The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-18

disc for the Church, that tney snohid
be tharefs with Their. Lord on tie spirit
plane, partakers Of the divine nature.
far above angels, principaliBes and
powerS,, but how grnclous has God
also been IN His provision Tor the
world at large-His promise Of m
earthly Paradise for such OF humanity
as, when brought 70 4 knowledge OF
Himself and His requirements. shall
gladly. heartily accept the same!
How wonderful is the Wisdom and
Power OF Colby which He can make
use OF even the reign OF sin and death
TO teach great lessons both to nngelk
and men respecting the exceeding sin.
fitness OF sin! And how merciful and
gracious is the arrangement He has
made that when. this reign Of sin and
death shall have accomplished His In.
tended purposes. He will bring 1t TO IN
end. Those twin monarchs which have
ruled the. world for six thousand years
Sin and Death-shall be vanqiiished;
and ultimately every member OF Ad.
ans race shall be delivered from their
power. For the willing and obedlent,
the earthly Paradise. human nerfcc-
tlop. the image OF God In the flesh, Is
to be the reward-an earthly reward:
and for the rcbellious. the Second
Death. from which there will be no re-
demption. no recovery. and In which.
thank God. there will be no suffering.
for they shall perish like the brute
beasts. as st. Peter declares.-lI Peter
Il. 70.
Restitution Will Bring Real Paradise.
Much as your Island may resemble
the Garden of Eden. It is not Paradise.
and cannot be Paradise so long as you
have sin and sorrow. pain and death
amongst YOU. One OF the first objects
that greeted my sight as landed was
your cemetery. and I said. Oh! yes,
death is here. and ereryrhere-G DDS
curse. declaring that no imperfect he
Ing may live. Well. ! thank God for
that, too, Centuries of life with imper.
lection would doubtless be too much
for Us to enjoy. Far better is Il as ri.
vine Wisdom has arranged TIA birth.
n struggle for existence, battle with
self and sin. the World. the flesh and
the Devil. and then n falling asleep In
death, until the morning OF the resur-
rection. There will he no conscious,
ness Of even moments intervening
until the glorious day shall have dawn.
ed. and the new order OF things shall
have been introduced and established:
untl then the slecpers will come forth
to sec n brighter side than any that
they have previously experienced or
ever heard Of.
Tie Kingdom OF Gods dear Son and
His elect Bride will be In power aud
nothing shall hurt or destroy in all His
holy Kingdom. The blessing OF the
Lord shall lie upon man. and his earth.
ly dominion. Restitution Influences
will be Mt work for The bringing OF
everything to pcrfection-cspecially for
the bringing OF man up. up. up ont OF
sin. weakness. degradation and death
TO the full glory OF perfection OF mind
and body and vltality-the image and
likeness of God. ms at first, before sin
entered.
Rich and Poor and Socialism.
You still have your rich aud poor;
there still is caste amongst the chill.
dren of the one parentage: but when
the uplifting influences OF MeSs.ah:s
reign shall have done their work. these
things will all be in the past. He that
stitch upon the Throne shall say. "Be.
hold. I make all things new" In that
glorious time there will not be rich
and poor, there viii be socialism in
the proper sense. as the Scriptures
clearly point out: they say. Every
man shall sit under his own vine and
under his own fig tree: and none shall
make them afraid" And again, "Thcy
shall not build and another inllnbit.
they shall not plant and another eat
the fruit thereof" There will be no
tenantry. no landlordISm then.
Do not understand me TO be melting
dissatisfaction with the present condi.
tlons. In many respects what we have
today is the very best possible thing
under present conditlons-man's fallen
nature and selfish temperament taken
into consideration. The counsel Of
Gods. Word is that all who trust In
Him are to wait for Him to bring In
the better conditions. Some very well
intentioned people are making II sad
mistake: Just as the morning Is about
to dawn-abOut TO bring In The great
blessings Of restitution. socialism. etc.
they blindly look In another direction
and declare that unless they bring so
clalism to pass It will never come. We
grant, indeed. that 1t would be foolish
TO expect that the rich would bring
about the wonderful changes which
the Bible foretells-It would he cou.
trary to human nature 10 so expect.
But we do say that those who think to
bring about socialism by human wis.
dom and human strength are deficient
in wisdom. They do not see that what
they propose Is absolutely impossible
their eyes are holden.
The Bible alone shows us what will
be the outcome of the present unrest