The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-16

E(fAsIcSR SSlD my; Prof. +. #.
> '---== q Nv Robson, DR., u W.
zones. Mr.. IN. D. Pyless Mr. =. v.
v. Kuehn and Mr.. R. B. Maxwell, all
OF the unlted'States.
His text was: "God hath made OF
one blood all nations Of men, for to
dwell upon the face Of the earth: and
hath determined the times before APP
pointed, and the bounds of their hab-
itatIons, that they should seek the
Lord, IL happy they might feel after
Him and find Him., (Acts xvii, 20.
27) He said:-
My text is taken from Saint PauFs
address to the Athenlans. SSllom he
found SO religious that they had erect
ed an idol to every known deity, and
then one prominently 80 the UNI
known God."EThe words Of my text
have been repeatedly borne IN upon
my mind I'm my Sojournlngs Of the
past four months. Imaryeled as l
perceived the thoroughness of the d.
vision Of the human family as a re-
suit OF the confusion oflanguage.
Conditions Now Changing.
1t should not surprise US to find at
This time great changes imminent
amongst the peoples of the Whole
world. The bounds Of human ,hablta-
tion and the barriers of language are
rapidly yielding because Of the times
Of Divine appointment which have
been reached, the period mentioned in
Daniels prophecy assyrhe Time Of
the End" Daniel xii, Az And here
we must remind you afresli that Tie
Time Of the hid does not inean Tue end
OF time. It merely signifies tAst time
for the ending Of the present order Of
things, that,a New Order. the aEessian-
ic Kingdom, may be substituted,
twenty-five centuries ago God deter
mined this time and gave us four I'M
portant proofsby which 10 identify it.
a. The first sign of The Time q the
End vas to be, "Nlany shall run to and
fro" How wonderfully this prophecy
IS fulfilled before our eyes today! Its
fulfilment has been in progress, espe-
ciaIly, for fifty years, and It Is less than y
eighty years since the first locomotive
was built. Tie nations. first SEPARATED
By diverse languages, have kept wen
within the bounds Of their llagitatioIs
until now; suddenly we have drumming
to and fro tnfulllment of this prophecy
which is amazing! The various ma
lions and languages are being scatter
ed all over the earth.
(2) The next step in the prophecy
marking The Time Of the End Of this
Age is. acknowledge shall be lncreas-
ed" The general Increase of education
amongst all classes is II logical result
Of the colnnlingllng of humanity and
The lessons Of comparison and compe.
titbn ijeing learned. Suddenly, as
though i'll obedience to the Divine con1s
maud. nation after nation has made
schooling ttss;and more. have made Il
,compalgorRS: ald this spirit is SPREADING
to Orientat lalds. Phe whole world y
walking Ipls Personal tlSllts:and nas
tlonalFiglItss are eyeey$l here being dis
.clissGd. The schools of India are said
to be turning OutiasmiE Mon etS duates
III the English language every year.
The Chinese also are introducing Hrg-
fish schools. What will be the results2
Enlightenment Yes! GodlinessI mol
Contentment? No! Dissatisfaction,
war, strife, anarchy, are coming to the
world by leaps and bounds, as res
suit Of general education aud the
breath Of liberty, because not backed
by reverence for God and His will.
Those Days Will Be Shortened.
90 the thirditem indicatIveot The
Time Of the Endiof this Age IS: THE
wise shall ,understand;" not the world
Iy.wise, but those wise toward God.
And so we fndsit today. While the
great and the learned and the Masses
are rapidly drifting into heathenish
away from the Bible, Gods
sanity few, Of every nation and de-
nomination. are gradually seeing more
clearly the teachings of the Scriptures;
"a As result Of the fulfIments Of
Nos. 1 and 2, We see nearing us, potE
tentously, No. 4: .gThere shall be az
time Of trouble such as never was
since there was nation.n That time
Of trouble now looming up on the
horizon Of every snadon. It comes I'M
the wake Of aFunsanctified knowledge.
1t would mean the utter wreck Of all
were 1t not for the inter
position of the Kingdom Of Gods dear
Son, for which we have long waited.
aud prayed, "Thy Kingdom come; Thy
will be done on. earth as in heaven"
Our lord. speaking Of this trouble de-
rlared, "unless those days were short
ened there should no flesh be saved;
but for the elects sake those daySsham !
be shortened because of the elect /
md the Kingdom which they will - a
l.,i,Itah tt,ok 0lktNna ~ %rnIIIlaW will -