The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-11-25
EVERLASTING LIFE PROMISED.
w. ]. Thorn of Boston Delivers Lee
ture Entitled millions Now
Living Will Never Die"

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A large audience at the Princeton
armory recently listened to an address
by w. j. Thorn on the subject of ever
lasting life. He said: For nineteen
centuries the Christians have been
looking forward to time when life
everlasting would be offered to man
kind. The question with us then is,
have we reached that period in the
worlds history? If so, then without
regard to creed or denomination we
should be .heralding it with gladness
of heart. More than 1000 years ago,
God promised Abraham, saying, "In
thy seed shall all the families of the
earth be blessed" The conclusion that
we have reached that time is based
upon the combined testimony of the "a
inspired prophets Of Jehovah, upon the
testimony Of Jesus of Nazareth, the
greatest Of all teachers, and upon the
testimony of the apostles whom he in
spired. Today while the Jews do not
accept Jesus as the Messiah, yet the
orthodox and devout Jews of the world
have their faces turned toward the
time when they shall find home
in Palestine and the blessings for
which they have been looking for
ward to these many centuries. There
fore our message is not in the inter-
est of any denomination or society,
Jewish or Gentle, but it is Of the most
vital interest to every man and Wo-
man.
For many centuries sickness, sor-
row, suffering and death have af-
f1icted the human race, but there has
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the sorrows of life to create long
ing desire for life everlasting. In
this hour of great distress upon man.
message that will bind up the broken
hearted and comfort those who
mourn. If this is true, then with
gladness we should embrace this mes
sage and be eager to transmit it to
others that they also might rejoice.
We believe the Bible to teach that
we are in the time of the end, that
the old order is perishing from the
earth, that the new order is coming
in, that restitution blessings will
soon be offered to the world, and
then, those who obey the righteous
laws of Jehovah will never die. Rea-
son would lead us to the conclusion
that Jehovah would not create a Won
derful earth like this and permit man
to bring it to high state of cultiva-
ton in many places, and then COM
pletely destroy it. This would be
wholly out of harmony with his char
acter. It would also be out of har-
mony with the pllin teachings of
His word which says: ''The earth
abideth forever; (Eccl. 1:4) for thus
saith the Lord that created the
heavens, God himself that formed
the earth and made it, He hath es-
tablished it, He created it not to be
destroyed. He formed it to be in
habitated, Elsa. 45-18). When the
Bible speaks Of the world ending it
does not mean the literal earth, but
it does refer to an epoch or dispensa-
ton of time during which a certain
social order or arrangement of things
exists. In proof of this the scriptures
declare that there was world which
existed from the time of Eden to the
great deluge Whereby the world
that then was, being oeerfowed with
water, persisted" 2 Pet. 3:6. After the
flood new world began, and the
promise is made by the same scrip
tural writer that it shall end. The
period of this world from the flood
until the coming Of the Messiah's king
dom, and His kingdom will mark the
beginning of new world or new order
of things"
The Bible clearly foretold the be-