Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-02-29

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sereedk have biased our minds to such
y degree that the expression. wrath
TO Gene. carries with 1t to our delud
ed brains pictures such as Dante.
Thomas a Kempis and others have
soniured for our minds. and which be-
came impressed upon us in infancy.
The Wrath Now Revealed. 1
The Bible tells what the wrath to
come is. We will look at that in due
fine, but now let us look ut our text.
and at the wrath which it says is al.
ready revedled. If it is revealed.
where is it and what Is it?
We answer that the expression OF
Gods wrath against sin Is seen IN the
sentence of death against the sinner
Dying. thou shalt die" This the
scriptures call the Course" 1t has
rested upon our race for six thousand
years 1t is visible to all. attested by
the reign Of sin and death. Do we
not see depravity all about us. and do
we not realize some Of it In our own
selves! Do we realize that our race is
dying. mentally, morally and physical.
~
De We realize that all this is the
penalty of sin? Every piece Of crepe.
every funeral procession, every casket.
every cemetery. every undertaker's
sign, every physicians sign. all OF our
weaknesses testify that Gods wrath
h upon our race. Moreover. the earth
auakes and pesdlences. the drouths
and foods. tell us that our earth Is not
IN a perfect condition, suitable for
perfect man. 1t testifies that there is
reason why our race Is treated by our
Creator as race of convicts.
No Death Curse In Heaven.
Does anyone think that the wrath
Il God is thus revealed in heaven
that amongst the holy angels Is:
perfection. sin and death? Does any
enc suppose that doctors or undertake
ers or cemeteries are there? Why
not? The answer is simple. The
wrath of God is not upon them. be-
cause they are not sinners--they have
continued to abide in obedience to
Him. y
who hath warned you to fee from
the wrath to come" were John the
Baptists words to some of the Holi
ness people (Pharisees, of his day. To
what wrath did John refer? We an.
swer that he was Prophet, and was
thus foretelling the time of trouble
with which the Jewish Age ended. in
A. D. 10. There is nothing whatever
TO indicate that he had made any ref
erence to wrath of God In the flu
ture. that would come upon his hear
ers after they were dead. On the con
trary, the Scriptures everywhere teach
that the dead are unconscious. thai
they can neither enjoy nor suffer any
thing. that they must wait for resusci
tation in the resurrection.
The Wrath to Come.
Our Lord also corrohorated tn
words Of John the Baptist and declar
ed that the wrath of God upon tina
nation was nigh: His words were
these be the days of vengeance upol
this people. that all things written Il
the Law and the Prophets concernin
them should be fulfilled luke xxi. &c
Z~sI
lonians ii, 49,. Some of the things dc
slared by the Lord in the Law and til
Prophets were fulfilled in the destrut
ton of Jerusalem. and In the troubl
which came upon the Jews at tina
time. Bit other things written hav
had II grander fultilment for now eigh
cen hundred years: and not one jOt q
I little can fail until all be fulfilled.
However. st Paul tEphesians v. {
Colossians iii. 9, mentions a comm
time Of Divine wrath: and Jesus urge
His followers. saying, Watch We. thu
= We may be accounted worthy to oscar
all these things coming upon the worlt
and to stand before the Son of Man,
This intimates that the wrath hel
mentioned is to be world wide. and
the end Of This Age, even as the wrat
upon the Jewish nation was natiol
wide, Ia the end of their Age.
Gods People Should Keep Hands OF
This special wrath will be mantle
ii "a time IF trouble sut.h as new
was sinceStherp w,ls ii nation tDani
xii. Il, It will be specially upon tho
who fail to live III, to the light al
privilege whifh they enjoy. It will
upon all he selfish or coretans. N
rpon the unrlaan atid upon those WI
unduiy prize earthly things weait
y aonor. etc Gods people IRE warne
Be We not fslrt,ikerS with Them. OF
{. erwfse son NJ haze no lart Eor lot
the glorious Kingdom ~ whict 4,
have beenssa.icsl ~ fiosi. az Joint hpi
with Jesus hrist. ,pndi tianal M
your suffering With Him that you M
!. also reign With Hin.