Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-11-05

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wrote some words which seem pro
| phetic:-
II can see his coming Judgments. as they
/ circle all the earth.
| The signs and groanings promised, TO
precede a second birth.
read his righteous sentence. In the
crumbling thrones of earth
Our King is maGching on.
1.-THE Gentle Times are closing. for their
kings have had their day;
And with them sin and sorrow, will for
ever pass away;
For the tribe OF Judah's Lion, now comes
to hold the sway
Our King Is marching on.
THE seventh trump Is sounding, and our
King knows no defeat.
He will sift out the hearts of men before
his Judgment-seat.
o. be swift, my soul. to welcome him; be
tubilant. my feet
Our King is marching on"
The exposure of the frailties OF poor
humanity-of the shams of society and
of religion and of business and poll
tics, all are constituting great black
background. against which the glories
of the Lord are being revealed in strik-
ing contrast, as the critics of the world
mercilessly hew to the line and lay
bare the cankers in politics and pollu-
tons of our social system. The effect
of this primarily will be the arousing
of the masses against the classes of
privilege. Their human idols and
ideals will crumbe. Their confidence
in men will melt. They will give vent
to what they will esteem to be right
eous indignation. And so doing they
will forget that the masses are equally
as unrighteous, unjust. as the more ia
vored classes, In proportion to their OPP
portunities. Wherein they judge 9TH
ers they should also condemn them
selves, and the result should be that
mercy which the Lord enjoins
Only those who forgive, others their
uespasses- who thus manifest spirit
of love and sympathy-need expect to
have mercy, consideration. shown
them by the new King. He will sure
ly punish injustice and unrighteous-
ness of word and deed and thought In
the poor as in the rich, in the ignorant
as In the learned, in the outwardly
religious as In the outwardly profane.
The message of the hour to Christian,
Jew and Gentle is what it was eight
cen centuries ago. Repent We, for the
Kingdom of heaven is at hand" Re
pent and reform respecting public In
justices, no matter of how long stand
ing, no matter by whom practised and
approved. Repent of and reform from
and disowp the rank errors to be
found in so many Church creeds, dis
honoring to our Creator. Let us be
honest in our professions of faith. Re-
pent as respects wrong practises
which have crept into our Churches,
quite out of harmony with the teach
ings of Jesus and the Apostles.
Let us return to the simplicity of
the early Church. Let US repent of
the God-dishonoring statements we.
have put forth In the name of God
and religion and the Bible, by which
we palmed off bad tidings of great
misery. as instead of the true Gospel
of Good Tidings of Great Joy which
shall be unto all people. Let us re-
pent of and abandon the falsehoods
and lions so common In
business life-the subserviency of the
Truth to money. Let us repent of and
put away the dishonesties of the Stock
Exchange, through which the weak
and ignorant financial lambs are de-
ceived and impoverished. Let us re-
pent of the iniquities which abound In
nearly every home, even those where
Christ is claimed to be the Head-in-
justices Of husbands toward wives and
of wives toward husbands, the strong
minded toward the weaker minded
failing to observe the Golden Rule.
Let us repent of the injustices prac-
| tlsed by parents upon children, In vio-
lation of the same Golden Rule. Let
US repent Of the dishonor and disobe-
dience to parents practised by many
children. Let us repent Of the selfish
| ambitions of our own hearts and let
us pray earnestly to the Lord, Create
within me a clean heart, o Lord, and
renew a right spirit within me:
Cleanse thou me from secret faults;
keep back thy servant also from pre-
sumptuous sins" psalm II, 10; xix, II,
49,. -.
] The Time 10 at Hand.
True. these and similar exhortauons
have been made by the Lords people
from time immemorial. And yet the
present proclamation Is different from
all others In that 1t proclaims, 1.-The
time is at hand" 1.-THE Kingdom OF
Heaven is at handr' Not an earthly
kingdom with an earthly king; not
papal kingdom exhorting the world (
righteousness in the name OF the LORD
| Not a Protestant ecclesiastical empire
exhorting to goodness! But the rea
Kingdom of Gods dear Son so loni
promised, so long prayed for, is a
hand! 1t will be a Spiritual Empire
replacing and displacing Satan's EN-
pire In the world and using as III
earthly agency Israel restored to ID