the dynamite I please, or of anything I
find there.” Is that the purpose for which
employers entrust their goods to certain of
their employees?
And what shall we say of the kingdom of
heaven? Who is the owner, the employer?
Christ, or the church? And if this position
belongs to Christ, what is the church com-
missioned to do? This last question 1s an-
swered in the closing words of Matthew's
gospel: “Go ye therefore, and teach all na-
tions, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost: teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and,
lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end
of the world.” Matthew 28:19, 20. The
work of the church is to teach what Christ
has commanded, and not to alter His
commands, nor add to them. Since Christ
did not command His disciples to set aside
the Sabbath, or to keep another day, the
church has no authority to make such
changes.
The words of Jesus on this point are clear
and decisive: “Till heaven and earth pass,
one jot or one tittle shall In no wise pass
from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Matthew
5:18. And again,
“It 1s easier for :
heaven and earth
to pass, than one
tittle of the law to
fal.” Luke 16:17.
According to these
words, no church
or body of any
o
kind can alter the
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law of God. It would be an easier under-
taking to destroy heaven and earth than
to set aside any part of the law. Men
may think that the church has changed the
Sabbath, but it still remains an unchange-
able fact that “God blessed the seventh
day, and sanctified 1t.” (Genesis 2:3.)
“Whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for
ever.” (Ecclesiastes 3:14.) “The word of
our God shall stand for ever.” (Isaiah
40: 8.)
Thomas A. Edison on
Immortality
(Continued from page 6)
with wicked spirits purporting to be the
dead friends of the living.
“Satan, we are informed, will work ‘with
all power and signs and lying wonders, and
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness
in them that perish: because they recerved not
the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2: 9, 10. Without a knowl-
edge of the written word, “The dead know
not anvthing; none are secure against this
deception.
“Through the ministry of angels God
carries on communication with the hiving.
eferring to this, Jesus said: “Hereafter ye
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shall see heaven open, and the angels of
(God ascending and descending upon the
Son of man.” John 1:51. Referring to
these heavenly messengers, Paul said: ‘Are
they not all ministering spirits, sent forth
to minister for them who shall be heirs of
salvation?’ Hebrews 1: 1H Through these
ministering spirits communication is made
possible between heaven and earth, be-
tween man and God. Daniel said: Whiles
I was speaking in praver, even the man [or
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angel] Gabriel, . . . being caused to fly
swiftly, touched me about the time of the
evening oblation. And he informed me,
and talked with me.” (Daniel 9:21, 22.)
Cornelius also, a devout man, while pray-
ing, was visited by an angel of God, who
sald to him: ‘Thy prayers and thine alms
are come up for a memorial before God.’
(Acts 10: 4.) Such instances might be mul-
tiplied to show that there is communica-
tion between the inhabitants of heaven and
those of earth. But these inhabitants of
heaven and visitants to the earth are not
our dead friends; they are the angels of
God, which ‘excel in strength, that do His
commandments, hearkening unto the voice
of His word.” They are ‘ministers of His,
that do His pleasure.” (Psalm 103: 20.)
“There are good angels and there are
wicked angels; there are good spirits and
there are evil spirits; hence the admonition
is given: ‘Beloved, believe not every spirit,
but try the spirits whether they are of
God” (1 John 4: 1.) Jude speaks of fallen
“angels which kept not their first estate,
but left their own habitation ’—angels who
are ‘reserved .unte the judgment of
the great day.” (Jude 6.)
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“John, in vision on the Isle of Patmos,
beheld the scene which made necessary
their expulsion from heaven. He said:
“There was war in heaven: Michael [Christ!
and His angels fought against the dragon:
and the dragon fought and his angels, and
prevailed not; neither was their place found
any more in heaven. And the great dragon
wus cast out, that old serpent, called the
Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the
whole world: he was cast out into the earth,
and his angels were cast out with him.’
(Revelation 12: 7-9.)
“Being confined to the earth, understand-
img (ully the plan of salvation, and that
through the ministry of angels God com-
municates with earth’s inhabitants, it is
not surprising that Satan should counter-
feit the word of God, appearing ‘as an
angel of light,” and through his angels
carrying forward his deceptive work. ‘And
no marvel; for Satan himself is trans-
formed into an angel of light.” 2 Corinthi-
ans 11:14. He ‘deceiveth them that dwell
on the earth, by the means of those miracles
which he had power to do.” (Revelation
13:14.) Referring to the agencies through
whom he works, the Word says they ‘shall
show great signs and wonders; insomuch
that, 1f 1t were possible, they shall deceive
the very elect.” (Matthew 24:24.) All but
the elect will be swept into this great de-
ception, which, like a huge tidal wave is
sweeping over the whole world.
“The Word of God, which says that the
dead know not anything, affords the only
protection from deception. The promise is:
‘Because thou hast kept the word of My
patience, I also will keep thee from the hour
of temptation, which shall come upon all
the world, to try them that dwell upon the
earth.” Revelation 3:10. The apparent
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