Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-29

1890 AabtiS VI oONltAls NNtlCoiuSllNd
political. financial. will he ION fire"
Peter declares, syebolL nily that 'tll
elements will met 9TH fervent heat
the social elements. Concerning tina
awful trouble. the Bible declares. III
shall be revealed In tiaming fire. takin
J vengeance" All will know. all viii
see. all the world will mourn and be II
terror. the more ~ because Of the falls,
doctrines which have represented tha
MTond the present life Is au eternity
g. torture for all except the sanity
elect few. Such wrong visions Of the
future make doubly severe the trial,
ana diSappOlntmentS aud losses of the
present life which are the real judg
ments Of the Lord the Bible KNOWN.
nothing Of an eternity of torture in the
future. but telling It's everywhere that
the dead sleep, waiting for the glorious
Kingdom Of Him who redeemed them
more than eighteen centuries ago by
the sacrifice of Himself.
Christ Will not appear to His Church
In hamlnS tre-Ouly to the world.
When lie shall appear. then shall DE-
also appear with Him in glory" BE
Tore the consummatiOn Of that great
Time OF Trouble. every saint every
member Of the Church Of the First.
born. whose names are written in
Heaven. will have been changed from
earthly nature to spirit nature. because
'hesh and blood caunOt inherit the
Kingdom Neither will the sympathy
OF Christ. or the sympathy of the
Church with poor humanity. interfere
TO prevent the grent catastrophe with
which this Age win end
The Kings. EmperOrS and Cars of
the world would no more give over 70
JESUS their power aud rule and gov.
erhment than would the clergy give
over the spiritual control. The Divine
Program seems to be to allow human
institutions to wreck themselves in
showing their own mcOmpetency and
opposition to the Divine arrangement
Thank God for the better Day be,
yond- when the Sun OF Righteousness
snail arise With healing in His beams
TOr the blessing OF all the families of
he earth! Thank God that the Re
ieeiner. full OF sympathy, viii be wise
o know how deeply the plowshare OF
orrow and trouble may 80 to properly
Prepare the hearts of men for the rich
blessings His MillenniaI Kingdom will
ave TO Destow! Thank God for the
ssurance that Messiah's Kingdom will !
rove to be "the desire Of all nations" :
How Christ Will Come.
How unreasonable how unscripturol S
'e now see were the theories respect I
lg the Second Coming Of Christ hand. IL
down from a darker time! We were {,
lformed that the Redecmer would Il
ome again in the flesh, whose only P
ory would be kind OF shining OF the Il
lin. We overlooked entirely the rrent "
lange which came to our Master an. A
lie had finished the sacrlfclal work
ven Him to do. His ascension sjgni Il
"a return not only to Heaven but n,
so TO the Heavenly condition which A
9 ieft when He humbIed Himself m th
made nesh for the purpose OF being le
ans Redeemer. nj
We overlooked the statement that H., W
as put to death in flesh, but quick. th
ed III spirit" We overlooked the ia
CT that the Master declared "NIv US
sh give for tile life Of the world Of
Q overlooked the fact that the Scrip. tn
res assure us that flesh and blood G,
nnot inherit the Kingdom of God W,
y mat consequently the elect Church pa
lore entering the Kingdom condl. ne
u must DO changed by the power In
tue FIRST ReSurrection-made Haov. Sc,
y or spirit beings, like our glori6ed to
deemeE V' '"'u cIo
rom the foregoing Is it not evident ins
I the presence Of the Lord will not
dlscerned except by the few? Th. pre-
sses VIII not know, even as tho bic
sses knew not In the time of Nonb cor
as Noah and his family know vel
Ut tue coming Deluge, SO the saints in
Goa VIII know approximately tho tha
OF the great trouble with which pre-
age VIII close and the Kingdom The
Oe lnausurated. Thus the Apostla thll
s. "ie. brethren, are not in dnrt fro;
' that that Day should oyertoko ere;
as thief" though 1t shall coma star
snare upon the whole world-1 trou
ssdionlam 51-G was
10 period OF Chrlsts presence "os A,
lef In the night" unknown 10 tho who
a. Will be a time OF spocin befo
tiny aud Judgment in the Church and
ae OF giving reward to those foupa cent
liul' This dealing with the Church elm
'ues' we believe. the Resurrection thou
lmrd IRA that will be given TO the tellII
,.les V and all the faithful ones q, oppc
'eureh who have fallen asleep and ming
oeen waiting for this very hour lin
Is blessings. "'"' II,
tue Apostle tells us that thosa OF edge
.hurch alive and remaining untn crea
ume WIN not hinder. or prevent with
VINO have gone before "Tbn befo
IN Christ shall rise first" Tber exen
enter into the joys Of their Lori ings.
and will experience the resurrec. powt
mango hrst Later on, the bre,ls for b
Ihen living will be dealt with marI
10 the last member. Then the the |
n naEing been glorifed, the next comp