Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-31
Pastor RusselI's Sermon

ice Of their Redeemer, to show forth
His praises, no matter how unpopular
His cause in the sight Of men-no mat
ter how foolish 1t may cause them to
appear In the eyes Of those who are
blinded to the Lords arrangements.
This poverty and sacrifice does not
mean the giving up Of noble senti-
ments and high ideals; but 1t means
the bringing Of these ideals. etc.. into
the Lords service, for the support and
advancement Of His Message of Truth.
for the blessing Of mankind along the
lines which His Word indicates.
This sacrifice, or surrender. does not
mean that honor Of men will be discs,
teemed thereafter; for 1t will always
be true that "a good name Is rather to
be chosen than great riches" 1t means
that worldly reputation will be held
secondary to the Lord. the Truth. and
service for the Lords cause, so that
whatever honor Of men they may pos
sess will be turned as wisely and as
prudently as possible into the channels
which will glorify the Lord and honor
His Message, regardless Of the fact
that so using It will gradually consume
IL: for the world knows not the follow
ers of Jesus, even as 1t knew Him not,
and appreciates not the true honor
which cometh from Above, but merely
the honor which Is Of men.
Worldly Wisdom Va. Heavenly Wis.
dom.
The Scriptures distinctly point out
that there are two kinds Of wisdom.
radically opposed to each other-the
earthly wisdom and the Heavenly Wis
dom. The wisdom Of this world is
foollshness with God. and the Wisdom
Of God is foollshness with this world.
This means that there are two differ
ent ways Of viewing nearly everything.
The worlds viewpoint ignores the fu-
ture beyond the grave. lives for the
present. thinks for the present, strives
for the present The Heavenly Wis
dom looks chiefly beyond the grave.
for that eternal condition which God
declares may be attained by all obe-
dent to Him. From this viewpoint
the things Of the present are tempo
rary, transItory. tickle. uncertain. In
comparison with the future blessings.
81. Paul declares Of these that they are
not worthy to he compared with the
future glory to be revealed In the
Lords people. 9:l8.
Those who follow the earthly wis.
dom are subject to the frailties and
lmperfectlons Of the human mind with
which they were born-born in sin.
misshapen In iniquity. "In sin did my
mother conceive me-" More than this.
they are to large degree susceptible
to the evil influence Of Satan and the
fallen angels, and the doctrines Of
demons" with which these seek to en-
snare and mislead all who have not
put themselves under Divine protec.
ton by becoming disciples Of Jesus.
This includes the great majority OF
humanity, Of whom the Apostle de.
clares that the god Of this world hath
blinded the minds Of all those who be-
lleve not, lest the glorious light Of
Gods goodness, shining In the face Of
Jesus Christ. should shine into their
hearts.-2 Corinthians IA.
OF these again the Scriptures de.
clare, "The whole world leth In the
Wicked One" Not Intentionally and
knowingly, but igorantly, through de-
pravity and deception, they are servants
OF sin. Their only hope lies In the
promise Of God that eventually the
time will come when Messiah shall
take His great power, exalt His
Church, and institute rule OF right,
eousness In the world. which will bind
Satan and break the shackles Of igno-
rance and superstition, and bring in a
clear knowledge Of God and the Truth.
Meantime, many In the world are
considerably swayed by the spirit Of
Satnn-anger, malice, hatred, envy,
NAaANH W hNll Wv are luNOIu-
BILE these evil qualities are not brought
into activity; but under other circum.
stances, no evil work Is too vile. II 1t
will minister to their selfish propensi-
ties. Thus today we see people not
naturally bad, In the sense Of prefer.
ring evil TO good, but deluded and with.
out Divine guidance, and thus ready to
do anything and everything, under
stress Of necessity. for the mainte.
nance Of the present order Of things.
Not knowing Of Gods Plan, and not
having the Wisdom from on High, they
are not waiting for Messiahs King.
dom, but are bent upon attaining their
own ends, In harmony with their own
theories,
According to the Bible testimony.
these are the ones who are about to
bring upon the world the great time OF
trouble, the like OF which never was
since there was nation Daniel l2:1.i
In that great time OF trouble the world.
ly rich will have fulfilled upon them
our Lords words In our text in accord
also with the words OF St james. 60
to now, ye rich men, weep and howl
for your mlserles that shall come upon
you" tJames 5lI MlserIes will also
come upon the poor, but will be felt
especially by the rich. because OF the
wealth, luxury and comfort previously
enjoyed by them.
On the contrary, the poor In spirit
those who have given their little all to