The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-23

the proportionate 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 toitness, that the Elect Mis-
sionaries for the future work might
be gathered from every country, peo-
| pie and tongue. Gods will has been
done. The Adversary temporarily mis-
led the Church into a misunderstapd-
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
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
A Great Time Of Trouble.
"The coming of the light, the loos-
| ing of the fetters of ignorance and
superstition from the minds that are
not submitted to God, the Scriptures
show us, will result in q 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 resolving itself into
two mighty powers, selfishly and with
acknowledgements, preparing for
headlong collision which will mean
wreck and ruin. tribulation and an
guisb, 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
Seek meekness; seek Righteousness.
It may be that We shall be hid In the
day of the Lords anger (Zepbaniah
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
IL 1t were not for the Elect there
| would be no flesh saved Mark Kill,
| 20). The interposition of the Elect as
the Kingdom of God under Jesus. the
great King and Head of the Elect, is
| the silver lining to that dark cloud.
| The moment of mans extremity will be-
come the moment of Gods opportunity.
$50 terrible will be that time of trou-
BILE that the Scriptures symbolically
represent It as whirlwind: as food;
and as fire. Some have mis-interpret-
ed these Scriptures and are expecting
literal burning of the earth, but the
Lord denominates 1t the fire of his jeal-
ousy.' which will devour Society. And
then he tells us that following the fire
Of trouble he will turn to the people
pure message that they may all call
upon the name of the Lord to serve
him with one consent (Zephaniah Ill, 9).
Satan has had much to do with cor
rupting the message originally given to
the Church. by Jesus and the Apostles.
| The jarring creeds have made dis
cordant sounds which have driven
many noble and logical hearts away
from the Bible. Gods assurance is
that the completion of the Church Is
near; that her change to the heavenly
glory In the First Resurrection will
soon be accomplished and that then
the reign of SIN and DEATH will end
under the Kingdom of Jesus. Then
| the bondage of the world to ignorance.
superstition. etc. will terminates; then
all the blind eyes will be opened and
all the deaf ears will be unstopped and
the Lords pure message of Divine
Justice, Divine Love. Divine Wisdom
| and Divine Power exerted on mans
behalf shall be made known to every
creature.
Christians. what an incen-
| tive to become more and more loyal
and earnest as the servants Of so great
and gracious Sovereignty-that of
| our Father and our Redeemer And
what an incentive we have to seek
| first. I'm preference to all earthly inter
ests, share with our Savior In his
Millennial Kingdom and it's gracious
work Of human uplift-from the depths
of sin and degradation to the heights
of earthly perfection and eternal life!
Let us, as the Apostle exhorts, lay
aside every weight, and the sin that
does so easily beset us. and let us run
with patience the race set before us
(Hebrews xii, u. This race Is for the
crown Of glory as members Of the
Elect Missionary Church and for the
glorious opportunities then to be ar
forded for the realization of the most
| glorious dreams of service for the King
| of kings and Lord Of lords.
"We cannot suppose that satan's
Empire is entirely satisfactory to him
self. Undoubtedly his original thought
was the organization of a realm resem-
bling that Of the Almighty. But the
course of sin is ever downward. 10
obtain control of our first parents they
were misled into steps of disobedience
--sin-and the Adversary himself, hav-
Ing started upon the wrong course, can
maintain his own standing and king