The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28
EvERYBoDY'S BIBLE BOX.

Q.-When inquiry is made Of tho Watch
man ma What OF the night" what is meant
also the night" Qsaiah ,12)?
Answer.-For six thousand years dark
ness has covered the earth and gross
darkness the people In general but the
morning of the new dispensation cometh
in which that true light shall tighten
every man >that cometh into the world.
Feceoing the new day. however. must
come dark night of trouble to prepare
the world to appreciate the blessings God
has In store for them. The trouble will be
Drought on by their own selfishness, 50
and poor alike are looking out for num-
Der one" When the night shall have
cleared away then the knowledge OF the
s.ot * OF s Cod shall TN the whole earth
211: The Sun Of righteousness IChrisD
shall arise with healing in his beams"
smaiachi - and Then shall the right
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom Of
their Father" (Matthew 13:43). "Awake
o earth! the day 10 dawning; He comes
whose right It is to reign
Saying OF the Amalelites be Just? IF. D)
AnsWer.CThe difficulty is with the foun-
oaton laid by the creeds Of the dark
ages which We have reverently Wosshin-
ed because We supposed that thew directly
represented and Interpreted the Scrip-
lures. To have the fight understanding
we we n n,,ea. to go to the very bottom Of
!act that those who demur AGAINST the
justice OF the slaughter of the Ama1ekifes
men men: women and children accept as a fact
glory in It. They had only moment
OF suffering. Our creeds still teach thar
1oo mas somewhere a great furnace CALI
81 heai. large enough to containn the en-
IRE human family OF thousands of mil
ions tnat he made this before He made
.lan. ana tnat All except the few sanity
are 20 spend eternity there. AS children
OF Adam, the Amalekites all came under
the death sentence and the Israelites we're
merely the executieners. AZ a mater Of
sact the destroying Of that nation by the
pain and suffering than n a nl.e7,n had
neen permitted to come upon them Tor
tnelr destruction. Famine and pestflence
nave ravaged the world and caused a
nunofeo times the distress Connected
with the sudden death bv the avvord ana
all must admit that God had a. nuch
power TO stop the Israelites from alauRh-
tea sne Amalekites as to stop some of
tne paa&ues and famines which have
swept away much larger numbers in other
aaiaes OF our race. For the race to
&c n,,, longer In HE was to sink lower
~ In rising to perfection Of Character
ana life IN their resurrection Thus their
0eStrucun was an evidence not onlv az
Zoo wisdom and power but also Of His
Q.-What does it mean when the Bible
says there shall be wailing and crashing
OF teeth? Please explain in full. is. w. S1
Answer--An explanation of this express
SION as 1t occurs in the parable Of the
wheat and the tares (Matthew 13.A-0O a6-
sSO VIII suffice to explain it as used on
several other occasions. The Son OF Man
nad sowed good seed in his field but tho
enemy, Satan, later sowed tares imita-
non wheat They always expect some
tares IN each crop in the eastern coun-
tries, out in this case there were unusual
quantities, SO much that the hired man
could not pull them up When the harvest
Wotaso come they would separate the tares
from the wheat and burn them rs usual
tnat there would be no danger Of scatter
sng the weed. This story was used by
our Lord to represent the condition Of
tne Christian church for the last eighteen
nunored years. There have been many
imltat1on Chrasttans made by the doc
u1nes scattered by the adversary All
Uus CHRISTIANS have been drawn Of the
Fatner fJohn 6:4D by the power of love:
Ever ~ ny fear God hath not given us
tae spirit OF fear. hut - OF love
ana OF sound mind'' (I1mothy IN.
True. many whom God has drawn have
believed false doctrines, hat e was not
the untruth that drew them This fear
which God refused to use II the very
means that has suited Satan for drawing
ms converts, a fear Of eternal torment
In time Of trouble at tho end OF the
age their true character WIN be revealed
and they will be destroyed ~ tares. viii
cease to be tares. The weeping and Hnash-
ing OF teeth prove that theoo uoa1lnal
CHRISTIANS are not destroyed as indi-