The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-06

forth from Mt. Zion, the Celestial
Kingdom, and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem, the capital OF the
| earthly princes. Gods remedy Is just
what humanity is coming to realize 1t
needs. In its establishment, as the
Scriptures declare. "the desire of all
nations shall come" CHaggai ii, n.
Bible Students are more and more
coming TO see that this Gospel Age Is
the time in which Messiah Is select
ing from amongst men-of Jews and
Gentiles--a sanity class and Is testing
and proving their loyalty to God and
TO righteousness. These are to he
Messiah's assistants-the Bride, the
Lambs Wife. As Abraham typificd
the Heavenly Father, so the Messiah
was typifed by Isaac. And Messiah's
Bride and joint heir and co-laborcr in
his Kingdom was typified by Rebec-
ca Thus seen the great Plan of God
has progressed we'll
Tho Great Day Of Wrath.
Our neglect of the Word of God and
our study instead of the Talmud and
the Creeds of the dark ages have been
our undoing. Under all this wrong
influence we have failed TO cultivate
the fruits Of the Holy Spirit-meek-
ness, gcntleness, patience. long-suf-
fering, brotherly- kindness, love. In
stead we cultivated pride, ambition,
selfishness We have done those
things which we ought not TO have
done. and we have left undonc those
things which we ought TO have done.
Our help must come from God Ac-
cording TO our understanding of the
Scriptures help Is near, but coming I'm
an unexpected way. Pride and selfish
ness blOssomed and brought forth
fruitage Of strife. The bad exam
pie set 10y Christian people has extend
cd to the world and been thoroughly
appropriated II has become the spir-
IL of the world-of all classes. Now.
as faith in the Bible Is waning and
respect for God and his Word Is pro
portionatcly waning. what could we
expect but that which the Scriptures
declare is at hand namely, the 'timc
of trouble such as never was since
there was u nationI" The sel6shncss
which both rich and poor. learned and
ignorant. have cultivated will, in that
time of trouble, he represented in con-
flicts between labor unions and capt
ralistic trusts. Tho Bible declares that
then "every mans hand will be
against his neighbor"-all confidence
will he lost--thc bond of human SYM
pathy and brotherhood will be utterly
snapped in riotous selfishness.
The Scriptures identify this trouble
with Messiah's taking to himself his
Kingdom power and beginning his
reign Daniel xii, /; Revelation 81. 1S)
Thank God, the intimations of the
Scriptures are that the conflict of that
time will he short. 1t must, however
last long enough to teach humanity
lesson never to he forgotten-th that God
ana his arrangements must stand first
aud must be obeyed, If blessing is
sought.
Messiah's Kingdom Invisible.
When it is remembered that Messi-
abs Kingdom is not only to bless those
living ut the time of its establishment,
but gradually 10 awaken the dead from
tho sl,mber of tba to,nh ana tn ,,iyn oil
of Adams race - fuI, onnortunitv for
straining life eternal or death eternal
then il will be seen that tbe Kingdom
must be n spiritual one. Then, too,
Messiah's Kingdom of light Is repre-
scnicd as superseding Satan's Kingdom
Of darkncss-both spiritual. With this
thought our text is in full accord
"A King shall reign In righteousness
(llessiah will bc that Great King, his
Bride being associated with himJ
Ana princes shall execute judgment
IN the EARTH" carr" .'g ont the DEGREES
and regulations OF the Heavenly Mes
slah This Is the meaning Of the
Lords promise to Israel, II will re-
S'ore my judges as at the hrat' and thy
r'unselors as ~ the beginning tlsa-
i'nh' -o'.
morrec, s W." rno" u" ,rie, S "','Sn n'a n "nh ~,