The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-07
We approach and enter the prison arc
Incidental parts Of the penalty. But
There's Wilderness In Gods Mercy.
Like the Wilderness OF the sea-

Like the Wilderness of the sea-
He has purpased a blessing upon ev-
cry member of the race, all OF whom
have suffered the loss Of Eden hap
piness and OF life itself through the
disohedience OF the first man, Father
Adam. The Second ADAM is to COM
pletely undo the work Of the first, and
Is to give to every member OF the race
fullest opportunity for reconciliation
and return to the Fathers House.
The work OF Jesus at the First Adj
vent was only a preparatory one, His
death was necessary as the correspond
ing price for the sin of the First Adam.
Only By paying that penalty could He
ever have the right to destroy the great.
prison house--the tomb, Hades-and to
deliver the prisoners by resurrection
from the dead. His work was sats-
factory. He has been received up into.
glory where He was before only
with added dignity at the Fathers
right hand. There He waits, the.
Psaimist tells us, for the hour to strike
when He shall take His great power
and reign.-Psalm 2:S-1O.
The first feature Of His campaign
will be the binding of Satan. Then
He will cause the Sun OF Righteous
ness to shine forth, with healing in its
beams. The light OF the knowledge of
God shall fill the whole earth. Every
knee win bow and every tongue coil-
fess. Ali will have the fullest oppor-
tunity for return to God, and only the
willingly disobedient and rebellious
against light win die the Second Death,
and so into Everlasting destruction"
"He Upon the Throne Said"
Beautifully does the Book OF Reye-
lation picture the coming glories OF
Messlah's Kingdom and the blessings
to mankind. Mark that it is the en-
.throned Messiah who declares, stBe-
hold. / make all things new" and who
tells that, as Jehovah's Messenger and
Representative, He will wipe away all
tears from of oil faces and give beau
ty for ashes, and the oil OF joy for the
spirit of sadness.-Revelation 21:4;
Isaiah Glib.
The God Of Love and Grace, the God
who sympathi2es with His creatures
and who promises ultimately to wipe
away all their tears, is the only God
who appeals to the human heart and
head. Our misconceptions in the past
served to drive the world further and
further away from God, and even the
sanity found it difficult to worship
Him in spirit and In truth-so dense
was the cloud OF ignorance and super
'stition which ~enshrouded us. Hark to
Cardinal Newman's words,
'L4ead, kindly Light.
Amidst the encircling gloom"
God Is sending out His light and
truth. The encircing gloom Is break
ing. The errors and superstitions
which hindered US from seeing the
beauty of Gods Word are being scat
tered. The light from one page and
statement is shining upon another.
The entire Word Of God is heard as
never before. God is speaking. His
people r hearing. Bible Students in
all parts of the earth are awakening
to the unsectarian study of the Lords
Word.--2 Timothy 2:15.
True, Satan is still active. He is not
yet bound. The Prince of Darkness
hates the light, battles against it, and
enlists IN his side as many as possible,
Alas, that he is able to gain a few as
honest and as blind as was Saul OF
Tarsus, nineteen centuries ago. These
now breathe out threatenings, as did
Saul. But we have confidence that all
sincere ones of them, like st. Paul.
will soon see a great light and hear
the great voice of the Master, and be
fully delivered from the evil spirit Of
persecution, which. in our day, uses
SANDER and Shoots out arrows, even
bitter words" to destroy the Message
and the messengers OF the Prince OF
Light, now shortly to take His power
TO reign for a thousand years, subject
ing ali things to the Divine standards.
"Doctrines of Denons.H
The Pastor declared that in his judg-
ment there Is no doubt that the Church
during the Dark Ages came under the
influence OF the doctrines OF demons"
referred to by Sit. Paul. He declared
that the demons of the Bible are
Identical with the fallen angels Of
Genesis 6. They seek to hide their
identity. representing themselves as
holy angels or as dead human beings
speaking to the living through medi-
ums, as in Bible times--through witch
es, wizards. ~necromancers, astrologers.
soothsayers, etc.
These, under Satan's domination,
have for centuries sought to substan.
fiate Satan's lie, and to deceive man
kind into believing that the dead are
not dead-into believing TINT Satan
told the truth. saying, aYe shall not
surely die. and that God told the UNI
truth when He said, Thou shalt sure,
~ die To turn the hearts OF men
away from the God of Love and Mercy.
they have traduced His character and
cultivated, human fears,
Light and Darkness In Foreign Landa.
The Pastor related some of his ex-
periences amongst the heather la In
dia. The more intelligent quickly
learned Of the difference between the
Message of Gods LoFe which tho Pas
tor bore. and the message they had
heard from the missionaries. Some OF
them appealed TO him to stay longer.
Tor they wanted 70 near more InGy
declared that they could not accept
the teachings Of the missionaries. to
the effect that all OF their forefathers