The Detroit times., 1917-12-17


~ 2Zl0. You are either on ths
/ tNtd t' eternal life or eternal dcs-
/ tru.tiuu- M you choose tht latter.
/ you nave no one lu ths caa 90 blame
/ but yourself -ir tS YOUR CiIOlJI.
/ Satan understands thut his tulr if
/ short ana tuat his doom is sealed. and
| hv hs rparins line, WAtkvth about
seeking Nhom LW may drNuur' Pet
b.S. hr is btut lu takius TeFense.
epd louk out thHt ypu aTr not mis-
victim. Tie Nuo Was noted foF las
beauty VIII before tue end come as au
angel ~ lisht aud thru ptrfOrmIug
many wonderful miracles, wlll de
/ CeiKe multt4dra Cor ID IA.
I Thess 29-lg. satan iu his career is
overcome tArrr times. hrst b} God the
/ Father, WhDu lac Was cast Out al
/ hea eu, second by Ills son. when tbe
I latter uiFu on the cross. aud third by
/ tue church OF God. The latter 10 nov
/ hia object OF attack. Rev. 44+ll AZ.
| The church can only overcome him
| thru faith in the atouinE blood of
/ Jesus Christ The world viii be so
very wicked when Christ comes, that
! M it were permitted 10 90 on much
| longer 10 would. because OF ia vA-
/ trcuc wlckedness. dcVour Itself Win
/ hls coming, ho cuts ~ snort, man p
/ rebellion 90 Gods law viii have been
/ complete. The righteous dead ere re-
/ surfrCted and with the righteous Nv
/ ms are taken 20 heaven ln tuinti-
ment 0f the promise of Christ john
/ l4+l-5. Ihesa, a,lh-lS, simul-
/ tapeously the wicked are slain by Ills
! coming rhess. .B-8. The earth viii
he 200 "a state OF chaos for thousand
I years. during which time the right
/ tOus are in heaven, and satan and Tie
! cvil angels are confined 10 this earth.
/ lie viii have plenty az time a. medl-
/ tate upon the activities OF the last SIX
satan is bound 20 tho earth by
! chain OF circumstances. Ahat the
| right eous are Ia heaven Is a clrcuu-
u ia .aN. Z al
/ from tempting them again. Ihe iact
! that his own subjects. the wicked, are
all in death. Is clrcumstdnr" ana
/ removes them where he cannot worry
= them further. satan Is utterly bound
! confined 90 the earth IA ats dtaolalt
condition. Right here, where u "vfluM,
crying and Death, and CGucil}lhk tht
< Master. is where the plan az CD hpd
Idcagncd that Satan shall fecelN
part Of his punishment. during tHe
thousand years. some scflplui iea
which show the condition az the
world during the thousand years are
Il bpheld the earth. and. lo, ~ was
without form and void and the hfaN-
ems, and they had no light ! ocheid.
/ and 10. there was no man ana the
birds OF he heavens were ufd.
| behrid and lo, the fruitful place was
| "a wilderness and OH the cities thcFe-
OF were broken down. For thu5
saith tho Lord, the WheIe lahd sn1i
be dcsolate For this shall the ear "a
mourn. and the heavens be biar u
/ because j have spoken it"--Jer. ..3,
I 2G 2S 'rhe earth VIII be ompued
Tie adversary had always made a
/ boast that he could run a Kingdom
| better than God and once tn the tnd
( OF time thc Lord permits him 20 dem
nnstrate hls power. tlrsI u" ""'N Nti'
/ the Lord reduces the world 10 the
condition Ii was when He took ~ m
The beginning At that time the
earth was without form and VOID
and darkness was on the race "t tht
deep. God commanded and the llSht
sUone forth The birds OF the hcHN~
ems the beasts of the fields am
rlitmi places We're made Aud nnal-
during the thousand years. comnaha
1 that hight may appear NO.
A. the close of the one thousand
wears tho CITY OF God with the right
eous VIII come down 90 this cart
,he wicked dead are raised. God. who
knows and understands the thoughts
and interests of every one VIII bring
up lu the hrst resurrection every soul
who would under any cireumstanees
have accented Jesus Christ The
question Is often asked. and not
without effect, "Wnu not God give
the heathen another chancer God
has never made a failure with any
Thing lie has begun and lie VIII not
have 10 rosurrect the heather 70 fin
ish Il Job which many assume has
been imperfectly begun. Furthermore,
the Scripture does not teach . second
probation or chance, and 10 does not
add 20 your Intelligence 20 presume
upon the wisdom OF God. lie does
not have 90 return and rectify mis-
takes as we often do. he has grant
ed the entire world but one proba-
tion in which 20 prepare Tor the
kingdom Of heaven. There Is to be
only one Judgment day, and one
Judge; and all the people must ap-
pear AZ the appointed time. For the
scripture says "tie has appointed a
day IN which He VIII Judge the
world in righteousness by that Man
whom He hath ordained whereof = =.
hath given assurance unto all men. IN
that He hath rnised Him from the
Faad Acts 1881. Notice, "He hath
appointed a day not davs Ina which
"Iit viii Judge the world ld'--not part
~ the world but the entire world,
euUghteued and uncnhghtened Chris.
tan and hfathen.
The al-wfsc Judge knows who
among thc hoatheu have lived UP 20
Tho light that was given them He
roads tclr hearts. their motives, and
knows ,vo among them can be trusted
n His kingdom some who have
lived and died IN the dark"uod por-
ffons ~ the earth have believed M
the Crcntur from haholdlng iiis
works They have understood that Y
WAS thru the creative power or Goo
that the invisible things were made
visible. They may have known hnt
little II Christian theology. but they
cherished the principles 0f Christ cy-
crcislng n spirlt ~ ldndness toward
their follow men Away up ln Sas-
fnfohcwan there lived an ola indian
woman who had never heard ~ the
white mans Go1 tut sho would Ht
Intervals go alone out In the bush
end pray 90 the Great Spirit, and shc
would eVhort the young braves not
o. he hard and cruel, We might
classify her ns one OF the hcathen
but she lived UP 20 all the light she
hod. and God viii. ] am confident cali
her one OF Ills own. There VIII he
4 great many more "heatheu" iu hca-
ven than most OF US are Just now
ready 20 believe.
when the wicked are finally resur-
rcrted. 10 Is 20 dte--uot 20 live. ~
viii be wonderful climax 10 Gods