IVIONDAY,' AUGUST 3, 1914.
PLATTSKIOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL,
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Copyright. 1913,
PROLOGUE.
Readers of "Tarzan of the
Apes" there were millions of
them have been awaiting with
S t fwmm n
The Return of Tar- ,
eagerness
zan." They need no introduc
tion to the ape-man, who was
an English lord by ancestry and
an inhabitant of the treetops by
fate until the same fate brought
him out and made him a civilized
men after twenty years of life
among the great apes of Africa.
His adventures, as wonderful and
interesting as any set forth in
words, have been the center of
interest in a story that is unique
in its originality. '
l'low we have "The Return of
Tarzan," as thrilling as its fore
runner. In it arc told the fur
ther adventures of the splendid
ape-man, who at last wins his
way to the side of his true love
after facing countless perils by
land and sea.
Whoever read "Tarzan of tht
Apes" needs no invitation to
peruse this story. Others are
warned that after they read this
sequel to "Tarzan of the Apes"
they won't be satisfied until they
have read that story also,
CHAPTER XXII.
La, the Priestess.
her signal tbe priests rnshed
upon the ape-man and. lifting
him bodily, laid him upon his
back across the altar, his head
lia using over one edge, his legs over
tbe opposite. Then they and tbe priest
esses formed In two lines, with their
little golden cups in readiness to cap
ture a share of tbe victim's life blood
after tbe sacrificial knife bad accom
plished its work.
In the line of priests an altercation
arose as to who should have first place.
A burly brute with all tbe reGned intel
ligence of a gorilla stamped upon his
bestial face was attempting to push a
smaller man to second place, but the
smaller one appealed to the high priest
ess, who in a cold, peremptory voice
tent the larger to tbe extreme end of
the line. Tarzan could hear him growl
ing and grumbling as be went slowly
to the inferior station.
Then the priestess, standing above
him, began reciting what Tarzan took
to be an invocation, the while she
slowly raised her thin, sharp knife
aloft. It seemed ages to the ape-man
before her arm ceased its upward
progress and the knife halted high
above bis unprotected breast.
Then it started downward, slowly at
first, but as the incantation increased
in rapidity, with greater speed. At the
end of the line Tarzan could still hear
Use grumbling of the disgruntled priest.
The man's voice rose louder ami louder.
A priestess near him spoke in sharp
tones of rebuke. The knife was quite
near to Tarzan's breast now, but it
halted for an instant as the high priest
ess raised her eyes to shoot her swift
displeasure at the instigator of this
sacrilegious interruption.
There was a sudden commotion In
the direction of the disputants, and
Tarzan rolled his bead in their direc
tion in time to see the burly brute of
a priest leap uiou the woman opposite
him, dushiug out her brains with a sin
gle blow of his heavy cudgel.
I lis screams of rage were frightful
as he dashed hither and thither, deal
ing terrific blows with Lis giant weap
on or sinking his yellow fangs into tbe
flesh of some luckless victim. And
ouriug it the priestess stood with pois
ed knife above Tarzan. her eyes fixed
in horror upon the maniacal thing that
was dealing out death and destruction
to her votaries. Slowly he crept to
ward her and now he spoke, but this
time there fell upon Tarzan's surprised
cars a language he could understand;
the last one that he would ever have
thought of employing in attempting to
foil verse with human beings the low
guttural barking of the tribe of great
r.uthropoids his own mother tongue.
And the woman answered the man in
tbe same language.
lie was threatening, she attempting
to reason with him, for it was quite
evident that she saw that he was past
ber authority. Tbe brute was quite
close now creeping with clawlike
hands extended toward her around
the end of the altar. As the brute
leaped past Tarzan to clutch his victim
the ape-man gave one superhuman
wrench at the thongs that held him.
Tbe effort sent him rolling from the
altar to the stone floor on' the opposite
side from that on which the priestess
stood, but as he sprang txr his feet the
thongs dropped from his freed arms,
?!yLa thejsanietLms JjeaHzed that
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by W. G. Chiapnuun
he was alone in tbe Inner temple the
high priestess and the mad priest had
disappeared.
And then a muffled scream came
from the cavernous mouth of the dark
bole beyond tbe sacrificial altaf
through wmcn tne priestess naa en
tered tbe temple. Without even a
thought for his own safety or the pos
sibility for escape which this rapid se
ries of fortuitous circumstances had
thrust upon him. Tarzan of the Apes
answered tbe call of the woman In
danger. With a lithe bound be was at
The Mad Sun Worshiper Battled With
the Tenfold Power of the Maniac.
the gaping entrance to the subterra
nean chamber and a moment later
was running down a flight of age old
concrete steps that led he knew not
where.
