The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-12

declaration that the Church shall
share with Jesus in Judging the world
| in disciplining the world, giving tc
the world purgatorial experiences
which will be helpful and uplifting.
/ The Great Time Of Trouble. which
our Lord declared should be expected
ct about the time of the completion OF
the Church, will be a time Of special
discipline upon the world-the begin
ming of the worlds purgatorial expe.
rience. Hearken to Jesus words,
Watch We (disciples), therefore, that
we may be accounted worthy to es-
cape all those things coming upon the
world" Describing those things our
Lord said, MEMS hearts will be fail
ing them for fear, and for looking
after those things which are coming
. upon the earth, for the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken" Many of
us believe that we are in that very
time now.
Tho Churches Have Lost Their Power
Surely mems hearts are failing them
a. they look about and see the surg
ings Of socialism and anarchism, and
the threatening OF these wa yes OF the
sea-" that they will ultimately swallow
UP the present social order Of things
Many OF the rich and great are looking
to the Church ct this time. hoping that
as Of yore ecclesiasticism will be able
to control the masses. But ah, 1t Will
be different now; for. as the Maste,
ssid. The powers Of the heavens will
be shaken"-the ecclesiastical powers
will be shaken. From every side the
cry goes up that the churches are be.
coming more and more empty. that col
lections are falling off and retrench-
ment must be the order of the day OF
ruin will result
st. Peter refers to the coming trou
BILE, under the symbolism of fire. and
declares that not only will it consume
the ''earth." the social fabric, but the
heavens" also will be on fire and
shall pass away with a great noise
a great commotion. Not the physica
earth will burn, but the social earth
not the physical heavens will burn. but
the ecclesiastical heavens.
The great and the rich have been 81
busily engaged in amassing wealth
that they have not noticed until re
Gently that the churches of all denomi
nations have lost their power over the
masses, and now their hearts fai
them for fear" as they come to PEI!
ceive the weakness. the nothingness O.
ecclesiastical power as compared witt
the strength of socialism and anarch,
amongst the masses No wonder theii
hearts fail them for fear. Poor PEG
pie! How we wish we could MAX
clear to all the glorious prospects
which the Bible holds out-that out OF
this the most awful trouble Of tht
worlds history, God graciously intends
10 bring the greatest blessing imagine
BILE, the one for which we have beer
praying SO long
We are sure that the present Pope
Plus X, who has taken such active
measures to repulse the higher critica
and evolutionary theories in the Cath
Ole church, would fully agree with oul
sentiment when we say that many OF
the great and rich of our day have
been unwittingly helping forward in
the overthrow Of religious faith and in
the awakening Of socialistic infidelity
They have given freely Of their mil
lions to the great colleges Of the land
which in turn have fostered unbelief in
Gods Word, and indirectly unbelief in
personal God. Their influence has
extended to all the principal pulpits OF
Professionalism and is rapidly percolat
ing through the various strata Of Pro
tcstant church membership. Thus the
churches and their treasures are being
emptied and the number of unbelievers
Is being augmented daily. hourly.
Tho Worlds Purgatory Begins.
If time permitted we could marshal
many texts of Scripture showing that
the time Of awful trouble now ;mpend.
ing Ii In the nature of Divine judg-
mert upon the people Of our dsy--be-
cause we have not more wisely and
more generously used the present in
-errions and blessings that have come
to ps as forogleams Of the Messianic
Xiagdpm- because Of our sclfshness.
In thus trouble, according to the Bible,
there will be q general reckoning ard
settlement NJ accounts between Justice
and Humanity aside from the weak
masses and imperfections of heredity.
which will be excusnble and forgiven
through the merit of the Rcdeemers
sacrifice
The settlement of accounts now will
leave the slate clear for the New Dis
pensatiop Furthermore. the plow-
share OF trouble will prepare men S
hearts all over the world for the ec-
hghsenment and blessings which the
giori0ed Redecmer will shed asfond.
Since ali human hearts are hard, ssif-
ish through the fall It seerx- rt4'te
neccssbry tlat all should b, Ar5Ser,
humbied, hcs tho glnriaed ncGsen,*r-
both King scG FRIES. of THAT rev
Age-- witt Then rsy RI enc world, aa BIZ
now says b the Chnrch. "rwe unto
Ne, all y, the. intor and ore hns<y
kden, and w'n E.vg yeu rest" kbo
'-whoever ~, net chez eess r~pbet, y
that Crest tus2 Of Glory tie aE,.eypt
Of Mosss. -sssA Re S~ssrdyed from
amongst che psop,e' tActs r., = J