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“All ye inh: ita of the world and dwellers
THE BOYS IN KHAKI
I stood from the throng apart -
And watched them pass along,
The hundreds of men in khaki,
With tread se firm and strong.
Each one was somebody’s brother,
Father, sweetheart or son,
Or per haps a dear loving husband,
Whose married life just had begun.
1 thought—
Somewhere a woman’s heart’s bleeding,
Even though she decined it wise
That you fight Lo put down the seeptre,
That democracy sooner may rise.
And the sweetheart, wife, sister or mother
Who love you better than all,
Would know your eternity’s in heaven
Where in life you reach the call.
I ask your heart for the Master,
To fight against evil and sin;
- Fighting determined to conquer,
Yes, my boy be a soldier for Hin.
— Lucile Smith.
RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS
This is another expression never explained only
to imply when all things are restored then universal
salvation is the result. Now if those persons would
dwell more and teach the Bible restitution, what it
was as explained in the Bible it would be far better.
Does it mean universal salvation or does it not? What
is Bible restitution, “spoken of by all the prophets?”
If my house was destroyed by fire and I wished
to restore it according to my first plan, T would under
stand T would have to rebuild over and restore the pro-
perty to its first beauty and plan for my home. That
would be restitution of all things according to my
original purpose. It would not imply that the same
material would b e 1sed but if some of the material
s on the earth, see ve; when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains,
and when he Bloweth a br trunipet, heay ye. "—Isuiah 18:3
BRITTON, OKLAHOMA, SEPTEMBEK, 1917 20
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wus saved from the fire unharmed, I could use it in
the restoration of my home. When this task was fully
accomplished would that be the restoration of all
as 1 purposed in the beginning? If so then we have
the meaning according to the scriptures of “the resti-
tution of ali things as spoken by the mouth of all the
nrophets since the foundation of the world.” Peter
tells us plainly when the restitution will take place,
or completed. Hear him:
“And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before
was preached unto you:
“Whom the heavens must receive until the times
of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by
the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world
began. Acts 3: 20-21.
This sets the time, namely, the coming of Christ.
[n order then to see how the restoration work is done
we must study the events connected with the event
of His coming and what it will be when completed.
Thig is plain and reasonable.
The original purpose of God was that Adam
should multiply and replenish the earth. It is plainly
shown in the first three chapters of the Bible that had
Adam not sinned when the earth would have been
populated birth would have ceased. But after sin
entered the curse was placed on the earth, and the
santence was pronounced on Eve that He would great-
ly multiply her conception and in sorrow should she
bring forth. Hence God's purpose is to gather
enough from amceng this greatly multiplied number
sufficient to carry out his original purpose. Those who
will accept the plan of God to carry out this purpose
through Christ are called “the elect.” That is, God
elected in his purpose to be carried out.
“And we know that all things work together for
cood to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose.
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predis-
tinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that
he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
“Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he
called, them he also justified: and whom he justified,
them he also glorified.
“What shall we then say to these things? If
God be for us, who can be against us?
“He that spareth not his own Son, but delivered
him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely
give us all things?
“Whe shall lay any thing to the charge of God's
elect? It is nd that "ustifieth.,” Rom, 8:28-33,