I fl E JORCI! O l REASON, SILVERTON,OREGON, DECEMBER, 22. 1898
. i . h ï ï ^ A ch in g . of the
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home,” said Mrs.
home,
Mr*,
Donaldson, after «he
liad introduc-
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ed the missionaries to the family,
and all were comfortably seated,
My old m other is especially inter-
,-a.ed in the subject of the coming
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I am of indeed
glad
to see ■ the
servants
th e K i X
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most
parts
of
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or T
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most parts of the earth
Thy
posHession’?”
“ Yea, Mr. MeClaren, and it telle
in the next verse th a t they are giv-
en for sure destruction. Turn to
the second psalm. You have quo,-
®d " ' e e,gh,h verse’ and 1
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r e a d v th o n i n t h , »»
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Is not the very fact th . a t
nien are
,ajm in
will la- a thousand v e irs of neace
th a t the difficulties between nations
will he settled bv a rb itra tio n that
we will beat these m urderous war
weapons into im plem ents of indue-
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And will every one see th e corn-
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wonder h<'w ¡» will look,” said
M arKare‘-
<< Jesus
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Pro°f * th a t Micah heard
s a y s ,‘For as the lightning
g’
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>rP;,k them with a «right t he sayings of men in th e last comes out of the east, and shineth
ma. “ I hope you ha’ a message to rod o ftro n ; Thou sbalt dash them d ay s?” asked the m issionary.
even unto the west, so shall also
bear us in regard to C hrist’s second
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a pOt2 fr ’6 vef,sel,” '
“ It looks very clear,” said Ralph, the com ing of the son of man be.’
coming. I sec you b a ’ brought
r ‘ ‘ ' a r t,‘-
es. hut there But this is new light to m e.”
And no wonder his com in» will he
your Bible with you. Please tell are fit iet passages that throw a
“ To thih-e who will hear his mes- thus glorious; for then shall he sit
us, do you think there will he a
I eren
ig t upon this subject, senger of peace. a messenger of «pon the throne of his glory and
m illennium before the coming of
‘ore is a statem en t in Mieah th a t peace is is sen t,” said the servant a11 *'¡8 holy angels will he" with
the Lord?”
plainly says th a t the whole world of the Lord; “ but to those who will ! him .”
T he m issionary said: “ This know nea?’ b e i hr7 f ht
hlS J ^ g - e n t s come.
“ How m any angels do yon sup-
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you
also, th at in the last days perilous peace and righteousness.”
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a the Lord
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lien
the
judgm
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of
there
are?”
asked
Bertha
times shall come. For men shall
Let uh turn to the passage,” said are in the laud, the wicked learn
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the
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issionary.
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is
found
in
righteousness
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ho
saw
them
m holy vis-
he lovers of their own selves, W
covet*
vc.
stiinr-iuurtl y.
11 IS jounu in
ous, boasters, proud, blasphem ers, the fourth chapter. Mr. MeClaren,
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t
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>»“ , says th a t there are ten thous-
Will
the
dear
Lord
himself
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disobedient to parents, unthankful, Will
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you
read from the first to the ¡come or is h'is “c o m i n ^ Z . ; , " 1."."*" ‘"¿d ' .t l'ousa»dK
<d thousand«. The
I t.,,
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g p n t n a l , a s whole firm am ent will he bright
unholy, without natural affection, fourth verse?”
truce breakers, false accusers, in
‘“ B u tin the last days it shall Mrs. DonabGon " " " J r g " C
n lth angelic formB. a "d the earth
continent, tierce, despisers of those come to pass th at the m ountain of
“ It is h i m s e l f ’ I.U’ .
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th at are good, t r i ¡tors, heady, high the house of the Lord shall he es- wh, wil, a "n ear
m inded, lovers of pleasures more tablished in the top of the m o u n -1 xiv 1 -3 ”
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Hgl‘ ° f tl,e 80,1 of nian wil1 be un-
than lovers of God; having o a „ ------
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Hpt-akably bright.
W hat a sight
it shall he exalted ahovp
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of godliness, but denying the power the hill; and people shall flow in- ve h .d ie v e i n ° G o d " ie li
will the com ing of the Lord pre
thereof; from such turn away. This to it. And m any nations shall
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he called
certainly does not look as if the come and say, Come, and let us go m a o 'i " 7 ,“-
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fr°m land and sea, and will
forth from land and sea, and will
m illennium precedes the coming of up to the m ountain of the Lord and have told von V ' " 7
W° Ulil
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<•' 'h e God of Jacob;
for v tu A n d ^ f °
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But as the days of Noe were, and He will teach us of His ways
ar#» < b . ’ r
‘ ea< Wl11 be c h a n ged
glorified.
