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North Ontario Observer (Port Perry), 2 Jul 1914, p. 4

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rection of the lovers, who sat quite close together in the dark His eloped 2 o, ) 4 7 ¥ Se HARD T This Company is 'taking ORANGE © AND _ GRAPEFRUIT section of Flor Ii : bearin fail addi acquiring a large ac surrounding the grove | thousand dollar to the and bear in mind that crops per anim. This is Prov aboutit. : The Company other and independe pany's project. Th corporation manag The Company. No waiting for long present crop on the sod 1) ' This'land has a roduction 'on a single crop, Pe by Ontario men, who have ds in: the vicinity of the Com- wv its possibilities under start The those who 'heirs' in 'the Messianic ngd Therefore the Message 1s unsuited to the hard-hearted. Only the tender hearted care to know about God leve and mercy, the forgiveness of sins; the privilege of returning to thé Father's House and of having Jesus as their Saviour. ) : The Pastor believes that it is & { mistake to go out into the highways ' and byways to convert the very wick~ ed--blasphemeors, ete.--thinking that these are the ones for whom the Gos- pel is intended. The Scriptures do' wi not authorize any such idea. Those living in Sin unrepented of are not in proper, condition to receive God's! great Plan of the Ages, the speaker declared. God has said that "none of the wicked shall understand." He does not wish them to do so. God's Message speaks peace to those who are in trouble and who are seeking the righteousneas which He provides. The Gospel is not & hammer with which to break men's hearts, the Pas- tor sald. He knows of no Scriptural commission for God's people to. break hearts. On the contrary, he thinks that the Devil ddes most of such work. =" The Two Conversions. Next It was demonstrated that there are two conversions; one & turning away from sin, and the other a turning to God. The latter is the: principal conversion. Only those who: take the step of full consecration to. God receive the 'Holy Spirit and ob- tain a clear view of the Divine Plan. Scripturally these are called children of God. The Pastor showed that those be- gotten of the Holy Spirit not only belong to the Church, the Brother-! hood of Christ on the spiritual plane, | but-are also reckoned as members of' the Body of Christ on the earthly: plane. From this viewpoint, he! ¢laimed, Christ has suffered in the! flesh throughout this Gospel Age, SL. | ia | and causing' sin. i d are under the tence. pute Pastor thén discussed the Jro= "which the Bible sets before umanity. That proposition is not one of Heaven or Hell, but of life or death. To those who are in har- "mony with God and delight to'do Hi w 'lasting. - But to those not in harmon th Him He has. decreed to give death eternal. For such there is no place in all His Uniyerse, God does not expect humanity to do perfectly in their present fallen condition, the speaker declared. a Law was given to Israel for the very purpose of proving to them, and in- cidentally to afl men, that "by the deeds .of the Law no flesh ¢an be justified in His sight." No fallen being ean keep God's perfect Law. Therefore no man could have life everlatsing if God had not done something for us. What He has done is "the old, old story of .Jesus nd His love"--the Heavenly Fa» ther's love, also. The thought that God is very an- gry with us, and was about to con- sign the entire race to eternal tor- ment when Jesus stepped in and rescued us, is improper, This view represents our Heavenly Father as most unloying and unjust, in that when He knew that we were lm- perfect He held us accountable. for what we could not do. All Bible students are losing this wrong coil- ception of the Almighty. . Permitting Sin and Causing Sin. Pastor Russell then showed the wide difference; between permitting For God to have | caused sin would have been for God | to do evil. He was not responsible | for the entrance of sin into the | world: le permitted Satan to pur- sue his downward course, in order that the angels might sce the re-| teams are mares properly at the be draft mares. If on i erly token care of, never igiin it be necessary to buy hufses for: teams and ih the course of time will be horses to sell. ig or in such a prospect the 'quality of dam should have careful attention, as the raistig of horses is Dok a matter The shire breed of draft DBorse had its origin in England and is closely related to the Cyldesdale In recent year- it has grown in favor in the United States. Some breeders maintain that-u Shire stals with the

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