Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-07


lG8I0R RUSSELD)erol fire According
S------------1t to him the great
event Of Chrsts Coming VIII bring
blessing such as we all desire. He
seems 10 have the Bible and logic on
his side too
Pastor Russell declared that false
concepts Of the Second Coming Of
Christ have done great injury, Theyiew
set forth IN an orthodox creeds is that
Christ will come again I'm the flesh
The resurrection win take place within
tweny-four hours The sanity will rise
iu the air TO meet the Lord. Then fire
will come down from heaven and con
sumo the whole earth. A few-Premll-
lennialsts-claim that Christ will reign
in AeshIy glory for n thousand years TO
bless the living OF mankind. The ma
tority Of Christians disown all this as
ridiculous nonsense because they be.
lieye little or nothing, either Of the
creeds or Of the Bible a minority dis
own It because they perceive It's incon.
slstency with the Bible" Count me
in with this minority" said Pastor
Russell
More than three hundred Bible texts
refer TO Messiah's glorious Second Ad
vent Our inquiry shall be first why
does the Master come agalni Did He
not properly establish His ChurchY
Has this Gospel Age been n failurel
VIII He come TO rectlfy matters and to
start His Church afresh In the work
of world-converslon and blessing1
Not at all His work has carried out
exactly as Intended. Not a suggestion
OF Scripture implies that the Church IL
To convert the world during this Age.
On the contrary, her mission has been
TO act as Gods mouthpiece in calling
out n class to be jolnthers with the
Redeemer Properly enough Jesus
said. ~ pray not for the world, but
for those whom Thou hast given Me"
lie loved the world He died for the
world In due time, by His Messianlc
Kingdom, He will bless "al the fami
lies OF the earth" But the time for
blessing the world is not yet First
a special class is invited to become
separate from the world, TO become
sanctlned or set apart to God and His
service, following In the footsteps Of
Jesus. These, like their Master must
demonstrate their love for God their
loyalty 10 Him and to the brethren,
even unto death. Their reward is to be
Bharers with their Master I'm His Heav-
enly Throne Of Glory, which for
thousand years will rule. bless and up
lift humanity.
The followers OF Jesus have another
work, In addition to witnessing to the
world Nnd calling out faithful saints
60 walk the narrow way That other
work IL to build one another up In
the most holy faith" Each individual
Of the sunctIned Little Flock is not
only to do good unto all men. and
especially to the household Of faith"
but particularly to make his own "coll.
ing ana election sure" by personal love,
zeal and loyalty
The Kingdom Now In Embryo.
Our Lords many parallels refer to
His Church as a Kingdom class, a
Royal Priesthood. This does not sigul
fy that He intended them to occupy
places Of honor aud distinction now.
The Master Himself was neither a
King nor Priest on earth His Is
The Mechlsedec Priesthood Of the Mes
sunic Age Then lie will also be the
Great King over all the earth, as well
ns the Great Prophet or Teacher ana
the Great Judge or Ruler Wen did
lie declare TO PLATE. MY Kingdom IL
not Of this Age" John xviii, 3M As
His salntly followers are to share IN
His Kingdom they also must wait FOR
its establishment while waiting they
are to pray, Thy Kingdom come; Thy
will be done on earth az IL Is done In
Heaven
OF this Royal Priesthood the Apostle
declares, "The world knoweth MS not
We are priests aud kings only from the
plvlne standpoint which none are able
10 recognize except the brethren"
Ouly In embryo are Gods saints spok
en- NJ MS the Kingdom class. They are
on probation. Jesus says that the
bvercomers will be granted 70 ait with
Him iu His Throne as actual members
Of the Royal Priesthood 10 reign with
Him q thousand years Revelation III,
2l:XX,G
"4e Must Reign Until"
81 Paul after telling about the
resurrection OF the dead explains that
the resurrection " the Church to
glory. honor and immortality viii be
first on the program Subsequently all
will be resurrected. every man In his
own order" aud Christ will reign
until He shall have put down all In
SubordlnatIon. other Scriptures clear