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every kind. urging that the human Will
should be preserved and should be
submitted only to the Almighty. and to
him only-intelligently in accordance
with his instructions in the Bible.
Overthrow Of Satan's Empire.
"Satan, through false doctrines.
doctrines of devils has entrenched
himself In the superstitions and preju-
dices, not only of the heather, but also
Of the civilized. The creeds of the
Dark Ages evidenced the fact that he
had much to do with their formulation.
His false doctrines, antagonistic to the
Bible, have been palmed Off upon us
as veritable Bible truths-just as Satan
endeavorcd 10 twist and misapply the
Bible to Jesus in his wilderness temp
tation Mark /, l3l Thus Satan has
caused gross darkness to cover the
heather and considerable darkness to
cover the civilized earth. But we are
In the morning of the New Dispensa-
ton, which is to bring so much bless
Ing to the world of mankind In the
opening of the eyes of mans under
standing, and in physical blessings and
comforts. AS a result we have the
wonderful conveniences and appliances
of steam and electricity, the printing
press and the electric light, as instead
of the tallow candle and quill pen of
the past. whatsoever doth make
manifest is light and special light is
due also at this time to Gods conse-
Grated people. The illumination now
granted to the eyes of our understand
| ing as Christians, through Bible study
helps, Is intended to be for the Chris
! tian what the arc-light is in nature
MANS subserviency to Satan Is an
unwilling captivity. Even those who
realize their bondage do not generally
recognize by whom they have been
enslaved. But gradually the bonds
are breaking as we near the time of
Satan's overthrow. According to the
Bible our Lord at his Second Advent
will bind the Adversary for thou
sand years that he may deceive man
kind no more. Meantime all the bless
ed influences of light and Truth and
grace will be let loose in the world
and as result, the knowledge of the
glory of God shall 6li the whole
earth Instead of the darkness of
the night of sin and death there will
be the morning of joy and glndness
and restitution and blessing. The sun
of righteousness will arise with heal
| ing in his beams OF that glorious
day Saint Peter spoke, saying. Times
of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord. and he shall send
Jesus Christ, VINO before was preach.
ed unto you, whom the heavens must
retain until the Times Of Restitution
of all things which God hath spoken
by the mouth of all the holy prophets
since the world began (Acts Ill, 10-2D
Satan's destruction. according TO the
Bible, will not be consrmmated until
after the MILLENNIAL KINGDOM
its glorious work of uplifting human
ity out Of sin and death conditions to
full human perfection and the image
of God All the unwilling and dis
obedient viii he counted as servants
of Satan and will. with him, be de-
stroyed in the Second Death-extinc-
tion-from which there will be no re-
demption or recovery.
Great Missionary Work.
"The missionary work of blessing
and uplifting all the families of the
earth Is appointed of God for the Mil
ennial EingdOm--and. thank God, the
evidences are that it Is very near, yea,
in a sense, already beginning. Its
blessings are intimated by the wonder
full progress of our day. Everything
waits until the predetermined number
of Missionaries shall have been called
and schooled and tested and found
worthy of the great and honorable
work. The qualification Is that each
must be a copy Of Gods dear Som
so far as heart intention is concerned
Then these Missionaries will be glori-
fed like their Lord, on the spirit plane
and with him they will constitute the
Kingdom of Gods dear Son. which
for Il thousand years Will bless the
world and bring to pass all that the
Lord our God has spoken, and more
than we could have asked or thought.
christian people have no need to
upbraid themselves on the score that
the missionary efforts Of eighteen cen
turtles nave accomplished comparative
ly little. They have no need to be dis
couraged with the fact that the census
returns show that in the past century
of the greatest missionary endeavor
the proportlonate numbers Of the hea'
then have doubled (six hundred mil
lions century ago-twelve hundred
millions today. This is all as God
foreknew and intended. God did not
purpose the conversion of the heather
during this age, but commissioned his
people to preach his Gospel to every
nation for ,oitnosS, that the Elect Mis-
sionaries for the future work might
be gathered from every country. peo
Pile and tongue. Gods will has been
done. The Adversary temporarily mis-
led the Church into misunderstood
ing of her mission. He sought to have
us lower our standard of saintship, IL
| nrdar ia ipcrnnSa tba Church far and