Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-05

ing, Of His cOnsecrated Church win
proceed, aud will result IN the gather.
Ing OF all the Elect into the Heavenly"
Kingdom by the change Of the First
Resurrection This will be the fu,l nd
OF the Gospel Age, aud the full bcgm.
ming OF the New Age, IT Is TO this time
Jesus referred saying, Watch We,
therefore ana pray always, that ye may
be accounted worthy 10 escape all these
things that shall come to pass, and 10
stand before the Sou OF Man"
As soon as the Church shall an haGG
passed beyond the veil into the condi-
ton OF Heavenly glOry-the Kingdom
conditlon-the great time Of trouble
will fully enveop the earth-"a time ot
trouble such as never was since there
was nation. Dan. l2:l; Matt 24:2l.
1t will be that time Of trouble which
will be MeSsiahs revelation Of Him
self TO the world In II, they will seek
the covering, or protection, OF the great
rocks of society (secret Ordersl and Of
the great mountains OF earth earthly
governments) (Reyelation G:l4.l6) But
none Of these will be uble 10 deliver
them from the fiery trouble (distresa)
OF that Day, which will consume every
institution out Of accord with right
eousness. truth, justice. "Ile shall be
rerealed in flaming fire, taking
van0aanrau
The vengeance will not be 80 much
against deluded and ensnared human.
fly, as against evil principles and the
unjust arrangements OF the present
time. When we say unjust arrange
ments, we do not wish to be UNDER
stood that the world is necessarily
more unjust than In the past; but rath-
er that, with our increased light and
knowledge, more is expected OF the
present generation than OF their fore
fathers
From all accounts. we infer that the
time Of trouble will be sharp and short,
"else would no flesh be saved" Mes
slabs spiritual Kingdom, invisible to
men, will come to the rescue. 1t will
have its earthly representatives, and
order will soon come out OF chaos. HUI
manity, humbled by the fall of present
institutions, will be ready to accept
Messiah's Kingdom. We read there
fore, that 1t will be "thej desire Of all
nations"
1t is for us, my beloved hearers, to
continue to abide IN Christ, to seek
His will In every matter. to wait pa
ticntly for His appointed time for our
deliverance, and according to our cove.
ice Of the brethren. We remind you
Of St Paurs words, The Day OF the
Lord so cometh as thief In the night.
When they 1.-THE worldly shall say.
Peace and safety, then sudden destruc-
ton cometh upon them. as travail upon
a woman with child; and they shall not
escape Put We, brethren. are not In
darkness. that that Day should over
take you as thief. Ye are all the
children Of light, and the children Of
the Day. Thessalonians 5:l-5
The light now shining ls and should
be very helpful to us. If we realize :
that We are living in the days Of the
Son Of Man"-that the inspection OF
the Church is now in progress. and
that soon the Elect will be complete
this faith will make us the more zeal
Gus to make our calling and election
sure. Therefore.
Let US watch and pray.
And labor till the work is done"
Gradually mankind will come to m.
derstand. Gradually their eyes OF M
derstanding will open. and they will
see that it is the wrath of the Lamb"
that causes the time OF trouble such
as never was since there was a ua-
ton They will learn the intended
lesson
Some, in reading Jesus words, "As ID
was in the days Of Noah have infer D.,
red time Of dreadful wickedness in
the end of this Age, corresponding to
the wickedness of Noah's day. There
may or there may not be a parallel in
this respect We merely call attention
to the fact that the Master did not so
say. He said that as In Noah's day
were eating drinking, marry
Ing and building. without realizing
that great change in dispensation
was impending so it will be with man
kind In the days Of the Son Of Man.
In the time of Christ's Second Pres -,
ance, men will know it not. but will
proceed about the ordinary affairs Of
drinking, planting. build
ng-and knop not. until the great and
sudden catastrophe Of anarchy is upon
hem. AS literal water swept away lit
sral things existing before the Flood, so
symbolic tre-trouble. destructiop-wlll
sweep away the institutions Of today,
md prepare the way for the new in
which the Scriptures de-
'cribe as the new heavens and the new
'arth. 0saiah GG:22; Peter S:l3) The
new heavens will be the new ecclesias-
1cal powers-tt1e Church. the Elect in
ylory with Christ The new earth will 4
,e the reorganized social arrangement,
wholly different from the present.
Whoever expects that the Kingdom