The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-30
Pastor Russell Sermon
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faith in an Almighty Creator The
Higher Critics have done their work
awell. destroying faith in the only Book
for which Divine inspiration can be,
dhlaimed Education has done its part
thnd commercialism its part, until the
cworld is on fire with selfish ambition
desire for riches and Misunderstanding
DESTROYS of obtaining them without
cost to themselves
r. The Christians Glorious Hope.
II The picture am painting you, dear
friends. would only harrow you and
mot be worth while. had l not good
IAfessage of encouragement to give In
loffset. said the Pastor. He then pro-
iteeeded to explain that, God had fore
Itknown the course of evil for the Six
Great DAYS of earth's history-six
I5thousahd years-and had prepared for
the Great Seventh Day. which will
also. be a thousand, years long. He
described it as the Day. or Epoch. in
which. Messiah upon the Throne will
make all things new,
The Pastor quoted freely from the
Scriptures respecting the. evidences of
| the night of sorrow and sin and strife.
and the. dawning of the new, Day, in
! which righteousness will be- enforced
Dthroughout the earth. not only by the
! word of the King. but by the, Divine.
Power of, His Kingdom. The. words Of
the Prophets We're quoted. describing
/ q he NdnCfro ~
all nations
The Pastor explained that other
Scriptures show that the time of trou-
BILE now looming up as a cloud before
mankind will be such terrible storm
of strife bloodshed. trouble. that the
world will have its fill and be nau-
seated. Thenceforth. under the guild
I ance of. the new administration of
Messiah. the spirit of a sound mind
will gradually come to mankind as a
whole, and proportionately they will
! turn to Messiah's Kingdom In loyal
obedience, declaring. as says the
Prophet, 10, this is our God; we have
waited for Him, and He will save u.s.
isaiah 2590, Rich and poor Of every
/ nation will gradually be made aware
of the changed conditions, and all lovers
of righteousness will rejoice together
So, then, dear friends, let us not be
discouraged IL the wars between ma
tions continue or increase. If the strife
s-uolitical, social, religious and finan
cial-shall rage as never before. Let
us think it not strange, but remember
. that all these are the motions and out
workings of the fallen human heart
The Bible intimates that God Is about
to give mankind an object lesson re
specting the influence of selfishness-
lesson which, they will never forget
and which will prove valuable to al
eternity.
!. "eIessed Are tho Psaoemakers."
Pastor, Russell declared that what h.
had said should in no way encourag
anybody toward selfishness and strife
S-lebut to the contrary. For those VIII
can learn by instruction Gods Wor'
i is provided. He who closely follow
the instruction Of the Scriptures viii
receive a preportionate blessing
| While the Bible is specially addresse
. to the few. the consecrated, who ar
the real peacemakers meant by Jesu
: when He declared, blessed are tn
peacemakers. for they shall be Gale
the children of Cod" nevertheless i
proportion as others recognize tn
Z right principle-the principle of justic
and mercy. sympathy and compassie
t3-they will proportionately be ia hal
mony with the great King, and pr
= portionateIy shield themselves from
: measure Of the trouble of the gres
| Day of Wrath, drawing on.
? The Pastor had only kind words fe
i Mr., Carnegie and his fellows of th
!. Peace. Society. He merely forewarne
5 that their well-meant plans could neve
? carry out; for God Is not favorable Il
: peace at the present time and undt
!, present conditions. There is no peac
{ saith, the Lord. unto the wicked:"'
2 Isaiah 1922. 4'
: This wordewicked, said the Pastor. Il
.cludes broadly the entire human far
( lily; for, ''there Is none righteous, n
= not one" Only a comparatively sma
: number have. ceased to be wicke
8 from the Scriptural standpoint. Tf
o only. ones justified In Gods sight al
j. those who have gone the, full lengt
t of the surrender of their hearts to I'll
d Redeemer. These, the Scriptures d
clare have escaped the condenfnatio
J. that isson the world. These were on
{ E"children4 of wrath" even as all Il
? others are children of wrath.
e But alas, the number who have,con
r kfully into the family of God, is, indes