The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-11

Isnornncc and superstition which now
dafkcn the human mind md cause
misapprehensions or the Divine Word
md character Simultaneously ne will
let loose the blessed influences or truth
and enlightenment and the whole
earth shall be filed with the light Of
the knowledge of the glory Of Goas
Thenceforth the wrath of God Will
no longer be revealed against any on
account OF Adams t~ransgression. 1t
will no longer be necessary to be sick
or in pain. or dying. On the contrary.
I'll may be making good rapid prog.
ress up. up. up out Of weakness and
dying conditions. back toward the full
perfection of human nature which
Adam bad before lie sinncd. when he
was In. the image of his Creator.
There will still he the RdylS OF the
wrath upon mankind, the weakness
md i~mperrections Of, the human nesh.
These marks will not be fully blottc1
out until toward the close OF the-thou.
sand years of Mcssiuli's reign. This
agrees fully With ST. Pcter,s words,
That your sins may I've blotted out
when times OF. refreshing shall come
from the presence OF the Lord" G.Acts
Ill. 10l 1t Is therefore one thing to
have our sins forgiven and TO realize
that God is no longer angry with us
but reconciled. and II is quite another
thing TO Know our sins are blotted out.
The sins OF the Church are forgiven
the moment We are accepted OF God
through Christ and made ftartakers OF
the Holy Spirit ana are styled chih
dreh OF Go md helrs. But the
marks. uhe Dlemishes OF sin. continue
WIN us as long rs we have u pres
ent' Imperfect eouics. Ihls 10 the
'Snurch VIII mean ina uie oiotting
out OF their SIN VIII oe IN death. pc
cause tne Inurch VIII oa awakenca ~
tne resurrection perfect, sposiess.
without piane, r%reprovaple. me
nrosny ,aeSstlnes .uis r~esuLIec'ion Us
n,susu'n' Ni!ius h
~"
49, Dou..n
.s,
"Ths:Wrath to Gomez
II we have seer what bns constiiut-
ed the Divine wrath as II has been re-
realcd for SIX thousand years. we will
he the better prepared 10 understand
what TO look for In respect { o any
future manifestations Of Divine wrath
wrath TO come We nre TO clearly
distinguish between the wrath of a
good man and the wrath of n bad
man. and how these would manifest
themselves: and. similarly. We should
be able to discern between the wrath
of God and the wrath OF the devil.
The wrath OF God. as exhibited to us
for six thousand years on the pages
OF history. has been n Just dealing
the abandonment TO destruction of
those who are not worthy OF everlast.
Ing life. by reason Of disohedience TO
Divine. Law. ta6l5s 5.j5tgjri , q
The redemption accomplished for
these, through the death Of Jesus will
eventually be g%lOriously worked out.
and give TO every man a full oppor.
tunlty OF recovery. harmony with God
and everlasting life. The reason why
God makes this provision for redemp.
ton Is because only one man sinned,
wilfully and i~ntelllgcntly. All the re.
mninder Of his children were born In
sin" and under the death scntepce.
The MISUNDERSTANDING Is in order
THAT every i9dividunLgm hayes an
onportunity.fo r.reaching= decision as
10, ~obedience-or disobedience-
The lesson of sin and death Is taught
first. In the few years Of the present
life. and the marks of sin will 90
over till the next Age. Those marks
will he decpencd in proportion rs any
in the present life live below the
plane Of their knowledge of the Dl.
vine standard and in wilful opposition
thereto. While being instructed re-
specting the other side Of the ques-
tlon-the Divine requirements and the