The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-10

damnation does not sound good to the
heathen, and they do not run after it
nor feast their souls upon it, The
| question comes to the ministers and
professors of colleges throughout
Christendom and they are perplexed
what answer to give. The majority of
them have become higher critics and
no longer accept the Bible as the
Word of God; they are evolutionists
| and no longer believe the Gospel which
the missionary societies were organ
lied to proclaim. They are in per
| plex1ty. And many of them are Dre-
pared to abandon the former theory
| or missions and to continue their
work henceforth merely along human
| ltarlan lines. Indeed within the last
| twenty-five years missionary effort has
turned gradually to secular education
and medical practice in the interests
| OF the heathen with little religious
doctrine-and so much the better.
| everybody is agreed that the King
dom OF Messiah cannot be brought
about by the wholesale conversion of
the world. And logical people see
that larger numbers have been lost to
Christianity in civilized lands during
the last twenty-five years than were
ever claimed to be converted AMONGST
the heather. We say lost to Christian
lty, because why should anyone be
| called a Christian who has lost all
| faith in the Bible-in the law. the
prophets and the teachings of Jesus
| Ills oPOSlleo 1lle great cloud
| of bewilderment which encompasses
Chrlstendom is realized by all earnest
Professionalism and others. And
no wonder there is a certain dread
associated with the dark cloud. What
| kind of a storm will result? And what
VIII be the effect upon the great re-
hglous systems of civilization? 1t is
to join hands against these ominous
| conditions that the clergy of all de-
nominations are arousing themselves
In favor of church union or fedora
ton OF some sort. But the people
the people feel comparatively little
interest in the proposition, which they
Will not oppose, however
| The Hour of Temptation'-Rev.
ls:10.
The difficulty with the present stu
alton is that we have stupidity and
blunderingly misread the Bible We
| have twisted what we did read and
picked out certain portions which
pleased best our fancies and supported
best our various creeds We have neg
lected the honest, truthful study
which we should have given to our
| Heavenly Fathers message. The con-
| fusion of Christendom is the result.
That confusion and perplexity the
Scriptures portray, assuring us that we
are in the midst of a great falling
away from faith in God and his Rev
| citation. We see fulfilled all about us
the wonderful prophetic and symbolic
picture of Psalm 81. A thousand fall
at our side and ten thousand fall at
our right hand-only the "Israelites
| indeed in whom there is no guile,
will be kept from stumbling in this
evil day. The chaos which we already
see everywhere in evidence is only be-
ginning.
Gods Great Remedy at Hand.
The fault of Christendom has been
the rejection of the Divine plan and
the acceptance instead of a human
plan. The church was going to con-
vert the wor1d-going to conquer the
world for Jesus and present it to him
as trophy. Alas, we have not been
able to convert ourselves. which is
the particular work the Master gave
us to do. Greater humility would
have shown us the folly long ago.
Bible students do not need to be re-
minded that all through the Old Tes-
lament Scriptures Gods promises
| abound, telling Israel and all who have
ears to hear of the glorious reign of
Messiah and of the success of his
! Kingdom and how the result will be
that "every shall bow and every
tongue confess to the glory of God;'
of how "all the blind eyes shall be
opened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped;'' of how the blessing of the
Lord will be with Israel restored to
his favor and operate through Israel
to the blessing of all peoples. We re-
member the prophecies which picture
earthly governments and show us their
| termination and the establishment of
the Kingdom of Heaven on their ruins.
We remember the Jubilee picture re-
| peated by the Israelites every fiftieth
year, proc1aiming liberty for the peo-
| pie and restitution of all that has been
lost through sin. and which is to be re-
stored through Messiah's Kingdom.
! Bible students know also how the
| New Testament abounds with refer
ences to the Kingdoml the Kingdom!
the Kingdom! Nearly all the parallels
that our Lord gave were in illustra-
ton of something connected with tn,