Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-21

Sin made moral towards OF our race
From early infancy fear and apprehen
sion. especially in respect to things In
ture. have been impressed upon us
We realize our imperfecton. and know
that our God is perfect. that perfection
is the only standard which lie could
approve, and that some kind OF punish
ment for sin must be expected The
Adversary, taking advantage of our
forefuthcrs, misrepresenteb tue Al
mighty. and has used our fears to
nlipnute us from Elm and to dlSt0rt
His Message to MS in the Bible. st
raul assures us that this is Sntan's
general procedure; that he puts light
for darkness and darkness for light
Thus 1t comes that our text. which is
really one Of the most beautiful and
comforting in the Bible when under
stood, has to many become lash In
the hands Of their fears.
It is needless TO say that our text Is
one OF the symbolsms of Book filled
with symbols Guided by the Holy
Spirit, Gods people will in due time
understand these symbols, For many
Of them the due time is already here.
The Throne is Messiah's, and repre-.
sents His Mediatorinl Dominion Of
earth for n thousand years. Its white
ness symbolZes the purity, the justice,
Of His Kingdom Of Righteousness un.
der the whole heavens. The heavens
and the earth which will hee away
from the presence Of the great lmman.
ucl will not be the heavens Of Gods
Throne, nor the earth which He has
given to the children of men, The
heavens and the earth which will fee
away, and for which no place will be
found. nre tho symbolic ones
In bible symbology the earth repre-.
spnts established civilization; the sea
represents the restless, dissatisfied
MASSES Of humanity; the mountains
represent human governments, king
doms, which constitute the backbone OF
present social institutions; and the
heavens, spiritual lntluenccs-E -Eccesl.
asticism. Churchianlty. Thus inter.
preted, our text declares that when
Messiah shall assume control Of the
world, when He shall sit upon His
Throne, when He shall exercise ruler.
ship amongst men, the result will be
that the social system OF today. us well
as the present day ecclesIastlcism, will
flee away" will pass out OF existence
no place will be found for them.
Satan Now the Prince.
Some man may be inclined to ask,
Has not Christ been the great Ruler OF
the world for these past nineteen cen
turlesP And whatever may be said OF
the four thousand years before the
coming OF Christ may It not be claimed
that He has been relgning ever since
His ascension to the right hand Of the
Father2
We answer that II this be true, II the
Redeemer of men has been relgning
rs the King OF earth for these nineteen
centuries, there should be something
In the Bible so to teach. But we flnd
nothing. On the contrary, we hearken
to the Masters own words telling III
that Satan Is the Prince Of this Age
(john ld:30) Again He says, my
Kingdom is not Of this world"; II will
come again and receive you unto My
SELF" John 1890; 14;3) Again He
tells us that He "went into a far coun
try" TO receive the title to His King
DOM thence to return TO take posses
sion Of II (Matthew 2l:33; 25.iD; and
that ut His Second Coming He will b
the great King Of Glory. In Matthew
25;3i, He declares the same thing
when the Son OF Man shall come lr
His glory, and all the holy angels Will
Him, then shall He sit upon the Throne
Of His glory"
On the other hand, as we scan The
pages OF history during the past eight
cen centuries we arc convinced chat
Messiah has not been the King OF The
world TO think OF Him as such, with
tho omnlpotcnt power which we &C
credit to Him, would be to charge Hin
with responsibility for bloody and crue
prosecutions, for wars, famlnes ant
pestllcnces, Surely no rlghtmlndet
person, after mature consideration, car
nationally accept the theory that IN,
glorious MessIah's Reign Of Righteous
ness for tho blessing OF tho Who'll,
eNrth, the uplifting OF the whole race
the enlightenment Of every ere0tur
aud the bringing Of all possible into ao