Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-03-07


low fever and 9th
or tropical ailments, The Pastor refer.
red TO General Wood rs the one through
whose energy and skill Cuba's restitu-
tlon and regeneration came about
Honor to whom honor Is due' appears
20 be one OF Pastor Russcll's notices.
The text was Acts 3:i9-2l: Times of
Restitution of all things, which God
bath spoken by the mouth Of all His
Holy Prophets since the world began
He said
In Panama a week age saw one Of
the stupeGdous works OF man In sub.
DUNG the earth and making It suitable
to bis purposes. How wisely God has
left the subduing OF the earth TO man.
A blessing must come 10 humanity
fron mastering nature. ! testified re.
speeding the increased education OF
mankind through modern inventions,
which speak to us of the da wning OF
the New Era long foretold In the Bible
Today | point you TO mans inereas
ing skill along other lines The laws
OF health are better understood than
ever before, The laws OF chemistry,
applicable TO nearly everything In life,
are maryelonsly clenr aud greatly ex
tended beyond anything Of previous
times. This increased knowledge lies
close to the work OF sanitation, so wide
Iy approved. The sudden influx of
knowledge is a sign OF the dawuing OF
the New DAY. Restitution
MilIennial Work In Cuba.
The Pastor urged his congregation to
consider the wonderful Transformation
In their fair Island an exemplihcation
of the great work to prevail world
wide shortly. II properly raises our
estimation Of human intelligence. and
of the beneiicence Of the United States
Government. whose agent In this trans
forming work was General Wood Whit
has taken place so markedly in Cuba Is
gradually being accomplished all over
the world.
The Scriptures everywhere associate
the glorious work of human upllft With
Messiah's Kingdom. Perhaps many
have expected the blessing to come in
another way: nevertheless. all should
see the facts and acknowledge pro
phetical fulhlments. Instead of being
disappointed that God Is using humani-
ty for the fulflment OF His glorious
promises, let us rejoice that mankind
may be so wonderfully used
Best Of AIl--Huran Restitution.
AS man fell from the image and like
ness OF God Restitution to him means
a return TO that image and likeness
OF all the Restitution wonders. this
will be the grindest Were every
prospect pleasing" and humanity vile,
sinful, imperfect mentally. morally
and physically curse would still
rest on the earth. The liftigg of some
of mans ignorance and superstition Is
by no means a realization of what is to
be expected lf a taste of Divine fa
ver and goodness be so refreshing.
what will the full draft be.
This message is meaningless to be
lieyers In human evolution. Disbcliev-
ing in mans fall from the Divine Inn
age in the ilesh. these must logically
deny also the Redemption, and all ne
cesSity for a Savior to die for our sins.
Surely they cannot count 1t sin 20 cx
perience evolution. as they claim; and
If sin has not been committed. there
could be neither Redemption from sin
nor Restitution to former condition.
All such theories, therefore, are IN
scripturaL For this reasai they are
autagonstic to the Bible view: that
man fell from Gcd's image six thou
sand years ago: that he has passed
through six great Days in which there
has been reign Of sin and death. in
duced by Satan. and still influenced by
him. Under this reign. man has lost
much of the Ditine image. and has be
rome more or less brutal
Restitution was not due when Jesus
gave His life as mans Redemption
price: but 1t IL due now, for we are
living In the dawn Of the great Seventh
Thousand Year Day. Messiah's drst
work as ts,e great King Is about to be
inangurated lie is about to bind
satan-'tbat old serpent. the Devil 2
lie is about to bless humanity hy roll
ing away the curse Of death.
Nothing of hnmaD Restitution Is pos
sible. however. until after the compile
ton of the Church SO particular Is
this fenture Of Gods Plan that yearly i
two thousand years have been devoted
to IT, whereas only one thousand is as
signed for the .uplifrof rnankind. God