Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-15

rAnS0m-&AEflnce and Its resultant
BENEFITS to map-~ This is conceded by
roth Catholics and Protestants. That
which is usually termed the Apostles
Greed, and which all Catholic and
Protestant churches have accepted as
correct. states that the. coming OF the
Lord is for the purpose of judging the
lising and the dead. This: is. in sub
STANCE TIC statement of the apostle.
- Timothy 81
-T;e aii-important question, then.
is. At what time should man expect
these long promised blessings 20 be-
gin. All faithful Jews have looked
forward 10 the fulfillment OF the prom
Use OF blessing of life on earth at
the end OF the world. Christians.
have had the same thought By
world is meant period of time dur
ing which a certain social and po-.
litical order exists II does ont mean
the earth because the earth abideth
forever (Ecelesiastes 1:4 1t was
made for mans habitation isaiah
1919 The first world was from
Adam to the food; and there began
what is known as the second world,
or present evil world which the
Scriptures declare must continue un-
I'll the time fer Messiah's kingdom.
"In the minds of Jesus apostles
was this thought, then, OF the coming
day of blessing: hence just before
his crucifxion they propounded this
question Master, tell us, how may we
know of they presence and of the end
OF the world?' Matthew 24:S) From
then until now Jews have hoped for
that time, and Christians have like
wise hoped and prayed for it. The
answer Of Jesus was clear. His ans
wer was couched in prophetic lam
guage; and with the fulfillment of
the things that he feretold man is
enabled to tell when he reaches the
end of the world.
Students of divine prophecy, mark
ing the manner fulfillments of other
prophecies, for the past half-century
have been looking forward with great
expectation to the time of the Lords
return and the setting up of his king
dom. Bible students frequently call
cd attention in that period of time
to the fact that 1914 would mark the
beginning of a different order of
things in the earth. They based their
conclusions upon this Biblical cal
culation:
God made covenant with the ma
ton of Israel. to the exclusion OF all
other nations. That nation became
disloyal to him; and he withdrew his
favor, taking away the dominion of
the earth and permitting the gentiles
to establish a universal dominion,
which period of gentle dominion he
declared should continue for "a period
OF 1920 years. This great event or
transaction took place in the year COO
B. c.. and necessarily ended with
1914 A. d. The Scriptures declare
that when that time should arrive
the nations would become angry.
(Revelation 11:1S) For this reason
the great disturbance amongst the ma
tions beginning in 1914 was no sur
prise to Bible students. Events that
have transpired since then prove con-
clusively that their calculations made
from the Scriptures are correct:
NOW mark the answer of Jesus to
the question:: How may we know the
end of the world?' He said the be-
ginning of that period would be mark
ed by a world variation raising
against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom, accompanied by famine, pes
thence and revolutions in various
parts of the earth. (Matthew 24:O
Every one witnesses the fact that
these things began to have fulfillment
exactly on time in 1914.
HE said. again. that the Jews
should be trodden down until that
period, and that their return to Pal
ldispensational change. The Jews
have returned to Palestine and are
rebuilding their own land He fur
Their stated that at the time in ques-
ton upon Garth there would he dis
tress of nations. with perplexity:
mems hearts falling them for fear.'
Surely if those words had been writ
ten this year they could not be any
more appropriate, because exactly
what he foretold is now being full
filed throughout the earth.
"The time, therefore, is definitely
located. The evidence is conclusive
of the Lords presence. The World
War marked the legal end of the gem
tile dominion. the end of the old
world; and there it began to pass
away and will sterminate with the
greatest trouble yet. Then will begin
the restoration blessings according to
the promise.
Concerning the law that God gave
to Israel. Jesus declared that every
jot and title thereof must be fulfill
ed. Matthew 5:1S1 One provision