The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-22

Il * NIitsit Stfe ~ NOW ashamed We
pefftlse tlla creed Sso1shln slld u ~
Edn6gf3a much litiiitg a. .dld idol ssos-
sill, t6 tie heathen. Merry n thee
\ lreelIdois declared etefnSL torment ~
lt6e thousands Of millions who had re
er hesri OF the Only Name, lndselis
lnearlyall Of them claimed That ONLY Y.
small minority Of chflsteutom weqla
escape efernal torture, Some 81 tles ~
| cree,l,dols declare that so awfIil sa ~
tastrophe rs the torture OF ttsellt. Il
thousand millions was icreknnNIl "a
4 God and predcstinated bySliipi petete
1.-THE creation Of Adam. Others nm
I Ciie contrary, That God had 6eney eiltsS
1 intentions toward Out raceat the tart,
4 hut that His plans mlscarried ana
/ would produce the same horrible re
suits, either because Of Divine INV
dom or because of lack Of power. How
such presentations dIstIgssed every
christian loyal at heart toasagd ~ "
God aud sympathetic toward his felss
lowsl %E7
Our colleges and universities q
sad to say. our Theological semina Eles
| ARE busy turning out unbeliey erss.-
lnHdeS. Nor are these people wicked
| or immoral In their unbellet; they 1lfe
as well.meanlng as ever but hare
lost their way. They reject the Bible
because they believe II to be the
foundation of the various lncOnslstens
cies In their creeds; they are STUN
bling for lack OF knowledge; they cam
not believe that mans hereafter IS )
one Of centuries Of suffering, or Of
eternal suffering.
Let us now demolish these idols
which so long have misrepresented
our gracious Creator and blinded sus
with ignorance and superstition. ;Let
us receive the Scripture teaching only
Let us rejoice in the election Of the
Church to be the Kingdom class ana
let us relOIce In the hope Of its king
4 dom glory for the blessing Of the non!
elect Let us rejoice that the wildeIs
ness shall blossom as the rose. and
that the solitary place shall be gladP9
and that GOD will make His fOotstoDl
glorious during the thousand years
of Alessiah's Kingdom. So desiring
we will come into line with our texts:
"IAt him that glorleth glory In this;
that he understandeth and knoweth
Me, that am the Lord, which exer-
cIseth IOvlng.kindness Judgment ana
righteousness in the earth" "
Now We See ohsearely.
SENT Paul declares: Now we see
obscurely." Only by faith can we
see Coils loving Kindness The reign
OF sin and death for SIX thousand
years has been but the natural re-
suit Of the violation of Divine Law
which our first parents transgressed.
The beginning OF Gods work for our
reclamation from its consequences was
in The sending of His SOM be our
Redeemer Since then lie has been
/, gathering I'm elect few to le Messiaiis
Bride and jolnt-helr in Hls Kingdom.
Soon-very soon, we hope and bee
llcve-the Church will be completed
and the Messiantc Kingdom will mans
lfest Divine .clemency, mercy, loving
Kindness, Judgment and righteousness
/ in the earth.
The Bible declares that the penalty
for sin is being experienced by hui
J mainly at the present time-the death
pcnaty-aud that the redemptlonpriee
| OF Chrlst's death is sufiiclelt for the
sins Of the whole world. 1t declares
that on account of this redemption
ultimately the resurrection Of the dead
ghall take pIace-"all that are in their
graves shall hear the voice Of the Son
Of Man and come forth" 1t is be-
cause Of the Divine intention that
there shall lie resurrection Of the
dead that the Bible everywhere, both
In, the Old and New Testaments,
speaks Of those who have died, both
good and bad. as being asleep" and
| the promise is that "Theys thgt
sleep In the dust Of the earth shall
awake
Nor will they come forth to similar
conditions of sorrow that now sur
/ ROUND US all. On the contrary, the
| First4lOsurrection is to BIO composel
OF the holy, the sanity, and they ate
! to liz associated with their Redeemer
( ms his Bride and Gonsort, to assist I'M
delivering q aud restoring mankind.
/ Later the imperfect, who have not had y
their full trial, the great mass OF mans
Kind. will be brought forth, that they
may learn the ways OF righteousness,
! that they may learn to know God, and
| Jesus Christ, and In due time be up
lifted out OF the condltionsOf sin and
death. Then win come the worlds
opportunity. How joyful Is the mes
age, There shall be no more death.
neither sorrow, nor crying nor dying;
for the former things have passed {
away"
All, how different Is Gods proposl-
ton Of general uplift Of the worthy
and their assistance back to perfec-
tlOn--tO all that was lost In Adam!
How different is this from the doc
trlnes Of demons" which have per
picked Us, which have divided the 4
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