The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-23

lASI9k RgS2klll my; Prof. r. u.
Robson, DR.. Z. w.
Jones, Mr.. j. T. D. Pyles, Mr.. e. w.
v, Kuehn and Mr.. R. B. Maxwell, all
Of the United States.
His text was: God hath made Of
ono blood all nations Of men, for to
dwell upon the face Of the earth; and
hath determined the times before ap-
pointed, and the bounds Of their hab.
Itatlons, that they should seek the
Lord. II l1aply they might feel after
Him and find Him" (Acts xvii, 26I
90 He said:- ~. ~
nv text is taken from Saint Paul's
address to the Athenlans. whom he
found so religious that they had erect.
ed an idol to every known deity. and
then one prominently ito the IN,
known God" The words Of my text
have been repeatedly borne in upon
my mind in my Sojournlngs Of the
past four months marveled as |
perceived the thoroughness Of the dl.
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 hablta-
ton and The barriers Of language are
rapidly Fielding because OF the times
Of Divine appointment which have
been reached. the period mentioned 10
DauiSrs prophecy as, THE Time Of
the End (Danlcl' Iii, AZ And here
We must remind yGp 'afresh that The
Time oftlie End DOS not mean the end
Of tire. 1t merely signifies the time
for tile ending Of the present order Of
things, tl!lt New Order, the Messiah:
c Kingdom, .nlay be substituted
Twenty-Five centuries ago God deter.
mined this time and gave US four I'm
portant proofs by which to identify IT.
ID The first sign OF The Time Of the
End was TO be, "Nlapy shall run to and
fro.n How wonderfully this prophecy
is fulfilled before our eyes today! Its
fulfilment 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 habitatlons
until now; suddenly we have running
to and fro in fulhlment of this prophecy
which is amazingl The various na'
tons and languages are being scatter
ed all over the earth.
(ol The next step in the prophecy
marking The Time Of the End Of this
Age is. "Knowlcdsc shall be increas
ed." The general Increase Of education
amongst all classes is q logical result
Of the co,nn,ingllng Of humanity and
the lessons Of comparison and compe,
titton being learned. Suddenly. as
though in obedience to the Divine COM
n.and, nation after nation has made
schooling free; and more, have made II
cpDtbuIsoru; and this spirit Is spreading
TO Oriental lands, The whole world Is
waking up!' Personal rights and ma
tlonal rights are everywhere being dis
c,lsSed. 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 results7
Enlightenment? Yes! Goodness? No!
Contentment? No! Dissatisfaction,
war, strife, ANARCHY, are coming to the
world by leaps anil 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: 1.-THE
wise shall understand" not the world
ly-wise, but those wise toward God.
And so we ind 1t today. While the
great aud the learned and the masses
are rapidly drifting into heathenlsh
darkness, away from the Bible. Gods
sanity few, Of every nation and de.
nomination, are gradually seeing more
clearly the teachings of the Scriptures,
az As n result OF the fulflments Of
Nos. / and 2, we see nearing us, poH
tentously. No. 4: "There shall be a
time Of trouble such as never was
since there was nation" That time
Of trouble Is now looming up on the.
horizon of every nation. 1t comes in
the wake of anunsanctlfied knowledge.
It would mean the utter wreck of all
civilization were It not for the inter
posltion Of the Kingdom Of Gods dear
Son. for which We have long waited
and prayed, "Thy Kingdom come; Thy
viii be done on earth as in heaven"
Our Lord, speaking Of this tronble, de-
clared, "Unless those days were short
ened there should no fesh be saved;
hut for the elects sake those days shall
be shortened" because Of tbs elect"
and the Kingdom which they will -
tablIsh. that slime Of trouble" win bo
cut short. Dan, ILL., ]; Matt. XIV, y, =.
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