The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-18


l(RASI0R RUSSEID) address. lie Ind
- = : :. :, large audience
and attentive hearing. His text was
from Isaiah Xvi. s. respecting the
birth of n nation In day. He said:-
In my childhood days every penny
could save was devoted to Foreign
Missions. The Hawaiian Islands and
the FIJI Islands were prominent lie.
fore the Christian world rs missionary
fields. remember well that the es!-
Enlistment Of civilized government
In these Islands was hailed as the full.
illment OF the text have chosen-"a'
nation born in day" The thought
then was that thus speedily the world
would he converted and the glorious
promises OF the Hebrew prophets fnl-
llllcd. How earnestly We lnborcd and
prayed. THY Kingdom come" think.
ing all the while that we were bring.
Ing the Kingdom OF God, to earth and
fulfilling the Lords Prayer.
Alas! we are having rude awaken.
Ing from such dreams. We are finding
that II the Kingdom OF God must lie
established by human power It. will
never be established. We are findin.
that the worlds population is donhlln;:
every century. II We double our mis-.
sionarS enterprises every century w"
would only be keeping pace with the
natural increase OF the human family.
Statistics slew us that there ure
twelve hundred millions Of heather
today and That a century ago there
were only half MS many. Alas. those
missionary hopes OF ours have gone
gllmmering. "a
But the awakening has done us good
1t has taught us to think n little. We
are now sensibly inQulrinG. Suppose
we should convert all tile heather and
make the whole world n Chrlstcndom
of the same sort that We have IN Ell.
rope and, America. What thcn?, Would
Gods. will he done on earth MS tits
done IN ,heaven-nerfcctly? Could we
thus hope to bring in the glorious con.
ditions proPhesled. in which not only
the knowledge of God would MI the
whole earth. but additionally every
knee should bow and every tongue con.
fess In such n manner MS to be 10 the
glory OF God? We see that such hopes
would he worse than foolish: they
would be ludicrous. Tins our awaken.
Ing has done us good. and sent us again
to Gods Book TO see wherein We errcu
In our expectations.
What Say the seriptures7
The disiIlusion respecting great works
Of our own humbled us before God and
made us realize our dependence upon
Him for the ful1lment OF. the glorious
prophecies. We have read our Bibles
nfresh. We have taken from our minds
the spectaclcs of our .forcfathcrs with
the color and gloss which they handcd
down 10 us. We are now reading Gods
Book in It's own light. allowing God to
be His own Interpreter. and Himself
to make II plain. And what do we
find? All. wonder OF wonders! We
find the Divine Plan wider and deeper
and higher than we had ever dreamed.
We find that the present Age. from
Calvary and Pentecost TO the second
coming OF Jesus. is not Gods time for
denlins with the world. opening their
blind eyes. unstoppins their deaf ears
and making every knee to bow and ev.
cry tongue to confess. 1t is merely
His time for the gathering out from
every nation. people. kindred and
tongue little flock" OF such us have
the hearing ear and the npprecIatIvc
heart, to become the Bride of Christ
and His Jolnt.heirs In His glorious
Kingdom. the establishment Of which
will mean the blessing Of all the famI.
lies of the earth. us was promised to
Father abraham.
Well may we reason that II orr Cod
whltcd for four thousand years before
he sent His Son to redeem the world.
and Ihasa since waited two thousand
more for the selecting of the Bride of
Christ. He must. intend that the great
Kingdom of His Son. the, McSSianic
seiSn OF thousand years. Is 10 do
great work for mankind In general.
Such broad foundations, such deep laid
plans anu arrangements foretcll n
grand md glorious outcome, Evident
" Gods Word shall he fulfilled. which
He spoke. saying, my Word that go.
eth forth ont OF My mouth shall not
return unto Ne void. but It shall nc.
compliSh that which ] please, and shall
prosper in the thing whereunto sent
It."
The message went forth In primary
sense In Eden. when God declared that
eventually "the Seed of the woman
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