The Pleasantville press., 1913-01-08

likASl2R RQSSElll texts cut in the
stone front of our
handsome Union Station The first of
these served him today: "Thou hast
put all things under Him." psalm S:6.)
The speaker said
Our text is prophecy respecting the
Divine intention that eventually Mes
siah's Kingdom shall be established in
majesty and power. VIGOROUSLY it
shall overthrow the Prince of Darkness
and his reign of sin and death. Grad
ually it will emancipate humanity,
healing their sin-sickness, opening their
blinded eyes of understanding. and un-
stopping their deaf ears to the Message
of Divine grace and peace. Eventually
every knee shall bow and every tongue
confess to the glory of God. In the lam
guage of our text, Divine Power will be
exercised through Messiah and His
Kingdom to the full subsection of every
earthly thing to Him.
From day to day we repeat the Lords
prayer. "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will
be done on earth, as it is done in Heav-
en-" Its fulflment would be impossi-
BILE aside from the associated promise
of the Bible that the present Dispensa-
ton of preaching the Gospel is event
ually to give way to the Messianic
Kingdom and its reign of force. Many
Christian people entirely overlook this
feature of the Divine Program-that
the New Dispensation is to be ushered
in by a Time of Trouble which will
wreck everything not fully in accord
with the Divine standards
A Kingdom of Power and Glory.
remind you of the Divine decree re-
specting Messiah's Kingdom recorded
In the Second Psalm: II will give Thee
the heathen for Thine inheritance, and
the uttermost parts of the earth for
Thy possession. Thou shalt break them
with rod of iron: Thou shalt dash
them in pieces like potter's vessel"
This prophecy is referred to by our
Lord, who declared that it's fulfilment
would be after the completion of His
Church, to participate with Him in the
work of bringing the world into proper
subjection to the rules of righteous
ness, justice and love. He says, '"To
him that overcometh will grant to
sit with Me in My Throne" "To him
that overcometh will l give
power over the nations; and he shall
rule them with rod of iron; as the
vessels of potter shall they be broken
into shivers: even as l received of My
Father. ."-Revelation 3:21; 2:26, 81.
A failure to apply the Scripture por-
traying the transfer of the government
of earth from the Prince of Darkness
to the Prince of Light has confused the
minds of many and led them to expect
things contrary to the Divine Word
The very Scripture so frequently quot
ed in support of gradual conversion
of the world declares that this transfer
world-that it will be by Messiah's tax
ing possession of mans Inheritance pur-
chased by Him for humanity at Cal
vary. The nations will become Christ's
by the conquering power of the terrible
trouble in which the nations will be
angry and Gods wrath will come
Revelation 11:15-1S
The Pendulum's Swing.
!. In the long ago past our forefathers
studied these Scriptures, but misun-
derstood and misapplied them. They
assumed that God had given to the
Church authority to establish His
Kingdom. The espoused virgin Church
became united or married to the world
Ito civil power-and ceased to wish
for and to pray for the Heavenly
Bridegroom to whom she was espous-
ed through the Gospel. Under the de-
lusions that she had been authorized to
establish Messiahs Kingdom and that
her share in earthly dominion brought
about by union with civil power con-
Btituted it the Kingdom of Messiah,
the Church endeavored to apply and to
fulfil these prophecies.
An attempt was made to rule the
world with a rod of iron through the
civil governments, and to put under
the Church's feet everything antagonis-
tic to her supposed rights and interests.
As a result of this mistaken interpre-
tation of the Lords Word, the world
was drenched with blood and atroci-
ties were committed by professed fol-
lowers of Christ who however sincere
they were in many respects. served
the cause OF Satan and misrepresented
the Cause of God
Imperfect human reasoning is apt to
go from one extreme to the opposite.