The faint light that fijtered in from
above showed him a large, low ceiled
vault from which several doorways led
off Into inky darkness, but there was
no need to thread an unknown way. for
there before him lay the objects of hi3
search the mad brute had tbe girl
upon the floor, and gorilla-like fingers
were clutching frantically at her throat
as she struggled to escape the fury of
the awful thing upon her.
As Tarzan's heavy band fell upon his
shoulder the priest dropped bis victim
end turned upon her would be rescuer.
With foam flecked lips and bared fangs
the mad sun worshiper battled with
the tenfold power of the maniac. In
the blood lust of his fury tbe creature
had undergone a sudden reversion to
type, which left him a wild beast, for-
getful of the dagger that projected
from his belt, thinking only of nature's
weapons with which his brute proto
type had battled.
But if he could use his teeth and
hands to advantage he found one even
better versed in the school of savage
warfare to which he had reverted, for
Tarzan of the Apes closed with him.
and they fell to the floor tearing and
rending at one another like two bull
apes, while the primitive priestess
stood flattened against the wall, watch
ing with wide, fear fascinated eyes the
growling, snapping beasts at her feet.
At last she saw the stranger close
one mighty hand upon the throat of
his antagonist and as he forced the
brute-man's head far back rain blow
after blow upon the upturned face. A
moment later he threw tbe still thing
from him. and. arising, shook himself
like a great lion, lie placed a foot
upon the carcass before him and raised
his head to give the victory cry of his
kind, but as his eyes fell upon the
opening above him leading into the
temple of human sacrifice he thought
better of his intended act.
The girl, who bad been half para
lyzed by fear as the two men fought,
had just commenced to give thought to
her probable fate now that, though re
leased from the clutches of a madman,
she bad fallen into the hands of one
whom but a moment before she bad
been upon the point of killing. She
looked about for some means of escape.
The black mouth of tbe diverging cor
ridor was near at band, but as she
turned to dart into it the ape-man's
eyes fell upon her and with, a quick
leap he was at her side and a restrain
ing hand was laid upon her arm.
"Wait!"' said Tarzan of the Apes, in
the language of the tribe of Kercbak.
7 5"he girl looked at him in astonish-
rmcnt .
"Who are you?" she whispered, "who
speaks the language of the tirst man?'
"I am Tarzan of the Apes," he an
swered in tbe vernacular of the anthro-
I "What do you want of me?'' she con
I turned. "For what purpose did you
i save me from Tha?" ;
"I could not see a woman murdered"
it -was a half question that answered
her.
"But what do you Intend to do with
me now?" she continued.
"Nothing." he replied, "but you can
do something with me you can lead
me out of this place to freedom." lie
made the suggestion without the slight
est thought that she would accede. He
felt quite sure that tbe sacrifice would
go on from tbe point where it bad been
Interrupted if tbe high priestess had
her way. though be was equally posi
tive that they would find Tarzan of the
Apes, unbound and with a long dagger
In his hand, a much less tractable vic
tim than Tarzan disarmed and bound.
Tbe girl stood looking at him for a
long moment before she spoke.
"You are a very wonderful man,"
she said. "You are such a man as I
have seen In my day dreams ever since
I was a little girl. You are such a
man as I Imagine tbe forbears of my
people must have been tbe great race
of people who built this mighty city in
tbe heart of a savage world that they
might wrest from the bowels of the
earth the fabulous wealth for which
tbey bad sacrificed their far distant
civilization.
"I cannot understand why you came
to my rescue in the first place, and
now I cannot understand why. having
me within your power, you do not wish
to be revenged upon me for having
sentenced you to death for having al
most put you to death with my own
hand."
"I presume," replied the ape-man.
"that you but followed the teachings of
your religion. I cannot blame you for
that, no matter what I may think of
your creed. But who are you what
people have I fallen among?"
"I am La. high priestess of the Tem
ple of the Sun. in the city of Opar. We
are descendants of a people who came
to this savage world more than 10.
000 years ago in search of gold. Their
cities stretched from a great sea under
the rising sun to a great sea into which
the sun descends at night to cool his
flaming brow. They were very rich
and very powerful, but they lived only
a few months of the year In their mag
nificent palaces here, the rest of the
time they spent in their native land,
far. far to the north.
"Many ships went back and forth be
tween this new world and the old.
