The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-02

Things to the perfection OF the original
Divine purpose. "a
According 10 che Promise"
The Savior's works at the First Ad,
Vent-heanng the sick, opening the
blind eyes, casting out demons and
awakening the sleeping dead-were
merely typical illustrations of the
greater work which He with His glor1.
led Church will accomplish amongst
men during the great antttypical Sab.
bath. Thus Jesus and His Church, al
the antitypical Seed Of Abraham, will
fulhl the Divine Promise made 30
Abraham, saying, I'm thy Seed shah
all the families OF the earth be bless.
ed" st. Paul points us back to that
same Promise, saying. Which Seed Ia
Christ; " " " and lie We be- CbrIst's.
then are ye Abraham's Seed, and heirs
according to the Promise."-oaIatian
3:16, 20.
Alas, many have taken the mtsrep-
reservations Of Gods character in the
creedS OF the Dark Ages too literally.
The result Is that many have gone to
insane asylums. Others have been
driven away from God to pleasure or
to sin, In their endeavor to forget Him.
Others have been made very unhappy
as they thought Of friends and neigh
bors. kind and good. who have made
no profession OF walking In Jesus
footsteps. Alas, that we should have
SO misunderstood our great Creators
character and Plan! Although we did
1t ignorantiy, adding to the Word of
God human traditions, we, neverthe-
less, have suffered for our c~arelessness
and temerity.
C~hristordon's Great Mistake.
Gradually C~hrlstendom fell into the
great mistake Of disregarding God's
Word and believing Satan's lie, as the
heather do. God declared that the
wages Of sin would be ~death-the ex-
tinctton Of life. Satan c~ontradicted
this and falsifed to Mother Eve. assur.
ing her that there would be no death
penalty. Satan and his fallen angels
have insidiously sought to %perpetuate
his lie by telling us that when our
friends appear to die they really be-
come more alive than before. In &C.
cepting their testimony we have been
doing what the Apostle cautioned US
against-giving heed to seducing spir,
its and doctrines Of demons.-1 limo.
thy Al.
&c Not peeeivod-"The Wages Of Sin
10 Death"
The evil spirits have seduced Chris,
tendon, as they have seduced the en-,
tire heather worldly giving feigned
communications between the dead and
the living. Satan and his demon host
have full knowledge Of all the affairs
Of humanity. 1t is an easy matter for
them, therefore, to personate the dead
and through spirit mediums, witches
and wizards, p~lanchettes, tipping ia,
bles, writing pencils. visions and
dreams, to represent them as still
alive.
The heather indeed are excusabIe fol-
falling into these seductive snares fol
the heather have no revelation from
God and no warning against these evil
spirits. But how shall we excuse our
selves, to whom God committed the
OracIes Of Truth, which clearly tell us
that the soul that sinneth shall die
that the dead know not anything, that
there Is neither wisdom nor knowledge
nor device In sheol. Hades, the tomb
whittier all are going!
Do not the Scriptures tell us thai
these demons, not content with Sc
duGng us from the Truth and teach.
ing us doctrines of devils which dis
honor our Creator, go further than
this and, wherever possible, possess
poor humanity, dispossessing the hu.
mar will and acting through the hu.
man body? Did not Jesus and the
Apostles deal with such possessed per
sons, casting out demons? How strange
therefore, that we should have forgot
ten all these lessons and taken Satan
for our instructor! How strange that
we should believe the unreasonable lie
and disbelieve the real testimony OF
God, that the wages Of sin Is death.
and that the soul that sinneth It shall
die!
Blind and Deaf We Were.
Even when we had in our hands the
Word of the Lord we made it Of none
effect by believing Satan's lie. When
we read in the Scriptures that the
wicked shall perish, that all the wick
ed will God destroy, we were hoodooed
by the seducing spirits into interpret
ing perish and destroy to mean ever
lasting life In torment. 1t Is a wonder
that q Christian hope could be held at
all under such an avalanche of error!
Those who triumphed down through
the Age, we may be, sure, were upheld
by the precious promises Of Gods
Word, which negatived their fears and
led them often to say, Alas, we do
not understand 1t; but we trust the
Lord, that He will do right.
Now. as the dawning light Of the
New Dispensation increases, we per-
ceive more clearly where our mistake
was. Bible students the world over
are beginning a fresh study of Gods
Word in its OWE light, and are receiv-
ing the oil Of joy instead Of the spirit
Of h~eaviness. Now they see the Res
direction Hope, and perceive that it is
based upon the fact that Christ died
for all; that the First Resurrection will
be for the sanity few who have fol-