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"Timcs Of refreshing shall come from the pres
epcp of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ
which before was preached unto you; whom
tho heavens must retain until the times Of res
titution Of all things. which God hath spoken
by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the
world began. Acts. 3:192l.
BPOOkINN. n. Y, April 3-Pastor Russell.
of Brooklyn Tabernacle New York preached
hore twice today to splendid audiences. one NJ
his d.Scourses entitled, The Overthrow ot
Satan's Empire" The other. which We report
was on the necessity for the Millennium from
the text above quoted. Pastor Russell laid:
Respecting two matters there can he no
question
l. Tia. the early ch1r,n thoroughly believed
in a Millcnual kingdom hoped for IT. prayed
for i"Thy Kingdom come thy will be- done
on Garth rs it is done in heaven"
2. II is equally certain that today the doc
trinc OF the millennium is tabooed tout OF
date''-cut Of harmony with the views of the
higher critics and evolutlonisrs who are filling
practically al tho chats IN our colleges Tu5
the majority OF the oulpits of Christcnd"m.
What has led to tis radical cnarc" on thr part
Of he religions wise mcn Of all denominations?
IIaye they taken a step in adVancc or are hey
departing from the pat1-frum ,he ccchings Of
the inspired Word Of God?
That thoE have left the woTl Of Col: that
they make light Of it: that they profess far
more wisdom and ability than ~" writer's OF
tire Bible and higher intellectual inspiration
than they. is indisputablc. rhg question fpr Us
ia. viii Christians in considerable numbers fol
low IN, So leaders away from Col. away from
al divine revelation: VIII we ~. orr trust in
literary princes who claim the ri-ht - mstru-J
the world. not by divine aDpo l'n'nt author
itr. hut by vir'ue Of their Iars" lnnun, or self
cs:eemF We Icii"rc hat tn" MASSES are follow
ing these leaders into the ditch-to she runAtion
] Of thelr faith. THANK God. We d. not under
stand this to mean tina. they following
Them 10 eternal torture But tncir .oss Is sad
enough anyway. II is serious matter for a
man to lose all knowledge Of God. all faith
in divine revelation Of divine purpose and
90 DO carried about by the WINDS Of doctrine
and cunning o7aftiness Of men who state theic
views very positively. while generally shoy
Chnng~ thcm very Frequently
As illustrating our sub 'cy--t 'Iepa-:ire Of
! ~" Snnr'h OF today; from the faith or the
church In the day Of the apostles. qIote from
Rev. DR.. Browns review Of Prof. Briggs book
on church unity. follows:
''pr. Briggs does not really 90 to the bottom
OF the subject. lie does not thoroughly discuss
the pattcr of the church. Ills emphatic Oh
Sistcnce that in the New Testament the idea
of the church and Of the kingdom 81 COL IS the
same indicates that the subject is not fully
treated. For that statement Is true ur' because
III" New Testament concept OF tho church Is
not that Of n permanent institution destined to
'a't Tor thousands of years. hut Is looked on
entirely i'm tho light Of the Immediately cV-
ne'ted second coming Of Christ Thus ia prob.
! lrm as to what constitutes tho nature OF the
is not so easily solved. -
This draws tho issue squarely and If is weII
ihat Christians should comprehend it, The pres
4 is
that God planted 1t amongst mon os Heaven I'm
batch OF dough, with the intent that if ,ho;Id
propagate Itself until the entire mass WON'T
ne ieaNened. But the Bible apostolic rop,.,of of
the churchs message is the very reverse of This
-that IL 'is planted in the wc-.c nor ,gi.n ,
view 10 converting the world. but on tho con
Fary TO Keep Itself separate from the world
aLu TO draw to Itself "as many as the Lo-h
| snail call Of the pure in heart-to socr eice
eartniy interests for divine interests unto death
land later b. the first resurrection to ontn.
| nj tbo
phue' ms wife" his ''iont-h in the
nIlhsu"'! glory ana the Kingdom WORK AMI
hIoss T"N OF inat kingdom is set forth to be tine
p'essIls OF all the families Of the ear--
The two views are so radically onnosife thar
i .ons should confuse them in their minds II one
81 IN tS me othrr is wrong. If one is Scrlptur.
~, me other is unscriptural In tho above t.
