The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

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Fll The nialnder 81 thst unirefse
II had been a blot apd slle othefNEe.
Yendeftnl and nneiq ppaeemsnt
spt the Gfeat efeaf5t eS tere GrdS
Will was perfectly done AmoIgst
men there had beer for forty cen.
turtes 4 refrt Of sfn and death. Satan.
exercised pspfped ~tniirspee orer man.
kind. pfeSing upon hufnan weakness.
ignorance and srHeFstftlon As the
Apostle declares. he bra become the
god Of this world. so~ worseth
in the children Of d5btdlence- az
Cor. ". 4: Eph. d. ri 10 the language
of,1esus he was the Prince. or ruler. or
this world. In thNt The great mass of
mSnkind. some willingly. more isno-
rantiy. were his serrTnfsl
We can only tinaEtne how matters
must bnye dppeaFed to the holy mn.
gels; who for long centuries previously
had Witnessed no disioyalty to God
and no unhappihess amongst BIS crea.
lures on any plape Of being; for them
now to see Satan In rebellion md 9th.
er angels folloTipg his course aud be-
coming demons. and 10 see man.. made
in Gods image. demoni5ed and his
! heart OF tenderness turned to 4 heart
Of stone and s%elfshuess. so that
Mans inhumanlS;i9man
Makes countless iii6nRands mourn"-
Al this must have been b~ewildering
to the loyal angels, who doubtless won.
dered whether Or not the Universe
could thus pass from the control OF the
Almighty Creator. Undoubtedly they
were aware of the Divine intimatlon
OF a better day. as expressed In tho
promise that the Seed Of the woman
should ultimately bruise the serpents
head; but alb. things had gone from bad
to worse since. that glorious promise
was made. aud Divine Power seemed
less able than ever to graphic with the
powers of darknesa bow they must
have wondered at7this!s
Gods Oath. bound Promise.
Undoubtedly the angels had heard OF
the Divine promise made,,to Abraham,
and buttressed with tic Divine oath.
that b. these two immutable assur.
apces-God's Word and His oath-the
blessings promised might be Confident.
u expected. And that promise was
twofold; n 'That all the families Of the
Garth should eventually be blessed. and
~ that this blessing should come to
them through Abraham.s posterity or
seed. We can well imagine how this
joyful news would spread. amongst the
heavenly hosts: "A better day Is com;
ing: the reign of sin aud death In the
world Is to be stopped. The blessing
OF the Lord is to REACH the fallen race
aud put an end TO ignorance. superstlt
tlon. blindness, sin. dyinG. crying and
pain" AN they must have said. I'll
nally God is about to take action and
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