The Cairo bulletin., 1911-11-28
,nme vain in their imaginations. and

came vain In their imaginations, and
their foolish heart was darkened. Pro
Tossing themselves to be wise they be
came foolish" and idolnters. Where
fore God also gave them up TO unclean
ness through the lusts Of their own
hearts. to dishonor their own bodies
between themselves" tRomans |. 21l
circumstances to God was not pun
ished directly nor threatened with n
future punishment Acting automat.
ically n separated the unthnukfnl ones
from their Creator. md their course
became ward. degenerate
The spirit of unthankfnness as 4
malady threatens ON. present civiiza
ton with death Year by year the
sentiment Is growing. and discomfort
when fully hntched out, will he the
viper OF anarchy, for whose virus
there Is no human remedy
We thank God that although thS
awful anarchy foreiold is near ~
hand. and is beyond human ability I"
cope with yet Divine Love has prom
! ispd rs Intervene 10 save the nnthHnk
ful world by the establishment uf the
/ Messianic Kingdom in power ana
/ great glory, for the Blessing Of all the
| families OF the earth, for the mnliing
straight of all the crooked paths; fol
the opening OF he eyes of understand
Ing. that all may see the Truth
The Thanksgiving Of Christians.
st. Paul addressing Christians. says
What manner Of persons ought zee '"
| heY' similarly. we might say, How
earnest should he the Thanksgiving OF
| Christians. But alas. Thanksgiving
! nny with us has lost much of the re-
| liaious import known 10 our forefa
theirs. No, withstlnding false doe
| trines inculs'nted by man made creeds,
| orr f0rpflthers believed the Bible rec
| ord of mans original perfection. his
fall Into sin and condemnation. the re.
demption accomplished through Jesus.
| and II restoration 10 Divine favor thus
| made possible. These truths c0nsti
| tuted the foundation for II living faith
! in God and led them to give thanks
for the harvest of the year. accounting
that If every good and perfect gift
comes directly or indirectly from the
hand of God It should be received ae-
| cordngly aud acknowledged.
Today. however. we have the form
4 of godlinesS without the power. be-
cause the precious faith has been well
nigh destroyed by the Higher Critics
and Evoluiionists. who for the past
| ffty years have been lab9ring con-
stantly to this end, and with wonder
FIJI success Well does God ask. Who
| believes the Divine Record or Mes
sage. and who secs the Arm Of Jeho'
yah connected with the worlds M.
! fairs?
Anyone having lost faith in the
Bible aud IT'S God has therefore NJ
tie left except The form of goodness,
without its power Nevertheless. here
and there IN all nations and all sccts
Of ChriStcndom are TO be found loynl
souls. bewldered by the present trend
OF affairs. and crying out to God FOR
further light. and approaching and Civ
ing thanks for every blessing, oven
though they do not understand the
philosophy OF their own experience
The Morning Star Dawn.
st Peter declares that the Sun-bur4i
Of the New Dispensation of MesslnhF
Kingdom will be preceded by the
morning s'ar. which viii shine into the
hearts Of Gods faithful people in the
early dawn. To herald It's npproach
The SrH Of righteousness has not yet
arisen. but many Of Gods people are
noting the clear light now shining upon
the Divine Word. and are realizing
that II comes from Him. and that He
is preparing them. through better
understanding of the Bible. to appre'
ciate the glorious sunlight OF Divine
mercy which will soon overspread the
world and scatter the darkness or
earth's superstition, sin and death.
And so. MS we get the matter rightly
divided before our minds. we get the
true understanding. the specinl en-
lightenment needed In our day. and we
are enabled to rightly divide the Word
better than did our fathers. so that to
day we can see. as our fathers did not
see. the teaching OF Gods Word re
speeding the high calling" and "resii'
tution"-the spiritual portion Of bless
ing for the Church. and the human
portion OF blessing for the world We
also see something about the times and
seasons--trhich apply to the Church
and Which 10 the blessing OF the world
We are not to forget that the Lord
promised that He would guide His peo-
pie In the way of the Truth and show
! them things To come. We are 10
"dUdg" 10 show ourselves approved
siudy the doctrine and endeavor to
have our course Of conduct harmoni2e
with it-stGdp to perform faithfully the
duties ofta loyal soldier of the cross OF
Christ
These alone are able TO give thanks
IN the highest sense OF the term be.
cause they, better than others. appre.
cinte the Divine Program and can fully