The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-02-10
A SERMON ON
THE MILLENNIUM.
DISCUSSION OF
AN INTERESTING SUBJECT.
THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS.
AS Discoursed in the Presbyter-
ian Church by Rev. McNally.
the Pastor-One of the
Last Series

The following is a synopsis of the ser.
mon preached in the Presbyterian church
on Sunday evening, January 18th, by
Rev. William McNally. After depicting
The horrors of the Great Tribuation the
clergyman spoke as follows:
1t is very plain that the Lord docs not
come at Il time of peace and righteousness,
but at time of war, violence and sin
reigning everywhere, las it was in the
days of NOAH" "as it was in the days OF
Lot" Over against the lawful tribulation
rises the millennium. weeping NAV en-
dure for night but joy cometh in the
morning" The small moment of eclipse
and wrath shall be followed with ever
lasting kindness. This is the golden age OF
hope and prophecy. Poets have seen it
afar as the mirage upon the desert sky.
Ancient seers have printed its growing
outlines in words and images they could
not themselves understand, and living and
dying patriarchs and saints have looked
forward TO it with great desire. Man has
tried to make his own millennium; poetry
has dreamed of it and sunk into sensuous
paradise patriots and optimists have drawn
the vision of golden age of liberty,
equality, peace and plenty, and seen only
anarchy, license and misery arise at the
touch of their deceptive wand; moralists
have toiled for purity, temperance and
virtue and dreamed of day when social
reform will have blotted out the last
plague spot from our cities, only
to see wickedness, crime, intemperance
and womsn's shame increase with increas-
ing civilization; christian reformers have
expected spiritual millen mum, in which
the gospel shall cover the mariad pupula-
tions of the earth, and make every land q
holy, happy paradise of love and joy and
| holiness. But, ala: The lands that are
most evangelical are sometimes the farthest
from millennial piety or purity and were
all The world to reach tomorrow the con-
dition to which christian lands have
attained after so many centuries of effort
earth would still be a sight to make Him
weep who died to redeem it,
make bold to assert with all positive.
ness that the millennium loiH neper come
through the gradual Improvement and
self lifting power of the human race The
verdict of ell secular history is against it,
and the ruins of dozen independent civili-
Eations already laugh this worn out hope
to scorn. Even since the christian church
fell away from its apostolic, first estate, BY
marrying the world and allowing Emperors
to rule 1t, beginning with constantine
who was Ponlifex Max mes, or high priest
of Pagsnism, iuntil few hours before his |
.desth), men have dresmed.through incan
tations that the millennium would come by |
efforts born of the dust, and have ignored |
the Saviour's express intimation that thr
reign OF peace and righteousness must wait
in sack-coth for His return.
Religion is very small factor in Il
process, any way, for nowadays the
majority of men turn away from the
churches as unworthy their notice. Then,
how many years will it take, according to
the present method, TO bring in the mlllen.
nium2 repeat, that all such efforts to
establish the millennial kingdom are in
vain. What a travesty it is, for instance,
upon presumptuous human reason, that
after almost ZOO years OF effort, it has
failed to compass an harmonious social
system. How many more thousand We lrs
will it take, working on the same prln-
ciple2 The present state of affairs is un-
satisfactory. Labor and capital are ar
rayed one against the other; We have lib.
eralism, atheism, Socialism, nihilism, ter
rOrism and depiLiSOa and the mama of tho
whole breed is license. Let me do what
please, for have right to 40 it," Is
this pleasing millennium Rather, does
1t not assure US that we are living in Just
such a state of chaos as the Lord himself,
prophets and apostles have plainly told us
we would be in when the time drew near
for the coming of Messiah to set up His
kingdom on the earth Things will 20 on
from bad to worse, eliminating in the
anti christ or beast" as he is called.
who with tho Prince of Rosh, Meschek
and Tubal Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39)
will persecute GIas ancient people and
many of the Gentlle people, till at last
Israels king appears and the "Hosannah,
b o. ed Is he that Com -th," will be heard '
Then Israel will be delivered, the beast Z
md false prophet will be slain, the army of !
iog and Magog will fall upon the hills of !
Palestine, aud the Lord God will
elgn over the earth, and over HIS people
israel. look for no millennium until
'G appears on earth to reign" Let us Z
consider few ieAturts Of this millennium. 6
l, We shall have A world without Satan =