The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-16

!. !. !. !:
tor Russell's text
to-day was. Take
unto you the whole
MI armor Of God. that
In A~Al We may he able TO
Il withstand In the evil
IN day. and. having
~ WY done all. to stand"
~ --Ephesians 6:13.
All the Apostles
pointed forward TO
~ | our day--to the
conclusion OF the
| present Age and the
A inauguration OF the
llPASTOR RUSSEll)I New Kingdom. With
one voice they all
tell us that this Age is the one In which
evil as personfied in Satan. the prince
Of this world" prevails. and IN when
the Lords Cause and His people are
more or less set Mt naught. They al.
tell us that the inauguration OF
NessIah's Kingdom signifies a momen-
tous change in respect to these matters.
"In His day the righteous shall flourish
and the evil-doers shall he cut on.
God wisely and kindly yelled their eyes
in respect 10 the length of time before
the Reign OF Righteousness would begin.
Hence the Apostles all speak OF the New
Dispensation as imminent-not. how
ever. declaring IT to be expected IN their
asleep in death. but with the assurance
that with the dawning of the New Dis
pensat!on they would share IN his
rrection"-Christ's resurrection
the resurrection TO glory. honor and i'm
mortality on the spirit plane
our text IL one Of these prophecies
respecting the future--picturing the IN
auguration of Messiah's Kingdom. Like
all other scriptures bearing on this sub
iect. il implies that the transition from
the Reign of Sin to tn Reign Of Right
eousness from the t.ominion of satan TO
tn. dominion OF Christ, will be a great
Time Of Trouble, because Satan and his
deluded subjects will not quickly and
meekly renounra their claims to earthly
dominion and submit themselves Loyalty
10 the King OF kings and the Lord OF
lords. This will nec'ssitate the break
Ing in pieces oc these syStems-the! r
subiugation.
As we have already pointed out. this
breaking and shaking and trouble are
coming from every quarter and are de-
scribed in the Scriptures as a great
whirlwind raised up from every quarter
OF the earth. Other Scriptures have told
us about the trouble upon the nations.
p!cturing to us the winds Of war 10 be
followed. by the earthquake OF Socialism,
and that 10 he followed by the fire OF
anarchy. SIN other Scriptures have
shown us the conflict between the
people in general ana the princes Of the
world-merchan princes, manufacture
ing princes religious and polltlca.
princes and kings showing us that
eventually there will be two great divl-
SONS IN the conflict. and that the whole
earth VII be terribly devastated by the
ensuing anarchy.
"The F,u Day" Upon RelielonIsts.
our text refers To the present time as
an evil day upon religious people, daN
ot trial of danger. OF victory Cor the
Few. Of disaster for the many processing
the name of Christ. u may surprise
some when Wa assert that W., the
Church. have already been n this eva
day referred 10 In our text for some
wears and that il stli, continues and Wi.
merge into the evil day upon tn, world
This means that the EVIL day upon the
church began before the evil day upon
the nations. This IS In full accord with
the Scriptures which declare, "Judg-
m.nt must begin at the House Of God
the Church. Pet. Az.
For nearly forty years the Church has
been undergoing severe trials and test
INKS along the very lines indicated by
, the Apostle IN our context. and IN
various other descriptions Of this time
'NrnlSNrN Ms IN IN" New testament
During ;his period ThepSopnN, christian
Sc.erce. Sp!'l'sm. Higher criticism
Eyoiution.sm and various other confus-
ing teachings. have come forward. Each
contains fragments of truth and masses
~ error From the Srriptural stand
point they are brought forward AT Tho
present time ny the Adversary satan
NJ ,r",, nan .r,,, w. r.,,,I "'''
'''''"- '''''' away 49," W"
Satan Is represented "a being esp"-
Cially active al TINS time FOR The reason
! that TINS Is the rmo when special
! light upon the DIVINE character and
| Plan are due 10 come - the church
Seeing that the peop'" are awakening t.
more intelligent Thought on religious
subjects, IN" Adversary brings forth q
( host OF PHILOSOPHERS 20 eriang.e' t. ms
lead, putting darkness in tho gus" of
| Light, and endeavorlng TO make the light
! OF the dawning New Day appear as
darkness This the Apostle refers to in
against nesh ana n.ooa pnt agalns,
the rulers of the darkness OF this Age
a ,Inrs "s"'''' "'0"eD sp'' NV ]" NIX" posi-