Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-12

Apri 1O.-Pastor Russell, accompanied by Dr.
Jones. who will serve him stenographer and
by a representative Of this Journal, sailed from
New York April for Jerusalem-via Paris
Berne, Naples Alexandria, Cairo and the Pyra-
luids Jaffa TO Jerusalem and vicinity. His re-
turn will be via Rome, Vienna, Warsaw, Ber-
I'm Elberfield and London. Meetings have been
arranged for route. His longest stay viii
ments in the principal cities await him. He
will be speaking practically every day. HIS
Sunday discourses will be specially reported
in these columns. Special interest VIII center
in the discourses at Jerusalem and Rome. The
many readers of his sermons will follow the
pastor In his Journey with great interest. He
is scheduled to be back in Brooklyn June .,
when his topic will be Jerusalem. In an
ticipation of large audience on that occasion
Music. has been secured. His sermons now
reach 100000 families weekly, and assuredly
many of these wish him God-speed
ON THE ATLANTIC APRIL 10.
have chosen for my text a sea topic, a
symbolical prophecy which, believe, is rapidly
nearing fulfilment. All Bible students recog-
Messianc; that is to say, they apply TO the
time OF the Inauguration of Messah's millen-
NAL kingdom. Some of them detail the peace
and joy and blessings which will then prevail
amongst men, when the great leveling pro-
cesses Of that time will raise all the worthy
poor and degraded and will humble all the
ditions that the new order of things is sym
bolicaly styled in the Scriptures "a new
earth. wherein dWeIleth righteousness y
Peter. 3. 1S). Others of the Psalms describe in
highly figurative terms the work of the mil
lennial age. For instance, we read:
''Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, most
Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And
in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of
truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy
right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Thine arrows sharp in the heart of the
Kings enemies; whereby the people fall under
thee psalm. $3.50. Here the great Redeem
er Is pictured the glorious conquering King
Of the millennia age. and his victory over
him every knee shall bow and every tongue
confess Isaiah. 45:23). His right hand that
will teach terrible things is the symbol OF the
divine power which win be exercised at the in
which will pierce the enemies to the heart and
cause them symbolcally to fall before Him
slain represent His messages Of truth and grace
which then will conquer as they do now, except
in the hearts of the few, sample of those
now slain after this manner by the Word of
Peters sermon on the Day OF PentecOst. He
preached the truth plainly, thrusting in the
''Sword of the Spirit up to the htlt. He
told His hearers how they and their rulers
''cut to the heart" and It was the greatest
blessing that could have possibly come to them
Acts, 2:23). Similarly during the millennium.
the ARROWS" of truth will smite down all
opposition: and mankind. cut to the heart with
proper appreciation of their sinfulness and
Gods mercy will fall before the Great King.
accepting mercy upon His gracious terms-fur
surrender.
THE DAY OF TROUBLE PICTURED
The Psalm Of which our text is part is
and symbolicaly Il tells about the trouble In
cident 10 the passing away of the present order
of sin and selfishness and the Inaugural tion of
the order Of righteousness and love under