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dents. They claim
that the internal harmonies of the
Bible attest its Divine authenticity.
Amongst these earnest students are
many who at one time were infidels
They profess greater faith than ever
in the Bible as the result of reading
Pastor Russell's books, to which many
of them were led through his sermons
Pastor Russell was the principal
speaker at the Convention today. He
arrived during the week, and is being
entertained some distance from the
Park, at the Weber mansion. Hun
dreds visit him every evening. Pastor
Russell spoke twice today i'm the large
Auditorium. He delivered one of his
discourses from the text, I'm the last
days the Mountain of the Lords House
shall be established i'm the top of the
mountains, and all people
shall flow unto it" isaiah ii, p. He
said in part:
Our text tells Of great events in the
'last days" 1t would be a mistake,
however, to suppose that these words
imply the end of time or the end Of the
world, in the ordinary sense. The
Bible declares that "the earth abideth
forever and it tells of the wonderful
blessings OF Restitution, when the
Lords footstool shall blossom as the
rose-Paradise restored All this is to
come in the last days"
The Jews understood that the seven
of M civ 90 Lob ho
seventh Of rest, were typical Of seven
greater days Of thousand years each.
In harmony with this thought, some
of them tell us that we are living in
the Friday night of the worlds history
which means that the great Sabbath
of Rest is about to begin--the thousand
years of Messiah's reign dhe Jewish
day beginning in the evening".
The New Testament writer's seem to
have had the same thought. Thus our
Lord declared, my Word shall Judge
you in the Last Day." Similarly, Mar
tina declared her faith in the resurrec-
ton Of her brother, saying, 81 know
that he shall rise again in the resurrec-
ton, at the Last Day"-the MilIennial
Day, the Day of Christine great Day
which will witness the overthrow Of
sin and death and the uplifting of hui
mainly. OF that great Day we read,
"In His Day shall the righteous -four
This Seventh Day is frequently spo-
ken of as 'that Day" as indicating the
time when Divine power will no longer
permit the reign of sin amongst men,
but Messiah's Kingdom will actively
intervene The overthrow of Satan,
sin and all righteousness will then
take place. 1t is during this Day that
Messiah will put down all things OPP
posed to righteousness: The last en-
envy that shall be destroyed is DEATH"
Throughout that glorious Day the
resurrection process will be i'm opera
ton; mankind will be rising out of its
meanness, sin. sickness and death,
back to all that was lost in Eden and
redeemed by way Of the Cross. In the
end of these days. or "after these days"
of the reign Of sin. God promises to
make New Covenant with the House
of Israel and with the House of Judah.
through which they shall be uplifted:
and the blessing will flow from them
to all nations Jeremiah XXI. 81. 1t
will be after these days also that God
will pour out His Spirit upon all fiesh."
as says the Prophet Joel Joel ii, 2S).
Our text Is to be considered from
this standpoint. In the end Of these
in hn no %
siah. the Mountain of the Lords
House shall be established. fixed. in
the very top of the mountains-abOve
all other Kingdoms. This is in full
accord with the entire tenor of the
Scriptures. A mountain symbolizes a
kingdom: and as the Prophet declares.
Gods Kingdom will be the highest
Mountain; it will be over the top Of
all other kingdoms. 1t will be es-
tablished or fixed permanently above
all others.
Messiah. the great King, with His
Elect Bride and associate with Him.
will exercise His Divine power. Satan
shall be bound for thousand years.
and sin will no longer be permitted
From the invisible plane of glory and
majesty, Justice will be executed in
the earth; every good word. thought
and deed will be rewarded, and every
evil thought. word and deed will be
punished = swiftly = surely. Perhaps
paralysis Of the tongue will be the
means by which evil speaking, false
words and receptions will be punish
ed Perhaps paralysis Of the arm or