The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-04

through a rerogn!fltii Of tlicir own In
perfection. and OF .Icsns and BIS sac-
.rtfce as the satisfaction for their sins.
a covering Tor theiis bleniishes. by
which aione tiieir sacrlfices were rem.
fdered eholy and ssentable 10 God.s-
Romans al. 1. Z e &, Il,
Sowing Follows Reapi,s. X \
j The reapinE WORK of thetiewish Age
merged Into the sowing work Of the
Gospel Age rs the invitation to be.
come joint.sacriacers with Jesus was
extended TO those having bearing ears
amongst nations aside from the Jews.
For eighteen centuries this sowing
work. with 1hhrr6winE experiences and
various civilizations, has been In prog.
ress Now In turn NE have arrived at
the harvest Of this Gospel Age-the
teaping time. the time OF gathering
into the garner beyond the rell-by
the power Of The First Resurrection.
None OF the wicked shall under.
stand. but the wise shall understand.
Daniel XII. 10l. Is the Lords declara-
tlon. Our text declares that .Ye.
brethren. are not In darkness. respect.
Ing this time. This implies. either that
the brethren nre very few. or that a
considerable number Of them have not
yet become sufficiently awake to n dis
cernment; of the times and seasons in
which We are living. Many Of the
brethren and many Of the world aud
many Of the wicked do realize that
We nre living in strange tImes and I'M.
Experimentation. These try to per-
suade themselves. however. that what
we see today Is merely n recurrence OF
what has repeated itself time and
again during the past centuries. Thus
these lull themselves. saying. Pence
and safetyr'
This attitude Is what the Scriptures
foretold. when thcy shall say peacs
and safety. then sudden destruction
cometh upon them" 1t is only '.ye.
brethren" who are privileged to have
The clearer light respecting present
and future conditions. We know that
we, arc In the Harvest time Of this Age
--tIe Reckoning time-thc testing time
the time when the wheat IL to be
gathered into the heavenly "garner'.-
the time when the field Is to be cleared
Of all "tares" in a fiery trouble-the
time when the nlowshare Of trouble
will be run through the world Of man;
kind to prepare the whole world fer
the New Dispensation Just about to be
gin.
Tho PIowman overtakes tho Reaper.
Illustrating the Divine methods and
the rapid following Of events In the
Divine Program. the Lord through the
Prophet tells us that "the plowman
will overtake the reaper." (Amos TX.
49, So. accurately timed Is every fea.
ture Of the Divine Plan that part fits
to part and work to work closely. The
Harvest Of the present time Is the
gathering Of the fr,lItase Of this Cos.
pei Age-the gathering of the Church
Of the First-born. whose names. are
written in hearen"-tliose who have
made n Covenant with Jehovah by. sac.
rlfce.
The. Head OF the saintly Messiah. de-
veloped and glorlfied eighteen centur.
les ago. is Jesus. The members OF the
Body Of this Messiah have been gutli.
cred from every milton. first from the
Jews and then from all nations. Gods
call and selection OF sanity sacrlticers
In this1 Gospel Age Ignores all sec.
tartan. all denominatIonal. all national
lines-''The Lord sknoweth them that
are His" The winds OF violence. "the
powers Of the MR." which will shortly
be loosed. and which will produce the
terrific STORM" are being held back
until the sealing Of Gods servants In
their foreheads shall have been accom-.
pllshed.
This sealing In the forehead implies
IN intellectual appreciation )of heaven.
ly things. and Is intimately associated
with the harvest work-the sealed are
the ripe wheat being Gntherel for the
heavenly gnrner. As soon us the seal.
ing work shall have been accomplish.
cd the winds of strife and trouble will
be let loose according to the Masters
declaration. and the result will be n
time Of trouble such rs never was
since there was n nntlon"-uo. nor
ever shall be the like again. The aw.
full lessons which will then be learned
by humanity will be sufficient for all
time. The strife. the hatred. the mn.
lightly. the anarchy OF that day Of
trouble nre depicted In various places
IN the Word Of God.
The trouble time Impending Is indeed
declared to be-. Il time Of Divine wrath.
and we must not lose sight Of that fen.
ture Of 1t. Divine Justice has indlgna-
tIon against in.eQuity aud seltishness
In general. for scltisiness Is but nm,
other name for sin. All sin Is selfish.
and nil selfshness Il sin. The cap.
talns Of Industry. the captains OF edu-
cation. and captains OF wealth have
Today greater opportunities nnd there.
fore greater responsibilities than the
kings Of the Garth for their dealings
with their fellowmen.
Similarly. there are leaders Of the
people. presidents and secretaries Of
unions. etc.. who ore nlsu. captains.