The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-28

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 a 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 have accomplished comparative
w little. They have no need to be dis
coura ged with the fact that the census
of the greatest missionary endeavor
the proportionate number of the
heather have doubled (siX hundred
millions century ago-twelve hun
dred millions today. This is all as
God foreknew and intended, God did
not purpose the conversion of the
heather during this age, but commits
stoned his people to preach his gospel
to every nation for a witness, that the
elect missionaries for the future work
people and tongue. Gods VIII has been
done. The adversary temporarily mis-
led the church into a misunderstood
ing of her mission. He sought to have
us lower our standard of saintship, in
order to increase the church far and
near. He sought to oppose the divine
will by lowering the standards Of
saintship so as to include the masses
of mankind. He thus worked against
divine arrangements. But he has not
succeeded. God has merely allowed
him to prove, test. separate and mani
fest the saints-the very elect
1.-The coming of the light. the loos-
ing of the letters of ignorance and
superstition from the minds that are
not submitted to God, the scriptures
show US, will result in a great time of
trouble, in which the passions of men
but partially enlightened will do great
violence to the entire social fab
ric. We see the preliminary steps
already being taken, and, in the light
of the scriptures. we see the awful
catastrophe which will result. The
world is rapidly revolving itself into
two mighty powers. selfshly and with
headlong collision which will mean
wreck and ruin, tribulation and an
guish. to practically the whole world
The Bible, in calling attention to this
great time of trouble, warns the peo-
pie of God, so far as possible to avoid
both sides of the controversy, saying,
seek meekness; seek righteousness,
it may be that we shall be hid in the
day of the Lords anger Czephaniah
ii. 81. With the wreck of present in
stitutions comes the end of Satan's
regime SO terrible will be the heat of
passion and strife engendered at that
time that the scriptures declare that
if it were not for the elect there
would be no flesh saved mark xiii
2O). The Interpretation of the elect as
the kingdom of God under Jesus, the
great King and head of the elect. is
the silver lining to the dark cloud.
The moment of mans extremity will
become the moment of Gods oppor-
tunity.
$50 terrible will be that time Of
trouble that the scriptures symbolical-
ly represent it as a. whirlWind. as a
flood: and as a fire. Some have mis-
interpreted these scriptures and are
expecting literal burning of the
earth. but the Lord denominates it
the fire of his Jealousy which will
devour society. And then he tells us
that following the fire of trouble he
will turn to the people a pure mes
sage that they may all call upon the
name of the Lord to serve him with
one consent (Zephaniah iii, 81. Satan
has had much to do with corrupting