The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-03-06

the Scriptures a
dom: and hill. of a lesser government
The Mountain. or Kingdom. of God Is to
be established lin the top of the noun
tains." His text. he declared. refers to
| this Kingdom. for which we still prop
crly pray. Thy Kingdom come; Thy
will be done on earth, as 1t is In Heav-
en-" The Church of Christ. in process
of selection since Pentecost. is some
times styled the Kingdom. because its
members. when gloritied, will cOnsti-
tute the Kingdom class.
The Pastor then showed that at His
Second Advent our Lord will take His
great power and reign as King OF
Kings and Lord of lords. He demon
strated that the signs OF the times indi-
cate that the setting up Of the Kingdom
is very near This good news should
cause world. wide rejoicing. Very soon.
he declared. the earth will be filed
with the knowledge Of God.
A Feast In This Mountain.
The announcement Of the nearness
Of Messiah's Kingdom. the Pastor said.
will be appreciated in proportion as its
character and work are understood
Practically all the creeds maintain that
our Lords Second Coming will signify
the end of all probation. and will usher
In great burning day for all except
an elect few. He then demonstrated
that this view Is unscriptnral. and re-
suits from a literal Interpretation OF a
few highly Hgurative texts.
The Pastor declared that all living
in wilful sin should realize that the
establishment OF Gods Kingdom will
mean Reign of righteousness. oppos-
| ed to every form Of immortality. trick
cry. sham. injustice and iniQuity
Those who seek to live in harmony
with the Divine Law have every rea-
son to long for the coming or the King
dom as the most desirable thing mag
inable-"the desire Of all nations"
Then the Pastor called attention to
Scriptures which describe the Time OF
Trouble marking the change from Sa
tan's kingdom to Messiah's Rule. This
will include all nations But this TrOu
BILE Time will be Divinely Overruled
to be channel of blessing. by prepar-
ing the hearts of mankind for the Mes
sage OF Divine Love. centered in
Christ's redemptive work at Calvary.
What Say the Scriptures.
The Pastor eNplained numerous
Scriptures descriptive of Messiah's
Kingdom. dwelling especially upon
those which iiken the good time com
ing to Il great feast. These intimate
that mankind have been starving for
the Message of Divine grace; that
countless millions Of our race have
died i'm ignorance and superstition
famished for lack of the Word OF God.
There are many hungry hearts in the
world, the Pastor believes. Many
whose bodies are well nourished have
famished hearts. crying out for love
and sympathy. God, who reads the
hearts, has prepared this feast which
will satisfy every righteous desire
Those fed ut the bountifu table spread
for the Church can approximate the
feast to be spread before the world In
the next Age.
The Pastor then pointed out few
differences between these two feasts:
IL The Church's feast is one Of
promises. which must be partaken In
faith. while the worlds feast will be
the realities Of Restitution mental.
moral and physical health.
Y, The Church's feast Is spiritual.
relating to a Heavenly Kingdom glory
and honor. while the worlds feast will
consist of earthly bounties and bless
ings-all that was lost In Adams fall
and redeemed at Calvary.
The Pastor next discussed his con
text. The Lord through the Prophet
first describes the feast of blessings.
aud then portrays the destruction of
things injurious to humanity. The veil
Of ignorance and superstition binders
mankind from seeing that their Gre
atOr Is their Friend. that righteousness
and truth are to their advantage. and
that Gods ways are true and righteous
| altogether. This veil IL 10 be destroy
ed. Then the knowledge of Gods good
ness will shine into the hearts OF all.
For six thousand years death has
swallowed up the human family. Ii
Is conservaiively estimated that TWEEN
" thousand millions have gone into
the tomb. When the Kingdom IL set mp
death will cease 10 control the race, the
tamb will be forced Ia give mp its vie
tins. anu thus death will be swallow
ed up In victory" Thereafter none
shall die except for wilful sin.