The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-27

makers TO make new laws With sufii-
cient rapidity to Keep pace With the in.
teligent methods Of circumvention.
The laws, doctrines Of Christ are. in
certain sense. responsible for all this
The liberty wherewilh Christ makes
free his followers and the light which
he and they let shine upon darkened
world. received in part into unsanci-
fed hearts and minds have given wis
dom that, misapplied we call cunning
and craft. The proof of what we say
is found in the fact that other nations
than those which have received this re-
flected light of Christianity are still
quite in the background. Only now,
as Christian civilization in a perverted
form is reaching these peoples are they
awakening and becoming competitors
with SO called Christend0m.
In our advanced conceptions of
finance. warfare. etc, pertinent ques-
tlon worthy of deep thought, Is, VIII
IL be possible to live I'm the world at all
after the greatest financial minds shall
have "trust-ified" all of the worlds busi-
ness, and after the labor organizations
shall have had their say as to who
shall and who shall not earn living,
and after the teeming millions of China
and Japan shall have become thorough
ly civilized and Christianized after the
nominal sort? Would not the hordes
of the Far East overwhelm the COM
paratively little handful Of Europe and
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fulfllment of the prophecy of our text
peace on earth, good will toward
menT" There is no prospect from the
earthly sources toward which we have
been looking If that prophecy Is ever
TO be fulfilled it must be by some
Divine Intervention in human affairs.
The Desire Of All Nations Coming.
Notwithstanding the eighteen centu-
ries of delay our text as a prophecy
will surely be fulfilled, and be fulfilled,
too, by and through the One whom the
angels announced and whose birth Is
very generally celebrated today. The
Great Teacher, questioned by PLATE, AN
swered that lie was born TO be King
the King of the Jews: but he also add
ed, MY Kingdom is not of this Age"
How true! Many of us have gotten the
wrong impression-that our Redeemer
has been waglng. as the Great King of
Glory, an unsuccessful warfare for
eighteen centuries against Satan, sin
and death. But here we learn from
the Great Teachers own lips that his
Kingdom is not of this Age. II belongs
to the "world to come"--the Age to
come.
DO we inquire, then, who has been
the ruler of this world, this Age? The
answer of the Master Is that Satan is
the Prince of this world He is II usurp-
er. The dominion of earth was given
to man. But Satan. dcceiving our race,
putting darkness for light. has become
thereby the real ruler, using humanity
merely as his tools. He is styled "the
god OF this world" and the prince of
this world" or age. And we are told
again that "EIe now worketh In the
hearts of the children of disobedience."
When we reflect how many of human
ity are disobedient, we see the vast
ness Of the empire controlled by the
Prince of Darkness. And when we see
the few. comparatively. who are sol
diers Of the cross and followers IF the
Lamb we perceive that. as the Master
said. his following during this age is
to be a little flock"
PerpleXcd and confused many may
ask What, then. is the hope of the full
filment of our text. peace on earth,
good will toward men?" We answer
that our Master, who declared that he
was not the Prince of this age, de-
clared also that his Kingdom of the
next age will be introduced with pow
er and great glory and that, although
its initial manifestation will be with
clouds and darkness and a time of
trouble such as never before has been.
nevertheless his reign will be glorious,
triumphant and eternal. "IIe shall
take unto himself his great power and
reign" until "he shall have put all
enemies under his fect;" "the last
enemy that shall be destroyed Is
death" Unto him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess"
The victory of Emanuel means the
overthrow of sin-thc crushing of the
serpents head. At the very beginning
of his glorious reign Satan shall be
bound and following its close he shall
| be destroyed in the Second Death, to-
gether with all those who love un-
righteousness, after they shall have
had full knowledge and full opportu-
nifty for recovery from the snares Of
| sin and death. Then, indeed, the
whole world win proclaim the glory
Of God There will no longer be dis
cordant sounds. AS the Scriptures de-
clare, There shall be no more crying
no more signing. no more dying-all
the former things of sin and death
shall have passed away Qev. XXI. A..
The Great Restorer of All.
The great King who. eighteen CEN
turies ago. died. the Just for the I'M
just, that he might, judicially, bring
mankind back into harmony with God,
is to be the Great King of earth. the
great Restorer Of all that was lost In
I Adam. and he will make all things