The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-08-05
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The Desire of
All Nations.
Il will shake all nations. and the
desire Of all nations shall come"
(Hagsai Il. y.
some unlucky friction between the
classes may any day explode.
All Hopes Really One.

classes may any day explode.
All Hopes Really One.
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. il 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 can 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 it is exactly what we all
have been looking and praying for
under different names: 1t is the King
dom of God!-the Kingdom of Allah.
Its rule is TO be under the whole
heavens" however heavenly or spiri-
tual the great ruler will be Daniel vii.
20. Under its beneticent 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 fill the whole earth. 1t
means a strong government exer.
cised for the restraint Of sin and for
the freeing Of mankind from slavery
to sin-the slavery of inherited weak
nesses entailed 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 Elohim. the Prince of
Peace. and the Father Qife-giver) Of
eternal life isaiah tx. g..
He is called the Savior by the Proph-
ct Isaiah (xlv. 15). for he shall save
from their sins" and from the penalty
Of sin all who shall become his peo-
Pile" And all who will wickedly re-
f.,ca 10 r.1,ln ~ rir nd ic
assistance out Of sin and death con-
ditions will be esteemed wicked" in
the proper sense Of that word; and of
these we read: "All the wicked will
he destroy"
Love Riehteousness-Hate 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-in- Let us
cultivate such sympathy for the COM
ing reign Of righteousness TO be estab-
lished by Messiah (by whatever name
he and his Kingdom may be handed
down TO us) that our characters shah
be more and more influenced and
transformed by the prophetic view.
We are all agreed that Messiah's King
dom is nigh. even knocking at the door
OF the world. In the wonderful inven
tons of our day we have the very fore
CLEANS of that Kingdom as outlined in
prophecy. The necessities of the case
also corroborate this: The tension be-
tween Capital and Labor will soon be
to its limit and break; rhe grasp of
monopoly will soon be SO strong that
the masses will be ground between
the upper and the neither millstones:
our high-tensiOn living is calculated
soon to have our race in the mad
house; specialists say. within one CEN
fury. Let us believe the Word of God
delivered by the prophets of old. Let
us prepare our hearts for the Great
King and know that such will have the
chief blessing.
ale Must Reign-Unti"
According to the Bible the reign of
the promised Great King shall not be
an eternal reign. Eventually the do
minion Of earth originally given to
Adam and lost by disobedience and
consequent incapacity. is TO be restor-
ed to such of Adams race as shall at
tain earthly perfection and Jehovah's
approval. Messiah's Empire will be a
Mediatorial one and. according TO the
Scriptures will continue Only one thou
sand years. But we are assured that
the period will be quite sufficient for
the great work to be accomplished.
Father Adam. after being sentenced
for Simplifying thou shalt die expe-
rienced the dying processes for $50
years. Contrariwise the world will.
under the Messiahs rule as King and
Priest (Melchisedek. Psalm OK. d,
gradually rise up. up. up. out OF sin
md death conditions during a very
Iimilar period Of time.
Paradise restored will no longer he
garden merely. but the whole earth. as
Gods footstool. shall be made glorious
isaiah TX, 49,. The promises of God to
the children of Isaac and Jacob are
not heavenly or spiritual. but earthly.
From Genesis to Malachi there is not
/ d suggestion of heavenly or spiritual
calling. IL Christians have a heavenly
calling 1t is no cause for offense TO