The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-11-04

so that I'm Great Britain, the change de
manded by the new Kingdom, Mes
slabs Kingdom, will be less than il
many other countries. Here it has
come gradually.
The Glory of the Lord Revealed.
A well-known American authoress
Henry Ward Beecher's Sister, once
wrote some words which seem pro-
| phetic:-
II can see his coming judgments, as they
circle all the earth.
The signs and groanings promised. tc
precede a second birth; 7
! / read his righteous sentence, in the
crumbling thrones of earth
Our King is marching on.
""The Gentle Times are closing, for their
kings have had their day;
And with them sin and sorrow, will for
| ever pass away;
For the tribe of Judah's Lion. now comes
to hold the sway
Our King is marching on.
1.-THE seventh trump is sounding, and our
King knows no defeat,
| He will sift out the hearts of men before
his judgment-seat.
| o. be swift my SOUL to welcome him; be
jubilant my feet
Our King is marching on"
The exposure of the frailties Of poor
humanity--Of the shams of society and
Of religion and of business and poll.
tics. all are constituting great black
of the Lord are being revealed in strik.
ing contrast, as the critics Of the world
mercilessly hew to the line and lay
bare the cankers in politics and pollu-
tons of our social system. The effect
of this primarily will be the arousing
of the masses against the classes of
privilege. Their human idols and
ideals will crumble. Their confidence
in men will melt. They will give vent
TO what they will esteem to be a right
eOuS indignation. And so doing they
will forget that the masses are equally
as unrighteOus. unjust, as the more ia
vored classes, in proportion to their OPP
portunities. Wherein they judge 9th
erS they should also condemn them
selves, and the result should be that
mercy which the Lord enjoins.
Only those who forgive others their
uespasses-who thus manifest Il spirit
OF love and sympathy-need expect to
have mercy, consideration, shown
them by the new King. He will sure
ly punish injustice and unrighteous-
ness of word and deed and thought in
the poor as in the rich. in the ignorant
as in the learned. in the outwardly
religious as in the outwardly profane.
The message of the hour to Christian.
Jew and GENTLE is what it was eight
cen centuries ago, Repent We, for the
Kingdom of heaven is at hand Re-
pent and reform respecting public in
justices, no matter Of how long stand
ing. no matter by whom practised and
approved. Repent of and reform from
and disown the rank errors to be
found in so many Church creeds. dis
honoring to our Creator Let US be
honest in our professions of faith Re
pent as respects wrong practises
which have crept into our Churches.
quite out of harmony with the teach
ings of Jesus and the Apostles.
Let us return to the simplicity of
the early Church. Let us repent of
the Goddishonoring statements we
have put forth in the name of God
and religion and the Bible. by which
we palmed off bad tidings of great
misery. as instead of the true Gospel
Of Good Tidings of Great Joy which
shall be unto all people. Let us re-
pent of and abandon the falsehoods
and misrepresentation so common in
business lfe-the subserviency of the
Truth to money Let us repent of and
put away the dishonesties of the Stock
Exchange. through which the weak
and ignorant financial lambs are de-
ceiyed and impoverished. Let us re-
pent of the iniQuitieS which abound in
nearly every home. even those where
Christ is claimed to be the Head-in-
justices Of husbands toward wives and
of wives toward husbands. the strong
minded toward the weaker minded
failing to observe the Golden Rule
Let us repent of the injustices prac-
tised by parents upon children. in vio-
lation of the same Golden Rule. Let
us repent of the dishonor and disobe-
dience to parents practised by many
children. Let us repent of the selfish
ambitions of our own hearts and let
Us pray earnestly to the Lord. Create
within me Il clean heart. 0 Lord, and
renew right spirit within me-"
Cleanse thou me from secret faults;
keep back thy servant also from pre-,
sumptuous sins" psalm Ii. 10; xix, y.
49,.
1854 The Time Is at Hand.
True. these and similar eXhortations
have been made by the Lords people
from time immemorial. And yet the
present proclamation is different from
all others in that it proclaims. THE
time is at hand;" 1.-The Kingdom of
kingdom with an earthly king: not a
papal kingdom eXhorting the world to
in the name of the Lord.
Not q Protestant ecclesiastical empire
to gOdliness. But the real |
Kingdom of Gods dear Son so long
PiOhiiScu, 81 lung pTdyeu IOT. is Ut
hand. 1t will be a Spiritual Empire.
replacing and displacing Satan's en-
pire in the world and using as its
earthly agency Israel restored to Di- |
vine favor. Men will not say, Lo. here.
or, 10. there. but. Behold. the Kingdom
Of God will be in the midst of man
kind-everywhere present empowered |
to bless and empowered to punish.
The Great Prince of Light, the King |