The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-26
The Judgment Day
OfThe Nations
The Church's Judgment DayThe Worlds Judgment Day
Sn-"All His WAYS Are THE Harmonious Outcome


that great judgment OF the world. The
Scriptures declare that during that
time The knowledge of Gods III ,rv will
MI the whole earth" No longer will
the Divine character he aspersed with
slanderuus teachings making HIM out
Niler than any OF His creatures Not
only Will all possible good influences
surround humanity during their thou
sand-year Day of Judgment, but every
evil influence will be bound. rcstrnln ned:
satan shall be hound for a thousand
years that he may deceive tho people
no more until the thousand years be
finished"
How different this Bhlicai aud ren-
sonablc View OF the great Judgment Dsv
from the one given us IN childhood from
the creeds OF the DARK Apcs' That
View taught us that the Judgment Day
would be twenty-fUur hours and THAI
then all the dead would com, from
| Heaven and Hell and Pu~gatorv. 90 see
| II mistakes had been made, ana since no
| mistakes could be made by God they
! would all 60 back 10 the same cond.t IN.
I How foolish We were that such "a PROMO
sition should ever have appealed e. H.
ns reasonable or Godlike' why did W."
I not think to inquire VIVA, the IS'hlr had
70 say respecting tho .ludgm"n, Dr""
/ Why id we not sooner learn tho beau
! ties OF the Divine ARRANGEMENT" The
answer is that we were Thoroughly
/ blinded by the false teachings. COM
! mingled with the truths We learned IN
childhood But Gods time f5r helping
| 1is out OF the darkness, into the clearer
/ !Ight, has come within the last forty
/ years. even as for good reasons II has
! kept hidden until This same time the
| wonderful! knowiclu' ~ our day OF
/ other lines--knoy,lpdy" which is pravlnt.
. "a Il lea.
/ those whose hearts are right with God :.
/ but 70 others Is proving curse and
/ Fastening the whole world toward the
! chasm o. Anarchy.
The Redecmer TO Re the Judge
81. PAU declares that this righteous
/ Judgment OF the world that VIII come in
the Day OF Christine M!llennlal Day
vii! be under the supervision or Christ
| Messiah. The same Apostle elsewhere
! tells MS TINT The Christ ~ made M Of
/ many memhers-the saiItlv church
| gathered out Of all denominations. with
Jesus AS their Head These fiCurativelv
constitute the one new Man, mad" up
! from both Jews and Gentiles Jesus IL
| the Second Adam. During the thousand
/ years Of His Reign He will deal with all
! the human family, the children OF the
! first Adam. whom He redeemed bv the
! sacrifice OF Himself lie Will grant them
/ NJ! full opportunity to We raised M
out Of sin and death 10 perfection. To
! the likeness OF God I'm which the first
Adam was created T. al such He will
be the Iife-Giver. the Savior. the Daliy-
! crer from the power Of sin and death
| The basis Of all this judgment ~ the
world was laid AZ Calvary. The more
than eighteen centuries since have boon
used in judging. irving. testing. a faith
| ful handful. Il little flock" from both
Il los ,.4f, 4.
! Lords Message Of mercy. and wiling
yea, anxious, to walk in the footsteps OF
Jesus.
This Judgment opportunity win NOT he
merely for those living AT the time the
Church will DO glornod at tho Lords
| Second Advent and the establishment
! Of His Kingdom. These are 20 have tho
first blessing Of knowledge and oppor-
tunlty under the Kingdom. TINT start
| may be made N the way of righteous
ness. These. enlightened and G. .nvincod
respecting the undoslrabiity OF sin, tNo
| deSrahility Of Righteousness and the
glorious provision Of Messiah's King
dom. will make n good start before the
sleeping millions of tne human fam is vii
begin 10 he awakened in harmony with
the promise. There shall he rcsurrcc.
| ton OF the dead, both OF the lust and
the unjust. in harmony also with thu
| Masters words. AN that are in thc.-
graves shall hear tho voice Of the SON OF
God, and shall come forth" Acts cts.
| John 5oS, %
We thank God FOR the Wilderness OF His
mercy. like the Wilderness uf the sea-
that the Divine Plan is no rcspeCtcr of
persons, that every member Of the race
condemned through Father Adams Il =.
obedience, redeemed from that condcm-
nation by the death Of Jesus, shall hav,
fun opportunity of coming 20 KNOW,
s1aa D
| knowledge for his own recovery from sin
sickness, sorrow, pam and drati-tho
ultimate attainment OF human perfoc.
ton and everlasting lifc.
The Divine Law viii bc tho same ir
the future as now. God never changes
and His Law Will never change Bu'
the way 10 everlasting life will be oqsicl
than now. No longer will il be narrow
or difficult way, no longer viii 10 cal
for the sacrifice az every earthly righ
and interest in order to attain cterna
life. No longer will the Adversary plac,
darkness before the minds Of mon Al
light, and cause light q appear to h,
darkness; for his power viii be re
! strained. No longer will-lt lac true tina
"all who live cody shall suffer pcrsecu
ton" But mn the contrary, those l.v!ni
} cody VIII receive more aud more %
Gods blessing; and instead Of faithful
ness leading to death. II will lend m
ward and onward to human perfection
and everlasting life under the hlessa,
conditions Of the Kingdom which Go,
has prepared for the whole world.
why the Narrow way Of the Church {.
Tho way FOR the Church in the pres
ent time is narrow, difficult. because eVi
IS dominant now The Lord makes us
Of this opportunity Of evils dominance
to issue His Call for soldiers Of the Cros
In order that the conflict between tn
evil and the good may serve to prov
and 20 test the faithfulness and loyalt,
OF those whom He has called to so h 81
station. And since the trials ar
| more difficult, II does not surprise n
that the reward IL greater The earthl
! reward for the world, as we have seen
, will he everlasting life as human beings
in Paradise restored, ON Gods footstOO
made glorious, Bur the reward of IN
Church, II faithful, will he change n
nature from human TO Divine. and
, share with the Redecmer, Messiah, il
His glory, honor and immortality.
, Trusting that you have been profile
2 by the reading Of the above sermon. "
P mention Pastor Russells widely rca