River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-03-12

but it was not step out of the degra-
dation The reign OF Sin and Death
still prevails Despite our education
the heart Of man is still selfish and
sinful. and the human body still full
of aches and pains. Signing and cry
ing still continue Not only have we
not found panacea, cure-all. but
despite our most persistent efforts dis
eases are multiplied. and our race is
growing mentally and physically
weaker
But while the Gospel of Christ has
not as yet saved the world, it has
proven a wonderful blessing to those
who have become sincere followers of
Jesus-a sanity few To these the
Gospel has not only brought peace and
joy, but has been to them 1.-THE power
of God unto salvation" 1t has saved
them from many of their weaknesses
and fears. More than this, it is pre-
pairing them for completeness of sal
walton. to be brought unto them at the
Second Coming of Jesus, when they.
according to His promise, shall expert
ence complete change of nature
from earthly condition to Heavenly.
from weakness to power, from humili
alton to glory. from animal. or human.
conditions to spirit conditions
The Right In Mr.. Beecher's Theory.
But Mi Beechers view, also. con
tains Bible Truth Although the king
doms of this world have not yet be
come the Kingdom of our Lord. al
though as yet every knee does not bow
and every tongue confess to the glory
of God, nevertheless, according to the
Bible. the final outcome of the Divine
Plan will include all these things
Amongst other things prophesied. the
knowledge of the glory Of God has not
yet filled the whole earth Not yet are
all the blinded eyes of ignorance and
superstition opened nor are all the
deaf ears unstOpped
The Bible explanation of the situa
ton is that God from the very begin
ming purposed the permission of sin
in order to give valuable instruction
to angels and to men respecting thr
sinfuiness of sin and it's dire conse
quences Gods Law declares. "Thc
soul that sinneth, it shall die" 1.-THE
wages of sin is death" We were con
fused by the errors which crept into
Church creeds during the Dark Ages
when the Bible was practically non-ex
istent, when the bishops were sup
posed to be the successors of the Apos
ties. and when their decisions were
considered infallibe.
Their teaching that the dead are
alive misled us. turned us away from
the Bible teaching that the dead are
dead Their teachings respecting a
fiery He'll and Purgatory led us away
from the Bible teaching on the subject
Of future punishment Now we find
that the Bible He'll is the tomb. the
death state; and that God in His great
Plan has arranged to abolish our sen
tence Of death by the universal awak
ening of the dead. All in the graves
shall hear the voice of the Son of Man
and come forth.-John 5:28 %, e. "
The Bible teaches that God has an
orderly Plan for His entire work; and
that not until man has passed through
six great Days from his creation, each
thousand years long, will his Week
Of labor, toll and strife against sick
ness, pain, sorrow and death be at an
end Then Messiah's Compromised
Kingdom will be eSta blished Christ
shall come. a spirit being, and shall de
throne Satan, who through human su
perstition and ignorance has become
A.. hnH hn
bound for thousand years: and Mes
siah shall be the great King Of earth,
though his Kingdom will be invisible
to men as Satan's kingdom Is invisible
because composed Of spirit beings
The Glorious View of the Bible.
The grand work of the Kingdom OF
God Jesus and His glorified Church
operating through human agencies
will be a work of Restitution (Acts
3:19-21) AS Adam fell from the moral
image of his Creator, he is to have the
opportunity of rising again to this i'm
age. because redeemed Dy Messiah's
sacrifice.
The Church's salvation. in progress
Since t'SuCCcOSts Is d SdIFdLlOu u u
Heavenly existence, by a change of
nature. But the worlds salvation will
consist of a restoration to perfect hu
man nature. which will find it's perfec
ton of enjoyment in an earthly Eden.
gradually becoming world wide AS
Adams death sentence was accompa
MED by sickness. sorrow and pain. so
when the Redeemer shall apply to
mankind at His Second Coming the
general forgiveness and amnesty prom
ised in the Bible the result will be the
gradual elimination of sickness, sor
row aHd pain By the close of Mes
slabs thousand-year Reign, there shall
be no more sin or death The curse
will thus gradually disappear. giving
place to Divine blessing and fellow
p.-Revelation q %; 22:3
Many Bible students believe that the
wonderful increases of knowledge and
blessings in the world witnessed during