River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-03-19

the riches of Gods grace provided for
the world Of mankind under the minis
tration of His Kingdom The earth
shall yield her increase, streams shall
break forth in the deserts, the wilder
ness shall blossom as the rose, the soil
tary place be made glad.-Isaiah So.
The Destructive Work.
The Lord, after describing through
the Prophet the feast of blessings and
refreshments, portrays the destruction
of things injurious to mankind, saying.
"And He will destroy in this Mountain
the face of the covering cast over all
people-the veil that is spread over all
nations" Verse - This veil is none
other than the veil of ignorance and
superstition which binders mankind
from seeing that the Creator is their
Friend, that righteousness and truth
are to their advantage, that the WAYS
of the Lord are righteous altogether.
The sunlight of the New DISPENSE
ton, the Reign of Righteousness, will
scatter the clouds and darkness the
veil of ignorance, and let into the
hearts of mankind "the light of the
knowledge of the glory of Cod as it
shines 'in the face of Jesus Christ our
Lord. What wonderful change! And
how glad mankind will be, not only
to have that feast prepared, but also
to be rid Of the darkness which would
hinder them from approaching it.
Still More to Follow.
The Prophet proceeds to describe fur
Their, saying. He will swallow ND
death in victory" For several thou
sand years Death has had the victory,
and the human family have been swal-
lowed UP by it. The Scriptures desig-
nate the six thousand years of earth's
history as the reign of Sin and Death.
1t is conservatively estimated that
Death has swallowed up twenty thou
sand millions of humanity, and that
ninety thousand are going to the tomb
every day.
The Lord tells us through the Proph-
ct that with the establishment of His
Kingdom will come wonderful
change; instead of Death continuing
to swallow up the race, dying shall
cease. None shall die then except for
wilful sin. How glorious a time that
will be! All of our sorrows are more
or less intimately associated with the
reign of Sin and Death. How we, may
well rejoice in the New Dispensation
which Divine Wisdom has planned, and
which Divine Love will execute, FOR
the release Of our race from the dying
process, permitting them to return to
the liberty of the sons of GOd--free-
dom from death, freedom from sin!
But even this is not enough! The
Lord purposes not merely to restrain
the power of death, so that it shall
cease swallowing up our race, but adj
ditionally to swallow up Death in
victory" The tomb, which iguratively
has engorged itself with twenty thou
sand millions, will be forced to dis
gorge, to release it's victims. "All that
are in the graves shall hear the voice
Of the Son of God and shall come
forth" The sanity few, whose faith
fulness God has already tested, will
come forth to the perfection of life
The insanity masses, the majority of
whom have never known God truly,
will come forth to a resurrection, by
trial, by judgment, by discipline. Death
itself shall be destroyed.
st. Paul quotes from the Prophet
Hosea, saying, 20 Death, where is thy
sting? o Grave, where is thy vic
tory?' He does not quote this as ap
plicable now; for Sin and Death still
have their victory in the world. Mil
lions are still slaves of Sin, and bill
lions are still bound by the power of
the tomb. st. Paul and the Prophet
still point down to the glorious Millen-
NAL Kingdom following the resurrec-
ton change of the Church,, when all
shall be brought to knowledge OF the
Truth. and when all that are In the
prison-house of Death shall come forth,
because Jesus has redeemed every
member of our race from the power
of the tomb.
"Wipe All Tears Away"
We remember our Redeemer's tender
words, Come unto Me, all We who la
Dor and are heavy laden, and l will
give you rest" (Matthew 1929
Those who have accepted His gracious
invitation, and obtained from Him the
rest of faith, have found that it has
meant the cancellation Of their troubles
in a large degree. We, then, should be
able to understand the next statement,
in our context, "The Lord God Will
wipe away the tears from off all
faces" It is the same Message given
in Revelation. where the same King
dom. under the figure of the New Jeru-
salem. is brought to our attention. Inc
Heavenly Father will wipe away the
tears. not directly, but indirectly
through His Son, the Redeemer.
Tears are the marks of sorrow, pain,
suffering: and the poetic statement