Milford chronicle., 1909-07-23

for thy possessions" psalm il. 81. /
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all the followers Of Christ: So soon as
they ascertain the Fathers glorious
plan of salvation, they find it to be
oul-satisfying. and greatly prefer it
to any plan Of their own. 1t is the un-
developed Christians, whom the Apos-
tie designates babes in Christ" who
are continually praying to the Heav-
enly Father for a change of the Divine
program imagining that their wisdom
and their love i'm respect to the heath
en- are superior to those of the infinite
Creator. Nearly an Christian people
have had their experience with such
ignorance. and we are glad to suppose
that the Heavenly Father laid not the
sin of such presumption to our charge,
but rather Sympathetically appreciated
our interest i'm the heather. although
he must have deprecated our lack Of
reverence our readiness. our high
minded assumptions Of more than in
finite wisdom.
We are not saying a word against
missions home and foreign Quite to
the contrary. we believe that every
Christian should labor with heart and
hand TO do all in his power TO giorify
the Father and the Eedecmer and to
cnlghten his fellowmen respecting the
cross of Christ and the blessings and
privileges which it secures But while
gladly willingly, serving the divine
cause. "iustaut I'm season and out Of
season" we should learn to labor and
10 wait We should learn that the la-
boring under present conditions is
chiefly arranged for our beneft-for
the Development In the minds Of the
Royal Priesthood of the sacrificing
qualities, and the graces of the holy
Spirit-meel5ness. gentleness. patience
faith, long-suffering, brotherly kind
ness. love.
Co-workers Together With God.
Let US be sure dear friends. that
any theory of ours respecting the
heather. or any other feature Of the
Divine program, which IN any degree
implies superior wisdom, or superior
energy. or superior love, on our part
as compared with that of our Heaven
ly Father and our Redeemer, must be
wrong. The sooner we learn to pray
from the heart THY will be done"
the better it will be for us, the more
will we be able to get into harmony
with our Lord and the more Will we
be used as his ambassadors and repre-
sentatives The wisdom Of man is
foolishnesa with God. and the wisdom
of God is foolishness with man. hence /.
we must not take the human stand .
point in investigating or reasoning .
upon the Divine purposes and pro-
gram. Rather. we must go direct to
the Word of God. that we may be /
taught of God. that we may discern
the beauty the harmony Of his plans.
IL is written that obedience IS bet
ter than sacrifice. and this being rec
oguized. how careful it should make
is to inquire what the will of the
Lord is; 10 search the Scriptures. that
we may there ascertain the Divine
program and be found in harmony
herewith. There we find that the
Lords present work is the completing
If the Royal Priesthood, the Royal
Judge, the Royal Prophet, the Royal
Mediator. the Great King, for the
world Of mankind-for the worlds de
iverance from the bondage of sin and
leath and their assistance back to
harmony with God. Thus seeing, we
viii have patience in respect to the
leathen. and strive now to make our
,wn calling and election sure. and lay
lown our lives for the brethren in as
listing to build them up in the most
loly faith. until we all come to the
MEASURE of the stature Of a man in
,hrist"-the great Mediator of the
lew Covenant. of which Jesus is the
lead
Converting the World
When will the world be converted?
When will Christ ask for the heather?
When will the Father give them to {
i'm? How long. o Lord? The Scrip
ural answer. dear friends, is, that it
as pleased the Father to select the
jewel" class during this Gospel Age {
y means which the world would
hink foolish-by means of the preach q
lg Of the good tidings. But his pro- {
ram for the future age is different. O
here are millions who have no ear to 2
ear the preaching Of the cross Of =
hrist There are millions who have |
o eye of faith to see the glorious I
lings Of God In fact. according to a
ne Scriptures, only a little flock" q
can be brought into ac- 4
ord with the Lord under the cOndi
ons Of the present time. because sin Il
bounds. because death reigns. because v
atan, the prince of this world. now 4
-orks antagonistically in the hearts of 4
ie children Of disobedience. 0
Hence it has pleased God to have b
ifferent method Of dealing with the 7
orld Of mankind in general from that v
hich he adopted for dealing with the s
hurch in this Age. In the next age I
lrce viii be used. and not merely e
oral sHasioH Force will be employed o
putting down the reign of evil Sa- q
in will not merely be requested to s
asist from deceivlng the world. but o
IN be bound for a thousand years. q