The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-04-05
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL.
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.

II. Russell OF bfooklyh lhDtinuC
preached here twice today to splendid
audiences. One OF his discourses was
entitled, "The Overthrow Of Satan's
Empire" The other, which we report,
was on the necessity Tor the Millen-
Mum from ;hc text above quoted.
Pastor Russell said
Respecting two matters there can
be no question:
1D That the early Church thorough
Iy believed in a Miilennlal Kingdom,
hoped for it, prayed for lt-"Thy
Kingdom come; thy will be done on
earth as It is done In heaven"
CT II 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booed as "out OF date"-out of har-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 Evolutionlsts, who are
filling 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
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,
chat they make light Of IL, that they
profess far more wisdom and ability
than the riters of the Bible and n
higher intellectual inspiration than
they, Is indisputable. The question
gor 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
20 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 leavcn in batch
of dough with the intent that 1t should
propagate itself until the entire mass
would be lcavened. But the Bible
apostolic concept of the Churchs mes
sage is the very reverse of this-that
It is planted in the world. not with a
view to converting the world, but on
Che contrary to keep itself separate
from the world aud TO draw TO itself
"As many as the Lord your God shall
call" OF the pure IN hcart--to sacrifice
earthly interests for Divine interests
unto death, aud later. by the First
Resurrection, To enter into the heaven
iy glory of the Rcdccmer as his
Bride" his Wife" his "J0mt-Heb'
IN the Kingdom DiOry and The Kingdom
rork And the work OF that Kingdom
IS set forth to be the blessing of nll
che families of the earth"
The two views are 80 radically oppo
site that none should confuse them In
their minds lf one IL right the Other
IL wrong. Ir one Is Scriptural, tho
other Is unscripturai In the above
stem DR. Brown admits that the Scrip
tural view entertained by the early
Church contemplated the Church Ii
suffering and IN II temporary or taber
nacle condition In the present life AM
promised share with Christ In IN
reign In power aud great glory, a
Gods Kingdom during the Millennium
'fhe safe, the proper, the right courS
Is TO go back and take up afresh tn
doctrine OF the Millennium the doc
srine that the faithful OF the Churcl
now being tried aud tested will consti
'Sute the glorious Kingdom OF God
dear Son after their change fror
earthly TO spirit conditions In tn
First Resurrection" q Corinthian
Nv, i2-+i,
The Laymen's Movement
God bless the Christian Endeavo
and Epworth League aud students
Missionary League and the Iaymen
Movement, all intent on "Storming th
world for Jesus" We bear them wi
Mcss that they have II zeal for Go
which we greatly admire aud woul
encourage. But their zeal Is mot a'
cording to knowledge aud Is there
fore considerably mIsdrectcd. To an
one OF logical mind, who viii rraso
from statistics, the thought Of convcr
ing the world by singing "A few rou'
Ing hymns or holding n few cnthus
astic meetings for the collection {
money! money!! moncyWl would !
childish We do. not dcspisc chldlsl
ness. We have all had our SHARE. Bt
we nh should say with the Apostl
when I was a CHILD. | spnlie as
child and understood Ms n child; bI
when | became man | put awn
childish things" q Corinthians Kill, II
"ChristiAn people have been foollr
themsclvcs long enough" Yes, II
as absolutely irrtioual to think
converting the world as II IL unscri
sural TO believe that God ever gave
that impossible commission. The Un
ed States census reports show tn
there are twice as many heather
day as there were n century ago. III
word heatheu carries 20 many We
wrong impression. Many noble hear
ed Christians have gone as m!Ssio
aries 10 the heather wholly unpI
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