Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-09
PEOPLES
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.

7. Russell of Brooklyn Tabernacle
preached here twice today to splendid
audiences. One of his dlscourses was
entitled, "The Overthrow Of Satan's
Empire" The other. which we report
was on the necessity for the Millen-
mum from ;he text above quoted.
Pastor Russell said;--
Respecting two matters there can
be no question:
u That the early Church thorough
Iy believed in a Millennial Kingdom,
hoped for it. prayed for it-"Thy
Kingdom come; thy will be done on
earth as II is done In heaven"
(2J It Is equally certain that today
the doctrine Of the Millennium is ta-
booed as "out Of date"-out Of har-
mony with the views of the Higher
Critics and Evolutionists, who are
6lling practically all the chairs In our
colleges and the majority of the pull
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 God2
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 a
higher intellectual inspiration than
they, is indisputable The question
for us is, VIII Christians In consider
able numbers follow these leaders
away from God, away from all Divine
revelation? VIII we put our trust In
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 self
esteem2
The present day concept of the
Church of Christ Is that God planted
It amongst men as leaven. in Il batch
of dough with the intent that it should
propagate itself until the entire mass
would be leavened. But the Bible
sage Is tile very reverse of this-that
It is planted in the world. not with
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
callH of the pure In heart--to sacrifice
earthly interests for Divine interests,
unto death, and later, by the First
Resurrection. to enter into the heaven
ly glory Of the Redeemer as his
Bride" his Wife" his "Joint-Reit'"
in the KiHgdom 0iorv and the Kingdom
cork. And the work of that Kingdom
is set forth TO be the "blessing Of all
the families of the earth"
The two views are 80 radically oppo-
site that none should confuse them In
their minds. II one Is right the other
Is wrong. " one is Scriptural the
other is unscrlptural In the above
item Dr. Brown admits that the Scrip
tural view entertained by the early
Church contemplated the Church In
suffering and IN temporary or taber-
nacle condition IN the present life and
promised share with Christ In has
reign In power and great glory, as
Gods Kingdom during the Millennium.
The safe. the proper, the right course
Is to go back and take up afresh the
doctrine OF the Millennium-th doc
trine that the faithful of the Church
now being tried and tested will consti-
tute the glorious Kingdom of Gods
dear Son after their change from
earthly TO spirit conditions I'm the
"First Resurrection" Il Corinthians
XIV, 42-44).
The Laymen's Movement.
God bless the Christian Endeavor
aud Epworth League and Students
League and the Laymen's
Movement. all intent on "Storming the
world for Jesus" We bear them wit
ness that they have zeal for God
which we greatly admire and would
encourage. But their zeal Is mot ac-
cordihg 10 knowledge,' aud 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 few rous-
Ing hymns or holding few enthusl-
astic meetings for the collection OF
moneyu money!ll would be
childish. We do not desplse childish
ness. We have all had our share, But
we all should say with the Apostle,
when / vas child, spake as "A
child aud understood as child; but
when J became man | put away
childish things" q Corinthians xiii, III. |
christian people have been fooling
themselves long enough~ Yes. It is
rs absolutely irrational 10 think OF |
The world, as II Is unscrip-
.ural TO believe that God ever gave us
hat impossible commission The Unit. |
a States census reports show that |
here are twice as many heather To- |
lay as there We're a century ago. The |
word heather carries 10 many a very /
wrong impression Many nohle.heart |
a Christians have gone as mission
Irles TO the heather wholly unpre |
Jared for what they met intelligent |
casoning ability. etc They found that |
ne heathen were full OF questions. |
ogieal questions too. which they as /
,hristians had never thought OF. aud
which they were wholly unnrpnarod Ia