Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-14
CHRISTS MISSION.


ham, SIN thy seed shall all the nations of
the earth be blessed
The minute directions God gave the
Jews regarding their worship reveals more
fully his plan. In all It's ceremonies there
was a foreshadowing of the per-
feet sacrifice which should give COM
plete atenement for sin. The New Tesla
ment alone testifes how that long ago
promise was kept end how the law was full
filled.
John the Baptist, as the herald of the
Savior, proclaimed that Christ was the
"Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of
the world" His own declaration was Il
am the Way, the Truth, and the Life"
What Christ's mission was, what truths he
taught are vital questions for all to under
stand. The Savior said: Search the
Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have
eternal life, and they are they which testify
of me- Taking the Old Testament with
its rites and symbols always pointing to
the future; and the New with its announce
ment of the birth of Savior, and its
record of his work and teachings and his
own declaration, II have finished the
work." each one must there learn for him
self the truth, with God for his teacher.
''Only be never weary of learning, for God
lis never weary of teaching"
The accepted mission of Christ, accepted
by Christendom, was to save sinners by
offering himself as an atonement. ISAIAH
prophesied that he should bear our sins in
his own body on the tree. Paul said
'Jesus Christ came into the world to save
sinners" $50 Christ was once offered to
bear the SINS of many"
But was it only to offer sacrifice for sin
that he took upon himself the form of a
servant and was made in the likeness of
mani" Great as was the work of offering
.atonsment was there not greater work to
cessful issue of all offerings and sacrifices
depended? This mission, the conquest of
death, was the supreme work of Christ. 1t
was only by this victory he could win for
those he loved eternal life. Theology
teaches that eternal life means eternal
happiness, as eternal death means eternal
misery. The Bible teaches, II give unto
them eternal life. He that believeth on
me though hes,were dead yet shall he live"
St. Paul's words are, ''To them, who by
patient continuance in we'll doing, seek for
glory, honor, and Immortality, eternal
life" Can any one explain why this apos-
tie, taught by the Spirit. should urge those
who believe in Christ to seek for immor-
tality, when they were by nature immor-
tai? Why did he declare that E'Chris
came to bring life and Immortality to
light in the gospel" if all men were i'm
mortal without Christ?
Laying aside the teachings and tradi-
tions of men, and with the Bible only as a
guide, is not this truth taught, that Christ's
great work was by dying himself to take
the sting from death, and open the tomb
for his followers to pass out to immortali-
ty and God? "They that shall be account
ed worthy to obtain that world, and the
resurrection from the dead, can die no
more, and are the children of God; being
the children of the resurrection" said the
Savior to the Sadducees-
Paul wrote, "The gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.' In
another place he declared, 'He that soweth
to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap ever
lasting" What meaning have these
declarations, if every soul just
or unjust is by nature immortal? Why
these promises of life eternal, life everlast-
ing to immortal soulsS The invitation of
the spirit and the bride is "Come whosoev-
er will and take of the waters of life free
ly." How empty and meaningless are
these words to undylng men, but to NOR
tai beings under sentence of death what
good tidings of great Joy"
In vain one searches the scriptures for
proof of the doctrine of inherent immor-
tally. Long after the early apostles were
dead it was engrafted on the creed of
the church and which, like
many other articles of faith which reason
and science rejects, the orthodox church
still holds. Science is opening up new
fields of thought, knowledge is steadily in
creasing, why should not the brighter light
of these latter days reveal the truths of the
Bible II ore clearly?
Christ 9 id to his disciples, in parting,
II go to prepare place for you, and if
go and prepare place for you L will
come ag in and receive you unto
myself" He did not say when
you die You shall come to me in glory, but
will come and receive you unto myself,
that is when he shall appear to raise the
dead.
The promise made to the thief on the
GROSS is thought to prove Immortality by
nature, "To-day thou shalt be with me in
paradise" Christ was not in paradise.
that day. When he met Mary at the
sepulchrs he said, Il have not yet assembled
30 my father" and that was the third day
after his crucifxion. The prophet Hosea,
speaking for the coming Redeemer, said,
so, death, I will be thy plague, o, grave, /
will be thy destruction"
PauL the apostle of the crucifed Savior
answers, 20, death, where is thy sting?
o, grave, where is thy victory!
Two Early Morning Blazes.