MEDFOKD MAIL TKD3TOnS, MEDKV1W. UHWIOy, MONDAY. APRTL 11, 1910.
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Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pailor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
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Hrooklyn, N. Y., April n.-1'nntor 0.
T, ItttHHuIl of Itrooklyn 'fntiurnnclo
prrnchml nth twice tvdny to Hjilciidld
autfltuici. On it of liU Ulitcuuraoii won
to tilled, "Tlii Overthrow of Bnutn'M
Knuilro." Tlu other, wlilch wo mwrt.
wu on tlio nocoMilty for ttio Mlllon
nlum from tho tuxt aboTO quotixl.
I'uxtor Itunnoll mild: ,
IteMpoctliiK two matters thore can
bo no (juenllon:
(1) Tlmt tlio early Church thorouRli
ly believed In n Millennial Kingdom,
hoped for It, prayed for lt-"Thy
IChiKdoin coino; thy will ho dono on
en rth it It I dono In heaven."
(2) It U eunllr certain that today
tho doctrlno of the Mlllwinluin U tn
IkkhmI na "out of dnto" ont of har
mony with tho vlowa of tho Higher
Critics and ICvoluilonlnts, who arc
filling prnctlcnlly nil the chair In our
collrgca and tho majority of tho pul
pits of Christendom.
What linn led to this radical change
on the part of tho rcllgluun wine men
of all denoinlnntlnim? Have tho tak
en a step In advance or nro they do
pnrtlnc from tho pit th-from tho teach
tnp of tho ItiHplrvd Word of Clod 7
That they Imvo left the Word of (Jod.
that they make light of It, that they
profeiui far more whulotn and ability
thnn the writers of the lllhlo and a
higher liitollcctiml Innplrntion than
they, la ludlsputalilo. Tho tiuraUon
for ui Ik, Will ChrUtlnnn In coiialder
able nuinbera follow thcHo lender
nwny from 0m1, away from nil Divine
rovelatlon? Will wo put our trout In
lltomry prlncen who clnlui tho right
to limtnict tho world, not by Divine
appointment or authority, but by vir
tue of their Inrgo amount of elf
Mtiem7
The preoent day concept of tho
Church of ClirtM U that Cml planted
It nmoiiKMt men iin leu ven In n batch
of dotiKh with tho Intent Ihut Itahould
propagate ItM'lf until the entire iiiuhh
would bo IciiveiiiHl. Hut tho Illblo
spotttollc concept of tho Church' men
ago In the very reverse of thin Hint
It In ptnnted In the world, not with n
view to converting the world, but on
tho contrary to keep luelf nepnrnte
from the world and to draw to Itself
MAn many an tho l,ord your GhI ahull
call" of the pure lu heart to ancrlllco
earthly Interoxta for Divine interests,
unto death, and later, by tho tlnt
ItcNtirrectlon, to enter Into tho heaven
ly glory of the Itrdecmor na hla
"Hrhle." IiIn "Wife." UU "700-?-"
in the Kingdom glory und the Kingdom
work. And the work of that Kingdom
in nut forth to 1k the "lilcwdng of nil
tho ftunllloN of tho earth."
Tho two vlowa nro o radically oppo
lte that none ahould confUNe them In
their inliidM. If ono la right, tho other
la wrotiK. If one la Bcrlplunil, the
other la unacrlptural. In tho above
Item Dr. llrowii ndtnlta that tho Scrip
turnl view entertnlnel by the early
Church contemplated the Church In
suffering nud lu n temporary or tnber
uncle condition lu tho present llfonnd
. proinUed n hnre with CliriHt In tun
reign lu power nud treat trlory, na
0(h1'h Kingdom during. ttu Millennium.
Tho anfo, the proper, the right courjto
la to go back and tiiko up itfreMh'tho
doctrine of the Mlllennluni-thu doc
trine that the faithful of tho Church
now being tried nud tented will constl
tuto tho glorloiw KltiKdom of Ood's
denr Hon after thulr Change from
earthly to xplrlt conditions In the
Tlrnt Resurrection" (1 Corinthian
xv. 42-4-H,
Tho Laymon'o Movortiont.
