Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-25

Jesus" "sons OF God" we should sing
no more,
SIN vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise,
Hosannahs languish on our lips,
And our devotion dies"
True, indeed. We may have strong
desires and ardent, longing aspirations,
but "the flesh" is very weak indeed, made
subject TO frailty weakness, but made 60
In hope. II we can but zee that the strong
language of the Apostles to tine churches
of their day had It's fuldllment in Christ's
predestlnated body as the "1rst fruits"
OF the "new CREATION" "sons of God,"
changed into the came image" with
Christ Jesus, translated and now glorified
with him In the heavenlies, awaiting their
manifestation to the world, you could
then see what Paul means when he says,
''For the earnest expectation of the crea-
ton waiteth for the manifestation OF the
cons OF God" Rom. viii, 10, 20, 81. Are
there any other cons OF God for whom
creation can With earnest expectation
wait fort And II the creation must wait
| for their Manifestation as thu "sons. Of
God" and wait with earnest expeci aton
for thcir manifestation as such, does 1t
not look like child's play for us to be
playing ourselves off as the sons oil God,
while we arc earnestly waiting, expecting
their manifestation, as the sons. of God!
Must we be too modest 10 say that this
Select body, this bride of Christ, this
church which he presented unto himself
glorions church, not having Bpot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing, but holy and
\ without blemish," that these sons OF God
"ha1ing obtained their high and holy
calling" aud that then tile rest were
blinded" Rom. d, Z, SO. Or must we
keep back the fact that God concluded
them all in unbellef, that he might have
mercy upon ali''l What does the spirit
of truth want with mock modesty, or a
criugng fear, lest those who, "likc unto
children in the market PLACES" be dis
turbed In their innocent amusement2
Gle that hath my word, let lin speak
my word faithfully. What is the chafi
to wheat saith the Lord. Jer. kill IS.
"Spititual Israel" sc-cailed, but
"blinded in part, until TIC iul'uess of the
gen,iles be come In" can only TO ex-
cused on this ground, 70; their resort to
the doctrines of men, and their lack of
the spirit of truth. If IL be true, that
"the truth shall make you free,' then
we must know what truth is, or we shall
be IN bondage to meu. Jesus sail,
"When he, the Spirit Of truth ID come,
ard the 'you" TO whom this promise
Was ENtig iNNNANNA AAl9 AAAfAhI tlhph-
ment, received the truth, we're made
free, led In to all truth, became the Soos
of God, the body OF Christ, became HIS
witness, the light of the world, the salt
of the ear;h. "Thc chosen generation,
the royal priesthood, an holy nation, u
peculiar people, that they should show
forth the praises of Him who hath called
them out OF darkness into bis ma velous'
light" LIST Peter Ii, 0. These, che de-
livered from the powers OF darkness, aud
hath translated them into the kingdom
Of his Gear Son." Col. 1, Is. Aud the
rest were blinded" Creation thea, must
"wait with earnest expectation for their
manifestation, AZ the Sons OF God, before
they can possibly "show forth the praises
OF Him, who called them out Of dark
ness into His marvellous light" 1t wa
then, that "the accepted time, the day of
salvation ended, and the night set in,
when no man can work" Since then,
men have BEEN "hcaping to themselves
teachers having itching ears, they viii not
endure sound doctrine" Such are the
facts 10 the case. Gle that hath an car
let him hear"
We are not writing merely to save
pet theory, but for the calculation of a
divine truth. That there was "hiddcn
| WISDOM" u SECRET my8tery," which was
hidden from the world, from all ages,
all generations" until tho advent OF
, Christ cannot be denied. That this
hidden wisdom, this secret mystery"
was revealed unto and manifested In the
,, apostles, and the churches during their
! ministry, and that this body, thus called
out, were "Ioreknown," ''predesti-
) mated number, known as "the remnant
according to the election of grace" is
stated as plainly as language can state it;
, and when the purpose of God IN thus
calling them ont was completed, "God
delivered them from tho powers of dark
ness and translated them into the king
dom of his dear Son" il also definitely
stated. Further, when they "had OBJ
iained their high and holy calling the
rest were blinded" "G0d concluded
, them all in unbelef that he might have
mercy upon all" Gould language be
more specific or uttered with less am
bigultyi
il "none OF the princes of this world
knew anything about this wisdom, this
mystery" at the time of Christ ard his
apostles, and it was only revealed unto
aud man Tested In them, and they trans
lated, land the rest blinded" when,
where, or how, or who, has this wisdom,
this mystery, been manifested In since
their translation We are fully aware
OF the difficulty under which our so-cGlled
"Spiritual Israel" labors in the face of
these facts, and that silence must be ac-
copied as their strongest argument. But
our position becomes the end of contro.
versy. Only "the spirit which searcheth
all things, yea, tue deep things OF God"
can reveal this "wisdom, this mystery"
Judaism, In her learned doctors of law,
failed to obtain this wisdom, this mys-
terry" And enquired OF the Christ,
"a re we blind also2" And he said unto
them, "If ye were blind, ye should have
no sin, but now ye say, we see; therefore,
your sin Iemaineth. John tx, 80, Al,
, Christ had just given eyesight to u man
who was born blind, but Judah's blind
ness was not In their eyes.
II, then, cur so-called spiritual
Israeli be ''blinded" she ishould
have no sin, ;" but II she says I'VE see,"
, aud like her sister Judah, still fails to
! see this "w!sdom, this mystery" then
her "sin remaineIh." Has the spirit OF
truth engendered and perpetuated
through the succeeding centuries, since
the apostles day, the wranging, discor-
, dant, confused, contradictory sentiments
and views, which prevail on every hand
to-day3 Imoossible. Can we then ac-
!, count for their present confused condition
upon any other hypothesis, than this,
!. given by the spirit of truth. "The rest
! were blindedf Better shake the faith of
Christendom and dash In pieces the
I, ereeds of the ages, than question one
single inference OF the spirit OF truth. 1t
is still ''hard to kick sgainat the pricks. 3"
If this he not our scripture position as