The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-27

1z.alr>.==n1saxssA.yw ,.a Of God
CEpheslans 3iT-ioJ lie SAID IN
part:
To those who all their lives have
been Immersed fn world Of selfish
frigidity. the real quality OF the woto
Love ia disallowsd. disputed. claimed
not 20 exist Neverthsiess. In every
human being there 10 craving TOT
love. pure and sincere. even though
expected never 20 be found For the
ma jority. insyitsbis rsvsrses and
failures take tho place Of anticipated
successes. However strong. eour-
assous. or even brutality fisres has
been the warrior in the battle for
bread. fame and earthly glory. he
Graves ultimately. in hts partial or
Ieompiets disaster. the love which he
| has neither shown 90 others nor ever
really expected that others would
show him
somstlmek this love comes from
the partner Of life. sometimes from
parents or children. sisters or broth
srs But alss. In vast majority OF
eases the failure. the disaster sur
fsrsd. not only skaters hops. but
cool. friendship and destroys the
sembiancss OF love. which were
merely emotional or psrfunctoryi
n at such a time the Message of the
Love OF God and OF Christ comes to
tho wounded and discouraged on.. IL
Is balm indeed.
u ~ our thought that particularly
at this time such encouragement II
being borne upon large numbers Of
the human family. Now II therefore
tho opportuns moment for these
discouraged ones TO hear the voice
Of Him who speaketh from Heaven.
| telling them OF His love. His sym
PATTY and His willingness TO AID all
who will accept His assistance
HearkeninK obedisntly TO His voice.
such may change the hour OF defeat
into the hour OF victory. By the
Lords assisting grace. The moment
Of encouragement. Of hopeless de-
rpair. is the opportune moment for
the discouraged one TO recognize his
need OF the savior. 20 cry unto Him
and forthwith 90 receive the needed
reinforeamentH from Hin who has
declared. Come unto Me. all ye that
labor and are heavy laden. and / Will
give YOU rect"
hat II requires faith to believe in
Savior whom we have never seen
and with whom We have not been
acquainted. and especially in God
who has been nisreprsscnied TO US
as having prepared from before the
foundation Of the world for our
eternal torment How can we as
sure ourselves of HIS lover How
may we know that He 10 not the
cruel one that has been pictured 20
usT How may we know that He is
loving. generous. kind. faithful
Friend-a God who reioiceth not In
lnlquity. nor In cternailY torfncnting
lila creatures. nor even IN destroy
ing them eternaliy In the Second
Death. but that lie delights In doing
US good. I'm exhibiting toward all
who will receive u His loving kind
ness and tender mercy. enabling
them more and more, In thu Ian
guage OF our text. TO appreciate the
height. the length. the breadth and
tho depth OF His iovsf
The worId's Great Need
We see tho difficulty of such: and
20 those of us who have learned the
way OF the Lord more perfectly, IL
cries aloud that we let our light
china, that we let all who are not
SEQ the true character OF our God
and OF His Son. that We let them see
the scripturai presentation of the
love. the mercy and tho abundant
provision arranged for in the Divine
Purpose.
What the world needs is to get
over its fright respecting the Lord
and the future. and to see the Love
Of God and His gracious provision
IN Christ This alone will win the
heart. In the proper sense of the
word. Fcar may bring torment but
pify--fulfill our Redeemer's prayer.
"ssnctify them through Thy Truth.
Thy Word is Truth"
The fright that is upon the world
came from tho Dark Ages. and Is
echoed by all the creeds of orthodoxy,
breeding in mons hearts distrust
hatred OF God and tho Bible, falsely
accredited with being the fountain
from which have been drawn these
hrackish waters Of tradition repre-
scented in tho creeds. Every true
Christian should take a stand for the
right. for the Word of God, for the
exposition OF the falsehoods which
have slRndered the Almighty Chnrac-
ter, which have benumbed the zeal
Of the saints. and which have re-
PEELED the weary and heavy laden.
Tho thought of an angry. vindio-
tive, torture-loving Creator should
be rejected instantly by every ra-
demon,acai No doubt this would
have been so had IL not been that the
misconception OF tho subject which |
the Apostle calls the doctrines of
tho devils" was imposed upon our |
minds from earliest childhood. and |
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loved and whose piety we reyerenced. |
but who were themselves deceived. |
IL is high time TINT more revcr-
enttnl and loving theological Views |
were seen by all mankind The lack |
Of this true. theology Is driving many |
away from the Lord and His Word |
into vain philosophers and science |
falsely so-called' Criticism. |
Christian Science. Evolution. Theos- |
ophy, etc. etc.--l Timothy $40.
Tho world has discovered that the
bonds OF ignorance and superstition |
have been holding II for centuries, |
and that its eyes OF understanding |
they blink in the dazzling light of
the dawning Millonnial Day. AT one
bound tho so-cailcd scientific world |
has left Gods Word and leaped into |
refined agnosticism, which pro-
reases a faith not possessed. The
middle and tho lower classes are
ever ready to follow their leaders,
and this means, very shortly. "a
Time OF Trouble such as was not |
since there was nation"-~a So
clal, financial religious ana political |
anarchy.
where Judgment begins
Thank God for the assurances of
lila Word that tho spasm will be a
brief onei "A short walk will the
Lord make on the earth" Every
thing has been prepared for tho es-
tablishment OF the MillonniNi King
dom upon the ruins of present sya-