Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-23
Pastor RusseIls Sermon

be SnarerS Win tnelT LOU Oh tue SplIll
plane. partakers Of the divine nature,
far above angels prIncpallties and
powers" but how gra cious has God
also been in His provision for the
world at large-His promise of an
earthly Para disc for such Of humanity
as, when brought to a knowledge Of
Himself and His requ irements, shall
gladly, heartily accept the same.
How wonderful Is the Wisdom and
Power of God by whic h lie can make
use of even the reign OF sin and death
to teach great lessons both to angels
and men respecting th e exceeding sin
fulness Of sin! And how merciful and
gracious Is the Arrangement He has
made that W ben this reign Of sin and
death shall have accomplished His In
tended purposes, lie viii bring 1t to an
end. Those twin mona rchs which have
ruled the world for six thousand years
Sin and Death-shall be yanquished,
and ultimately every member of Ad
ans race shall be deli vered from theil
power. For the Wiling and oDedlent
the earthly Paradise. humah perfec-
ton. the image Of God In the flesh, Is
to be the reward-an earthly reward;
and for the rebellious, the Second
Death. from which there will be no re
demption, no recovery. and in which,
thank GOdI there will be no suffering.
for they shall perish like the brute
beasts. as st. Peter declares-II Peter
Il, IL.
Restitution Will Brin 9 Real Paradise.
Much as your Islam d may resemble
the Garden of Eden, it is not Paradise.
and cannot be Paradise so long as you
have sin and sorrow. pain and death
amongst you. One of the first objects
that greeted my sight as landed was
your cemetery. and said, Oh! yes,
death Is here, and erervlohere-God's
curse. decla ring that no imperfect be-
ing may live. Well, thank God for
that, too. Centuries IF life with imper-
fection would doubtless be too much
for US to en- joy. Far better is it as Di-
vine Wisdom has arranged it-a birth,
struggle for exlsten ce, battle with
self and sin, the world, the flesh and
the Devil, and then II falling asleep in
death. until the morning of the resur-
rection. There will be no conscious
ness of even a NOM ents intervening
until the glorious day shall have dawn
ed, and the new order Of things shall
have been introduced and esta blished !;
and then the sleeperS will come forth
to see a brighter side than any that
they have previously experienced or
ever heard of.
The Kingdom Of Gods dear Son and
His elect Bride will be in power and
nothing shall hurt or destroy in all His
holy Kingdom The blessing of the
Lord shall be upon an, and his earth
ly dominion. Resti tuition influences
will be at work for the bringing Of
everything to PERFECTION especially for
the bringing of man up, up, up out Of
sin. weakn ess, degra datlOn and death
to the full glory of perfection of mind
and body and vitality-the image and
likeness OF God, as at first, before sin
entered
Rich and Poor and Socialism.
You still have your rich and poor
there still is caste amongst the chill
dren Of the one parentage; but when
the uplifting Influences Of MeSsiah's
reign shall have done their work, these
things will all be in he past. HE that
stitch upon the Throne shall say, BE
hold, make all things newr' In that
glorious time there will not be rich
and poor, there Will be socialism In
the proper sense, as the Scriptures
clearly point out; they say, Every
man shall sit under his own vine and
under his own fig tree; and none shall
make them afraid" And again, They
shall not build and another inhabit
they shall not plant and another eat
the fruit thereof" There will be nc
tenantry. no andlordlsm then.
Do not understand me to be melting
dissatisfa tion with the present cOndi
tions, In many resp ectS what we have
today Is the very best possible thing
under present condi tions-man's falleI
nature and selfish temperament taken
into consideration. The counsel Oh
Gods Word is that all who trust in
Him are to wait for Him to bring in
the better conditions. Some very vel
intentOned people are making sac
mistake; just as tn e morning is about
to dawn-abOut to bring in the great
blessings of restltu tion, socialism, etc
they blindly look in another direction
and declare that unless they bring so
cialism to pass It will never come, We
grant, indeed, that 1t would be fOolisl
to expect that the rich would brins
about the wonderful changes whicl
the Bible foretells-it would be con
trary to human mature to so expect
But we do say that those who think (,
bring about socialism by human wis
dom and human strength are defcien
in wisdom. They 30 not see that whsI
they propose Is absolutely impossible
their eyes are holden.
The Bible alone shows us what will
be the outcome of the present ures
and Selhshness and dissatisfaction
The Bible tells tha I what will start n
socialism will eventually develop int,
/ anarnhv Tho RihIa chovvS. thot thsDs..
who think they ca n bring in the Mes
sianic blessings by carnal weapons ar,
deludlng themselv es-they will insteat
bring upon them mSeves. as well a.