Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-24
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
For Sunday, June rs, Matt. 24-30, 36-43.
BY DR.. Marion McH. Hull
Golden Text: "Then shall the righteous shine forth as
the sun in the kingdom of their Father"

may have a Christian Uutopia while the
King is away? While the Son of Man,
who is the Sewer, has gone? Shall we
expect that the righteous shall shine
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their
Father until the harvest time has come,
which is the end of the age, and the evil
has been separated from the good and
utterly destroyed? While we confidently
look forward to the ultimate triumph OF
the right, can any leader, through polit-
ical measures can any senate through
legislation or education, can any forces
or combination of forces correct the
evil, and right the things that are now
wrong? The mere stating of the ques-
ton is it's own answer, in the light OF
this parable.
While we must do all that we can to
nourish the wheat, we must also APP
preciate that the enemy will sow and
nourish the tares. In other words
there is nothing in Scripture to sus-
tain the hope that we shall have per-
feet government and pure politics, or
even anywhere near perfection during
the time when the tares are growing
with the wheat. We shall have a
pure government, we shall have just
laws, we shall have national REFORM
we shall have relief for the oppressed
we shall have everything that makes
for perfection in the Individual, in the
state, and in the dwelling place, but
not during this age, not while the
Householder is away not while the
enemy is at large; but only when the
king has come back, when the harvest
time has appeared, when the separa-
tion has taken place, when the evil has
been destroyed
When shall this be? The parableI
suggests II, and the Scripture en-
phasizes 1T more-when He has appear
ed who is the express image of His
Father. He has gone away for a
time, and His enemy, and ours, is still
at large, but the day is approaching
(let us hope it will not be long, when
He shall come back again, when He
shall reign whose right it is; when He
who was born to be king shall be a
king indeed. Yes, we can expect
nothing else than evil, and while we
may be very grateful for every evidences
that we see Of the growth OF the
wheat in the awakening of the moral
conscience of the nation, in this re-
form, and that we must not be too san
guine, we must not be blind to the fact
that while these are multiplying there
are also multiplying the forces OF evil
The dens of vice are more foul than
ever, the organization of evil forces is
more open, more bold and more God
opposed than ever; and even in those
who name the name of Jesus, there
are, we fear, increasing in number
those who have not the love of things
that make for righteousness, the means
of grace, prayer, the study of God
Word and the worship vi the house, be-
cause of the evil influences of Satan
in our hearts, not allowing the seed to
grow as 1T should and would. L am a
pessimist when 1 look at man; 1 am
an optimist when look at God. Al
1 see the evil growing about me my
heart yearns more and more for the day
to come when my Lord shall return and
make all things right under His most
gracious and righteous rule. Does
yours?