Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-04-13
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
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Btenographer. and by a representative
Of this Journal, sailed from New York
April 9th for Jerusalem-via Paris.
Berne, Naples, Alexandria. Cairo and
the Pyramids, Jaffa, to Jerusalem and
vicinity. His return will be via Rome,
Vienna, Warsaw, Berlin, Elberfeld and
London. Meetings have been arrang-
ed for enroute. His longest stay will
be in Great Britain, where about twen-
ty appointments in the principal cities
await him. He will be speaking prac-
courses will be specially reported in
these columns. Special interest with
center in the discourses at Jerusalem
and Rome. The many readers of his
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 large audi
ence on that occasion Brooklyn's lar
gest Auditorium, the Academy of Mu-
sic, has been secured. His sermons
now reach six million families weekly,
and assuredly many of these wish him
God-speed.
On the Atlantic April Tenth.
l have chosen for my text sea
topic, a symbolical prophecy which,
believe, is rapidly nearing fulfillment.
| All Bible students recognize the fact
hot Of fho
sianic; that is to say, they apply to
the time of the Inauguration Of Mes
siah's Millennial 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 and
will humble all the proud, establishing
Society under such new conditions that
the new order of things is symbolical-
ly styled in the Scriptures "a new
heavens and a new earth, wherein
| dwelleth righteousness Oh Peter iii,
(! 13). Others of the Psalms describe in
highly figurative terms the work of
the Millennial Age. For instance, we
read:
''Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O
most Mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty. And in 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 fall under thee psalm xiv
! S-5). Here the great Redeemer is pic
tured as the glorious conquering King
of the Millennial Age, and his victory
over every opposing influence Is EN-
phasized-"Unto him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess Qsaiat
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 the enemies to the heart an6
cause them symbolically to fall before
him slain represent his messages Of
Truth and Grace which then will con
quer as they do not now, except in thu
hearts of theNfew. A sample Of those
now slain after this manner by thu
Word of Truth is furnished us in thu
account of St Peters sermon on tn,
Day Of Pentecost. He preached tn,
Truth plainly, thrusting in the t'Swort
Of the Spirit up to the hilt. He tolt
his hearers how they and their ruler
had crucifed the Prince of Life. The,
were "cut to the heart" and it wa
the greatest blessing that could hav
possibly come to them (Acts ii, 90
Similarly during the Millennium. thu
arrows Of Truth will smite down al
opposition; and mankind, cut to tn
heart with proper appreciation Of thei
own sinfulness and Gods mercy, viii
fall before the great King, acceptin.
mercy upon his gracious terms-ful
surrender.
The Day of Trouble Pictured.
The Psalm Of which our text is 6
part is one of the MeSsianic Psalms
Prophetically and symbolically it tell!
about the trouble incident to the passing
away Of the present order of sin anG
selfshness 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
surely written for our instruction Ql
Timothy iii, 16). And as Bible stu.
dents we do well 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
wonderful Program. Let us note the
particulars of the Psalm in detail
The Refuge of His Saints.
"God is our refuge and strength, a
very present help in trouble" psalm
XVI, ~. How beautiful! How COM
forting! How strengthening! Those
who have entered into covenant rela-
tionship with God through Christ,