Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-03-23

IIODlSOn, Ut. l.. w.
Jones, Mr.. j. t. n. Pyles, Mr.. f. w.
V. kuehn and Mr.. r. B. Maxwell, all
of the United States.
His text was: God hath made of
one blood all nations of men, for to
dwell p o 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, 90,
27.) He said
My text is taken from Saint Paul's
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 un-
known God" The words of my text
have been repeatedly borne in upon
my mind in my sojournings of the
past four months. / marveled as l
perceived the thoroughness of the d.
vision of the human family as a re-
suit of the confusion of language.
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 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, A. And here
we must remind you afresh that The
Time of the End does not mean the end
of tine. Il merely signifies the time
for the ending of the present order of
ic Kingdom. may be substituted.
Twenty-Five centuries & God deter
mined this time and gave us -four i'm
portant proofs by which to identify ii.
q 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
fulflment 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 habitations
until now suddenly we have a running
to and fro in fulflment of this prophecy
which is amazing, The various ma
items and languages are being scatter.
ed all ovcr 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 u logical result
OF the conn, iagling of humanity and
the lessons of comparison and compe-
titNn being learned. Suddenly, as
though in obedience to the Divine com
mand, nation after nation has made
schooling free, and more, have made ii
compulsory; and this spirit is spreading
to Oriental lands. The whole world is
waking upl Personal rights and ma
tionai rights are everywhere being dis
cussed. The schools of India are said
to be turning out a million graduates
in the English language every year
The Chinese also are introducing Eng
fish 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 a re
suit of general education and the
breath of liberty, because not backed
by reverence for God and His will.
Those Days Will Be Shortened.
go The third item indicative of The
Time of the End of this Age is: 'The
wise shall understand not the world
ly-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 heathenish
darkness, 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 a result of the fuldlments of
Nos. l and >, we see nearing us, por-
~tentously, No. A: There shall be a
time of trouble such as never was
since there was a nation" That time
of trouble is now looming up on the
horizon of every nation. 1t comes in
the wake Of an unsanctified knowledge
1t would mean the utter wreck of all
civilization were it 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 OF earth as in heaven,
Our Lord, speaking Of this trouble, de
n1o roll G4TTn1aCc fharn 10 VIC x-nrn ulsppt
ened there should no flesh be saved
but for the elects sake those days shal,
be shortened"-because of the elect,
and the Kingdom which they win es
tablish. that ''time Of trouble" will be
cut short. Dan. xii. l; Matt. xiv. q, 2