The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-25

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Do not understand me to teach thnt
the worlds opportunity for life ever
lasting or death everlasting is now.
God hath appointed Day in which
He will Judge the world" grant the
world Judgment or trial or test. That
great Day is future. 1t is the Day OF
Christ, thousand years long. 1t will
be a glorious opportunity! Present right
doing and right thinking. or wrong
doing and wrong thinking will have
much to dc with the condition Of every
man and woman at that time. He or
she will enter upon that Day Of bless
| ing and opportunity either from high
/ er or lower standpoint. proportion
| ately as he or she has acted wisely
and conscientiously ut the present time.
But nothing that the world can do
can interfere with Gods great propo-
sition. that full opportunity for life
or death eternal shall then come to
| every member of the race. because
| Christ died for the ungodly. The only
| class to whom present life means life
or death eternal Is the Church. And
i
PENDANTS, nor outward professors but
those who have entered into a cove
nant with God through Christ and who
have been made partakers OF the Holy
Spirit tasting of the good Word of
God aud the powers of the Age to
come If these should fall away, the
! Apostle forewarns US. 1t would be i'm
eli 10 In, to
pentance. And there will be no hope
for them with the world in the worlds
trial Day because they already have
enjoyed their share of the merit Of
Christ's death.
When. therefore. speak Of God and
the home. ! am not having in mind a
family composed exclusively Of saints.
To live righteously. soberly and cody
IN this present world TO the extent Of
ones ability Is what every one should
do-no less.
An Inundation of UnbeIief.
In our day the shackles of ignorance
and superstition are breaking. Men.
women and children are beginning to
think for themselves. They no longer
believe the fairy tales of childhood.
The dreadful hobgobins and night
mares of the Dark Ages respecting
purgatory and eternal torture are
, doubted by all, and by the great mass
! totally disbelieved What have they
, now to attach them to the Almighty.
!. since they have never been taught the
love of God. the lengths and breadths
and heights and depths passing all hui
:, man understanding? This Is the
:. worlds great need-to know God as
: He really is. a Father. a Friend. God
> of love! And to thus know Him the
people need tc be taught how serious
= ly they were mistaught in the past
along the lines of hell and purgatory.
How could they ever truly love ant
worship God of injustice and hate
- One inferior to themselves-On who
. knew. foreordained and prepared FOL
: their torture before they were born
They must see that these things
taught by the creeds of the Dark Ages
are wholly ut variance with the Bible
: else they will never come back to tn,
Bible nor be able to see its teachings
. In their true light.
They must be taught that the sill
and death. sorrow and trouble al
). around US are the penalty of fathe
Adams disobedience They must learI
that God purposes a blessing and up
lifting which will be as world wide a
the curse.
- Many religious leaders today den,
y that there is a personal God an,
: ascribe everything to--a great Moth
! Ing, which they designate Nature-god
9. Is 1t surprising. III view of the fac
i TINT these teachings are being promul
: gated In the universities. colleges ar,
theological Summaries in the hig
= schools. and even to some extent in til
- common schools-is II any wonder tina
= the rising generation Is losing Its God
Awakened Parental Responsibility.
1t Is high time that parents realiz
the true situation--it is almost too lat
II noio. The seeds of unbelief alread
IS sown In the minds of the rising ger
it Grafton are being watered continual
B. and are growing. All who love thei
10 families. all who love mankind in ger
eral should awaken to the fact that
world that ms lost its God must Q
: necessity be an unhappy world. Pls
tonic philosophy may serve the pul
poses of the few. but surely cannc
serve the masses of our race. A goo
less world will ere long mean di!
contented world. an unhappy worl
md. bye and bye. a world of anarch
and strife. This is what our worlt
wide education is Lending to. Few 1
our race can stand an education whic
y. recognizes no God. no revelation {
u film. no responsibility to Him. and n
IA hope OF a future life which will be e
pit fected bv M. cos,e,,s. 81 "a nresent
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