During the rainy season there were but
few of tbe inhabitants who remained
here, only those who superintended the
working of the mines by the black
slaves and the merchants who had to
stay to supply their wants and the sol
diers who guarded tbe cities and the
mines.
"It was at one of these times that the
great calamity occurred. When the
time came for the teeming thousands
to return none came. For weeks the
people waited. Then they sent out a
great galley to learn why no one came
from the mother country, but though
they sailed about for many months
they were unable to find any trace of
the mighty land that had for countless
ages borne their ancient civilization
it had sunk into tbe sea.
"From that day dated the downfall
of my people. Disheartened and un
happy, they soon became a prey to the
black hordes of the north and the black
hordes of tbe south. One by one the
cities were deserted or overcome. The
last remnant was finally forced to take
shelter within this mighty mountain
fortress. Slowly we have dwindled in
lower, in civilization, in Intellect, in
numbers, until now we are no more
than a small tribe of savage apes.
"In fact, the apes live with us. and
have for many ages. We call them tbe
first men we speak their language
quite as much as we do our own: only
In the rituals of the temple do we
make any attempt to retain our mother
tongue. In time it will be forgotten,
and we will speak only tbe language of
tbe apes; in time we will no longer
banish those of our people who mate
with apes, and so in time we shall de
scend to tbe very beasts from which
ages ago our progenitors may have
sprung."
"But why are you more human than
the others?" asked tbe man.
"For some reason the women have
not reverted to savagery so rapidly as
the men. It may be because only the
lower typesof men remained here at
the time of the great catastrophe, while
the temples were filled with tbe no
blest daughters of the race. My strain
has remained clearer than the rest be
cause for countless ages my forenioth
ers were high priestesses. The sacred
office descends from mother to daugh
ter. Our husbands are choseu for us
from tbe noblest in the land. The
most perfect man mentally and phys
ically is selected to be the husband of
the high priestess."
"From what I saw of tbe gentlemen
above." said Tarzan. with a grin,
"there should be little trouble in choos
ing from among tbem."
The girl looked at him quizzically for
a moment
"Do not be sacrilegious." she said.
"They are very holy men. They are
priests."
"Then there are others who are bet
ter to look upon?" he asked.
"Tbe others are all more ugly than
the priests." she replied.
Tarzau shuddered at ber fate, for
even in the dim light of the vault be
was impressed by ber beauty.
"But how about myself?" be asked
suddenly. "Are you going to lead me
to liberty?
"You bare teen chosen by tbe flam
ing god as his own," she answered sol
emnly. "Not even I have the power to
save you should tbey find you again.
But I do not Intend that they shall find
you. You risked your life to save
mine. I may do no less for you. It
will be no easy matter, it may require
days, butln the end I think that I can
lead you beyond tbe walls. Come. they
wiii look here Tor ine presently, and If
they find us together we shall both be
lost. .They would kill me did they
think that I had proved false to my
god."
"You must not take the risk, then,"
be said quickly. "I will return to tbe
temple, and if I can fight my way to
freedom there will be no suspicion
thrown upon you."
But she would not have it so and
finally persuaded him to follow her.
saying that they had already remained
in the vault too long to prevent suspi
cion from falling upon her even if they
returned to the temple.
"I will hide you, and then return
alone." she said, "telling them that I
was long unconscious after you killed
Tha, and that I do not know whether
you escaped."
And so 6he led him through winding
corridors of gloom, until finally they
came to a small chamber into which a
little light filtered through a stone grat
ing in the ceiling.
"This is tbe Chamber of tbe Dead.'"
she said. "None will think of search
ing here for you they would not dare.
I will return after it is dark. By that
time I may have found a plan to effect
your escape."
She was gone, and Tarzan of the
Apes was left alone in the Chamber
of the Dead, beneath the long dead
city of Opar.
(To Be Continued.)
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The Bible Declares the World
Needs a Strong Monarchy.
RULE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Earth the One Rebellious Province of
the Divine Empire Not Ready For
) Its Own Control Selfishness and
Discontent About to Bring a World
wide Crash Different Gospels Offer
ed to Mankind The Hope Set Be
fore Us In the Gospel" of Christ.
Not Anarchy Not Socialism Not
the Gospel of Discontent The Desire
of All Peoples Shall Come.
August 2. The
Photo - Drama of
Creation continues
to draw large
crowds wherever
it is presented.
