FOREST GROVE PRESS, FOREST GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1913.
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and 2nd St.,
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Passing o( trie Year Suggests
Closing ot Present Age.
PROPHECY OF THE FUTURE
Pastor Russell Says the D a w n in g of
the New Year Should Remind Ua of
the Epoch W h ic h God H a i Promised.
Dawning of the N e w E ra Is Manifest
to All, but Understood by F ew — T h e
Lord Is Ju d g in g His People and Is
Ab out to Reward the Faithful.
C h rist • • • should »nine unto th e m .” th e annihilation o f unbelieving Jew s,
nor th e ir etern al to rtu re. It re p re se n t
—2 C o rin th ian s 4:4.
Now, properly enough, com es th e ed, parabolically, th e com plete d estru c
query. If S atan Is ru lin g am ongst m an tiou of th e ir Jew ish hopes. T hose hopes
kind us a god, or prince, of th is w orld, huve lain buried for eighteen centuries,
w here did he g et his a u th o rity and and a re only now reviving. In th e form
pow er? Did God tu rn over th e control of Zionism.
T he p arab le of T he W heat and th e
o f m ankind to dem ons?
T h e Bible a n sw e rs ull o u r queries. T ares (M utthew 13:24-30), pictures the
God did not give th e dom inion of e arth L ord’s w ork d u rin g th e Gospel Age.
to S atan , h u t to man. In proportion us Je su s and th e A postles sow ed ouly
m an lost his perfectio n and becam e good seed, th e pure M essage of the
w eak In m ind nnd body, he becam e the M essianic K ingdom w hich a saintly
slav e o f sin an d S atan . S atan a n d the few would a tta in , an d w hich ultim ately
fallen a n g els h av e e x e rcised —especially would bless all th e fnm llles of th e
for th e la st fo rty c e n tu rie s—all th eir eurth. B ut S atan, th rough his various
pow er and in g en u ity for th e eusuare- agencies (m any of w hom w ore th e liv
n ient an d d e g rad atio n o f m an. T heir ery of C hrist) oversow ed th e w heat-
lntiuence w ould have been all-pow erful field w ith ta re seed—false doctrines,
for m a n 's o v erth ro w , had not th e Al “doctrines of dem ons.”
F rom th is unau th o rized sow ing of
m ighty provided h u m an ity w ith will
pow er an d to a larg e e x te n t forced the th e A dversary—as a resu lt of th ese
false doctrines w hich he caused to he
evil s p irits to resp ect It.
As a re su lt we see th a t h um an d e prom ulgated in C hristendom —m any
p ra v ity h as m ade m uch less rapid nom inally cam e into th e C hurch of
p ro g ress th u n it m ig h t have doue. C hrist. T hese never really professed
Man still possesses to som e ex ten t to he w heat, never had th e begetting
tru ces of th e im age o f God in w hich of the H oly Spirit, n ever w ere d isci
he w as created . M any still pos ples in th e only sense th a t C h rist ac
sess a n a tu ra l a p p reciatio n o f tr u th know ledges any to he H is follow ers.
an d rig h teo u sn ess, an d considerable . As ta re s resem ble w heat, so th ese de
will pow er, w hich u n d er G od’s a r ceived people, the progeny of false doc
ra n g em en t th e fallen ungels a re not trin es, think them selves C h ristian s
ab le to overcom e. If m aukind realized an d g reatly o u tn u m b er th e tru e C h ris
the tru e situ atio n , u n doubtedly th e tian s, Ju st as th e chaff o f th e Jew ish
hum an will w ould be m ore p e rs iste n t nation outnum bered th e "Isra e lite s in
ly th a n ev e r exercised In opposition to deed." As God th en g ath ered th e
th e w iles o f th e Devil. As It is, th ese w heat, th e "Isra e lite s indeed.” into the
evil sp irits hide th e ir id en tity , and sp iritu al H ouse of Sons by the beget
th ro u g h sp irit m edium s p erso n ate the tin g of th e Holy Spirit, so now H e will
dead, w ho. acco rd in g to th e Bible, ! g a th e r the faith fu l ones of th is Age Into
"know n o t a n y th in g .” being asleep in th e H eavenly g arn er by the resu rrec
d eu tb until th e re su rre c tio n m orning.
tion change. As th e prospects nnd the
hopes of the nom inal Israelites, or
“ I Make All T h i n g » New .”
