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

agree that IL Is In the future: ana that,
when established, It's effect upon the
institutions Of the present-poitical,
social, fnaneial. rellgious-will be such
that tle%wilI flee away. 30 place will
evermVre be found for them
From this standpoint alone is there
hope for Immunity Today we are liv.
ing at the very climax Of civilization
Yet tohly we behold more clearly than
ever before that the deeply,ingraincd
selfishuess Of humanity is blight
upon all the blessings of our day.
The Curse of selfishness.
do not need to do more than TO re-
mind you that seliismess Is TO be
found In every one of us; and That II
sembance Of righteousness is insisted
upon by us all aud adhered to. 'violators
Of which are styled criminals. Never
theless It seems impossible to legislate
equity. justice. The keen lntellects Of
men find opportunities for circumvent
lng the laws and for committing theft,
murder and sin In the face of the law
without likelihood Of being punished.
Let me illustrate this thought: We
have heard OF the famiueS in India and
Of the expenditure OF millions Of
pounds sterling by the British govern
ment for irrigation purposes to com
pensate FOR Irregularities In the rain
fall Undoubtedly the fnmines are to
some extent due to scarcity Of water,
Nevertheless one Of the Ibest Of engi.
/ nePrs informs the world that 10 fifty
/ years there has mt been such n scare
| ity as should have caused the famines
/ The fnmines Of India. which have
cost the lives of millions. IRE to be nc.
credited to greed se,fshness which
| has hOuriShpd under the shadow OF the
law Wealthy milling concerns pur.
chase rice from the natives and grind
It into -four BY agreement amongst
themselves they do not compete, but
press the market price Of rice lower
and lower until the poor natives. un
able TO make profit, decline to plant,
care for nrl harvest the crop. AS a
result there is famine The poor M
lives suffer; hut the managers Of the
milling properties pay large dividends
" from fifty to one hundred and tifty
per cent on invested rHpital.
As an Illustration Of the exorbitant
profits will relate cnse: Two
/ young men whose accumulated savings
amounted t. thirty thousand rupees
about two thousand pounds, or ten
thousand dollars invested the money
In rire'milling The first year their
profits were eighty thousand rupees
about five thousand pounds, or twenty
five thousand dollars. They were not
In the combine to depress the price Of
rice, but they prohtrd by what the
combine accomplished Such inequitles
Of our present social order are beyond
the reach and correction Of the com
parativey few men Of ability not dl
rectly or indirectly interested In them
The White Throne Judgment,
Neither Jehovah nor Ills great Rep
resenintiye, Messiah can In amy sense
or degree bu a iihrty to injustice, or IN
equity. The fact that injustice has
been permitted. and that inequity has
been the rule for centuries, is to be nc
counted for 10y the other fact that dur
ing all this perlOd-th world has been
under the reign Of Sin and Death and
not under the reign OF Righteousness
and life 1t has been under the reign
I Of Satan. the Prince Of this world
and OF The darkness OF SeQshness and
cvil-aI Of which his name represents
and not under the dominion OF Mes
slah, the Representative OF Jehovah
nnd HIS Righteousness, not under thr
I King of Glory. the antltyplcal David
aud Solomon, the antltyplcaI Aaron
and Mclchi2edrk
The New DiSpens0tlon which Mes
slnh's Kingdom will usher in is pic
tured In our text II will I've the do
minIOn that win be world-wide-pure
holy. righteous, Just, truthful, Godlike
"A great White Throne No wonder
we read thut the symbolcal heavens
aud earth, representing the old order
of thlngs-social and ecclesiastical
will all vanish Hwayl
But let no one think for moment
that ecclesiastical princes, financial
princes and political princes will volun
tarily acknowledge that the hour has
come for full surrender to Messiah
and to all the principles OF His abSo
lutte righteousness On the contrary
these privileged members Of our race
will more and more be drawn together
FOR mutual protection-fo for the prcser
walton Of the special privileges which
have come into their possession. EvGr
now we see the prophecy Of the Secont
Psalm In process Of fulfllmcnt
We are In the very time when the
Lord through the Prophet David calls
the great ones OF the earth to recog
nlze the true situation Of our wonder
ful day--that II means that the Day
OF Messiah has arrived, and that HC
should be acknowledged and His nrln
clples OF righteousness obeyed, Th,
call is, "SNute tho Son, o yc kings OI
the earth, while ye are In the way
with Him, before His anger be kin
died and go, perish by the way
psalm 2;i0.l2l But mol The prophecy
declares that we are In the day whcr
the people, the masses, will have fool
Ish lmaGInOtlons-when they will thlnl
that by their own strength they cat
inOugurate reign OF Righteousness
along the lines Of Socialism or by nm
archy, The people must learn thai
their helm ia I'm the Lord. nnd not IN