Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-25
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL.
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle

we must consider for the benefit OF
fcucw-Chrlstians what the Ilihle has
20 my respectlng the Day OF Judgment
For the present we suffice ourselves
with tho Renerhl explanation that this
term Day~or Judgment has been serl.
ouely mlsconstrued by theologians and
by fhe public. II has been used out
OF harmony with the Scrlptural usage.
II has been used out OF harmony with
reasonable. logical deductions. The
term Day Of Judgment IL generally
understood 70 mean Day Of Sentence
or Day of Doom. 10 fact, Doomsday
r. frequently used as a synonym with
out the slightest warrant. The term
Day OF Judgment signifies the Day OF
trial or testing: Ms 10 our text we read
that men stall give nm account In the
Day OF Jud snent FOR every Idle word
The proper thought on the subject OF
Judgment from the Bible standpoint
Is this: God created our arst parents
innocent. perfect aud placed them on
trial, Their bay Of Judgment was IN
Eden. How. long II would have lasted
had they reRiglLcd faithful 10 God we
are not informed, but ~ soon as they
had dlseheytd the Divine command,
their day ot trial or Judgment was
ended. and the sentence. "Dying thou
shah die" began to be inflicted. The
Judgment or trial of Adam was over.
and since all OF his postority share his
imperfections and are equally un-
worthy OF life on that account ther'-
fore the sentence of sin, "DyIng thou
shalt die" rests upon every member
OF the race. Just as though each lndl.
vidual had been on trial IN Eden uud
had lost In the trial with fnther Adam.
This matter ST. Paul clearly cnun I.
aies, saying. by one mans disobcGl
ence. sin catered into the world ard
death as the result ~ sin. Thus death
passed upon all men. because all are
sinners" Romans Y. l2L
This being true, how comes Il that
tlcrc Is any. mcntlon made In the Scrip
lures OF another Judgment day. II
all mankind already are Judged un.
worthy of eternal lie aud worthy of
death everlasting. why should there
be any further Judgment? The Bible
answer TO the question Is that there
would have been no reference Co IN.
turc Judgment day had II not been
that God had provided Redecmer,
Christ Jesus 10y whose merit the first
penalty against our race through Adam
will eventually be abrognted. set aside
In consequence " the setting aside ~
the first sentence or death second
trial or Judgment win hc opened to
every member of the race. The FIRST
trial or Judgment was ~ one man
adam for all of his race. 4 second
trial or Judgment. secured 10y the Re.
deemer. will treat Adam aud all of
his race individually; granting them
each an individual or personal trial. |
hence unlike the first trial In Eden.
which was ~ one man and for the
race. This second trial has not yet
been provided for our race. except In
the sense that II has been prepared for
and promised God hath appointed a
day IN which he will Judge the world
In righteousness That day will he
the Mlllennlnl day-a thousand years
In length II will he the worlds trial |
day or time of individual testing.
Whoever of the world comes to
knowledge of the fact that God has |
provided such future trial. such
future opportunity ~ obtaining eternal I
life. Is on notice al oucc that every |
intelligent act ~ his In the present life |
will have a bearing upon his prospect /
FOR eternal life In the future. II now /
he uses wisely the opportunities of the /
present lifo he may uphulld for him. /
sale measure ot character, selt-con /
troll. etc, which viii prepare him Tor I
a moro honorable place during the Nil /,
lennlal Kingdom aud make his prog. /
rVss there the more rapid ANA the more /
pasy. o. on the contrary, 10y degrad I
lng himself Ia the present lfe he may [
urdcrnlue his character aud. during
the Millennhl nay ~ Judgment Uriah |
nnd himself 50 much luwcr In the hu-
man scale aud have So much further
to advance out of sin und death con
alllons into the condition ~ perfection
ard everlasting life.
The Chureh has her Judgment day In
the present life-during this Gospel
Are. An consecrated believers, begot-
ten of the holy Spirit. are now ON
trial fcr everlasting hfe OF FOR ever.
laStlNr death as new creatures In
CHRIST Jesus" II such do not comply
, IA conditions of their consecra-
a "a. 'bul draw hack 10 sln. their trial
IN he IN Que sense useless aud the
sentence ~ utter destruction viii rest
unon than,-,sthe Second Death"
lSls Words-Psrnleiou Words.
The context shows that our Lord In
eur text addressed. not his disciples,
hut the worldly. the rharisees. Doubt
4. the same principle applies 70 the
F., ,mn'h. Every idle or perniclons word
q 2 ,nrs has its weight has It's innn-
~ q with ourselves and with others.
TlaSe who are rightly Informed re
Il ee,mr the Lords viii In such mat