T h e R edeem er of m en, by th e Fa- , chaff class, w ere consum ed in th e
tiler's n p isiin tm en t. is to be th e g re a t g re a t tim e of trouble w hich closed th a t
K ing o f G lory, w ho w ill reign fo r a Age, so th e hopes a n d prospects of the
th o u san d y ears, mid “ m ake all th in g s ta re class will perish in th e g re a t fire,
new .” R epeatedly H e tells us th a t the or tim e o f trouble, w ith w hich this
first w ork of th e New D ispensation G ospel Age w ill close.
T he change n ear a t hand will be
will he th e binding o f S atan . N ot only
m uch g reater than th a t of eighteen cen
Is tills re fe rre d to ill R evelation 20:2.
tu ries ago. T here Je su s m erely sen t
hut also in o u r L o rd 's parables.
Louisville, Ky.,
' " — P a sto r
Russel! delivered
tw o ad d resses hero
today. We rep o rt
oue of th em from
th e te x t: “ l i e th a t
sat a p o u t h e
T hrone said. B e
hold, I m ake all
th in g s New. * * *
Feed Mill will run every
W rite, fo r th ese
day in the week.
w ords a re tru e .” —
R evelation 21:5.
Wholesale and Retail
P a sto r
R ussell
rem inded his h earers th a t his te x t is a
Bran,Shorts, Rolled Oats, Ground prophecy by th e R edeem er, w ho lu
Oats, Ground Wheat, Cracked th ese w ords d ecla res th e w ork o f H is
Wheat, Cracked Corn, Whole M essianic K ingdom . S im ilarities a re
Wheat and Corn, Middlings and found ou every h an d betw een th e close
of th e y e a r and th e close o f th e Age.
several kinds of Hard Wheat T he sow ing an d reap in g of th e y ear,
Flour, Sack Twine and Sacks, w ith th e ir associated hopes an d fears,
and lubors w ith sw e a t of face, have
Hay and Vetch Seed.
been accom plished. T he h a rv e sts have
been g a th e re d ; and on well o rdered
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fa rm s th e brush a n d bram bles, th o rn s
Je s u s d eclared th a t when th e tim e
and th istles, have been destro y ed by should com e H is Second A dvent w ould
g ebeuna fires. In general, It is a tim e ' tak e place. He likened it to th e com being com pleted. Is to be glorified; and
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Forest Grove, Ore
M essiah's Kingdom is to com pletely
of p rep aratio n for a fresh sta rt.
ing of a th ie f In th e night, w hen men
In th e business w orld the closing of In g e n eral would he off g uard, n o t e x overthrow the kingdom of Satan. T he
Scriptures, in illu stra tin g th e radical
the y e a r is the tim e for ta k in g stock p e cta n t o f a ch an g e in th e ru lersh ip of
change to tak e place in the n e a r future,
and for ta k in g acco u n t of th e proiits earth .
H e in tim a te s th a t H is loyal
re fe r to th e Deluge, w hich com pletely
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an d losses o f th e year. In o th e r w ords. sa in ts w ill first he ta k e n , w hile m a n
overthrew the system s of w ickedness
kind will he in ig n o ran ce o f th e fa c t
It Is a tim e o f Judgm ent, or decision.
an d unrighteousness then prevailing.
