Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29

eth nigh" The Lord speaks of this
Day Of Recompense' as a ''time of
troubiea of the overthrow of oppres-
sion, the uplifting of the poor and
those that have no helper (Ps. xxi, Id.
"The Desire of All Nations Shall
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| Those : no are entirely satisfied with
present conditions are the compare
lively few who have special advan
tages. The masses are Disconnected
some Of them properly so, and othcrs
of them more disconnected than is rea.
sonable. All but the very poorest and
worst situated are better off today
than were their grandfathers-yet less
conteated. The spirit of discomfort,
selfisnness and failure to note and to
enjoy the great blessings which God
has provided so bountifuIly, as we'll as
wonderfully, in our day, prevails.
Nevertheless, some have reason for
discomfort; and some, looking into the
future, are fearing worse conditions,
as the monopolies have gained firmer
grip upon all the necessities of life.
Surely their forebodings are not
without grounds. Unless something
shall occur to lift matters out of their
present rut, human intelligence sees,
at not far distant day, new serf-
dom, with masters directing all the
forces of the world, and with the COM
mon people at their mercy, glad to
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wage for life's necessities.
Long ago the speaker harbored the
| theory taught him in his creed, that
mankind is totally depraved; but sure
ly none are totally depraved except the
| idiotic. The speaker believed that
eousness in every member of our race,
and that sin is largely the result of
| unfavorable environments; and that
| the majority of mankind would be
| glad, indeed, if some Divine interposi-
| ton were to lift them and their affairs
out of present conditions and put them
upon plane of absolute righteousness,
| justice, equity. This, the speaker be-
| Heves, is the desire of a large element
| in every nation, predominating class.
| Such reign of righteousness, justice,
equity in the world, will speedily re-
suit, he said, from the establishment
of Messiah's Kingdom, for which we
pray, 'NThy Kingdom come; Thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven"
Nest explicitly do the Scriptures de-
clare this, saying, The desire of all
| nations shall come" (Haggai ii, q.
This declaration is in conjunction with
the foretelling of the establishment of
Messiahs Kingdom. The reign of
righteousness which it will inaugurate
will be the ideal of the masses of
mankind, although quite probably the
| overthrow of Trusts and Combines
will, for a time, not be viewed sympa-
thetically by the rich, the wise, the
| preferred, the favored class, under
| present conditions. AS it required time
| for the slave holders of the past to
| become reconciled to the loss of their
slaves and to see the righteousness
of their being freed, so it will be with
those who at present are closely iden-
| titled with great institutions which
are bringing mankind into slavery.
| Our Lord sized up the situation. say
| ing, Blessed are you who weep and
mourn, for you shall be comforted.
Woe unto those who are full, for they
shall have distress duke vi, 81, 25).
The reign of justice and righteous
ness will ultimately appeal to all in
i heart harmony with Jehovah, and all
who fail to thus come into heart har-
mony with Him will be accounted as
unworthy of His gift of everlasting
life; for HE who loves not his brother
whom he hath seen, how could he love
God whom he hath not seenT
The thousand years of Messiah's
reign, during which His Bride. the
Elect Church, will be associated with
Him, will be quite sufficient for the
equalization of all of life's affairs for
the entire race I'm His day shall the
righteous flourish and not the mere
1y strong. In His Day evil doors and
not we'll doors will be crushed. 1t is
written of His Kingdom that it "shall
lift up the poor out of the dunghill,
and shall bring down the mighty from
their seats.'
The DiscipIines According to Previous
Character Development.
The whole world of mankind will
then be transferred into the hands Of
Messiah, who will take them just as
they are. They will be in various con-
ditions. Some will be more depraved,
others less depraved; some will be
more scared in their conSciences and
some less; and these deficiencies OF
character will depend upon the way in
which each one accepted or rejected
light and opportunity in the present
time. Those who kHec :0i His will
and did it not will receive few stripes;
those who knel1 His t0HL and did 1t not
will receive many stripes, because of
previous hardening of character. Ev-
erybody will be required, eventually
to come up to the full standard of Di-
vine requirements. Those more de-
PRAYED will have greater difficulty and
| those less depraved will have less diff
| ficulty and receive fewer stripes. In
the coming up to Divine requirements.
Those who most willingly and most
| gladly assent to the leveling process
! will most quickly receive the Divine
| blessing and make the most rapid
| progress along the Highway of Holt
ness, back to full human perfection
and eternal life And those who now,
in advance of the establishment of the
Kingdom, love righteousness and hate
iniquity, come at present into favor
with the King of kings. and thus are
| specially favored with light and knowI-
edge. and are invited to become asso-
ciates with Messiah in His glorious
Kingdom, which is to effect the long.
promised, great reformation of earths
affairs. Let us all take to heart and
apply well this lesson. but especially