Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-13

tRASI0R RUSSELD) His glory and all
%---=-------=---1V-- the holy angels
with Him. then shall He sit upon the
Throne of His glory" Matthew
25:31l He said:
When six thousand years ago man
transgressed the Divine command and
came under the sentence. dying thou
shalt die" he was cast out OF Eden
that in the unprepared earth he might
pay the death penalty. Even then. in
the declaration that the Seed of the
woman wonld eventually brlise the
serpent's head. God implied an ulti-
mate victory for humanity over Satan,
sin and death
Later, Gods Covenant with Abra
ham told that victory would come
through his posterity hut did not e2
plain how. Centuries later. Abrn
hams favored posterity. Israel. rltp
into Covenant relationship with God
through Moses. Their hope was to
keep Gods Law so thoroughly as to
, merit everlasting life, and be compe.
tent to deliver humanity from sin and
death However. centuries of effort
proved that none could keep the Di-
vine Law satisfactorily
The next Divine lesson was one Of
faith. Israel could not keep the Law
satisfactorily - could not therefore,
have everlasting life. could not teach
others to do what they could not do
The lesson of faith was that they
should look forward to a coming Mes
siah-"a Prince and a Savior"
Various were their hopes respecting
Messiah. The promises were scanned
to note something concerning Him.
Through the prophets God foretoId that
Messiah was to be the antique Of both
David and Solomon. of Aaron and Mel
chizedek-very great He was to reign
from sea to sea psalm 72:S)
Israel looked forward with pride to
the day when Messiah would exalt
them very highly in the earth, and as
sociate them with Himself in blessing
all people. These good hopes have held
them together as no other people have
ever been held They are still waiting.
though disconnected by the evidences
that others are in some respect more
favored than they
Messiah and the jubilee at Hand.
At last Israel's Star of Hope is ris-
ing! At last the prophecies tell that
her morning of joy is about to dawn;
and that 1.-THE desire of all nations shall
come" Not merely are Jews claiming
that Messiah's Day is nigh; but Chris
tn
hammedans also see Free Masons
claim the same. All men are in expec-
tation of something wonderful.
The multiplied blessings in the in.
ventions of the last half-century be-
speak the New Dspensation II the
preparations are so grand. what will
be the inauguration and Reign itself!
Inauguration Scene OF Our Text.
Leading In the grand procession pic
ture is the Son of Man, following
whom are all the holy messengers; but
with Him upon His Throne will be His
Bride class-a sanity few. Thus it is
written: when Christ shall ap.
pear, then shall We also appear with
Him in glory,"-Col. 3:4: Rev. 1921.
Gyand as have been the inaugural
ceremonies of the past week, they
were as nothing contrasted with the
glorious browning Day for which earth
has waited six thousand years Hap.
by as were the faces which greeted the
President, the picture was tame, com.
pared with the joy of mankind when
they realize what God has wrought
Wherein Did the Jews Fail7
The Jews did not fail All Gods
promises to then are still theirs. He
never offered them spiritual favors, or
suggested taking them TO Heaven, The
strongest promise, even to Abraham,
was that all the land which could be
seen would be given to him and his
seed Tsrael's blessings were to come
through Messiah
God toretold through the prophets
that Messiah would suffer The Jews
merely fulfilled part of the Divine
Program Had Messiah gone TO anoth-
er nation. doubtless, there would have
been similar results AT the First AID