The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-08-03
The Desire of
All Nations.
Il vii shake all nations, and the
iIesre Of all nations shall come"
(Hassu ii. y.

vcnilc and superior, and yet they in.
crease. We pcraliZe the CARRYING of
weapons and bombs and wisely pro
hibf intiammalory speeches; aud the
better informed know that Christen
dom is like Il powder magazine which
some unlucky friction between the
classes may any day explode.
All Hopes Really One.
Admitting that all mankind are i'm
! perfect, born in sin and Shapen IN
/ iniquity, we everthcleSs cannot as
! sent 10 TIE doctrine of Total Deprav
ity-that there is nothing good in any
| man: or in all men. Each one who
| pays forgive Ills our trcsraSseS as we
! forgive others should conceGe thai
/ others, rs well as himself, would pre-
/ fer Righteousness TO sin. if the cnNi-
ronmpnI We're di.rcrcnt--if his appetite
were not 50 pCVCrs2. ii his will power
4 were not 50 iu"GrqUatC, SO, then.
! whether Jew, Mnh&lltdan Catholic.
Free Mason or Protestant. do we not
all really desire the one thing? Ana
do We not admit. after centuries Of
cndCHVcr along different lines. that
God alone ran snud us the aid which
/ the whole world SO lrcaNy needs: We
do
Let us bow Formulate tits desire
of all nations" from those Holy Scrip
lures which we all acknowledge. Let
us see that it is exactly what we al
have been looking and praying for
! under different names: II is The King.
dom of God the Kingdom of Allah.
! Its rule is to he "HRdcr the whole
heavens" however heavenly or spri,
tual The great ruler Will lee Daniel vii.
% Under its bcnrfcont and uplifting
influence the glorious result will be
thar Gods will shall he done on earth
as completely as il is now done in
heaven. This is exactly what the
Scriptures declare that sin and iGno-
rance will he done away; that the
! knowledge of the glory Of Gods char
actcr Will ill the whole earth. II
| means n strong government cSer-
ciscd for the restraint IL sin and for
the freeing " mankind from slavery
TO sin-the slavery OF Inherited weak
nesscs cptaiicd Ivy Adams diSobcdi-
encc. The great Heavenly King, the
Son OF David. who will do these things.
according TO the Law and the Proph-
cts. will have many titles indicating
various features Of his greatness. lie
shall be called Wonderful. Counsellor.
the mighty Elohim. the Prince OF
Peace, and the Father Uife givcr, Of
eternal life isaiah ix, g..
He is called the Savior by the Proph-
ct Isaiah xiv. 10" for he shah save
from their sins" and from the penalty
VI sin all who shall become. his pco-
pie" And all who will wickedly re-
fuse his rule of righteousness and his
assistance out Of Sin and death con-
ditions will be esteemed wicked" in
the proper sense of that word; and Of
these we read An the wicked will
he destroy
Love Righteeusness--t4ate Iniquity.
We have had too much Of hatred and
persecution because of the differences
pressed in our differences of belief.
Let this cease, Let US unite i'm our
love for righteousness and in our hatred
OF unrighteousness-in- equity. Let us
cultivate such sympathy for the COM
ing reign Of righteousness to be estab-
lished by Messiah (by whatever name
he and his Kingdom may be handed
down to us, that our characters shall
be more ami more Influenced and
| transformed 10y the prophetic view.
We are all agreed that Messiah's King
dom is nigh. even knocking at the door
tons of our day We have the very fore
CLEANS Of that Kingdom as outlined in
prophecy. The necessities Of the case
also corroborate this: The tension be
tween Capital and Labor will soon be
TO its limit and break; the grasp Of
monopoly will soon be SO strong that
the masses will be ground between
he upper and the neither millstoDes;
our hiEh-tension living is calculate ted
soon TO have our race in the mad
house: specialists say. within one cen
| fury. Let Us believe the Word of God
delivered by the prophets of old. Let
us prepare our hearts for the Great
King and know that such will have the
| chief blessing.
He Must Reien-Until"
According tn the Bible the reign OF
the promised Great King shall not be
an eternal reign. Eventually the do
minion of earth originally given 10
Adam and lost by diSobediencc and
consequent incapacity. is TO be restor
| I'd 10 such Of Adams race as shall at
tain earthly perfection and Jehovah's
approval. MeSsiah's Empire will be a
Mediatoria one and. according to the
Scriptures. will continue only one thou
sand years. But we are assured that
the period will be quite sufficient for
She great work 10 be accomplished
Father Adam. after being sentenced
for sin-"Dying thou shalt die" expe
rienccd the dying processes for $50
years ContrariwiSe the world will
under the Messiah'S rule rs King and
Priest Melchispdek Psalm OK. A..
gradually rise up. III, MP. out Of sin
and death conditions during Il very
similar period IF time.
Paradise restored will no longer be 4