Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-14


ed that his first
three sermons here
Sss2.lls.sl.2.A VIZ will be based upon
lRASl0R KUSSEllJJ 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:Gl
The speaker said:-
our text is a prophecy respecting the
Divine intention that eventually Mes,
Blah's Kingdom shall be established in
majesty aud power, VIGOROUSLY it
shah overthrow the Prince Of Darkness
and his reign Of sin and death Grad
ualy 1t 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 Ian.
Guage Of our text, Divine Power will be
exercised through Messiah and His
Kingdom to the full subjectlon 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 1t is done in Heav-
en-" Its fulilment would be impossi-
bic aside from the associated promise
of the Bible that the present Dispensa-
nf 10
ually to give way to the Messlanic
Kingdom and It's reign Of force. Many
Christian people entirely overlook this
feature Of the Divine Program-that
the New Dlspensation is to be ushered
in by n 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-
spectlng Messiahs Kingdom recorded
in the Second Psalm: 81 will give Thee
the heather for Thine Inheritance, and
the uttermost parts Of the earth for
Thy possession. Thou shalt break them
with rod Of ron Thou shalt dash
them In pieces like potter's vessel"
This prophecy is referred to by our
Lord, who declared that It's fuGlment
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 overcomcth win | grant to
sit with Me In My Throne" "To him
that overcometh will give
power over the nntons and he shall
rule them with Il rod Of iron; MS the
vessels Of n potter shall they he broken
into shvers: even Ns received Of My
Father. ."-Revelatlon 3;21; 22G, q,
A failure TO apply the Scripture por.
trnyIng 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
will not be by the conversion Of the
world-thnt Il viii be by Mcsslah's tax
ing possession OF mans inheritance pur
chased by Him FOR humanity Mt Cal
vary. The nations will become Christs
Roy the coQqucring power of the terrible
trouble In which the nations will be
angry and Gods wrath will come
Revelation lll51S
The Pendulum's Swing.
In the long ago past our forefathers
studied these Scriptures but misun.
dcrstood and misnpplled them, They
assumed that God had given to the
Church authority to establish His
Kingdom. The espouscd virgin Church
became united or married 10 the world
to ciyll powcr-and ceased to wish
FOR aud TO pray for the Heavenly
bridegroom to whom she wns cspous.
ed through the Gospel Under the de.
lusiOns that she had been authorized to
establish Mcssinh's Kingdom and that
her share IN cnrthly dominion brought
about by union with clyi power con.
stitulcd II the Kingdom Of Messiah
the Church cndeayored to apply ana to
fuld these prophecies
An attempt wos made TO rule the
world with a rod Of iron through the
ciyil governments, and TO put under
the Cburchs feet everything untngonis.
tic to her supposed rights and interests
Az result OF this mistaken interpre.
taton Of the Lords Word, the world
was drenchcd 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 Il
90 from one extreme to the opposite