The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-27


SAD. Ills following during ibis nge Is
10 be aSs;litilc Ioeis. E
sferpIexed mid confused NAM may
ask. What. then. IS file hops OF the fui.
ifiImenf Of aonr K Peace ON earth.
good wifi toward men We ansNer
that our Muster who declared that he
was not the PRINCE of this age; de-
selarcd also that his Isl1g1 ON sofs the
next age Will be Introduced Bfth4ow;
,er and great glory and that; although
Its initial manifested iop will be with
clouds and darkness and Il time Of \
trouble such ms never! before has been.
nevertheless his reisn WI he slerio,ls,
triumphant and etegtt9s he shalil.
take unto himself his eredt hover ana I
reign until The shall siiiase! put f5alE
enemies under his feet y tile lust 4
,irhiy that shall lsc destroyed Isl
Ilath.r Unto him every knee shall
bow md every toigiie confess q
The victory Of Emanaety means the
overthrow Of sin tlieE crushing Of the
serpent's head. At the very beginning
OF his glorious reign Satan shall be.
bound and following its close be sligils
be destroyed In the Second Death. to-.
gether with all those who love ,lins}
righteousness, after they shall have
had full knowledge and full opportii-
nifty for recovery from the snarcs of
sin and death. Then, indeed the,
whole world will proclaimtthc glory
Of God. There will !nos longer be dis
cordant sounds. AS the Scriptures de-
clare, There shall be no more crying.
no more signing. no more dylng-all,
tho former things Of sin and death
shall have passed away Grey. XXI, A..
The Great Restorer ofiAll.
The great King who. eighteen CEN
turies ago. died. the Just for the sun.
just, that he might. judicially. bring
mankind back into harmony with God.
Is to be the Great King of earth. the
great Restorer of alr thnt;.was lost in
Adam. and hestwillS make all things
. new. lRevelation xxi.t5,.
Everything appertalning to this
great Plan Of tSnlvntion; outlined in the
Word of God Is reasonable. The cru
cial testing of the elect Church is nee
essary in order that. ms faithful and
merciful priests of God and Of Christ.
associated with him In his kingly
glory, they maybe Gods instrumcn-
tality in succoring mankind from the
fallen conditions which have resulted
from six thousand years of sin. and
from the malignant influence Of the
Prince Of darkness. during the thou;
sand years which the Bible STIMULATES
as the period of Messiall's reign Rev.
elation Xxx, Ga period neither too long
nor too short in which TO accomplish
the great work of the worlds salvation.
Irrle, some one might say. II It has
required eighteen centuries for the
development OF the Church. how much
more time will be necessary for the
uplifting OF the world? But we an
swer thattit Is not the Divine Purpose
to uplift the world to the station Of
spirit nature and glory, but rather to
restitution blessings and. conditions.
1t is because of the high exaltation
offered to the Church that such crucial
testlngs of sacrifolal obedience even
! unto death is required. With the
Prince Of darkness bound and the Sun
Of Righteousness arising with healing
in its beams the darkness of sin and
crime and sorrow will sooN flee away.
One century of such blessed influence
upon the world will surely work won.
ders, bringing in also inventions and
comforts and blessings, MS yet UNI
dreamed of. Next will come, the grad
ual awakening Of all who have fallen
asleep III death. They will come forth
from the prison-house of death, as the
Scriptures declare; will come forth
that tlloy may be made acquainted
with the true God and with his glo-
rious Son. the Redeemer, and with
the principles Of righteousness in con
trast with the principles of sin.
We cannot suppose that 1t will re.
quire the majority of men. under
those conditions, to sit long counting
the value of the blessings OF eternal
life and restitution proffered them.
The upward move, resurrection. uplift-
ing, regeneration, will go rapidly OIL,
while meantime, generation after gen
GRAFTON shall come, forth from the
tomb, and enjoy similar experiences.
Finally all shall have come forth, be.
cause the love of God made this pro,
i vision through the death of our Re.
decmer, who delighted to do the. Fa-
Tiers will and who las already been
rewarded gloriously with high exaIia
ton to the divine plane of glory, honor
and Immortality. :
Good Will Amongst Men.
The attainment of the condition Of
good will amongst men will mean The
attainment Of human perfection. God
is Love. And when our first parents
were created an earthly image of God
love must have been the predominant
quality of their characters. What We
sec of selfshness is largely n matter
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