It is a tim e for d ropping th e u n sa tis th a t th e tim e lias com e fo r th e R eign
T he A postle P eter tells us th a t in the
facto ry and for p u ttin g th e business of R ighteousness. N ex t the Son of
en d of this Age, the overthrow of p re s
on a proper footing fo r th e n ex t year. Man will "hind th e stro n g m an, and
e n t Institutions will be as com plete as
It is a tim e fo r issu in g dividends, or 1 then H e will spoil his house”—o v er
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St. P eter declares th a t the present
T his p ictu re Im plies a stru g g le, fo r
in v estm en ts. It is a tim e for th e m eet
earth ly elem ents of C apital an d Labor,
1st Ave. N., near Main St.
ing of d irecto rs a n d for th e electing j the stro n g m an —S a ta n —h a s a g re a t
aristocracy and comm on people, plutoc
of officers and se rv a n ts fo r th e new i host serv in g him, ig n o ra n t of th e fact
racy and socialists, will he in a terrible
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the very best of all
a ffairs a re being w ound up. T h e Lord his law s a re u n ju st.
ized only by a consum ing fire. T hus
kind of shoe work.
Many o f them h av e n ever under-
Is J idging Iiis people and is a b o u t to
the present evil world Is represented us
re w a rd th e fa ith fu l in glory. And th e j stood th a t H e who redeem ed th e w orld j
being consum ed by the strife of its ele
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w orld’s condition m ust be se t in o rd er I by th e sacrifice o f H im self, holds a
m ents.—2 P e te r 3:t0-13.
for (lie new a rra n g e m e n t o f th in g s | D ivine a p p o in tm en t to be K ing of
More th a n this, St. P eter declares
Special attention given
E arth , to ov erth ro w th e rebellion and
about to lie in au g u rated .
th a t th e heavens also w ill tak e fire—
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“ Ho T h a t Sat Upon tho T h ro n o ."
all th e w illing and obedient. M any do eccleslnstielsm will become involved
E a rth is th e one province of creation I not know th a t th is M essianic K ingdom in th e strife and will p ass aw ay w ith a
w hich Is in rebellion a g a in st th e C rea will he G od's fulfilm ent of th e R edeem g re a t com m otion. B ut let us rem em ber
tor and a t varian ce w ith H is law s. e r's p ra y e r, "T hy K ingdom come! T hy th a t it Is n eith er th e physical earth
Man, the king o f e a rth , w as c reated In will he done on e a rth , even ns it is nor th e H eaven of G od's habitation
th a t w ill b u rn up. It w ill be merely
th e im age of God. w ith th e D ivine L aw
done In H eav en .” M any th erefo re do
w ritte n in his h eart, a n d only “a little not know th a t nil th in g s a re to be
low er th an th e angels." But th is e a r th
m ade new , an d th a t th e tim e ap p o in t
Civil Engineering
P rince of th is w orld a re styled, "th e
ly king, Adam , rebelled a g a iu s t his
ed by th e F a th e r for th is g re a t w ork is
p re se n t evil w orld,” o r Im perfect a r
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and Surveying
a period of n th o u sa n d years, now
rangem ent.
law s and b rought him self u n d er a se n chronologically d u e to begin.
As S t P e te r points out, th e present
tence of d eutb, "D ying, thou sh n lt d ie.”
Not k n ow ing th e se tilings, m any will
T h e law s of heredity hove so op be found lighting a g a in s t God, th in k order w ill he superseded by a new
A. A. KIRKWOOD,
e rated th a t today th e children of ing th a t In su p p o rtin g th e in stitu tio n s order. St. P e te r calls th a t new order
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Adam Dud th e av erag e of life only o f th e P rin c e of tilts w orld th ey are "new heavens and a new e arth , w here
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th irty live y ears, and h u t few ind iv id doing God a service. T h e R edeem er In in d w elleth righteousness.” T he uew
uals p ass th e cen tu ry m ark. B ut Adam tim ated m ost d istin c tly th a t som e of heavens w ill be th e C hurch in glory. In
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In Ills perfection, less favorably c ircu m th ese Ig n o ran t ones w ill he prom inent. K ingdom pow er. T he new e arth will
stanced, w as nine hundred an d th irty In th e m in istry in H is ow n C hurch. he Hie new social a rra n g e m e n ts in sti «
tu ted , guided, d irected by th e new
y e a rs in dying. T h e dying experiences
T hey will lie su rp rised th a t w hen the
h eav en s—M essiah’s Kingdom .
