The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-01

nowhere, because they seek not where |
alone 1t is to be found
"Ho, Every One That Thirsteth, Come
Ye."
Ho! Ye all that hunger for Truth
us all In our Heavenly Fathers won
derful proyision--in the Bible. Desert |
ing all the creeds and traditions Of
men, let us gather ut our Heavenly
Fathers Board as his family. as his
children. let us prove the truthful
ness OF his declaration that Like as a
father pitieth his children. so the Lord
pitleth them that reverence him" Let
us seek and obtain the satisfying por
tlon. Let us satisfy our longings at
the table OF Divine provision. Mark
the Lords words and consider how
truthful they are, blessed are they
that hunger and thirst after righteous.
ness, for they shall be filed" (Natthew
v, 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 1t and are
therefore doubly glad to hand forth
the bread of life ana the water of life
to those who desire It, There are
plenty ready to serve the appetites of
those who long for pleasuTe-ball
gaines, society fetes. chess, travel. etc.
We have not word TO say against
these. IL is not our thought that they
are going II eternal torment; hence we
do not frahtically beset them. annoy
them. Let them have their pleasure
Let them wait for the time to come
when something may occur IN their
experiences which viii put them into
| the class Of the broken-hearted aud
contrite of spirit and cause them TO
| feel after God, II haply they might
find him as a satisfying portion. In
| harmony with the Masters direction,
| II is our aim to bind up the broken
| hearted; to comfort those that mourn"
| to tell them Of the oil of Joy which the
Lord Is willing to bestow for their
| spirit Of heaviness and sorrow for sin
| Qsaiah Xxi. 1-3). AS the Master ex-
pressed no reproof OF those engaged
| In any form OF moral reform. even
ascetlcism. so 1t is with US. We desire
| to oppose no one who Is doing any
good work. whether he follow with us
I'm 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,
As the Master. did rot give his time
to temperance reform, nor social re-
form, nor political reform. but did
| give his time to the instruction OF the
people In 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 abideth forever-expoundin
unto the people the Scriptures and as
sisting them to see the length and
breadth Of their meaning. Neverthe-
less. as the religious teachers Of the
Masters day hated Jesus and his dis
clples for this cause. 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 wes may expect that the
scribes and Pharisees and Doctors of
the Law today will be grleved because
the people are taught, because the
light Of the knowledge of the glory of
God shining IN the face of Jesus Christ
4 Is presented to the people as an in
centlve to love and obedience, instead
of the doctrine Of eternal torment. 1t
matters not that all the educated min
istry today well know, and would not
for a moment deny their disbelief In
the doctrine of eternal torment. II
oss-questicned. Nevertheless many
of them hate Us and oppose US, be-
cause we show the people the true
interpretations Of Gods Word. and lift
before the eyes of their understand.
ing God of Love. Just. Merciful
Righteous altogether, and fully capa'
BILE both In wisdom and power to work
out all the glorious designs which he
"purposed IN himself before the foun,
dation Of the worlds
| "a They perceive that the teaching
of the doctrines OF Purgatory and eter
nal torment has not had a sanctify-
ing influence upon mankind In ali the
sixteen centuries I'm which 1t has been
preached. They fear that to deny
these doctrines now would make @
bad matter worse. They fear that Il
the Gospel of the Love of God and OF
the Bible-thnt II does not teach eter
nal torment for any-were made gen
orally known. the effect upon tht
world would be to increase Its wicked
ness. to make life and property less
secure than now and to oil the worlt
still more than now with blasphemies
(A They fear also that certain
amount of discredit would come I,
themselves because, knowing that tn,
Bible does not teach eternal torment
according to the Hebrew and Greel
original, they secreted the knowledg,
from the people They fear that thl'