Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-01

that it will mean the most terrible an
archy. the only relief from which will
be the establishment of Messiah's
Kingdom in power and great glory.
There are some today 50 foolish as to
think that the trouble could be put
off or avoided altogether by. siencing
those who call attention to the Word
of the Lord Daniel xii,D. Let us not
be found fighting against God. He is
mighty and will prevail, and all of His
purposes, He assures us. will surely be
accomplished.
jeremiah impressed the jurors-the
princes of his people He reaffImed
every word that he had uttered and
declared himself ready to die if need
be; but he urged reformation. The
princes. more just than the priests and
false prophets. acquitted jeremiah al
though his words condemned them.
So it has been at various times in the
history of the truth: If il had not been
| for the moderation of the civil power.
many a reformer would have been pu-
to death Note. for instance. Martin
Luther's protection by the Land-grave
of Hesse.
Reformer Anthony Comstock.
And SO today. For years Mr. Com
stock has been fighting valiartly al
most single handed for social purity.
Realizing to what an extent vice is
spread by vile pictures, and vile liter
allure, this man has given much of his
life to their suppression. How much
good he has accomplished no one in
this life may ever know. How many
boys and girls have been shielded no
one may know. but all the same no.
BILE man has fought noble fight
against impurity. OF course such
man, or any man who stands
for truth and righteousness. is sure to
have enemies and malicious slanderers
who would gladly see him dead. 1t is
said that Mr.. Comstock has effected
the destruction of many hundred
pounds of vile. moral poisoning litera-
ture and many thousand pounds of
electro plate matter prepared to print
more.
All cannot be reformers and prophets
of righteousness to the same extent as
jeremiah. Luther and Gomstoek Every
child of God. however. faithful to his
conservation, is a servant of righteous
ness and proportinnately. should be a
foe to sin in its every form. Such
must be prepared for the finger OF
scorn and the lip of scareasn and
Islander. Such may take to them
selves the words of our text and re-
joice. saying. THE Lord is nv Light
and my Salvation: whom shall fear9''
These trials would evidence that God
found them worthy of shaping aud poll
ishing for His service. whereas others
without such prosecutions would have
every reason to doubt that they were
in preparation for the Kingdom. Such
should rejoice and be very glad They
should realize that there will be diff
ferent grades af honor and dignity in
the Kingdom and that the more they
suffer for righteousness sake, the
higher and greater will be their reward
when all these Affections are past.
These are the elect according to the
foreknowledge of God through sane
tification of the spirit and the belief
of the TRUTH writes the APOSTLE. God
designed the election of this Age. Tis
desired to separate to himself a pecul-
lar people. to be the associates or
Jesus. their Redeemer. in His suh1uent
work of uplifting the willing ana obe-
dent of the world of mankind. But
God has rot predestnated nor de-
sired the election of any except a sane
titled class. a class not sanetihed
through stripes. not through force or
compulson. but sanctifed through
knowledge of the Truth.