The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-07
CHRIST'S KINGDOM.
A Picture of the Future as Portrayed 1
the RibIe.

A Picture of the Future as Portrayed In
the Bible.
What is the future of the Bible? Here
the Bible shall answer for itself. Take
first the prophets. Nothing can be
more charming and brilliant than the
picture the Old Testament seers give us
Of Gospel times.
Jesus shall reign where er the sun
Doth his successive journeys run.
"He shall have dominion from sea to
sea, and from the river to the ends of
the earth" ''All flesh shall see the
salvation of God" 'All shall know
Him. from the least to the greatest"
"The knowledge of the Lord shall cover
the earth, as the waters cover the sea-"
''ln the last days, saith God, ! will
pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh"
"All the ends of the earth shall re-
member and turn unto the Lord, and
all the kingdoms of the nations shall
worship before Him" SIT shall come
to pass in the last days that the noun
! tain of the Lords house shall be estab-
lished on the top of the mountains, and
shall be exalted above the hills, and all
nations shall flow into it," "And it
shall come to pass that from one new
moon to another, and from one Sab
bath to another, shall all flesh come to
worship before me, saith the Lord"
HE maketh wars to cease unto the end
Of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and
cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth
the chariot in the fire."
With sure and steady footsteps the
golden ages are coming on, when
peace and plenty, religion and piety,
shall be established in our midst. Then
the earth shall yield her increase; and
God, even our God, shall bless us. Then,
when the fatherhood of God shall be
recognized, the grand brotherhood OF
man shall be completed. All jarring
discords shall be hushed envy and ieal.
ousy and .bigotry be left to molder in
their quiet sepulchers, and nations
shall shake hands across the grave OF
buried enmities Then shall the soldier
dotf his livery of blood, and policemen
no longer prowl about our streets
Then shall men beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into hook.
for pruning vines.
What has Christ to say about the fu
ture of Ills church and Kingdom? Will
what Divine calmness He uttered thu
words; Heaven and earth shall pas
away" And |, if be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto me.
"And other sheep | have, which ar,
not of this fold; them also / mus
| bring, and they shall hear my voice
and there shall be one fold and on
Shepherd. Many shall come from
the east and from the west, and shall
sit down with Abraham and Isaac AM
Jacob in the kingdom of Heaven"
He spoke parallels to the same effect
"The kingdom of Heaven is like to
grain of mustard seed which a maj
took, and sowed in his field, which in
deed is the least of all seeds; but whel
it is grown, it is the greatest anon,
herbs, and becometh a tree, so tina
the birds of the air come and lodg
in the branches thereof" Then agail
His parable of the leaven. THE king
dom of Heaven is like unto leaven
which a woman took, and hid in thre
measures of meal, till the whole wa
leavened." What could be more pro
phetic of the small beginning and o
the growth and increase of that king
dom He came to esta blish?
The apostles all caught the enthusi
asm of their Master. He must reign,
said Paul, It'll He hath put all enemie
under His feet" Christ reigns now il
the hearts of multitudes of loyal sub
jects. Daniel is especially graphic: g
saw, and behold, One like unto the Sol
of Man came with the clouds of Heaven
and came to the Ancient of Days. ant
they brought Him near before Him
And there was given Him dominion
and glory, and kingdom, that all pee
Pile, nations and languages SHOULD
serve Him: HIS dominion is al
everlasting dominion, which shat
not pass away, and His king
dom that which shall not b
DESTROYED" This was to cheer tn
souls of the faithful during the cap
tivity; after the captivity, anothe
prophet rose to hold forth the lamp o
hope. Rejoice greatly, o daughter @
Zion. Shout, daughter of Jerusalem
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee
He is just, and having salvation; low
ly, and riding upon an ass"
We all know how literally this wa
fulfilled. Again and again is this It'll
given Him by His followers. Once g
least, without any ambiguity, He CAV
il TO Himself. The seer of Patmos see
Him with many crowns upon His head
"and :upon His vesture, and upon FL
thigh, name written, king OF KING,
LORD OF oRDs."-Bishop Vincent, i
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