The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-05

'I can see his coming judgments. as
they circle all the earth,
The signs and groanings promised to
precede second birth;
read his righteous sentence. in the
crumbling thrones of earth
Our King is marching on.
i" The Gentle Times are closing, for
their kings have had their day;
And with them sin and sorrow, will
forever pass away;
For the tribe of Judah's Lion, now
comes to hold the sway
Our King is marching on.
'"The seventh trump is sounding, and
our King knows no defeat,
He will sift out the hearts of men be-
fore his judgment seat.
o! be swift, my soul, to welcome him;
be Jubilant, my feet
Our King is marching on
The exposures of the frailties of poor
humanity-of the shams of society and
of religion and of business and poll
tics, all are constituting great black
background, against which the glories
of the Lord are being revealed in strik
| ing contrast, as the critics of the world
bare the cankers in politics and pollu-
tions of our social system. The effect
of this primarily will be the arousing
of the masses against the classes of
privilege. Their human idols and
] ideals will crumble. The confidence
in men will melt. They will give vent
to what they will esteem to be right
eous indignation. And SO doing they
will forget that the masses are equally
as unrighteous, unjust, as the more
| favored classes in proportion to their
opportunities. Wherein they Judge 9TH
ers they should also condemn them
selves, and the result should be that
mercy which the Lord enjoins.
! - - H.
trespasses- thus manifest a spirit
of love and sympathy-need expect to
| have mercy, consideration, shown
| them by the new King. He will sure
! ly punish injustice and unrighteous-
ness of word and deed and thought in
the poor as in the rich. in the ignorant
as in the learned. in the outwardly
religious as in the outwardly profane.
| The message of the hour to Christian,
Jew and Gentle is what it was
| the Kingdom of heaven is at hand"
Repent and reform respecting public
| injustices, no matter of how long
standing, no matter by whom prac-
reform from and disown the rank err
rors to be found in so many church
| creeds. dishonoring to our Creator.
Let us be honest in our professions
of faith. Repent as respects wrong
practices which have crept into our
churches, quite out of harmony with
the teaching of Jesus and the
! apostles
| Let US return to the simplicity of
| the early church. Let us repent of
the God dishonoring statements we
| have put forth in the name of God
and religion and the Bible. by which
we palmed off bad tidings of great
misery, as instead of the true gospel
of good tidings and great joy which
shall be unto all people. Let US re-
! pent of and abandon the falsehoods
| and Misrepresentation so common. in
business life-the subserviency of the
truth to money. Let us repent of and
put away the dishonesties of the stock
exchange, through which the weak
4 and ignorant financial lambs are de-
ceived and impoverished. Let US re-
| pent of the iniqutties which abound in
| nearly every home, even those where
! Christ is claimed to be the Head-in-
| justices of husbands toward wives and
| of wives toward husbands, the strong
minded toward the weak minded
| failing to observe the Golden Rule.
| Let US repent of the injustices prac-
ticed by parents upon children, in vio-
! lation of the same Golden Rule. Let
US repent of the dishonor and disobe-
dience to parents practiced by many
| children. Let US repent of the selfish
! ambitions of our own hearts and let
US pray earnestly to the Lord, Create
within me a clean heart, o Lord. and
renew right spirit within me;
cleanse thou me from secret faults /;
keep back thy servant also from pre-
sumptuous sins (Psalms Ii, 10; xix, q,
13).
The Time Is at Hand.
True, these and similar exhortations
have been made by the Lords people
from time immemorial. And yet the
| present proclamation is different from
all others in that it proclaims, THE
time is at hand" '"The Kingdom of
Heaven is at hand!" Not an earthly
kingdom with an earthly king; not a
papaI kingdom exhorting the world to
Righteousness in the name of the Lord
Not a Protestant ecclesiastical empire
exhorting to godliness But the real
Kingdom of Gods dear Son so long
promised, SO long prayed for, is at
replacing and displacing Satan's en-
pire in the world and using as its
earthly agency Israel restored to Di-
vine favor. Men will not say, Lo, here,
or, 10, there, but, Behold. the Kingdom
of God will be in thS midst of man
kind-everywher present, empowered
to bless and empowered to punish.
The Great Prince of Light, the King
in his glory, with the elect as his
Bride on the heavenly, spiritual, in
visible plane, will soon take the scep-
ter of earth. His great power and the
glorious majesty of his righteous rule
will be manifest in the judgmen
which will prevail-rewards and pun
ishments. when the judgments OF
the Lord are abroad in the earth. the
inha bitants of the world shall learn
righteousness 1saiah XVI, 3D.
Bible Study VIII.
Text: K 1918; 2 c. 1851. Azar-
/, iah or Uzziah. Memory verse: c
16-15c.
l. What king INDUCED in farming?
2. How long did Uzziah reign?
8. What famous city did Uzziaf
strengthen and fortify2
f. What caused Uzziah's failure?
s. Why was Uzziah smitten with lep-
rosy?
s. Who is said to have written the
: Chronicles?
u T. What is the common word for the
Kings recorded in 2 K IS?