The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-17

heavens Of which We arc given an intims'ion In
that beautiful passage In job, chatter xxxyiii,,
All. where vast thou when laid the fnun-
datons of the earth, Declare II thou hast under
Il staining Who hath laid the measures thereof, II
L thou knowests or who hath stretched the line
| upon il! Whereupon are the ioundato thereof
fastened, or who laid the corner stone thereof;
when the morning stars sang together and all
the sons OF God shouted for joy,n nc. Observe
| the progression and the care, laying the fonda
ton and the measures thereof stretching the line
| upon il and fastening the foundations then the
music OF the spheres the great orb yielding To
| His Impulse swept into its own combination Of
| law abiding Influences, tremendously blending
| with them, and then the sympathy Of the inte
| rences As all the sons Of God shouted tor Joy.
| Let us apply this law OF progression 10 the
| creation of inteligcnces, kee ing in mind the end
| to be attaiaed-the raising Of those intehgences
| to the position where they could appreciate the
| great Creator, and with knowledge OF Him in all
| His manifold wisdom and power, svmpathze W tn
| Him In all His work commune with Him and have
fellowship with Him in all things. Tracing this
| progression from the first angelic formation
| until we come to Satan, the last and the
highes', we find that the work is suspended
because of the fall Of that great aud mighty spirit;
| and the question arises, why did he fall? His
leading away of a host and that host consenting
| to follow him show that we are justified in sup
\ posing that he the highest and nobest
spirit created by the Almighty: that very great
| ness, in the absence OF certain knowledge OF
| God to which further allusion will be made, filing
| him with the pride OF conscious power, led TO his
rebellion against the yet but partly known
| Almighty Creator.
What that ignorance Of God was which, 10 the
time OF Satan,s fall, existed in heaven among the
| intelligences we will now consider. Upon this
| point the Scriptures are clear and explicit In
| Ephesians ill.,, Oil, it IL written -" God, who
created al things by Jesus Christ. to the intent
that now unto The principal,ies and powers in
heavenly places might be (made) known by
/ the Church the manifold wisdom Of God,
according to the eternal purpose which He
pnrposed in Christ Jesus our Lordn This passage
ard .ntly points to a manifold wisdom above that
/ which was exhibited in the formation either OF ma
terial worlds or spiritual intelligencee; with re-
/ spect to which we find the sons OF God in symna-
thy and shouting for joy at the success Of the
| wonderful Worker who created all things And
/ as this manifold wisdom could be made known
/ by the Church TO the unfallen heavenly intclli-
4 gences, and only by the Church, we are led back
to the fifst command to man, upon which hung
/ his immortaity:-"Of every tree of the garden
/ thou mayest freely eat; but Of the tree OF the
knowledge Of good and evil, thou shalt not eat OF
it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
| shalt surely die" From these premises we now
arrive at the corcu son that II was the knowledge
| OF evil which the inteliigences could not by any
means learn IN heaven, where all was good; Tor
| at every stage Of creation, of matter
or of spirit, God hehed that it was
| good Consequently there was no display
| Of the power OF Jehovah TO cope with that evil in
its operations, and to subdue even it to His will.
| II 10 in this respect that the experiences Of the
/ Church are found exhibiting His manifold wisdom;
and for this it is that the angels desire to
| lsok into the things happening here.
The fall OF Satan then proves that it was not
possible to raise up the creature to that point OF
| excellence which was necessary, and which under
| the hand of God and by His manifold wisdom,
will yet be attained through redemption, in the
absence Of certain knowledge among His crea-
lures OF the infnity Of the several attributes OF
the great eternal Father OF Heaven. This knowl-
edge 10 impaired to the angels OF God by the
| Church; by Gods dealings with sin; by the utter
destruction Of the wicked one and is hosts and
4 1v,f hn xnvts.n rrt ha Ma AlQ ara
| made ministsying spirits sent forth to minister
| for them who shall be heirs Of salvation" (Heb.
l., A.) So that they have full opportunity of
observing the workings Of SIM and of divine grace,
| In the temptations aud deverances OF the people
Of God while exposed here TO the assaults Of the
i wicked one.
This is the origin Of evil, and these are the re-
suits which God will attain while 0verruiing that
1 evil in the exercise Of His manifold wisdom and
| infinite attributes What He will attain when the
| work Of grace is completed and the kingdom Of
His eternal purpose to attain. There can be no
mishap to God, or mistake to be found In His mani
| fold wisdom. He knew from eternity every diff
u s way aua IN Of sn s
body hast thou prepared me; 10, ! come to do Thy
| will, o God"
1t will now be perceived that in order that these
great aims should be accomp ished. which are
according to the eternal purpose which He pur-
| posed in Christ Jesus" sin must be permitted to
work for certain time. This certain time God
l COunSeib,
pointed hour He will make full end Of 1t forever.
I Then with all the experiences derived from this
true state, every created being will pray, "Thy will
be done" for only so can order and happiness
and peace, and love, be made an eternal heritage
in all the wide domain Of the Infinite. This end
can only be STAINED by permitting evil to work
i under the guidance of that wicked one and
allowing the unfallcn integences to perceive
what is the fruit brought forth by sin. II sin
| under the guidance of the wicked one, could
produce order. happiness, love, prosperity why
then the experiment was in vain; but when the
result is the opposite Of these apd disorder, and
misery, and hate, and ruin follow in its track, the
4 wisdom Of the Infinite is manifest Ia making the
| penalty of sin TO be death. IL Is an absolute
necessity. No man will put an unsound piece
into his work but will cast 1t away, or IL would
| mar the whole. In mans wisdom, as in Gods,
the wages Of sin il death--to be cast out forever
What. then. do we find at the present ripe period
| OF the worlds history That ali earthly
governments are vain and that the wis.
i dom OF man. tainted by sin, issues in
confusion worse csnfounded." Asia, Europe,
Africa and America each brings its unwilling
| testimony TO the TACT. MEMS hearts are,- every
where, failing them for fear. and for looking after
| tho-e things which are coming on the earth.r
And now y man we're wise he would pray univer-
saly that lne loliy OF the Jews in asking man for
1 ness Of man In making government OF maiorities
| Of wicked men be both reversed, and that tod
should again take tue government Of the world
and reign until He had put all enemies under
| His feet" Whether man desires 1t or not this IA
| what God will do When man rejects the sovereign
| ties on the prophetic platfofm-ihe divided Roman
i empre-then the end is come and God gives
the Kingdom 10 the Son. II bch, Id till the
thrones were cast down aud the Ancient of days
| did Sit Strange that At this moment
man. IN the full possession of his faculties and
reason, cannot read this great lesson Alright Only
the redeemed Of the Lord who have believed on
Jesus, desire the coming OF the Holy One; all tile
\ rest Of mankind are for patching up constitutions
and improving the forms Of human governments
Il "a M snan
pcrity in the presence OF that sin which God hates
and will destroy, cause IL desolates His creatures
and Insults His divine majesty. This il tho lesson
| OF governments; but darker and dcadler far are
the stain and the sting Of SIM seen In It's operation
| 10 the churches.
| Wien God called Abraham He said, ~ win
| make OF thee great nation;- but eight years
after this (accordng 10 our marginal chronology