The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-11

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nowhere, because they seek not where
alone IL Is TO be found.
"Ho, Every One That Thirsteth, Come
Ye."
Ho! Ye all that hunger for Truth,
Come We. There Is an abundance for
us all In our Heavenly Fathers won
derful provlsion-in the Bible. Desert
ing all the creeds and traditions Of
men, let us gather at our Heavenly
Fathers Board as his family, as his
children. Let us prove the truthful.
ness OF his declaration that Like as u
father pitieth his children, 80 the Lord
pitleth them that reverence him" Let
us seek and obtain the satisfying por.
ton. 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" (Matthew
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 it and are
therefore doubly glad to hand forth
the bread OF life and the water of life
to those who desire 1t. There are
plenty ready to serve the appetites of
those who long for pleasure-ball
games, society fetes, chess, travel, etc.
We have not word to say against
these. 1t Is not our thought that they
are going to eternal torment; hence we
do not frantically 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 will put them into
the class OF the broken-hearted and
contrite OF spirit and cause them to
feel after God, If haply they might
find him as satisfying portion. In
harmony with the Masters direction,
1t 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
isaiah Xxi, 1-3). AS the Master ex-
pressed no reproof Of those engaged
in any form OF moral reform, even
asceticism, so 1t 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,
| AS the Master did not 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, no,
teaching for doctrines the precepts OF
men, but the Word Of God, which liv'
eth and abideth forever-expounding
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
ciples 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 withou,
cause; so we may expect that the
scribes and Pharisees and Doctors OF
the Law today will be grieved because
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light Of the knowledge Of the glory OF
God shining in the face of Jesus Chris
Is presented to the people as an In
centive to love and obedience, insteat
Of the doctrine Of eternal torment. II
matters not that all the educated min
istry today well know, and would moi
for moment deny, their disbelief II
the doctrine OF eternal torment, Il
cross-uuestioned. Nevertheless many
Of them hate us and oppose us, be
cause we show the people the true
interpretations Of Gods Word, and lif
before the eyes Of their understand
ing q God Of Love, Just, Merciful
Righteous altogether, and fully capa
BILE both In wisdom and power to worl
out all the glorious designs which h
''purposed in himself before the foun
dalton Of the world"
~ They perceive that the teaching
Of the doctrines OF Purgatory and eter
nal torment has not had a sanctlfy
ing influence upon mankind In all thu
sixteen centuries in which 1t has beer
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 o.
the Bible-that 1t does not teach eter
nal torment for any-were made gen
orally known, the effect upon TIT
world would be TO increase its wicked
ness, to make life and property lesi
secure than now and TO Ill the worlt
still more than now with blasphemies
N They fear also that a certain
amount OF discredit would come I,
themselves becsuse, knowing that tb,
Bible does not teach eternal torment
according to the Hebrew and Greei
original, they secreted the knowiedg,
from the people. They fear that thi