The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04

venlle and Superior. and yet they in
crease. We penalize the carrying of
weapons and bombs and wisely pro
hibit inflammatory speeches. and the
better Informed know that Christen-
dom is like powder-magazine which
some unlucky friction between the
classes may any day explode.
All Hopes Really One.
Admitting that all mankind are i'm.
perfect, born in sin and shapen In
iniquity," we nevertheless cannot as
sent to the doctrine of Total Deprav-
ity-that there is nothing good in any
man; or in all men. Each one VINO
prays forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive others" should concede that
others, as well as himself. would pre-
fer righteousness to sin. If the envi-
ronment were different-if his appetite
were not so perverse, If his will power
were not so inadequate. So, then.
whether Jew, Mohammedan, Catholic,
Free Mason or Protestant. do we not
all really desire the one thing? And
do we not admit, after centuries of
endeavor along different lines. that
God alone can send us the aid which
the whole world so greatly needs? We
do!
Let us now formulate this "desire
Of all nations" from those Holy Scrip
lures which we all acknowledge. Let
US see that it is exactly what we all
10
under different names: 1t is the King
dom of God!-the Kingdom of Allah.
Its rule Is to be "under the whole
heavens" however heavenly or spiri-
tual the great ruler will be Daniel vii.
20. Under its beneficent and uplifting
| influence the glorious result will be
that Gods viii shall be done on earth
as completely as it is now done in
heaven. This Is exactly what the
Scriptures decare-that sin and igno-
rance will be done away; that the
knowledge of the glory of Gods char
acter will fill the whole earth. 1t
means strong government eXer
cised for the restraint of sin and for
the freeing of mankind from slavery
to sin-the slavery of inherited weak
nesses entailed by Adams disobedi-
ence. The great Heavenly King. the
Son of David. who will do these things
according 10 the Law and the Proph-
cts. will have many titles indicating
various features of his greatness. He
shall be called Wonderful. Counsellor
the mighty Elohim. the Prince OF
Peace. and the Father Nife-giver) OF
eternal life (lsaiah liz. O..
He IS called the Savior by the Proph
ct Isaiah xiv, l5,. for he shall "save
| from their sins" and from the penalty
of sin all who shall become his peo
| ple." And all who will wickedly re
fuse his rule of righteousness and his
assistance out of sin and death con
ditions will be esteemed wicked" il
the proper sense Of that word; and OF
these we read: "All the wicked vii
he destroy"
/ We have had too much of hatred anG
persecution because of the difference:
in our degrees of knowledge as ex
pressed in our differences of belief
Let this cease Let us unite in ou
love for righteousness and in our hatred
Of unrighteousness-in- Let u.
cultivate such Il sympathy for the com
ing reign of righteousness to be estab
lished by Messiah (by whatever name
he and his Kingdom may be handed
down TO us, that our characters shall
be more and more influenced ant
transformed by the prophetic view
We are all agreed that Messiah's King
dom is nigh. even knocking at the dool
of the world. In the wonderful inven
tons of our day we have the very fore
CLEANS of that Kingdom as outlined IL
prophecy. The necessities of the case
also corroborate this: The tension be
tween Capital and Labor will soon bt
to its limit and break; the grasp OF
monopoly will soon be so strong thai
the masses will be ground between
the upper and the neither millstones
our higb-tension living is calculated
soon TO have our race in the mad
house; specialists say. within one cen
fury Let us believe the Word of Goo
delivered by the prophets of old. lie
us prepare our hearts for the Grea
King and know that such will have thu
chief blessing.
HE Must Reisn-Until."
According TO the Bible the reign oil
the promised Great King shall not be
an eternal reign. Eventually the do
minion of earth originally given Il
Adam and lost by disobedience ant
consequent incapacity, is. TO be restor
ed 10 such of Adams race as shall AT
tain earthly perfection and Jehovah's
approval. Messiah's Empire will be &
Mediatorial one and. according to The
Scriptures. will continue only one thou
sand years. But we are assured that
the period will be quite sufficient fol-
the great work 10 be accomplished
Father Adam. after being sentenced
for Simplifying thou shalt die" eXpe
rienced the dying processes for 93C
years. Contrariwise the world will
under the Messiah's rule us King and
Priest (Melchisedek. Psalra OK. Il
gradually rise up. up. up. out of sin
and death conditions during very
similar period OF time.
Paradise restored will no longer he 4