The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-06

tain tnlS fresuftl a, " n lflSyyer.s No. n
IihotIsand fffaSs. No. III our Judgment
lsthe psrysrsions Of tho Truth. the sdiss3
honoring of our ainker. The InsIillinga
of Misc concept lions INTO file minds of33
the people, Is mi; d wrul cost ~ pay
even u the result sssbpuld he, a hundred
times ias great ny promised. Well, did
Jesus. say .ls ~ e comp ass sen md land
70 make one preset vie and WIDEN lic Is:
gained, you make him two. fold more ID
child of destruct lon thnn yourselves
{sfattiiew XIII, The conversions
achieved by nlisrepr esentati lions OF God
instil a poison into the heart iilicuit
to eradicate. intervions 10 the Truth.
# grieres me ~ be obliged epnscicnsi
uolsly thus 10 characterize d nioya.5
inent which Inns, ut least. ii, outward
appearance Of gpdliness. 1t will at.
tract to me the venom Of those Swhdse
hypocrisles 1critIcize. Ii Is not tile
money that they will collect that
grieyes me, for those who give It hon
estly, thinking thus 10 serve the Lord, (
will surely be blessed ,by him. ills
the hypocrisy d. the Thing. tie misrep.i
resentation OF their own belief and un.
belief and the SANDER against TIE. holy
name of the Creator and ttlici further
bamboozling and throwing Of dust Into
the eyes of tho common ,people--thist
awakens. and should awaken. right.
eous indignation. Aud. The more 9th.
ers do not speak. The more must
speak In dcnunclntion, and III warning
to the people to search the Scriptures
and become undcceived. !. 4
\, Hearken Now to Our Text.
The tcncllngs Of nll of the creeds
Of the Dark Ages which have come
down to us, although they contlIn
many good things. nre 50 bcfoggetl
with misrepresentation OF God as to
be n stencil to opr nostrlls and n mem.
ace ITO our spiritual health. They Pie.
ture TO Us n Col either reckless anil
careless of the future interests OF bis
human creatures, or else as powcricss
to aid any but the few. They picture
td9ns millions going down TO torture
during the four thousand years be-
fore Jesus came into the world 10 seek
md TO save ihatswhich was lost. They
picture to US that since his cpmlng
only q handful, comparatively, Of the.
human family have become his dis.
cIples footstrpt followers. "Alcet for
the Inheritance of the saints in light
All the others. according to o,trs Prot,
/ cstant crceds. Calyinletic and iy.Armlni.,
!, M, have gone down 40 cterpaliorturc.
From this standpo,at 1t Is that Dr..
!, Chapman and Mr. Alexander are the
heroes Of Tie hour. Swing q few more
whom God would have otherwise neg,
! lectel. or. as some; might say; saving
! them in spite Of Divine Generalization
to- tile contrary. Wi !.5s s3sEj
!. But what say; the Scriptures? Docs
!, the Bible stil,statitiatc such theories;
Nay, nay! In harmony, with orr text.
the entire Bible reveals to us n God
as lRhnite ia Ills Wisdom and Power.
as in his Justice aail Love. Our text
,:tcits US thai Tic tsimindfai o:,his craa..'
1 tures- humanity Ho 6,yas mind ful iii
the very, beginning when he created
niait I and fore&Eew bis fall. Away
bafk there he ,foreto!d thatiS.tthe Seed
OF the womat, shoull ultimately brulsci
The serpent's head" Away bnck there
he indicated This Divine purpose, In
due time, TO redeem man from dcstruc-,
ton (not from eternal torment, for
none were sentenced to -torment). Il
The, skins which covered the naked
ness Of our first. parents cost the lives
OF animals, aud thus God typlcal!;
prophesiel ''bctter sacrifices" for the
perfect covering OF ma,i's sin and
shame. In God g dealings witilthe nu.
ton Of Israel, he gave numerous types
foreshadowlpg the. later blessings, fo...
lowing .tlic better sacrifices" of the'
nntityplcnl Atonemcnt Day-blesslis
all the families of the earth.
God was mindful Of mans interests
all that time for over sforty-two cen:
.turieS; even though. during that long
period, nothing was actually accom-.
pllshed. Tho salvation :was purposel.
was planned, was assured. but mus,
be waited for until Gods due time.
Reconciliation BY sRettsr sPeriiicss,7
When Jesus appeared the world was
still IN sin-eyen the ono little nation.
Of Israel was: still under Divine con
domination because OF sin-becnuse
their typical sacrifices were insufficient
aud merely foresladows Of '.the better
sacrifices" which God was miad}a!
later to bring 10 pass. 7,
Those better sacrifices" are not yet.
completed. though nenrly 50, we le,,
lleye. They consist OF .'the Man Christ
Jesus who gave himself asaRunsom
for nll." md also Of the faithful few
whom he has accepted us his disciples
and who are walking. lit his steps,
presenting their bodies living Ssacrii
fees, holy md acceptable to God,,"'',
through their ledeemer (Rom. 81, i \!
God is still mindful Of humanity.
He has not forgotten his responsible.
ties rs n Crentor. The theory TINT
God shirks his responsibility ana al
lows the ninety thousand WHO die
daily TO drop Into eternal torment be-
cause Of cRrelessness, or Indifference
on our part Is not true-ls not Scrip: