The Hartford republican., 1914-03-13

.IIIGk 80 sion."-Psalm 2:S.
lRASIOR RUSSglDJ The Pastor de-
clared that his
text. taken from Messianic Psalm.
represents Messiah us making known
to His people the Heavenly Fa-
TIERS decree rewarding Him for
His faithfulness as our Redeemer
and assuring Him of His exaltatiOn to
the Kingdom. with power to subject
all things to the Fathers will. This
dominion has not yet come to Messiah.
The Prince Of Darkness still reigns.
| The reason for this. the Pastor ex-
planned, is that our Redeemer has not
yet asked for His Inheritance. Know
ing the Divine Plan. our Lord was
content to wait until the due time. In
harmony with another feature Of that
Plan which must precede the setting
up OF the Messianic Kingdom. That
feature is the selection of the Church.
the Bride Of Christ.
The Pastor next showed that mean
time the heather have been suffering
no loss. Born In sin. condemned to
experiences with sin and death. and
have been going down into the tomb
the prison house Of death-there to re-
main until the Redeemer at His Sec
ond Advent shall call them from their
graves. Then fair trial will be given
them. to determine their worthiness or
unworthiness Of life everlasting. 1t
was part of the Divine purpose. he ex-
planned. that the earth should be filled
with people: aud hence the bringing
forth OF progeny is part Of the Di-
vine will. The few years Of this life.
with experience OF sin and death con-
ditions. will be supplemented by the
grand opportunities of tue next Age.
Converting the World.
Then the Pastor contrasted Gods
method Of dealing with the world in
general with that which He adopted
for the Church during this Age. In
the next Age. force will be used. not
merely moral suasion. Mankind will
be compelled to be obedient. Numer-
GUS Scriptures were quoted to sustain
this position. Among these Psalm As.
This Psalm, the Pastor declared. is
descriptive OF Messiah's triumph dur
ing the MilIenniai Age-a picture Of
the conversion of the beathen. The
arrows OF Truth. which will 60 forth
to the whole world. will reach the
hearts Of men and will smite them
down. To illustrate the thought the
speaker reminded his audience that
when st. Peter preached that the Jews
had crucifed the Son Of God. his hear
ers were "cut, to the heart"-pierced
with the lance Of Truth.
The Pastor holds that this work OF
dealing with the world will begin with
the generation living at the time OF
the establishment Of Messiah's King
dom. Ultimately 1t will include all
that are In their graves. In the reverse
order of that In which they entered.
The last will come forth 6rst-"every
man In his own order" or class.
Referring to the Second Psalm. the
Pastor applied It to the time Of our
Lords Second Coming. when the
Church will have entered into His glo-
ry as the Bride. the Lambs Wife,"
symbolically pictured as the New Je-
rusalem. From that Heavenly City.
according 10 st. John. the Water of
Life will fOw freely, and whosoever
will may partake. Meantime. the
speaker declared. before the nations
will be ready for that blessing. they
must pass through Il period OF deep
humiliation Time OF Trouble such
as was not since there was Il nation"
The extent tn which the nations will
suffer at that time will depend largely
upon their 0wa attitude. the Pastor be-
iieves. iIe bases his opinion upon the
verse following his text. Those that
accept Messiah's Rule heartily will he
correspondingiy saved from the break
ing process. Hence the exh0rtation.
kiss the son. lest He be angry, aud
ye perish from the way"
The Glorious Outcome.
The Pastor concluded with a brief
summary OF Gods Plan OF salvation.
First lie has selected The Chrisl--I
sus the Head. and the Church His
Body through whom lie purposes to
bless ali the families of the earth.
This blessing win consist Of a knowl-
edge Of Himself. His glorious charac-
ter, and also OF nm opportunity for life
everlasting Tho Scriptures. he de-
clared. do not authorize us 10 claim
universal salvation. but distinctly
speak Of some Win viii die the Second
Death These will have demonstrated
fully that thes are not In harmony with
the prittip'es "f righteousness, ana
therefore auNorthy OF life everlasting