Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-02-19
MEMS MEETING
At BAPTIST CHURCH
WELL ATTENDED
Interesting Lecture on "The Times
Of The. GentiIes' B. Rev. t. b.
Ashton at Baptist Church Sunday
Afternoon-Lecture Announced for
Sunday February 2sth.

A good sized congregation of men
met at the Baptist church on Sunday
afternoon to hear an address by Rev.
of the Gentiles" or what God says
about the nations. The violins and
pianos helped TO make the singing
lively and Mr.. Clarence Gerringer
sang a touching solo. The speaker
introduced his subject by saying the
bible spoke of different times. There
are the "Times of Ignorance, Acts
1880. The times of the Jews, from
the redemption from Egypt to the
Babylonian captivity. The Times of
the Gentiles, Luke 21:24, and "The
Times of Restoration" Acts 1921 r..
v. These Times cover the whole per-
iod of human existence and follow
each other in succession. Jesus Christ
was the first to use the term. The
Times of the Gentiles. That he used
it in contrast with che overthrow of
the capitol of the Jews and their be-
ing scattered among the nations. The
speaker showed that "The Times of
the Gentiles' included four great
monarchies or universal empires to
whom the sovereignty of the earth has
been permitted. That they are reveal
ed in Dan. 2;,by a metallic image and
Dan. z; by four Wild beasts. The
former being mans view and the lat
ter Gods view of thse empires. These
two chapters we're illustrated by a
large chart Of the metallic image and
the four wild beasts. The speaker
said God owned the earth. That he
committed the sovereignty of it to
Adam. That Adam lost it through
sin, Satan taking possession and lay
ing all its inhabitances finally in its
bowels.
That God promised its restoration
to Adams descendant, Act. 3:20, later
to Abraham's seed Rom. 4:13, and
later still to David in his son and his
throne, 2 Sam. 7:12-16. Acts 2:29-31.
These promises God confirmed with
an oath. Through the sin of the Jews
this sovereignty was taken from
David's descendants temporarily and
given to these low Gentiles monarch
les. Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby
lon was the first king 606 B. G. who
took the Jews into captivity and de-
stroyed their temple and city. These
empires followed each other till the
birth Of Christ who in due time offered
himself to the Jews as their king. He
was rejected and the restoration Of
David's throne was deferred till 'Ths
Times Of the Gentiles" are fulfilled
Luke 21:24, Matt. 23:3S-39. Rom. 11:2s
Finally the Jews were scattered
among the nations as Christ said they
should be Luke 21:24. In. due time
the Roman empire was divided by
Constantine the Emperor, by his build.
ing another capitol at Constantinoplt
and naming the city after himself
(nople means city). This division il
represented by the legs of the imag'
in Dan. q: Soon the empire fell K
pieces and has remained in a broker
condition till the present time. Charlie
magne tried to restore it and so di,
Napoleon but tha time had not We
come. No mention is made in tn
scriptures of this broken condition O
the empire because the Jewish peopl
are temporarily lost among the ma
tions. In fact none Of these empire
would have been mentioned if it wa
not that they came in contact wit
the Jews as a nation. But toward tn
close Of "The Times of the Gentiles
the Jewish people will gain nationa
consciousness and desire to possess thei
own land. As this national spiri
grows the Roman empire gradual
unites till it is finally composed o
ten federated kingdoms represente
by the toes on the image and tn
horns on the beast Among the te
kingdoms rises another king who sui
dues three Of the ten by war o
otherwise Dan. 7:8, 20-24. The re
naming kingdoms yeald him allegi
ance Rev. 17:12-13. This king is call
ed in scriptures "The little horn
Dan. 7:8. "The Beast" Rev. 17:1;
"Another who comes in his ow
name" Jno. 5:43. "The abominatio
that causes desolation." Matt. 24-1I
"That Wicked" Thess. 2:S. 9Th
Man of SIM "The son of perdition
2 Thes. 2:3. "The~Antichrist" Jn'
2:18. "A king Of fierce countenance
Dan. S:23, etc. etc. This man wit
the assistance of the allied kings er
deavours to exterminate the Jew
who arethen in their own land. Zee
14:1-3. 1918. Joel 3:1-16. Chri
who IL represented bv the stone smi
ing the image on the feet will not a
low the Jews to be exterminated b
descends from heaven and destroys Il
Beast" and his armies. Rev. 1912
restores the throne of David Acts. Is
1916 and "The Times Of the Gentile
close while "The Times of Restor
ton" begin and the kingdoms of tn
world become the kingdom of Of
God and His Christ. Rev. 11:15.
At the close of the address it w
decided by unanimous vote TO ha'
another meeting in two weeks. Su