Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . midst of a multitude who sin. There aredeeds performed by noble, self-sacrificing individuals that areworthy of imitation, wdiich are soul-ennobling, and make lifeworth living. The word of God declares that as the days of Noah were,so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the daysthat were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marry-ing and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered intothe ark, and knew not until the flood came and took them allaway; so shall also the coming of the Son
Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . midst of a multitude who sin. There aredeeds performed by noble, self-sacrificing individuals that areworthy of imitation, wdiich are soul-ennobling, and make lifeworth living. The word of God declares that as the days of Noah were,so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the daysthat were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marry-ing and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered intothe ark, and knew not until the flood came and took them allaway; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matt. 24 ?• 37-39- There is certainly nothing wrong in eating and drinking The Three Worlds 33 temperately of that which is proper. There is nothing improperin marriage or being betrothed. But in the days of Noah theycarried these things to an extreme. The Saviour further de-clares that as it was in the days of Lot, They did eat, theydrank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; butthe same dav that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and. The World Since the Flood brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shallit be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. Luke 17:28, 30. They bought, sold, planted, and builded. There is cer-tainly nothing amiss in any of these things. The wrong com-mitted was in engaging brain, bone, and muscle to acquire thethings of this perishing earth to appropriate to selfish prevailing sins of Sodom were fullness of bread, idleness, 3 34 Our Paradise Home intemperance, and licentiousness. Thus it was in the days ofNoah and Lot. And the Saviour says it shall be so again justprior to his second coming. As we look around us to-day and view the state of society,sociallv, religiously, and politically, do we not see the same stateof affairs? James says that the last days will be a period inwhich men will accunnilate vast fortunes in a remarkably brieftime. He further declares, speaking of men who have ac
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