The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-04-07
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL.
Pastor Brooklyn
abernacle.

preached here twice today to splendid
audiences. one of his discourses was
entitled, "Tht overthrow of Satan's
Empire" Thr other. which we report,
was on the necessity for the Millen.
mum from he text above quoted
Pastor Russell said
Respecting TWO matters there can
he no question:
a. That the early Church thorough
ly believed in a Millennial Kingdom,
hoped for IL. prayed for 'it-"Thy
Kingdom come; thy will be done on
earth as II Is done In heaven"
C2D II Is equally certain that today
the doctrine Of the Millennium Is ia
booed as "out of date"-out of har.
mony with the views of the Higher
Critics and EvolutiOnists. who are
illing practically all the chairs In our
colleges and the majority of the pul-
pits of Chrislendom
What has led to this radical change
on the part of the religious wise men
of all denOminutiUnsf Have they TAX
ell "A step In advance or are they de
parting from The. path-from the teach
ings of the inspired Word of God?
That they have left the Word OF God,
that they make light of II. that they
profess far more wisdom and ability
than the writer's of the Bible and n
higher intellectual inspiration than
they. is indiSputable. The question
for us Is. VIII Christians I'm consider
able numbers follow these leaders
AWAY from God, away from all Divine
revelationy VIII 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
Ii amongst men as lcaven In n batch
of dough with the intent that II should
propagate itself until the entire mass
would be lcavcucd Hut the Bible
apostolic concept of the Church's mes.
sage is the very reverse of thls-thaT
IL Is planted In the world, not with
view to converting the world, but on
the contrary to keep itself separate
from the world and To draw to Itself
"As many as the Lord your God shall
call" of Inc pure In heart-to sacrifice
earthly interests for Divine interests
unto death. and later. by the First
Resurrection. to enter into the heaven
ly glory Of the Rpueener as his
Bride" his Wife" his "JOinf-Heb"
work. Aud the work of that Kingdom
is 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. II one is right. the other
is wrong If one is Scriptural. 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 II temporary or taber-
nacle condition In the present life and
promised II share with Christ In his
reign In power and great glory, as
Gods Kingdom during the Millennium.
The safe, the proper, the right course
is to go back and take up afresh the
doctrine OF the Millennium-the doc
trine that the faithful of the Church
now being tried and tested will consti-
tute the glorious Kingdom Of Gods
dear Son after their change from
earthly to spirit conditions In the
First Resurrection" q Corinthians
XIV. 42-44l.
The Laymen's Movement.
God bless the Christian Endeavor
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-