The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-25

nave come into Christ as New CTea-
lures, have become overcharged with
worldly cares, and thus may hgura.
lively be said to have fallen asleep
again. The sleepy ones will not be
Of the Kingdom class, he declared. ST,
Paul says that the true Church aEBznet
Of those who are asleep, but are chill
drsn Of the Day; and therefore they
are to reraatn nwuke and be Sabeg,
locking for tho great salvation which
IL to be brought Unto them ut the Sec
ond Coming Of our Lord.
Those Of the Church who 90 to sleep
now are those who are o~vercharged
with the cares Of this world and with
the deceitfulness Of riehes-whether by
intermarrying and thus having the
world brought sc close to them that
they are overcome by It's influence; OF
whether by business entanglements or
alliances or partnerships, or what net,
that may be ~unfRverable to theft spir-
itual interests and theif conservation
to God. After one has become thor
ouBhly awake, and has become a men,
bef Of the Bedy Of Christ, there Ia
Bkeub dHHEeE EEdB Sde41 a 9tII HNbH SE-
come e~verehsFged with worldly cares
and the deeeitfulRess Of riches. One
may get the d"eegitfalRess of riches
witteht having the Fiehesj fer the efs
fort to get the riches may develop the
deceit.
The Awakening Of the World.
The Pastor then discussed his text
from the standpoint Of the future. At
the beginning Of the New Day Of
Christ the weFid will be asieep-some
In death, others In ignorance and su-
perstitien. But the tuault Of the Tins
of Trouble, with which the Scriptures
everywhere declare the change Of dis
p~ensatien will be accompanied, will
certainly awaken the majority of thoRa
who are not In their graves. Some are
awakening newt later, the whole world
will awake, and Christ will give them
light.
The thousand years Of the Mess1anfc
Kingdom will be q time of rising from
the dead. Not merely those who are
in their graves will arise, but all who
are living at the time Of the establish
ment of the Kingdom will be awak-
ened, before the awakening Of those
In the tomb. When awake both classes
will begin to rise out of sin and death
conditions, trying to get q little higher
and more awake, in order that they
may receive some Of the blessings of
that glorious time.
The Scriptures declare that at that
time the Sun of Righteousness-Chrtst
and the glori1ed Church-will arise
with healing in its beams. Then the
poor world, that have been in sorrow,
pain, crying and dying, afflicted Of the
Devil for six thousand years, will be-
gin to look up to the great Redeemer
for deliverance from the power OF Sa-
tan. For the thousand years Of the
Mess1anic Kingdom the Devil will be
bound and have no power to deceive
the people. The true light will then
shine out, and the darkness of SUI
persttdon and ignorance will DO SCAT
tered.
Worlds Trial Future.
The Pastor then drew a %soulInspir-
ing picture Of future conditions as fig
urattvely shown in the Scriptures. The
New Age will not bring in full light
all at once. The great Sun Of Right
eousness - Christ and the glorffied
Church-will have a gradual rising,
like the natural sun. Gradually its
rays will dispel the darkness and
clouds; gradually the light of day viii
increase. During the thousand years
the world will be rising gradually from
the dead. It will require the entire
period OF a thousand years to accom-.
plish the resurrection Of the world.
now dead in trespasses and sins.
The Pastor strengthened his areu-
ment with a description of the Der
sonal test which God will bring to
each member Of the restored a at
the close OF the Messianic Reign, when
Christ will have delivered up the King
dom unto the Father, and mankind
will have been left to themselves.
Those who have learned really to love
the right and to hate the wrong win
be ready for such a test; those who
have not developed such a character
will not be ready.
Inc nature or this test we may not
yet know definitely, the Pastor said.
In the Revelation it is represented az
the lOOsing of Satan, to go forth to de-
ceive the whole world of restored hu-
mainly. Everybody who has any SYM
pathy whatever with evil will be de-
ceived into taking the wrong course
Doubtless those who have reached per-
lection Of human nature would not
take that course if they realized that
1t would bring death upon them;
therefore they would dodge the wrong
course merely for fear of the conse-
quences. But God is not pleased to
give life everlasting to those who
would merely dodge the penalty OF
wrong doing. Only those who love
right as He loves right will receive the
boon Of life.
In conclusion, the Pastor showed that
those who fail to pass the final test
will be destroyed in the Second Death,
and that this action on Gods part will
not be unjust or unkind. Mankind
Were born without life rights, and God
has not promised them eternal life.
The blessings of the incoming Age
are all of Free Grace. All of His
blessings must be appreciated from
the standpoint Of right and wrong.
Those who fail to learn the princi-
pies Of righteousness will not be ac-
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