Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-09
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Daniel v--Nov. IL.
For God shall bring every work into
judgment, with every secret thing,
whether it be good, or whether it be
evil 'sIFcelesiastes xii, IA.
A Iaw Of retribution operates. Good
thoughts, good words, good deeds, are
sure to bring good "reminiscences or
Eater. E.vil thoughts, evil words, evil
deeds, are sure TO bring evil results
sooner or later This Divine Law OPP
Grating in the world, rewarding good
and evil deeds, save in exceptional
cases. now operates only amongst the
Jews and amongst Christians This is
because only Jews and true Christians
have come into coVenant-r Relationship
With cod The Apostles declaration
IS true: THE world lieth in the Wick
ed One" The god of this world hath
blindtd the minds OF them that believe
not" The time promised in the pro-
phocies, has not Yet come, when all
thc blind eyes shall be opened and all
the deaf ears shall be unstopped. .
lsaiah XXXv, - Nevertheless. in a
general way God has. in the mean
time, IL supervision of the worlds at
. T.ffts. restraining evil from going 10
p ssech lengths as would, be irreparable !.
j.. restraining it also from working real
injury 20 those who are in covenant
Eefa tIdnship With Him-Jews and
Christians.
Sodem and Gomorrah. Nineveh. Me-
buchadnezzar and our lesson OF todaN
tell Of exceptions to Gods rule ri
dealing merely with Ills coveEantod
peoples In our lessons, the fall n
l.
a judgment upon il, bur a part az the
great type Of The fall Of aniitY2ieal
Babylon al the hands al an antitypicai
cyrus.
The king Of Babylon. feeling secure
IN the great walls a lis capital, three
hundred and fifty feet high, reVelie9
with lns generals and nobility. To re-
new tlte memory of their great Victo-
rles N the past. he brought forth for
tile occasion the golden vessels taken
in the pillage of Solnman's temple a
Triumph over the Jews and as was
generally supposed. over Jehovah. tie
.S:ah. Of thu. Jews
In The midst Of The banquet a hor-
ror came over the assembled disaita-
RES asa humon hand was beheid writ
7 IN. or one wall of the banquet room
fsl&fstters Of fire. Meme, Tekei. !'p-
harsin." The wise men and astr6i
epg.rs were nnahle to READ the writing
CT give lis significance. Daniel was
.r.r.nsr,shels.d in sent for. lie nel
only showed the reading but its m'an-
ing. The secret evidently lay in thu
+, nj amer IN which the letters were az
sffanged. tho characters themselves be
ing Cha1daic. The Prophet Daniel de
citned the rewards and honors Offered
for the interpretation. He told TIN
king plainly that the writing signlted
:, that he was weighed in tie balances
and found wanting" The Eabyloniaf
kingdom SO far from advancing hu'
man interests, had really retrograded
froms The original type. Another ma
ten Medo- Persi5-8ouid be given q
,l,rial Later. the Grecians were given
universal empire. still later. the Ro-
@rrJa ps:@ and finally God permitted what
vas styled the Holy Roman Empire
or The reign Of Christ. Each OF these
mas proven it's insufflcieney-its inabll-
ity to bring 10 the world the blessins
1tAch God declares shall ultimately
abound when Messiah'S true re.ea
shall be inaugurated. and the blessing
sra uplifting Of mankind VIII become
he desire of all rations.
q Every Mans Work to Be Tried.
We have said that Jews ana CHRIS
tians. because of covenant-relauonsli
with Cod are now on triai--heirs
Judged. This has been God repeated
declaration to the Jews. Their snort
carnings have been punished as those
Of other nations have not. Had !; not
been for the prosecutions which nave
come To the Jews they would not 10
day he a separate and distinct people
as God designed. and hence they woiiia
not be ready as II people TO receive
ND hn The 1rst 10 narticipate in the