The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-06-12

LuOTTOW VIII De i. ID. .. A. Lay Ut Tue
Exposition, and the Pastor will be ope
Of the speakers.
Referring to the marvels Of the Elk
position. the speaker declared that he
has seen the various Expositions from
the Centennial on. and has noticed the
great progress marked by each. all of
which have corrobOrated what he wish
es to point out from the Bible-that we
are living in q most wonderful time.
Bible chronology shows us that in 1875
bath of a thousand years. which was
preceded by six great Days Of thou
sand years each. This great Week of
seven thousand years will witness the
completion of mans creation. BY the
end of that time the. earth will be a
worldwide Paradise. the human race
brought to perfection will have filed
the earth. and propagation will have
ceased.-Genesis lbs; Luke 2O:34-36.
The Turning Point-Divine Mercy.
The Pastor then gave the Bible ex-
PLANTATION Of humanity's mental. moral
and physical decrepitude Father Adam
was originally perfect and pleasing to
God; but his disobedience In Eden re-
suited In his rejection by God and his
subsection to death and all its concom-
itants Of sorrow. pain and weakness.
The first manifestation of Gods pur-
pose for mans recovery from sin and
death was the birth of Jesus, to be our
Redeemer from sin and death.
After Jesus death as our Redeemer
and His subsequent resurrection and
exaltation to the Divine nature, the
next step In the Divine Program was
the selection and development of the
Church to be the Body of Christ. This
has been the work Of the entire Gospel
Age. Many Bible students agree that
the Church Is almost completed, and
will soon be made like her Lord-spir-
1t beings Of the highest order-in the
First Reconsideration. SIT; etc.
Then will come the third step of the
Divine Program-the Inauguration of
the Messianic Kingdom. with Christ and
His Church Bride associated with Him
In power and great glory for the bless
Ing OF all mankind. The speaker then
quoted many Scriptures to establish
bis Views. and demonstrated conclu-
siyely that the past six thousand years
have witnessed the Divine preparations
for blessing the world. He emphasized
the point that the Afillennial blessings
are not the result of an evolutionary
process. but are the operation of Di-
vine providence. Our great inventions
have sprung into existence during the
one hundred and fifteen years dating
from 1919, a period Scripturally styled
the Day Of Gods Preparation.
The Pastor attributes humanity's
gross ignorance of the true meaning |
II Scripture to two causes: ~ The
lemon doctrines foIsted upon our fore
'athers during the Dark Ages; (2) The |
theory that God expected |
he Church to convert the world and |
the Millennium. AS a result |
II these misunderstanding of the Di-
line Plan. inquisitions and persecu-
ions were employed to force people
INTO church membership. How sue
essful this method has been is wit
lessed by the conditions in Europe to-
lay. The majority Of the belligerent
lations claim that % per cent of their
population are Christians: Italy claims
90 per cent. They have attempted to
onvert the world by calling people
christians and including their names
n church records. The truth is that
has actually doubled dur
ng the last century.
The Seventh Trumpst-Ths Last.
The remainder OF the discourse was
evoted to the discussion Of the Last
'rump and the events to occur during
3 sounding. The speaker showed that
Thile once we thought Of the Trump
God as though 1t were tile Devils
trumpet. Bible students now clearly
iscern that this Trumpet, like the pre-
eding six, is symbollcal and stands re-
tied to Messiah's Kingdom and to the
'orld's release from the bondage Of
In and Death.
The Pastor then showed that Israel's
ubilee arrangement was typical Of
re Millennium, and pictured humani-
e full release from sin. superstition
I'D death. The antitypical Jubilee will
, thousand years long; and accord
3 to Scripture 1t began In 1876. 1t
now time for all members of the
ltitypical priesthood to blow the sill
" trumpet Of Truth. and announce
q Message of the hour-that the pres
It great European war Is the prelude