The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-28
PASTOR RUSSELL'S
SERMON
Foes Threaten Christian Faith

christian Faith
pure benevolence. We must admit that
poiitcs hes much TO do with them. The |
connection with these Institutions. has. |
OF course. much 10 do with their exist
ence The expenditure OF such enormous
tons naturally enough draws an army
OF political heelers and onlookers
The Day Of Recompense.
The all-seeing eye OF our Creator keeps
watch over the affairs of His creatures
,ers, ,oasy as u kept watch over Asefs In
way; allowed him 10 kill his brother;
allowed the righteous TO suffer; yet Cain
for the death Of his brother. Gods SEN
tence upon him separated him from his
brethren until he cried out that his pun
ishment was greater than he could bear.
And. similarly, we may be sure that the
Cain class Of our day will be held ac-
countable tor the wilful Staying OF thoir
brother despised may be A child OF God
AS God declared that the blood OF Abel
cried TO him from the ground-cried for
tustice-ao the intimation Of the Scrip
lures is that all injustice OF every kind
OF reward
ST. James figuratively represents the
laborers. the toilers in tho field OF la
Dor TO-DAY. as crying out TO God. md as
being heard and its resulting in a great
time OF trouble" in which the great
terly tJames V. II. AS these are not
the union men. generally. who arc cry
ing out at the present time. we may
look more especially amongst those on
the outside: but the lesson is that those
who suffer oppression will ultimately
nave Divine power exercised In their de-
Inmates that this release will come to
this class al the coming OF Messiah. in
power and great glory. for the establish
ment OF His kingdom OF righteousness in
the world. To those who are the Lords
people he SAYS. Have patience, breth-
rem, for the coming Of the Lord draw
eth nigh The Lord speaks OF this Day
OF Recompense" ms a time OF trouble
of the overthrow OF oppression. the
uplifting OF the poor and those that have
no helper Ps, Xxi. l2).
1.-THE Desire of all Nations Shall
Come
Those who are entirely satisfied with
present conditions are the compara-
| lively few who have special advantages.
| The masses are discontented-somc OF
them properly so. and others OF them
more diseontented than is reasonable
! All but the very poorest and worst sit
uoted are better off today than were
| their RraDdfarhers-yet less contented
The spirit Of discomfort. self!shness and
| blessings which God has provided so
| bountifully. az well 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 a flrmer grip upon all the ne
cessities of life.
Surely their forebodings are not
without grounds. Unless something
shall occur to INT matters out OF their
present rut. human intelligence secs.
with masters directing all the forces of
the world, and with the common people
at their mercy, glad to have q suffi-
cheney OF work and of wage for life's
necessities.
Long ago the speaker harbored the
theory taught him In his creed. tha'
mankind Is totally .depraved: but surely
idiotic. The speaker believed that
there is an element favorable to right
eousness In every. member OF our race.
favorable environments; and that the
majority Of mankind would be glad. in
deed. II some divine interposition were
to lift them and their affairs out OF
present conditions and put them upon
a plane OF absolute righteousness jus
tice; equity This, the speaker believes
nation. a predominatinE class. Such a
reign Of Righteousness. Justice equity ir
the world, viii speedily result he said
from the estabiishment Of Messiah's
dom come; Thy will be done on earth as
II is in heaven"
Most explicitly DO the Scriptures de.
nations shall come" iHagrai II, =
This declaration is In conjunction Will
the foretelling of the establishment oi
eousness which 1t will inauEurate will b,
the Ideal Of the masses OF mankind nj.
though quite probably the overthrow o
trusts and combines will. for time
not be viewed sympatheticoily by III,
! Tch, the wise. the preferred the IA
yored class. under present conditions. A:
, 1t REQUIRED time for the slave holder,
Of the past to become reconciled to tn
loss OF their slaves and To see the right
I eousness OF their being freed. so 1t vii
be with those who at present are closel,
4 identified with great institutions whicl
: are bringing mankind into slavery. GU
Lord sized up the situation, saving
, Blessed are YOU who weep and mourn
( those who are full for they shall hav,
[ distress duke vi, 2l. 25).
4 The reign of Justice and Righteousness
\ VIII ultimately appeal to all in heart her
S mony with jehovah. and all who fall L
0 thus come into heart harmony with Hin
+ Will be accounted as unworthy OF Hi
z GIFT Of everlasting life; for .'He VIII
0 loves not his brother whom he hath seer
b how could he love God whom he hat
@ not SEEM"
i during which His bride the elect church
4 Will be associated with Him, will be quit
e sufficient for the equalization OF all Q
dey shn ds the eT rshteous faf s%e
not the merely strong. In His day cv
doors and not well doers will b
l. crushed II is written or His kingdor
: that It shall MT up. The poor out o
r the dunghill and shall bring down tn
/, mighty from their seats"
s The Disciplines According 70 Previou
i Character Development.
The whole world of mankind will the
q he transferred into the hands OF Messial
). who will take them just as they are
Il They will be in various conditions. Som
If will be more depraved. others less de
q praved; some will be more scared 4
p their cOpsclences and some less: an
N | these deficiencies Of character Will de
n | pend upon the way in which each on
:, accepted or rejected light and oppor
IL tun,ty in the present time. Those VIII
- knew not His Will and did IL not wi
~ receive few stripes; those who knew III
y will and did IL not Will receive man
= stripes. because or previous hardenIn
% OF character. Everybody will be required
- eventually. TO come up 10 the full stan
,s dard OF divine requirements. Those NOR
- Lepraved VIII have greater difficulty an