Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1915-01-15

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x.szl4 - it was pointed
( llfASI02 RJSSELLlj out that The shik.
'7 ing heavens arc
not the Divine abode. but a symbolic
+ representation Of present day ecclesi-
asticism. For some time the stars or
bright ones. have been falling. There
is a great shaking or confusion now
operating in ecclesiastical circles. 1t
/ will progress until, as 81. Peter EgU-
/ atively declares, tho heavens shall
take ire"-be CONSUMED. cease to be,
/ leaving the way clear for the new
/ heavens" the ecclesiastical system Of
/ the Millennium, which will he the glo-
riied Church Invisible to men. but
clothed with Divine Power for the
| blessing Of mankind. for their release
from ignorance and superstition and
their uplift for thousand years, for re-
turn to the image and likeness Of God
| lost in Eden redeemed at Calvary.
The shaking of earth referred to by
our Lord and the Apostles signifies
revolutions that are expected to follow
Immediately the present European
war If the Pastor understands the
Bible teaching correctly on this mat
ter, this great symbolic earthquake,
which will eventuate in anarchy, will
reach its elimination first in Italy.
However. this will not be merely a sec
tional shaking. The whole earth, the
entire social fabric, will be shaken;
and everything in It that is not of a
permanent character-not in harmony
with Divine Justice, Mercy and Truth
will be shaken loose. In the SYM
bolic language of st. Peter. the earth,
society, also shall take fire and pass
away, in the fire of anarchy.
"elood, Fire and Pillars of Smoke"
Joel's prophecy, referring to this
time, points specifically to the blood,
fire and pillars of smoke which we
see already beginning in Europe. More
than million men of The flower of
Europe. in the bloom OF life. have
shed their blood The explosion Of
tons of powder and the burning of cit
les and villages is surely fire in the
earth, the like of which never occurred
before in the same space OF time. Ev-
erywhere pillars Of smoke are rising
from the battlefield, from burning vii
lagos, and from funeral pyres whereOn
the dead. too numerous to bury, are
burned. How much more blood, smoke
and pillars Of fire there will be we can
only surmise
The Pastor had courage to speak Of
these TERRIBLE things only because OF
his full confidence that behind this
dark cloud is the glad sunrise Of the
New Day-the Day of Messiah. With
such Il glorious hope beyond 1.-THE
hope of the Churchs Qualification in
the First Resurrection and of the
worlds aIillennial blessing-GOd's true
people everywhere can lift up their
heads and rejoice, even as their Great
Teacher, eighteen centuries ago. proph
esied that they would do.
Perishing For Lack of knowledge.
Many of Gods true people have been
in ignorance of His real Character and
Plan because Stupefed by the false !
doctrines of the Dark Ages. They |
have not studied their Bibles Alright. !
On the contrary. many of them have I
been "overcharged with the cares of |
this life and the deceitfulness of rich
es," and have been unfruitful in re-
spect to their Observation-Disclosures |
and their knowledge of God.
The deceitfulness of riches does not |
signify that merely the rich are thus
deceived. The great mass Of humanity
are under the lure OF riches, spending
earthly attainments. time, strength of
mind and body. searching for earthly
wealth, but getting little In the dis
.ressing time impending, some Of these
will see their mistake and wish that
hey had been more alert in laying up Il
Heavenly riches-knUwledge of the Ri
de, OF God. and Observation-Disclosures
n His likeness. TO such the old IA
niliar hymn viii have new meaning
when all around my soul gives way.
He then is all my Hope and Stay
Our Adventist friends are not the
My ones who have made the mistake
+ thinking that the fire and the shak-
lg OF earth and heaven are merely
.teraL Practically all the creeds OF
orthodoxy give this misinterpretation.
{ is now time that our eyes Of under
should open. Now that the
baking and the fire have begun, ii IS
Ugh time that we should see that the
arth abideth forever" There IS no
aason why it should be destroyed. nor
-hy humanity should be destroyed OF L
le earth Gods purposes have not
ct been accomplished Yea, the Di-
inc Plan is only in its infancy. HUI
anity has learned only its first les
exceeding sinfulness of sin" 4
he second lesson, the matchless bril- s
mcy of virtue, will be given during i
e Messianic Reign. :