The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-24


Jesus said % some in Ills day must bc
{ applicable 10 what today Is styled
, ChFistcuda IA ''Nc are ~ your fataci
the Dcvil: for his works We doel
We ash ourselves, Are the people OF
Europe doing the works Of God or OF
the DevilY The Apostle tells us that
III any man have not the Spirit OF
Christ, he is none Of HIS; that the
fruits Of Christs Spirit are mcekuess
gentleness, patience. hrothcrly Kind
ness love- that anger, malice hatred.
envy. strife, are works 81 the flesh and
Of the Devil by their fruits We shall
know them" said the Master Surely
we ought 10 know that some huge mis-
take has been made when the peoples
Of Europe have been styled Christen
dom Christs Kingdom aud why they
are enrolled MS Christians
How sad was the mistake which oc
CURED when the doctrines Of demons
were brought I'M Now we see that the
Bible tells very different story II
tells that Gods time for saving the
world from sin and death win be dur
ing the thousand years OF Mcssiah's
Kingdom; and that then they shall
havo every good opportunity that III
vine Wisdom. Love and Justice VIII
arrange on their behalf
The dead are not IN Heaven nor In
the Catholic purgatory nor In the still
worse Protestant eternal torture They
are asleep. as the Bible declares But
for Jesus and His work they would be
dead in the same sense that n brute ~
dead Because Jesus died for sins,
therefore there is TO be resurrection
from the dead: and therefore the dead
are spoken OF MS being asleep. uncon
scious. waiting for the Morning OF
Messlah's Coming and for the glorious
blessings OF resurrection promised.
The Seventh Trumpet--The Last.
With our minds filed with the fears
of the Dark Ages we once thought of
the trump of God" ms though It were
trumpet of the Devil as though II
implied horrible disaster to the human
family. But now, the eyes of our un
derstanding opened TO discern more
clearly the Bible teachings, we are
amazed TO find that the trumpet OF God
is symbolcal, like the preceding six;
that II stands related TO Mcsslah's
Kingdom and TO the worlds release
from the bondage of Sin and Death.
Thank God for the Seventh Trumpet,
the last trump, the trump OF Love!
In the past this was pictured as the
Jubilee. Under the Jewish Law ar
rangement God provided that every
fftieth year should be a Jubilee year
In which all debts should be cancelled
and all bondages terminated. This
was not only beneficial arrangement
for the Jews but was type of the
future IT pictured the full forgive
ness OF sin and the full release of hui
mainly from all the consequences OF
Adams disobedience.
At the opening of the year Of Jubilee
the fact was announced by the priests.
who blew upon silver trumpets, pro.
claiming that the Jubilee had come
mcr estate. The great Seventh Day,
thousand years long. the antltyplcal
Jubilee Year, began In 1875, according
to Seriptural chronology. II is the
proper time for all the servants Of God.
Of the antitypical Priesthood
to blow the tllver trumpet of Truth
and to make known TO the people the
character of the bondage TO Sin and
Death, and to inform them that Il is
Gods will that they go free from these.
Such proclamations have been going
forth from Bible students the world
over during the past forty years. The
matter has been opposed by many. Az
among the lsraelites there was nom
hal priesthood who opposed the Mes
sage of Jesus and the Apostles. so
here is today nominal priesthood
who oppose the Message Of Truth. the
Message that Messiah Is about to take
His great power and reign,
All Things to Be Made New.
Meantime, humanity has been In
anxious concerning it's bond.
Ige and has restlessly been seeking lib
wisely, sometimes I'm.
wisely, Some employers ana teachers
ave realized the impending change.
nd have governed and taught accord
ngly. Others, realizing the change.
ave invoked still further the powers
( ignorance and superstition with
lew TO continuing the Present order
( things, which God has declared shall
i've place to the New Christ IL now
lking TO Himself His great power and
! about TO begin His Reign: and in oui
ext lie tells us that by that Reign Ho
I'LL make all things new.
Happy would II be for all classes IL
ley would recognize that the great
lock In the Divine Plan has tolled out
change Of dlspensation that the New
rider Is due to come In and the Old ~
D out But because selfshness has
ardened their hearts, the world Is mol
lady for the Restitution blessings
nd hence God, foreknowing this, has
,retold the Time Of Trouble which
zen now IL at our door
According TO the Divine Word the