Many have volun
t a r i 1 y expressed
(- JRTi theIr satisfaction
s- at li a v i n ir thoir
faith in the Bible
as the Word of
y-mMMMuaajwat ajaayy iOl restored DJ
(PASTOR gUSSELLl the Drama's rea
sonable explana
tion of Scriptures hitherto misunder
stood by them.
Today Pastor Ilussell's text was,
"And I will shake all nations, and the
desire of all peoples shall come."
Ilappai 2:7.
The Pastor began with the declara
tion that the only proper contentment
is that which is combined Willi godli
ness and which sees from the stand
point of Scripture the Divine Power
able to correct the difficulties which
assail mankind. -Thus instructed, the
godly believer Is able to appropriate
the Divine promises of providential
care, and so can be content with condi
tions which are not satisfactory.
On the other hand, he declared, those
who either do not know of the Power
Divine, or have lost their faith in Di
vine Wisdom, chafe more and more
under present conditions. The more
discontented they become, the greater
is their tendency toward ungodliness,
doubt of the Divine Ixve. Wisdom and
Power, if elf-dependence is a poor sub
stitute; and as disappointments come,
those inclined to combativeness find
anger, malice, hatred, envy and strife
surging through their minds. Then
they become rabid Socialists. rnd are
in a fair way to become eventually
rabid anarchists.
Again, the speaker continued, we
have those who term themselves Chris
tian Socialists. These well-meaning
souls perceive the situation of their
brethren and say, "Yes, the world
should be transformed socially. Its
riches should not flow, as at present.
Into certain favored channels, but
should be scattered everywhere for the
general refreshment and comfort of
mankind as a whole." This class
philosophize on what God surely would,
and surely would not. approve amongst
men, and then declare that all Chris
tians should at once set about to se
cure to the world of mankind a just
division of God's bounties.
The love and zeal of this class for
right principles we should admire and
commend. th. Pastor said. But we
cannot commend their course, their
hopes, their preaching, by which they
seek to obtain the ends desired. Recog
nizing the principles of Divine Justice,
they seek to apply these, forgetful
that they have not the Divine wisdom
necessary to a proper application.
The Scriptural View of the Matter.
Next was shown that this class seem
to forget also that human justice has
been the same for several thousand
years past, and that Divine Wisdom
has not yet seen fit to establish Divine
Justice amongst men. If they think
that this is neglect on the part of the
Almighty which they are wise enough
to rectify, their thought is evidently an
erroneous one. If. on the contrary,
they believe that the time for the es
tablishment of justice has now come,
they should be able to find a Divine
revelation to this effect and point it
out to usone practically authorizing
them to take their stand for Socialism,
and explaining that the due time for
tbe prosperity of justice has uow come,
and telling how tbey shall proceed and
what will be the ontcome.
The Pastor then discussed the world
from the Dible standpoint. According
to the Word of God. the world is not
properly ready for Its own control un
der any form of government. It is a
rebellious province in the Divine Em
pireone in which gin, selfishness and
death constitute the ruling elements.
The Bible declares that what the
world needs is a monarchy a strong,
centralized government, in which the
masses must not be allowed to have a
Toice at all. because in their fallen
condition they do not know what is
for their own highest good.
Furthermore, the Bible tells us that
present institutions, under tbe power
pf-selfishness driving the wealthy-in
one directiou and the masses In' the
opposite dlrtTt!cta. are about to bring
a universal crash anarchy. This and
atheistic Socialism and Christian So
cialism, aud in a birger sense genera!
selfishness and discontent, tae urging
on the two sreat combatants, oth of
whom will fall in th stinggip. never
to rise again. However, according to
iV JPf
Scripture, the. will be succeeded 'by
the Kingdom ct God's dear Son.
That strong f;rernuieut, that The
ocracy to which every kne must bow
and every tongue confess, to the glory
of God, is the Kingdom that Ihe world
needs. Its rule of righteousness alone
will bring to mankind the Joy and
peace and blessing which all crave, but
which none of us are wise enough to
know how to bring about not even
our Socialist friends! The part of
faith and of wisdom i to look unto
the Lord, from whom cometh our help.
y,or should we lok to Ilim to approve
our methods, but rather to be inform
ed respecting His methods and to co
operate to the extent of our abilities.
The Gospel of Discontent.
