Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-09

i. Russell Oh bipohiSh t"'' ''
preached here twice today Ia slirndt
audiences. One of his d~iseourSes WAS
entitled, '"Tbe Overthrow of Satabs
Empire." The other, which we report,
was on the necessity for the Millen-
mum from the text above quoted
Pastor Russell said
Respecting two matters there can
be no question:
ID That the early Church thorough
y believed in a Millennial Kingdom.
hoped for II, prayed for it-"Thy
Kingdom come; thy will be done Oh
earth as IT is done in heaven"
() 1t Is equally certain that TODAY
the doctrine of the Millennium Is "a
booed as "out of date"-out Of bar
mony with the views of the Higher
Critics aud Evolutionists, who are
filing practically all the chairs In on
colleges and the majority of the pul
pits of Christendom.
What has led to this radical change
on the part Of the religious wise men
of all denominations? Have they TAX
en- a step in advance or are they de
parting from the %path-from the teach
ings Of the inspired Word of God
That they have left the Word of God
that they make light Of 1t, that they
profess far more wisdom and ability
than the writer's of the Bible and q
higher intellectual inspiration than
they. is i%ndisputable. The question
Cor us is, VIII Christians in consider
able numbers follow these leader
away from God, away from all Divine
revelation! VIII we put our trust IL
literary princes who claim the right
TO instruct the world. not by Divine
appointment or authority. but by vir
tue of their large amount of SCI!
esteemf
The present day concept of the
Church of Christ is that God planted
II amongst men as leaven in a batch
of dough with the intent that 1t should
propagate itself until the entire mass
would be Ieavened. But the Bible
apostolic concept of the Church's mes
sage is The very reverse of this-that
It is planted in the world. not with q
view to converting the world, but on
the contrary to keep itself separate
from the world and to draw TO itself
"As many as the Lord your God shall
CALI of the pure in heart-to sacrifice
earthly interests for Divine interests,
unto death. and later, 10y the First
Resurrection. to enter into the heaven,
ly glory OF the Redeemer as his
Bride" his Wife" his "Joint-Heir
In the Kingdom glory and the Kingdom
soork. And the work Of that Kingdom
is set forth to be the blessing Of al
the families of the earth"
The two views are so radically oppo
site that none should confuse them r.
their minds. If one is right, the Other
is wrong. If one is Scriptural. tho
other is un%scriptural. In the above
item DIR. Brown admits that the Scrip
tural view entertained by the ear
Church contemplated the Church ir
suffering and in n temporary or taber
nacle condition in the present life ano
promised a share with Christ In his
reign in power and great glory, as
Gods Kingdom during the Millennium
The safe. the proper, the right course
is TO 20 back and take up afresh the
doctrine Of the Millennium-the doc
trine that the faithful OF the Church
now being tried and tested will consti-
tute the glorious Kingdom OF God'F
dear Son after their change from;
earthly to spirit conditions in the
First Resurrection" q Corinthians
Nv, 42-44l.
The Laymen's Movement.
God bless the Christian Endeavoi
and Epworth League and Students
Missionary League and the Laymen''
Movement, all intent on "Storming the
world for Jesus We bear them wit
ness that they have a zeal for Co
which we pgeatly admire and woul
But their zeal is mot ac
cording 10 knowledge" and is there
fore considerably misdirected. To any
one Of logical mind, who will reason
from statistics. the thought OF convert
Ing the world by singing a few rous
Ing hymns or holding a few enthusi
astic meetings for the collection @
money! money!! money!!! would b.
childish. We do not despise childish
ness. We have all had our share. Blu
we all should say with the Apostle
when | was a child, | spake as :
child and understood as a child; bu
when | became a man / put away
childish things" q Corinthians xiii, III
christian people have been foolin:
themselves long enough Yes, 1t Il
as absolutely irrational TO think o,
converting the world, as 1t is unscrip
tural TO believe that God ever gave u
that Impossible commission. The Unit
ed States census reports show tina.
there are twice as many heather to
day as there were q century ago. Th'
word heather carries To nan a very