The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-16

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ili ,sss as,;,s III !. "a & IN,
III 6eayen9 & ss,,rfs. & mi
E Thank Cod tiIe sccondl coming mi, az
afessiaii viii not dan y5ufftI. liz 5soflfl
Ii converted and Gods Mi, fully d b IN,
land the man ofi salvation ! ended.
Quite 10 the contrary: fIis coming Il
Tor tic very purpose &c bringing MI,
things into subjection 10 the lFatiiefs
Will. ne comes that BE ma, relen as.
King OF kings and Lord Sof5 lords. ia,
association with His Church Hc Will
not reign through u representative or
irlce.gercnt; hut personally. and unto
hin, every knee slIall bow and every
tongue contest to the glory Of G Cd.
I'M His day the righteous shall flour.
,islf and seviltdoerss shall be cut on.
The faithful Church. sharing In her
Lords resurrection. the First Resur.
rcction.y to- glory. honor and limmortall-
ty, will be Els associate. kings and
priests. to reign for' d thousand years
tIserclaticn ssS. On n Z, q
Fire symbolIcal az p1nt ruet;on.
1.et MS fcxamInc soma ,ex.s; "a r ,L
seem ,e 70 tcscl1 flint onr IL nj viii N
DESTROYED ~ tirc. ,,nd notr f,,af. tliev
ara ;sTu,ljo,ical '.tt,Ire. q frrnucu,ly
i,,s,ed IL tlie strInturcs. No svml,oI of
Obstruction TIiua tl,c f,hnrri, ID az.
l,ortcd Il ,nort,,vs or2ljIi f,ba essb,y
;nIatnre nnd Il 'toll thnt tia fiery
trinls az lIfes viii Gsslst them IN .tbis
work The opn3ositions ~ enemies. i
to be DESTROYED by works, Sof- mSercv
and Kindness which. tlr,i;rn,itiyelyf wifi
he "coIals 5of, tir,r,,, mon tbrirS hoo,Is !.
ST. Potter mentions, sneci,j fr,ols, mn,
tribulntions5 coming ,,nonT the Church
designed to purify her1n,,,rrrrre5 ont nnd
destroy tbc! droys Hci soys. WHITING
e not not strange concerning the aery
tr4nlI Which l. to stry you. no .thon.h
sonc, sttrnnpcsg th,nri h. nnencd INTO
y,or,u.-I peter .l1lo ~ T7T.ff 81
ST. Paul refers 70 snecInl trials mon
tho cliurcl, n tho end # tia GosniI
Arc which viii consnme Ynlse dnc.
trines. human I'm traditions. etc. md Mi
fnlse fait,, INF which VIII lcave, m.
scnthed ,iia trne. isoiti, onde tr,,o, chnr:
motors III snvs. .If] INV nm hIii,,
mon th,s fonnSnt,on mild sIlror nrn.
cions stones wood, INV stnl,hle eT.
cry mans work shall; be made mani.
fest. for the day shall declare It, be-
cause It shall be revealed by. fire. and
the fire, shall try every. mans work of
what sort 1t Is. If any mnn's work
abide, which he hath built thereupon.
he shall receive a rcwnrd. II any
mans work shall be: burned, he slinll
suffer loss;s but he himself sliall be
saved. yet SO us by Grc.,n'-I Corfu.
thlans Ill, ,12:l5.
These vnriousS Scriptures do not
prove that the. world could not be de.
stroyed by fire in a literal way, but
they do prove tint sire" is ycry ire.
quently mentioned In the Bible ii, n
5agumtiye or: symbolical manner amer We
might im1ultiply tho instances. .Onr
God Il a consuming, flre".;nst regards
everything contra e, "a rIrhteonsnesSs =:
tho syn,holicnil .lnke a sre"I il. tia
ioos of RcvaInttonS "a exnla,nad n; s,o,.
inifvs Tin secon,dj Doath I ntter il,estr,,c.
finn wittmtE ,,onoJos rncoyery S7.'s.'s
i : 10,
" fs' ,eurn'ns onseriptura'.
The suppositlon that the earth VIII
4be DESTROYED: BY fire. either soon Or
ever. would be contrary to the state
ment that The earth abideth forever,
l md tlle declaration TINT God formed 1t
not In. vain- but formed 1t to be In.
hablted. r (isaiah xlv,flS.l one o. the
very strong passages which seems g
teach that, the earth Will be deyoured
by fire IS found In Zephaniah III. >:
wait We upon Me. saith the. Lord w.
til that Day thatI rise up to the prey.
for MY determination is to gather the
nutions. that ! may assemble the King
doms. TO pour. upon them Mine indif'
nation,. even al Ny, fierce anger: for
the whole earth shall be deyoured with
the fire Of MY jenlousy-7anser. II
That the fire OF. Gods anger which
VIII come ONE upon the world VIII not de:
;stroy the physical earth, with nll Its
;inuo DItQntS. but will DESTROY Tho evil