The Pastor next considered tbe
views held by many who favor what
is known as Christian Socialism. He
read an extract from an old number
of the "Christian Socialist," hi which
a Iiev. Dr. Eliot White is reported to
have said as follows:
"Let us answer. Hasten tbe day
when Labor, united, shall shake off its
chains! Our part as Christians is to
help men out of every bondage! We
are not perturbed that Socialism, in its
eagerness to rid Labor of material
bonds, has not yet realized the weight
of .bonds spiritual. That realization
will come in good time, and Christian
ity must be ready to show tbe work
ers of the world how to be rid of all
these fetters of the soul which mate
rial emancipation will but render
more apparent But for Christianitj',
as too often now, to profess desire to
free men from spiritual bondage,
while repudiating any call or need to
strike fearless blows at their material
prison bars, is to lay itself open to
justifiable charges of hypocrisy. This
must yield to braver counsels, though
the striviug be unto blood against the
sin of slavery which still defiles mod
ern industrialism.
"With widest meaning, then inclu
sive of all that the most ardent and
uncompromising Socialist lover of lib
erty has demanded, and embracing be
sides all that the Christian means
when he proclaims the story of spirit
ual freedom. Christianity must now
take up the challenge and cry with
world-wide voice and a mighty thun
der Ameu! even so, unite, ye work
ers; you have but your chains to lose.
and you have a world to gain!'"
It "was then pointed out that the
writer of this extract and all who
sympathize with his views should be
willing to concede that if now is tbe
proper time to get Labor out of "the
slavery of modern industrialism," then
surely God is as much interested in
that release as they or any others
could possibly be yea, and more so.
If, then, this Christian minister and
others have received some special com
mission authorizing them to preach a
new Gospel or a new addition to the
old Gospel, they should produce the
proofs of this authorization. Until we
see the proofs we must doubt their ex
istence. Next the Pastor showed that, on the
contrary, tbe Scriptures declare that
there is but one Hope set before us in
the Gospel, even as there "is but one
Lord, one Faith and one Baptism." No
one will ever succeed in making the
world happy by preaching the Gospel
of Discontent Labor today is a hun
dredfold better fed, better clothed and
better housed than in the days of our
forefathers and. it is safe to say. a
hundredfold more discontented. And
tbe author of the above extract with
doubtless the very best intentions, is
really doing harm by his gospel of So
cialism; for he has neglected to con
sult the Word of God on this Impor
tant subject
Our Lord, It was pointed out. was
surrounded by conditions of sickness,
sorrow, poverty, etc.. so that lie could
properly declare, "The poor je have
with you always." The Apostles were
similarly situated. Yet have we any
evidence whatever that any of these
attempted to "break the chains of the
Elavery of Labor?" Assuredly not!
The Master's Example.
Many instances were cited from the
life of Jesus, as recorded In the Gos
pels, to demonstrate that lie did not
Fet an example for these well-meaning
but mistaken Christians. While the
Master went about doing good and
healing many sick folk. He by no
means healed all tbe sick or comfort
ed all that mourned. His favors were
specialized: for instance, take the case
of the impotent man at the Pool of
Bethesda. The record is that "there
were multitudes of impotent folk
there." But only one was miraculous
ly healed by our Lord.
Again, many widows were bereft of
their sons; but only tbe widow of Nnln
bad her sou restored to her by the all
powerful word of our lledeemer. Our
Lord came Into the world, not to heal
the sick, but to die for the race of
dam. The great work, the important
work, of healing all the sick the men
tally, morally and physically sick and
of awakening all tbe dead. He left un
til tbe establishment of Ilis Kingdom.
It was then jointed out that Chris
tians likewise may do good to all men
as they have opportunity, but that
they must likewise wait for God's time
aud manner for the general healing of
the world's sorrows and woes. When
the prayer which our Master taught
His disciples to pray. "Thy Kingdom
come; Thy will be done on earth, os it
Is done in Heaven." shall have had ful
filment, then all the blessing, all the
helpfulness.' necessary to - the "full re
covery of our race will be brought Into
operation. Meantime, it is not jKissible
for any man or for any set of men.
Christians cr otherwise, either to Im
prove upon God's great Plan of the
Ages or to hasten that Plan.
Frequently rferei-oe is made to the
fact that at its hecUiuing the early
Church established a cuuununistic so-
-' I
ciety. The Pastor demon.-lratcd tbat
this was not a wo.idly organization
nor was it made by those who recog
nized worldly principles, but tlint it
was merely a social arrangement
whereby the Church at Jerusalem
sought t deal with its members ns
one family. Tbe project was not suc
cessful; it did not persist; it did not
have Apostolic commendation to other
eeclesias. The conclusion, therefore.
Is that the arrangement was Divinely
permitted in order to show the Lord's
people throughout this Gospel Age the
Impracticability of such an arrange
ment at the present time.
