The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-11-02

"Of the times
/ (gy Ia and seasons ye
| - EIllllk ~ have no need
| l(PAST0R RUSSEll)I that ] write unto
you. for your
selves know perfectly that the day Of
the Lord so cometh as a thief in the
wight. And when they shall say.
Peace and safety. then sudden destruc
ton cometh upon them as travail upon
woman with child and they shall not
escape. But ye. brethren. are not III
! darkness that that day should over
take you as u thief. Ye are children
of the light"-l Thess4lonians v. 1.5.
The world is not expected to I'M
derstand the Divine times and Sea
sons, plans and purposes. The Re
deelner declared that the Father hath
hidden these things from the worldly
wise and prudent and has revealed
the footstep followers of Jesus. Mat
thew ri. o., 1.-THE secret of the Lord
is with them that reverence Him. ana
He will shoe them His Covenant
The Prophet Daniel. referring to the
present day. declared. None of the
wicked shall understand. but the wise
shall understand" Daniel xii, 1O.) To
understand the secret purposes of the
great in advance of their accomplish
ment implies Il nearness and touch ANA
acquaintance out OF the ordinary. And
so Gods children. begotten of the Holy
Spirit. are privileged to know the
things of God-"yea. the deep things
The speaker likened this relationship
between God and His saints to wire,
less telegraphy. Gods people have GO
herers tuned in harmony with Him
self by His Word and Spirit. These
can receive much of the deep things
Of God The worldly have no co-her-
ers at ail-no means. therefore. oi
communication with the Infinite. The
luke-warm Christian has. indeed. CO.
herer in the Holy Spirit, but. 1t is not
tuned to the proper key and is. there
fore. not prepared to receive the deep
things of Divine communication.
Our world for six thousand years
has been battlefield on which the
hosts Of darkness have largely pre-.
vailed over the comparatively small
number of children of the light. who
in an enemy's country have stood forth
for God. the Redeemer. the brethren
and the Truth against the "Prince of
this world"-Satan. Moreover the
children of light have been hindered
from using the "carnal weapons" of
the children Of darkness. They may
not render evil for evil nor SANDER for
SANDER. They may only do good and
bless those who revile them.
Harvest Time 10 Here
Is this condition Of things to con.
tinue forever? Does God intend that
to all eternity there shall be this battle
between light and darkness, with the
darkness in the ascendant and control:
No! The Bible declares that a great
change and New Dispensation is at
hand. in which the order of affairs
will be reversed.
The Lord has been doing work dur
ing the period Of the reign Of sin aud
death. He has been selecting two
classes of children Of the light, both
to be used in the great world wide
work Of the next Age. God refers to
His work in agricultural terms; for
instance. with the Jewish nation. He
did a blowing. narrowing. sowing. cul.
tivating and reapfng work. Their
blowing time preceded the entrance OF
the nation into Canaan. The Law
fnculcation was the sowing. The
reaping Of the Age was at its close:
Jesus was the Chief Reaper. His
Apostles were associates. To them
! He said. II sent you forth to reap that
! wherein We had bestowed no labor:
other men labored and We are entered
into the fruits of their labors." The
saints then reaped were gathered into
the Gospel garner at rentecost and
after fiery tribulations the field was
cleansed of its chaff.
This Gospel Age has similarly been
time of blowing. sowing and reap
| ing. The tribuIations Of the early
Church were associated with the SOW
ing of the precious seed. Again we
are in harvest time-"1he harvest
is the end of the Age" This time the
gathering of the fruitage will be to
still higher plane-"to glory. honor
and immortality" by participation in
the first tchief, resurrection" Then
will follow the cleansing of the field
again by fiery troubIes-"a time OF
trouble such as never was since there
| una a nafiOn" That trouhIo ttmo will
be blowing and narrowing time of IL
new dispensation for world wide
crop under the most favorable condi
lions. These three different ages
however. produce different crops 81
different as are their coaa lions.