Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-18

The Pastor holds that the majority
Of humanity pass through life In a.,
dreamy state, thinking about triviaii-
tiee-what to eat, what ta,wear, where
to go, esc.-rather than, about things
pertaining to God and the future life.
This state of mental Inactivity, he de-
clared, has been brought about BY
Adams disobed1ence to the Divine
command Our first parents sinned:
and their posteFtty shared with them
tie penalty, Dying, thou shalt die"
But God foreknew the fall of man.,
and purposed to redeem the human;
family from death, the speaker declar-
ed. Ia the Divine Program Jesus was
the Lamb Of God slain from the
foundation of the world. Therefore
when communicating. with those who,
believe His Word, God always speaks
of death as a sleep.
The Avsakenlns of the Soul.
The Pastor discussed his theme In,
three divisions: thu. awakening Of the
world now, the awakening Of the
Christian, and the future awakening of
humanity during The Messianict King
dom. There is a time, he. claimed.
when men begin to think Of God and
the world to come. Before that time
some had, been stepped in sin; others
had lived merely for the things of the
present. But somehow or other they
began tesreallze that they were sinners
under Divine sentence. Perhaps they
got the. right yiew-that the sentence
was ore of death; but usually they got
the wrong one-that 1t was.a sentence
of eternal torment.
The, majority of children, the. Pastor
declared, reach this crisis between the
ages of twelve and fifteen years. AT
b period there is a great change In
human nature, and therefore 1t is a
most advantageous time for. spiritual
growth. The speaker dwelt upon the
duties of parents and teachers. While
from the very beginning OF Its exist
ence the child should. be trained in the,
nurture and admonIton OF the Lord
/ yet both parent and. teacher should ba-s
/ especially alert with children at this
most favorable time for opening their
mental eyes to look: beyond the triviali-
ties Of the present life to the higher
things pertaining to the life to come.
sArise From the Dead.n
The Pastor pointed out the fallacg
II the belief that the young must SOW
wild OATS" and regretted that even
Christian parents seemed fmbued with
his erroneous idea. According to the
Scriptures, whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap The child
mind should ever be kept near the Di-
vine standard,
Those awake to q sense OF RESPONSE
bihty to their Creator should arise from
the dead condition as far as possible,
the Pastor holds. AS when one awak-
ems IN the morning there is a mental
freshness which Is invariably lost IL
one falls asleep again. SO the moment
Of the souls awakening Is a favorable
time of which to take advantage. IL
the soul receives no encouragement at
| that momeLs,lt may drop asleep again.
nchrist Shall Give Thee Light"
Those who have awakened are APP
preaching righteousness, the Pastor de
ciared. The Scriptures represent the
! dead Us being down. Those who arise
from the dead become upright In char
acter, in desire. But merely to awake
to a realization OF one,s condition IS
net to become a Christian. While
Christ gave the light which enabled
2 to see that the wages Of sin ts
death, and that the gift Of God Is life.
through the Redeemer, yet the newly
awakened must accept Christ as their
Ransom-sacrihce and lay hold upon.
Him before they may be considered
Christians.
become Christians, members Of the
Body OF Christ, when drsaAwa awake
or when first we arise the dead
We are merely awake zee that
harmony with God rom
condemnation forsI NO
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