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Show A GREAT FEAST; jil A FAMISHED WORLD j Mankind Starved For Message of Divine Love and Mercy, Reign of 8in and Doth Ntjiring Con- , elusion Kingdom of QJ'8son to Ba Established I ntrrodliced by 'a rTimo ' ' of Trouble Overruled ta Constitute ' a Channel' 9f Blessing f-amishod Hearts CryingFor Love and 8ym- j pathy They Shall Ba Satisfiaj A I Feast of Fat Things to Be Spread. : "Sorrow and Sighing Shall Flee," J v SSSai March1 r-Fzstor HpTOH Russell's topic to- HSB day was an Intor- MaTaWsifeTl cstlng one from HRml the text, "In -this DMI Mountain shall IPjjP!-B tbo Lon of Hosts 8 gal by explaining A lKA5I0g.gllSSFIL)j that throughout i J tho Scriptures a mountain Is -used as symbolic of a'king-dom; a'king-dom; and a bill, of a lesser government The Mountain, or Kingdom, of God-is to bo established "in the top of the moun- ' J tains." His text, he declared, refers to this Kingdom, for which we still 'prop- erly pray, "Thy Kingdom come; Thy j , will be done on earth, as it is in heaven." heav-en." The Church of Christ, in process j of selection since Pentecost, is some-times some-times styled the Kingdom, because Its . i members, when glorified, will constl- , . j tnte the Kingdom class. , i The Pastor then showed that at His ' I Second Advent our Lord will take His ! great power and reign as King of ! kings and Lord of lords. He demon- ! , etrated that the signs of the times Indicate Indi-cate that the letting up of tho Kingdom j is very near. This good news should ! , cause world-wide rejoicing. Very soon, he declared, the earth will be filled with the knowledge of God. A Foasl In This Mountain. . V The announcement of the nearness : of Messiah's Kingdom, the Pastor said, : It will be appreciated In proportion as its ' fill character and work arp understood. 8sU Practically all the creeds maintain that ss our Lord's Second Com bag will signify lift tho end of all probation, and will usher ijS in a great burning day for all except IB an elect few. He then demonstrated '10 that this view is unscriptural, and re- UK suits from a literal Interpretation of a ' rtRfi lew highly flguratlveNexfcs. t wjH The Pastor declared that all living I'lU in wilful sin should realize that the till establishment of God's Kingdom will flfl mean a Reign of Righteousness, oppos- IJJ ed to every form of immorality, trick 'KU ery, sham, injustice and iniquity. Bl Those who seek 'to live in harmony K:l with the Divine LawJiave every rea- f'l son to long for the coming of the King- Ifa dom as the most desirable thing imag- 1 Ujl lnable "the desire of all nations." i! MJ Then the Pastor called attention to I fell Scriptures which describe the Time of t! t.-j j Trouble marking' the change from Sa vml tan's kingdom to Messiah's Rule. This j Til j will Include all nations. But this Trou- Mill ble Time will be Divinely overruled jc, to be a channel of blessing, by prepar- J ;y ing the hearts of mankind for the Mes- i if 9 sage of Dlvino Love, centered in mm Christ's redemptive work at Calvary. : m What Say the Scriptures. m j f M Tho Piistor explained numerous1 j Wl Scriptures descriptive of Messiah's IT I Kingdom, dwelling especially upon ,', ll those which liken tho good time com- :in Ing to a great feast These intimate "EH that mankind haVe been starving for 'WM the Message of Divine grace; that countless , millions of our race have died in ignorance and superstition, famished for lack of the Word of God. 'j 1 There are many hungry hearts In the ffl I world, tiie Pastor believes. Many ftf I whose bodies are well nourished have I I famished hearts, crying out for love ! Ifrt and sympathy. GOcJ, wno rcaus me sm hearts, has prepared this feast which I'M will satisfy every righteous desire. j, fl Those fed at the bountiful table spread JS for the Church can approximate the j 'mm feast to be spread before the world in '1mm the neAge. 1 'afl The Pastor then pointed out a. few ; differences betweeu these two feasts: i (1) The Church's feust Is one of 1 IjH promises, which must be partaken In faith, while the world's feast will bi , WM the realities of Restltutlou-mentnl, moral and physical heultb. ijl (2) The Church's fenut is spiritual. 'Immm relating to a Heavenly Kingdom glory mmm and honor, while the world's feast will consist of earthly bounties and bless- ' Ings all that was lost in Adam's fall jH and redeemed at Calvnry. ,H Tho Pastor next discussed his con-text. con-text. The Lord through the Prophet , first describes the feast of blessings. and then portrays the destruction of things injurious to humanity. The veil of ignonllice and superstition hinders mankind from seeing that their Cre-ator Cre-ator is their Friend, that righteousness and truth are to their advantage, aud that God's ways are true and righteous altogether. This veil is to be destroy-ed. destroy-ed. Then the knowledge of God's good-ncss good-ncss will shine into the hearts of all. For six thousand yearg death has swallowed up tho human family. It is conservatively estimated that twen-ty twen-ty thousand millions linVe gone into the tomb. When the Kingdom Is set up death will cease to control the race, tho tomb will be forced to give up its vie-tims, vie-tims, and thus "death will be swallow-ed swallow-ed up in victory." Thereafter -ouo WM ihall dlo exropt for wilful sin. |