The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-28

which man vii res, from his own on
dcavUrs and come fully under the CON
troll of the great King Messiah. whose
Rue Of Righteousness for human '-
lift has been prophetically pictured for
centuries.
The Picture In Retrospect.
After two thousand years of the reign
of sin and Death. God forctold N an
obscure manner the blessing which lie
purposed To bring subsequently - tn"
race. % Abraham He said. In thy
Seed shall all the families of the earth
he blessed" That Message followed IN
Israel by tho giving Of the Law Cove
nHnt, has been the Light of the word.
For eighteen centuries it was the only
light of hope, of prospect Then, in
partial fulilmcnt Of that Promise. came
Jesus, the first prdCticdt Expression 90
Divine Love for our race. No longer
would God content Himself merely with
pr misses He would now begin the
work Of human rescue.
But if any hoped that Worldwide
blessings would Immediately spring mp
as the result Of Jesus work. ne was
mi Stalpn. ON the contrary. Jesus Tim
self was comhatod by the Prince OF
Darkness and his dcluded subjects. For
nearly TWO thousand years III" same
principle has obtained Jesus fol oWcrs
have been obliged to take up their cross
ana Slltler Tor righteousness, Ipl E'"l j.
ness, in the midst of a crooked and per
verse people amongst whom they have
ShOne as lights and whom L. som" "N-
ten they have assisted in eniiEhtouiug.
CIvilizing. etc.
! Thus the SIX Days of tho Week, 80
far as light. truth. knowledge of Cod.
is concerned. have all been dark The
lights which God provided in Ills pc"-
pie have been as candies. They have
indeed rcproVcd the darkness. hut they
have been pOwrrlcSs To scatter u. nor
did God SO design. Ills d""larltion
through the prophc' is, DARKNESS COW
crs the earth. gross darkness the poo-
pie: but "jhc sun of Righteousness
shall arise with healing ~ His beams.
Isaiah s0:2; Malachi 80
THIS promised sun uf Righteousness
which is to scatter 'artls darkness
consists. We are distinctly told. of
Jesus and IN SO who have walked n
HIS footsteps Throughout tho Gospel
Age These. approved 10y the Father,
viii hc g.or,tiod hcNond the Ven ny a
resurrection to- glory. honor and I'M
mortality. Then speedily viii theSe
"shIno forth as the sun IN he kIusdom
f their Father" This Will moan the
ushering in of TN" great seventh Day
McssIdh'S Day,
from TINS NV ne standpoint only Si>
Days Of tn" W"ck have Vet passed.
The glorious seventh bay. in which tho
Win assume Ills kNgdom powers, il
Just At hama. Instead Of thinking that
God is forgetting to fulfil the M"sslan.c
promises. We should with IN" eyes OF
faith realize that II" - working all
things according to the counsel of His
own vii. God has exercised great pa
ticnce with humanity in not h'otting
ont tho race. and this fact assures us
that the luChangeaDle bnc wotrd pre-
fer that none Of HIS creatures should
perish in death hut rather that ali
might turn unto Him and i've. Ia, KEEL
1911.
The great opportunity FOR tho masses
/ of humanity To- turn % the Lord and
attain life everlasting Will he after the
darkness shall have passed, when the
sun Of Righteousness sha,. hc shining
forth; after the Highway Of Holiness
shall have taken the pitC" of the Broad
Road To- Dostru, zion; after Messiah. the
great King. shall have dethroncd Satan,
the Prince Of Darkness from the con-
trol of the world. after the Prince Of
Peace shall have established lasting
peace upon proper basis.