The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-02
Satan tho Cod o. This world.

Satan tho Cod o. This World.
Alasf my dear friends. | know this
very we'll ard the Bible explains the
whole matter It tells us that we
have been believing doctrines Of de
mons" q. Timothy iv, u. These vicious
doctrines in the past, when more liter
ally believed than today. led some no
bic Christian people into mort afro
cious conduct.
We are all awaking from this sac
blindness. thank God! We are emerg
ing slowly from the darkness Of the
past. We are in the very dawning OF
the morning of Messiah's Kingdom
which is to bless the world The ris
ing of the Sun of Righteousness is tC
bring the New Day of emancipation
from ignorance, superstition and death
The more awake we become the more
clearly do we see the beauty of Gods
Word and the ridiculous inconsistency
of things we once believed.
st. Paul explains TO us why Satan
strives to put darkness for light and
light for darkness. lie explains why
Satan represents himself as an angel OF
light and endeavors to besmirch The
Divine character and to make God tho
very personification of wickedness and
Injustice! 1t is q part of his genera
endeavor to thwart the Divine Plan, tC
mislead those who are seeking to know
God. Henken to the Apostles words
"The god of this world hath blinded
the minds of them that believe not
lest the glorious light Of Gods good
ness. as 1t shines i'm the face OF Jesu:
Christ our Lord, should shine into theil
hearts," QI. Corinthians. iv. ~
In proportion as humanity miscon
ceives Gods character and His Word
in that same proportion they will shuI
the Bible and its God, and thus ge
away from the faith and hope revealed
! In the Bible. AS have told you. hat
my own bitter experiences along thii
line. How | thank God for the "eye
salve" and for the glorious vision @
| the Divine character and Plan whicl
now stands out so distinctly before th
| tg % VI my uhhNAHNohhihS'
Good Tidines Of Groat Joy.
The Gospel of the Bible the Messing
OF the great God, Infinite in Justice
Wisdom, Love and Power, is II Mes
sage of grace, Of mercy, as has EN-
anated from no other quarter-such a
no other religious book IN the worl,
presents. And what else should we eS
pect than that the great Supreme BE
ing would be n Fountain of grace, o
blessing to His dependent creature:
| 1t should not surprise us, then, TO fin
the Bible clearly teaching that the Go
of all Grace has I'm store for humanit
great blessings-"tlmes of rcstitutio
of all things spoken by the mouth @
nll the holy Prophets since the worl
began" (Acts iii, 10-2D.
Another Message should not surpris
us; It is the message that was sung b
the angels on the night of Jesus brit
"Behold, we bring you good tldings G
great JOY, which shall be unto all pee
ple"-the thousands of millions OF tn
Chinese included! 1t is JOY to me TO l
permitted to tell this glorious Mcssae
TO such as have the ear TO hear it.
is further Joy TO me that In the ID
vine arrangement the time Is comm
when "all the deaf ears shall be III
stopped" and when the clear know
edge of Gods goodness shall I'LL III
earth as the waters cover the deep.
God first told this Message Of III
benevolent designs toward humanit
about thirty-siX hundred years ag'
when He declared TO His friend ABR
ham, intend to bless all tho familiC
of the earth. and this shall be don
through your posterity-"In thee an
in thy Seed shall the. families Of th
earth be blessed" The natural see
OF Abraham was first developed an
instructed. and consequently uplftet
under Law Covenant. This arrang,
ment prepared the natural seed {
Abraham more than others Of til
worlds peoples to receive Jesus; henc'
when He presented Himself. and whc
afterward His message was proclaime
by His twelve Apostles, approximate
sixteen thousand Jews became III
footstep followers, were begotten {
the Holy Spirit Mt Pentecost and aftc
and thus became members of the Spi
itual Seed of Abraham.
Tho Number In the First ResurreotiC,
But this number was short of I'll
Divine intentional hundred an
forty-four thousand" (Revelatlo
XIV Hence. in due time. the Me-
sage of grace and the privilege of b,
coming members of the Spiritual See
of Abraham was extended to one n;
ton after another-to the Jew frs
but also to as many as the Lord OF
God has called. of every nation, peop
Kindred aud tongue. This "elect" nun
Der of splrit-begotten followers of j,
sus viii very soon be completely chani
cd by the glorious First Resurre
ton, when this mortal and corruptib
shall put on Immortality. All thos
found faithful will be made partahel
of the divine nature. far above angel
princlpalltlcs and powers--associatC
with the Redeemer. Gpheslans /. ~
Then the Seed of Abraham will |