Ood hloHH (ho Christian Endeavor
nnd Kpwortli I .en pi o and Ktudunta'
MhiHlomiry l.enguo nnd tho I.nynien'H
Movouiont. nil Inient on "Storming the
world for J ohm." Wo henr them wit-
new tlint they imvo n zoni ror uwi
which we greatly ndmlro nnd would
oncourngo. Hut their real la "not ac
cording to knowledge." and la there
fore considerably mUdlrocted. To uny
ono of loKlcnl mind, who will renoon
from atnttatlcu, tho thought of convert
tug tho world by Ringing n fow rtiua
tiiff hymns or holding n fow unthusl-
natlc meetings for the collection of
monoyl monoyll moreylll would bo
childish. Wo do uot deaplae childish
ncBH. Wo Imvo all had our share. Hut
we' all uhould any with tho Apoatlo,
"When I wns-n child, I apnlco as n
child and understood ns n child; but
when I became n mnn I put away
childish thltiRS" (I Corinthians xlll, 11),
"ChrlHttan people Imvo boon fooling
thoinsolveii long onoughl" Yen, It la
as absolutely Irrational to think of
couvortliig the world, iih It la uuscrip
turn I to bolluvo tlmt Ood over gnvo ua
that Imposalblo commluslou. Tho Unit
ed States census roporta ahow that
thoro nro twlco na many hen t licit to
day as there woro n century ngo, The
word henthoti entries to ninny n very
wrong Impression, Mnny noblo-honrt-cd
ClirlHtlaus Imvo gnuo na mission
nrles to tho honthou wholly uupro
pared for what thoy met li-tolllifunt
ronsnntng nblllty, otc. Thoy found that
tho heathen woro full of quetlono,
logical questions, too, which thoy um
Christians hud novor thought of, and
whlcli thoy woro wholly unpreparod to
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TME NECESSITY IrOR
Ti-iE MILLENNIUM.
"llinti ol ttliciliinu ilull coma Ifom tlio
prewnc o( tlio IjokIi iiJ )) ttull K-tid
Jciui drill, whlcli l-rforn w( Krcli-l unlo
you whom li-ivcin muil iftain until I In
tiiiwi ol reililution ol ill tlilns. wliicli Gad
hatli ipoktn by mould ol til liii holy
proplitli line tho woild begin.'' Aet iii,
19-21.
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nnnwor. Comparatively fow of tho
mlHalotiarloa uro ablo to hold their own
lu nrgutneiit with intulllgvut puoplo In
India, Chlnu, and Jnpnn, Thuro la no
dnugor of their converting thouo peo
ple. Thoro l more danger of their
losing their own rnlth In tho Itltile,
becnuso of thulr misapprehension of
Home of It tonchlnga- respecting the
(illusion of tho Church, tho hopv of the
Church nud tho hope of the world!
.MUslouarles nre thus handicapped!
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, our shores to tell the henthon that
iiitTii iiiiutuiiiuin nut,- (,uiu- lu viciiiiii
torment nnd that they are going there,
too, unless they accept Christ, it lit
n rude awakening to hn asked
where hell Is? nud why Rod should
have condemned them and their fore
fathor to auch a horrible eternity
and how this could be true and yet ho
be n Ood of pity, compassion, hovo?
Tho heathen ask, Why the different
denominations-the different theories
of the teruw of salvation by Wutcr,
by (election, by Free Grace, by Joining
tho Church, etc. Tho missionary, whol
ly nimble to answer the adult native,
gathers children nbout hlrn. starts a
school nnd does nil he la able perhaps,
to Justify his presence in n foreign
laud helping the sick and doing tnnny
other nets of kindness which uru very
commendablo, whether from a religious
or humnnllnrlnn standpoint.
Prised th Qoipol to All Nations.
Our lord's lust ruction wns that his
people, should preach the Clou pel In nil
tho world for n tclrnr not to convert
nil the world, but for n "itifnr" to ull
tho world. The mission of the Gospel
Is to select the Kingdom class, a "little
flock." The llrst opimrtuutty to In
come members of this Itoyul 1'rlest
hood wns offered to the Jowa nnd, lift
er the gntherlug of n remnant from
(hem, nnd after their national rejec
tion, the message was to go to the
whole world Irrespective of national
lines, boundaries or Inngtinge-nuy
body, everybody having the "henrlng
ear." wns In be Instructed respecting
Christ and the opiwtunlty of becom
Ing tits disciples by n full coiiHecrnllon
of mind nud body, time nud talent,
even unto ilenth, These were to be
promised the reward of u share In the
I'lrst ItcHiirrecilon. to be Inember of
the Itoynl I'rlestluKKl which, during
the Millennial Kingdom of Messiah,
will bless nil the remaining families
it mankind all tho tion-cU-ct.
