The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-24

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ard for the people. blessing Israel and
establishing with them the New Q.aw)
Covenant instead Of the Old Law Gov.
enant--under the better Mediator, still
more capable than the great Moses;
under the greater King, still more wise
than Solomon and still more beloved
Of God than David. This great Celes.
tial Empire will be established with
great authority In the world by time
Of trouble. time of earthly distress,
which the prophecies picture as terri.
ble--a short reign of anarchy. Jews
ans Gentiles will be responsible, rich
and poor. for the bringing to pass of
this awful trouble. by reason of the
selfishness which at present Is govern.
ing the world and which will be used
Of the Lord TO wreck our present grand
civilizatlon-grand at least on its sur
face and I'm Its aspirations and preten-
sions. A Socialistlc artillery of words
and ecclesiastical bonds Of similar ma
ture will only aggravate the strife.
Financial weights and levers will have
much to do with the great crash Of
approaching cataclysm Of trouble, In
which the reign Of sin, inequity, In
justice, selfishness, shall forever fall.
TO rise no more; and the present re-
llgious systems also shall be found
wanting and pass away. Foe these
old systems. symbollcally the heavens
and earth of the present time. will be
substituted the New Heavens and the
New Earth-the Church gloriHed be-
yond the vail as the Bride Of the
great Messiah. and. Society on earth
reorganized. Will constitute the New
Earth, wherein will dwell righteous
ness The transition will be but
momentary ordeal, as compared with
the glorious eternity Of blessing under
Messiah's righteous supervision. 'He
maketh wars to cease unto the end Of
| the earth"
israeI's Hopes-Why SO peIayed7
The perplexlng thought with our
Jewish friends, as well as with Chris
tians, Is. II these things be so; II Mes.
slabs Kingdom Is yet TO be establish
cd, as the Jews contemplated. only on
spiritual plane instead Of an earthly
one; and IL Gods purpose Is 10 use
those anciently favored people as the
channels OF his blessing in the future,
why has there been so long delay?
We answer, This Is what the Scrip
lures term Thc Mys.ery-the matter
which God did not reveal directly,
either TO Abraham or through any OF
the Prophets, Indirectly he limited at
1t, saying to Abraham, "Thy Seed
shall be as the stars of heaven, and as
the sand of the seashore for multi
tude." Hut Abraham did not discern,
nor did others, that these two illustra-
tlOns belonged, not To the same people,
but 10 two different lsracls. The
earthly promises belonged 10 natura!
Israel. Eventually all mankind. bless
| ed under the MeSsianlc reign. will be
come Israclltes--Of the Seed OF Abra.
ham. Thus Abraham's "Seed shall b,
rs the sand of the seashore for multi
tude.' And they must nll have the
faith OF Abraham and his obedience
ere they can reach perfection rs mem
bers OF his Seed. First In the ordeI
OF blessing will come the Ancient
WORTHLESS Abraham. Isaac. Jacob anC
all the Prophets aud holy ones OF III,
past. These will he raised from the
dead by the power Of God--not imper
feet aud fallen, but perfect: fully uI
to all the glorious Ideals of their minds
aforetime. This Will be their reward
for having walked by faith and not by
sight Thus we read. Instead OF be
ing the fathers. they shah be the chill
dren, whom Messiah will make princes
in all the earth-his representatives II
power, In rulership. In authorit,
Psalms xiv. 16l At that time tn,
blessing shall return to Israel that hal
been taken from them for more thar
eighteen centuries-God's special IA
vor. Under their New Covenant the,
shall be blessed; their eyes shall b,
opened; they shall look upon hin
whom they pierced" they shall mourn
for him; they shall rejoice In him
J They will say, This Ii our ruler. w,
have waited for him, and he will say,
us (Zechariah xii, 10,.
Crimes Committed In Jesus Name,
With shame true Christians mus
admit that most atrocious crimes wer
committed In the name Of Jesus dur
Ing the Ozark Ages" Worse thar
that! The horrible misrepresentatiol
OF all that the name of Jesus stand
for still continues. Witness. for In
stance, the injustices practised In th
name OF Christianity against the Jey
In Russia for years past, and in VAR
Gus nations in remoter times. Witnes
the fact also that only two months ag
the so-called Christians OF Roumani
acted like vcritable demons towar
their Jewish neighbors. Well-autlnr
ticated accounts tell that the Jewls
cemetery was despoiled. Many 0
| those buried wltbIn,the two precedin
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