The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-23

and the Poets." His text was, lie
that sat upon the Throne said. Behold,
make all things new" RevelatiOn
2l:5.I He said:
The promise of a New Day has long
been before Gods people-in the Bible.
1t was limited to our first parents, six
thousand years ago, that eventually
the Seed Of the woman should bruise
the serpent's head. This, Interpreted,
is understood TO mean that the power
Of Satan will he crushed, and man
Kind will be delivered from the reign
Of Sin and Death which has prevailed
since the disobedIence in Eden.
A second promise, still more explicit,
made by God to .Abraham'of old, says,
"In thy Seed shall all the families of the
earth be blessed" For centuries Abra-
hams poSterity waited for the Mes
slnl Of promise. with the anticipation
that He would use them In connection
with His work of blessing all peoples.
The Prophets of Israel foretold the
coming King of the line of David
that He should he great Priest, q
reigning Priest, after the order Of Mel
chlzedec. 10 Him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess ana
through Him blessing will extend to
all nutIonS us "a feast Of fat things
full Of marrow, and wines on the lees.
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Even the disciples Of Jesus, who rec
ognl2ed Him rs the "Sent Of God,
were disappointed that His glorious
Kingdom. Of which He spoke, was not
Immediately revealed, and that In an
swer to their question He declared, ut
is not for you to know the times AMI
the seasons which the Father hath put
In Ills own Power" Still the nroph'
ecies respecting Messiah's Kingdom
were repeated and amplitied IN the
narabIes of Jesus. in the teachings ut
His Apostles. and finally and grNphi'
cally. in the last Book Of the Bible, in
the Revelation which Jesus gave the
Church through st. John.
Our text is quotation from this
Revelation, respecting the Kingdom of
Messiah. Through it God is to wipe
away all tears from of all faces. aud
the King Of kings and Lord of lords
whom Jehovah has established as the
great Messiah. assures us that He Him
self will "nake all things new"
Even the heather poets sang Of the
Golden Age to come-qulte probably
borrowing their thought from the He
brew Scriptures and quite probably
realizing in some measure that n
gracious God would not forever per-
nit n reign of Sin and Death, but
would somehow, sometime. and through
some agent, bring to earth blessings to
supplant the curse.
"Arise, Look Around Thee"
After all these centuries Of waiting
and hoping and praying, "Thy King
dom come; Thy will be done on earth'
MS In Heaven" Gods people today are
more and more awakening to a reAlt2a-
tion of the fact that we are living IN
the very dawn Of the glorious Epoch
for which all have waited, prayed ana
hoped. These blessings have come
down like a gentle shower, so quietly
that we can scarcely realize that the
earth has entered upon the foretold
Times Of Refreshing and Restitution
mentioned by st. Peter.-Acts 3:10'2l.
Many are still asleep. Some are con.
fused, and know not to what the bless
lngs should be attributed. Having lost
faith in the Bible and its promises
many are seeking a solution Of the
wonderful things Of our day along the
lines of evolution, claiming that n Nj
ture god operates by blind force, under
a law of the survival Of the httest'
surely they overlook the fact that
there were great characters In the past
with whom few Of the present day
may be cOmpared-such US Shake
speare. Bacon, Socrates. Plato, St
RAUL, King Solomon. King David the
poet. Job. Moses, etc.
A far better explanation Is furnished
us in the Bible. 1t explains that the
wonders of today are the forcgleams Of
MessIah's Kingdom and its blessings,
It explains that we are In the Day OF
Jehovah's Preparation for the King
dom of His Son, We have the numer'