The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-03-07

low fever and 9th
er tropical ailments. The Pastor refer
red to General Wood as the one through
whose energy and skill Cuba's restitu-
ton and regeneration came about
Honor to whom honor is due" appears
to be one Of Pastor Russells notices.
The text was Acts 3:19-21: Times of
Restitution of all things. which God
hath spoken by the mouth of all HIS
Holy Prophets since the world began"
He said
In Panama a week ago saw one OF
the stupendous works of man in sub
DUNG the earth and making it suitable
to his purposes How wisely God has
left the subduing of the earth to man!
A blessing must come to humanity
from mastering nature. | testified re-
speeding the increased education or
mankind through modern inventions,
which speak to us Of the dawning of
the New Era long foretold in the Bible.
Today / point you to mans increas-
ing skill along other lines. The laws
of health are better understood than
ever before. The laws Of chemistry.
applicable to nearly everything in life,
are marvelously clear and greatly ex-
tended beyond anything of previous
times. This increased knowledge lies
close to the work of sanitation, so wide
ly approved. The sudden influx of
knowledge is a sign Of the dawning of
the New Day-Restitution
MiIIenniaI Work In Cuba.
The Pastor urged his congregation to
consider the wonderful transformation
in their fair Island an exemplifcation
of the great work to prevail world
wide shortly. 1t properly raises our
estimation Of human intelligence. and
of the beneficence of the United States
Government, whose agent in this trans
forming work was General Wood. What
has taken place so markedly in Cuba is
gradually being accomplished all over
the world.
The Scriptures everywhere associate
the glorious work of human uplift with
Messiah's Kingdom. Perhaps many
have expected the blessing to come in
another way; nevertheless. all should
see the facts and acknowledge pro-
phetical fulfilments. Instead Of being
disappointed that God is using humani-
ty for the fulfilment Of His glorious
promises. let us rejoice that mankind
may be so wonderfully used.
>f
AS man fell from the image and like
ness of God. Restitution to him means
return to that image and likeness.
OF all the Restitution wonders. this
will be the grandest. Were every
prospect pleasing" and humanity vile,
sinful, imperfect - mentally. morally
and physically-the curse would still
rest on the earth. The lifting of some
of mans ignorance and superstition is
by no means realization of what is to
be expected. If taste Of Divine ia
vor and goodness be so refreshing.
what will the full draft be!
This message is meaningless to be-
levers in human evolution. Disbeliev-
ing in mans fall from the Divine I'M
age in the flesh, these must logically
deny also the Redemption. and all ne
cessity for Savior to die for our sins.
Surely they cannot count it sin to ex-
perience evolution. as they claim; and
If sin has not been committed. there
could be neither Redemption from sin
nor Restitution to q former condition.
All such theories. therefore. are I'M
scrfptural. For this reason they are
antagonistic to the Bible view: that
man fell from Gods image six thou
sand years ago: that he has passed
through six great Days in which there
has been a reign Of sin and death. in
duced by Satan. and still Influenced by
him. Under this reign. man has lost
much of the Divine image. and has be-
come more or less brutal.
Restitution was not due when Jesus
gave His life as mans Redemption
price: but It Is due now. for we are
living in the dawn Of the great Seventh
Thousand-Year Day. Messiah's first
work as the great King is about to be
inaugurated. He is about to bind
Satan-'that old serpent. the Devil"
He is about to bless humanity by roll
ing away the curse of death.
Nothing of human Restitution Is pos
sible. however. until after the compile
ton Of the Church. So particular is
this feature of Gods Plan that nearly
two thousand years have been devoted
to 1t. whereas only one thousand is as
signed for the uplift of mankind. God
Is selecting sanity class to be His
children on the highest plane of exist
ence. These are required to be excep-
tional characters. and to attest their
faithfulness and devotion unto death.