The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-23
FULF|LLMENT OF
BIBLE PROPHECY
seen IN EVENTS
Richmond Minister in Fare
web Sermon Shows League
OF Nations Was Prophecied.

The Rev. A. J. Furstenberger, pas.
tor of the Whitewater Friends church.
was to have delivered his last sermon
here Sunday. Rev. Furstenberger IL
leaving for Carthage TO take charge OF
pastorate.
His farewell sermon, based on the
theme, THE Bible Prophecy Of the
Worlds Prophecy" follows:
Centuries ago, when the prophets
were Gods human graphophones, they
told OF a person who would be born in
the midst of lowly surroundings;
break forth with a message that had
for its ideals peace and good will
among men, and that he would finally
die for those ideals. They also told
of the ultimate triumph CT that per-
son and his ideals. To put it in con-
crete form. they said, And the Lord
shall be king over all the earth"
Czech. IA: 81 For He cometh to
judge the earth: with righteousness
He shall judge the world, and the peo-
pie with equity" (Psm. 81: 81 That
nercon, whom the angels called "A
Saviour" and God called My Beloved
Son" set forth by parallels the way in
which His ideals would function on the
earth between the time of His dying
for them and the time of His coming
back TO the earth to officially put those
ideals In universal practice. He called
the functioning process. The King
dem of Heaven. AS to the measure OF
Us success during His absence, He il
illustrates 1t by the growth OF mus
tard seed into great tree. He set
forth the unay oidable mixture of good
and evil This He demonstrates by
the parabolic teaching of the parable
of the tares. 1t is to get rid OF these
tares in the midst of His Kingdom
here on tn, earth that He is coming
again. He himself said that, "The
Son of Man shall send forth His an
gels, and they shall gather out of His
kingdom all things that cause stumb-
ling, and them that do iniquity."
Matt. 10: 11.)
Furthermore, the prophets told now
that one after another of the world
empires would pass away, and how
this person would become as great
mountain and fill all the earth with
His authority and power. dan. 2: "a
$50 That OF NebuchadneZzar would
give way to that Of Cyrus, that OF
Cyrus to that Of Alexander the Great,
that Of Alexander the Great to that OF
the Ceasors. that of the Caesars would
give way to q time when their would
be no worldwide empire. Then, all
at once, as If by magic, federation OF
nations springs up. This federation is
to be composed of ten dominant world
powers who finally of their free choice
choose Il great individual as their
head 1t is this head that Is timed to
continued q little while'--"one hour
so to speak as in comparison with
the duration of the other Kingdoms.
And strange to say, this League OF
Nations" IS for the purpose OF main
tanning peace. OF its great leader 1t
is asked, who can make war with
him." (Rev. Is: A. We are told that
these ten Kingdoms have one mind"
and that God will put in their hearts
to do His mind, and to come to enc
mind" tRev. II: 10, I'D They are
not coerced They unite on common
cause, /. g. Peace. Can anyone doubt
the meaning of the hour in which we
live?
Like Fighting Stars.
The statesman that would fight
against the formation OF League
OF Nations" is simply like Sisera OF
old, lighting against the stars in their
courses" The exigencies OF the hour
demand such a league as police force
to save the world from anarchy, es-
pecially Europe, where on the ac-
count of centuries Of traditions. the
peace plenipotentiaries will be COM
PEELED to put new wine in old bottles
No one fears the hand of anarchy In
European affairs more than does our
noble president--the man who above
all others has had to do with the small
nations Of Europe reaching out to re-
alize their national aspirations. There
is one thing that is worse than mill
tary autocracy-anarchy. And it is
hard to say which is the hardest task.
to save the world from autocracy or
anarchy. Sane leadership knows OF
but remedy to save the. world from
the latter, and that is "A League OF
Nations" II is the old question again
forced to the front, as the pen more