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

g.cams of still greater favors soon to
be poured out. These Millenuial bless
inEs have not brought proper responses
in human hearts. Instead of gratitude,
the spirit of selhshness has begotten
discomfort. Covetousness, which viii
shortly eventudtc. as The Bible tells,
with every mans hand against his
nciShhor and against his bro, her
Ezekiel 3S;2l; Iechariah $40.
- Game Not TO send Peace"
But do the Scriptures contradict
Themselves? What did he Great
| Teacher mean when He declared. II
came not To send peace on tho earth
bui "A sword? Matthew lO:3IJ lie
referred prophetlcally To the effect
which HIS gracious Message OF love and
favor would produce in the world dur
Ing the reign Of SIN and Death lie
well knew that the Prince of Darkness
would oppose all OF His followers as
well a. Himself He sent forth II
fo towers uuaimed, like Himself. to BE-
peaCemakcrs, to follow peace with all
men. and holiness. without which no
man shall see The Lord" He Counselled
His followers that "he that tukcth II"
sword shall perish by he sword
Matthew 26:12.
But their Message OF peace. love and
/ the coming Kingdom seems to anser
the world not mercy the vicious. ihe
godline,s who have schemes. plans ana
theories of their own to work out which
are contrary % the Gospel Message
| The darkness, more or less mixed with
selhshncss. hateth the Light ihc Tru'1,
the Love of God. neither Cometh 10 the
, light, lest it, deeds of sclhshncs,. Sc.
fish ambition and hypocrisy should be-
made manifest.
The Master knew what the cffccis -.
His Gospel Message would hc II the
world. He knew that only those who
would compromise His Message could
possibly live at pcaCc--that all who
would be loyal and faithful to Him
would be traduced, sindcrcd, porse-
cuted -"boheaded," either literally or
hguratively. Ills words. therefore, were
prophecy respecting the trihulL; .ons
which all His footstep followers would
surely have.
More than this. His words were
prophecy respecting the nations. What
is 1t that has brOuc mt us 70 our present
degree of civilized savagcry? What Is
that makes of every business cor
pora;Ion bucCaneer. seeking tn" de-
sruction of every competing fnarCiI.
craft? What : II that has shdrpcncd
the wits of humanity to such an eNteni
that he majority find i, difficult to be
honest, because they see SO man. op-
portunlties for dishonesty. whi.o it is
Impossible for lawmakers To- make new
pace with the Intelligent methods "i
Circumven. on?
In a certain sense the doctrines Of
Christ are responsible for all this. The
liberty wherewith Christ makes Ills
followers free and the light which lie
and they let shine upon - dirkCnCd
world, received in part into unsanr. fed
hearts aud minds hay" given Wisdom
that. misapphed, We call cunning and
Graz. The proof of what We -dN $
found N the fact that other nations
than those that hay" received this re-
ilcC,ed light of christianity are sta.
quite in the background. only nnw. as
Christian civilization in a perverted
form u reaching these peoples. are thpy
awakening and becoming competitors
with su-Callcd ChrSf.ndom.
PerplcNcd and confused. manN may
ask, What. then, il the hope uf the fui-
filmcnt f our test? We answer shat
our Master, who declared that lie WAS
not the Prince of this Age. So de-
clarcd that His Kingdom of the ncNt
Age Will hc introduced with power ana
great glory: and that, although ir~ IN
.tial manifestation will bc with clouds,
darkness and a Time OF Trouble such
as never hcfur" has been. nevertheless
His Reign viii bc glorious. triumphant
and ctcrnau "Hc shall rcign until lie
hath put all enemies under His feet
Unto II IN every knee shall bow and
lmmanucrs victory means the over
Nh"oW of Sin--fhc crushing of the Ser
penis head. NJ the very beginning of
Messiah's glorious Re- IN Satan shat. D."
bound; and following its Close he shall
up DESTROYED i'm the Second Dca.l. Toe
gethcr with AN who love unrlghtcOus-
ness, af.or they shall have htd "a, OPP
pOrtunitN for recovery from the ~nHrCS
of sin ana dcath. Then the whole world
Will proclaim the Cory of Cod. ~ the
Scriptures declare. There shall nr no
more gh'nL, no NOR" dying all tine
former things of sin and death shah
have passed away EcNela.Iu ION @l:l
"Good win Amongst Men,"
The attdinmcn; Of the condition of
good will AMONGST men viii mean he
attainment Of human perfection. cd
is Love; and when our frs, parents
We're created an earthly image OF God,
owe must have been the predominant
quality Of their characters. What We
see Of SeltShncss iS largely a matter uf
hcrcdtS. and all of life's customs are
in line With IL and continually in,r"ds-
ing its weight ana It's hold upon Us
But with the new King and the Reign
IT Righteousness Will come the glorious
uplifting and transformation. Gradual
~. during the thousand Years of Mes
Siahs domination of fnq world, the
evils of setishncss " Il hr made dppdr-
"nt, and the beauties of holiness dnu
love Will Ice shown i'm contrast
RcStitut on rewards viii litt All the
willing and nhrdicnt up uut of SIN ANA
seltshness to holiness and love rh,u.
with love the very essence of mans be-
ing, good viii towards men Viii every
where prevail; for the Div ne Law. al
mos, elfaced throu+h the reign ~ Sin.
Will he rewritten in the human roust-
tuition. The upward move. rcsurr,ct IA,
uplifting, regeneration, Will 40 rapidly
on. Meantime, generation after gen
GRAFTON shall come forth from the ,omu.
and enjoy similar experiences. FINALLY
all shal. have come forth; for ia. i.uNr
of God made this provision through the
death of our Rcdcemrr.
Finally, dear friends, how glad we
are that this is true, How clad We are
that the terrible falschuuds phlmed of
on IS during the Dark Age. rcSpcctine
a God of hatred and a Hell of evcrlast-
ing torture are nOi true! How glad We
are thai Mrssiah's Kingdom VIII he a.
Kingdom of Peace after IN" great
Time of Trouble!
| \AIl \BIE COZ rO>.
| Trusting that YOU have been pynNtCi |
| by tn" reading Of the above SERMON. We |
| mention Pastor RuSsclis widely read |
| book. TIRE DIVINE PLAN also KNOW IA .