The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-05

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each a thousand years long At the
beginning of mans Week he was per
feet, as represented in Adam: but dis
obedience to his Creator brought upon
him the curse, Dying. thou shalt die"
Under that curse our race has gone
down steadily to the tomb-the Bible
Hell SheOl. Hades.
Next the Pastor showed how ineffec-
tually man has struggled against this
curse of death. Today, he said. our
race is aSsailed by more ailments, men
tai. moral and physical. than ever be-
fore known Our jails. penitentiaries,
asylums, hospitals. all bear testimony
to this fact, he claimed. Even the
morals of the world he believes to be
apparently at as low state as could
well be imagined. after all our preach
ing, and manufacture Of hobgobins.
devils and bells to frighten humanity
into church. religion and morality.
Then the Pastor asked whether it is
not time to acknowledge our failure
and to cry to God for help ere we per
ish as a race. Not only have we not
converted the heather world. but we
find the civilized world retrograding
Statistics show that crimes increase
amongst the heather despite the
preaching of eternal torture.
Mans Extremity Is Gods Opportunity.
The Pastor next outlined Gods great
Plan of Salvation through the Redeem
er who died. the Just for the IN
just" to open the way for mans re
turn TO Gods favor During the Cos
pei Age the Savior has been gathering
out an elect Church to be His asso-
ciates in a coming Kingdom. in which
He with His Church will reign for a
thousand years. During that period
Satan will be bound. to deceive the
people no more; and the Redeemer will
put down sin in its every form.
The Savior's work at the First Ad-
vent-healng the sick and the blind.
casting out demons and awakening the
sleeping dead--th Pastor showed was
a foreshadow merely of the greater
work which Jesus and His glorifed
Church will accomplish during the
great antitypical Sabbath. These. as
the antitypical Seed of Abraham. will
fulfil Gods Promise to Abraham.
Christendom's Great Mistake.
The Pastor believes that the creeds
Of the Dark Ages are gross misrepre-
sensations of Gods character Many
have taken these misrepresentation
too literally. AS a result. some have
gone to insane asylums; others have
turned to pleasure and sin in their en-
deavOr to forget God: and still others
have been made unhappy as they
thought of kind. good neighbors and
friends who made no profession OF
Christianity.
The speaker then showed that Chris
tendom's great mistake was that of
disregarding Gods Word and believ-
ing Satan's lie. as the heather do God
declared that the wages of sin would
be death-abSence Of life. Satan con
tradicted this and falsifed to Mother
Eve, assuring her that there would be
no death penalty. When death came.
Satan and his fallen angels perpetual
ed the lie by telling us that when our
friends appear to die they really be-
come more alive than ever In accept
ing their testimony we have done what
St Paul cautioned against
Evil spirits. he claimed. have seduced
Christendom by giving feigned com
munications between the dead and the
living. AS Satan and his demon host
have full knowledge of human affairs,
they can easily personate the dead
and through mediums, witches. plan.
chettes. visions and dreams, represent
the dead as still alive.
The Pastor then drew a picture Of
the coming Messianic Kingdom. He
declared that as the gross darkness
nees before the dawning light Of the
New Dispensation we see more clearly
where our mistake was. Bible stu
dents the world over are studying
afreSh the Word Of God in its own
light Now they perceive that the
resurrection hope is based upon the
Fact that Christ died for all
Bible students now see that the
worlds blessing will he a resurrection
to human perfection-a lifting up. not
only from the sleep Of the tomb. but
also from all the weaknesses and i'm
perfeetions OF the flesh. back to the
full image of perfection lost in Eden
redeemed at Calvary Thus our great
Redeemer will make all things new.