The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-11-03

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through a recognition OF their own I'm
perfection, and Of Jesus and HIS sac
rifice as the satisfaction for their sins,
covering for their blemishes, by
which alone their sacrifices were rem
dered holy and acceptable to Cod
Romans xii, !.
Sowing Follows Rsapins.
The reaping work Of the Jewish Age
merged into the sowing work Of the
Gospel Age as the invitation to be-
come joint-sacrificers with Jesus was
extended to those having hearing ears
amongst nations aside from the Jews.
For eighteen centuries this sowing
work. with narrowing" experiences and
various civilizations, has been In prog
ress. Now In turn we have arrived ut
the harvest of this Gospel Age-the
reaping time. the time Of gathering
into the garner-beyond the veil-by
the power Of the First Resurrection.
"None of the wicked shall under
stand, but the wise shall understand"
Daniel xii, 10,. is the Lords declara-
ton. Our text declares that Eye.
brethren, are not in darkness respect
the brethren are very few. or that a
considerable number Of them have not
yet become sufficiently awake to dis
cernment Of the times and seasons in
which we are living. Many Of the
brethren and many Of the world and
many Of the wicked" do realize that
we are living in strange times and un
derpeculiar conditions. These try to per-
suade themselves, however, that what
we see today is merely recurrence Of
what has repeated itself time and
sgain during the past centuries. Thus
these lull themselves. saying. peace
and safety"
This attitude Is what the Scriptures
foretold, "When they shall say peace
and safety. then sudden destruction
cometh upon them" 1t is only we.
brethren" who are privileged to have
the clearer light respecting present
and future conditions. We know that
we are in the Harvest time Of this Age
the reckoning time-the testing time
the time when the wheat" is to be
gathered into the heavenly garner
the time when the field is to be cleared
of all 'tares" in a fiery trouble-the
time when the plOwshare Of trouble
will be run through the world Of man
kind to prepare the whole world for
the New Dispensati ton just about to be-
gin.
The Powman Overtakes the Reaper.
Illustrating the Divine methods and
the rapid following Of events in the
Divine Program. the Lord through the
Prophet tells us that 1.-The plowman
will overtake the reaper" amos tx.
49, So accurately timed is every fea-
ture Of the Divine Plan that part fits
to part and work to work closely. The
Harvest of the present time is the
gathering Of the fruitage of this Cos
pei Age-the gathering Of the Church
Of the First-bOrn. whose names are
written in heaven"-those who have
made a Covenant with Jehovah by sac
rifice.
The Head of the sanity Messiah. de-
veloped and glorified eighteen centur-
les ago, is Jesus. The members of the
cred from every nation. first from the
Jews and then from all nations. Gods
call and selection Of sanity sacrificers
in this Gospel Age ignores all Sec
tartan, all denominational, all national
lines-"The Lord knoweth them that
are His" The winds of violence. "the
powers Of the air." which will shortly
be loosed. and which will produce the
terrific STORM" are being held back
until the sealing of Gods servants in
their forehea DIS shall have been accom-
plished.
This sealing in the forehead implies
an intellectual appreciation Of heaven
ly things. and is intimately associated
with the harvest work-the sealed are
the ripe wheat being gathered for the
heavenly garner. AS soon as the seal
ing work shall have been accomplish
ed the winds of strife and trouble will
be let loose according to the Masters
declaration. and the result will be a
time Of trouble such as never was
since there was q nation'-no. nor
ever shall be the like again. The aw-
full lessons which will then be learned
by humanity will be sufficient for all
time. The strife. the hatred. the ma
Lightly. the anarchy of that day of
trouble are depicted in various places
in the Word of God.
The trouble time impending is indeed
declared to be time of Divine wrath.
and we must not lose sight Of that fea-
ture Of it. Divine Justice has indigna-
ton against in-equity and selfishness
in general. for selflshness is but an
other name for sin. All sin is selfish.
and all selfishness is sin. The cap
tains Of industry, the captains of edu-
cation. and captains of wealth have
today greater opportunities and there
fore greater responsibilities than the
kings Of the earth for their dealings
with their fellowmen.
Similarly. there are leaders of the
people. presidents and secretaries Of
unions. ETC.. who are also captains.
and who also have great responsibility.
All perceive that the world of human
ity is rapidly nearing a crisis. The al
most mira culOuS ODening of the ewes Of