The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-11

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April 1o.-Pastor Russell, accompa-
MED BY, Dr.. Jones, who win serve him at
stenosrapher. and by a representative
Of this Journal, sailed from New York
April 9th for Jerusalem-yia Paris,
Berne, Naples. ALEXANDRIA. Cairo aud
the Pyramids, Jana. to Jerusalem and
vicinity. His return will be via Rome
Vienna, warsaw. Berlin, EIberfeld and
London. Meetings have been arrang
ed for enroute. His longest stay will
be in Great Britain. where about TWEEN
" appointments in the principal cities
await him. he will be speaking prac'
ticary every day. His Sunday dis
courses will be specially reported In
these columns. Special interest will
center In the dIscourses at Jerusalem
and Rome. The many readers Of bis
sermons will follow the Pastor in his
Journey with great interest. He Is
scheduled to be back In Brooklyn June
9Th, when his topic will be "Jerusa-
lem" In anticipation Of a large audi,
ence on that occasion Brooklyn's lar
gest Auditorium, the Academy Of MI
sic, has been secured. His sermons
now reach six million families weekly,
and ossurefllv MANY of these wish him
God-speed.
On the Atlantic April Tenth. z
i have chosen for my text a sea
topic, symbolical prophecy which, /
believe, is rapidly nearing fultillment.
All Bible students recognize the fact
that many Of the Psalms IRE Mes.
slanlc: that is 10 say, they apply to
the time Of the Inauguration Of Mes
siah's MiIlennlaI Kingdom. Some Of
them detail the peace and joy and
blessings which will then prevail
amongst men, when the great leveling
processes Of that time will raise all
the worthy poor and degraded aud
will humble all the proud. establishing
Society under such new conditions that
the new order Of things is symbolical.
Iy styled in the Scriptures "a new
heavens aud n new earth. wherein
dwelleth righteousness QI Peter Ill.
13i. Others of the Psalms describe in
highly fgurative terms the work Of
the Nillennial Age. For instance, we
read:
"Gird thy sword upon thy thigh. o
most Mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty. Andin thy majesty ride pros
perously, because of truth and meek
ness and righteousness; and thy right
hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart
Of the Kings enemies. whereby the
people TAU under thee" psalm xlr,
3.5). Here the great Redeemer Is pic
tured as the glorious conquering King
Of the AIillennial Age. and his victory
over every opposing influence is EN-.
phasized-"Unto him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess isaiah
xiv, 23. His right hand that will
teach terrible things is the symbol OF
the Divine power which will be exer-
cised at the Inauguration Of the King
dom. The sharp arrows which will
pierce tue enemies to the heart and
cause them symbolically to fall before
him slain represent his messages of
Truth aud Grace which then will con-
quer as they do not now, except in the
hearts OF the few. A sample Of those
now slain after this manner BY the
Word Of Truth is furnished us III the
account Of st. Peters sermon on the
Day of Pcntecost- He preached the
Truth plainly. thrusting in the Sword
of the Spirit" up to the hilt. BE told
his hearers how they and their rulers
had cruciied tue Prince Of Life. They
were "cut to the heart" and 1t was
the greatest blessing that could have
possibly come to them (Acts Il, 23l.
Similarly during the Millennium, the
arrows" of Truth will smite down all
opposition; and mankind, cut to the
heart with proper appreciation Of their
own slntulness and Gods mercy, will
fall before the great King, accepting
mercy upon his gracious terms-fulI
surrender.
The Day Of Trouble Pictured.
The Psalm Of which our text Is a
part is one OF the Messlanic Psalms.
Prophetically- aud symbollcally 1t tells
about the trouble Incident to thepasslng
away of the present order Of sin and
selashness and the Inauguration Of the
new order Of righteousness and love
under the great Mediatorial Kingdom
Of Christ. Whether the events which
the Scriptures predict shall come In
our day or not, we hold that they will
come and be IN full compartment With
these prophetic. pictures. They were
Gurely written for our instruction III
Timothy III, 10. And as Bible STU
dents we do we'll to take heed to ev'
cry item Of the Divine revelation, that
thus we may keep ourselves in touch
with the Infinite One and in sympathy
with all the features Of his great and