The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-10-26

IN Noah'S day; the people are heed
less as to the warning that the world
HAS ENDED: the sun Chc true Cos
pei of ChriSl'S Kingdom) is darkencd:
The moon Orue significance of the
Law DiSpenSaloin) is not giving her
light; the stars { the clcrgy) have fall
len from their spiritual positions of
teaching the truth; The powers of
heaven Ohc false ecclesiastical sys-
lcmS) are being shaken and distress
with pcrplcXily is upon the whole
earth and mems heart failing every
where for fear.
Dear friends, not for The purpose
of Frightening you, but for the pur-
pose of giving YOU timely warning aS
is the duty Of every true servant of
The Lord, | wish to say that a very
dark night is just few steps ahead
of us. IT as we are confident. the pres
enl WORLD OR ORDER or THINGS
has ENDED. there is muSh vet for us
To cNpcricncc.------A day of darkness
and gloomineSS, let all the inhabi-
tantS of the earth trcmblc for the dan
Of the Lord is great and very terrible
and who can abide? Joel 2:2-t1. 81
bring distress upon men because
they have Sinncd against the Lord"
Icph. +: HIS: 60 to now We rich
men, weep and howl for your mis-
cries that shall come upon YOU" JAS
j:l-G; "Thcir silver and their gold
shall not be able To deliver them in
that day of the wrath of The Lord
Ezck. I: 17-l9: Then shall be great
lribulaliOn such as was not since the
beginning of The world, Matt. 2l:21;
and except those days shall be short
ened, there should M flesh be saved
Therefore we are assured that
while obstruction that is now upon
the earth will increase in its dcSlrucl-
iveneSS To SurpaSS any thing of Sor-
row that has come to humanity since
there was a nation. We have the as
Surancc thai some flesh will be saved
and pass through This great time of
trouble. The Lord speaks To us
through His prophet /cchariah O3:
800 in the following language: "And
il shall come to pass that all the land
saith the Lord, two parts therein
shall be cut oil. and die; but the third
shall be left therein, and will bring
the third part through the fire, and
will refine them as silver is refined
and will try them as gold is tried: but
They shall call on my name and !
will hear them. | will say II is my
people: and they shall say the Lord
is nv God" Don't become excited
dear friends when | remind YOU that
we have Just about reached the point
where at least two-thirdS of the boast
ed population of the human race
must pass into death by wars, rcvolu-
tons, anarchy. pcSlilcncc and fam
inc, CAT a future date will call your
attention 10 the blessed promises OF
the Lord of rcgrathcring all the fam
lilies of the earth through the rcSur-
eclion of the dcad0
When the Lord called your alien
ion to the fact that the day of His
coming and setting up of His King
dom would be MS those during the
days of Noah, lie intended that We
should be able 10 draw many illus
lrations aS To the character and con
dilion of things during the close oi
this age.
During the days just before the
flood the earth was filled with vio-
lcnce q think violence is now begin
ming To fill the whole carih. The
people paid no attention To the warn
ingS of Noah that their world or or
der of things was coming To an end
Uhc world will not hear such talk
now. There was but a remnant oi
both man and beast brought over
from the world that was into this
world or diSpcnSalion, and there
will be only a remnant carried over
from this present world, or order OF
things. into The world to come where
in dwcllcth righteousness; but while
there were only eight persons
brought over into This age, there may
be millions carried over from This
age into The age or world to come
for the reason that this age is more
dcnsely populated than was The lirS'.
But there is one thing certain, and
that is that The million carried over
from this age into The next, will be
just aS lonely and look over w7rl .
of greater devastation than Noah and
his family.
In the age or world just before MS
uDOn the threshold of which we are