Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05

! Others know asuredlv that their labor Is MT
! in vain If they seeking for the Lord 5 Jewels
! 10 the best of their ability. in touch
! continually with laborers IN India and Africa
! and well know that the pure gospel OF christ
/ is not greatly To affecting their seeming mt
F! lions. But the gospel of the kingdom Us seek
ing out. blessing sanctifying. happltylng, on
! couraging some here and there some who have
! eai~ or raIth TO hear. eyes of faith TO see ano
! obedlent hearts to obey the cali to su-''r
! wrh christ and by and by to reign Win MAJ
| for the effectual blessing of oil the famuies or
! the earth. by uplifting the willing out OF their
present conditions of sin and degradation and
| death.
THE MILLENNIUM NECESSITY.
We have shown the value and necessity tor
the doctrine of the millennel-that all Christians
| who hold fast to their Bibles as taith -ancnai
aud who would make progress IN their study
of the word and be co-Iaborets with God in the
| gathering OF the elect need to that tn,
elect only called to heirs OF the
! kingtom for which we pray. Thy Kingdom,
! come They need to see mat that Kingdom
is Gods provision for the future blessing Of
tie non-Clect. They need to see mat the Bblc
does not teach, many az them suppose. thit
! the saints are called Of God to SIT in the heav
en'y balcony and look at the non elect
eternal anguish. and hear their cries.
Next. lot note that the millennium itself IS
an absolute necessity for the world, according
to the statistics of the worldly wise. Many col
lcge professors and doctors of divinity IN
clned tn speak glibly of the second coming q:
Christ being far in the future-''5g.C19 years
yet" say some. But evidently these Iearncr
gcntlemt have not used tneT education al
| Nantages in connection with such statements.
ton of the earth would be 1000 years from now.
taking the present popula tiol per the census
az ,1GO0O@.N0 and the ratio Of Increase as
! shown by TIE census reports at per cent IN
ten years The total would show :,515. 81. cJ0.JJ
population for the year 200 A.. D.-morc than
2C19 for each person now living.
! What would humanity 10 It the EARN We're
crowded To that extent: Where would the
essary food. fuel and clothing be found: Com,
putting all the tillFble portion of the earth ~
| %. 900 square miles or 16.cJ0.O9C.O;0 acrc-
would give but one acre for the support of Zio
people, or less than square yards each. At the
close Of second such period. $500 A. d.. AZ
| the same rate, there, would he ten persons
for each square foot of standing room. 81,
| other words they would stand 10 deep esCn
others heads. What shall thmE me
! wisdom that tell that the miIlennial IL 5U.p0
years off? The answer is found IN IsaIan's
prophecy z9:14.
THE EARTH WILL. YIELD HER INCREASE.
Are We asked how the --ennium II at once
| introduced would avert the difficulties OF IN"
the labitable earth? We reply that the scrip
lures clearly intimate that the rapid increase
Of our race is associated with mans fallen cuu.
! dillon. rs our Creator declared to mother Eva
alter her disobedieLce, Il will greatly multiply
thy sorrows and thy conception tDen.. $40.
Tine Scriptures also intimate that with the return
"t humanity toward perfection the average IN.
! crease Will be less, and that eventually tho
| human FAMILY VIII come TO the condition where
there VIII be neither marriage nor giving In
mar iage. and where sex conditions will be lost
IN uniform standard of humanity embodyIne
| the qualities at present DISPLAYED in the tp,,
sexes. Further. Gods promise for the no,IIa.,
Num- is that under His blessing the earth VIII
weld her Increase and the waste places be -e-
| CANNED, springs breaking forth I'm deserts Fur
une.inore, L'coghizihS the divine power IN ~.
necton with the matter can readily see nov
vas aS' n,,h t can be raised in the Atlantic
| ana In the Paclftc oceans But aside from - :,
! MIRACLES which properly enough could accompany
the lnllll'nial Kingdom of Christ, what cas =, ne
world VINO ignore the Bible expect? In O.Gci
words. what shall they expect who claim tns1
the present order of things is to continue saw.
ing. 'AlI things continue as they were fr,n
nj fhp ,ynplI
! some may inquire, What about the resurrec-
! ton OF the millions who have died? We replv
t ima tne world has been only gradually work
ing up TO its present dense population The
people living in the world for the past 5000
| Years according to what we believe are trust
worthy evidences. would number altogether
about 10000, 0OO.Oe0 But more than twice that
number could be buried in the state of Texas
! in separate graves aud more than eight times
that number could find standing room i'm Texas
as school boy with his pencil could readily
demonstrate
But we need not look n thousand years ahead.
| The world, will find itself In great trouble
very shortly unless the millennium be ushered
/ in. Already there is shortage of timber.
