The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-23


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that they will come forth from the
tomb no longer ble1nished and tmper
feet. but fully. completely restored To
the perfection originally enjoyed by
father Adam Additionally these will
have the special guidance and In
Btruction of Messiah Head and mem.
bers) in all the affairs of mankind.
Thus as the Master said speaking OF
that time, "Ye shall see Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob and the prophets In the
Kingdom" duke xiii, 81.
Gods Kingdom win be represented
In the earth by IsraeLespecially by
these sanity men of Israel, resurret-
ed perfect, who win be the special ap-
pointees and representatives Of the
giorified Messiah's rule. AS 1t is writ
ten, instead of thy fathers (the an
Gent sanity ones were styled "the
fathers" as Jesus was styled the Son
of Abraham and DAVID shall be thy
children, whom thou mayest make
princes in all the earth psalm xiv,
ICY. These princes, acting under and
continually In contact with the spirit
ual Kingdom and rulers styled In the
Scriptures "the royal priesthood" will,
of course, be so superior In their wis
dom and power as to command the
obedience of the whole earth The ma
ton of Israel, with whom they are re-
lated, would naturally respond more
quickly than others to the New order
of things, which will be just that for
which they have been waiting and
praying for more than thirty centuries
All Nations Flow Unto II.
In these words the Lord through the
prophet assures US of the wonderful
success which will attend the estab-
lishment of the New Empire of earth.
the dominion of the Prince Of light,
which will supersede the dominion Of
the Prince of darkness, when Satan
shall be bound for thousand years,
that he may deceive the peoples no
more. Messiah's Kingdom will be
high above all other Kingdoms, not
only In its grandeur, majesty and au-
thority, but also in the lofty principles
which It viii represent Thus 1t is
written, HE shall lay righteousness to
the line and justice to the plummet
and the hail TRUTH shall sweep away
the refuge Of lies" isaiah xviii, I'D.
Nevertheless, as the world shall come
to appreciate the new order of things
an nations shall low unto IT. ftoto up
to it-contrary to the downwardness
of fallen human nature. 1t will make
manifest such wonderful rewards for
and obedience TO God and
It will so make manifest the stripes
that must attend all willful disobedi-
ence to the Divine arrangement that
the Scripture viii be fulfilled which
declares that when the judgments Of
the Lord are abroad In the earth. the
of the world Will learn
isaiah XVI, %.
Humanity for six thousand years
has been learning the exceeding sim
fulness Of sin," its downward tenden-
cy In every sense of the word Every
form of government has been tried In
an endeavor 10 secure the greatest
of blessing. But the uniform
results have been that those exalted to
place and influence and power have
proved themselves unequal to the op-
portuntties and temptations of the po-
sitions and have abused them selhshly.
Whoever Is acquainted with history
realizes the truthfulness of oil this.
If some of us have hoped that the gen.
eral education Of the masses and the
general enlightenment Of the race
would abolish sin and selfishness and
demonstrate the truthfulness Of the
Proverb, Honesty Is the best policy"
we are willing to confess that this has
been a mistake. We perceive that the
greater the wisdom and intelligence
granted to a selfish mind and heart
the greater viii be its opportunities
for evil and Indictment thereto.
Every Man Against His NeIehbor.
AS a consequence the world is losing
confidence In itself An, whether poll
ticians or judges or governors, great
or small, Of one party or another. of
one nationality or another-an are nc
cused Of being tarred with the same
stick Of selfishness. The Bible clearly
Indicates that this distrust Is not with
out reason and that the great time Of
trouble soon 70 come upon every nation
Daniel XII. u win be the direct result
Of this loss of confidence. The Bibles
description Of the matter briefly sum-
ned up Is. Every mans hand shall be
against his neighbor Czechartah VIII.
10; xiv, 49,. II win be after that great !
Tine Of trouble shall have thoroughly |
humanity as respects itself
md any hopes It might have had of
bringing about q Millennium by its |
,wn efforts-that God VIII manifest his
Kingdom In the top Of the mountains-
higher than all other kingdoms every /
way. and all people shall how toward
{ As IT is written, the desire OF al |
Deopies shall come QIaEgai Il. y.
This is described IN the verse follow
ne our text which reads. "And many |
,eople shall 60 and say. Come ye. let |
Is 90 up 10 the mountain Qzingdom) of
he Lord. TO the house Ctemple) Of the
sod Of Jacob: and be VIII teach rs of
lie xravz md up viii walk IN hts