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Schools, Y. NJ. c. AS, with courts, Ju-
venile and Superior, and yet they in
crease. We penalize the carrying Of
weapons and bombs and wisely pro-
hibit infammatory speeches: and the
better informed know that Christen-
dom Is ikea powder-magazlne which
some unlucky friction between the
classes may any day explode.
All Hopes Really Ono.
Admitting that all mankind are i'm
perfect, born In sin and shapen In
iniquity," we nevertheless cannot as
sent to the doctrine of Total Deprav.
| ity--that there is nothing good in any
man; or in all men. Each one who
prays forgive us our trespasses as we
| forgive others" should concede that
others, as well as himself, would pre-
fer righteousness to sin. If the envi-
ronment were different--if his appetite
were not so perverse. If his will power
were not so inadequate. So, then,
whether jew, Mohammedan. Catholic,
Free Mason or Protestant. do we not
all really desire the one thing? And
do we not admit, after centuries of
endeavor along different lines, that
God alone c9n send us the aid which
the whole world SO greatly needs? We
| do!
Let us now formulate this desire
Of all nations" from those Holy Scrip
lures which we all acknowledge. Let
us see that 1t Is exactly what we all
have been looking and praying for
under different names: II is the King
dom of Godl-the Kingdom of Allah!
Its rule is to be "nlder the whole
heavens" however heavenly or spiri-
tual the great ruler will be Daniel vii,
20. Under its benelicent and uplifting
influence the glorious result will be
that Gods will shall be done on earth
as completely as 1t Is now done in
heaven This is exactly what the
Scriptures declare-that sin and ignO-
rance will be done away; that the
knowledge of the glory of Gods char
acter will ill the whole earth. 1t
means strong government eXer-
cised for the restraint of sin and for
the freeing Of mankind from slavery
to sin--the slavery of inherited weak
nesscs entaied by Adams disobedi-
ence. The great Heavenly King the
Son OF David. who will do these things,
according to the Law and the Proph-
cts. will have many titles indicating
various features Of his greatness. He
shall be called Wonderful. Counsellor,
the mighty Elohlm, the Prince Of
Peace. and the Father Qife-glver) of
eternal life (lsainh tx, 81
He IL called the Savior by the Proph-
ct Isaiah (xlv, l5), for he shall "save
from their sins" and from the penalty
OF sin all who shall become Ibis peo-
pie" And all who will wlckedly re-
fuse his rule of righteousness and his
dltions will be esteemed wicked" In
the proper sense of that word; and of
these we read "All the wicked will
he destroy"
Lovo shteousness-tate lniquity.
We have had too much of hatred and
persecution because of the differences
In our degrees of knowledge as ex-
pressed In our differences of belief
Let this cease Let us unite In our
love for Righteousness and in our hatred
Of unrighteousness -equity. Let us
cultivate such sympathy for the com,
Ing reign OF righteousness TO be cStnb'
llshcd by Messiah (by whatever name
he and his Kingdom may be handed
down to us) that our characters shall
be more aud more influenced and
transformed by the prophetic view
We are all agreed that Messiahs King
dom ~ nigh. even knocking az the door
of the world In the wonderful inven
tiOns of our day we have the very fore
CLEANS OF tnat Kingdom ms outlined IL
prophecy The necessities OF the case
also corrobarute this: The tension be
tween Capital aud Labor will soon bC
TO its limit and break; the grasp ol
monopoly Will soon be so strong that
the masses will be ground between
the upper and the neither millstones
our hlgh-tension living is calculated
soon TO have our race In the mad
house; specialists sny, within one cen
tury. Let MS believe the Word Of God
delivered by the prophets OF old. Le
MS prepare our hearts for the Grea
King and know that such will have tn
chief blessing
"He Must Rcion--Until"
. According to the Bible the reign o
, the promised Great King shall not b,
an eternal reign, Eventually the do
minion OF earth originally given Il
! Adam and lost by disobedience nnl
. consequent incapaclty. Is to be rcstor
ed TO such of Adams race as shall at
p tain cGrthly perfection and Jehovahi
Z approval. Messlah's Empire will be {
\ Medintorlal one and, according TO th
I Scriptures, viii continue only one thou
:. sand years, But we are assured tha
y the period will be quite sufficient 70
A the great work TO be accomplished
j. Father Adam. after being sentence,
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