Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-02-04


God; we have waited for him and he
will save us. This is the Lord; we
have waited for him, we will be glad
and rejoice in his salvation Isa. 25:9.
Nothing can equal the splendor OF
this glorious event. As the cloud of
shining angels nears the earth, the
voice Of Christ calls forth the sleeping
saints. At his call they come forth,
clad In Immortality. The living right
eous are changed in the "twikling of
an eye" from mortality to immortal
ity and together with the resurrected
saints they are caught up to meet the
Lord in the air" Angels gather to-
gether the elect from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other.
Friends and loved ones meet, never
more to part; and altogether, one glad
glorious, triumphant throng, they as
cend to the city of God the New Jeru-
salem, where they live and reign with
Christ a thousand years" Rev, 20:4.
At the close of this period, the city
wit hthe glorifed saints will descend
to the earth, which is their eternal do
minion; and the prayer Christ has
taught us to pray "Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done on earth as 1t is in
heaven" will be fully accomplished.
1t Is not given us to know the day
and hour of our Lords coming; but
we are to know when it is near, even
at the doors" Matt. 24:32, 33. As God
sent warning messages to the peo-
pie before the food, before the de-
struction Of Sodom and Gomorrah and
before the destruction Of Jerusalem;
SO he gives us unmistakable signs
whereby we may know when the day
Of the Lord Is near But all will not
believe these signs. There shall
come in the last days scoffcrs
saying Where is the promise Of his
coming? for since the fathers fell
asleep, all things continue as they
were from the beginning of the crea-
tion' 2 Peter 3:3, A. Let us notice
that the fact that there are scoffers
saying these things is itself a sign Of
the last days and let MS take warning
that we may not be found in this class.
We are told that in the last days
"perilous times" shall come in the re.
ligious world. For men shall be lov-
ers Of pleasure more than lovers of
God having q form of Godliness, but
denying the power thereof" 2 Tim.
3:1-5, We see this sad state Of affairs
predominating in the churches today.
AS result, the last warning message
will be unheeded by many professed
Christians, and the day of the Lord
will overtake them as thief in the
night"
In James 5:1-9, we have a picture
Of the financial world as it exists to-
day, Vast combines of wealth for the
purpose of controlling every commodi-
ty of life, on the one hand, and multi
tudes Of labor organizations, on the
other, The rich are becoming more
oppressive, and the oppressed are be-
coming more desperate. Many are
wondering what the final outcome will
be. AS Christians we are admonished
BE patient therefore brethren unto
the coming of the Lord Stablish
your hearts, for the coming of the
Lord draweth nigh" James 5:7, 8.
We are living in period of wonder
full missionary activity Today there
is not a nation where the gospel is not
being preached. Christ said, "This
gospel of the kingdom shall be preach
ed in all the world for witness unto
all nations and then shall the end
come, Matt, 24:14.
1t Is true there yet remains a great
work to be done before the gospel will
be brought within reach Of all the
people; but with our present facilities
this can be accomplished in an incred-
IDLY short time. For he will finish
the work and cut it short in right
eousness; because a short work will
the Lord make upon the earth" Rom.
1928. The very fact that the gospel is
now being carried with such rapidly
10 the world, constitutes a sure sign
that we have reached the time Of the
end. Think Of the fact that previous
to the last century, the Bible had been
translated into but few languages, and
1t was so expensive that none but the
wealthy could afford to possess a copy.
But what a change the last century
has brought! Now the Bible is print
ed in over four hundred different Ian