Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-10-23

| UiI iDuHl uDUil-UIHtENlft the luUn
ence Of religion will wane In the world
and its ministers will become back
Numbers whom no one will care ia
hear or heed.
We answer that this is all very true
but that the difficulty lies in the fact
That the Gospel message Is not proper.
ly presented to the people. The mes
sage which our Lord and the apostles
presented is n consistent one. whereas
the message from the majority of pull
pits today is an inconsistent one. The
people are told. by both Catholics and
Protestants. that there is heaven
for the sanity who before dying shall
become firmly established in the
graces Of the holy Spirit AS for the
masses. they are told by Catholics
/ that they must expect centuries Of
! torment TO be prepared for them. And
! by Protestants they are told that they
will have an eternity OF torment with
out hope Of n release. And then both
Catholics and Protestants unite IN
telling the poor world that such an ar.
rangement for tha future is the pro
vision Of a just and loving God for
which they should be deeply thankful.
and that the troubles ofethls present
life are partial penances for sin.
Tell the Truth--Shame Satan.
The Truth is so much more reason.
able. so much more just. so much
more wise and loving. that to every
ear that hears II there comes salts.
faction. harmony, which error could
never produce. Gods Word tells us
that our race Is a convict race-con-
demned TO death because OF father
Adams observation-disclosures. as his
children, we have inherited a share
In his death sentence-not an eternal
torment sentence. The Bible tells
that Satan. who misled our FIRST par
ents by misrepresenting God and his
Word, has since mlsrepresented him
to mankind and that he it is who is
responsible for the doctrine OF dew
lis" q Timothy iv, u, respecting the
tortures of the dead, whom the Scrip !
lures declare "know not anything"
(Ecclesiastes TX. o.. The Bible tells us
that God, seeing that many of our
race dying because OF Adams trans
gresslon, would be glad TO return to
fellowship with their Creator, and to
be recovered from sin aud death con-
ditions, has made provision for
them. Our Lord Jesus by his death
purchased the lives and liberties OF
Adam and his entire race. He died.
'the Just for the unjust. that he might
bring us back to God" Il Peter III, 1Sl.
But why must we wait? Why must
we pray. Thy Kingdom Gomez Why
the delay? The Bible answers again
that the Kingdom class must first be
found-"the little dock" 10 whom II Is
the Fathers good pleasure TO give the
Kingdom luke xii. 32i. This King
dom class is to be composed OF the
salntly few who form positive char
acters for righteousness by faithfully
following In the footsteps Of their Re
deemer; by being taught OF him I'm the |
School OF Christ These faithful few
OF present selection, or election. are
symbollcally spoken OF as the mem
bers OF the Body of Christ" which is
the Church OF glory; and again. as
members OF the Body OF Christ. his |
Jolnt.Helrs In his Kingdom. The King
dom will not be established until this |
elect Kingdom class is completed. |
These must share In the sufferings OF |
Christ aud then the glory will imme-
dlately follow,
The Desire Of All Nations Shall Come.
The Lord declares that the desire OF
all peoples shall come. The people OF
the world In general would desire the
coming OF the Lords glorious King
dom ana would rejoice In Il. II they /
knew about Il. The Divine provision /
would satisfy their longlngs as moth
ing else could do. Brother White and
all ministers OF God should hold up 4
before them the glorious message of 4
the Divine Word, This would bring II
them JOY ana peace ana rest OF heart, n
the incidental trials l
ana difficulties aud weaknesses of this D.,
present time OF distress. Socialism
stlrs up the minds OF men 20 dissatis-
faction and 10 worry and 10 fear and I
TO strife, ana leads them on aud on II
into the great time of anarchist trou-
bic, The Gospel message. on the con-
trary, would be helpful, comforting,
sustaining,
True 1t is not all men who are able
90 receive the Gospel message; but
those who cannot receive Il would be
far better or without the distractipg II
Gospel OF socialism, which merely II
arouses them TO greater dissatisfaction.
The Bible tells that In mercy God has
hidden his Plan from the world aud
intends that only the sanity believers
in the Lord Jesus Christ shall under
stand the secrets OF it, THE secret
OF the Lord is with them that rever-
ence hlm ana he viii show them his II
Covenant psalm XIV, lA.
So then the work OF the Christian
ministers as Divinely appointed is Ia
let the world alone TO he dealt with II