The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-08

ESszk..S.sS-s.S@s-Syl were CROWDED anu
GpASToRFJgsELL at both eager and
- deep interest was
manifest. The text of the after
noon service was, "THENCEFORTH
THERE SHALL BE NO MORE
death 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 AT AN HUN
DRIED YEARS OLD-A SINNER AT
A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. HE
SHALL BE ACCURSED"-CUTO OFF
FROM LIFE ISAIAH LXV, 20). The
speaker said
Our text is part Of the Divine
prophecy of the blessings which will
during Messiahs glorious reign Of a
thousand years-beginning with the
close of this Gospel Era. Succeeding
verses tell that in that glorious Epoch
landlordism will be thing of the
past. "They shall build houses and
1nhabit them; they shall plant vine
yards and eat the fruit of them; they
shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat
Additionally we read. "They shall NOT
labor In vain nor bring forth for trOu-
ble." Further we read that then the
"Wolf and the lamb shall feed togeth
er and the lion shall eat fodder like
the bullock"
No Spiritual Sheep, Oxen, Wolves, Etc
No end Of confusion has been ere.
ated by the intent of well-meaning
people to apply these prophecies as
the reward of the Church in heaven.
Nothing in the Scriptures warrants us
in thinking that there will be spirit
ual, heavenly sheep and oxen, wolves
and lions. vines and houses. plantin"
and building. Those who reject the
clear Bible teaching respecting Mes
sianic reign of righteousness cannot
understand the Bible at ali. Not y
single passage of the Old Testament
tells of heavenly hopes or promises
Only a few of them teach heavenly
things at all. and then indirectly.
As, for instance, in the types of the
Old Testament the garments of the
High Priest, glorious and beautiful
symbolic. we believe. the heavenly
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 and
az 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 hlu
minatfon can we see that two Seeds
of Abraham are distinctly referred to,
the stars indirectly implying the Spir-
itual Seed. while the sands of the sea
shore refer to Abraham's Natural
Seed. AS it is written. II have con
stituted Thee a father of many ma
tions'-like unto God.
So the Spiritual Seed of Abraham is
now being developed. With it's COM
pletion this Age will end. and the Nat
ural Seed Of Abraham will return to
special favor and become the leading
nation Of the world under the guild
ance and direction of the spiritual and
invisible, yet All-Powerful. Kingdom
Of Messiah.
The blessing through natural Is
rael will gradually extend to every
nation. in that the door will be open
ed by which all nations may come
into and become part of Abraham's
Seed, and thus into harmony with
Messiah's Kingdom. whatsoever re-
fuses this great privilege and blessing
of Messiah's Kingdom will be destroy
ed from amongst the people in the Sec
ond Death.
Hundred Year Old Children.
Centenarians of the present time are
few, and they by no means are like
children. Usually they are wrinkled and
haggard We are to remember how
ever, the Bible record that several of
the earlier members of Adams race
lived nine hundred years. or rather.
they We're more than nine hundred
years in coming fully under the sen
tence against sinners-"By one mans
disObedience sin entered into the
world, and death as result of sin:
anu tuuS uedln pdSStl upon all men,
because all are sinners tRomans V. ~
Gradually, and especially since the
food, when a great change took place
In our cosmogOny. human longevity
has decreased. while mental, moral
and physical ailments have increased
Several Of Adams children did not
have their first born child until after
they were century old In confirma
ton of this, and CORRESPONDENCE in
contradiction of the Evolution theory
we find that the Ancients were strong
er than we, mentally as well as phys
ically; for they intermarried brothers
with sisters and cousins without in
jury. whereas today the mental weak
ness of the race is such that one out
Of every one hundred and fifty adults
is In an insane asylum, and the mar
rage of brothers and sisters is pro