The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-20

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Many Of our dear Christian friends
say, what lack we yets Have we not
really attained the goal OF our Church
ambidons Should we build finer ell:
fees orpay larger salaries? Are we
not strainlng ourselves with collections
at every turnY What more could God
ask OF US. eve are rich aud increased
in goods and have need of nothing
Reyelatlon iii. 1919.
In reply we may suppose the Lord to
ask. Where did give you instruction
respecting these things? Where In my
Word did you find the suggestion that
what desired you to do in the world
was to erect great church editices,
piles 81 stone and iron aud mortar,
noIfshed woods and stained glassH
You are not rightly reading my Word.
However good in intention. You have
failed to Brightly dirlde the Word Of
Truthr' The Temple respecting which
/ gave Instruction is tile spiritual one,
the Temple of the holy Spirit the Body
of Christ which is the Church. l
fear that you have forgotten the
true temple of God while rearing
so many temples Of earthly ma.
terials. Concerning the true Temple
/ instructed you TINT the temple
of God is holy, which temple ye are
.living stones" being shaped and pol
ished for the habitatioh of God
through the Spirit" Show me what
YOU have accomplished in this way.
Show me to what extent you have
rightly divided my Word. and prop
erly instructed mankind respecting my
glorious character and my great Dl.
vine Plan of the Ages. Show me
fruftsge Of the glorious message!
How many in all the millions that
you report are New Creatures in
Christ Jesus" who walk net after the
flesh. but after the spirit?" Let me
heir the message Of my love and
grace in Christ us youare' proclaiming
It! What mean these sectarian d.
visions amongst you? Why are there
so many Church edltices and so few
sanity worshipers? Who authorized
YOU TO put these creedaI fences be-
tween my people to divide the flock?
Know We not that said, there is one
flock and one Shepherd Why have
YOU so neglected the spiritual interests
Of my flock and their instruction In
Righteousness? Why are you 50 unable
to rightly divide my Word?
Instead Of coming together as one
Church Of the Living God whose names
are written in heaven You have divided
into hundreds of septs and parties! In,
stead of taking my Word as a whole
and rightly dividing Its teachings as
between the different ages and dispen.
sations Of my work, you have divided
my Word In n sectarian manner. One
sect has made one selection from my
Word and another sec: has made an
other selection. Thus ye array one
part Of my Word against another-Dart
of it, and hence get into confusion
and conflict. What have you to answer
for these things?
With shame of face we must all ac'
knowledge that 1--WE have done those
things which we ought not to have
done and have left undone those things
which We ought to have doue, aud
there Is no help in u.s." The proper
thing for us to do, dear Christian
friends, Is to get down upon our knees
before the Lord aud In contritlon Of
heart to acknowledge that we have
wrought no delIverapce in the earth
isaiah XVI. 49,; that our sectarian
differences are our shame; that the ig'
'norance that we have all been in re-
specting the Word of God is humil-
iating. Now TINT our eyes are open
so that we can comprehend as never
before the harmony Of Gods message
from Genesis to Revelation, 1t means
rich fCast and blessing to our souls,
The Word of God becomes more pre-
cIous to us daily as We become able
to comprehend It. Our duty Is to fly
to the assistance of our dear brethren
and sisters in Christ, Of all denomlna.
lions, and to call upon them to join
with us in determined stand for
Righteousness, for Truth, for God and
for his Word.
We must show them that ignorantly
we and they have dIshOnored our GOd
by Misrepresentation of his character
and Misrepresentation Of the real
teachings Of the Bible. We must point
them to the fact that the Bible doca
not teach that all mankind except the
"EIectp saints Will be consigned TO an
eternity Of torture Mt the handseof fire
proof demons. We must show them
that the election Of the Church during
this age-a sanity little tiock--does not
mean injury to the non-elect. That,
on the contrary, it is the Divine pur.
pose That the elect saints with their
great Releemer in glory shall constl-
tute Gods Kingdom. That his King
dom when established will bind Satan,
put down sin, Danish Ignorance, error
and superstition and upllft mankind by
restitution" by resurrection processes,