Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-07-27

lasting or death everlasting is now
GOD hath appointed a Day in which
He will judge the world,'' grant the
world a Judgment or trial or test. That
great Day is future. 1t is the Day Of
Christ a thousand years long. 1t will
be a glorious opportunity! Present right
doing and right thinking, or wrong
doing and wrong thinking will have
much to dc with the condition of every
man and woman at that time. He or
she will enter upon that Day of bless
ing and opportunity either from high
er or a lower standpoint. proportion
| ately as he or she has acted wisely
| and conscientiously' at the present time
But nothing that the world can do
can interfere with Gods great propo-
sition, that a full opportunity for life
or death eternal shall then come to
every member of the race, because
Christ died for the ungodly. The only
class to whom present life means life
or death eternal is the Church. And
by the Church I mean, not church at
tendants, nor outward professors, but
those who have entered into a cove
nant with God through Christ and who
have been made partakers of the Holy
Spirit, tasting of the good Word Of
God and the powers of the Age to
come. If these should fall away, the
Apostle forewarns us, it would be i'm
possible to renew them again unto re-
pentance. And there will be no hope
for them with the world in the worlds
trial Day because they already have
enjoyed their share of the merit of
Christ's death.
When. therefore, l speak Of God and
the home, l am not having in mind a
family composed exclusively Of saints.
To live righteously, soberly and godly
in this present world to the extent of.
ones ability is what every one should
do-no less.
An lnundation Of UnbeIief.
In our day the shackles of ignorance
and superstition are breaking. Men.
women and children are beginning to
think for themselves. They no longer
believe the fairy tales of childhood.
~ VI VI dOUSOUi1IS ullu ulSuI-
mares of the Dark Ages respecting
purgatory and eternal torture are
doubted by all, and by the great mass
totally disbelieved. What have they
now to attach them to the Almighty,
since they have never been taught the
love of God, the lengths and breadths
and heights and depths passing all hui
man understanding? This is the
worlds great need-to know God as
He really is, Father, a Friend, God
of love! And to thus know Him the
people need to be taught how serious
~ they were mistaught in the past
along the lines of hell and purgatory.
How could they ever truly love and
worship God of injustice and hate
One inferior to themselves-One who
knew. foreordained and prepared for
their torture before they were born.
They must see that these things,
taught by the creeds of the Dark Ages.
are wholly at variance with the Bible.
else they will never come back to the
Bible nor be able to see it's teachings
in their true light.
They must be taught that the sin
and death, sorrow and trouble all
around US are the penalty Of father
Adams disobedience. They must learn
that God purposes blessing and up
lifting which will be as worldwide as,
the curse
Many religious leaders today deny
that there is a personal God and
ascribe everything to-a great Moth
ing, which they designate Nature-god.
Is it surprising, in view of the fact
that these teachings are being promul-
gated in the universities, colleges and
theological seminaries. in the high
schools, and even to some extent in the
common schools-is it any wonder that
the rising generation is losing it's God?
Awakened Parental Responsibility.
1t is high time that parents realize
the true situation-it is almost too late
nO1o. The seeds Of unbeief already
sown in the minds of the rising gen
GRAFTON are being watered continually
and are growing. All who love their
families, all who love mankind in gen
eral, should awaken to the fact that a
world that has lost its God must of
necessity be an unhappy world. Pla-
tonic philosophy may serve the pur,
poses of the few, but surely cannot
serve the masses of our race A god
less world will ere long mean a dis
contented world. an unhappy world
and, bye and bye. world Of anarchy
and strife. This is what our world
wide education is leading to. Few o,
our race can stand an education which
recognizes no God. no revelation Of
Him, no responsibility to Him, and no
hope of a future life which will be eff
fected by the conduct Of the present.