The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-14
PEOPLES
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.


April 10.-Pastor Russell, accompa-
MED by DR.. Jones, who will serve him as
Btenographer, and by representative
of this Journal, sailed from New York
April 9th for Jerusalem-via Paris,
Berne, Naples, Alexandria, Cairo and
the Pyramids, Jaffa, to Jerusalem and
vicinity. His return will be via Rome,
Vienna, Warsaw, Berlin, Elberfeld and
London. Meetings have been arrang-
ed for enUute His longest stay will
be in Great Britain, where about twen-
ty appointments in the principal cities
await him. He will be speaking prac-
tically every day. His Sunday dis
courses will be specially reported in
these columns. Special interest will
center in the discourses at Jerusalem
and Rome. The many readers Of his
sermons will follow the Pastor in his
journey 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 Brooklyns lar
gest Auditorium, the Academy OF Mu-
sic, has been secured. His sermons
now reach six million families weekly,
and assuredly many of these wish him
God-speed.
On the Atlantic April Tenth.
I have chosen for my text sea
topic, a symbolical prophecy which,
believe, is rapidly nearing fulfillment
All Bible students recognize the fact
that many of the Psalms are Mes
sianic; that is to say, they apply to
the time of the Inauguration Of Mes
eiah'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
the new order of things is symbolical-
ly styled in the Scriptures "a new
heavens and new earth, wherein
dwelleth Righteousness" Oh Peter Iii,
13). Others of the Psalms describe in
highly figurative terms the work Of
the Miliennial 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
ness and righteousness; and thy right
hand shall teach thee terrible things,
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart
Of ba xrharnhu tho
people fall under thee psalm xiv,
3-5). Here the great Redeemer is pic
tured as the glorious conQuering King
of the Millennial Age and his victory
over every opposing influence is en-
phasized-"Unto him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess isaiah
XIV, 23). 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. A 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 plainly, thrusting in the "Sword
Of the Spirit" up to the hilt He told
his hearers how they and their rulers
had crucilied the Prince of Life. They
were "cut to the heart" and it was
the greatest blessing that could have
possibly come to them (Acts II, 23)
Similarly during the Millennium, the
arrows" of Truth will smite down al
opposition; and mankind, cut to the
heart with proper appreciation of theil
own sinfulness and Gods mercy, vii
fall before the great King, accepting
mercy upon his gracious terms-ful
surrender.
Tho Day of Trouble Pictured.
The Psalm of which our text is 8
part is one of the Messianic Psalms
Prophetically and symbolically it tell'
about the trouble incident to the passing
away Of the present order Of sin ant
selishness and the Inauguration Of thu
new order OF righteousness and low
under the great Mediatorial Kingdom
of Christ. Whether the events which
the Scriptures predict shall come IL
our day or not. we hold that they viii
come and be in full compartment will
these prophetic pictures. They were
surely written for our instruction q
Timothy Iii, 16). And as Bible stu
dents we do well to take heed to ev
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" Psaln
XVI. y. How beautiful! How com
forting! How strengthening Thos
who have entered into covenant rela
tionship with God through Christ
through faith and conservation, an,
who are abiding in his love, may fee
serene In any trouble-in every troubl
not merely In the final trouble, wit
which sin and sorrow will be brough
TO an end Not merely when Sata
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