The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-29

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to experience. knowing that -aH things
are working together for good to those
who love God. the called according to
His purpose"
Morning Dswns, Arise, Arise!"
Thank God. tue morning Of I'M
manuers Day is dawning! 1t is bring
Ing light upon every subject The
chains of error and superstition, state
craft and pr4est-craft. are breaHng.
True. some may thus be led to ex-
tremes and. mistaken. revolt sgainst
all religions and all authority and all
laws Of God and man. That Is but
natural mistake. The pendulum swings
naturally to an opposite extreme and
requires some little time TO steady
itself upon true center.
The proper thought for rs all Is the
one which the Bible gives. namely.
that our decisions and bOndages. our
superstItiOns and errors. although by
men. were not of men. Satan has been
our great Adversary. He 1t Is against
whom we are TO feel the special In
dignutiOn Like ourselves, others OF
humanity were blinded. illustrations
of this blindness were frequent during
the Dark Ages. Men and women, luis
understanding the character and the
Plan Of Col. were just as sincere as
ourselves when they sought TO copy
what they supposed to be the Creators
methods by tOrturing each other, burn.
Ing one another ut the stake. etc.
These mistakes were not made Who'll
~ by one denomination, even rs tue
errors which led to these mistakes
were not held merely by one den0ml'
nation. PrrsbytpriumS were perSecut-
ed. and in turn prosecuted others: so
did EpIscopaliaus, MethOdlsts. Bap-
lists, Catholics. etc. Mistakes so conf
mon IN the past are not 10 be blamed
either against denominations or against
individuals. In harmony with our
text. we should charge them up to the
god OF this world"-Satan.
Instead Of feeling anger and hatred
and charging others with having kept
US In Ignorance and superstition, let ns
rather rejoice together and give thanks
10 God that our chains ut last are
breaking. Let us remember Slul OF
Tarsus as an Illustration of how a
good man, misled OF the Adversary.
became Il prosecutor Of the Church or
Christ. As he was freely forgiven or
God, and showed himself loyal serv-
ant Of the King Of kings, so let us re-
gard others OF our day as equally loyal.
and let lis trust that they will become
equally faithful as they come under
the influence of the great light from
Heaven. now shining.
Put Away, Therefore, All These.
st. Paul urges US. as children of the
light. to walk In the light Jesus bids
us to let our light so shine before 9th
ers that we may thus glOrlfy the Fa'
Their in Heaven. St Peter says that
we shall show forth the praises Of
Him who has called US out Of darkness
into His marvellous light. The light
that is now shining upon the pathway
Of Gods faithful people is not q new
light. 1t is the same light which Jesus
and the Apostles held forth and reJOic-
ed in. For the time being. 1t has been
lost. buried under the rubbish and SUI
pcrstitiOn and error Of eighteen centu.
rirs. Now. III Gods providence, these
Instructions are being seen. We are
coming out from under their influence
into the sunlight. the true light. which
shall yet tighten every man, rs Gods
Word has promised.
The question with each and ali Of us
who now perceive the source OF the
darkness in which we have been and
the source Of the light into which we
have come is, What shall We render
unto the Lord for all His benefits?
How shall we best show IT, our graz
clous Lord our appreciation Of Ills grii'
cinus character, Of His true Plan Of
Salvation? The Scriptures assure us
that we can best show our love and
loyalty by improving the opportunities
which the Lord affords us for Witness
Ing for Him and His Truth, which rep
reSents Him.
Our time, our talents. our privileges.
our opportunities, are limited. At very
most we can do but little. How EARL
est we should be to demonstrate to the
Lord our love and appreciation! How
faithful we should be 10 others IN car
rying them the light. even as we our
selves appreciate the channels which
God used in bringing the blessings to
us! How wise we should be. realizing
that our opponent is Satan himself, and
not being ignorant of his devices!
We are not 10 show forth our own
praises. for we have nothing praise
worthy. What have we that we have
not received? We did not make the
Divine Plan. We merely learned Of 1t
BIS the grace of God. In telling 1t IL
others, therefore. this fact should he
remembered. that 1t is not ours, but
Ills. AS we compare the Divine Plan
Of Salvation presented in the Bible
with all the different plans of salvation
represented In the various crecds Of
ChriStendOm, we see how wonderfully
different 1t Is from them all.
III E.R,NA