The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-04

bfea ehed mere twice IuQa 70 spleansulIN
audiences. one Of Ills dfseourses ,wns
entitled, Ile Overthrow 81 satan's
Empire.s The other, which We report,
was On the necessity for the Millen.
mum from the text above quoted.
Pastor R5ssellssaid
Respecting two matters there can
be no question
% That the early Church thorough
Nv believed ina Afillenniaf Kingdom,
hoped for it, prayed for it-%Thy
Kingdom come; thy will be done on
earth as 1t Is done in heaven"
Il (2l 1t Is equally certain that today
E5the doctrine Of the Millennium Is ta-
ibooed as .out Of date out Of bar.
mnoufhiy with the views Of the Higher
Critics and Eyolutloptts. who are
sfiang practically all the chairs in our
colleges and the majority Of the pull.
Fpits Of Christendom.
What has led to this radical change
on the part Of the religious wise men
Of all denominations2 Have they TAX
en- a step in advance or are they de-
parting from the path-from the teach;
I.ings Of the inspired Word Of God?
That they have left the Word Of God,
that they make light Of It, that they
profess far more wisdom and ability
than the writers Of the Bible and a
higher intellectual inspiration than
they, Is indisputable. The question
for US Is, viii Christians in consider
able numbers follow these leaders
away from God, away from all Divine
revelation? win we put our trust in
literary princes who claim the right
to instruct the world, not by Divine
appointment or authority, but by vir-
tue of their large amount Of self,
esteem?
The present day concept Of the
Church Of Christ is that God planted
It amongst men as leayen in a batch
Of dough with the intent that it should
propagate Itself until the entire mass
would be leavened. But the Bible
apostolic concept Of the Church's mes.
sage is the very reverse Of thLs-that
it is planted in the world. not with a
view to converting the world, but on
the contrary to keep itself separate
from the world and to draw to itself
'tAs many as the Lord your God shall
,caIp of the pure in heart-to sacrifice
earthly interests for Divine interests,
unto death, and later. by the First
Resurrection, to enter into the heaven.
" glory of the Redeemer as his
Bride" his WIFE" his "Joint-Hefr"
IN he Kingdom glory and the Kingdom
.1ork. And the work Of that Kingdom
us set forth to be the blessing of all
the families Of the EARTH"
The two views are so radically oppo-
site that none should confuse them in
their minds. If one is right, the other
is wrong. II one is Scrlptural, the
other is unscriptural. In the above
item DR.. Brown admits that the Scrip.
tural view entertained by the early
Church contemplated the Church in
suffering and in temporary or taber-
nacle condition In the present life and
promised share with Christ in Ms
reign in power and great glory, as
Gods Kingdom during the millennium.
The safe, the proper, the right course
is to 60 back and take up afresh the
doctrine Of the MIIlennlum-the doc
trine that the faithful Of the Church
now being tried and tested will consH-
tute the glorious Kingdom Of Gods
dear Son after their change from
earthly to spirit conditions in the
"First Resurrection" 4 Corinthians
XIV, 42-44).
Tho Laymsn's Movement
God bless the Christian Eudeavor
and Epworth League and Students
Missionary League and the Laymen's
Movement, all intent on "storming the
world for Jesus" We bear them wit
ness that they have zeal for God
which We greatly admire and would
encourage. But their zeal is mot ac-
cordlng to knowledge" and is there
fore considerably mIsdlrected. To any
one Of logical mind, who will reason
from statistics, the thought Of convert
ing the world by singing few rous.
ing hymns or holding few enthusi-
astic meetings for the collection Of
money! lnoHey!l money!!! would be
childish. We do not desplse childish.
ness. We have oil had our share. But
we all should say with the Apostle,
"When / was a child, l spake rs
child and understood as a child; but
when became a man | put away
childish things" Il Corinthians Kill, III.
christian people have been foollng
themselves long enoughm Yes, It Is
as absolutely Irrational to think Of
converting the world, as Il is rlnscrip.
tural to believe that God ever gave US
that impossible commission. The Unit
ed States census reports show that
there are twice us many heathen to-
day as there were century ago. The
word heathen carries to many d very
wrong impression. Many noble-heart-
ed Christians have gone as mission
aries to the heathen wholly unpre.
pared for what they met -intelligent