Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-23
Pastor RusselIs Sermon


lands. The whole world Is waking up!
Personal rights and national rights are
everywhere being discussed The
schools Of India are said to be turning
out million graduates In the English
language every year. The Chinese also
are introducing English schools. What
will be the results2 Enlightenment
Yesl Godliness1 mol Contentment?
No! Dissatisfaction, war, strife, an
archy, are coming to the world by
leaps and bounds. as a result Of gen
eral education, and the breath Of Lib
erty, because not backed by reverence
for God and a knowledge Of and sub
mission to His will. Japan, China and
India seem merely waiting for spark
to start a conAagration-anarchy.
Destruetlveness Of Higher critieiSm.
And as for Europe and America. the
conditions there are the same, for
what faith the misses did have In God
and in the Bible Is being rapidly un-
dermlned by the theories Of Higher
Criticism and Evolution which are ad-
yanced from the colleges and semi
naries and pulpits, and are invading,
not only the public schools, but also
the Sunday Schools. Evidently any
system Of knowledge which denies or
opposes God and the Bible is an in
furious ducatlon-harmful to the last
degree. However, by now this God
ignoring education has so fastened It.
self upon the world as to be impossl-
Bile to shake It of.
(0 The third item indicative Of the
Time Of the End Of this Age is that
"The wise shall understand" not the
worldly wise, but those wise toward
God. And 30 we find 1t today. While
the great and the learned and the
masses are rapidly drifting into heath
enish darkness, away from the Bible,
Gods sanity few, Of every nation and
Of every denomination, are gradually
seeing more and more clearly the teach
ings Of the Scriptures, and Kidding
themselves more and more Of the
creeds Of men which for centuries have
helped to blind and to stumble and to
make the Divine character and the Di-
vine Word appear inconsistent and un-
reasonable, and to separate Gods chill
dren into six hundred different sects
and parties. These creeds are now be-
ing seen in their true light by the saints
and are being lscarded-smashed.
(l AS n result Of the fulfilments OF
Nos. 1 and 2, we see nearing US, por-
tentOusly, No. 4: "There shall be time
Of trouble such as never was since
there was a nation" That time Of
trouble, as already intimated, Is now
looming up on the horizon Of every
nation. It comes In the wake Of an un-
sanctihed knowledge, 1t would mean
the utter wreck Of all Of our civlllza-
ton were 1t not for the interposltion
Of the Kingdom OF Gods dear Son. for
which we have long waited and pray
Cd "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be
done on earth as II is done in heaven" "
Our Lord, speaking of this trouble,
declared, UNLESS those days were
shortened there should no flesh be
saved; but for the elects sake those
days shall be Observation-Disclosures Of
the Select" and the Kingdom which
they will establish, that great time Of
trouble" will be cut short-it will not
be allowed to work out the terror at
FIRST apprehended.
Tho Hope Of the World
/ am returning from heathendom
fully convinced that the hope OF the
world is exactly what Gods Word de.
clares, namely, the Messlanic King
dom. Unless that Kingdom comes,
and comes soon, the world will be In
the most terrible plight II has ever
known. But my confidence In the
Word Of God and In the promise OF
the Kingdom 'under the whole heav'
ems" grows stronger every day. The
Bible, once sealed Book, once appar.
entity contradictory, once assumed to
be in harmony with the creeds, aud
their very foundation, now see TO be-
the most wonderful Book in the whole
world. II merely needed the light now
due to Gods people to shine upon It's
pages, to scatter our night and enable
us to truly sing, Wonderful things IN
the Bible | seel"
, The three wonderful things Of the
Bible which | would wish to Impress
upon you at this time are; The jus
= tlce Of God, in permitting death pen
atty to come upon our race as a pun
lshment for sin; C2l The Mercy Of God
like the Wilderness Of the sea, which Is
making provision for Adam and every
member OF his race to return 10 Dl
} vine favor and everlasting life, II they
! will-otherwlse, to be remanded into
everlasting destruction
(3) II there could be a more wonder
, tul thing than the general provision fol
b humanity, restitution to human perfec
, tlon aud an earthly Eden and all tho
p was lost by Adam and provided for II
D the redemption at calvary that still
more wonderful thing is the exceeding
: riches Of Gods grace IN His kindness
toward vs. In Christ Jesus" All, wha
Q wondrous love God is manifestiug to
] ward this specially called class, inyltet
to become the Bride Of Christ! Truly
5 rye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nei
b ther have entered into the heart o
= man the things God hath In reserva
p ton for those who love Hin; but Go,
( hath revealed them unto us by III
I spirit; for the spirit searcheth al
+ things, yea, the deep things OF God"
: This wonderful provision for tn
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