Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-12

~ White Throne, and
him that sat on It, from whose face
the earth and the heaven fed away
ana there was found no place for
them" lie said:
sin made moral towards of our race.
From early infancy fear and apprehen-
sion, especially In respect to things fu-
ture, have been impressed upon us.
We realize our imperfectlon. aud that
our God Is perfect, and that perfection
IL the only standard which he could
approve. and that some kind Of pun
ishment for sin must be expected. The
Adversary. taking advantage Of our
forefathers, misrepresented the Al
mighty ana has used our fears to
ALLEVIATE us from him and to wrest and
distort his message to us In the Bible
St Paul assures us that this Is Satan's
general procedure; that he puts light
for darkness and darkness for light.
Thus 1t comes that our text. which is
really one of the most beautiful and
comforting in the whole Bible when
rightly understood. has TO many be-
come lash In the hands OF their fears
1t is needless to say that our text is
one OF the symbolisms Of Book filed
with symbols. Gods people. guided by
his holy Spirit, in due time will ap-
preciate these, symbols. For many OF
them the due time is already here
The Throne IS Messlah's. II represents
his Medintorlal Dominion of earth for
a thousand years. Its whiteness sym
bolizes the purity, the justice. Of his
Kingdom Of Righteousness under the
whole heavens. The heavens and
earth which will fee away from the
presence Of the great Emmanuel will
not be the heavens Of Gods Throne.
nor the earth which he has given to
the children Of men. The heavens and
earth which will fee away. and for
which no place will be found. are. OF
course. the symbollcal ones. In Bible
symbology the earth represents estab-
iished civilization: the sea represents
the restless. dissatisfied masses Of hui
manity. The mountains symbolic hu-
man governments. Kingdoms. which
constitute The backbone of present
spiritual influences Ecclesiasticism,
ChurchIanlty Thus interpreted our
text declares that when Messiah shall
assume control OF the world; when he
shall sit upon. his Throne; when he
shall exercise rulership amongst men.
the result will be that the social sys-
tenn of today. as well as the present
day ecclesiasticism. will Zee away, will
pass out Of existence-no place will be
found for them.
Satan Now the Prince.
Some man may be inclined to ask.
Has not Christ been the great Ruler
OF the world for these past nineteen
centuries? And whatever may be said
OF the four thousand years before the
coming OF Christ may IL not be claim
ed that he has been reigning ever since
his ascension TO the right hand of the
Father? We answer that II this be
true: II the Redeemer Of men has been
reigning as the King of earth for
these nineteen centuries. there should
be something In the Bible 10 so teach
But we find nothing. On the contrary.
we hearken 10 the Masters own words
telling us that Satan is the Prince OF
this age gohn xiv. 30). We hearken
10 him again telling us. my Kingdom
is not of this world (age)" Uohn xviii,
86l. Again he says. II will come again
and receive you unto myself John
xiv. 81. Again he tells us that he went
into far country TO receive the title
20 his Kingdom, then TO return TO take
possession Of Il Aiatthew XXI. SO; XIV.
14l. and that at his second coming he
will be the great King OF glory. He
tells us the same thlng In Matthew
XIV. 81. when the Son OF Man shall
come In his glory. aud all the holy an
gels with him. then shall he sit upon
the throne Of his glory"
On the other hand. as we scan the
pages OF history during the past eight
cen centuries, we are convinced that
Messiah has not been the King of the
world. To think Of him as such. with
the omnipotent power which we ac-
credit to him. would be 10 charge him
with responsibility for bloody aud
atrocious prosecutions and wars and
famines and pestllences. Surely no
rightminded person. after mature con.
sideration, can nationally accept the
theory that the gloriouF Messiah's
reign Of righteousness for the blessing
Of the whole earth. the uplifting OF
the whole race. the enlightenment OF
every creature. and the bringing Of all
possible into accord with God-none OF
Us could think that that reign OF the
great Mediator between God and men
Is In the past We must agree with
our text that II Is IN the future. aud
that. when established. its effect upon
the institutions of the present-politi-
cal. social. financial. rellgious-wlll be
such that they VIII Zee away; no
place ever more will be found for
them. An, from this standpoint there
II hope; but from no other standpoint.
We are living today at the very eli
max OF civilization. Yet today we be-
hold more clearly than ever before
that the deeply-ingrained selnshness