The Washington herald., 1914-12-28

SsS, Psalm S.4-J ne
said in part:
G--S;,=5I5.sESf All resolutions
llHaSISk kQ2oElllI against sin and in
favor of righteous
thinking and living are commendable and
helpful. But l recommend a comprehen-
sive resolution: namely, to get right with
God through His appointed Channel. the
Lord Jesus Christ, and through the in
structlons OF His Word. the Bible. While
progressing in the knowledge OF the
Truth and in the spirit Of it, the indi-
yidual will be abiding in Gods love-''un-
der the shadow Of the Almighty"
But this implies faith in God. faith in
Christ, faith in the Bible, and the study
Of II, so as to get fully into alignment
with the Divine purposes and away from
the pcryerting influences OF the creeds.
While every creed may be said to con-
tain some elements Of Truth. nevertheless
these are so horribly mixed with errors
in such poisonous combination that il IL
wonder We did not all follow blind
leaders into the ditch Of infdelity long
age
From the Divine standpoint the six
thousand years from Adams day until
now are merely the wOrk-day portion OF
great week. whose Seventh Day. or
Sa bhatu Of a thousand years. is the Day
Judgment or trial for the world-the Day
in which Every knee shall bow and
every tongue confess. to the glory of
Cod and In which the righteous shall
flourish. and cvil-dOers shall be cut on"
in the Second Death.
In the Diyinely arranged custom Of tho
Jews the new day begins at sunset Thus
We are in the evening or beginning, Of
the great Seventh Day Of the Divine Week
-tbe Day throughout which Messiah's
glorious kingdom will reign from sea TO
sea and from the river to the ends OF the
earth" putting down everything contrary
to the Divine standards. and uplifting the
world OF mankind tbought with the pre-
cious blood at Calvary from sin. degra-
dation and the tom6-stRp by step. TO nu-
man perfection in worldwide Eden.
The unwilling. resisting Divine favors and
privileges. shall he destroyed in the Sec
Ond Deata
WearIed children Fall Asleep.
six Days shalt thou labor and do
all thy work but the Seventh is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in 1t
thou shalt not do any work" Whoever
reads CAREFUL. intciliGently. the pages
of history must b. struck with the en-
erEy which has been manifested by our
race. The pyramids the ruins Of an
NltAA Nlal'S anu t-N 4l42SAA ttlt-d al " u -
OF humanity's ceaSeless st-ugGI" AGAINST
the adverse conditions prey ailinS in the
earth, including the strife against sick
ness and death. and, by a few, a noble
fight against further degradation.
Well does the Prophet express the
truth Of our observation. saying. We
have not wrought any deliverance in
the earth Isaiah 26:ISD 4 few have
gained fabulous riches name or fame.
ka -sVv- h.y~
gone down to the tomb. slain by the
great associated monarchs whom the
Bible declares are now reigning-Sin and
Death.
The Lessons learned by Adams wearied
children will not be lost hOwevyr. The
greater mellowness Of heart and the
broader views of the majority OF those
who have fallen asleep in death after
battling for even fifty years suggest
that our race as a whole might do bet
ter work in a second century than in
the first. Moreover. the Scriptures in
dicate that the great drama Of sin. SELF
ishness. and passion being enacted by
humanity is furnishing to angelic hosts
n lesson respecting the exceeding sin
fulness of sin-its downward tendency.
its bitter fruit, and the hOpelessness OF
escape thercfrom except by Divine as
sistanCe.
Humanity'S Next Lesson.
The forbidden fruit OF Eden was from
the tree of the knowledge OF good and
evil. Doubtless the Creator would event
ually have given our first parents full
knowledge of both good and evil. and
merely forbade them an immediate
plunge into knowledge to their own dis
advantage. Craving KNOWLEDGE hef"r"
its due time. Mother Eve disObeyed her
husband alED into
disobediencc. The result has been that
they and their race have been preCipi-
tated into lessons respecting evil first.
with the knowledge of good to come
later
The holy angels. who have never trans
Gressed the Divine Law. have continually
the lesson of gOOd-an appreciation Of the
Divine character. the principles of right
eousness, etc. Their lesson in respect 20
evil they are gaining by observation in
stead Of by cxperienCe-the way recon-
mended to our first parents by the Crea-
tor, but in their ignorance rejected.
God fOreknew that His human children
would. under the influence Of tempta-
ton, fall into sin. and would therefore
experience its penalty of sorrow and
death. While for 5000 years His eve has
pitied His poor creatures, neverthcl IS
He has allowed His great Plan of the
Ages to move along slowly to grant
climax-the Plan purpOsed in Himself
from before the foundation of the world.
That climax in human affairs, We be-
licve. is at hand. The 5000 years Of the
reign OF Sin and Death are ending with
terrible Time of Trouble, which not
improperly might be termed the natural
result Of human selishness (sin) operat-
ing under the influence Of the great prin-
CIples Of the New Dispensation, now be-
ing ushered in. Selfishness, as repre-
sented in the accumulated financial power
and energy called trusts and combines.
is about to come into conflict with self
ishness Csin) represented in the combia-
ing forces Of hUmanity-labOr unions.
etc.
The head-on collision which thinking
people foresce, and which the Scriptures
graphically portray. will give society an
earthquake shock. More than this, the
graphic picture is that Of a worldwide
confiagration which will involve the
heavens. or ecclesiastical powers. as well
as the earth, OF social system, and the
mountains. or kingdoms OF the word
This awful shock, which Gods people are
warned to avoid, 50 far as possible. by