The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-09

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terpart Of the present bodies, repre-
senting the same memory, mind, Will
Thus each will know himself, and viii
know the others with whom he was
acquainted in the present life. How
wonderful, how stupendous, how un
believable, except as we are able by
faith to grasp the fact of our own liz
tleness and the Divine greatness!
True, as the Apostle tells US, not all
men have this faith-not all men are
able to believe what the Bible SO clear.
~ sets forth. They stagger at the
great proposition. But their stagger.
ing and unbelief will not change the
facts. Gods Wisdom and Power will
continue to operate, notwithstanding
our imbecilities. Those who cannot
exercise faith cannot belong to the
Church class, called during the present
time; for with this class faith Is a par.
amount requirement.
Foolish Ineredulity-Wise Faith.
How strange it seems that nearly
everybody can be credulous Of non
sense, while only a few comparatively,
can have faith in the true realities Of
the Divine promises! For instance,
how few seem able to believe in the
Power Of God as respects a resurrec-
ton Of the dead. On the contrary, how
many can be credulous enough to be-
lieve that the dead are not dead-even
when they see them to be dead, and
their senses demonstrate that fact!
Under the delusion Of Satan, man.
kind have come to imagine hells and
purgatories, and to believe in them,
although they do not have even sus-
piciOn or a thought as to where these
places are! What better proof could
we have that the world for 5000 years
has been under the malevolent influ-
ence of "the Prince Of the Power Of the
Air, who worketh in the hearts Of the
children Of disobedience"? What bet
ter proof could we have that the world
has been under the influence Of mis-
leading spirits and doctrines Of DEM
ons"?- thoroughly believing Satan's
false statement, eye shall not surely
die"-ye are immortal-and thoroughly
rejecting Gods statement, "Thou shalt
surely die" Immortality is a gift OF
God, and not an inherent quality.
1.-THE soul that sinneth it shall die;
1.-THE wages Of sin Is death'-not eter.
nal torment.
Patience and Sympathy Necessary.
If number of drunken men have
been in each others company, and
| few of them begin SOLDERING up, it
would behOOve them to be very SYM
| pathetic with their companions still in
befuddled condition. This is our at
titude. Some of us are more or less
awake. Some Of us have learned what
real Bible study means. Some of us
are getting the eyes Of our understand
ing open and are seeing some Of the
lengths and breadths and heights and
depths of the Love Of God, which sur
passes all human understanding, and
which we did not before see. (Ephe-
SLAMS 3:19) The graces Of sympathy
and patience are called for under such
conditions. Those that have the Truth,
that see the Truth, should not only be
models of saintliness, holiness, but also
models of kindness, gentleness and pa
tience in dealing with the brethren.
God is merely biding His time, let
be misunderstood by some and mis-
represented by others, letting men
have an experience with doing their
own wills and trying their own plans
and theories, that thus the lesson Of
sin and its tendencies and results may
be clearly seen and appreciated both
by angels and by men. Then the Lord
will arise, and through His Amounted
Son will display His Power and make
known His will. He will lay righteous
ness to the line and justice to the plum
met, and will sweep away every refuge
Of lies. His will shall then be done on
earth, even as it is done in Heaven.
Thus we see the fallacy OF the cir
cle-reasoning of those who would judge
nesses, and not by His Word. How
grand Is the view presented in the
Scriptures! How wonderful the Divine
Character, as presented in the Divine
Plan of human salvation!
All men are to be rescued from the
Adamic death penalty. All are to have
n full opportunity Of knowing about
the Savior-the Life-giver-and OF 1ac'
cepting Him. Then whoever willingly
rejects the grace Of God, and prefers
sin to righteousness, will be esteemed
a wicked sinner, unworthy Of everlast
ing life. Such, the Bible says, will die
the Second Death. From this there
will be no redemption; for "Christ
dieth no more" Hence from it. there
will be no resurrection. But the horrt
BILE doctrine Of eternal torment is not
Biblical. It is part OF the doctrines
Of demons."-1 Timothy Al.
| Great Scheme.