Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-02-16

but 1t was not q 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 a panacea, cure-all, bui
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, 1t 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 "the power
Of God unto salvation" 1t has saved
them from many OF their weaknesses
and fears. More than this, 1t is pre-
pairing them for completeness Of sal
yation, 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 humlll.
alton to glory, from animal, or human,
conditions 10 spirit conditions
The Right In Mr.. Beecher's Theory.
But Mr 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 prophesled 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
tiOn 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 the
sinfuness Of sin and Its dire conse
quences Gods LAW declares, "The
soul that snneth, It shall die" "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 infalllble
Their teaching that the dead are
alive misled us, turned us away from
the Bible teaching that the dead are
dead. Their teachings respecting Il
fiery Hell and Purgatory led us away
from the Bible teaching on the subject
OF future punishment Now we tnG
that the Bible Hell is the tomb. the
death state; and thnt 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 6;2S, 20. R.V
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 long-promised
Kingdom will be established. Christ
shall come, spirit being, and shall de
throne Satan who through human su-
perstitlon and ignorance has become
the master of men Satan shall bt
bound for thousand years; and Mes
slah shall be the great King Of earth
though his Kingdom will be invisible
to men as satan's kingdom ls invisible
because composed OF spirit beings
The GLORIOUS View Of ths Bible.
The grand work Of the Kingdom OF
God Uesus and His glorihcd Church
operating through human agencies
will be a work OF Restitution IActS
8:10.2l.l AS Adam fell from the moral
Image OF his Creator, he Is to have the
opportunity Of rising again 10 this i'm
aye. because redeemed by lesslah's
sacrifice
The Church's salvation, In progress
aimee Pentecost, Is salvation to a
Heavenly existence, by change OF
nature But the worlds salvation viii
consls, OF restoration TO perfect hu
mau nature, which will find lts perfec
ton Of enjoyment IN m earthly Eden
gradually becoming worldwide As
Adams death sentence WIS uccompn
nled by sickness, sorrow and PAIN 80
when the Redecmer shall apply TO
mankind AT His Second Coming the
general forgiveness and amnesty prom
lsrd Ia the Bible, the result VIII be- the
gradual elimination OF sickness, sor
row aud pain liy the close OF Mes
siah's thousundyear Reign thore shall
be no more sin or death The curse
viii thus gradually disappear giving
place TO Divine blessing and fellow
ship, Revelation 2li5, 22&
Many Bible students believe that the
wonderful Increases Of knowledge mud
blessings IN the world Witnessed during
the past 1fty yeurs are evidences fore
told 10y the Rible Indicating that we
are already In the dawn Of that New
Day OF Mcssahs Kingdom rhe run
ming TO aud tro aud increase OF enOwl
edge the wise OF Gods people under
snndng and the lmminence Ot great
rime OF 1rnnhln lnMnln l9l.A. d. 10