The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-11-02

| Siah'S Kingdom, will be less than i'll
many other countries. Here it has
come gradually.
The Glory Of the Lord Revealed.
A well-known American authoress
| Henry Ward Beechers Sister, once
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
| crumblng thrones of earth
Our King is marching on
"'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-scat
| o! be swift my soul, to welcome him; be
| jubilant, 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 hcw 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 crumble. Their confidence
| in men will melt. They will give vent
to what they will esteem to be a 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 Op-
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
| trespasses-who thus manifest a spirit
of love and sympathy-neede 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 disOwn 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 Notwithstanding 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 misrepresentation 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-
tised 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 Il 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,.
Tho Time 10 at Hand.
| True, these and similar exhOrtations
have been made by the Lords people
from time immemorial. And yet the
present proclamation is different from
all others in that it proclaims, 1.-THE
time is at hand" "The Kingdom of
Heaven is at hand"' Not an earthly
kingdom with an earthly king; not a