Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-04


(GAsIo& RUssELp) perior to Brooklyn
and on an equality
with London. he took for his text one
of the three Bible quotations found
over the portals of our Union Depot;
Thou hast put all things under him.
Psalm viii. 6.
Pastor Russell declared this text spe-
cially appropriate for great pubic
building reared in the dawning of the
glorious Age of Messiah's Kingdom
Although optimistic respecting the
grand outcome of the Creators Plan,
Pastor Russell fully believed the Bible
| to teach that. preceding the sunrise OF
| the New Age, there would be dark
| hour of awful trouble. which is almost
| upon us.
He reminded his hearers that the old
| view now gradually fading from us is
| that Messiah. instead of coming sec
ond time and setting up His Kingdom,
| delegated authority to His followers,
| one of whom should be spiritual king
of the world and entitled Pope Under
| this mistaken notion. well-meanlng
men have declared that if the H1er-
archy of Christ were authorized to
reign. it should use the secular arm OF
power to compel all to acknowledge the
|
1t is still claimed that each Pope in
| turn is Christ's vicegerent-
Napoleon broke this spell when he
took the Pope a prisoner to France
The world since then has doubted the
| vicegerency and has held that if the
| Lords Kingdom were in the earth. Dl-
! vine Power would have upheld it, and
no dishonor or ignominy would have
been permitted
The Bible Much Neglected.
The creeds have been reverenced,
while the Bible has been neglected IN
der the superstition that the creeds
| presented the Bible teaching in sim
pier form. The rejection of the creeds
has meant also the rejection of the BIZ
BILE The colleges of Christendom are
| turning out unbelievers. The horrible
| consequences will soon be manifest in
| the overwhelming of our social struc-
| ture in anarchy. Thank God, that will
be the opportune moment when Mes
siah will take the reins of government.
to bless. to uplift!
Man Little Lower Than Angels.
The Psamist. considering the heav-
ems as Gods handiwork. was amazed
that He should promise to deliver fall
en- man. He recites the glory and hon
| or in which Adam was created-the
head of all earthly things, in the like
ness of God. "a little lower than the
angels"
St Paul quoted the prophecy and ap-
piled it in Hebrews ii, els. The Logos
was made flesh like the first Adam
that He by the grace of God might
taste death for every man." The WORK
of delivering the world from the power
of sin and death had not followed more
quickly the work of Calvary because
in the Divine Program, Christ mus
first lead forth an elect number OF
sons TO glory. With the completion OF
their number will come the glorious
time when the curse shall be rolled
away and blessings come instead
The Sanctifier and the Sanctified.
The word sdnctifed. the Pastor ex-
planned carries the thought of being
set apart to some special service AS
the Lord Jesus sacrificed His every
earthly interest u do the Fathers will
SO must all wka would sit with Him
in His Throne r. Paul declares that
the Sancrifer ar j the sanctifed ones
are all on@He the Head and they
the Body members
Then the Divine Program will carry
| blessings to all the famllleS OF Lnt
earth redeemed with the precious
blood of Jesus. These will partake OF
flesh and blood. therefore the Re
deemer became partaker of the same
that He might not only redeem them
but destroy death and the destroyer
He will hberate the slaves of sin an6
death, roll away the Curse. and opef
the prison-house of the tomb Thus al
will have fullest opportunity of return
ing to the image of God. Divine fellow
ship and life everlasting
All Things Put Under Him.
The world will be officially turned
over to Messiah at His Second Ad
vent: Ask of Me. and l will givt
Thee the heather for Thine inherit
ance. and the uttermost parts of ths
earth for Thy possession" BY the ex
ercise of Divine Power Satan will b.
restrained and ultimately destroyed
Then the perfect earth viii be deliver
ed over to God as St Paul points on
in Corinthians Nv. 25-2S