Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-10-13
Pastor RusselTs Sermon

Jesus alone. We have seen the second
joint in the telescope extending and
making 1t applicable to the Church
which is the Body of Christ. Now lei
us extend it still further, and perceive
that the principle holds in respect tc
humanity.
1t would not be true to say that hu
manity will ever be offered share
with Christ and the Church on the
Heavenly plane Of glory. 1t would not
be true to say that mankind in general
will ever have the opportunity of en-.
tering into the same kind of Covenant
that Christ and the Church now enter
into-a Covenant Of self-sacrifice. But
1t is quite true that there Is to be an
earthly Kingdom; and that mankind
will be privileged to attain to full men,
bership in it on conditions not very dis.
similar to those terms upon which the
Church become joint-heirs in the Heav-
emily Kingdom with their Lord.
Earthly Kingdom For Adam and His
Children.
The earthly kingdom will be the
Kingdom which Adam lost when he be.
came transgressor and came under
the sentence Of death. This earthly
kingdom, as well MS the king, Adam.
and all Of his family, Jesus redeemed.
purchased back from death and desola-
ton. He purchased 1t not for Himself,
for He already had the Fathers prom
lse Of better and higher. a Heavenly
Kingdom. The earthly kingdom was
purchased for the very purpose Of re.
storing 1t to Adam and his race-to as
many of them as would avail them
selves of the mercy Of God, to be ex-
tended to them by the Messianic King
dom. during the thousand years when
Satan will be bound, and when Christ
and the Church will reign until ev-
cry enemy shall be put under their
feet.
AS 1t did not please God to allow the
fallen Adam to continue to be the king
Of earth, living In sin and degradation,
dlshonor to the Creators Empire, so
1t will not be pleasing to God that any
shall come back into rulership under
Messiah's Kingdom except such as shall
have learned fully the lesson of the
exceeding sinfulness Of sin and the
love and mercy of God In their redemp-
tion, and such as will then love right
eousness and hate inlqulty. All others
will be destroyed as 'cumberers Of the
ground"-as natural brute beasts"
will they be destroyed.
The Earthly Kingdom and Holy Place.
The thousand years of Messiah's
Reign. then, will be for the purpose Of
giving to every member of the human
race full opportunity to return to
God All will be made to understand,
from the least to the greatest, that by
the close Of Messiah's Kingdom an
earthly kingdom will be established
under the whole heavens and that
none may be sharers in that kingdom
except such as have clean hands and
pure hearts, such as will humble them
selves and learn the great lessons to
be learned, and not lift up their souls
to pride. vanity and f-su6lciency.
All will be taught that IL they would
enter into that kingdom they must take
upon themselves vows of obedience to
the Lord All will learn that the thou
sand-year period is for the testing Of
their falthfuness to those vows and
those lessons which the glorious Mes
siah will bring to their attention. max
Ing them conditions of acceptance and
worthiness of everlasting life as hui
man beings In worldwide Eden,
They shall receive the blessing of
Jehovah, intended from the very be-
ginning for His earthly children. Civ
en- to Adam, but lost by him and re-
deemed by Jesus, this blessing will be
given again to those who shall demon
strate their worthlness by their loyalty
during Messiah's Kingdom. But the
evil-doer, the lover Of evil, the proud,
the naughty and the deceltful-Cove-
nant-breakers-wlll be destroyed from
amongst the people, Acts 1923.
Clean. Handed, Pure. Hearted.
In closing feel inclined to press
the two special features OF our text,
"clean hands and n pure heart We
have already admitted that as fallen.
imperfect beings II Is impossible for
us to be absolutely clean. right. Just
All the more must we strive for such
a condition. The New Creature must
be on the alert to scan all OF lIfe's NJ.
fairs and to measure all things In life
with the Golden Rule--ls II rlghtf Is
II Justl Is II doing to others as
would that they should do TO me1 We
make progress In proportion as we
strive for this ccanncss Of hands,
cleanness OF conduct, Righteousness,
To be slack, to be Indifferent. not to
strive, would mean to the Lord that
we were half.henrtcd In our love for
righteousness and hatred for lniq.
ulty,
Purity of heart we have already no
tlced as signlrylng purity OF intention
and OF motive But the Lord has
made n special provision whereby Hls
people may indeed maintain the purl.
ty OF heart and clcauncss OF hands In
His sight whereby they nre continual.
ly reminded OF the imperfection OF the
flesh and the need OF the cleansing
blood Of the Savior
However pure In our hearts, we may