We nro not complaining about the
failure to convert tho heathen! We
nro uot faulting the missionaries! We
nre taking the Illblo stand tlmt nil of
God's purposea are being accomplish
d. that God's Word Is accomplishing
"tlmt whereto It wns sent" (Isnlnh Iv
111; that It wns uot sent to convert
the world, but to gather nu "elect"
sn tuple or' "llrst-frults" from nil tin
tlmiN (Itevelntlon xlv, 4. It eMUilng
luiliiences continue In heathendom, as
well its lu Christendom. Hut let nil
Christians, missionaries nnd others,
know assuredly tlmt their labor Is not
lu vnln If thoy nro seeking for the
Lord's Jewels to the best of (heir nbll
lt,v nm In touch continually with
laborers In India nnd Africa nud well
know that the pure Gospel or Christ
Is not greatly affecting their teeming
millions. Hut the Gospel of tho King
doin Is seeking out, blessing, snuctl
fylug, tmpplfylng, encouraging some,
hl-re nud there; some, who Imvo ears
of fnlth to hear, eyes of faith to nee,
nud obedient hearts to obey the "call"
to suffer with Christ nnd by and by
to reign with him for tho effectual
blessing of all the families of the
earth, by uplifting the willing out
of their present conditions of sin nnd
degradation nud death.
Tho Millennium a Necotilty.
Wo hnvo shown the vnluo nnd nec
essity for the doctrine of the Milieu
nlum that all Christians who would
hold' fast to their niblea ns n fnlth
anchor nnd who would mnko progress
lu their study of tho Wort! nnd be
co-lnborcra with God in tho gathering
of "tho elect" need to boo that the
elect only pro now called to bo heirs
of tlio Kingdom for which wo pray,
"Thy Kingdom como." Thoy need to
sco that tlmt Kingdom is God's provi
sion for tho future blessing of tho non-
fleet. Thoy need to seo that the Bible
doea not tench, nn many of them sup
pose, that tho uuluta nro called of God
to sit In the honvonly balcony mid
look ovor at the non-oloct In otornnl
anguish, nud hear their cries.
Next lot us noto that tho Millennium
Itself Is an absolute nocesslty for the
world, according to the statistics or
tho w&Vldly-wlHo. Mnny collogo pro
fotiflors nnd 1). D.'h nro inclined to
spouk glibly of tho Second Cotulug of
Christ being far lu tho future "tlfty
thousand years yet," say sumo, Hut
ovldently these learned gentlemen Imvo
uot used thulr educational ndvnutngcs
In connection with such statements
Any school boy can ilguro up what the
population of the earth would bo ono
thousnud yravH from now, tnklng the
present population as pep the consus
at sixteen hundred millions nud the
ratio of InereiiHo iih hIiowii by tho ecu
bus iopor(H at H per cent In ton yoaix.
Tho total would show a,37o,!l'J5,000,00(
population for tho year 2000 A. D,
uioro than 2,000 for wieh person now
living.
What would humanity do if the
carlh wcro crowdod to that exIeiitV
Whcro would tho iiecwsnry food, fuel
and clothing bo found V Computing all
the tillable portion of the earth at
twctity-llvo million sipinro miles or six
teen billion acres would give but nun
aero for the support of two hundred
and ton people, or less than llvo sipiaro
yards each, At tho close of a second
stub period. IHKJO A. A, at the same
nite, thoro would Iw ten persons for
each sijuuro foot of standing-room, lu
other words thoy would stand llftcen
deep on each other's bends. What
slmll wo think of tho wtidom that tolls
us that tho Millennium Is flftg thou
sand yearn off? Tho nnnwor Is found
in Isaiah's prophecy (xxlx, 14),
Aro wo naked how tho Millennium If
at onco introduced would avert the dif
ficulties of tho first statement, two
hundred nnd ten people for each
ncro of tho hnbltnblo earth? We re
ply that tho Bcrlpturofl clearly Inti
mate that tlio rapid Increase of our
race is associated with man's fallen
condition; ns our Creator declared to
mother 13vo after her disobedience "I
will greatly multiply thy sorrows nnd
thy conception" (Genesis til, 10).
