The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-25

lAStASWtAse h4ttG ottu 10 Suhule1 SET
upon candlestcks. They have indeed
reproyed the darkness. but they hare
been powerless to scatter It Nor did
God 50 intend. His declaration
through the Prophet Is. weeping may
endure for the night. but Joy cometh
In the morning. Psalm XXX, g.,
Again. Darkness covers the earth.
gross darkness the people," bnt .the
Sun Of righteousness shall arise With
healing In His beams.r-lsaIah Il. 9:
MalnchIiv .
This promised Sun OF Righteousness
which Is to scatter the darkness Of
earth. we are told distinctly. consists
Of Jesus and those who have walked
In His footsteps throughout this Cos.
pei Age. These, approved OF the Fa.
Their. win be glori1ed beyond the veil
by q resurrection to glory. honor md
Immortality. Then speedily these will
.shine forth as the Sun In the King.
dom Of their Father" ialnttfiew Kill.
49,, This VIII mean the ushcrlug in OF
the great Seventh Day-Messinh's Day.
God Has Not Neglected Us
From this Divine viewpoint God Is
not slack concerning His promises.
Only six days of the week have yet
passed. The glorious Seventh Day In
which the great Mediator between God
aid men will assume Ills Kingdom
powers Is Just Mt hand. instead OF
thinking that God is neglecting and
forgetting to fulfil the Me;slanic prom.
ises, We should with the eyes OF faith
realize that He is working NIL things
according to the. counsel of His own
will. We should consider the matter
from the standpoint that God has OK.
ercised great patience with humanity
in not blotting out the race: he Inns
been long.suirering. And this assures
us that the Interchangeable One would
prefer that none Of His creatures
should perish In death, but rather. that
oil, IL they would. might turn unto
Him md llye.-Eze!iiel xxxiil. II.
The great opportunity for the masses
of our race to turn to the Lord and al.
tain everlasting life will be after the
darkness shall have passed, when Tie
Sun Of Righteousness shall be shining
forth: after tho Highway Of Holiness
shall have taken the place OF the Broad
Road to destruction: nfter Messiah. the
great King. shall have detlironcd Sa.
tan. the Prince Of darkness. from tile
worlds control: after the Prince OF
Pence shall have established peace
upon n proper basis. Who cannot sing
heartily with the poet:
N thousand years, earth's coming glory,
IT'S the glad day SO long foretold,
IT'S the, glad morn OF ZIon's glory,
Prophets foresaw'ln times OF, old!., AM
III tEGWaitins For The Nj othsr. 4. w
-Four race was generated by Father
Adam as well US condemned to death
through his dlsobedlence. What tic
race needs Is another father or ne
giver. and this is exactly what the
word Savior -Giver, Fa.
Their. The Redeemer. at the cost Of His
own life, became the purchaser Of
Adam and his race with view to
their resuscitation. their resurrection
from sin and from death. Is not one
OF; the Redeemer's titles 1.-THE Eyerlast.
ing Father"-the Father who gives
everlasting life? Unquestionably He
has not yet fulfilled this glorious office
Of Lfe.Giver to Adams race; He viii,
fulfil It, however-'in His Day"
Speaking to His faithful disciples.
BIS followers In the narrow way. Jesus
promised them, "In the regeneration
yeshall sit upon twelve thrones" (Aiat.
thew xix. 2S) That regeneration pc.
Rod corresponds exactly to st. Peters
times Of restitution" or years Of
restoration (Acts Ill. 10Y. md both of
these periods agree to the general
teachings Of Scripture respecting d
resurrection ut the last day-MessIah's
day-the thousand years of regenera.
tion. resurrection. restitution. which
will afford Adam and his race fullest
opportunities for attaining perfection
Of human nature in IN EdenIc world
wide Paradise.
The Lord through the Prophet us.
sures US of the wonderful success
which will attend the establishment.
Of the New Empire Of earth, the do
minion Of the Prince of light. which
will supersede the dominion Of the
Prince Of darkness. when Satan shall
be bound for thousand years, that
be may deceive the peoples no more.
Thus 1t is written. HE shall Iay
righteousness to the line and Justice
TO the plummet and the haIR TRUTH
shall sweep away the refuge of les."
usnlah xviii. 10
But why the delay. do you ask? All.
We answer, God did not permit Adam
20 begin the establishment of his race
until first He, gave him Eve rs his
bride. his wife: The world needed not
merely n llfe-giver but a mother, a
,care:taker. hclpmate.
Similarly In the Divine arrangement
God has provided that the restitution
time. the worlds uplifting period. the
regeneration epoch for mankind, shall
not begin until first the true Church.
the .little aock."' the Bride of Christ,
shall be comDletefl md 'he unlted or