The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-30

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iRASIOR RUSsEIDl that writa unto
m you. for your
selves know perfectly that the day Of
the Lord SO cometh rs thief IN the
night. And when they shall say.
Peace and safety. then sudden destruc-
ton cometh upon them as travail upon
a woman with child and they shall not
escape But ye. brethren. are not in
darkness that that day should over
take you as thief Ye are children
of the light Thessalonians y, Is.
The world is not expected to I'M
derstand the Divine times and sea-
IONS, plans and purposes. The Re
deemer declared that the Father hath
hidden these things from the worldly
wise and prudent and has revealed
them unto babes-fhe humble minded,
the footstep followers OF Jesus. MAT
thew ri. o., THE sccref Of the Lord
is with them that reverence Him, and
He VIII shou them BIS Covenant
~The Wis. Shall Understand"
The Prophet Daniel. referring to the
present day. declared. None of the
wicked shall understand. but the wise
shall understand" daniel Xii, 10l To
understand the secret purposes Of the
great in advance OF their accomplish
rnent implies a neafness and touch and
acquaintance out OF thu ordinary. And
so Gods children. begotfen of the Holy
Spirit, are privileged to know the
things of God-"yea. the deep things .
The speaker l!kened this relationship
between God and His saints to wire
less telegraphy. Gods people have co
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 all-no means. therefore. of
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 a battlefield on which the
hosts CT 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 ''carnaI 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 reyiIe them.
Harves. Time Is Here
Is this condition Of things TO con.
tinue forever? Does God intend that
to all eternity there shall be this battle
between light aud darkness, with the
darkness in the ascendant and control.
No. The Bible declares that a great
change and a 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 and
death. He has been selecting two
classes OF children OF the light. bott
to be used in the great world wide
work Of the next Age God refers to
His work in agricultural terms: 70,
instance. with the Jewish nation, He
did blowing. narrowing. sowing, cul
tivating and reaping work. Their
blowing time preceded the entrance o,
the nation into Canaan. The Law
incubation 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 yon forth to reap tina,
whereon re had bestowed no labor
other men Iabored and We are entered
into the fruits of their labors." The
saints then reaped were gathered into
the Gospel garner at Pentecost 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 tribulations OF the early
CHURCH were hssOeidteU WIFI the SOW
ing of the precious seed. Again we
are in harvest time-"The harvest
Is the end Of the Age" This time the
gathering Of the fruitage win be to
still higher pIane-"to glory. honor
and Immortality" by participation IN
the "f1rst chief resurrection" Then
will follow the cleansing OF the field
again by fiery troubles-"a time of
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation That trouble time will
be a plowing and narrowing time Of q
new dispensation for worldwide
crop under the most favorable condii
tons These three different ages.
however. produce different crops as
different MS are their conditions.
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