Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-30


Robson, Dr. L. w.
Jones, Mr.. ]. 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
one 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-
itations. that they should seek the
Lord, if haply they might feel after
Him and find Him. acts xvii, %,
27) He said
My text is taken from Saint PauPs
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 I'M
known Cod The words of my text
have been repeatedly borne in upon
my mind in my sojournings of the
past four months. 1 marveled as
perceived The thoroughness of the di-
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
Daniel's 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. 1t merely signifies the time
for the ending of the present order of
things that Il New Order. the Messiah
| ic Kingdom, may be substituted
Twenty five centuries ago God deter
mined this time and gave us four i'm
portant proofs by which to identify it
20 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
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 habitations
until now: suddenly we have running
to and fro in fulfilment of this prophecy
which is amazing, The various ma
lions and languages are being scatter
ed all over the earth.
/
marking The Time of the End of this
Age is. Knowledge shall be increas
ed" The general increase of education
amongst all classes is logical result
| of the co1nnlingling of humanity and
the lessons of comparison and compe-
titfon being learned Suddenly, as
though in obedience to the Divine com
n.and, nation after nation has made
schooling free; and more. have made IL
compulsory; and this spirit is spreading
| to Oriental lands. The whole world Is
waking up, 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 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.
81 The third item indicative of The
Time of the END of this Age is: The
wise shall understand not the world
ly-W1Se, bur those wise tOWaru LOO
And so we ind 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
| 90 As a result Of the fulnlments Of
Nos 1 and 2. we see nearing us, por-
tentously, No. 4: There shall be o
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 II comes in
the wake of an unsanctined knowledge
It would mean the utter wreck of all
civilization were 1t 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 on earth as in heaven"
Our Lord. speaking of this trouble. de-
clared- Unless those days were short
ened there should no flesh be saved:
but for the elects sake those days shall
be shortened''-because of the elect
and the Kingdom which they will es-
tablish that ''time of trouble" viii be
cut short Dan xii 1; Matt xiv. Fl. p.