World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1913-08-28


Lord S Day. And what he saw
in the vision, he saw with the
spiritual eye. And I've stood as
it were upon the sands ofthe sea
scanning the imoure waters of
the mighty deep and tathOnlcua
blue. from the very fouutair
head, on down through The jan
nails of time, and he watched the
waves Of classification as they
swept past him in their mad
career and still he watches them
/ EoinA, %. and on. and carryiug
with chem .le harvest, into the
Oar, abyss Ct rllE, and there the
aarTestl.os piled up in heaps of
rubbish, a diiapidated lnountair
of mangled mass of thousands
of lost souls.
And John stands viewing .thiKs
great ruin, which was .oncesa
harvest of golden fruit. Bubsnov
nothing but a quiverine rifhss Of
souls; who through life had VIC.
laten God 5 Law; 1,ath1s mighty
host belonged tho Shining Israel.
ties OF old; and whep-lhrist arose
from 'he dead this host with the
I Gentle world, came forth: some
TO everlasting life. and some 10
everlasting contempt. Wherefore
John says:
Hero is wisdom. Let h;nl illat hnl under.
standing court the nlIn,!,nr vi t', hoa,t for lt
is the numher Of ,uau; and his number il
siy hundred thrccsco-c and si5 Ee, l3-lu
And this man coming forth
hike ~ beast, savage, powerful,
nnltes In hiulSelG all the attyi-
Sutcs Of decCiyablcness, Which
were lett in the old Gentle
homestead, after Christ gives
them eternal life. And the
fountain head is in Rome, in the
character Of this beast or in (tLG
pope)
The next step to be taken thcr
!'iS to prove by scripture, that we
are right in what we say. ArG
this we shall DO, by setting forth
the deceittu' workings of the
beasts that John saw, while he
was On the Isle Of patmos. And
iust as the Bible gives, we shall
be able TO ascribe to the beast.
that which is his own, And the
first on this point, that we shall
speak Of is the mystery of inicui-
ty. And upon this we hear Paul
sa, :.
Remember ye moi T. at wren 4 was We, wit
you told you these ,n.ngs,
And NV ye know what witbnolde,h that to
might DO revealed IL Eis time
For the mystery Of iniruity doth already
work only he who now letteth will let Unit, b..
'c taken out of tho way.
And then shul that wicked re revealed whom
The Lord sha!l con SUMO with The spirit of bis
mouth aud shall destroy n.h the brightness O.
hs cot.ia., ,Thcs :-5-s
IL uight be asked, who was
Paul speaking Of, in this LAM
guaga? We answer.
And that man of Fin.
Who opposeth and ezaloih himself above all
that Is chilled God Or that is worsnipped 80 that
10 as God stitch III The temple Of God shewin-
himself that.hc is God. aThes. .. 9.
We learn this man of SIN was
to be revealed alter Pauls time
for he said that the mystery of
inlquity had alread y began to
work in his day and he stated
to US, what hindered or with held
that he should be revealed. And
these words OF Paul confirms the
prophesy of Daniel. Winch saith
And be shall speak great words against the
Mcft high and shall wear out the saints OF the
Most High and think to change times and laws
and they thall be given into his hand until
time ard times and the dividing Of time.
Dan. 20
Daniel also speaks OF this man
III the eleventh chapter, and
thirty sixth verse; aud the exal.
tation of this man above all thatis
called God, which belongs 10,
and is a portion Of tia nycterv
Of iniQuity which alrna.l1 worked
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