The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-06
Pastor RuSSelPS Sermon


whole creation groaneth and travaileth
H. pain together" He is quite right.
q II race groans because we are slaves
or Sin. and Sin is paying us the pre-
scribed penalty. namely. death.
We are a dying race mentally. NOR
ally and physically. We ase more and
more disappointing to ourselves and to
others. and we hasten toward the
tomb. slaves and prisoners going
down into the great prisonhous OF
Death. That prison-house Of Death.
the tomb. is the Bible hell. All the
aches and pains which come to us as
we approach and enter the prison are
Incidental parts of the penalty. But
There's Wilderness in Gods Mercy,
Like the widel.ess of the sea-.
He has purposed blessing upon ev-
cry member of tn" race. all of whom
have suffered the loss of Eden hap
piness and of life itself through the
diSobedience of the first man. Father
Adam The Second Adam is to com
pletely undo the work of the first. and
Is to give To every member of the race
fullest opportunity for reconciliation
and return to the Fathers House.
The work of Jesus at the First Ad-
vent was only a preparatory one His
death was necessary as the correspond
ing price for the sin of the First Adam
Only by paying that penalty could He
ever have the right to destroy the great
prison houSe-the tomb, HadeS-and to
deliver the prisoners by resurrection
from the dead His work was salts
factory. He has been received up into
glory where He was before" only
with added dignity at the Fathers
right hand There He waits. the
Psalmist tells US. for the hour to strike
when He shall take His great power
and reign.-Psalm 2:S-10
The first feature of His campaign
will be the binding of Satan Then
He will cause the Sun of Righteous
ness to shine forth, with healing in it's
beams. The light of the knowledge of
God shall fill the whole earth Every
knee will bow and every tongue con-
TESS All will have the fullest oppor-
tunity for return TO God. and only the
willingly disobedient and rebellious
against light will die the Second Death.
and go into everlasting destruction"
"He Upon the Throne Said"
Beautifully does the Book of Reve-
lation picture the coming glories of
MeSsiah's Kingdom and the blessings
to mankind. Mark that it is the en-
throned Messiah who declares. BE
hold, | make all things new" and who
tells that. as JehOyah's Messenger and
Representative, He will wipe away all
tears from off all faces and give beau
ty for ashes. and the oil of joy for the
spirit of sadness PA;
Isaiah GLIB.
The God of Love and Grace. the God
who sympathiZes with His creatures
and who promises ultimately to wipe
away all their tears. is the only God
who appeals to the human heart and
head. Our misconceptions in the past
served to drive the world further and
further away from God. and even the
sanity found it difficult to worship
Him in spirit and in truth-so dense
was the cloud of ignorance and super
stition which enshrouded us. Hank to
Cardinal Newman's words,
Lead. kindly Light.
Amidst the encircling gloom"
God is sending out His light and
truth. The encircling gloom is break
ing The errors and superstitiOns
which hindered us from seeing the
beauty of Gods Word are being scat
tered The light from one page and
statement is shining upon another.
The entire Word of God is heard as
never before. God is speaking. His
people are hearing. Bible Students in
all parts Of the earth are awakening
to the unsectarian study Of the Lords
Word.-2 Timothy 2:15.
True. Satan is still active. He is not
yet bound The Prince of Darkness
hates the light battles against it. and
enlists on his side as many as possible
Alas. that he is able to gain few as
honest and as blind as was Saul of
Tarsus, nineteen centuries ago. These
now breathe out threatenings, as did
Saul But we have confidence that all
sincere ones of them, like ST. Paul.
will soon see a great light and hear
the great voice of the Master, and be
fully delivered from the evil spirit of
persecution, which, in our day. uses
SANDER and Shoots out arrows. even
bitter words" to destroy the Message
and the messengers of the Prince of
Light, now shortly to take His power
to reign for thousand years. subject
Ing all things to the Divine standards
Doctrines of Demons"
The Pastor declared that in his judg-
ment there is no doubt that the Church
during the Dark Ages came under the
influence of the doctrines of demons"
referred to by st. Paul He declared
that the demons of the Bible are
identical with the fallen angels of
Genesis 6. They seek to hide their
identity. representing themselves as
speaking to the living through medi-
ums. as in Bible times-through witch
es. wizards. necromancers. astrologers.
sOOthsayers. etc.
These, under Satan's domination.
have for centuries sought to substan-
tate Satans lie. and to deceive man
kind into believing that the dead are
not dead-into believing that Satan
told the truth. saying. "Ye shall not
surely die" and that God told the I'M
truth when He said Thou shalt sure,