New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-19

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and from Joel 1880;
3:16. lie declared that all of these
Scriptures are applicable to the mo-
mentous ending of the present Age and
the Inauguration Of the New Epoch
of Messiah's Kingdom. The Pastor de-
clared that these symbolisms arc al
ready beginning to have fultilment.
The heavens that are being shaken re-
fer not TO the Divine residence and
Throne, but symbolically represent the
ecclesiastical system of the present
time. The stars, or bright ones, have
been falling for some time. There is
great shaking or confusion now OPP
Grating in ecclesiastical circles. It will
progress until, As st. Peter tiguratlyeiy
declares, "the heavens shall take fire"
shall be consumed, shall cease to be,
leaving the way clear for the new
heavens" the ecclesiastical system of
the Millennium, which will be the
glorified Church, invisible to men, but
clothed with Divine power for the
blessing Of mankind, for their release
from ignorance and superstition and
their uplift for thousand years to re-
turn them to the image and likeness Of
God, lost in Eden, redeemed at Calvary.
The shaking of earth referred to by
the Apostle, and symbolically by Jesus
as earthquakes, signifies revolutions
that are expected to Immediately fol-
low the present European War. And It
the Pastor understands the Bible teach
ing correctly on this matter, this great
symbolcal earthquake, which will
eventuate in anarchy. will reach its
elimination first in Italy. However,
this will not be merely a sectional
shaking; the whole earth, the entire
social fabric, will be shaken, and
everything in it that is not Of per-
manent character-not in harmony
with Divine Justice, Mercy and Truth
will be shaken loose, or, in the SYM
bolical language of st. Peter, the earth,
society, also shall take fire, and will
pass away with a great noise, great
commOtioa, great disturbance, in the
fire of anarchy.
Joeps prophecy, referring to this
time, points specifically to the blood.
the fire and the pillars of smoke"
which we see already beginning in Eu-
rope. More than a million men of the
flower Of Europe, in the bloom Of life,
have shed their blood, although the war
is only beginning. The explosion of
tons of powder and the burning of
cities and villages is surely fire in
the earth, the like of which never oc-
CURED before in the same space of
time, and everywhere the pillars of
smoke are rising, not only from the
battlefield, but also from the burning
villages and the funeral pyres whereon
the dead, too numerous to bury, are
burned. Whether or not there shall
be other fulflments of these signs, we
surely see this much shaking and this
much fulhlment already commenced.
How much more of the blood and fire
and pillars of smoke before the terrible
ordeal is passed, we can only surmlse.
The Pastor had courage to speak OF
these terrible things only because OF
his full confidence that behind this
dark cloud, hidden from human sight,
is the glad sunrise of the New Day
the Day of Messiah. With such
glorious hope beyond 1.-THE hope OF
the Church's glorification in the First
power, and the hope OF
the worlds Millennial blessing Gods
true people everywhere can lift up their
heads and rejoice through their tears,
even as their great Teacher, eighteen
centuries ago, prophesied that they
would do.-Lukc 2l:2s.
MY People Perish for Lack of kROwl-
edge."-Hosea 4:6.
Many of Gods true people have been
in ignorance of His real character and
Plan because stupefed by the false doc
trines of the Dark Ages. They have
not studied their Bibles Alright. On the
contrary, many OF them have been
"Overcharged by the cares of this life
and the "deceitfulness of riches" and
have been unfruitful in respect to their
and knowledge
Of God. The deceitfulness of riches
does not signify that merely the rich
are thus deceived. The great mass of
humanity are under the lure of riches,
spending their earthly attainments,
time and strength of mind and body,
searching for earthly wealth but get
ting little. Some of these in the dis
tressing times impending, though late,
will see their mistake and wish that
they had been more alert in the laying
up of Heavenly treasures knowledge
of the Bible, of God, and characterize
yelopment in His likeness. To such the
old familiar hymn will have a new
meaning in its words
'When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay"
Our Adventist friends are not the
only ones who have made the mistake
Of thinking of the fire and shaking of
the earth and heavens as merely literal.
all the creeds of "Ortho-
loXy" give this misinterpretation, but
now, at least, it is time that our eyes Of
understanding should open. Now that
the shaking and the fire have begun, II
is high time that we should see that
the earth abideth forever" There Is
no reason why it should be destroyed;
neither is there reason why humanity
should be destroyed from off the earth.
Gods purposes have not yet been ac-
Yea, the Divine Plan is
only in its infancy. Humanity as yet
has learned only its first lesson-"the
exceeding sinfulness Of sin" and the
bitterness of its results. The second
lesson will be given by Messiah during
the thousand years of His glorious
Reign of Righteousness. All shall be
brought from the tomb, from igno-
rance, superstition, darkness, TO fullest
knowledge and blessed up
lifting. Only the wilful enemies OF God
and Of righteousness shall be destroyed.
The race thus purged from sin and
sinners, and again in the Divine image
an likeness, will usher into its glorious
eternity of Gods favor
on earth, even as the Heavenly hosts,
sinless, enjoy the same favor, and life
everlasting
The Pastor suggested that there
might be also literal earthquakes and
great physical changes az this time, in
tended TO bring the earth into align
ment with Millennial blessings, but he