The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-31
Al|NTEREST|NG
LECTURE GIVEN
REV. Mr.. sTAMsAueH SPOKE
YEsERDAY AFTERNOON TO A
LAFE NUMBER AT THE COURT
HOLE.

! The cture at the court house yes
| terday fternoon was we'll attended
and thsubject was listened to with
deep ierest by all. Mr.. Stamoaugh
show edhat he understood the subject
and ga vivid and pointed Illus ira
lions tosonvey the Bible thoughts and
teachinl to the minds of the hearers.
He ban by showing that subjects
such asffWhy does God permit the
reign ofvil?'' why was Satan ever
allowed o apparently interfere with
Gods gl,ious plan? ' why was not
man n1as in such condition as 20
be sin-psof2" have been questions
which hse claimed the attention Of
all thinkig Christians during the past
ages. here was a time" he said,
when OF would receive scorn and
rebuke fc suggesting ouch questions,
because o the inability of the teachers
to answe but at this time. when so
much ligf is shining on the Word
God we nd the pages of the Book
are so bght that we can read the
answer diect from the Word"
The potts most emphasized In his
lecture wre that God has purposes
and plans which He purposed before
He besanIIis work, and that during
the preset time since Adam was
formation and made such promises
as He minded TO be known at that
particularItime. In this way we see
that Adar knew less than Noah, that
Noah knev less of Gods plan than
did Abrahna, and Abraham less than
did the AlostIes.
He continued along this line as fol-
lows, "Tha the early reformers knew
less than 10 we at this time, because
the time las not arrived yet for the
full lightlto be turned on, which is
the case now Today, when these
questions come up, the teachers can
not satisfy the enquirers simply by
saying thy are not supposed to un-
derstand these things, and then say in
the next breath that the Word of God
is a revelation for our instruct and
expect people to believe il.
To-day the teachers have TO have
g. reason for the hope that is in them,
and be able to answer these ques-
tions, or lose prestige. The result
is that thinking people are turning
away from present institutions and
either becoming inf1dels or scoffers,
unless they come in touch with the
Truth of the Word,-God is His own
interpreter.
Through a clear and unprejudiced
study of the Bible we find that God
has permitted Satan to exercise linn
the wrath of man would go farther
than would praise Him, He restrained
It. The part which Satan is working
out in Gods plan is to give man an
experience with sin and death, which
will enable mankind to choose intel
igent.y to worship Jehovah, when He
has his experience with righteousness
IN the Judgement Day. 1t further per
nits the selecting out of a. small class
the Bride OF Christ or Seed of
Abraham" which will be associated
With Christ in the blessing of the
world OF mankind in that day.
This class must be made perfect
through the things which they suffer
rs was said of Christ in Heb. 2, 10.
God, who could not be the author of
sin or suffering, did make use of re-
oelious Lucifer, now called Satan, in
his way and the result is, that those
who come into covenant relationship
With the Heavenly Father and enter
he Kingdom, do SO through great
The Father seeketh such
% worship Him as worship Him in
spirit and in truth and without the
ests and trials, they could not be
proven faithful.
"It was shown in conclusion, that
he promise made to Adam that the
seed of the woman would bruise the
Serpents head was a. promise looked
forward to by all the world of all
ages, but that until the church, which
8 the seed Of Abraham is complete,
he brIIising of the serpent's head
will not take place. Rom. 1920 states
hat God shall bTuise Satan under
rour feet shortly and other Scriptures
show that this is the same promise in
different words, which is expressed to
he prophets and men of God during
EseSy age.
- od's plan is perfect, which
SUI { this reign of sin, sorrow,
esi gins death shall cease, and the
TN an 1t be so far reaching as to
a,s - finst the lesson ever having
q H. hated. And when we see that
t VIII be to His ultimate glory,
Ind work out for all mankind an ever
asting BLESSING and never to be for
5Cctan sAsson, we can praise Him
more"