River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-24

are written in Heaven, are all Virgins,
pure, In that they are justified through
faith In the Redeemer. and are not in
relationship with worldly systems, not
organized by them, not serving them
and not dependent upon them.
AS the Lord prophesied this Babylon
system, He evidently purposed to per-
nit it to have the control it has had
When telling us that Babylon is fall
en-" He intinates that throughout the
past some of His sanity ones have
been in Babylon. Otherwise He would
not say, Come out of her."-Rev. 1874.
The Lords voice calling His people
out of Babylon at the time she is re-
jected for destruction, is not a literal
voice from Heaven, nor Is it q voice
from earth. 1t is the voice of the
Truth AS knowledge respecting God,
His character and His Plan. as reveal
tention of any of Gods consecrated
people, the voice of the Truth, appeal
ing to his honesty, calls him to come
out at any cost and stand separate
from all earthly institutions. The Di-
vine Message tells us that the literal
fall of these great systems is at hand,
and that everybody in them will suffer
justly-in proportion to enlightenment.
The Morning Hour, the Drunken Awake.
According to Bible chronology, the
six thousand years of the reign Of Sin
and Death have ended. We are in the
/ a A., ~
when old things are passing away and
the New Order is being gradually in
troduced. Properly, the awakening
came first to Gods consecraLed people,
who have long waited and prayed for
the Morning" Kingdom come!
is done in Heavenw
The awakening in the Church has
gone on gradually during the Parousia
of Christ. Meantime, the Millennial
blessings beginning to come to the
world have made the drunken sleepers
restless. AS they awaken to the rich
blessings of our time, they are seized
with feverish acquisitiveness, individu
ally and nationally. AS individuals
have been racking their brains in re
spect to money getting, SO nations. i'm
PEELED by the same spirit of avarice,
have been plotting and scheming for
extension Of territory, trade. etc. AS
education has permeated to the lower
strata of society, it has awakened the
whole world Hundreds of millions
are keenly alert to take advantage of
every circumstance and condition; and
everything except the material inter
ests of this life seems to be ignored.
But the awakening Of the people, as
we might expect, exhibits all phases
of human character-gOod, evil and
| foolish The sufferings Of the war
stricken people touch deeply a sym
pathetic chord In human nature,
prompting generosity and sometimes
even leading public servants to forget
/ that they have no right to donate pub
lie money to any cause, but that the
people they serve have the right to ex-
ercise their own charity at their own
expense However, the disposition to
! give food and clothing to those in need
clearly indicates that in the hearts of
humanity in general there continues to
abide some measure of the GOdlikeness
with which our race was originally en-
dowed-the chief element of Godlike-
ness being love; for God is Love"
Half Sobered FooIishness Displayed.
We are liable to a certain amount OF
fOolishness as we awaken from the ig-
norance and superstition and get our
first glimpse of the sufferings of those
/ in the war zone. To Illustrate: The
cables recently told that United
States war ship had cleared from an
English port, laden with Christmas
| TOYS to be distributed to the unfortu-
nate children of the war refugees in
! Belgium and France. 1t seems joke
to send a war vessel on such an err
rand. Thousands of dollars worth of
coal were required, besides the time
/ and attention of a ships crew, to take
| a lot of dolls. teddy-bears and kn1ck
| knacks to children much more in need
of food and clothing We are not
faulting the kind hearts that desire to
do something for the sufferers, but We
| do wonder that the heads of our in
| telligent statesmen should lend them
selves to such foOlishnesS; even though
it emanated from headed journal
lists who induced school children to
such folly. The effect of this mental
confusion is to awaken thinking people
to the real facts of the case and great
ly to discredit all effort on behalf of
/ the war sufferers.
Thinking people are saying to them
selves: The warning nations should
each look out for the victims Of their
war. They are bound to do this
through self-respect at home and
abroad Assistance from US should
not be necessary-is not necessary
Money spent thus benefits the givers
more than the receivers; for those who
should look after the needy willsprob-
ably content themselves with saying
TO the unfortunates. did you not get
your share of the American donationY