The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-03

flment, then all the blessing, all the
h~elpfulness, necessary to the full re-
covery OF III ace VIII DO b~Toughtanfns
operation. Meantime, it Is not possible
for any man or for any se& of msn,
Christians Oh otherwise. either to~tnr
prove upon Gods great Plan Of tbs
Ages Dr. to hasten that Plan. q
Frequently reference is made to the
fact that at it's beginning the early
Churc&3 established a conmunist4c 80
ciety. The Pastor demonstrated that
this was not a worldly organization
nor was It made by those who recog-
nized worldly principles, but that il
was merely a social arrangement
whereby the Church at Jerusalem
sought to deal with its members as
one family. The project was not sue
cessful; it did not persist; it did not
have Apostolic commentator to other
scclesies. The conclusion, therefore.
Is that the arrangement was D9vinely
permitted in order to show the Lords
people throughout this Gospel Age the
impracticabil1ty Of such an arrange
ment at the present time.
The Gospel Of Error.
Christian Socialists would probably
tell us, said the Pastor. that Socialists
are crying out that they do not find
Heavenly hopes satisfactory; that they
desire earthly hopes, riches and com
forts, and intend to have these; and
that what the people desire is what the
pulpit must supply. They add the init
nation that unless the people get what
they wish, the influence Of religion will
wane and ministers will become back
numbers, whom no one will care to
hear, much less to heed. His reply
was that this Is all very true. But the
difficulty, he claimed, Is that the Cos
pei Message is not properly presented
to the people. The Message which our
Lord and His Apostles taught is a
consistent one; whereas the message
from the majority Of pulpits today is
Inconsistent.
The people are told, by both Cath
olics and Professionals, that there is q
Heaven for the sanity who, before
dying, shall become firmly established
In the graCes Of the Holy Spirit; but
that with the masses it is different.
These are told by Catholics that after
death centuries Of torment await them,
In Purgatory, and by PrOtestants that
they will have an eternity Of torment
without hope Of release. Then both
Catholics and Protestants unite In tell
ing the poor world that such an ar
rangement Is the provision Of a Just
and loving God, for which they should
be deeply thankful; and additionally.
that the troubles Of this present life
are partial penances for sin.
The Gospel of Christ.
Then the Pastor turned from the
false conceptions Of the Dark Ages to.
the Gospel presented by our Lord and
His Apostles. The Truth is SO much
more reasonable, SO much more Just,
and wise, he declared, that who
ever hears 1t experiences q satisfaction
which error can eve produce. He
declared that the Scriptures clearly
teach that ours is a convict race, con-
demned to death because of Father I'D
d~isObedience; for as his children
we have inherited a share in his death
sentence-nOt in an eternal torment
sentence. He reminded his audience
that the Bible tells that Satan, who
misled our first parents by misrepre-
Senting God and His Word, has con-
hnued to misrepresent the Creator to
mankind; and that 1t is the Adversary
who is responsible for the doctrines
the torture of the dead, who, the Scrip
lures declare, know not anything
Ecclesiastes 9:5.
The speaker then pointed out that
the Scriptures tell us that God, seeing
that many of our race, dying because
Of Adams disobedience, would gladly -
to fellowship with their Creator
md be recovered from sin and death
has made a provision for
them. Our Lord Jesus by His death
has purchased the lives and liberties of
Adam and his entire race.
It was next shown why the Messk
anic Kingdom was not set up immedi-
ately after our Lords ascension. Scrip
were cited to demonstrate that. -
the Kingdom is established
amongst men the Kingdom class must
irst be- found-the Little Flock, to
whom it Is the Fathers good pleasure d.
give the Kingdom, as Jesus declar-
I'd. This class is to be composed Of
he sanity few who form positive char.
lcters for righteousness by faithfully
following in the footsteps of their Re
The Kingdom will not be es-
:ablished until this class Is completed
Yery soon, the speaker believes.
1.-THE Desire of All Nations"
In conclusion, the Pastor called at
;ention to the prophecy which declarea :
hat the desire Of all peoples shall
and expressed his belief that all
he world would desire the coming Of
glorious Messianic Kingdom If
hey only knew about it. All minis II
ers of God should hold up before tho .:
leople the glorious Gospel Of Christ /;
This will bring joy and peace to all
Notwithstanding the incidental
difficulties and weaknesses of j
present time Of distress. Social
SIN, he believes, stirs up the minds Of
men to dissatisfaction. worry, fear,
trife and is leading them on into tho .
,reat time of anarchistic trouble. The
Gospel Message, on the contrary, is
comforting, sustaining.
So then, the work of Christian min
sters, as Divinely appointed, is to let z