The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-21
The one RAY of Hope.

Hope thou IN Cod" In the midst
OF all these tribulations the world must
learn more and more. until an know
the lesson 10y heart that carth's only
hope IS n God This is one Of the
great .csSons which God wishes all
mankind To learn For centuries men
have boasted of what could and what
could not he dpne-of the worlds imam
c.al institutions, insurance associations
scientific learning and general common
sense. These, We are assured, were a
part of an evolutionary system which
some time in the future would make
man so wise so great So efficient that
there would I've no more wars, no more
dy ng. no more trouble. We were IA q
to he near that climax.
Some of the Peace, Peace" sermons
of even year ago seem laughahlv fool
ish To-Day. The great and the wise
deserted the Bib.c IS - foolish old
book gotten up by those who Mere
rely emerging from monkey condi-
ton. They must yet learn lesson
recorded Twenty-Five centuries ago,
namely, that the wisdom of their wise
men has persisted ,lsaiah .a:l4D
They must learn that IN" wisdom of
men is foolishncss with God, even as
the Wisdom of God is foolishness with
men II Corinthians l:20, II, -; 3:l9.
by the tim" al, shall have learned
where To look for help in his great
trouble. Gods time viii have come FOR
giving the aid which lie has provided
for long centuries ago and promised in
the bible. The aid which God has pro-
v.dcd = MeSsiah's Kingdom. Many
have prayed, THY Kingdom come" who
have failed to study the Message OF
he Kingdom. Many have thought hat
il had already come. Many others
IMAGINED that because God In the past
has not exercised power and force in
dealing with humanity therefore lie
will not do So In the future. Tn" Bible,
however assures MS that MeSSiah'S
Kingdom will he a forceful one. lie
will rule the nations W tn a rod Of ron.
As the vessel Of a potter they shall be
broken To sh!vers, Psalm 80; Rovcla-
tin 2:21.
We have reached this time 1t is the
breaking and shaking processes foretold
that. now beginning, are causing this
Time of Trouble, which before It ends
will be the greatest trouble ever known.
The shaking. as We have already shown,
will hc social, political, financial and re-
ligious. The Creeds, representing the
falacies engrafted upon the
teachings of the Bible in the Dark Ages,
will he shaken to pieces, and all the
great institutions misnamed churches"
will be shaken with them. only the
one True Church will stand no, the
Church of England, not the Church of
Rome. not the Church of Germany, not
the Church of Russia, but the Church
of God. 1t viii include all sanity fol-
lowers of Jesus of every nation and
denomination; and it Will exclude all
others.
"Pencc on Enrth"-Ncry soon.
How glorious the hope that Messlah's
Kingdom, backed by Divine Power, will
speedily set the worlds affairs in order,
bringing peace out of confusion, war
STRIFE, Human strength weakened, hui
man pride humblcd into the dust, hui
man hopes dashed, the word VIII he
ready for the New Day-the New Era.
The Bble beautifully pictures it as the
rising of the sun of Righteousness with
healing in His beams scattering the
da rkneSs, ignorance, superstition, sin,
death, that have caused the night of
sorrow never to he forgotten.
The Lords people, awake and loDking
In the riYht direction, already perceive
that We are in the dawnnp uf the Mil
the blessings which have
come to the world during the past forty
years are Millennial blessings. fore