The Gospel of Error.
Christian Socialists would probably
tell us. said the Pastor, that Socialist
are crying out that tbey do not find
Heavenly hopes satisfactory; that they
desire earthly hopes, riches nnd com
forts, and Intend to have these; and
that what the people desire Is what the
pulpit must supply. Tbey add the Inti
mation that unless the jeople get what
tbey wish, the Influence of religion will
wane nnd ministers will Income back
numbers, whom no one will care tr
hear, much less to heed. H'.s repi.v
was that this is all very true. But the
difficulty, he claimed, is that the Gos
pel Message is not properly presented
to the people. The Message which our
Lord and His Apostles taught Is a
consistent one; whereas the message
from the majority of pulpits today is
inconsistent
The people are told, by loth Cath
olics and Protestants, that there Is a
Heaven for the saintly who, before
dying, shall become firmly established
in the graces of the Holy Spirit; but
that with the masses It is different.
These are told by Catholics that after
death centuries of torment await them
in Turgatory, and by Protestants that
they will have au eternity of torment
without hope of release. Then both
Catholics and Protestants unite in tell
ing tbe poor world that puch an ar
rangement is the provision of a just
and loving God, for which they should
be deeply thankful; and additionally,
that the troubles of this present life
are partial penances for sin.
The Gospel of Christ.
Then the Pastor turned from tbe
false conceptions of the Dark Ages to
the Gospel presented by our Lord and
His Apostles. The Truth Is so much
more reasonable, so much more just,
loving and wise, he declared, that who
ever hears it experiences a satisfaction
which error can never produce. He
declared that the Scriptures clearly
teach that ours is a convict race, con
demned to death because of Father Ad
am's disobedience; for as his children
we have inherited a share in his death
sentence not in au eternal torment
sentence. He reminded his audience
that the Bible tells that Satan, who
misled our first parents by misrepre
senting God and His Word, has con
tinued to misrepresent the Creator to
mankind; and that It is the Adversary
who is responsible for the "doctrines
of devils" (1 Timothy 4:1 respecting
the torture of the dead, who, the Scrip
tures declare, "know not anything."
Ecclcslastes 9:3.
The speaker then pointed out that
the Scriptures tell us that God. seeing
that many of our race, dying becauso
of Adam's disobedience, would gladly
return to fellowship with their Creator
and be recovered from sin and death
conditions, has made a provision for
them. Our Lord Jesus by ills death
has purchased the lives and liberties of
Adam and his entire race.
It was nest shown why the Messi
anic Kingdom was not set up Immedi
ately after our Lord's ascension. Scrip
tures were cited to demonstrate that
before the Kingdom is established
amongst men the Kingdom class must
first be found-tbe Little Flock, to
whom It is the Father's good pleasure
to give the Kingdom, as Jesus declar
ed. This class is to be comiosed of
the saintly few who form positive char
acters for righteousness by faithfully
following in the footsteps of their Re
deemer. Tbe Kingdom will not be es
tablished until this class Is completed
very soon, the speaker believes.
"The Desire of All Nations."
In conclusion, the l'astor called at
tention to the prophecy which declare
that the desire of all peoples shall
come, and expressed his belief that all
the world would desire the coining of
the glorious Messianic Kingdom if
they only knew about it. All minis
ters of God should hold up before the
people the glorious Gospel of Christ.
This will bring Joy and peace to all
hearts, notwithstanding the Incidental
trials, difficulties and weaknesses of
this present time of distress. Social
ism, he believes, etirs up the minds of
men to dissatisfaction, worry, fear,
strife and is leading them on into the
great time of anarchistic trouble. The
Gospel Message, on the contrary, is
helpful, comforting, sustaining.
So then, the work of Christian min
isters, as Divinely appointed. Is to let
the world alone to be dealt with in
God's due time, and to comfort, pus
tain and Instruct merely those whom
tbey find to have the hearing ear of
faith. These are to know the Truth,
and the Truth will make them free
from error and superstition, and also
bring them to tbe place of full conse
cration to God sanctiflcation. Such
are to be Informed respecting the
Kingdom of which they are invited to
become members, by becoming mem
bers of the Body of Christ through
faith, consecration nnd obedience unto
death.
The l'astor believes that Socialism
will be the Divine arrangement
amongst men In the ages following the
Messianic Age during which the race
will be lifted to perfection by the great
King of Glory. Then Socialism mil!
be a grand rucccs; for oil unwortbv
of life will have been cut off in the
Second Death-