of th e race a re m an ifested In m ental
honors of th e K ingdom a re d istrib u ted
T he N ew K ingdom w ill enforce its !
and inoral d eg rad atio n , ns well ns In
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L. L. Hollinger physical W ith all our know ledge and
law s ns w ith a rod of iro n —infiexi- j
hum iliation nnd trib u la tio n ns u n fa ith
lily. No longer w ill It be tru e th a t
m edical skill th e race co n tin u es to
ful se rv a n ts. The M aster's w ords re
w hosoever w ill live godly will suffer
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specting th e se are, “ M any will say to
persecution, a n d have nil m an n er of
increase.
Me in th a t Day, I.ord, Lord, have we
Once. Bible stu d e n ts would linve s t a t not prophesied [ p reached 1 in T hy evil said a g a in s t him falsely, as a re-
Tinning and Plumbing, Sheet ed th a t God Is upon th e th ro n e and d e nam e? and In T hy n am e have c a st out w urd fo r fa ith fu ln e ss to C h rist and
lights In th e p resen t order, w hich the d evils? an d In T hy uam e doue m any th e T ru th . On th e co n trary , in the
Metal Work and Re
D ay o f M essiah's K ingdom , th e rig h t
Bible d eclares to he a reign of sin and w onderful w o rk s?”
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eous shall flourish, mid all w ilful evil
dentil
Once Bible stu d e n ts would
B ut th e new K ing w ill say to these,
doers shall be c u t off in th e Second
lim e d eclared th a t, not satisfied w ith
"D e p a rt from M e"—com e not n ear to
D e a th .—P salm 72:7; 37:0.
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w orking righteousness, you have been a tte n tio n to th is new condition, say
m unity ex cep t th e F leet C hurch shall
w orkers o f Iniquity. In ste a d o f se rv
Ing, "B ehold, I c reate uew heavens
be tu rn e d over fully to th e control of
ing Me ns a m b assad o rs for My K ing
demons. T hese by D ivine foreordlnn dom nnd properly rep re se n tin g Me be an d a n ew e a rth ; and th e form er
sh all not tie rem em bered, nor come into
tion will lie em pow ered to e v erlastin g
fore men. you linve done th e reverse.
ly to rtu re th e poor u n fo rtu n a te s of You linve upheld un rig h teousness, pro- m in d .” (Isaiah 05:17.) O ur con tex t
A dam 's fam ily beyond th e pow er of m ulgnted d o ctrin es o f dem ons, nnd tells us o f th is sam e “new h eavens an d
new e a rth " condition ns ta k in g th e
h um an to n g u e to t»*lf
have been My ad v ersa ries, not My
T hese sam e Bible stu d e n ts would serv an ts. D epart w ith w eeping, w ail place of th e p resen t o rd er of things.
All kinds of survey
have resen ted th e suggestions th a t God ing, g n ash in g of teeth , e x p ressiv e of It th e n d escribes th e C hurch under th e
sym bolism of th e "N ew Jeru salem ,"
Is m il reigning o v er th e e a rth - th a t In
ing and maping.
your d isap p o in tm en t, to lie sh arers
stead . th e w orld Is u n d er th e d o m in a w ith th e w orld In Its g re a t tim e of th e ca p ita l of M essiah's K ingdom , and
Subdivisions a spec
tion of S atan , th e " I ’rlnee of th is trouble, from which My fa ith fu l Bride c e n te r from w hich a u th o rity will go
fo rth fo r m an k in d 's assistan ce o u t of
ialty.
w orld" (Age).—Jo h n 1-4:30
class will be delivered.
th e fallen conditions o f sin nnd death.
