The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-15

of iron, came Rome. the fourth Uni
versal Empire, conqueror Of Greece.
There are to be no more until Messiahit
Kingdom; It will be the Fifth. Mean
time. we have had two attempts at u
fifth monarchy. both unsuccessful. One
of these attempts was by Napoleon /.
the other was that of the Papacy. Dur.
ing this time the present divisions,
which resulted from the breaking up OF
the Roman Empire, are represented by
thefeet of the image, with their ten toes
Shifting tho Images Feet.
The prophecy declares Daniel II, Az
that in the days of these kings. repre-
sented by the toes Of the image. the
God Of heaven will set up a Kingdom.
which shall subdue all kingdoms, and
which shall never be overthrown. 1t
shall "bo given to the people. saints,
Of the Most High God. and they shall
take the Kingdom and possess 1t for
ever, even forever and ever" Daniel
vii. Is, 27) In the picture Gods King
dom is symbollcally represented as a
great stone. hewn from the mountain
without hands-supernaturally. It shall
smite the image I'm it's feet. and forth
with "the iron. the brass. the silver
md the gold shall become like the
ehaf OF summer threshing floor, and
the wind shall carry 1t away" but the
mountain shall increase until 'it shall
fll the whole earth"
Thus. in a figure. or symbol. God
pictures things now shortly to come to
pass. I know not how much to ex.
pect from the war between Italy and
Turkey, but Rome and Constantlnople
stand for. represent, the two legs Of
the image, for be It remembered that
each in turn was the Roman Capital,
and representative OF the image. We
are certainly justified in watching
with considerable interest the present
war and what 1t may be leading TO in
the way of involving all the ten king
doms represented in this prophecy.
But that is not the special point OF
interest in my subject; rather. l am
discussing the character of MessIah's
Kingdom, which Is to rule the world,
overthrow Sin and Death and uplift
humanity from ignorance. superstition.
sin, weakness and death. The dec
laration Is that Messiah shall reign
until He shall have put down all in
subordination. and that the last enemy
TO be destroyed will be death. II
Corinthians XIV. %. 2G)
This is the Kingdom for which the
Master Himself taught His followers
20 pray. Nothing slight or insignificant
will be the outcome OF that glorious,
Mcsslanic reign OF thousand years.
At its very beginning Satan will be
bound, with all that this signifies
the repression OF evil and darkness.
For thousand years the Sun of Right
eousness. shall pour forth the light OF
truth and grace upon our poor. fallen
race until the knowledge OF Gods
glory shall I'll the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep. (Habak-
kuk H. 14) Eventually all wilful op-
ponents OF that Kingdom will die the
Second Death. from which there will
be no redemption. no recovery. But
meantime. all the willing and obedient
will be rising. not only from the tomb.
but also out OF all the weaknesses and
frailties of the present time. up. up, up
to the fulness OF perfection of life. al
though they will not live again In this
perfect sense until the thousand years
shall be finished With the close OF
that reign of righteousness. after 1t
shall have accomplished its work Of
delivering the groanlng creation from
the bondage OF corruption. sin and
death. Messiah will abdlcate the
Throne. as 1t is written. "He will de-
liver up the Kingdom to God. even the
Father. that he may be all in all."-
I Corinthians XIV, "a.
No More Signing, Crying, Dying.
What n glorious triumph that will be
when every creature in heaven and
earth and under the earth shall be
heard saying, Praise, glory, honor, do
sitteth upon the Throne, and unto the
Lamb, forever Revelation v, 13)
What a glorious condition will then OBJ
tain when there shall be no more cry
ing. no more signing. no more dying,
for all the former things of sin and
death. shall have passed away! All!
He that sltteth upon the Throne said.
Behold. l make all things neww Glad
we are that our great Messiah is about
to overthrow sin and evil, about to es-
tablish righteousness on permanent
and everlasting foundation, which will
insure that to all eternity Gods will
shall be done as perfectly in this earth
asit Is now done IN heaven.
ask you to consider candidly-you
need not reply-is there kingdom in
the world today that In your judgment
htly represents a Divine government
men? Is there perfect gov
ernment, is there n single spot in all
the earth where Gods will is done as
1t is done in heaven? You are con-
versant with history. You know the
bloody record which marks its pages.
You know that so-called Christian Eu-
rope has been drenched with blood
more than any other part of the world.
You know that the cause of wrong has
trlumphed as often or oftener than the
cause of right You know that today