River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-31

candiesticks. They have indeed re-
proved the darkness, but they have
been powerless to scatter it. Nor did
God SO design. His declaration through
the Prophet is. Weeping may endure
for the night but JOY cometh In the
morning. psalm 30:5J Again. Dark
ness covers the earth. gross darkness
the people; but the Sun of Right
eousness shall arise with healing in
His beams 60:2; Malachi AZ
This promised Sun of Righteousness
which Is to scatter the darkness of
earth consists. We are distinctly told,
OF Jesus and those who have walked
in His footsteps throughout the Gospel
Age. These. approved by the Father.
will be glorifed beyond the Veil by
resurrection to glory, honor and i'm
mortality. Then speedily will these
"shlne forth as the Sun In the King
dom OF their Father" (Matthew 13:43.l
This will mean the ushering in Of the
great Seventh Day-Messiah's Day.
God Has Not Neglected Us.
From this Divine standpoint God is
not slack concerning His promises.
Only Six Days of the Week have yet
passed. The glorious Seventh Day, in
which the great Mediator between God
and men will assume His Kingdom
powers. is just at hand. Instead Of
thinking that God is neglecting us and
forgetting to fulfil the Messianic prom
ises. we should with the eyes of faith
realize that He is working all things
according to the counsel of His own
will We should consider the matter
from the standpoint that God has ex-
erc1sed great patience with humanity
in not blotting out the race. He has
been long-suffering; and this fact as
sures us that the Interchangeable One
would prefer that none Of His crea-
lures should perish in death. but rather
that all. If they would, might turn unto
Him and live.--Ezekiel 33:11
The great opportunity for the masses
OF our race to turn to the Lord and at
tain life everlasting will be after the
darkness shall have passed, and the
Sun of Righteousness shall be shining
forth; after the Highway OF Holiness
shall have taken the place Of the Broad
Road to destruction; after Messiah, the
great King. shall have dethroned Satan.
the Prince Of Darkness, from the con
troll of the world: after the Prince of
Peace shall have established lasting
peace upon a proper basis. Who can
not sing heartily with the poet:
"A thousand years! earth's coming glory!
'Tis the glad Day so long foretold;
Tis the bright morn Of lions glory
Prophets foresaw in times Of old!
Waiting For the Mother.
Our race was generated by Father
Adam as we'll as condemned to death
through his disobedience. What the
race needs is another father, or life
giver.s and this is exactly what the
word Savior signifies-Life-G iver. AT
the cost OF His own life the Redeemer
became the Purchaser Of Adam and
his race, with view to their resuscita-
ton, their resurrection from sin and
death. Is not one Of the Redeemer's
titles 1.-THE Everlasting Father"-the
Father who gives everlasting life?
isaiah 9:6) Unquestionably He has
not yet fulfilled this glorious Office of
Life Giver to Adams race. He will
fulfil 1t, however-"in His Day."
Speaking to His faithful disciples.
His followers in the Narrow Way. Je-
sus promised them, in the regenera
ton We shall sit upon twelve thrones"
(Matthew 1929 That regeneration
period corresponds exactly to St Pc
ter's Times OF Restitution" or years
Of restoration (Acts 3:19-2D; and both
Of these statements agree to the general
teachings of Scripture respecting a
resurrection at the last Day-Messiah's
Day-the Thousand Years Of regenera-
ton, resurrection. restitution, which
will afford Adam and his race fullest
opportunities for attaining perfection
Of human nature in an Edenic world
wide Paradise
The Lord through the Prophet as
sures us Of the wonderful success
which will attend the establishment of
the New Empire of earth, the Domin-
ion Of the Prince Of Light. which will
supersede the dominion Of the Prince
of Darkness. when Satan shall be
bound for a thousand years. that he
may deceive the people no more. Thus
it is written, Judgment also will
lay to the line. and righteousness to
the plummet; and the hail TRUTH
shall sweep away the refuge Of les
Isaiah 28:17.
But why the delay, do you ask? All.
we answer. God did not permit Adam
to begin the establishment OF his race
until first He gave him Eve as his
bride. his wife. The world needed not
merely a life-giver, but a mother.
care-taker. helpmate.
Similarly, In the Divine arrangement
God has provided that the Restitution
Time the worlds uplifting period. the
regeneration Epoch for mankind, shall
not begin until first the true Church,
the Little Flock. the Bride Of Christ.
shall have been completed and unit
ed to the Heavenly Bridegroom beyond
the Veil--made partaker with Him OF