The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-10

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 ed by fire; and the fire shall try every mans work of what sort 1t is."-1 Corinthians 313. The Pastor declared that his text was one of many Scriptures which ap- ply to our day. The reference Is not to a twenty-four-hour day, but to a period of time in the end of this Cos pei Age. during which things will be different from what they had been before. The context shows that the text deals only with Christians; for these alone build upon Christ. One class builds with the truths of Gods Word; the other, with the wood. hay and stubble of tradition and creeds of the Dark Ages. The light of knowI- edge is consuming the false-faith structures of the majority of professed Christians. In discarding the errors of the past many have also discarded true faith in God and His Word. Those whose faith structures are un- harmed are only those who understand Gods Word.
 The Scriptures show that God has divided the history of the world under its sin and death experiences into six great Days of thousand years each. to be followed by a great Sabbath Day. God has given fallen man this Work Week in which to demonstrate what the race can do toward their own up lift, to prove whether they can manage | themselves. Mankind have tried in vain to overcome the weaknesses and inhrmities of the race-mental. moral and physical Gradually the whole world is being convinced that unless the Almighty shall assist them. they are hopeless.
 We have reached the end of mans Work Week. Now is the Day of reck- oning. We are living in the Day of the Lord. in which occur special trials. blessings and enlightenment As the fire of trouble spreads. the light of Truth spreads also. The whole world is being involved This is exactly what the Bible has predicted for this Day of the Lord
 "Ths Fire of That Day"
 The Scriptures represent God as consuming Fire and as Light. (Tfe- brews 1920; John 1:5.) Both figures of speech apply to Him The sun is ball of fire and a source of light God is consuming fire to every form of in- iquity, of injustice. Therefore all sys- tems founded upon selishness and in- equity must go down fin this great Day of the Lord. when He has risen to shake terribly the earth, to shake down all unrighteousness.-- 2:12-22.
 In this present time of trouble and distress of nations. there is blessing for "the children of the light" while the consuming fire is destroying every thing wrong. This fire Is burning up false faith and false doctrines. togeth- CT with all that is built herewith Much that is taught and accepted as Truth is utterly subversive of all true faith and doctrine. The fire of God In this Day of Christ will destroy all this false teaching and the works thereof
 The great universities of Europe and America today are hot-beds of infidel. ity, although the majority of them were originally established for the Christian education of our youth. To day there are few Christian colleges. Young people sent to these institutions of learning soon lose faith in the Bible as the Word of God. The fires of knowledge almost consume their faith in God. These young people need our help: for many of them wish to be- lleve. if only they knew what is right what is true.
 When we tell them about the fall of Adam, the Redemption in Christ, the selection of the Church during this Gospel Age. and the blessing of all mankind during the next Age. when the willing and obedient shall. through the Messianic Kingdom. be helped out of sin and death into life and peace we give them something that is soul satisfying. The Evolution theory, on the other hand. is poor comfort to a hungry, sorrowing heart
 The Scriptures indicate that every thing except the Truth and structures built thereupon will be consumed in this Day, begun more than forty years ago. Not only the ecclesiastical heavens" but the social earth. with all it's political. financial etc.-wil be burned The fire will last even down into the MilIennial Age: for our God is irreconcilably opposed to all injustice. impurity and unrightecus- ness. After His work has been accom- plished ours will be clean world Something New Picture of loved
 departed one burned into tomb-