Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-03-15

Jones. Mr.. ]. T. p. Pyles, Mr.. E. W.
of the United 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 ap
pointed, and the bounds of their hab
itations, that they should seek the
Lord, if hSply they might feel after
Him and find Him." (Acts xvii, &c
27) He said
My text is taken from Saint PaurS
address to the Athenians. whom he
found so religious that they had erect
ed an idol to every known deity. and
then one prominently Ito the IN
known God" The words of my tex
have been repeatedly borne in upon
my mind in my sojournings of the
past four months l marveied as
perceived the thoroughness of the di
vision of the human family as a re
suit of the con rusion &C language.
Conditions Now Changing.
It should NOT surprise us TO frd al
this time great charges imminent
amongst the peoples CT the whole
world. The bounds Of human h2bita
ton and The barriers of language are
rapidly yielding because of the times
of Divine appointment which have
been reached, the period mentioned il
Daniels prophecy as The Tine @
the End" Daniel xii. II And here
we must remind you afresh that ThS
Time of the End does not mean the emo
of time. 1t merely signifies the time
for The ending Of tie present order OF
things, that New Order. the Messiah
ic Kingdom, may be substituted
Twenty i've centuries ago God deter.
mined this time and gave us four i'm
portant proofs by which to identity It.
% The first sign of The Time of the
End was to be. MANY shall run to ana
fro" How wonderfully this prophecy
is fulfilled before our eyes today! Its
fulfilment has been In progress, espe-
cially, for fifty years, and it is less than
eighty years since the first locomotive
was built The nations, first separated
by diverse languages, have kept well
within the bounds of their habitauons
until now; suddenly we have running
to and fro in fulflment 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. "IInowisdge shall be increas
ed" The general increase of education
amongst all clrsses is a logical result
of The coian inGling of humanity and
the lessons Of comparison and compe
ti.t.n haing learned. Suddenly, as
| though in Obedience to the Divine com
n!and, nation after nation has made
| 81 hooling ire. aud more, have made II
| COMPULSORY, and this spirit Is spreading
| to Orienta; lands. The whole world Is
waking W, Personal rights and ma
| tionai .i.llts are everywhere being dis
| cussed 'rhe schools of India are sad
| to be turning out a million graduate
| in the English language every year
| The Chinese also are introducing Eng
| lish schools What will be the results
enlightenment? Yes! Goodness? No
| Contentment? No. Dissatisfaction
war, strife. anarchy. are coming to the
world by leaps and bounds, as re
suit of general education and tht
breath of liberty. because not bacRet
by reverence for God and His will.
Those Days viii Be Shortened.
81 The third item indicative OF The
Time of the End of this Age is: "Ihe
wise shall understand" not the world
Ily-wise. but those wise toward God
And so we find 1t today. While the
great and the learned and the masses
are rapidly drifting into heathenisf
darkness, away from the Bible, Coos
sanity few. Of every nation and de
nomination, are gradually seeing more
clearly the teachings Of the Scriptures
az As a result Of the fulflments o.
Nos. 1 and 2, we see nearing US, por
tentously, No. 4: 'sThere shall be
H. az trouble such - n1vf ~