The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-01

orgg 1ose TO uur vleW=UyeEshadoWa
nv what st. Paul propheEfcally deScFu
ed aa doctrines Of devils" He decia
ed that before the coming OF Messlam
Kingdom many would depart froa
s.the faith once delivered to the salnFs
and give heed to seducing spir1ts-A
ducing doctrines inculcated by the 1aA
en- spirits, fallen angels. Thus th
Church came under g~TieVous false do
trines, doctrines Of demons, vines
combining with the doctrines OF TUT
produced so confusing and stupefyn
a potion as justified our Savior y
speaking of us I'm our condition as pa
ing drunk with the wine" OF fatFa
doctrine.
Amongst the false doctrines which
have blinded us to- the Truth OF tM
Divine Plan are the false theories q
Hell and Of Purgatory, and Of a 9ot
foreordaining all except the Elect ]"
eternal torture. Another of the da
ceiving doctrines Is the n which iA
us to believe that the Church in tn
present life is to reign over the world
to conquer IL for Christ and to br1nl
all the blessings promised. Undes
these decisions, so contrary to the 81
BILE, we have tried to make ourselves
believe that we were converting enc
world; while, instead, we were neglece
ing the principal work given us by tha
Lord; namely, that Of building our
selves up in the Most Holy. Faith
In the Observation-Disclosures Of u ,he
deerner. l..
Now we see more, clearly the Id
surdity Of such a position. We per-
ceive that there are twice as many
heather as there were a century ago.
and that any work Of CIVILIZATION
amongst the heather nations Is nos
making saints Of them, nor making
them more happy or more contented
Now we perceive that If the entire
heather world were brought to the civ.
ilized condition. enjoyed by the most
favored nations Of earth, there would
still be as much need as ever for the :
Prayer, THY Kingdom come: Thy will
be done on earth, as 1t is in Heaven"
Why the Long DeIay7
The reason for Gods delay in estab~
fishing His Kingdom in the earthp
binding Satan for a thousand years.
and overthrowing the powers Of dark"
ness in the earth, is now clear to us.
We perceive that it is because God
purposes first of all to gather from
amongst the redeemed world. Of man.
kind a sanity company, a Little Flock,
who In heart, at least, will have: the
characteristics of the Savior Himself.
AS the Redeemer so loved righteous
ness and hated iniquity as to be will
ing to sacrifice His life on behalf Of
righteousness, so it will be with the
class styled in the Scriptures, "the
very Elect" These, called, drawn,
sanctifed, are introduced now into the
School Of Christ, that they may learn
Of Htm-that they may develop His
Observation-Disclosures.
Willing, obedient, Worthy.
We have shown the wide distinction
between the reward OF the Church in
Heavenly glory and the reward Of the
obedient of mankind in earthly glory
in Paradise restored. God is just; and
hence we,are not surprised to find that
the pathway which leads to the Heav-
emily glory is distinctly different from
the one which leads to earthly glory
and Restitution. The latter was rep
resented by the Law, the sum and sub
stance of which Is the Golden Rule
righteousness, obedience to God, loyal
ty to Him in every respect. !
These glorious standards assure as
that the perfect man will be a glorious
being and every way reflect the char
acter Of his Creator, as Adam did4At
the first, AS was the earthly one In
his perfection, such will also be the
earthly ones in their restored, regener-
ated, re-created condition. Their adj
vantage over our first parents will be
that, in the meantime, they will have
come to fully appreciate the difference
between right and wrong, good and
evil, obedience and disobedience, and
the difference between the rewards Of
~these-life and death.
The Church, on the contrary, win
have a much severer test than the
Golden Rule. Hers viii be the test of
loyalty to the extent Of the Redeem
er's loyalty. AS He laid down His life
in obedience to the Fathers viii and
in the service Of the Truth, so these
must all thus do. They must all DEM
onstrate their loyalty to- God by the
very highest tests-by obedience even
unto death-by voluntarily laying
down their lives for the brethren-by
being willing to follow the Lord and
the Truth through evil report and. good
report, accounting that the trials and
difficulties of the way are but light az
fiictions in comparison with the ex-
ceeding blessings which shall be theirs
If faithful to the end OF the way.
ATTEND CHURCH IN CANOES.