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the earth and the heaven fed away,
and there was found no place for
them" He said:
Sin made moral towards of our race.
From early infancy fear and apprehen-
sion. especially in respect to things fu.
ture, have been Impressed upon us.
We realize our imperfection. and that
our God Is perfect, and that perfection
Is the only standard which he could
approve, and that some kind Of pun
ishment for sin must be expected. The
Adversary, taking advantage of our
forefathers. misrepresented the AL
mighty and has used our fears to
ALLEVIATE us from him and to wrest and
distort his message to us In the Bible.
st. Paul assures us that this Is Satan's
general procedure; that he puts light
for darkness and darkness for light
Thus II comes that our text. which is
really one Of the most beautiful and
comforting in rhe whole Bible when
rightly understood, has TO many be
come a lash In the hands of their fears
1t is needless to say that our text is
one of the symbolisms of II Book filed
with symbols. Gods people. guided by
his holy Spirit. III due time will ap-
preciate these symbols. For many of
them the due time Is already here
The Throne is Messiah's. II represents
his Medalorial Dominion of earth for
a thousand years Its whiteness sym
bolizes the purity, the justice, of his
Kingdom OF righteousness under the
whole heavens. The heavens and
earth which viii fee away from the
presence of the great Emmanuel will
not be the heavens of Gods Throne,
nor the earth which he has given to
the children of men. THE heavens and
earth which will Zee away. and for
which no pnce will be found. are. OF
course. the symbollcal ones. In Bible
symbology the earth represents estab-
lished civilization: the sea represents
the restless. dissatisfied mnsscs of hu.
manlty The mountains symbolic hu-
man governments. Kingdoms. which
constikite the backbone of present
spiritual influences Ecclesiasticisn.
Churchianity. Thus Interpreted our
text declares that when Alessiuli shall
assume control of the world: when he
shall sit upon his Throne when he
shall exercise rulershlp amongst men
the result Will be that the social sys.
TEN Of today as well as the present
day ecclesiasticism. will Zee away. will
pass out of eXistence-no place win be
found for them.
Satan Now the Prince.
Some man may be inclined TO ask.
Has not Christ been the great Ruler
of the world for these past nineteen
centuriesl And whatever may be said
of the four thousand years before the
coming of Christ may It not be claim
ed that he has been reignIng ever since
his ascension to the right hand Of the
Father2 We answer that if this be
true; IL the Redeemer Of men has been
reigning as the King OF earth for
these nineteen centuries. there should
be something In the Bible TO 30 teach.
But we find nothing. On the contrary.
telling us that Satan IL tho Prince of
this age John xiv. 30). We hearken
10 him again telling us. "My Kingdom
Is not OF this world (age," John xviii,
'38l. Again he says. II viii come again
and receive you unto myself John
xiv, ~. Again he tells us that he went
into far country TO receive the title
IA hiu IL ln olA lhat, N. 10. l..ly
possession OF 1t tAlatthew XXI. 80; XIV.
1a1. and that at his second coming he
win be the grea, King OF glory. He
tells us the same ching Ia Matthew
XIV. 81, "When the Son of Man shail
come In his glory. and all the holy an
gels with him. then shall he sit upon
the throne Of his glory"
On the other iiand. as we scan the
pages OF history during the past eight
'een centuries. we are convinced that
Messiah has not been the King OF the
world. TO think Of him as such. with
the omnlpotent power which we ac-
credit TO him. would be TO charge him
Atrocious prosecutions and wars and
famines aud pcstliences. ~ no
right-mlnded person. after mi,u,c con
sIderation, can nationally ACCEPT the
theory that the glorious McSSlnh's
reign Of righteousness for the bicssing
OF the whole earth. the uplifting of
the whole race. the enlightenment OF
every creature. and the bringing of all
possible into accord with God-none OF
ns could think that that reign OF the
great Mediator between God aud men
Is In the past We must agree With
our text that II b ln the future. and
that, when established. It's effect upon
the Institutions OF the present pollti.
cal, social. financial. religious will be
such that they Will Zee away. no
place ever more VIII be found for
them. Ah, from this standpoint there
is hope; but from 40 other standpoint.
We are living today at the very eli
max OF civilization. Yet today we be-
hold more clearly than ever before
that tho deeply y.ingrained sel6shness