The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-09

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that the heathers hnuEt be converted
before This Age viii end That suct,
wonld be an imposslbiIlty - shown BIZ
the gorerntnent statistics to the effect
that the nnmberso Of heathen have dou.
iBled during the Ffast ceptury.
What he does expectsis. that as there
are a few OF Gods very elect In all
denominations Of Christendom, now to
be garnered. SO also there are a few
sanity ones amongst the heather who
have accepted Christ-including some
of the missionaries. The .%baryest'ti
must cover rs wide an area as did the
sowing of the Gospel seed. To some
extent the message Of the Kingdom
has been preached amongst NIL ma
lions. The Bible Is the special procla:
nation Of M~essiah's Kingdom as the
hope Of the world, and contains the
.'cgll, Of the Church to joint.heirshlp
with her Lord II. that Kingdom. which
viii bless the world Il, RI
The essence of this Kingdom mes.
sage. however has been somewhat
confused ny reasot Of the many false
notions set forth In our numerous false
creeds of the .past. In his dlscourses
in heather lands the Pastor intends to
lay stress uponSthe kingdom feature
Of the Gospel message. While twill
be his privilege 70 proclaim the King
dom message. be reeognizess that only
those who hare tue 'eAri to bear will
be able to- appreciate and receive Il.
His message Is one Of the Bible. to
which all Christians may rally. Is they
are rid Of denominational Ties: THE
Church Of the Erst:born. whose names
are written In heaven and whose
Harvest time has,eome. are the Lords.
wholly irrespective Of the denomina.
tons with which they; are. affiliated
"Harysst Past, Summer Endad!S
The text points out a lesson. Not
all who have professed Il. be followers
OF. Christ will be amongst the blessed
ones Of the, harvest who IRE to- be
transported BIZ the First Resurrection
to glory. honor aud Immortality as their
reward. The words OF Jesus here cited
in confederation Of tllls are: MANY
shall say unto :Me5in that day. Lord.
Lord. have we not taught many, and
in Thy name cast out devils, and done
many wonderful works., Many who
thus hope will be dlsappointed-will, be
shut out of the Kingdom class.
Another of tue Redeemers parallels.
the Pastor said, pictures the conse.
Grated saints Of Goblin this harvest
time as virgins" But some were wise
and some foolish. The masses OF man.
kind. yea. the. masses Of ChrIstendpm.
are Omitted from this purubollc picture.
Only the virgin. class Is dealt with
ut I'LL. and 1t Is divided into two parts,
and only the wise, the flithfuD. more
than copquerors.. will have the honor
Of entering into the Wedding with the
Bridegroom and becoming .the Bride.
the Lambs Wife.H Then the door will
be shut. No more will ever enter; That
door. No more will ever be added to
the Bride company-tie number Of the
,felect" will hnye been eompleted.
The parable sh0yslst lat lnter on,
the foolish irirglnslA pass through
great trlbulatiop and obtaln lhe oil
and the light which! they should huye
had before, But Il VII then ge TOO
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selves Christiansrhor Is 1t sufficient
that, We be engaged In good works.
casting out demons Sand healing the
sick and steacling the people. These
things In their waysa good. but God
has His own test JOS respects those.
who shall bei:actepted as members of