What Will be the condition of things 100 years
from now? Already our capitalists are buying
! that its rapid consumption is making it more
! valuable every year. Already biologists
calculating the number of tons of coal not yet
mined and telling us that with the present
average of increase in the consumption OF coal
the entire supply Of the world will be exhaust
; cd in less than 200 years. What will he
the price of coal as the vanishing point
| is neared and how win mankind do without
| it, and without wood for fuel unless the mill
provisions ?-the taking Of fuel from at
| mosphere. and from water. by methods which
will. doubt. he simne. when mankind come
to understand them fully. but which at present
expensive TO be of little seFEice.
! Other scientific men have been studying the
! increase OF insanity and telling that prog
| Tess in this direction is terrific. Some have
estimated that in less than 200 years the en-
tire world. al the present rate. will he In
sane. How o3portune il would be for the mil
] leunia kingdom of the great I.ifeGiver to be
ushered in with its uplifting influence, mental.
Last hut not least the combination of wis
dom and selfishness in our day, known as
unions and trusts. is influential that prices
! in every commodity rising. Yet the trusts
are not quite ripe yet. Their managers have
not fully learned their power. Gradually the
! unner and the neither millstones will appar-
entity he drawn closer together. whhe heces-
sity will force the masses thronsn the hopp a,
! How great would these giants become with
! in another century so. IL TIE MILLENNIUM ne
not ushcred in in the interim to lift the, poor
end needy out Of the dunghill '-using the
I scrintural figure of the work OF the Kingdom.
! Nv friends let us stick to the Bible and its
! Influential theory. So doing we will be guided
Inv the wisdom from high and enabled 10
pray with the spirit and the understanding
also Thy kingdom come thy VIII De zone
! on Garth as il is done in heaven and TO labor
intclligently as cO-workers with Gou: LET us
| nreparc as pupils i'm the school OF christ LOT
Inc great work whereunto God has called us by
fbe gospel message. ., .-,,o>. At
THE EARTHS FUTURE POPILAii0N Al
! PRESENT RATES OF INCREASE.
1860 A. ID. census report l'oD'VO7'o0o
Iie0ON A d. At per cent increase
! every years -S'f"o''-V'0VO
! POO A. D. AT per cent Increase 80. ,,o ooo
\ every ten years ......... ''SSS'-1o'OVV
200 oyc "A; T. ten AT Years 81 1886 4ss. OCO
2"C o5.c a, - ton a. Years s417s, 2S2, 900
e2cry ton Years 10. 472 So, 900
$500 A. ID. At per cent increase 49,.
every ten years Gee lo'S0o'So-'VV
! 900 AID. At per cent increase $500
every ten years SS9,6-o.SOO,VO
27eo A. ID. At per cent increase
every ten years 'S~l9j'90+SOJ
$500 A. d. At per cent increase
every ten years &c. l0bS.SlS,-oJ'oVJ
1900 A. D. At per cent increase
: eyerv ten wears 49, 49, -. 80. 1876. S25. $50. 900
If these figures be divided or quartered even,
the showing is sufficiently appalling. The re-
suits remind us Of the story Of the blacksmith
! who accepted OF his king reward a rev
grains of wheat according to the squares of the
/ kings chessboard; two grains for first square
! and that doubled with each succeeding square
of the 81.
! We recall the CONSERVATION of the king when
he learned that all the wheat in his domain
! would only begin TO pay the debt that at first
! thought seemed trifllng.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus; Come quickly
! Thy kingdom come, and thy will be done
] earth. in heaven"