The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-09

established civilization; the sea the
restless, dissatisfied masses of humanity
and the mountains. human govern
ments. kingdoms, which constitut the
backbone of present social institutions
The symbolic heavens represent spirit
ual --Ecclesiastlcism, Church
ianity. Thus Interpreted, our text Do
| clares that when Messiah assumes con.
| troll, the result will be that the Fociai
system OF to-day. as well as present day
ecclesiasticism, will pass out Of exist
ence--no place will be found for them.
Satan Now the Prince.
Some may ask. whatever may be SAID
of the four thousand years before the
coming OF Christ may IL not be claimed
that He has been reigning ever since HIS
ascension to the right hand OF God? We
answer, II the Redcemer OF men has
been reign!ng as the King of earth for
| the past nineteen centuries there should
be something in the Bible to so teach.
on the contrary the Masters own
words tell us that Satan Is the Prince
4 OF this Age; that Christs Kingdom ia
not OF this world tAge) that He Will
come again and receive His followers 10
Himself: that He went into far coun-
I try to receive title to His Kingdom and
! to return to take possession of Il; aud
/ that at His Second Coming He Will ue
the great King OF Glory.
When we scan the pages Of history
during the past eighteen centuries. We
are convinced that Messiah has not been
/ King To think OF Him as such. w!'h
! the omnipotent power We accrcdit 10
! Him, would he to charge Him with re.
sponsibilty for bloody and atrociou-
prosecutions for wars. famines and pes
! licences Surely, no right minded per-
son, after mature consideration. can
nationally accept the theory that We
have had the glorious Messianic Reign
OF Righteousness for the blessing OF tho
whole world. the uplifting OF humanitv
/ No one can think that the Reign ~
/ the great Mediator Is in the past. We
must agree with our text that II Is IN
| the future. and that, when established,
| its effect upon present institutions
political, social, financial, religious-wi'l
| be such that they will flee away. M
place will be found for them. From
! this standpoint alone there is hope FOR
the world.
| To-day we are living Mt the climax
= civilization. Yet we behold moro
CLEARLY than ever before that the deeply
| tnerained selfshness OF humanity ia
blight upon all our blessings. Selfish
ness Is TO be found everywhere.
Although n semblance OF Righteousness
In insisted upon and violators OF that
standard are styled criminals, neverthe-
less II seems impossible to legislate
equity, justice. Mems keen intellects
laws and committing theft. murder etc,
without danger of punishment
The Great white Throne judgment.
Neither Jehovah God nor His Repre-
sentative. Messiah. can in any sense or
degree he a party to injustice or in
equity. The fact that injustice has been
permitted. that inequity has been the
rule for centuries, is to be accounted for
by the fact that during all this period
the world has been under the reign or
Sin and Death, the reign OF Satan, the
Prince Of this world" and OF the dark
ness OF selfishness and cvil--all OF which
his name represents; that the world
has not been under the dominion OF
Messiah, the Representative OF Jehovah
and His righteousness and love.
The New Dispensation which Mes.
siahs Kingdom will usher in is pictured
In our text II will be the worldwide
dominion OF purity. holiness. righteous
ness, justice, truth-a Great Whfe
Throne No wonder We read that the
symbolical heavens and earth. repre-
senting the old order OF thngs-soC.al
ecclesiastical-will vanish away
But let no one think for a moment
that ecclesiastical princes, financial
princes and political princes will volun-
tarily acknowledge that tho hour IN.
come for fun surrender to Messiah
and 10 all the principles OF His absolute
righteousness on the contrary. these
privileged members of our race Will he
more and more drawn together for
mutual protection--for the preservation
[ Of the special privileges which haze
come into their possession Even now
we see the prophecy OF the Second
Psalm fulfilling. We are I'm IN" very
( time when the Lord. through tho
Prophet David. calls the great ones ~
earth to recognize the true situation "
our wonderful day-that the Day Of Mez-
! oia haa 10 oh
recognized and His righteous principles
/ obeyed.
| But no, The prophecy declares that
we are in the day when the people. he
masses, will have foolish imagination
when they will think that by their own
strength they can inaugurate a reign 81
righteousness along the lines OF Social
ism, or by anarchy. The people must
learn that their help Is in the Lord. not
in their own frail arm They must see
the force of the words, "Bcssed are all
they that put their trust In Messiah"
on the other hand, the money kings.
earthly rulers and ecclesiastical princes
are taking counsel together for the pres
! ervation Of present inequities Of tho
world, by which they are profiting. Tie
/ Lord declares that IN this they are
banding themselves against Him and
His newly appointed King Mess m.
For over a century human liberty has
been making progress, despite every
endeavor TO restrain II. Earths poten-
tates perceive the rising tide of human
Intelligence and OF demands for equal
rights. They perceive that unless somc-
thing be done to cointeract this gem
eral movement the special advantages ot
the privileged classes will disappear,
Even now they are taking counsel
together how to break the restraints
which the people are putting upon them.
and how to reinaugurate a reign ~
autocracy. such as prevailed century
ago, but upon a higher plane controlled
by brighter wits, holding under restraint
more intelligent masses.
"Be Instructed, We Judges"
Would that the cultured and inhuen-
tial princes Of earth could take tho
proper view OF the situation and realize
the fallacy of their counsels, the inn
possibility OF averting the great CHANCES
which are upon us by reason of the time
having come for Messiah to take unto
Himself His great power and reign
Could the wise of earth realize the sltul-
ton and fully submit themselves TO the
Divine requirements Of absolute Justice
and truth, what a blessing IT would "a
to the world, II these princes would
turn their attention from the graspinS
OF power and money 10 the enlightcn-
ment and uplifting OF the people. they
would become ministers Of the New Dis
DensatiOn which wDuld no ushered IN