Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-30
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aid. his following during this age is
70 be ''lItfle docls''
Perplexed and confused many may
ask. What. then. * the hope of The ful
fiIlment Of our text. Peace on enrth
good will toward mcng' We answer
that our Master. who declnred fhi he
was not the Prince Of this dge. de
clhred also that his Kingdom Of the
next age will be introduced with pow
er and great glory and that although
It's initial manifestation viii be with
clouds and darkness and a time OF
trouble such as never before has been.
nevertheless his reign will be glorious.
triumphant and eternal "IIe shall
take unto himself his great power and
reign" until ''he shall have put all
enemies under his feet" "the last
enemy that shall be destroyed Is
death" Unto h.m every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess"
The victory of Emanuel means the
overthrow Of sin--the crushing OF the
serpent's head. At the very beginning
of his glorious reign Satan shall be
bound and following its close he shall
be destroyed in the Second Death. to-
gether with all those who love un-
Righteousness. after they shall nave
had full knowledge and full opportu-
nifty for recovery from the snares OF
sin and death. Then. indeed, the
whole world viii proclaim the glory
Of God. There will no longer be dis
cordant sounds. AS the Scriptures de-
clare. There shall be no more crying
no more signing, no. more dying-ali
the former things Of sin and death
shall have passed away Rev. xxi, ~.
The Great Restorsr OF All.
The great King who. eighteen cen
turies ago. died the just for the un-
Just. that he might, judlcially. bring
mankind back into harmony with God.
is 20 be the Great King of earth. the
great Restorer OF all that was lost In
Adam, and he will make all things
new'' mevelation xxi. o.
Everything appertaining TO this
great Plan of salvation outlined in the
Word Of God IL reasonable. The cru
cial testing OF the elect Church Is nee
essary In order that. as faithful anu
merciful priests Of God and Of Christ.
associated with him in his kingly
glory. they may be Gods instrumen-
tallty in succoring mankind from the
fallen conditions which have resulted
from six thousand years of sin. and
from the malignant influence Of the
Prince of darkness. during the thou
sand years which the Bible stipulates
as the period of Messiah's reign IRev,
elation Xxx. GA period neither too long
nor too short in which to accomplish
the great work OF the worlds salvation.
True. some one might say. II II has
required eighteen centuries for the
development OF the Church. how much
more time viii be necessary for the
uplifting of the world? But we an
swer that ii is not the Divine Purpose
to uplift the world to the station OF
spirit nature and glory. but rather to
restitution blessings and conditions.
Ii Is because OF the high exaltation
offered TO the Church chat such crucial
testings of sacrihcial Obedience even
unto death is required With the
Prince OF darkness bound and the sun
of Righteousness arising with healing
In it's beams the darkness OF sin ana
crime and sorrow win soon fee away
One century Of such blessed Influence
upon the world Will surely work won
ders. bringing In also inventions and
comforts and blessings. as yet I'M
dreamed Of. Next win come the grad
unl awakening OF all who have fallen
asleep IN death. They will come forth
from the prlson-house Of death. as the
| Scriptures declare; will come forth
that they may be made acquainted
with the true God and with his gio'
| r,ous Son. the Redeemer, and win
the principles Of righteousness in con
trast with the principles of sin.
We cannot suppose that It VIII re-
aulre the majority of men, under
those conditions. 10 sit long counting
| the value Of the blessings of eterna
| life and restitution proffered them
| The inward move. resurrection, upiift
ing. regeneration, win go rapidly on
while meantime. generation after gen
eration shall come forth from the
tomb ana enjoy similar experiences
Finally all shall have come forth. be
cause the love OF God made this pro
vision through the death OF our lie
deemer. who dellghted to do the Fa
theirs WIN and who has already bee'
rewarded gloriously with high exalta
tion TO the divine plane of glory. homo
and immortalltv.
Good viii Amongst Men.
The attainment Of the condition
good viii amongst men WIZ mean IN
attainment OF human perfection. Go
Is Love. And when our first parent
we're created an earthly image Of Cos
love must have been the predominan
quality OF their characters What W
see OF seltlshness Is largely u matte
iof heredity. and all OF lies custom
lare IN line with Il and continually II
creaslng its weight and its held upo
Ius. Hut with the new Kine and the ne
reign OF righteousness will come u
glorious uplifting and tsansformatio'
Gradually. during the thousand yea
|. OF Messiah'a domination Of the wori
. the evils OF scltishness viii be made a