Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-04-19

| tion teach THAT the creature Itself
shall also be delivered from the bon,..-
age of corruption into the glorious
liberty of the children of Qod."-
when the great and final day of resti-
tuition, or deHyerance shall Come.--
That the present Heaven and Earth
shall be destroyed eventually by fire,
| is the fixed determination of God !;
yet, nevertheless We, according to
his promise, look for a new heaven
and q new earth. wherein dwelleth
righteousness" This "new earth
wherein dwelleth righteousness" will
doubtless be the future abode, Of both
| man and beast. The enmity and
hostility now existing between man
and the beasts will be destroyed as
was plainly foretold by the Prophet: !:
"Thc wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
the leapard shall lie down with the
kid, the calf and the young lion to-
gether, and little child shall lead
them. The COW and the bear shall
feed together, and the lion shall eat
straw like the OK. They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy noun
ain" Mr.. Wesley says: THUS, in
shat day, all the vanity, to which they
are now Aelplessly subject, will be
abolished. They will suffer no more.
either from within or without-the
days of their groaning are ended
At the same time, there can be no
reasonable doubt but all the horrid-
ness Of their appearance, and all the
leforlnity Of their aspect will vanish
away, and be exchanged for their
primeval beauty, and with their beau
ty their happiness will return, to
which there can then be no Obstruc-
ton. AS there will be nothing
without to give them uneas;ness.-
No heat or cold, no storm or tempest,
but one perenniel spring. In the new
ealth, as well as the new heavens,
there will be nothing to give them
pain, but everything that the wisdom
and goodness Of God can create to
give them happiness. As recon-
pense for what they once suffered,
while under "the bondage Of corrup
ton" when God has "reaeemed the
face of the earth," when their corrup-
tible body has put on incorruptlon,
they shall enjoy happiness suited to
their state, without alloy, without
interruption. and without end. >
Now Mr.. Wesley's views exactly
accord with what st. John eaw on the
isle of P;.lmos. He says: "And l
saw new heaven and Il new earth :
tor the first heaven aud the first eai th
had passed away. and there was no
more sea. And I John saw the Ho-
/ iy City, New Jerusalem, coming
down from God out Of heaven, pre-
pared as a bride adorned for her
husband. And l heard a great voice
out of heaven, saying, Behold the
| Tabernacle of God is with men, and
He will dwell with them, and they
shall be His people, ard God himself
shall be with them, and be their God.
Aud God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes. And there shall be
no more death, neither sorrow, nor
crying, neither shall there be any
more pain: for the former things are
passed away. And He that sat upon
the throne said, Behold, [ make all
! things new" And in another place.
John says, ard | beheld. and
heard the voice of many angels round
about the throne, and the beasts and
the elders; and the numbers of them
was ten thousand times ten thousand
and thousands of thousands saying
with loud voice, Worthy is the
J Lamb tLat was slain to receive power
and riches and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and blessing
And every creature which is in heav
en-, and in the earth, and under the
earth, and such as are III the sea, anG
all that are in them, heard ] saying
Blessing, honor glory, and power, bt
unto Him that sitteth upon the throne
and unto the Lamb forever aud ever.
We have now reached the lina
consummation of all things, and We
find from the plain teaching of God:
Word, that in eternity itself, ''every
creature which is in heaven, and OF
the earth, and uEder the earth, ant
such as are in the sea, and all tina
are in them," shall join with angel
and men in ascribing, blessing
honor, glory, and power unto th
Lamb forever and ever.