The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24

the obedient heart and will now re-
spond to the special invitation of the
Gospel Age. That call is to leave the
world, it's sins, its pleasures and its
hopes, and to walk by faith in the
exceeding great and precious promises
of God-the things which eye hath
not seen nor ear heard, neither hath
entered into the heart of man. These
are the heavenly things promised
them as the bride and joint heir with
their Redeemer in his glorious King
dom to come and it's blessed work of
uplifting Israel and the world.
In the Top of the Mountains.
We have before our minds the anti
typical house of David, Messiah
king1y household, the royal priesthood
Divinely prepared. AS a Kingdom it
will be at the top, above all the king
doms of earth. Not only will this be
true of the spiritual Kingdom (invis-
ible to men as the angels are invis
ihle), but it will include also an earth
ly kingdom composed of "IsraeIites
indeed" At their head as princes in
all the earth will stand the resurrect-
ed Ancient worthless, perfected as men
obedience to the law of the Kingdom,
may attain to, with eternal life.
These Ancient Worthless are enum-
Grated in the criptures-Abraham
described by st. Paul in Hebrews
XII, 38-4O. To these belong the
earthly promise of the Old Testament
They never heard of the heavenly
or spiritual promises. Their loyal
ty will find its reward in the fact
that they will come forth from the
tomb no longer blemished and inper-
feet, but finally, completely restored to
the perfection originally enjoyed by
father Adam. Additionally these will
have the special guidance and in
struction of Messiah (head and mem
bers) in all the affairs of mankind.
Thus as the Master said, speaking of
that time. eye shall see Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob and the prophets in the
Kingdom duke xiii, 2S).
Gods Kingdom will be represented
in the earth by Israe1-especial1y by
these sanity men of Israel, resurrect-
ed perfect, who will be the special ap-
pointees and Representatives of the
giorified Messia1ls rule. AS it is writ
ten, instead of thy fathers (the an
cient sanity ones were styled "the
fathers 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.
16). 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 1t.
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 a thousand years,
that he may deceive the peoples no
more Messiah's Kingdom will be
high above all other kingdoms, not
only in it's grandeur. majesty and au-
thority but also in the lofty principles
which it will represent. Thus it is
written, HE shall lay Righteousness to
the line and justice to the plummet
and the hail [truth] shall sweep away
the refuge. of lies" (Isaiah xviii. 10.
Nevertheless. as the world shall come
to appreciate the new order of things
all nations shall flow into it. flow up
to it-eontrary to the downwardness
of fallen human nature. 1t will make