River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-25

worthy of everlasting life. For the
Scriptures assure us that death Is the
penalty for sin. that the soul that sin
meth must die. and that the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord. which will be given only to
those wise enough and loyal enough to
use IT in accord with the great Gre
ator's regula tons and laws. framed for
the benefit of His creatures and for
the glory of His name.
"Have Patience, Brethren"
Those whose eyes of understanding
are gradually opening TO see the real
glory of Jehovah's character as re-
fected in His great Plan Of the Ages
may we'll have patience with others
who see not as yet. The fact that our
own eyes were so long in opening. the
fact that we were as honest and sincere
before as we are now. should lead us
to assume that the same conditions APP
ply to our brethren. protested people
of God. everywhere. Moreover. we are
not to be judges one of another. Pro
claiming the Truth in as nearly as
possible the Bible words, we are to be
content to deliver our Message and to
leave to the Lord the results.
1t is ours to point out the horrible
confusion into which the Lords people
got during the Dark Ages. and which
justified the Lord in calling the nomi-
nal church Babylon. 1t is ours to
point out the Message of the Lord,
saying, Babylon is fallen. is fallen
her. My people, that We be not partak-
ers Of her sins. ana that We receive not
of her pagues.' Whoever sees that
the entire nominal church system of
all denominations is the Babylon re-
ferred to by the Lord has the respon-
sibility of the Lords Message without
any urging on our part.
Whoever sees the blasphemy of the
Holy Name sees that misrepreSenta-
ton of the Divine Plan. making the
world drunk with the wine of false
doctrine. has been amongst the crimes
of Babylon, and should wish forthwith
to come out of her, to share no longer
in her misrepresentation. however
much blended with forms of holiness.
Whoever. after seeing the real char
acter of Babylon and the horrible work
which Satan has deluded her into do
ing. still has sympathy with her and
with her work and with her blasphe-
mics and distortions of the Truth
such persons deserve to share in the
confusion that is shortly to come to
Babylon when she shall fall as great
milestone into the sea.
Light is sown for the righteous;
Truth for the upright in heart" Those
who do not receive the Truth as meat
in due season have reason to fear that
they do not belong to the class de
scribed by the Prophet as the right
eous and as the upright in heart. Hon
esty seems to be quality which the
Lord holds in very high esteem. The
dishonest in word or conduct or in
their thoughts are an abominatiOn to
Him. and should not expect to receive
special favor or light or knowledge.
We may well imagine that the entire
! NTillennial Age will be one grand
Thanksgiving Day. in which the mum
berS who will praise God will be con
tinually increasing as more and more
they awaken from the tomb. AS their
eyes shall see and their ears shall hear
of the grace and love of God. every
tongue will confess. while every knee
will bow. not only to Jesus the Re
deemer. but to the gracious Greater.
who formed the Plan which the Mil
lennium will execute.
Praise to God In Heaven and Earth.
The Master gives assurance that ulti-
mately there will be no place where
curses and blasphemies will be heard
no place where rebels against God and
His goodness will remain. All such
wilful. intelligent sinners will finally
be destroyed in the Second Death
Then will come the grand anthem OF
the Universe: Every creature in
Heaven. and in earth heard | saying,
Praise glory. honor, dominion and might
be unto Him who stitch upon the
Throne, and unto the Lamb, forever.
That will be the glorious Day men
toned by our Master in His prayer.
'Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done
on earth, as it is done in Heaven
And because Gods will shall be as
completely done on earth as In Heaven
therefore sin, sorrow, sickness. pain
and death will no longer be conditions
on earth. even as they are not condi-
lions in Heaven. Thus will be fulfilled
the Masters words, that there shall be
no more dying, crying. signing, for all
the former things shall have passed
away. He that sits upon the Throne
shall have made all things new, and
thus in His Messianic Kingdom God
will have wiped away all tears from
off all faces.