The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07
PEOPLES PIJLPIT.
Messiah's
Coming Kingdom
Spiritual
Behold, a King shall reign in
righteousness, and princes shall rule
n judgment" Isaiah XXI. y.

judgment Qsalah XXI, }.
ooOs-ss-s-s-s-s-.-.-.-s-
can no longer be swayed to the same
extent. Thinking people refuse to be-
lieve that God for centuries has sat
calmly viewing the situation, allowing
millions to go to eternal torment
They refuse to believe that their
hearts and sympathies are more ten
der than those Of their Creator.
Even the heather are getting awake
to the inconsistency Of what has been
given them under the Gospel label
They are finding out that the word
Gospel signifies good tidings," and that
what has been preached to them is the
most awful message conceivable-that
all Of the heather and the majority
Of their civilized neighbors and friends
and relatives have been decreed. SEN
fenced, foreordained, to eternal tor
ture because Of ignorance, because Of
misbelief in respect to which they
were thoroughly honest. Perplexed.
the missionaries ask. What shall we
preach? The message Of damnation
does not sound good to the heather.
their souls upon it. The question
comes to the ministers and professors
of colleges throughout Christendom
and they are perplexed what answer
to give. The majority Of them have
become "higher critics and no longer
accept the Bible as the Word Of God;
they are Evolutionists and no longer
believe the Gospel. which the Mission
airy Societies We're organized to pro-
claim. They are in perplexity. And
many of them are prepared to aban-
don the former theory of missions and
to continue their work henceforth
merely along humanitarian lines. In
deed, within the last twenty-five years
missionary effort has turned gradual
ly to secular education and medical
practice in the interests Of the heath
en-, with little religious doctrine-and
so much the better.
Everybody is agreed that the King
about by the wholesale conversion of
the world. And logical people see
that larger numbers have been lost to
Christianity in civilized lands during
the last twenty-five years than were
ever claimed to be converted amongst
the heather. We say lost to Christian
ity, because why should anyone be
called a Christian who has lost all
faith in the Bible--in the Law. the
Prophets and the teachings Of Jesus
and his Apostles? The great cloud
of bewilderment which encompasses
Christendom is realized by all earnest
people-churchmen and others. And
no wonder there is certain dread
associated with the dark cloud. What
kind of storm will result? And what
will be the effect upon the great re
ligious systems of civilization? 1t is
to join hands against these ominOus
conditions that the clergy OF all de
nominations are arousing themselves
in favor of Church Union or Fedora
ton of some sort. But the people
the people feel comparatively little
interest in the proposition. which they
will not oppose. however.
: 1.-THE Hour of Temptation"
-REv. 3: TO-
The difficulty with the present situa
ton is that we have stupidity and blum
deringly misread the Bible. We hav'
twisted what we did read and PICKED
: out certain portions which pleased
best our fancies and supported bes
al
ed the honest. truthful study which w
should have given to our Heavenly Fla
Tiers message. The confusion o
Christendom is the result. That con
| fusion and perplexity the Scripture
: portray, assuring us that we are in tn
b midst of great falling away iron
!; faith in God and in his Revelation
/, We see fulfilled all about us the won
+ derful prophetic and symbolic pictur
: of Psalm 81. A thousand fall at gu
C side and ten thousand at our RICH
: hand-only the "Israelites indeed" i
=, whom there is no guile. will be KEEP
:. from stumbling in this evil day. TIL
chaos which we already see every
where in evidence is only beginning
v Gods Great Remedy at Hand.
). The fault of Christendom has bee
d the rejection of the Divine Plan an
+ the acceptance instead of a huma
+, plan. The Church was going to COZ
q vert the word-going to conquer til
q world for Jesus and present it to hill
- as trophy. Alas. we have not bee
:, able to convert ourselves, which
:, the particular work the Master gave u
:, to do. Greater humility would hav
~ shown us our folly long ago.
Bible Students do not need to be RI
Il minded that all through the Old Tes
lament Scriptures Gods promise
Z abound, telling Israel and all who hav
J. ears to hear of the glorious reign c
q Messiah and of the success Of hi
Kingdom and how the result will b
e that every knee shall bow and ever
W tongue confess to the glory of God
IS of how "all the blind eyes shall b
Y opened and all the deaf ears shall /
e unstopped;" of how the blessing of til
,e Lord will be with Israel restored t
H. his favor and operate through Isra'
a to the blessing of all peoples. We r
n. member the prophecies which pictul
10 earthly governments and show us the
~ termination and the establishment {
the Kingdom of Heaven on their ruin
We remember the Jubilee picture r
peated by the ISraelites every fiftiet