The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-15
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coming in the clouds of heaven with
power and great glory" a. e."
There are signs which indicate
that Christ may; come at any mo-
ment. He says that just previous to
his coming iniquity would abound.
There is a frightful degeneracy evil
dent in the world today. while the
world may be better fl some places
| it is worse In Others. TIE saints are
better and the Sinners are WORSE ''.'
'The trend today is toward the
|immodest and tie impure. ~ Those
who are acquainted with the infquit
lies of the time will tell YOU there is
Ia blackness and rottenness prevalent
today. that ." is alarming. A = man
might write d book today that would
tear open the soul of ChTfstendOm:
Horror could be piled upon ( horror,
tbeastiality upon 'beastiality, deviltry
upon devi1try;: until the sacchmilated
vileness of human kind would draw
| a scream Of protest from the pure.
"t'tLife today is. regarded Asi some
thing less than q game-itsfs a spree.
Too many seem to- think it is merely
an .opportunity1for sensual enjoy
ment, and thatyino one owes Hllegi-
ance to God Or responsibi lity TO pos
terity. The majority of people care
not for the ages that have passed,
nor for the ages that; shall come
lssSssess..H Here are some plain IN OF
prophecy: .Thfss know also that: in
the last. days perilous times shall
come, for men shall believers Of their
own selves, covetous."H Tits is the
day OF :. human setfshness. Never
have we had more startling examples
of selfish human greed. Men hug
their bags Of doodle TO- their. breasts
and; cry for. more while WOMB On and
children <starse. They. look on with
ghoulish glee while the lid ofshell is
being blasted loose. They 1eef and
grin while they pile away the gains
of their fellowman's misfortune.
Their shrivefled souls and sldsh-ice
hearts have no feeling of pity toward
the unfortunates who cry for, the
crust of bread They put their feet
in the trough like hogs and demand
high prices while the poor starve. To-
day, like. dogs snarling over a bone,
and that: bone "a silver dollar; with
the goddess Of liberty, on one, side and
! tomorrow the hearse will carry them
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no baggage. : Z ~. r. r.. 49,, ;z@st. =,
''tLet me give you some more plain
words of prophec This know also.
that in the last days perilous times
shall come. The time will come when
they will not endure sound disci-
pitne; but after their own lusts shall
they heap. to themselves teachers,
Having itching ears, and they &shall
turn away their ears from the truth"
To-day there is widespread wave of
iunbelief. =, Never was infidelity more
blatant than at the present time. The
deity Of Christ. and redemption thru
his blood Is being rejected by many
of the ministry. An eminenteminis-
ter in an eastern theological semin-
airy OF the Baptist church has recent
ly made the statement, 'Unbelief in
Theological seminary teaching, like a
binding mist, is slowly settling down
on the churches. We are ceasing to
be evangelistic, and we will in due
time cease to. exist u.s.. $ .
i 1.-THE apostasy predicted in the
scriptures is, settling down upon us
at an awful rate. German, militar-
ism may be- dead, but German theol-
logy is still being taught in our col
leges and universities. We now see
the significance of the words OF Jesus
When the Son of Man cometh shall
he find faith on the EARTH" :.
Here are some more words Of pro-
|phecy: THE know also that In the
last days psrlfons times shall come.
Men shell;be lovers of pleasure more
than lovers Of God Today we. see
multitudes madJy chasing after pleas
ure. They want to be tickled,, or
thrilled or iedH 1t is frivolity and
Ifoolishness they want. Worldtiness
is running rampant in many 81 the
|churches, and ssoscalled Christian Or
carnations are catering to it. ana In
shutting dances and card parties. Ev-
cry sort Of attraction is being used
now to turn people away. from the
churches on Sundays. -. .@$
"Tfe tide OF worldliness ana pleas
ure seeking Is now 50 high that dane
ing in our public schools is becoming
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