River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-11-19

present social institutions. The symbolic
heavens represent spiritual Influences
Ecclesiasticism. Churchianity. Thus In
terpreted, our text declares that when
Messiah assumes control of the world. the
result will be that the social system of
today. as well as present day ecclesiasti-
cism will pass out of existence-no place
will be found for them.
Satan Now the Prince.
Some may ask, whatever may be said
of the four thousand years before the
coming of Christ. may it not be claimed
that He has been reigning- ever since His
ascension to the right hand of God? We
answer, If the Redeemer of men has been
reigning as the King of earth for the
past nineteen centuries, there should be
something in the Bible to so teach.
On the contrary the Masters own words
tell us that Satan is the Prince of this
Age; that Christ's Kingdom is not of this
world (Age); that He will come again and
receive His followers to HIMSELF that He
went into far country to receive title to
His Kingdom and to return to take pos
session of 1t; and that at His Second
Coming He will be the great King of
Glory.-John 14:16, 80; 1886: Matthew
q :33; 25:14. 81.
When we scan the pages Of history dur
ing the past eighteen centuries. we are
convinced that Messiah has not been
King. To think of Him as such, with the
omnipotent power We accredit to Him,
would be to charge Him with responsible
ity for bloody and atrocious prosecutions
for wars, famines and pestilences. Sure
ly, no right minded person, after mature
consideration, can nationally accept the
theory that we have had the glorious
Messianic Reign OF Righteousness for the
blessing of the whole world. the uplifting
of humanity.
No one can think that the Reign Of the
great Mediator is in the past. We must
agree with our text that it is in the flu
ture; and that when established, it's eff
feet upon present neutrality-suspicious.,
social, financial, religiOuS-Will be such
that they will flee away; no place will be
found for them From this standpoint
alone there is hope for the world.
Today we are living at the climax of
civilization. Yet we behold more clearly
than ever before that the deeply ingrained
selfshness of humanity is blight upon
all our blessings. Selfishness is to be
found everywhere. Although semblance
of Righteousness is insisted upon and vio-
lators of that standard are styled crimi-
nails, nevertheless 1t seems impossible to
legislate equity. justice. Mems keen in
tellects find opportunities for circumvent-
ing the laws and committing theft, muir
der, ETC.. without danger of punishment.
HS 6TSdt VNHISe nTOn0 Judgment
Neither Jehovah God nor His Represent
ative, Messiah can in any sense or de-
gree be a party to injustice or inequity
The fact that injustice has been permit
ted, that inequity has been the rule for
centuries, is to be accounted for by the
fact that during all this period the world
has been under the reign of Sin and
Death, the reign of Satan, 1.-The Prince
of this world" and of the darkness of
selfshness and evil-all of which his name
represents that the world has not been
under the dominion of Messiah, the Rep
resenrative of Jehovah and HIS righteous
ness, and love.
The New Dispensation which Messiahs
Kingdom will usher in Is pictured in our
text. It will be the worldwide dominion
Of purity, holiness, righteousness, justice,
truth-a Great White Throne. No wonder
we read that the symbolical heavens and
earth, representing the old order of things
social ecciesia stical-will vanish away!
But let no one think for a moment that
ecclesiastical princes, financial princes
and political princes will voluntarily &C
knowledge that the hour has come for
full surrender to Messiah and to all the
principles of His absolute righteousness.
On the contrary, these privileged mem
bers of our race will be more and more
drawn together for mutual protection
for the preservation Of the special privi-
Ieges which have come into their posses
sion. Even now we see the prophecy of
the Second Psalm fulfilling. We are in
the very time when the Lord, through
the Prophet David, calls the great ones
of earth to recognize the true situation
of our wonderful day-that the Day Of
Messiah has arrived, and that He should
be recognized and His principles Of right
eouSnesS obeyed.
But no. The prophecy declares that we
are in the day when the people, the
masses, will have foolish imaiginations-
when they will think that by their own
strength they can inaugurate reign of
righteousness along the lines of Social
ism, or by anarchy. The people must
learn that their help is in the Lord and
not in their own frail arm. They must
see the force of the words, BLESSED are
all they that put their trust In Messiah.
On the other hand, the money kings,
earthly rulers and ecclesiastical princes
are taking counsel together for the pres
ervation of present inequities OF the
world, by which they are proftsng. The
Lord declares that in this they are band
ing themselves against Him and His new
ly-appointed King-Messiah. For over
century human liberty has been making
progress, despite every endeavor to re-
strain it, Eartns potentates perceive the
rising tide of human intelligence and OF
demands. for equal rights. They perceive
that unless something be done to counter
act this general movement, the special
advantages of the privileged classes will
disappear. Even now they arc taking
counsel together how to break the re-
straints which the people are putting
upon them, and how to reinaugurate
reign of autocracy, such as prevailed
century ago, but upon a higher plane,
controlled by brighter wits, holding under
restraint more intelligent masses.
"Be Instructed, Ye Judgesl"
Would that the cultured and influential
princes of earth could take the proper
view of the situation and realize the fal-
lacy Of their counsels, the impossibility
of averting the great changes which are
upon us by reason of the time having
come for Messiah to take unto Himself
His great power and reign! Could the
wise Of earth realize the situation and
fully submit themselves to the Divine re-
quirements of absolute justice and truth,
what blessing it would be to the world!
If these princes would turn their atten-
ton from the grasping Of power and
money to the enlightenment and uplifting