The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-10-24

iRASI0R RUSSElll lie said in part
When we were
children the days were ionger and the
years seemed interminable. THE holi.
days of the year stood out before us
prominently, but seemed seldom TO re-
cur. Gradually all this changed as
we reached the zenith Of our energy.
Now the days chase each other and
we marvel at the brevitY OF life. How
God regards time we might not know
Sc He had not revealed the matter I'm
His Word. AS we read, "a thousand
years in Thy sight are but ms yester'
day." and "a day with the Lord is as
a thousand years. Our minds assent
1t must be so! And Gods people are
blessed in proportion as they are able
TO take the Divine viewpoint OF life
and all of its affairs
From the Divine standpoint. then,
we see that the six Thousand years OF
earth's history, from Adams day until
now. are merely the. work day portion
Of great week whose Seventh Day or
Sabbath OF thousand years is "the
day of Christ" "thc last day." "the
day of judgment" or trial for the
world; the day In which every knee
shall bow and every tongue confess to
the glory of God"; the day In which
the righteous shall Gourlsh and the
evil l-doers shall be cut or In the Second
Death" the day during which God
will pour out His Spirit upon all
iIesh." as He now grants 1t to His
servants and handmaidcns.
In the Divinely arranged custom OF
she Jews the new day began at sunset.
Thus we are In the evening or begin
ming of the great Seventh Day OF the
Divine Week-the day which means NO
much OF blessing. uplifting. privilege
race through Messiah's glorious King
dom. which throughout this Seventh
Day will reign from sen To sea and
from the river 10 the ends OF the
earth" putting down everything con
trary to the Divine standards and up
lifting the world of mankind bought
with the precious blood at Calvary
from sin. meanness. degradation ant
the tomb-up. up, 80, step 10y step e
human perfection In world-wld,
Eden. The unwilling. resisting Divine
favors and privileges shall be de
stroyed In the Second Death.
"Slx days shalt thou tabor and do nj
thy work, but the Seventh is the Sab
bath of the Lord thy God. Ia It thot
shalt not do any work" Whoever
reads carefully, intcilieently. the pngc'
Of history, must be struck with the en-
crgy which has been manifested hy
our race and Is still being manifested
The pyramids and the ruins of ancient
.cities, and civilization. all tell III OF
the ccaseiess struggle OF humnnlt,
ssigunst the adverse conditions prevail
i1ng dn the earth. including the strir,
.agaiTnt sickness and death and. by Q
few. n noble agbt against sin ard
farther degradation. e.
We'll does the Prophet express Tho
truth OF our observation. saying. "Wt
have not wrought any deliverance Ia
'fhe earth" usaiah XVI. i8j A feN
have gained fabulous ricIcs, name ol
fame. place or power. hut the majority
during all this period have gone dowr
IN the strife to the tomb. slan 10y ulI
lreat associated monnrcha which IT,,
Bible declares are now relgning Sr
and Death,
And even the comparatively few wllC
have gained emiHence and whose vi,
1Oy1es are most loudly egtolled Ia In
man history have failcn also many o
them IN the very primo OF llfc-all o
them IN comparative chlidhood WHY
IN II that man should not live for {
hundred years when we have the III
vine assurance that even under III,
Divine sentence Frthcr Adam resIstcf
death for $50 years 30 vigorous wp'
mis- constltution7
Wearied Children Fall Asleep
From the Diylnc standpoint the chill
sdren OF Adam. born IN ain. shapeu Il
iniquity, OF few days aud full o
ssronble. fall asleep In dcalh--illte chil
iren wenried In their play albeit It u
plny grim with tragedy. In whlc'
zach actor performs Ills part mos
realistically.
From the Divine standpoint humai
ambition and strife and euergy ar
accomplishing useful purpose eve
rxhough the efforts are usually selas
ard often brutIaAl The lessons nos
being learned oy Albania children ~.
not all be lost The greater mellow
mess OF heart and broader views q