The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08


power to the Father. What will the
Saviour have accomplished by the
time of that end7 If the Scriptures
have answered any question clearly,
they have answered this question
On this point there is no darkness in
them-for on this all-absorbing topic
they pour food of light in whose
glory every eve may see and every
soul rejoice with exceeding great JOY.
Paul affirms that God highly ex-
allied the Saviour; that every creature
in heaven, on earth, and every tongue
NAV confess him Lord to the glory
of God. He affirms that through the
cross of Christ, God will reconcile all
things in heaven and on earth, to
Himself. He affirms that it is pleas
ure, purpose and will of God, to
gather together in one, all things In
Christ, whether things in heaven or
things on earth. He makes the ex-
press declaration, that, "as by the OF
tense of one, judgment came upon all
men to condemnation, even so, by
the righteousness of one, the free gift
came upon all men unto justification
of life" He affirms that love is the
fulfilling of the law. Our S viour
said that the law should not pass till
all be fulfilled. Put these two to-
gether, and it is sure that the law
cannot be fulfilled until men become
exercised with love-and as he who
loveth is born of God, then all men,
ultimately, will be happy. But why
multiply testimony, when, in the
very chapter where the apostle speaks
of giving up the reign of Christ to the
Father, he says that Christ must
reign till he hath put all enemies I'M
der his feet-and that when all things
shall be subdued unto him, then the
Saviour shall become subject to the
Father-and all shall be finished by
the great Spirit of the Universe be-
coming all in all He does not init
mate the thought that the subsection
of one individual, is to be different
from the subsection of another indi-
vidual; the one in love, and the other
in wrath; the one in joy, the other in
sorrow; the one in light, the other in
darkness. But the subsection is to
be the same in all-the perfect sub
mission of the soul to the blessed
Redeemer-for as he is to be subject
to the Father, so all are to be subject
to him-they in him, he in them, and
God all in all.
Glorious plan! Divine themel All
hallowed news! Worthy the songs
of angels, the praise of men, the lab
ors of the Saviour, and the love of
God How sublimely it unfolds that
unchanging and benignant Paternity,
which, watching over the countless
throngs of the human race with un-
firing and unspending care, through
all their wanderings, and notwith'
standing all the evils to which they
are subject, brings them all at last to
the desirable period, when the joy OF
reconciliation, so long foreshadowed
by prophets and preached by apos-
ties, as resulting from the reign of
the Saviour, shall be consummated and
established, world without end. How
it illustrates that vast and thrilling
truth, which, in all the universe, is
ever proclaiming in tones of benevo-
lence, "God is love-"
At that period, "Sin shall be fin
ished." No longer shall the heel of
oppression crush man in the bitter
ness of slavery, both of body and
soul. No more shall parents mourn
for prodigal children wandering in
the darkness of vice and folly. No
longer shall army clash with army;
no more shall the CORY stream flow
in one crimson tide, mingled with
the tears of orphans and ruff1ed by
the widows cry; no more shall rapine,
destruction and ruin stalk abroad in
all the fury of unhallowed passions.
No longer shall iniquity reign among
men, enfeebling their minds, pros
trating their bodies with disease and
premature DEATH separating them
from communion with God and the
holy influences of virtue. No longer
shall the rebellious soul resist the
calls of mercy, take no heed of the
eloquence of kindness, turn deaf
ear to the voice of truth. Sin will be
finished. The flesh with all its crav-
ing desires and appetites will be
thrown off. The soul will be with
drawn from all motives to disobedi-
ence. In the light of universal knowl-
edge, and the reconciling powers of
truth, it will rise on eagle wings, and
soar far above all impurity, until in