The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-02-16
WANTED, A PROPHET.
The Christian World Needs A Leader.
ITO Pave the Way for the Coming
King.)

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helm of affairs. AS in the time before
the flood, most people are thinking
about everything except God. Most of
the churches organized in the name
of Christianity are scarcely more than
a mockery, a mere side-show.
The Devils forces are well organic
ed, but Christianity is split into scores
of sects, each acting Independently.
They are like a rock broken to pieces
by repeated blows of a hammer; the
Devils hammer of contentious. They
put denominations ahead of Christiani-
ty instead of Christianity ahead of de-
nomination. A house divided against
itself cannot stand. There will be no
denominations in Heaven and should
be none here.
Coming events cast their shadows
before them. A reform is due and it
will be no toy affair. Gods way of
dealing with His creatures seems to
be to let them wander far away from
Him and then send a mar to lead
them back to righteousness. A mere
glance around us shows that man is
about as far away from God as he can
get. Something is about to happen
and it is this fact which makes people
restless.
When God needs a man for any
great work He always has him ready
and trained for the work to be done.
They are always trained by affictions;
put in Gods great melting pot of trou-
bles to be refined. A Christian unusu-
ally afflicted should consider himself
one of Gods pets.
Prophets are made (by tribulations)
overcoming obstacles; they use the OBJ
stacles as stepping stones to higher
faith. Their faith thrives on misfor-
tunes. Look at Joseph, Job, David,
Paul and other great servants of God.
The more obstacles they overcame
the greater was their faith and the
more useful to God.
The general idea of prophets is that
they were supernatural persons. They
looked like other people, but their
spirit vas different; the things they
said and did were different. They
were in communion with God and did
as He told them, as an example to
others. People would expect a pres
ent-day prophet, if one should be sent
by God, to be clothed in flowing robes
and have a long white beard. People
do not dress that way now. One might
be in our very midst a long time,
fighting against odds, without being
recognized by US. If he told anybody
crazy.
The time for a reform is so close
that there is no doubt a prophet in the
world being trained for leadership.
This is to be a gigantic work, one of
the greatest ever entrusted, Il a hui
man being; he must. be thoroughly
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gives a man a job unless the man is
equal to the task. So the fire of trou-
bles this man is going through is no
doubt one of the hottest a mere man
ever passed through in the testing of
their faith. But all of Gods servants
KNEW they were being tested and
this prophet is probably no exception;
otherwise he would go insane.
What would we expect such a man
to be like? If he has a message from
God we ought to try to locate him and
get it.
He should be a man of no religious
sect, just a Christian; belong to no
human organizations, free from all
men, having no business in the world
except being a Christian.
A nan who has seen life from every
angle, so that he can understand every
phase of human nature, as he would
have to deal with all classes.
A man who has been through every
kind of sin so as to understand it and
know how to fight it and deal with sin
ners.
A man who has been through every
kind of Christian experience, dealt
with all kinds of Christians, sects.
churches, missions, etc, as he will
have to deal with all kinds.
A mar who has been humbled in
every way, suffered every kind of af-
Fiction. so that success or failure are
all the same to him; because he has
learned to depend on GOO instead of
himself.
A man with faith enough for himself
and all with whom he comes in con-
tact, of infinite patience, laughing at
difficulties, a hope beyond other hui
man beings; great love for mankind.
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