Daily Republican., 1888-12-11

research, aud enter the realm OF that
which Is spiritual We hear and read
q great deaf ABOUT the spiritual as the
ologians put ii, but II all dies away
with the mere sound of utterance. Its
deep, powerful, thrilling interest ia
neither seen, heard nor understood by
preacher or hearer, All, all is lost in
empty sound; only an untitled vAeu.
UNI Iomains, while grooming creation
is pining and signing for the bread Of
life. How shall VIC pierce, or pene-
irate, this mystic veil OF entrance,
which alone can disclose 10 us the
secret mysteries Of that which is t9ir-
itualr Can natural wisdom do IL? No,
it is an utter failure. Can the Coun-
ellis, Syn0ds, Conferences or Conven-
tions of the ecclesiasticisms of the
eighteen centuries accomplish III No,
they all fail to give ua any light what.
ever on this deeply interesting subject
We turn, then, from these broken els
terms, which hold no water, to the loun.
tain Of living waters. And with our
carthen vessels under its pure, limpid,
lie giving stream, We drink In Its life.
giving and soul inspiring truths, and
by the aid Of the divine Illuminating
light we search by lis spirit the deed
things of God. Nor do we search in
vain. And here we exalt the name OF
the God and Father OF our Lord Jesus
Christ who commanded the light to
shine out Of darkness, for shining in
our heart to give the light OF the
knowledge of the glory of God, IN the
face OF Jesus Christ. We have seen
him as the babe Of Bethlehem, as the
youth Of twelve years, cOnfounding
the Jewish doctors of law, as a candi.
date for baptism by John the Baptist,
as the acknowledged son of God, as he
came up ont OF the water. We have
followed him in his temptations in the
wilderness, as the man of sorrows
and acquainted with grief, in the
agony Of the garden offering up
prayers and applications with strong
crying and tears unto him that was
able to save him from death, and was
heard, In that he feared. Though he
were a son, yet learned he obediently
the things which he suffered. His
meGhneSs at his mock trial, his patient
suffering on the ignominious cross, arc
our examples. His death and burial
elicit our most profound sympathy
and undying love for aud devotion to
the objects Tor which he gave himself
ransom, while his resurrection
sends thrill OF boundless joy and
hope through every avenue Of our
conscious being as we sec how death
was abolished aud life and Immortality
were brought to light.
In this gCand, sublime event center.
ed the only hope of humanity; failure
here, aud all was lost, hopelessly and !
irrecoverably lost. Now we see how |
mate less love, attended with omnipo-
tent power, has manifested his eternal |
purpose in Christ Jesus by raising him |
from the dead. The first born from |
the dead, that in all things he might |
have -eminence; the predestinated |
head of a predestinated body. The
hrst man, made IN the image aud like
ness Of God, put to death in the flesh,
but quiCkened by the spirit. This
made him the beginning OF the crea-
ton Of God, and by this same spiritual
process, working in the mortal bodies
OF bis predetermined bride, they, too,
were changed into the same image,
from glory to glory, even as by the
spirit of the Lord. Now, we challenge |
Calvanism, or any or all other isms, to
deny that predestinalion applies to any
so-called Christian body outside of the
Apostolic church during the forty
years OF their ministry. II was during
this time that all who were predesti-
mated unto eternal life believed the
language OF Christ, in his promises to
his bride, And the teachings of his
apostles were to this same bride, or
body of Christ, and were fulfilled to
them to the letter, SO that Christ, as
the bridegroom, and this predestinatcd
bride of the bridegroom, are now one
with him, as he is one with the father,
are now with him in the mansion
which he went to prepare for them,
which also he promised TO do before
they had gone over the cities of Israel.
And they are there, not as 30 many
ghosts, souls or spirits, but in their
changed, incorruptible bodies, accord
ing 10 the mighty working of his
power, whereby he is able to Bubdue
all things unto himself, and they are
the first fruits unto God and the lamb.
They are the beginning Of the new
creation oil God, and their pTedestinated f.
mission and work is to multiply and
replenish the earth and subdue II, &C.
cording to the eternal of God, which
he puTpOsed in Christ Jesus before the
world began,
In conclusion, the present religious
status OF the world is Just as clearly
iOroshoWn as inspired language could
state ii. 1t lacks both divine power [
and authority. Il is all OF human
agency and OF human authority, from
the mother down, and we say this in
all kindness and Christian love and |
sympathy for The sad condition in |
which they were left when the bride
OF Christ obtained their high and holy |
calling and were delivered from the |
powers OF darkness and translated into |
the kingdom OF Gods dear sou. Now, |
dear brethren, do not consider me your |
enemy because l have told you the |
truth. hold myself prepared, under
God, to make every statement herein !
set forth perfect harmony with Gods
eternal purpose, which he purpOsed in
Christ Jesus before the world began.
Shall we come in the unity Of the faith
aud OF the knowledge OF the son Of
God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure Of the stature OF the fuluess 70
Christi Shall we?
Yours in Christ,
STEWART CARLISLE.
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