Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-03-11

9AsIoR SQ55ELL 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
DRED YEARS OLD-A SINNER AT
A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. HE
SHALL BE ACCURSED"-C OFF
FROM LIFE ISAIAH LXV. 20D. The
speaker sald:-
Our text is a 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 years-beginning with the
close of this Gospel Era. Succeeding
verses tell that In that glorious Epoch
landlordism will be a thing Of the
past. "They shall build houses and
inhabit Them they shall plant vine
yards and eat the fruit Of them; they
shall not build and another inhablt;
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-meanlng
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. planting
and building. Those who reject the
clear Bible teaching respecting Mes
sianic reign OF righteousness cannot
understand the Bible ut ALL Not
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 glorles of Mes
slah 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
as the sands Of the seashore Moth
ing In this statement would necessa-
rily teach heavenly state or cOndl-
ton. Only by the aid Of the New Tes-
lament and the Holy Scriptures lllu-
mination can we see that two Seeds
of Abraham are distinctly referred to.
the stars indirectly implying the Splr-
itual Seed, while the sands Of the sea
shore refer to Abrahnm's Natural
Seed. AS II is written, ~ have CON
stituted Thee a father of many ma
tions"--like unto God.
So the Spiritual Seed of Abraham Is
now being developed. With its COM
pletlon 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
lnro and become part Of Abrahams
Seed. and thus into harmony with
MeSslahs Kingdom, Whosoever re-
fuses this great privilege and blessing
Of Messlahs Kingdom will be destroy
ed from amongst the people in the Sec
Ond Death
Hundred. Year Old Children.
Centenarlans OF the present time are
few. aud they by no means are like
children. Usually they are wrinkled and
haggard We are 20 remember how
ever, the Bible record that several Of
the earlier members OF Adams race
lived nine hundred years. or rather,
they were more than nine hundred
years IN coming fully under the SEN
tence against sinners-"By one mans
dlsobedience sin entered into the
world, and death as a result OF sin;
and thus death passed upon all men,
because all are sinners tRomans V, l2l,
Gradually. and especially since the
hood, 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 u century old. In conirma.
tlon OF this, and correspondlngly in
contradiction OF the Evolution theory.
we find that the Anclents were strong
er than we, mentally as well as phys.
ically; for they lntermarried 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 tifty adults
Is In an insane asylum, and the mar
riage OF brothers and sisters is pro