The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-06
God LOVES YOU.
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deaY0Is ALL Discounted
.NHY ! GOD /. CARES 4 | F0R.s man.
The 4 = Divine l' Program FOE Human.
Salvation rs Only Beginning.
MUCH PREACHING is I0MMYROT.

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III XII ssss envy Of Music was
ls}l MY crowded today to
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Mindful 81 HIM.
psalm viii, ~ The large audience
listened with intense interest. SO that
a pjn-drop could have been heard.
The speaker snid:- IS! - s.
For some weeks our city viii lie in
the throess Of a !" Revival o: Religion"
Hundreds OF ministers have placed
themselves and their, congregations
under the leadership of the Rev. Or.
Chapman Eand Mr.. Alexander, the Ia
nous singer, for the purpose OF reriv-
ing religion; for the purpose Of rcscu.
Ing human souls from eternal torment
as the proposition Is generally under
stood. Business men have subscribed
large sums Of money for this noble
work of rescue, reasoning that IL thou.
sands Of dollars are spent In freight:
ing apparatus for the protection OF hu-5
man life for n few years. the services
Of Messrs. Chapman and Alexander
viii be eapif they carry away tw;en.
ty-lve thousand dollars for months
work, provided the results show n.
goodly number rescued from eternal
torment. ~. n
We sympathizc With some OF these
large.heartel and onen.handcd bust.
! ness men who give Their money for
50 iaudable un object. Yet We can.
not think That many, nay not even II
majority OF those who contributed
this sum hare: done SO conscientious
ly. We cannot think that one-l,nlf OF
them believe in the teaching Of eternn!
torture, nor cnn we think TINT more
than one.tcnth Of them believe that, n
practical conversion is sfgpifed by, 4
response 10 an invitation Which I'm.
plies n preference for heavenly bliss
rather than for eternal anguish. How.
ever, 1t Is for those who nay the mon.
ey to exercise their own consclcnces In
this matter, and II Is none Of our. bust.
ness what they, decide. 4 ~
We sympathfzc also with the hun.
drcds Of Pastors Of this city who have.
Joined in this movement, which they
hone will increase their congregatlons
and church revenues. but these Pas
tors know In reality that the Bible
does not teach eternal torment. and
they have discarded the Bible anyway
In favor Of Higher, criticat-Infdelity.
Theirs Is an unhappy. and stultiacd
position. !! ~ X Z !, 4 I, !,
We sympdtlilze still more. With the
poor people Whose. education along
spiritual lines Is almost wholly neg.
lected, and who live In constant fear
Of the God who loves them and III
dreadful misunderstanding of the BIZ
bic. which he has given them. Be.
tween the imperfectness OF the trans:
ldtion and the colorlns Of prejudice
and the twist of misunderstanding Of
some parables >and symbols they arc
helpless In the presence, Of educated
men who teach infercntially what they
do not themselves believe. AIMS! poor
Common people!' that. you should DO
betrayed by those in whom you re-
pose confidence and whom you unwlt:
tingly pay for keeping YOU In the dark
by taking from you the Key OF knowl.
edge. Truly shy people perish for.
lack acknowledge" Hosea ", G). rs
Hsympathlzes Still More With God.
But still more we sympathtze with
God, whose name Is dishonored, whose
Justice, Mercy, Wisdom, Love, and
Power are tradueea, payvillHed. We.
say to ourself, How wonderful the
patience Of God, which for centuries
has endured ,blaspliemous misrepre.
sentations Of his good characte- and
Divine Plan of the Ages! Well Goes
lie tell us that as the heavens are
higher than the earth. SO his plans and
methods In respect to orr salvation
are higher than ours-not lower. Well
does lie, tell us that human fear to-,
ward him Is taught by the precepts Of
men, not according to his Word Qsa-
fab xxx, 13). We can see reasons
why tile Lord has kept silence toward
the heather, but we are perplexed TINT
Judgments have so long delayed to
come upon those who, knowing bet
ter, still SANDER the great and holy.
',a and nd n',lsrepresept file Divine pur-
poses. 4. s.: II. n
What would a chief shepherd do to
an nnder.shepherd fonnd misleading
the sheep, guiding them into poison
.eus pastures? We believe that he
would take the; sheep from them, even
though he allowed them still to .shep.
herd the goats. And It, Is quite our
thought that such a Judgment impends
over Chrlstendom and that NIL shep.
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