The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03

no question:
l. That the early church thoroughly
believed in q millennIal kingdom.
hoped for It prayed for it-"Thy
Kingdom come; thy WIN be done on
earth as 1t is done in Heaven"
2. 1t Is equally certain that today the
doctrine Of the millennium is tabooed
as "out OF date"-out of harmony with
the views OF the higher critics and ev-
olutionists, who are filing practically
all the chairs in our colleges and the
majority OF the pulpits Of Christendom
The present day concept of the
Church OF Christ IS that God planted
It amongst men as leayen In a batch OF
dough with the intent that It should
propagate itself until the entire mass
would be lesYened.
The two views are so radically oppo-
site that none should confuse them in
their minds. II one is right, the other
Is wrong. II one Is scriptural. the
other Is unscriptural. The safe, the
proper. the right course is to go back
and take up afresh the doctrine OF the
millennium-the doctrine that the
faithful OF the church now being tried
and tested viii constitute the glorious
Kingdom OF Gods dear Son after their
change from earthly to spirit condi.
tons in the First Resurrection" u
Cor4pfhgopg JE.AStAN
Christian people have been fooling
themselves long enough" Yes. 1t is as
absolutely irrational to think OF con-
verting the world, as It is unscrip.
tural to believe that God ever gave US
that impossible commission. The Uni.
ted States census reports show that
there are twice as many heather to-
day as there were a century ago. The
word heather carries to many a very
wrong impression. Many noble-heart-
ed Christians have gone as mission
aries 10 the heather wholly unpre-
pared for what they met-intelligent
reasoning ability, etc They found
that the heather were full OF ques-
tons, logical questions. too. which
they as Christians had never thought
Of. and which they were wholly un-
prepared 10 answer Comparatively
few OF the missionaries are able to
hold their own in argument with in
telligent people In India. China and
Japan. There is no danger OF their
converting those people. There is
more danger OF their losing their own
faith in the Bible. because OF their
Misrepresentation OF some OF its teach.
inSs-respecting the mission OF the
church. the hope Of the church and
the hope OF the world!
Missionaries are thus handicapped!
Full OF commendable zeal they leave
our shores to tell the heather that
their forefathers have gone 70 eternal
torment and that they are going there,
too. unless they accept Christ. 1t is
rude awakening TO be asked where
bell is? and why God should have
condemned them and their torefathers
TO such horrible eternity? and how
this could be true and yet he be a
God of pity. compassion. love? The
heather ask. Why the different de-
nominations-the different theories OF
the terms OF salvation-by water, by
election. by free grace. by Joining the
church. etc. The missionary, wholly
unable to answer the adult native.
gathers children about him, starts 4
school and does all he is able. per
haps, TO justify bis presence in a for.
eign land-helplng the sick and doing
many other acts OF kindness which are
very eonmendable. whether from re-
hgtous or humanitarian standpoint
Next letus note that the millennium
itself Is an absolute necessity for the
world. according 70 the statistics OF
the Worldwide Many college profes
sors and D. DIS are inclined to speak
Sloly Of the second coming OF Christ
being far in the future-"5O.00O years
yet" say some. But evidently these
learned gentlemen have not used their
educational advantages in connection
with such statements. ANY school boy
can figure up what the population Of
the earth would be 1000 years from
now. taking the present population as
per the census at sixteen hundred mil.
lion and the ratio OF Increase as
shown BY the census reports at s per
cent in ten years. The total would
show 5.325.OOO0co population TO-
the year 1900 4 D.-more than 1000
for each person now living.
What would humanity do II the
earth we're crowded TO that EXTENT
Where would the necessary food fuel
and clothing be founde Computing All
the tillable portion Of the earth al
twenty-five million square miles or Six.
teen billion acres would give bur one
acre for the support OF 30 people or
less Than I've square yards each. AZ
the close OF q second such period
$500 A. D.. at the same rate. there
would be ten persons Tor each square
foot Of standing room. In orher
words they Nypuld srar4 - H.