The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-30

have no knowledge and for wtiieii
there u no Scripture proof
But iet God be true aud let ua See
bow and wherein Satan lied when 6e
icontradlctcl onr MIXER. and aiet IN
zee also how our race sls NOT sent
to heaven OF 70 d hell ,of torment. hut
was murdered, killed. put 10 Death
/; IN wages Of sih g death ..s
SHE Gift ;oft God 4 ID Eternal Lite
50 Romans VI, s23} !; n Z
God, while permitting Satan and sin
and dePraFlty aud death Ia, fake their
course, hus not, been Idle, Ed has hid.
and still Inns. u great plan for human
salvation q plan for recovering man
from sin and from death aud from all
Sof2his fallen conditions d niah 6f res.
tuition to human uplift .sta plnn by
which the Seed Of the woman shall
yet, figuratiyely. crush the serpehts
head, or Undo satants great originai
misdeed recover man from bly, riitirl
sdered Sc6ndltion ana ron MS fallen
estate to all that he had sat nrst. plus
the knowledge md experiences OF tile
present life and pitts thes experience,
incidental 70 his uplift. durlnsthe reign
of Messiah. for which we i,ray, .,rLy.
Kingdom come" & 4
The Scriptures clearly show, US TINT
all of this recovery Is to be accom-.
plished through the merit OF .lesus'
sacrifce-s..the Just for the uhjust.'s
That the work bnsl not ] vet begnafis
evident We are lstill living under tho
law Of sin and death. 'sThe slessianici
Kingdom must come IN powtri and
great glory and be, established. The
Scriptures fell Us; IN a great time of
trouble. Then the earthlwill he made
TO blossom as the rose. nnd tie wilder.
ness and the solitary places will be
made glad and nil n3aakind Will Re.
ceiye Divine blessing aid sopnort,lnity.
to return to Divine fnyor IND eternnl
life asfhumaiis beings. And THE viii.
fully dlsobedlcnt and negllgent t,f
those opportunities win die tbt second
Death. from which there viii ''be 10
recovery. no resurrection. no hope
"lThe Saints Shall Judge tho WorId's.
Corinthians vi, p. NON Ssf
These Ssreat blessings OF restitution.
for which lsraei md the whole world
IRE waiting, canuot he brought abont
until first the steeidi 'saiyd ton III III
special class. the salvation Of the Very
,elect-not TO, human uature. bat Is a
heavenly nature. as the l}ride'o * Christ
shall be accomplished. The select,
ing Of these bus progressed for nearly
nineteen, Centuries aud. apparently. ii
about complete. Tie Divine blessing
md WORK then 10 Gei 1nlugurhicd WI
be restitution to eaitiiiy nature sund
pcrfection-"to the Jew tirst."" : IS
Satan Serves The Saints.
Y During nll these centuries. while
Satan has been the Prince or ruierr
amongst the children or this world,
md while be hhs blinded Them With
his sophlstrles and. falsehoods, he has
also done another work for tile Isaintly
few now being called to the; heavenly.
places. For these he phas. 50 IL Speak,
turned IA polishing grindstone 70 IRE.
pare them for the riches Of the iieas en-:
" glory us new creatures. as iieirs foe
God and jolnt.heirs with5Jes1s ChFist
their Lord Quite pnwittIngIr. We
may be sure, lie has served the Creas
tors purposes and helped to 'prepare.
through trials. this class forsthe glo.
tlous things which Cod has ID reser.
vation for those that love him.
In Divine dealings, Gods wisdom,
foreseetng the end, IS abie to Use the
wrath OF men and of the fallen angels
and Of Satan to praise him nd 10 work
out blessings to his elect Church., mud
the remainder. which does not thus
work. he! can and does restrain. Hence
the Divine promise TINT 'sall things
shall work together for good to those
that love God. to the called ones acl
cording to bis purpose" M, ~ i 3
Satan al 40 Angel Of Light,
St. Paul declares Of Satan, "1ve drd
not ignorant Of his Devices" and be
tells Us that Satan nna Ibis servnnts
transform themselves into servants Of
righteousness, etc. We see this prlni
ciple ID operation as we read Church
history. Satan, nil through this Age.
has sought t.: pervert Christian hopes
and distort Christian doctrines BY pre-!
senttnE codntetfeits OF Bible truths
Thus, for instance, the Scriptures tell
Us that eventually the Church, "a lit.
tie fock,"twill be associated with Mes;
slab In his Kingdom Of glory to reign |
q, thousand years. X It was Satuh's
method to counterfeit this hope to sng.
gest to men tile establishment tof an |
earthly Kingdom with an eartblytlittls
flock. an earthly glory, an earthly
reign. This was set forth as the full.
t|llmeht Of the, second Psalm. z & I. !
And when later On some Of satan's !
dupes begun to get free from some Of ]
his snares he became their leader 10 |
IN opposite direction. called them re.
formers ind led them to. claim TINT all :
the civilized kingdoms Of the earth I
are the Kingdoms Of. Christ. This Is |
the status Of affairs today. The world
ID general believes that Christ's king.
dom has coitle. even though they ftre