The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-04-14
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL
Pastor BrooSlyn
aDernacie.


April 9th for Jerusalem-via Paris,
Berne, Naples Alexandria, Cairo and
the Pyramids. Juffa. to Jerusalem ana
vicinity His return will be via Rome.
Vienna. Warsaw. Berlin. Elberfeld and
London. Meetings have been arrang-
ed for enroute His longest stay viii
be I'm Great Britain, where about TWEEN
ty appointments In the principal cities
await him. He will be speaking prbc.
tically every day His Sunday dis.
courses will be specially reported In
these columns. Special Interest VIII
center In the dlscourses at Jerusalem
and Rome. The many readers of hi.
sermons will follow the Pastor In his
tourney with great Interest. He Is
scheduled to be back In Brooklyn June
9TH. when his topic will be "Jerusa
lem" In anticipation of large audi
ence on that occasion Brooklyn's lar
sest Auditorium. the Academy of Mu
sic. has been secured His sermons
now reach six million families weekly
and nssuredly many of these wish him
Gud-speed
On the Atlantic April Tenth.
have chosen for my text a sea
topic. a symbolical prophecy which. !
believe. Is rapidly nearing fulhllment
All Bible students recognize the fact
that many of the Psalms are Mes
sianic; that is to say. they apply t.
the time of The Inauguration of Mes
siah's Millennial Kingdom. Some Of
them detail the peace and JOY and
blessings which will then prevail
amongst men. when the great leveling
processes Of that time will raise all
the worthy poor and degraded and
will humble all the proud. establishing
Society under such new conditions that
Tie new order of things Is symbolical
ly styled In the Scriptures "a new
heavens aud new earth, wherein
dwelleth righteousness Oil Peter Iii.
~. Others of the Psalms describe In
highly figurative terms the work Of
the Millennia Age. For instance. we
read
"Gird thy sword upon thy thigh. o
most Mighty. with thy glory and thy
majesty And In thy majesty ride pros.
perously, because of truth and meek
uess and righteousness; and thy right
hand shall teach thee terrible things
thine arrows are sharp In the heart
Of the Kings enemies whereby the
people fall under thee" psalm xiv,
3NjI Here the great Redeemer Is pic.
| tured as the glorious conquering King
of the Millennlal Age, and his victory
over every opposing influence Is EN-
| phnsized-"Unto him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess Qsaiah
| xiv. 23l His right hand that will
teach terrible things is the symbol OF
the Divine power which will be exer'
cised at the Inauguration of the King
dom The sharp arrows which will
| pierce the enemies to the heart and
cause them symbolically to fall before
| him slain represent his messages Of
Truth and Grace which then will con
quer as they do not now, except in the
hearts of the few. sample of those
now slain after this manner by the
Word of Truth Is furnished us In the
account of ST Peters sermon on the
Day of Pentecost He preached the
Truth plaiuly, thrusting in the Sword
Of the Spirit" up to the hilt. He told
his hearers how they aud their rulers
had crucltied the Prince of Life. They
were "cut to the heart" and 1t was
the greatest blessing that could have
possibly come to them (Acts II. 23J
Similarly during the Millennium, thu
opposition: and mankind, cut to th,
heart with proper appreciation Of thei
own sinfulness and Gods mercy, viii
fall before the great King, accepting
mercy upon his gracious terms-ful
surrender.
The Day of Trouble Pictured.
The Psalm OF which our text Is {
part is one OF the Messlanic Psalms
Prophetically and symbolically 1t tell
aboLt the trouble incident to the passing
away of the present order Of sin anC
selhshness and the Inauguration OF tn,
new order Of righteousness and low,
under the great Medlatorial Kingdom
OF Christ. Whether the events whicl
the Scriptures predict shall come II
our day or not. we hold that they will
come and be In full compartment witt
these prophetic pictures. They wer
surely written for our instruction q
Timothy iii, lGl. And as Bible stu
dents we do well to take heed. to ey
cry item of the Divine revelation, tina
thus we may keep ourselves In toucl
with the Infinite One and In sympath,
with all the features of his great ant
wonderful Program. Let us note tn
particulars of the Psalm in detail
The Refuge Of His Saints.
"God Is our refuge and strength,
very present help in trouble" (PsalI
XVI, II. How beautiful! How con
forting! How strengthening Thos
who have entered into covenant rela
tionship with God through Chris
through faith and conservation. an
who are abiding IN his love- may fee
serene In any trouble-ln every troubl