Tho Earth Shall Yield Her Ineraasa.
The Scriptures also Intimate that
with the return of humanity towards
perfection tho average Increase will bo
less, and that eventually tho human,
family will come to tho condition
where there will bo neither marrlngo
nor giving in marriage, and wbero sex
conditions will bo lost In a untform
ttamlard of humanity embodying the
qualities at present displayed in the
two sexes. Further, God'a promlso for
tbo lllllonnlum 1 that under hla bless
ing tho earth will yield her increase
nud tho waste places bo reclaimed,
spring breaking forth lu deserts,
Furthermore, recognizing the Divine
power In connection with the matter
wo can roudlly sec how vast con
tinents can bo raised in the Atlantic
nnd In tho Pacific Ocean. Hut nslde
from theso miracles which properly
etiough could accompany tho Millen
nial Kingdom of Christ, what can the
world who Ignore tho Illblo expect?
In other words what shall they expect
who claim that the present order of
things Is to continue, saying. "All things
continue na they were from tho begin'
nlng of the worldr (II Peter 111, 4.1
Some may -luipilre. What nbout the
resurrection of tho millions who have
died? We reply tlmt the world has
been only gradually working up to Its
present dense population. Tho people
living in tho world for tho past six
thousnnd years, nccordlng to what wp
believe are trustworthy evidences,
would number ultogether nbout twenty
thousand millions, nut more than
twlco that number could bo burled lu
tho Stnto of Texas In ncpnmto graves
nnd more thnn eight times that num
ber could tlnd standing room in Tex
as, ns n school-boy with his pencil
could readily demonstrate.
Out wo need not look a thousnnd
years nhcad. The world will find It
self In great trouble very shortly un-
less the Millennium bo ushered In. Al
ready there la n shortage of timber
What will he tho condition of things
ono hundred yenrs from now? Al
ready our capitalists nro buying up the
conl deposits on speculation, rcnllzltig
that Its rapid consumption is making
It more valuable every yenr. Already
geologists nre calculating tho number
of tons of coal uot yet mined and tell
ing us that with the present nvernge
of Increase in the consumption of conl
the entire Mipply of tho world will bo
exhausted lu less than tiro hundred
tcari. What will bo the price of conl
ns tho vanishing point is u eared? nud '
how will mankind do without It, and ,
without wood for fuel unless the .Mil
lennium come promptly with Its mlrnc j
u Ions provisions? tho tnklng of fuel
from our ntmosphero, nnd from wnter.
by methods which will, no doubt, be
simple, when mankind come to under
stand them fully, but which at present
nro so expensive ns to be of llttlo serv
ice. Other sclentltlc men Imvo been study
lug the Increase of Insanity and tellug4
us that progress in this direction Is
terrific. Some Imvo estimated that lu
less than two hundred years tho en
tire world, nt the present rate, will bo
lnsano. How opportune It would be '
for the Millennial Kingdom of the '
great I.lfe-Glver to bo ushered In with
Its uplifting Influences, mental, moral
nud physical!
Lnst but uot least "the combination !
of wisdom nnd selfishness In our day,
known ns Unions nnd Trusts, Is so In
fluential that prices in every commod
ity are rising. Yet tho trusts nre not
rjulto rlpo yet. Their inn lingers have
not fully learned their power. Grad
ually the upper nud tho nether mill
stones will apparently bo drawn closer
togothor, whllo necessity will forco the
masses through the hopper. How
grent wonld those "glnnts" become
within nnothor century or so, if tho
Millennium bo not ushered In In tho J
interim to "lift tho poor nnd needy out
of tho dunghill" using tho scriptural
figure of tho work of the Kingdom!
(Psalm cxlll, 7.)
My friends, lot us stick to tho Hlble
nud Its Millennial theory. So dolnu
wo will bo guided by tho wisdom
from on high ,niul enabled to prn.v
with tho spirit nnd tho understandlm:
nlso, "Thy Kingdom como; thoy will
bo dono on earth as It is dono lu
honvon," ami to labor Intelligently ns
co-workers with God I Lot us pre
pare as pupils lu tho School of Christ
for tho great work wnoretinto God has
called us by tho Gospol Message
"ICvon so,. Como, Lord .lesus: Come
quickly "
Thy Kingdom como, nud thv will
bo dono on earth, ovon us In hnnven "
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