The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-13


lbIe chtfstian people y g NOS afres
ti0us conIuet s3
We me iii aSARins from this slld
blindness. thank God. We emery
Ing slowly from the darkness of the
trast. We are in the very dawnlns 81
tile morning Of McSsiail;s Kingdom.
which Is to bless tile world. The ris.
ing Of the Sun of righteousness Is to
bring the New Day. Of emancipation
from ignorance. superstition and death.
Tile more awake we become the more
Clearly do we see the beauty Of Gods
Word ana the ridieulous inconsistency
OF things ne once believed
1. ST. Paul explains TO us why Satan
laStrires to put darkness for light and
EaiEht for darkness, He explains why
Satan represents himself asanangei Of
| tight anu endeayors 10 besmlrch tue
Divine character and to make God the
terry personitlcation of wlckedness4ailu
,injustlces 1t Is apart q bis generalg
ensleayor to.thwart Tie. nI Sine. Plan; q
mislead those who are sihgto know
God. Heaken 10 the Apostles words:
"The god of this world hath blinded
the. minds Of them that believe not,
lest the glorious light Of Gods good.
ness. as 1t shines I'll the face Of Jesus
christ otlr ord. should shine into their
hearts" I'll. Corinthians. ". ~
in proportion us humanity lniscon-
ceiycs Gods character and His Word,
in that same proportion they will shHn
the Bible and It's God, and thus get
away from the faith mud hope revealed
In the Bible. AS have told you. ! had
nv own bitter experiences along this
| llne. tIdw lthank God for the s"eye;
Mlve, and for the glorious vision Of
1.-The Divine characCr and Plan which
nov stands out so distinctly before the
eyes OF my understandIng!
III Good Jfdiass 81 Great; Joy.
lH The Gospel btt1ie Bible, the Message
| OF the .glratj Cod Iafnites in Jpstice.
Wisdom. i.6ye ard P6wet, Is 4 Mes
sage ofs grace of mercy: Iils has en-
anated from no either ,laartet such as
no otBefeYellglous book IN tile world
presents. Nirl5what else should We exs
pect than that the great Supreme Bes
Ing would be Fountain of grace, of
blessing to His dependent creatures,
Ii should not surprise MS. then, TO find
the Bible clearly elching that the God
Of all Grace has III store for humanity
great blesshgs-'tlmes of restitution
Of all things spoken by the mouth OF
all the holy Prophets since the world
began" (Acts Ill, 1920.
Another Message should not surprise
us; It is the message that was sung by
the angels OH the night of Jesus birth,
Behold. we bring you good tidings Of
great Joy. witch shall he unto all peo-
spe"-the thousands Of millions of the
Chinese included! Itisa Joy tome to be
permitted to tell this glorious Message
to such rs have the ear to hear it, 1t
Is a further JOY to me that III the III
vine arrangement the time Is cprlng
when "all the deaf ears shall lie tln'
stopped" and when the clear knowl.
edge of Gods goodness slall I'll the
earth as the waters cover thedeep.
God first told this Message%of Ills
benevolent designs toward humanity
aNnnt thlrty.sIx hundred years ago,
whon nc declared 10 His friend .ll,ra.
hom 7 intcnd TO bless all tle families
NJ Tho oorth and this shalt be done
thronrh vnnr nosterlty-"Tn thee and
n tIT ssnd sholI the families of tho
n.r+h Ia hIoSsod" The natural seed
NJ abraham wos f,rst deyeloped~'and
ins,,,rtoI and consequently unified,
undor ;, INV covenant. This arrange.
man, nromore,, file natural seed OF
Ahrabam NOR. thnn others Of the
worId.s nconles 70 receive Jesus. hence
when Irn nrosontcd himself and when
orterwor1 His message was proclaimed
hr HIs twelvc ApostIes approximately
s;vtaen tlonsond Jews became His
footston followers were begotten Of
Tho uoIv snirlt NJ pentecost and after
md fms became members of the Spir,
final Sead ~ Abraham.
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