Ut hroWn admits that the ScripturaI yiov, 80
GRAINED by the early church cu,r,pmnIatoi tho
ornai IN suffering and in a temporary or tab
tihacle condition In the present life o., -
lsed share with Christ in his n GNU prom,
Innni,s lory' as Gods kingdom during the miS'
AS MAN THINKETH. so IS HE
! Our Uur thoughts, ideals. control an nE' H..
CtN' We would be dishonest II ILL r'cs.
cepton % people; we have lost the proper COT,
n' ptpu OF me Givine purpose I'm our cali 20 ~
nha,, or the body of Christ which is tpo
nuiCn' tlS misconceptiOn most certoi',i
would produce misdircctcd effort t. .'ainy
lnisconception which led tbe cbnrob mus
20 20 consider 1t her message to conquer the world
r"r thrlst and TO use the sword and smear and
I ap1 -laut
Sne beiieved was her divineIv apnointed liz
SION. Both Catholics and Protestants today
or CatboI nne course followed was wrong Meth
- Csthollcs nor Protcstants would stand for
II tocay. But ii was logical. And If the same
! erroneous theory continues 10 dominate the
hlnd II is only question of time when the
| logic of the matter win again lead to simiIar
eNccsseS. The safe the proper the RIGHT course
nf ~ ~ go 1lck and take up afresh the doctrine
ot lhe mlltenn 'um-the doctrine that the faith
! ill oil the church now being tried and tested
MIL Mi Constitute the glorious kingdom of Gods
shirt son cord mer iner change from earthly to
Cor. 15:l2-44.
THE LAYMEN's MOVEMENT.
GOD bless the Christian Endeavor and Enwortb
league and Students Missionary League and
, me Laymen's Movement. all intent on storm
ness that they have a zeal for God which we
greatly admire and would encourage Rut their
| zeaI is not according to knowledge" and is
! therefore considerably misdirected To any
one OF logical mind. who will reason from sta
tsttcs the thought of converting the world bv
singing few rousing hymns or holding a few
enthusiastic meetings for the collection of
money! money! money!! would be childish
We do not despise childishness We have all
had our share. But we all should saw with
the apostle, when | was a child / spake as
child and understood rs a child: but when |
became a man put away childish things.
Cor, 1871.
Christian people have been fooling them
selves long enough" Yes. II Is as absolutely
Tratlonal 10 mink OF converting the world.
as it is unscrptural 10 believe that God
gave that impossible commission. The United
states census reports show that there are twice
rs many heather today there a century
ago. The word heather carries to many q
very wrong impression. Many nOble-hearted
Christians have gone as missionaries to the
heather wholly unprepared for what they met
intelligent reasoning ability. etc They found
thGt tine heather full Of questions. logical
questions. too, which they Christians had
never thought of. and which they were wholly.
unprepared TO Comparatively few of
the missionaries able to hold their in
argument with intelligent people in India, China
and Japan. There is no danger OF their
converting those people. There is more danger
of their losing their faith in the Bible,
because OF their Misrepresentation Of some of its
teachings-rcsrpcting the mission of the church.
the hope of the church and the hope of the
world,
Missionaries are thus handicapped. Full of
the heather that their forefathers have gone TO
eternal torment and that they are going there,
too unless they accept Christ. IL is rude
awakening to be asked where hell is? and why
God should have condemned them aud their
rorefathers to such horrible eternity? and
how this could be true and yet he God Of
nifty compa ssiOn, love? The heather ask. Why
The different ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS different the
cries of the terms of salvation-by water. by
election by free grace. by joining the church.
etc The missionary. wholly unable TO answer
The adult native. gathers children about him,
starts school and does all he is able per
hans TO Justify his presence in a foreign land
heping the sick and doing many other acts OF
Kindness which very commenahe. whether
from o religious humanitarian standpoint
PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL SAIlONS.
Our Lords instruction was that His people
should preach the gospel In all the world Tor q