The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25

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SszsS4SzWs great EmaUcipa-
tor All enslavers oppose the Truth,
Knowing its power on the minds Of
their victims. The taskmasters Of to-
day would faiu hide the truth from
wage-slaves. but find it impossibIe-so
great is the power of the press-and
there are publishers who have nottsold
their moral sense for Sordid gain,
When chattel slavery prevailed, the
master found 1t advantageous tot edu
cate his slaves and thus increaseitheiI
value, but disadvantageous to instruct
them along the lines Of human rights.
The feudatory lords were very Willing
that the common people consider them
demigods, not subject to law as others,
The same principle apparently
prompted the emperors to proclaim
themselves "pontifep mGTimus," and TO
encourage their people to worship
them. The natural selfsAnesk of man
ever prompts him to take advantage
Of others; and ignorance has been the
chain which has bound the masses.
The Bible has been the great Eman'
cipntor of slaves-mental. moral and
physical. 1t Is the Torch Of Liberty,
lighted by Divine Providence. The
Bible aioue tells It's that all humanity
are of one blood, creatures Of the same
God. aInenable to Hin. While the Bl'
bic lnstructs that kings and all in au'
thority should lie recognized, 1t also
tells that the king is amenable to ex'
actly the same laws as hiSlnost menial
slave, and that IL he violates these
laws he IS rs sure to he punished.
Moreover. the Bible points out that
the present Is related to the future life
MS cause 10 effect 1t shows that every
act. word and thought bears upon
character-deveIopment. aud nrepnreaus
Tor higher things in the life TO come or
gives us more difficulty in reaching per.
lection and everlasting life,
"Hope Thou In God"
Looking into the past, we see Israel,
sndden with fear of their Egyptian
taskmastcrs, not daring to take steps
for liberty. But after the Exodus, after
Gods Covenant with them at Sinai.
they were changed people. The hopes
inspired by the Scriptures preserved
them as a nation when contemporane
Gus civilization persisted.
The Jews undoubtedly destroyed
their own nationality. The Romans
merely performed the funeral rites in
destroying Jerusalem. A. d. 20. The
Emperor evidently claimed that the
Jewish religion must necessarily I've At
the foundation of their mGovernable
character Their liberty, used contrary
to Divine instruction, led TO discomfort
and anarchy
Christ's Followers Set Free.
The Message of Jesus and the Apos.
ties attracted some Tsraelites indeed"
anxious to serve God. The early
Christians couragcously suffered perse-
cution and carried the Gospel every
where. The Roman Gmperors. Nero
and DiOcletian. perceived that Chris
tianS hnd courage which they feared
would be infections. and prosecuted
them horribly. But The Master had
freed them from fear OF death.
Then came long period of darkness
wien the Scriptures we're forgotten,
and only the words Of bishops were
hcard-woris misunderstood to be Of
Divine authority through Apostolic Sue
cesSion. Next came centuries under
control of creeds and church councils
Darkness. ignorance and superstition
prevailed. although God had His wit
ncsses throughout that long period.
Finally the Bible again emerged, when
printing came into Use. Gods time
had come for the Bible agnin to be the
Torch of Liberty: and Independence
proportiOnateIy came forward. Today
Britain. Germany, Scandinavia and
America lead the world, because Of the
light from the Word Of God
Danger Now, as to the Jews.
The danger that the Jews encOun-
tered in the end Of their Age confrOnts
us. Not all receive tic Truth in the
love OF it, Not all, therefore, are sane
tilted by 1t. Few have turned to the
Lord. to become followers of Jesus
Hence we are on the threshold Of n
great dsintegrntion. Liberty is about
to turn to licensc-auarchy; our civli'
cation is about to be ruined, MS was the
Jewish poIity, by liberty unrestrained
by the Spirit o! the Lord
st. Paul declared that the Gospel had
yet him free from alt other bondHges:
but that he surrendered his liberty to
Christ. to do, not his own will. but the
will OF his Redeemer Forcefuly he
states that in so doing he became n
hond.sIaye to Christ.
Blessed Is the condition Of those who
gladly surrender oil to become follow
ers Of tue Lord! Such can rejoice, be-
cause they know that NIL things work
together for their good, to prepare them
for the Heavenly glorIes, -
Uhildaar Dry