The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-19

these snintly men of Israel. resurrect
ed perfect who will he the special mn
pointees and representatives of the
Elorlfed Messiah's rule. AS Il is writ
ten, instead of thy fathers (the an
Client sanity ones were styled "the
fdfhers," as Jesus was styled the Son
OF Abraham and David shall be thy
children. whom thou mayest make
princes In all the earth psalm xiv,
l6). These princes, acting under and
continually in contact with the spirit.
ual Kingdom and rulers styled in the
Scriptures "the royal priesthood" will,
OF course, be so superior In their wis
dom and power as to command the
obedience of the whole earth The ma.
ton of Israel. with whom they are re.
lated. would naturally respond more
quickly than others to the New order
OF things. which will be just that for
which they have been waiting and
praying for more than thirty centuries.
All Nations Flow Unto Il.
In these words the Lord through the
prophet assures us of the wonderful
success which will attend the estab-
lishment of the New Empire of earth,
the dominion of the Prince of light
which will supersede the dominion Of
the Prince of darkness. when Satan
shall be bound for thousand years
that he may deceive the peoples no
more. Messiah's Kingdom will be
high above all other Kingdoms, not
only in its grandeur, majesty and au-
thority. but also In the lofty principles
which II will represent. Thus IL is
written, "He shall lay righteousness to
the line and justice TO the plummet
and the hail [Truthl shall sweep away
the refuge of lies" isaiah xviii, IL.
Nevertheless. as the world shall come
to appreciate the new order of things
all nations shall 6ow unto It. foio Hp
TO it-contrary to the downwardness
of fallen human nature. 1t will make
manifest such wonderful rewards for
Righteousness and obedience to God and
1t will so make manifest the stripes
that must attend all willful disobedi.
ence TO the Divine arrangement that
the Scripture will be fulfilled which
declares that when the judgments OF
the Lord are abroad in the earth, the
Inhabitants Of the world will learn
righteousness 0saiah XVI. o..
Humanity for six thousand years
has been learning the exceeding sin.
fulncss of SIM" its downward tenden.
cy In every sense of the word. Every
form Of government has been tried In
an endeavor to secure the greatest
amount of blessing. But the uniform
results have been that those exalted to
place and influence and power have
proved themselves unequal to the OPP
and temptations of the po-
sitions and have abused them selfshly. |
Whoever is acquainted with history
'ealizes the truthfulness of all this. |
Il some of us have hoped that the gen.
'ral education OF the masses and the |
general enlightenment Of the race |
would abolish sin and selfshness and |
the truthfulness Of the |
'roverb, Honesty Is the best policy"
We are willing to confess that this has
been mistake. We perceive that the |
greater the wisdom and intelligence |
granted 70 a selfish mind and heart |
he greater will be its opportunities
or evil and incltement thereto.
Every Man Against His Neishbor.
As consequence the world is losing
onfidence in itself. All, whether poll
iclans or judges or governors. great
r small. of one party or another. of
ne nationality or another--all are ac-
used OF being tarred with the same
tick Of selfishness. The Bible clearly
indicates that this dlstrust is not with
ut reason and that the great time Of
rouble soon TO come upon every nation
D0nicl xli, u will he the direct result