The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-06

li55As SToP. flJ5SrLIl at both eager and
deep interest was
manifest. The text Of the after
noon service was, "THENCEFORTH
THERE SHALL BE NO MORE
lDEATH OFF AN INFANT OF
DAYS, NOR OF AN OLD MAN WHO
HATH NOT FILLED HIS DAYS.
FOR THE DYING ONE SHALL BE
BUT THE CHILD Al AN HUN
| DRED YEARS OLD--A SINNER AT
A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. HE
SHALL BE ACCURSED"-CUT OFF
FROM LIFE ISAIAH LXV, 20l. The
speaker sald:-
Our text IL part of the Divine
prophecy of the blessings which will
come to Israel and to the whole world
during Messiah's glorious reign OF
thousand ears--beginning with the
close of this Gospel Era Succeeding
verses tell that In that glorious Epoch
| Iandordlsm will be a thing of the
past. "They shall build houses and
inhabit them; they shall plant vine
| Yards and eal the fruit of them; they
shall not build and another inhablt;
|
Additionally we read. "fhey shall not
labor In vain nor bring forth for trou
bic" Further we read that then the
"Wolf and the lamb shall feed togeth
or and the lion shall eat fodder like
the bullock"
No Spiritual Sheep, Oxen. Wolves, Etc
No eud OF confusion has been ere
ated 10y the intent OF well-meanins
people to apply these prophecies as
the reward of the Church In heaven.
Nothing In the Scriptures warrants US
In thinking that there will he spirit
nal. heavenly sheep and oxen, wolves
and lions. vines and houses, planting
and building. Those who reject the
clear Bible teaching respecting Mes
sianic reign of righteousness cannot
understand the Bible at all Not a
single passage of the Old Testament
tells of heavenly hopes or promises
Only few Of them teach heavenly
things at ALL and then indirectly.
As. for instance. in the types of thu
Old Testament the garments OF tho
High Priest. glorious and beautiful
symbollZe. we believe. the heavenl,
|
grandeur honors and glories of Mes
siah during the period of His reign
Similarly Gods promise TO Abraham
declares that His Seed. His posterity
: shall be as the stars of heaven an'
MS the sands of the seashore. Moth
ing in this statement would necessa
rily teach a heavenly state or condi
ton. Only by the aid of the New TeS
lament and the Holy Scriptures illu
mInation can we see that two Seed
/ OF Abraham are distinctly referred tc
| the stars Indirectly implying the SpiI
: ltunl Seed, while the sands of the sea
shore refer to Abraham's Natura
Seed. As II Is written, II have con
stltuted Thee Il father Of many M
tlons"--llke unto God.
So the Spiritual Seed of Abraham
now being developed. With its con
, pletion this Age will end, and the MAJ
4 ural Seed Of Abraham will return
special favor and become the leadln
nation of the world under the guit
ance and direction OF the spiritual an
invisible. yet All-Powerful Kingdol
of Messiah.
The blessing through natural IL
r rael will gradually extend to ever
nation. in that the door Will be opeI
| ed 10y which all nations may com
into aud become n part OF Abraham
Seed. and thus into harmony wit
Messiah's Kingdom. Whosoeyer T.
fuses this great privilege and blessin
of MessIah's Kingdom VIII be destro
ed from amongst the people In the Sc
ond Death.
Hundred Year Old Children.
Centenarians of the present time a
ie few, and they by no means are III
n children. Usually they are wrinkled III
hs haggard We are to remember, hoy
- ever, the Bible record that several
N the earlier members of Adams ra
n. lived nine hundred years. or ratht
H. they were more than nine hundr,
Ils ycars in coming fully under the Sc
tn lence against slnners-"By one ,mal
n dlsobedience sin entered into {
II world and death as n result of 81
and thus death passed upon all mt
as because all are sinners Qiomans V. ]
6fuuudlly, anu cSpcciully SihNc I
We food, when great change took pla
~ in our cosmogony, human longevi
~ has decreased, while mental, moi
ID and physical ailments have increase
NJ Several of Adams children did I
bit have their first born child until ar
go they We're a century old. In confirn
'as ton of this, and correspondlngly
at contradiction of the Evolution theo
hu we find that the Ancients were strol
'p- er than we, mentally as well as phi
prs ;cally; for they intermarried broth,
with sisters and cousins without
nc jury, whereas today the mental wei
ali ness of the race Is such that one
Of OF every one hundred and fifty adu
zen is In an insane asylum, and the m
tic riage Of brothers and sisters is y
or hibited. ami even the marriage or ,
DR." ond cousins Is dlsnpproved ANA n
responsible FOR increasing weak-mi
nd edncss
ute We see, then that our text, descl
Ing Messlnlfs Kingdom, merely