Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-08

THE MEMPHIS APPEAL
SUNDAY READING.
ELABORATED PROM THE
WORD

| tooNTINuEDl
% That we are sinners 6y constitution
| and actual transgression, being destitute
| of all inherent holiness or righteousness; I;
so that to become holy and righteous we
| must be constituted the righteousness of
! God in Christ.
q. That Matthew gives the geneology
of Jacob the father OF Joseph, the hus-
band of Mary, from Abraham in the
/ line of David, SOldalO1l and Zsrabaoel
/ by which lineage il is demonstrated that
! Jacob and Joseph We're descendants OF
! Abraham in the Royal Line.
-. That Luke gives the geneology OF
He'll, the father Of Mary, from Adam
and Abraham in the line royal Of Davidt
! Nathan and Zorobsbel (: thus the fami-
| lies of Jacob and Hell were two Branches
Of the Royal House.
%. That David's Throne and King
! dom were decreed to the Heirs Male, as
proved by , Sam. vii. A daughter OF
| DaUid, or female descendant, could not,
/ therefore, ascend the Throne. The right
of the Princess Mary, derived from her
| father He'll of the Elder Branch, would,
consequently, give way TO those Of
/ Joseph, son of Jacob, though descended
/ frOm the younger son of David.
"A. That the families of Nathan the
elder, and of solomon the younger Of the
sons of David, by Bathsheba, united in
Zorobsbel, governor of Judah under the
Persians from ZorObsbel the family
Ggain divided into the branches termi-
mating in Jacob and He'll.
25. That by the marriage Of Joseph,
son of Jacob, with Mary, daughter of
He'll, the two branches from Zsrobsbel
were again united so that all right and
title TO the throne and Kingdom of David
concentsred in Msry's First Born. He
therefore became the Head and Hope Of
the family and nRtion; hence is styled
the Branch, but dying without issue, the
royal house in the direct line became
extinct.
%. Jesus, the grandson Of He'll, being
born of Josephis wife, was born hereditary
King of the Jews. He'll married the sister
of the father of Elizabeth, the wife
of Zschariah aud mother of John the
baptizer, who was, therefore, second
cousin to Jesus. Elizabeth was of the
daughters Of Aaron consequently Mary,
daughter Of He'll and mother Of Jesus,
was of the house of David by her father,
and of the house of Aaron by her mother
so that in her son Jesus was not only
vested bv his birth and the marriage Of
his mother, all kingly rights, but all
-Pontifical as well. In Jesus, there
fore, is united the combined kingly sRd
high priestly offices of the nation Of Is
rael so that when the government shall
be upon his shoulders, he will sit as priest
upon his throne, after the order Of Mel
chizedee, being without predecessor or
successor in the united Office fixing and
Priest.
27. From ali which it is evident that
if there lives any one who has a
right to David's throne, t can only be
Jesus, and therefore he must have been
raised from the dead that If the Jews
of this age were to agree to restore
David's throne, they could not effect it,
though sll other things might favor,
because they could not find a son Of
David to occupy it. Hence there is noOne !
can er-estsblish it bat God, who retains
at his right hand the only descendant OF
David who is alive. I
3s. That the period occupied by the
Kingdom Of God and of David's son, is
sthe dispensatiOn of the fullness Of
timesD which lasts 1000 years. That
this is the Day Of Judgment, when Mes
siah shall sit upon Dsvid's throne, judg-
ing the living and them that were dead, |
in bis kingdom. That this periodic day
is the world to come, or future age, Of
which Paul speaks in Hebrews, when |
the saints Judge the world, and the un-
Just are punished according to their !
works.
%. That the Scriptures classify man |
kind according to the times and cir !
cumstances under which they live F; |
that these are times of ignorance and |
Times of knowledge; that under the |
former, they are alienated from the |
life Of God through the ignorance that is
in them," being permitted to walk in |
their own ways, and receiving in them |
selves that reesmpense of their error |
which was meet:' that this class though |
in paTt accountable, are irresponsible, /
and therefore are not the subjects of a |
resurrection to judgment or 70 life that |
this class is composed of ttCO orders of /
beings, the one accountable, the other /
not able to give Sn account, but both, /
from circumstances peculiar to their case, |
irresponsible, and the heirs, therefore, |
only of what the constitution Of the |
kingdom Of sin, under which the human |
rsce has been Involuntary placed, can |
give them q title to. That it is /
light or knowledge which make ae- /
countable men responsible, men are |
sabdivided into three orders-first, those |
who would not receive the light; second, |
those who receive and continue it; and /
third, those who, having once received
it, turn from it. That sinners"
wicked" unjust" and "ilst," are
terms idiestive Of these orders of men.
That the third order is composed of
" cursed children" "who awake from
the dust to everlasting shame and con-
tempt" while the wicked" 4" or rest of
the dead hve not again till the 1000 years
are ended.u That the second order is
composed Of " blessed" children, who
are to inherit the kingdom prepared for
them.
so. That the dispensstion Of l0O0y years
is the state intermediate between the
times Of the Gentiles and the eternal
state. That 20 enter the eteFual
world We must pass through the inter
mediate dispensatiOn Of the future age
LOOxahoma, Mis-, July, 1851.