SO s h a ll also the coming o f the Son and we will walk in H is paths- for
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w 1,1 come , The faces we have seen in the pal-
o frn a n h e . For as in the days th at the law shall go or o Z» ’a
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7 ° UUt° n^ Helf;
of death will bloom w i t h i n -
were before the flood they were e a t- ; the word of the L„r<^I from Z , " a '
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thp' B ye
>>e m ortal beauty, and we which are
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a |i v e a i)d r e m a . n w j)i
ing and
m arrying and lem. And He shall judge among
k
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i t i u a n i n i i i r e n e c t in c
)h, how preemue ,« th a t «crip- image of JesuH.and be caught up in
giving in m arriage, until the day m any people and rebuke strong n a
Noe entered into the ark, and knew tions afar off; and they shall heat b b k . Oh " , 'l ’ ,8i" d g ,a " d ‘“ a - “ To a " g « - ’ arm s to chare the giory
'k t h a t be has gone to prepare a which C hrist had with the father
not until the flood cam e and took their swords into plowshares and
them all aw ay; so shall also the their spears into pruning hooks; place for m e I shall never feel in , before the worlds were made,
coming of the Son of m an he,” ’ nation shall not lift up a sword the way, for he will prepare for me ,,,n
lace”
i ....-¡'Vf M'<Jn(,.rou8’ unknow n journey,
read the m issionary. “ These are against nation, neither shall they a p
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further
answer
the
question
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« shall greet th e h ap p y p lan ets
words of our Lord Himself as to learn war any more.’ ”
as to the personal advent of our A . d p X “ «
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w% -knowit
the conditions of society.”
“ I here, d id n ’t I tell you th a t the
,e n ’ no ,onger sad and lone,
Oh, hut you can prove anything nations were going to settle their Lord, let us read 2 Thess. iv 16 17
‘The Lord bin,self shall descend " im l
by the Bible, by taking isolated difficulties by arb itratio n , and that
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passages!” said Mr. MeClaren. 1 ennyson’s dream was coming true? from heaven with a shout, with the
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
“ Pray, sir, does not the Bible p lain I he nations are not to learn war voice of the arch-angel, and with
the tru m p of God; and the dead in
ly stale th a t this Gospel of the
any more,” said Bertha. “ Now,
I he Incentive to Prayer.
shall rise nrst;
first; then we
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’ C hrist snaii
kingdom shall he preached in all q
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which are alive and rem ain shall
the world lieforc the coming of th a t? ’»
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Do you
have
, be caught up together with them in , G
^ eorgia—
° rg,a- Uo
> 7 folks ever
*ver hi
Christ?”
“ Let u s h e a r «-hut .1
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* 1 p u ’gem er with them in
the clouds,
o rd
pra^ rs before ’»reakfast?
1 lease tu rn to the passage in ary .mS t X
i to meet the e L o
rd t h . A lbert.—
No; we only have p ra y
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M att, xxiv, 14, and read it, Mr. controversialist on this occasion.” ; t ^e’ L o r i’ ”
ers before we go to bed. We a in ’t
M eClaren.”
T h e ^ c i n X e ’rsv i'" ', n, 'ÌH6ÌI>na7 -
“ MT h u sb an d and father and afraid in the daytim e.
“ ‘ This Gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in all the world opinions and traditilo * Ì*,<?" ' 't ° ” r beloved dead wil1 he wh h the
for a witness unto all nations; and the Word of God ”
........ .. a " d : COmpany who wil) be caught up to
He Should Have Been.
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III“ Lord in the a ir,” said Mrs.
then shall
the end come,” ’ read
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meet v the
Let us hear the plain Word of Donaldson.
M am a.— \Y ell, Edie, what did
Mr. MeClaren.
‘‘l e t ’ us
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see at church?
Tt is to be preached for a wit
,
19 Tpr°Phecy a death, has severed from us, will be . Edie.—
Ed,R - A m an came in with his
ness; but t h a t is not the sam e as little
I.t ie more carefully. I would ask uniled to us
(h(, e ,e r" 7 l union " ighlg<>w"
a " d was so -sh am ed
t on, and was so ’sham ed
raying th a t all the world will be
be hid
bid his
h,H face in his
hia han
b " '^ d « s ’fore
converted. The world will be left is res»anST<ir tf1l,h qUeStion: Wbo there is in C hrist Jesus. It will he
Without a„ excuse, because God will the n a,tan s w ill°,m t r e a r X ^ r 'a 'X ¡h<!n be P " " 6*1 ‘h al '° Ve “ “ UOt he could say a word.
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g n e to every kindred, nation and
tongue the opportunity to m ake
•ure of eternal life. There will b ,
pa‘>p7 s a t b e r d from all nations to
out eternitv ” ° r "
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more, God or the neonle? Pl
1(ise its own. W hat a day th a t will
read the beginning of t h e
be of heavenly joy and earth lv an-
verse.”
8I° n,ng ° f tbe 8eco,,d gm shl
Then the hym n will be
Ralph |w k ed over Mr. McClar-
th r° Ugh' en 8 Bibl’ a,,d read: ‘And m any
! nations shall come and say.- , t G
-B u t vour views of the m illenni '
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a"d
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nm are certainly on, of harm ony ! s a i d X l p h
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ances, we will m ake you a present
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