Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-11-24
Morning Cometh and A Dark Night Also
Pastor Russel's Last Sermon

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Him, therefore, could give these pic
lures of its development. In various
terms and figures of speech the Bible
attempts to give us little glimpse Of
the glorious conditions of :hi1a: Day.
The New Day and the Kingdom will be
'the desire of all peoples" In that
Day the righteous will flourish, and
evil-doers will be cut off from life.
During that thousand-year Day of
Messiah's Kingdom, Satan is to be
bound, that he may deceive the nations
no more" Revelations 2O:3,2.) Land
lordism will come to- an end; for "they
shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat
the fruit thereof but "shall long
enjoy the work of their hands. "-Isai-
ali 1922.
The earth is to yield her increase.
psalm 67:6.) Streams are to come
forth in the desert; the solitary places
are to be made glad. The entire earth
is to become like the Garden of Eden.
1t is Gods footstool, and He declares
that..He will make it glorious. Itis not
to be burned up with literal fire, as
once we supposed. 1t is to 'abide for
ever" (Ecclesiastics Ia Psalms 104:5.)
''He formed it not in vain; He formed
it be inhabited. Isaiah 45:1S, 66:1,
6O:13, 35:1,7.
WONDERFUL FoREGLEAMs OF LIGHT.
The most wonderful thing that the
Bible tells US respecting that New Day
is that it will bring great intelligence
and enlightenment to every creature.
The light of the knowledge of the glory
of God shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the face of the great
deep. isaiah ll:9; Habakkuk 2:14.)
''And they shall teach no more every
man his neighbor, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord; for
they shall all know Me, from the least
of them unto the greatest, saith the
Lord" Jeremiah 31:34.) Ultimately
every knee shall bow and every tongue
shall confess, to the glory of Cod
philippians 2:l1; Isaiah 45:23.)
What an enthusing prospect the Bible
holds out before the Church and before
as many of the world as can exercise
measure of faith to believe! The world
indeed sees to some extent that great
blessings are coming; but just what
these are and how they are to come
mankind know not; for "the world by
wisdom knows not God. Il Corinth-
ians 1:21.) The worldly wise have
rejected the Bible, and do not trust it
as a Revelation from God. Thus the
wise are caught in their own craftiness.
Il Corinthians 3:19.) Their boosted
wisdom ensnares them and blinds them
to the Divine Revelation.
Nevertheless, some of our greatest
thinkers-Mr. Edison and others-are
rapidly seeing thot the world is just on
the verge of the most wonderful inven-
tons and knowledge, which will trans
form the face of the earth and the
people thereof. They are corroborating
the Bible unwittingly; for they believe
it not and know not Of its messages.
THE DAwNING BEGUN IN A. d. 1874.
Let US not stop now to discuss the
darkness of the Night and its weeping.
Let US awake, and take note of the
fact that the dawning of the New Age
is already here. For the past forty
two years we have been in it and enjoy
ing many of its blessings. But those
blessings came so stealthily-'1ike q
thief in the night few recognize
their import. Some few have been
calling attention to the fact that we
have been in the Millennial dawn ever
since 1874.
Bible chronology quite clearly teaches
that the six thousand years since
Adams creation have ended-six great
Days of thousand years each, men
toned by St. Peter-"a Day with the
Lord is as q thousand years." e Peter
3:s.) Now the great Seventh Day,
also thousand years long, has COM
menced. We have been enjoying its
dawning. 1t is to be q grand Day !!
What wonder if the dawning be remark
able!
1t may surprise some to be told that
the past forty-two years mean more
to the world in increase of education,
increase of wealth, increase of all man
ner of labor saving inventions and con-
veniences, increase of safeguards and
projections for human life, than did all
the six thousand years which preceded