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

full warfare for eighteen centuries
against Satan, sin and death. But from
the Great Teachers own lips we learn
that His Kingdom is not of this Age
it belongs to the Age to come. The
ruler of this world has been Satan, the
Master declared The dominion of
earth was given to man. But Satan, de-
ceiving our race, putting darkness for
light. has become the real ruler, using
humanity merely as his tools. Scrip
tIrally he is styled 1.-The god of this
world" and 1.-The Prince of this world"
or Age.
Perplexed and confused. many may
ask. What. then. is the hope of the full
tilment of our text? We answer that
our Master, who declared that He was
not the Prince of this Age. declared
also that His Kingdom will be intro
duced with power and great glory; and
that. although its initial manifestation
will be with clouds. darkness, and
Time Of Trouble such as never before
has been. nevertheless His Reign will
be glorious, triumphant and eternal
He shall reign until He hath put all
enemies under His feet"
Immanuel's victory means the over
throw Of sin-the crushing of the Ser
pent's head. At the very beginning of
the glorious Reign of Messiah Satan
shall be bound. and following it's close
be shall be destroyed in the Second
Death, together with all the Use who love
righteousness, after they shall have
had full opportunity for recovery from
the snares of Sin and Death. Then, in
deed. the whole world will proclaim the
glory of God.
The Great Restorer of All.
The Great King, who died. the Just
for the unjust, eighteen centuries ago,
that He might. judicially, bring man
kind back into harmony with God. is to
be the Great Restorer of all that was
lost in Adam; and He will make all
things new.-Revelation 21:5.
Everything appertaining to this great
Plan of Salvation outlined in the Word
of God is reasonable. The crucial test
ing Of the elect Church is necessary in
order that, as faithful and merciful
priests Of God and of Christ, associated
with Him in His kingly glory, they
may be Gods instrumentality in sue
cOring mankind from the fallen condi-
tons which have resulted from six
thousand years Of sin and from the ma
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ness. The thousand years which the
Bible stipulates as the period of Mes
siah's Reign is a period neither too
long nor too short in which to accom-
plish the worlds salvation.
Some one may say. If it ha $ required
eighteen centuries for the development
of the Church, how much more time
will be necessary for the uplifting Of
the world? But. we answer, it is not
the Divine Purpose to uplift the world
to spirit nature and glory, but rather
to Restitution blessings and conditions.
1t is because of the high exaltation Of
fered to the Church that such crucial
testings of sacrificial obedience even
unto death is required With the Prince
Of Darkness bound and with the Sun
of Righteousness rising with healing
In it's beams, the darkness Of sin, crime
and sorrow will soon fee away.
One century of such blessed influ-
ence upon the world will surely work
wonders, bringing in also inventions.
blessings and comforts as yet un-
dreamed. Next will come the gradual
awakening of all who have fallen
asleep in death They will come forth
from the prison house Of death, as the
Scriptures declare; they will come forth
that they may be made acquainted
with the true God. with His glorious
Son. our Redeemer. and with the prin-
ciples of righteousness In contrast with
the principles of sin.
We cannot suppose that it will re-
quire the majority of men, under these
conditions, to sit long counting the
value Of the blessings of everlasting
life and Restitution proffered them.
The upward move. resurrection, up
lifting. regeneration, will go rapidly on;
while. meantime. generation after gen.
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and enjoy similar experiences. Finally
all will have come forth; for the Love
Of God made this provision through the
death Of our Redeemer, who delighted
to do the Fathers will and who has
already been rewarded gloriously with
high exaltation to the Divine plane Of
glory. honor and immortality.
"Good Will Amongst Men,"
The attainment Of the condition OF
good will amongst men will mean the
attainment of human perfection. God
Is Love: and when our first parents
were created an earthly image of God,
love must have been the predominant
quality of their characters What we
see of selfshness is largely matter
of heredity; and all Of LIES customs
are In line with 1t, and continually in
creasing its hold upon US. But with
the new King and the new Reign of