Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21

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ssItnS pictures such as Dante. Thomas
a kcmpfs and others hav conjured for
var minds. and which became i'm
,~.esed upon US in infancy.
How could we suppose hat He who
'as,ght us. Let not the sun go down
assintaln wrath to a devilish degree for
IA eternity?
How could we suppose that He who
y'~ccted us to love our enemies and to
tv them good would ignore His own
;enching and torture and injure all Of
N's human offspring?
The Wrath Now Revealed.
The btbie tells what the wrath to
come 10. We will look ut that in due
time. but now let us look at our text,
ana at the wrath which 1t says Is al
ready revealed. and which has been re-
ycaled Tor 5000 years. II IL Is revealed,
Hner 10 II and what Is 1t?
We answer that the expression of
Sh,d's wrath against sin Is seer I'm the
st:ntence Of death against the sinner
Dying, thou shalt die" This the
scriptures call the curse" It has
s:sted upon our race for 5000 years.
4s fs visible to all. attested by the reign
" sin and death. do we not see de-
hravlty all about US, and do we not
:calize some of 1t in our own selves?
u 80, to that extent the wrath of God
!s revealed. and thus we see the opera
fsOM or this reign of sin and death.
Do We realize that our race Is dying.
mentally. morally n physically? Do
We realize h a all his is the penalty
" SIN? II we do. hen the wrath of
s4od IL revealed. as we sec it manifest
everywhere. Every piece of Grape.
svef'y funeral procession. every casket.
very cemetery. very undertaker's sign.
every physicians sign. all OF our own
and those OF others-all
reese testify that God wrath is upon
StAr- race. Moreover, the earthquakes
and p%estilences. the droughts and floods
~ tell US that our earth Is not in q
cerfect condition. suitable for perfect
man. II testifies to us that there Is a
reason why our race is treated by our
Srsator as a race OF convicts.
No Death Curse in Heaven.
Does anyone think that the wrath Of
tAOd = thus revealed In heaven-that
amongst the holy angels Is weakness.
sm~pcrfectfon. sin and death? Does any
one suppose that doctors or under
takers or cemeteries or nurses are
there? Why not? The answer is
simple. The wrath Of God Is not upon
fIneiIl,. because they are not sinners
they have continued to abide in Gods
snvOr. In 0bedinece to Him.
NOT only SO. but amongst men the
wrath OF God, which attaches in a gem
srai way to the entire race, is more
especially manifested toward those who
AN against light. n knowledge. The
Miiful violations Of the standards OF
r~ghteousness bring special degradation
z hasten along he wage OF sin,
Ieath. hi was specially the apostles
IN U text. In all mankind
inc wrath of God is manifested. but st.
s,anl declares It was specially mani
ieeted toward those who have turned
aside from what they know to be right.
turned aside from such manifestations
q Goa az they have in nature. and
rave rejected Him and His laws
o1 righteousness and gone deliber-
s NV INTO their s,n " ha assrad hsIRsd
- Paul declared that their
foolish hearts became darkened until
sme WOrshipped sticks and stones.
ire extra degradation which came
ieon them is still witnessed by the
Ncne. a. well az by the degraded. ele-
asentS OF society and civilization. A
n@yerence Tor God and for Righteous
ness heips to lift up the race.
The Wrath to Come.
Who hath warned you to flee from
tAe wrath TO come" was John the Ran.
sastss words to some Of the Holiness
Se0p!e (Rharieees) Of his day. To 4
!wrath did. John refer? We answer that
telling the time OF trouble with which
me Jewish age ended. In A. d. 70.
mere = nothing whatever to indI-
saSe mat he had made anv reference
g g wrath OF Coz In the future that
W0uId come upon his hearers after they
tlres everywhere teach that the dead
We unconscious. that they can neither
enJ0y 9 suffer anything. that they
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