The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-12-31

military apparatus, shilsbuilAlhE- etNs,
are causing great business prosperity,
especially 10 Germany aud Great Brit
ain. Here. on the contrary. the ave
nues Of business are dislocated Tie
foreign absorption of gold causes imam.
clal embarrassment and stringcncy. the
discharge OF clerks. mechanics, etc.
Few Of the awakening ones realize
that The present war Is permitted for
the weakening Of the nations, prepara.
tory 10 the utter collapse OF the present
order OF things and the ushering In OF
the New Order OF things the Reign Of
Righteousness. under Messlah's King
dom. The aroused sleeper should face
about TO the rising Sun OF Righteous
ness with healing In His beams and
blessings for all nations. Malachi Az
Were this recognized, there would be-
less OF the war spirit here at home
less OF fear OF what could be- accom-
plished by enemies across the deels,
more OF confidence In the Lord, and
an endeayor TO please and obey Him.
But the maddening wine still intoxi-
Gates many Americans and will yet
probably embroI our nation In strife
Relisionists Also Awakening.
AS for religion. the awakened ones
reject the major portion Of the creeds
Of the past. yet carefully cling TO any
rights or privileges which those false
doctrines gave them. Thus the Divine
right of kings. mobiles. princes and gov
ernments, aud rites and ceremonies,
civil and ecclesiastical are firmly
clutched and held high above the peo-
Pile In the interests of the rulers. This
is the secret Of The willingness of the
earthly kings, emperors and princes.
financial princes and subservient reii
gionists to engage in the present hor-
rible strife. The argument with all is
that the end justifies the means, The
ends sought are commercial suprema-
cy, political supremacy; and, iDciden-
tally, the religious systems are praying
for backing-up OF the various contest
ants whom they have long taught are
kingdoms of God, guided by Divine
Wisdom and Providential care.
The Lord no longer restraints these;
for His time has come that iniquity
should have an end that the Harlot
systems should make manifest that
none Of them is the Bride Of Christ;
and that the kings of earth might
humble each other and thus make
ready for the true Kingdom Of God
for the Reign of Christ and His
gloritied
The masses of mankind have been
slowly awakening for some time; but
the present war is sure to thoroughly
awaken the whole world, and the mad
dening effect of the false doctrines
will anger the entire human family.
As they realize how they were drug
5ed with the false doctrines, the ten
iency with the majority will be to go
% the opposite eXtreme-to lose faith |
n everything. The result undoubtedly |
will be pandemonium, as the Scrip |
lures portray Every mans hand !
against his neighbor anarchy.
Patching the Old Garment.
Many, realizing to some extent the
matters we here portray, are earnestly |
advocating some kind of patched.up
reformation in the
discarding of the creeds in
act while holding to them in theory,
| laboring on the part of all for social
etc. We commend this
pirit as better than the "stand-pat''
Program OF others; but it il too late.
The opportunity for such reforma-
ion has passed As the Scriptures de-
lare, I'VE would have healed Baby
on, but she is not healed" Jeremiah
l:95 There was n lack of desire for
Iealing, for purification, for forgive
less, for turning away from Illicit in.
ercourse with the kingdoms of this
world to utilization with the Lord alone.
)nly the few had the proper spirit.
hey are the Lords .Jewels.-Mal. 3:11.
This Christian Age In many respects
to the Jewish Age, which
vas its prototype. Hence our Lords
words respecting Natural Israel apply
ere also. He declared the New Dis
ensation so different from the Old
hat it would be like putting new
atch into an old garment; that 1t
5ould be like putting new wine into
Id wineskins, which had lost their
lasticity, and could not withstand the
train. Hence the Jewish Dispensation
yas entirely set aside, and the New
rider Of things was inaugurated.
So here, there is sufficient contrast
etween the things Of this Present Or
financial, social, political
and the New Order Of things that the
wo cannot possibly intermix. cannot ,
ossibly be patched up. Instead. the
ord declares that the Present Order
{ things. symbolically represented by
the heavens and the earth the ec-
heavens and the social
lrth, are to pass away utterly, abso
tely, In the great conilagration, which
i'll not be literal fire, but symbolic
narchy. Meantime, however, the
ord promises us that the New Order
things 10 take the place of the
resent order, will be "the desire of
II nations" 80 new heavens" the
artf;ed Church. "a now earth" a new