B ut w ith facilities for Bible study
W h ate v er refo rm atio n your sh a re in
W e also read th a t through those
H. B GLAISYER,
fa r su p erio r to a n y th in g en jo y ed by th a t trib u la tio n shall effect will d e te r
blessed provisions, "G od shall wl|>e
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th at C h ristian people have overlooked you In th e fu tu re, in harm ony w ith the aw ay all te a rs from th e ir eyes, and
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th ere shall be no m ore d eath , n eith
many fe a tu re s of th e Divine record. As D ivine a rran g em en ts.
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Forest Grove, Ore.
the eyes o f th eir u n d e rsta n d in g g ra d recognize you as In any sense w orthy of e r sorrow , n o r cry in g ; n eith er shall
ually open m ore w idely, they a re see th e glory, honor ntul Im m ortality w hich th e re be a n y m ore pain; for th e
ing len g th s an d b re a d th s an d heights shall he accorded to th e Bride class.— fo rm er th in g s [th e p reseu t evil world |
and d ep th s o f G od's W isdom, Love, P a ra p h ra se on M atthew 7:22. 23; 13:40- a re p assed aw a y .” T he w ork of re
Ju stic e and P ow er, o f w hich they n e v 43; 23:13; 25:30: Luke 13:25 28; 12:45 48. n ew ing w ill re q u ire Uie th ousand y ears
o f M essiah's K ingdom nnd will In? suc
er dream ed liefore
D estruction o f Old Thing».
cessfu l to th e highest degree.
We are (lading th a t o ur horrible
Looking a t th e ch an g e from the J e w
L et all w hose eyes of u n d erstan d in g
teachings of th e past, w hich have so
generally caused a sp iritu al nausea, ish Age to th e Gospel Age, we perceive have been opened to see these things
Embalming and
cam e not from th e Bible, hut w ere th a t d u rin g a iierlod o f forty y ears God rejoice, nnd tell ab ro ad th e glorious
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"doctrines o f dem ons.'' p rom ulgated dealt w ith fleshly Isra e l- from the tim e sto ry th a t the period o f th e reign of
durin g th e D ark Ages. "Now th e S p ir when J e s u s' m inistry began until Je sin nnd death Is expiring, and th a t
it speaketli ex p ressly , th a t In th e la tte r rusalem w as destro y ed by th e arm y of th e new period of th e Reign of Right
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tim es some shall d e p a rt from th e faith , T itu s T h a t fo rty -y ear period the M as eousness Is n ear a t hand, bringing life
giving heed to seducing sp irits, and te r styled "th e H a rv e st" of th a t Age. e v e rla stin g to every one Hint will t>e
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The g a th e rin g o f th e w heat progressed obedient.
W ith th is th o u g h t before
doctrines of devils ’— 1 T im othy 4 : 1 .
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" T h s God of T h i s W orld ."
sep ara tin g o f the chaff m eanw hile pro and th e b irth of th e y e a r 1913. will
St P au l tells us th a t th e p resen t gressing.
bring us Joyful suggestions, helpful In
blindness and Ignorance, w hich h in d er
F in ally , w h -■» th e w h eat had been all th e exp erien ces of life—especially
m ankind from seeing and a p p reciatin g g ath ered Into the g a rn e r of the New to th o se w ho have become th e follow
G od's real c h a ra c te r and Plan, a re d e D ispensation, by th e begetting of the e rs o f Jesu s. T hose w ho are seeking
ceptions by S atan. He says. "T he god Holy S p irit, th e ch aff w as consum ed to w alk In H is steps, w illing to suffer
of th is w orld I Age I b ath blinded th e In a tim e o f trouble w hich u tterly de w ith H im fo r the T ru th 's sake, shall
m inds of them w hich lielieve not. lest stroyed th e Jew ish polity. The de In d ue tim e he glorified w ith H im . as
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