Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-28

'The comilg Of the light. the loos-
| ing Of the fetterS of ignorance and
superstition from iiie minds that are
not submitted 10 God, the Scriptures
show us. will result 10 a great time Of
trouble. in which the passions Of men
but partially enlightened will do great
violence to the entire social fab
ric. We see the preliminary steps
already being taken. and. In the light
of the Scriptures, we see the awful
catastrophe which will result. The
world Is rapidly resolving itself into
two mighty powers, selfishly and with
semi mi-enlightenment, preparing for a
headlong collision which will mean
wreck and ruin. tribulatlon and an
guish, to practically the whole world.
The Bible. IN calling attention to this
great time of trouble, warns the peo-
pie of Cod. so far as possible to avoid
both sides of the controversy. saying,
Seek meekness; seek righteousness,
1t may be that ye shall be bid in the
day of the Lords anger (Zephaniah
ii. 81. with the wreck Of present in
stitutlons comes the end Of Satan's
regime. SO terrible will be the heat Of
passion and strife engendered at that
time that the Scriptures declare that
If Il were not for the Elect there
would be no Gesh saved Ozark kill.
2O). The interposition Of the Elect as
the Kingdom Of God under Jesus, the
great King and Head Of the Elect, is
A.. 20 fhnf HpFtr pIOT1
The moment of mans extremity will be-
come the moment Of Gods opportunity.
$50 terrible will be that time of trou-
bic that the Scriptures symbOlically
represent 1t as a whirlwind; as flood:
and as a fire Some have mis-interpret-
ed these Scriptures and are expecting
literal burning of the earth, but the
Lord denominates it the fire of his jeal-
ousy. which will devour Society. And
then he tells us that following the fire
of trouble he will turn to the people a
pure message that they may all call
upon the name of the Lord to serve
him with one consent tZephaniah iii, o..
Satan has had much to do with cor
rupting the message originally given to
the Church by Jesus and the Apostles
The jarrlng creeds have made dis
cordant sounds which have driven
many noble and logical hearts away
from the Bible. Gods assurance is
that the completion of the Church is
near; that her change to the heavenly
glory in che First Resurrection will
soon be accomplished and that then
the reign of SIN and DEATH will end
under the Kingdom of Jesus Then
the bondage Of the world to ignorance,
superstition. etc, win terminates; then
'all the blind eyes will be opened and
all the deaf ears will be unstopped' and
the Lords pure message Of Divine
Justice, Divine Love. Divine Wisdom
and Divine Power exerted on mans
behalf shall be made known to every
creature.
"Fellow-Christians what an incen-
tive to become more and more loyal
and earnest as the servants of so great
and gracious Sovereignty-that of
our Father and our Redeemer! And
what an incentive we have to seek
first, in preference to all earthly inter
ests, a share with our Savior in his
Millennial Kingdom and its gracious
work Of human uplift-from the depths
of sin and degradation to the heights
of earthly perfection and eternal life!
Let us, as the Apostle exhorts. lay
aside every weight, and the sin that
does so easily beset us. and let us run
with patience the race set before us
QIebrews xii, u. This race is for the
'crown Of glory as members Of the
Elect Missionary Church and for the
glorious opportunities then 10 be af-
forded for the realization OF the most
glorious dreams Of service for the King
of kings and Lord Of lords.
I'VE cannot suppose that Satan's
Empire ia entirely satisfactory to him
self Undoubtedly his original thought
was the organization OF realm resem-
bling that of the Almighty But the
course OF sin is ever downward. 70
obtain control OF our first parents they
were misled into steps OF dlsobedience
--sin-and the Adversary himself. hav-
ing started upon the wrong course, can
maintain his own standing and king
dom only by determined opposition &c
Jehovah. This is the significance of
the name given him In the Scriptures
Adversary
''The Scriptures set forth that all hu-
manity must. either now or some time,
come TO the point OF decision between
obedience TO God and disobedlence
The obedient will be guided back TO
ultimate harmony with the Creator
and obtain the reward Of life eternal
On the contrary. the dIsobedlent, the
wIlfully rebellous against God and his
righteous arrangement, taking the
course OF Satan. will ultimately share
his fate-destructlon
"Responsihlllty and ths d'-2ision as
to life eternal and death eternai, come
to each member OF Adams race ms
soon as he Is brought into a clear
knowledge Of the Truth! This privi-
iege OF coming 70 a knowledge Of the
Truth. the opportunity OF eternal sal
walton, is secured 60 all the families
Of the earth to Adam and every men,
Der OF his race, through Sse great Re
deemer's sacrifice tinishee az Calvary,
While, thanking God for the length and
breadth and height and depth OF his