The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22


zones, Mr.. ]. T. d. Pyles, Mr. d. W.
" Kuehn and Mr.. r. B. Maxwell, all
of the Unite2 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, If happy they might feel after
Him and and Him (Acts xviii, %.
90 He said
My text is taken from Saint Pauls
address to the Atheninns. whom he
found so religious that they had erect
ed an idol to every known deity. and
then one prominently ITO the I'M
known Cod The words OF my text
have been repeatedly borne in upon
my mind in my sojournings of the
past four months. marveled as
perceived the thoroughness of the d.
vision of the human family as re-
suit of the confusion of language.
Conditions Now Changing.
II should not surprise us to find at
this time great changes imminent
amongst the peoples of the whole
world. The bounds of human habita
ton 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 as THE Time Of
the End" Daniel xii, AZ And here
we must remind you afresh that The
Time of the End does not mean the end
for The ending of the present order Of
things. that u Now Order, the Messiah
ic Kingdom, may be substituted.
Twenty live centuries ago God deter
mined this time and gave US four Inn
portant proofs by which to identify it.
% The first sign of The Time of the
End was to be. Many shall run to and
fro" How wonderfully this prophecy
is fulfilled before our eyes today! Its
fulfilment has been in progress, espe-
cially, for fifty years, and 1t is less than
eighty years since the first locomotive
by diverse languages, have kept we'll
within the bounds of their habitations
until now; suddenly we have running
to and fro in fulfilment of this prophecy
which is amazing. The various ma
tions ard 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 knowledge shall be increas-
ed The general increase of education
amongst all classes is Il logical result
of the co'nnlinging of humanity and
the lessons Of comparison and compe-
titAn being learned. Suddenly. as
though i'll ot'2dicncc to the Divine com
mand. nation after nation has made
schooling free, and more. have made 1t
COMPULSORY; and this spirit is spreading
to Oriental lands. The whole world il,
waking up. Personal rights and ma
tiona, rights are everywhere being dis
cussed The schools of India are said
to be turning out million graduates
in the English language every year.
The Chinese also are introducing Eng
fish schools. What will be the results
Enlightenment? Yes. Godliness? No.
Content nent? No, Dissatisfaction
war. strife. anarchy, are coming to the
world by leaps and bounds, as re-
suit of general education and the
breath of liberty. because not backed
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 THE
wise shall understand" not the world
ly-wlse. but those wise toward God.
And so we find It today. While the
great and the learned and the masses
are rapidly drifting into hesthenish
darkness, away from the Bible, God s
sanity few. of every nation and de.
nomination. are gradually seeing more
clearly the teachings of the Scriptures
"a AS a result of the fulfilments of
Nos l and .. we see nearing us, por-
tentously, No 4 There shall be a
time of trouble such ais never was
since there was a nation" That time
VI tlVuiic - liDN iNpuilhS up tH lle
horizon of every nation. 1t comes in
the wake of an unsanctified knowled ge
1t would mean the utter wreck of all
civilization We're 1t not for the inter
position Of the Kingdom of Gods dear
Son. for which we have long waited
and prayed, THY Kingdom come: Thy
will be done on earth as in heaven.
| Our Lord. speaking of this trouble, de
clared, "Unless those days were short.
ened there should no flesh be saved
but for the elects sake those days shall
be shortened" because of the "elect.
and the Kingdom which they will es
tablish, that time of trouble" will he
cut short. Dan. xii. 1:Matt. xiv. 81. 90