The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-25

creatures IS haf the eoi Of DE HIhIe-
the eod ol christianity it IS tne Love
of cod which consifaius u.s. draws ua.
Ael His exceeding great and precious [
nf6mises work in onf hearts -bulh 10 /
will and TO do His good ileaspre Aud I
slls IS the test lis wisdom has pro
fided. Although Messiah VIII use So
egeion 10 some extent during HIS reign
81 thousand years yet DE He9fenlls
Father viii ut use secretion IN respect
Is my of these sons whom He IS now
inviting, He seeketh such q worship
Him al worship Him IN spirit and IN
trntll-stlch ne need no coercion sncl
as delight TO know and to do the VIII
Of the Father in Heasen-sueh as In
these, respects are cQIies Of His Son,
the Redeener.
The Narrow Way Of Sacrifice.
But. although God will not urge,
force or compel any 10 be sons on this
hlsll plane Of the divine nature, He
does. to the contrary, set obstacles IN
The way aud make the way; narrow
In which he invites these to follow
tl@Ir Leader He does this for the
very purpose OF hlnderlng lny from
coming except the class which He spe-
clalIy desires. His Message Is through
Jesus, III any man will be My .disei-
NE, let him deny himself ald take up
Ills cross and follow Me" ASaln the
Apostle expresses the Fathers terms
saying, ~ Deseecll YOU. brethren, by
tile mercies OF God. thai ye! present
yonr bodies living sacrifices, holy and
acceptable to God. your reasonable
service" Again says the Master
Strait Is the gate and narrow is the
way that leadeth unto life. and few
there be that lind it,
Surely we cannot say that these
stringent restrictions are unreasonable
How could we expect our gracious
Creator 10 want any except the most
loyal OF heart and most faithful and
obedIent TO be associated with the
Lord Of life and e;Iory in Ills glorious
Kingdom work? This is the only call.
Ing which God has yet opened to lnl-
nlauity. and not until this elect class
shall have Bten completed will the
worlds blessing be,due TO begin. II Is
my understanding Of the Scriptures
tint the time for making our calling
aud election sure 70 this Kingdom
class is now very short. IT therefore
behooyes all who desire this glorious.
relationship with Messiah to give all
diligence" and TO "mn with patience
the race set before US" in the Gospel.
looking unto Jesus. the Author Of our
faith. until He, become the IipiSher.
The Non. elect Also ExhOrtsd.
The wonderful blessings of our day,
which make It 50 different from any
other Ep9ch IN the worlds history.
have reached even here TO China. and
We now see what already appear to
he the beginnings of wonderful things.
Evidently Divine Power. within the
past century. has been lifting the veil.
because we are just on the threshold
Of the New Observation-Disclosures the
church 1.-THE elect sons of God is about
compiete-becaIlSe 'the manifestation
OF The sons Of God" for the aia Of the
..groaning creation" Is at hAnd-be'
cause Messlah's Kingdom glory Is
about 10 he ushered IN, The blessings
of the present ar" ""lv Il fnretaste OF
those glorious blessings Cor the world
OF mankind. oh. what compensations
our loving God has provided for all the
lessons of sin and sorrow, pain and
death. He has promised that the
former things shall be removed nor
can the mind comprehend what the
glory Of the future things will be!
So then. TO the patient. persevering,
civil Chinese, my message is an assurF
ance that Gods blessing is nigh att
hand. :; For eighteen centuries lie has
been pouring out His Holy Spirit upon
these sanity ones. His servants aud
handmaidens. for their comfort and JOY
ana preparation Cor the Kingdom glory.
The next thing in order is the pouring
out Of His spirit upon all flesh: that
will Include your race and all the fam
lilies Of the earth
| cannot hope that many Of You will
feel drawn to become fOotstep follow
ers of the lowly Nazarene. and even II
many OF you should so desire, we have
thn assurance OF the Scriptures that
the entire number will be but 'ltttlci
Nock;" but do set before you tue
glorious prospects of human ltcstitu
lion to all that was lost by Adam, t"
all that was redeemed at Calvary. J
admonlsh you that all development OF
character you may make at the present
time means so much Of preparation and
advancement for the future, and that
all violation OF conscience and antag-
onism 10 the principles OF righteousness
will work to your disadvantage In the
future
Therefore, as the Scriptures cnjoin'
Seek meekness, seek righteousness; 1t
may be that ye shall be hid In the dry
OF Tie Lords anger" (Zephanial II. ~
The day OF ntvlne anger aud special
retribution Is in the close Of this Age