River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-02-18

explains the blessings which are ours
| and which are coming TO US increas-
ingly. This progress will continue
| throughout the great Thousand-year
| Sabbath of Messiah's Kingdom. The
! Bible promises that the Messianic
| Reign shall bring blessings to every
/ creature~not only 70 the living, but to
/ the dead; for 'all that are in the
! graves shall hear the voice Of the Son
| of God and shall come forth."-John
5:2S. %. r. Y.
/ All must be given a full opportunity
/ to come into harmony with the Crea-
/ tor and to attain perfection and ever
lasting life. Only by personal, wilful.
! intelligent sin can any ones blessings
! be turned into the second curse of God.
| the Second Death, from which there
! will be no redemption.
i Incidentally let US note that the com
/ ing Of those blessings is in one sense,
+ premature, IN that they have come to
rs before the establishment of the
Messianic Kingdom. Consequently, in
! stead of being happier because of these
favOrs, the world is more unhappy,
more disconnected, than ever. The
Scriptures show that this discomfort
will eliminate in a short, sharp period
Of anarchy, from which the world will
be rescued by the establishment of
Messiah's Kingdom.
The permission of the light and bless
ingS of our day, in advance Of Messi-
abs Rule, the Creator intends shall
teach humanity a great lesson respect
/ ing their own fallen condition and their
need of the very help which God is pro-
viding in Christ None shall have the
opportunity of enormously supposing
that Gods blessings, coming to unre-
generate hearts, will make them thank
full and happy. The new heart is nee
essary to real happiness
We also incidentally see that if God
had sent or permitted the light of our
day with its blessings thousand years
sooner, then the discomfort of human
ity would have eliminated in anarchy
| a thousand years sooner-and before
the Divinely arranged time for the es-
Enlistment of Messiah and His Bride,
the Church. in glory for the ruling,
blessing and uplifting of humanity.
Truth Dscerned Aids Faith.
AS we gradually come to realize that
we are living in the daWning of the
time for the Compromised blessing,
this Sabbath Day of earth, when the
curse shall roll away, it gives US a
fresh interest in all the affairs of the
present life, as well as in those fea-
lures of the Divine Plan which are yet
future! The knowledge makes life
worth living. Millions of people live
q treadmiIl existence, unworthy Of
themselves and joyIess, because they
have not come into the family of God
and have not been taught to under
stand the deep things of His gracious
purposes
The first step is an acknowledgment
of the Creator and a conservation Of
life to Him, and then an application
of our hearts to know His will, in order
that we may do it. One day of such
living is worth more than year of
the aimleSs meandering common to the
masses. All who have entered into
this blessing should rejoice therein
All who have not done so should seek
the Door, Christ, and be glad to walk
the narrow way, following His foot
steps into grace and peace Divine.
We may indeed rejoice in the lessen
ing of the sweat of face coming to
mankind, in the dawning Of this New
Day. We may indeed rejoice in the
greater spread of knowledge to every
class. We may indeed rejoice in the
more comfortable housing, feeding and
clothing of our race. We may indeed
praise the Day which is ushering in
these blessings and which, through ir-
rigatiOn canals and arteSian wells, sci
entific study and teachers, books and
newspapers, is making the wilderness
to blossom as the rose and many
blades Of grass to grow where one
alone grew previously, bringing in
creased fruitfulness. But much is to
be desired still-much that we cannot
accomplish for ourselves. We need an
outside influence, an outside power
the very one which the Word of God
declares is about to take control-Mes-
slabs Kingdom.
Our blessings thus far are not draw
ing the masses nearer to God-n0t
making them more thankful, more
holy, more reverential, more loving.
On the contrary, we are becoming
more strifeful, more self-willed, than
any previous generation-less inclined
as a world than ever before to worship
and reverence the God of all grace
less inclined to believe that there is
such Being at ALL At the present
rate of growth of irreverence, it would
seem as though the time might soon
come when no knee would bow and
no tongue confess, to the glory Of God.
"As Live, Saith the Lord"
But here we look to God to see what
provision He has made for present
conditions; and as we look, our hearts
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