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“All ye inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth, see ye; when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when
he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.”---Isaiah 18:3
Vol. 1
BRITTON, OKLAHOMA, NOVEMBER, 1915
No. 8
PROBATION.
Every time He's sent forth evil
For the punishment of sin,
God has sent a warning message,
Telling when it would begin,
That believers muy take refuge
"Neath the shadow of His wing,
For God is marching on.
Now to us He sends the message
Of probation soon to close,
That we may repent, accept Him
And escape the awful woes
In God’s dreadful judgments falling,
Sin’s sad chapter soon to close,
For God is marching on.
To the sinner there is ringing,
Forth the message—God’s own voice.
Oh, believe for full salvation,
M:ke Him now your heart’s free choice,
That in righteous homes eternal
You may ever more rejoice.
—Elsie Klostermyer Rupert.
CONSECUTIVE EVENTS AT THE TIME OF AND FOL.-
LOWING THE CLOSE OF PROBATION.
(Continued from last issue.)
The time to especially consider was the ninth month and
twenty-fourth day, which was the day on which Haggai had his
vision and also the day on which the foundation of the temple
was laid. The rcason given for their remembrance was that
from that day forward he would bless them. We ask How?
We reply with the blessing taught by the sowing seed and the
unclean carcass touching it.
Which would be the resurrection.
be no question.
Remember the name Zerubbabel means the gathered out
of Babylon.
By turning to Ezra we learn the history of the laying of
the foundation of the temple:
“Now in the second year of their coming unto the house
of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the
remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all
they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and
they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward,
to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.
“And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple
of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets,
and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbols, to praise the
Lord, after the crdinance of David king of Israel.
“And they sang together by course in praising and giving
thanks unto the Lord, because he is good, for his mercy en-
Thus far there can
dureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted
with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the
foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
“But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the
fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house,
when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes,
wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy.
“So that the people could not discern the noise of the
shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for
the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard
afar off.” Ezra 3:8; 10-13.
Haggai says it was the ninth month and twenty-fourth
day, so it was two years, nine months and twenty-four days
after the seventy years expired that the foundation was laid.
Now Zechariah continues the subject thus:
“Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord
of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and
on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation
these threescore and ten years?” Zech. 1:12.
As to the time when this has its fulfillment there is no
question as we read:
“Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for
the multitude of men and cattle therein:
“For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire
round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
“Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north,
saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds
of the heaven, saith the Lord.
“Deliver thyself, O Zion that dwellest with the daughter
of Babylon.
“For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath
he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that
toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
“For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they
shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the
Lord of hosts hath sent me.
“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come,
and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
“And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that
day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of
thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me
unto thee.
“And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy
land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
“Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised
un out of his holy habitation.” Zech. 2:4-13.
The Prophet continues the subject in the seventh chapter
and also the eighth, thus:
“The fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years,
did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?” Zech. 5:5.
“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my