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

the creeds of practically all denomina-
lions of Christians recite, that our
Lords Second Advent and the estab-
| iishment of His Kingdom will signify
TO mankind the end of probation, the
end OF hope, and usher in to all except
the elect few great burning day.
Far too long we have allowed these
traditions of men to becloud our iudg-
ment, to come between our hearts and
the great blessings set forth in Gods
Word, and now due TO the Church and
to the world. 1t is very proper that
those who are living in alienation from
| God. in wilful sin, should realize that
| the establishment of His Kingdom will
mean a Reign of Righteousness which
will be strictly opposed to their per
nicious ways-Opposed to every form
of immortality, opposed to every form
of injustice and iniquity, opposed to
every form of trickery, sham, and false
pretense But surely Christians who
are seeking to live in harmony with
| the Divine Law of Love, for God, for
the neighbor, for the brother, for enc
ward to, to long for, to hope for the
coming of the Lords Kingdom as the
most desirable thing to be imagined.
Indeed, it is thus described in Bible
language: 1.-THE desire of all nations
shall come. "-Haggai 2:7.
However much the few favored by.
present conditions may be pleased to
have things remain as they are, the
masses of mankind, if they were but
converted from ignorance and supersti-
ton. and brought to a knowledge of
the Truth as Gods Word presents it,
would be glad and rejoice in the sal
walton which is to come to the world
through Gods Kingdom. The god of
this world hath blinded the eyes of
understanding of mankind and put
darkness for light, and under the ter
rOrs of the worlds ''dOOm's day" has
obscured the glorious blessings which
belong to the Day Of the establishment
of the Kingdom of the Lord.-2 CORN
thians A.
True, the Kingdom of the Heavens
will be introduced, the Scriptures tell
us. by ga Time Of Trouble such as new
er was' before and never will be after
ward; a Time of Trouble which will
involve all nations, and peoples, and
kindreds, and tongues; and every part
of the world; Time of Trouble from
which there will be no escape except
for those who have made the Lord,
even the Most High, their Refuge and
HabitatiOn psalm 91:9). But then,
even that plowshare of trouble the
Lord proposes shall be Overruled so
that it will constitute channel of
blessing to mankind, by preparing their
hearts for the Message of Divine Love
and Grace, centered in Christ and His
redeeming work at Calvary.
What Say the Scriptures?
Turning from the ignorance, super
stition, darkness and terrOrs of the
Dark Ages, let us look still further
into the inspired Word of God through
the Apostles and Prophets. From these
let us hear some description of the
blessings which God purposes His
Kingdom shall bring to our sin-cursed
race The Scriptures tell us that God
has prepared a great feast for hui
manity; they intimate figuratively that
mankind has been starving for the
Message of Divine Grace-that billions
of our race have gone down in igno-
rance and superstition, famished for
lack Of the Word of God.
The Bread which came down from
Heaven-the Message of Truth and
Grace which our dear Redeemer
brought and exemplif1ed-ha indeed
been supplied lavishly to some. Some
of us have Toasted upon the good
things of our Fathers Word and Plan.
But the great mass of mankind have
been so deaf and so blind that they see
not, neither do they understand nor re-
ceive the grace of God, under present
conditions How glad we are that "all
the blind eyes shall be opened, and all
the deaf ears shall be unstopped''
isaiah $3.50, and that the whole world
will thus be prepared for the true
knowledge of God, whose goodness and
loving kindness and tender mercies
will undoubtedly have softening and
moIIOWlnS eject upon udEO uodfCS!
Blessed the Hungry.
There are many hungry hearts in the
world. Many whose bodies are well
nourished have famished hearts, which
cry out for love and sympathy He
who reads the hearts, who knows what
is in them, has prepared this feast
which will surely satisfy every legiti-
mate righteous desire. Those who al
ready are the Lords people, and who
have already Toasted at the bountiful
table spread for the Church, can APP
proximate to some extent the bounty
that will be spread before the world
in this great feast foretold through
the Prophet in our text. There will
be several differences, however, be-
tween our present feast and that for
the world.
The present feast is merely a feast
of promises which must be partaken