeds truthfully
represent God 8 Word. These nre wan
dering hlther and thltller. llungerlng
and thirsting, looking for. l he bread of
life and water OF life. and finding 1t
nowhere. because they seek not where
alone 1t Is to be found.
."He. Every One That Thir.teth, Come
Ye." ~
Ho! Ye nil that hunger for Truth,
Come ye. There Is an abunda nee for
US all In our Heavenly. Fathers won.
derful prnvisIon-in the Bible. Desert
Ing all the crecds aud traditions OF
men. let US gather at our Heavenly
Fathers Board us his family as Ills
children. Let us prove the truthful
ness Of his declaration that Like as a
father pltiet.l bis children. SO the Lord
pitletl them thnt reverence HIM" Let
US seek and obtain the satisfying por-
ton. Let us satisfy bur. longings ut
the table of Divine provision. Alnrk
the Lords words and consider how
truthful they are. blessed ure they
that hunger and thirst after righteous.
ness. for they shall be filled" tAIntthew
Y. O.. 1t is this Truth.hungry class
that We address. We know their
heart.longings. for we had the same.
We know the satisfaction which they
crave, for we have received ltsam ire
therefore doubly glad to hand forth
the bread of life and the water OF life
to those who desire It,. There are
plenty ready TO serve the appetl.es OF
those who long for pleasure-ball
games. society fetes. chess, travel. etc.
We have not Il word to say against
these. 1t Is not our thought that they.
are going to eternal torment: hence we
do not franticully beset them. annoy
them. Let them have their pleasure.
Let them walt for the time TO come
when something may occur In their
experiences which will put them into
the class OF the broken.hearted ard
contrite of spirit and cause them to
feel after God. II haply, they might
find hi us satisfying portion. In
harmony With the Masters direction,
1t Is our aim to- blind up the; broken
heartel;.to comfort those that MOURN
to tell them OF the oil OF Joy which the
Lord IL willing TO bestow for their
spirit Of heavlness and sorrow for sin
isaiah f1i. 1-3,. AS the Muster ex-
pressed no reproof OF those engaged
IN any form Of moral reform. even
asceticism. so it Is with us. We desire
to oppose no one who Is. doing any
good work. whether he follow with us
In every particular or not. There are
so many engaged In doing evil works,
and so few engaged In doing good, that
not one of the latter class can be
spared from the ranks of the service OF
righteousness, fl
AS the Master did not give his time
TO temperance reform. nor socInl re-
form. nor political reform. but did
give bis time to the instruction Of the
people III the doctrines OF the Divine
Word, SO let us be Intent to follow
his instruction In this matter, not
teaching for doctrines the precepts OF
men. but the Word of God. which liv-
eth and abldeth forever-expoundins
unto the people the Scriptures aud as.
slsting them to see the length and
breadth Of their meaning. Neyerthe-
less. us the religious teachers Of the.
Masters day hated Jesus and his dis.
clples for this cuuse, Because they
taught the people," and prosecuted
them because they did not walk In
the beaten paths Of their day. SO we
may expect also to be hated without
cause; SO, We may expect that the
scribes and Phnrisees and Doctors or
the Law today will he grieved because
the people are taught, because the
light Of the knowledge OF the glory of
God shining In the face Of J Jesus Christ
Is presented to the people as an in
centive to love and obedience. instead
Of the doctrine OF eternal torment. It
matters not that nll the educated min
lstry today well know. and would not
for moment deny their disbelief In
the doctrine of eternal torment II
cross.questioned. Nevertheless many
OF them hate us and oppose us, he,
cause we show the people the true
interpretations of God 8 Word, and lift
before the eyes Of their understand
Ing God of Love. Just, Merciful,
Righteous altogether. and fully capn-
Bile both In wisdom and power to work
out all the glorious designs which he
"purposed in himself before the foun-
dalton of the world: y
j III They perceive that the tenchlnfr