The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-30
PASTOR RUSSELLS
SERMON
God Prebar,ng for the Harvest

~ LAsGON. Scotland, Oct. @9.-Pas
tor Russell preached twice her
T today 10 large audiences. we re
Port p! one of his discourscs from
so,s me sne text. 'Oi the times and sea
, SotS. oTsIhrcn, Nc have no nceI Thar
write unto you. for yourselves knor. - r,er
tectly that the day of thu Lord an rnn,
EN-, .hh IS , thief in The night; for whe,
emcid,r a''rn ssN, peace and safety, iher
as traNal upon a woman With ,,biId
snd they shall not escape. Rut We
IaH gae'nTsm shou,3 are no' In darkness that thai
are children CT the light. -ThosssIonianj
w., l-5. iS'S"'''iisi''
,,,na ree common tendency of The human
Hmopnes'es OF the present ,ilue that The
NorldlN VIII be saying "W-here is Tn,
promise of MS presence" All thing
ttDm''lpe En- as they, were from the founda :
| Iian is TO be expected of the world, buf
tle true reople OF God have the promise
or ms special instruction 50 that the,
divine programme.
our world for six thousand wears has
neen the Battlefield between the forces ul
nis rlsht ana darkness, ruth and error.
r,shtcousness and sin the prince OF
darkness, otherwise STYLED the prince of
tbs world, has led his forces in person.
and mas controlled the masses and is still
represented In "A feeble Way by ernhaSsa-
o"rs who are specially cautioned by him
.hat iheN must not use calnal weapons
ou. must In mcskness correct those who
the powers that be" 10 the extent that
their consc'enccs Nill permit and SO far
as possible 1--we peaceably with an men.
powers Of evil has been a. hard lesson
dlh1cult 10 learn; a trial of faith as we'll
as OF endurance, the yaIne of which
has been difficult sometimes 10 appre-
cia,e But these must walk by faith
and not by sight II they would please
the captain OF their salvation. For cen
{uries the PRAYER has gone up to God
from their hearts. ''How long, Lord -
Reason assures them that il cannot be
the divine purpose to forever pern; the
victory Of sin and death under the prince
of darkness.
Flowing, Sowing, Reapjng.
God represents himself as great hus-
nears It's own crop. Each age has its
own time for the plowing OF the field.
t1c sowing of the good seed. and the
harvest work. AS Bible students We have
already noted the work accomplished in
the age which ended with the flood the
ON crent work accomplished during the
patrlarchsl age, and the still different
which lasted from the death of Jacob.
and particularly from the giving Of the
lay, down TO the death of Jesus.
half, years was a harvest time to the
Jewish people in the close OF their age
OF favor or day Of visitation lie
said to his disciples. II send you forth
TO reap that whercon we bestowed no
lahor; other men labored and We are
Sntere1 en- into their labors." John iv..
ed with the Jewish dspensalion was In
the far past The Egyptian bondage
served TO do plowing work. also
lsrs els escape from that bondase and
ri ..la y, ,,.n
dernesS before they reached Caanan. The
giving of the law and the establishment
OF them as people, the lessons of their
sacrifices, and the eNhortation Of their
prophets, all constituted a seed sowing
narrowing and cultivating experience. In
The end of their age Jesus gathered the
thereby and developed In char
acter and obedience Of God.
The crop gathered by our Lord and the !
Apostles in the Jewish harvest numbered
Judaism and from under tho law cove I
nant into Cbristisnity-ga gathered under a
covenant applying only. to the church
which which Is the bod Of Christ" This
soctatcd with Messiah. reads. Gather |
together my saints tholy ones) unto me-
said the Lord. those who have made a |
COY cnant with me by sacrifice" psalm |
!. - All coming thus into relationship !
to Jehovah as members OF the body oil
Messiah came by way OF the cross
through recognition of their own i'm
perfection. and OF Jesus and his sacri-
flee as the satisfaction for their sins a |
covering for their bIcmshes by which
alone their sacrifices We're rendered "holy |
ana acceptable to God Romans xii, l.
Sowing Follows Reaping.
The ,reaping work Of the Jewish age
merged into the sowing work OF the |
gospel age as the invitation to become
with Jesus was extended
TO those having hearing cars amongst |
nations aside from the Jews, For eish
teen centuries this sowing work with
narrowing experiences and various
has been in progress Now
IN lurn We have arrived at The harycs,
time Of gathering into the garner-bc-
lond the veil-by the power OF the first
resurrection.
None Of the wicked shall understand.
but the wise shall understand Daniel
Sii., l0l. Is the Lords declaration. Our
text declares that "Yc. brethren, arc not
In darkness respecting this lime THIS
implies, either that the brethren arc very
few, OF that n considerable number Of
them have not vet become surCiclentIy
awake TO a discermmcnt Of the times and
seasons in which we arc living. Many OF
the brethren and many OF the world and
many OF the wicked" do realize that VIC
are living in strange times and under
peculiar conditions These try 10 per
We see today is merely a recurrence OF
what has repeated itself time and again
during the past centuries. Thus these
ull themselves, saying. Peace and
This attitude is what the Scriptures
foretod, When they shall say peace
and safety, then sudden destruction
upon them II Is only "ye.
brethren" who arc privileged TO have
tho clearer lighl respecting present
and future conditions. We know that
we arc In the harvest time OF This age
the reckoning tine-tbe testing time
the time when the wheat" is 10 be
gathered into The heavenly "sarner'-
The time when the field is 10 be cleared
Of all tares' in fiery troubc-the
Time when The plowsharc OF trouble
viii be run through tine world of man
KIND TO prepare the whole world for
The new d!spensation just about 10 be-
gin.
The Plowman Overtakes the Reaper.
IlIustra ting the divine methods and
tho rapid following Of events in the
divine programme, the Lord through the
prophet tells us that The piowman
will oyerlake the reaper Amos tx
49, So accurately timed is every rcn-
lure Of the divine plan that part fits