The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-01

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The great Messiah, liking OF Glory"
has long been. waited for by the civil
lied nations. For tliirty.ave centuries
the Jews have waited for him us lie
great Prophet foreshadowed by Moses
and foretold by him facts III. 90: and
as the Great King foreshadowed by
their Kings David and Solomon; and
as their glorious Priest typlGed by
Aaron. but specially in the formers
majesty as king and priest foreshown
by Melchlsedek-a priest upon his
Throne psalm cx. A..
Free masons have waited twenty-five
hundred years for the same glorious
parsonage. as Hiram Ablff. the great
Master Mason whose death. glorlficq.
ton and future appearing are contln.
uGlly set before them by the letters
upon their keystoncs. He died n VIC.
lent death. they claim. because Of his
loyalty 10 the Divine secrets typed In
Solomon's Temple. He must reappear.
they claim. In order that the great
antltypical Temple may be completed
and It's grand service for Israel and for
all peoples may be accomplished. They
claim that his presence Is to be ex.
pected speedily.
Christians of every shade. in proper.
ton US they are conversant with the
Bible tOld Testament anu New, be.
liere, also. In grent Temple builder
who died because Of his faithfulness
to the Divine plans, re the spiritual
Temple. the elect Church Il Peter II.
4. o.. Him they expect to come sec.
ond time "in power and great glory"
to complete the Temple which ia his
Body. and In and through that spirit
1ual and glorious Temple to bless Is.
rael and all the families Of the earth.
His second presence In glory and pow.
er, but Invisible to men. is believed to
be imminent.
The Mohammedans. also Worship
ping the God of Abraham. Isaac and
Jacob and David and Solomon. are
also expecting great Heavenly Mes.
senger to bless them and all peoples
by the establishment OF n heavenly
Kingdom. They have awaited his com.
Ing for centuries They believe Ills
Kingdom TO be near nj hand. ~
Who is This King of GIory7
The same glorious parsonage will fuI.
I'll all these desires-tbesc hopes. Is
It not time that all of these peoples.
fearing God and hoping In his prom
ises. should come together In one hope.
In one expectation? II must be so. for
do we not read prophetically. THE de-
sire of all. nations shall Gomez
We are well aware that great bar-
rlers'lic between these multitudcs: but
we hold that they are chiefly barriers
Of superstition and Ignorance. In the
past they have pulled apart. and have
slandered and prosecuted one another.
If now they will sympathetIcally draw
near TO ench other. surely they will
find much TO appreciate In each 9th.
er's hopes and aims.
Tho Basis of Sympathy.
The fact that the Jews md NOLAN.
medans. Catholics ard Professionals aud
Eraa nocnpv all hnvo th,Jr Fottb 80,
the Old Testament of the Holy Scrip.
lures. Is ground for the better under.
standing pleaded for.
All Christians must accept the au-
thorlty Of the Hebrew Scriptures be-
cause the founder of Christianity.
Jesus. and his special mouthpleces. the
Apostles. taught nothing contrary to
the LAW and the Prophets. Indeed.
they quoted from the Old Testament
in proof Of every doctrine advanced
They claimed that they neither de-
stroyed nor ignored the Old Testament.
but merely noted Its fulillment.
The error In the pust has been the
general disposition to appeal 10 super.
stitlon and prejudice and blgotry. rath.
or than to facts and Scripture. We
must reverse the lever In order to Mt.
tain the good rcsults-in order 10 see
eye TO eye.
What All Can Agree To.
All agree that the world needs the
Divine blessing. All aGree that we
have been laborIng under n mistake In
supposing that education and civilian.
ton are, alone necessary to secure hu.
man happiness. We perceive that the
greater the civilization the greater Is
the unrest: md the broader the cdu,
cation the greater are the suggestions
and opportunities for taking selfish nd
vantage Of others.
All are agreed that only the later In
ventious. telephones. etc.. and oul
modern and costly police precautions
make It possible TO live In civlllzeG
lands and that. despite NIL these. muir
ders are hundred.fold what they
were fifty years ago. In those days Il
murder would be detailed and discuss.
ed for year. Now We give little heed
to several reported In each days news.
papers. Thousands are executed. other
thousands are imprisoned for life and
we pay little heed-so gradually hav.