The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-12-03

for humnnlty's intirmltlcsI And tx 1t
not in perfect Keeping with this that
all those accepted rs "urmhcrs Of his
Body" should have such experiences In
this sacrificing time as would drmun-
stratc their loyalty to the Lord and
guarantee their deep sympathetic In
tercst In the world. then committed tu
their care? 10 such will he committed
the work of human restitution. uplift
out OF ain aud death conditions men
tai, moral and physical?
The Morning Of Joy.
How glad we should be that our
Heavenly Fathers sympathy for us
will provide n morning Of toy" to he
ushercd In. In his due time" Add
tionnlly he sympathizcs with us to the
extent that he has given us In advance
message and Revelation and expla-
nation to comfort us. to sustain us In
the way! We have already seen that
this Revelation Is only for those who
have the eyes OF faith and the enrs OF
faith at the present time blessed are
your eyes. for they see; and your ears,
for they hear" He that hath an ear
let him hear"
We recognize the wisdom OF God in
Withholding the secret OF his plan
from the world In general. We recog-
niZe that for the world to know the
deep things of God at the present time
would be Injurious rather than help
full to them. 1t might possibly work
an interference with the Divine Pro-
gram. Nevertheless we are bound to
sympathiZe with the poor grooming
creation in its blindness and ignorance.
The poor world knows not why it
came into being. In an animal fash
ion, eating. drinking. etc, 1t seeks to
use the opportunities OF present life
and, after n few short years full of
trouble, it goes down into the tomb,
ignorant of the purposes of its crea-
ton, and usually considerably enthrall-
ed by fear respecting the future be-
yond the portals of death
How we may rejoice in spirit as we
perceive the length and breadth and
height and depth of the Divine Pro-
gram for the future and the blessings
which ii will bring to this "groaning
creation"' How we long for the time
to come when the Church shall be
made ready through the sufferings of
this present time for the glories of the
future-of the Kingdom! No wonder
the Apostle declares, He that hath
this hope in him puritieth himself even
as he 1.-THE Lord is pure q John iii,
81 He is our exempIar, our pattern.
We seek to copy him. Although we
cannot hope to be like him in the
flesh. we can be like him in the spirit
of our minds and thus be of the char
acter-likeness which the Father will
be pleased to honor with a share in
the First Resurrection BY that go-
rious change" we shall be made like
him actually and see him as he is and
share his glory.
The morning OF joy, the Millennial
Morning, of course. cannot be ushered
in until the rising of the Sun of Right
eouSness. Its beams of grace and
Truth will food the earth with the
light of the knowledge of the glory of
God to such a degree that it will drive
out, eXpel. all ignorance, superstition
and sin. which have worked such
havoc in our race.
But wSNt is this Sun of Righteous
ness? WhpGce comes il! The Bible
answers the question by telling us that
t symboIically represents the Lord
himself and the elect Church of this
Gospel Age. The Sun of Righteous
ness is synonym for the Seed Of
Abraham, of whom it is written, in
thee shall all the families of the earth
be blessed" The Mystery hidden for
time from many is the fact that the
church Is to share with her Lord in
every feature of his glorious work, not
only in suffering. but also in reigning.
Thus we have st. Paul's assurance that
he overcomers will be members of the
Seed of Abraham Galatians iii. 30.
And we have our Lords own words
that this faithful class will be repre-
sented in the great Sun of Righteous
ness. the great Messiah. the great
Prophet. Priest, King and Mediator be-
,ween God and men Matthew xiii, 43I.
"What Manner of Persons"
st. Peter, in viewing the prospects of
he Church. inquiries as to what man
ler of persons we ought to be in all
manner of holy living and goodness"
tie refers TO us, who know that the
present order of things is the reign of
sin and death from which our Lord
lied to deliver us. What manner of
persons ought ICE to be, who have heard
he Lords invitation to joint-heirship
n his Kingdom, and who know that
we are now on trial to determine by
Dur voluntary course our worthiness or
InworthinesS Of that glorious position
o which we have been called by Gods
favor! How paItry, how insignificant.
10 all the affairs of the world appear
in comparison to this great prise set be-
fore us in the gospel
And what should be our attitude to-
wards the world, seeing from this in
hde standpoint of Divine Revelation
he real condition of the world and
Gods sympathy for it? Its ignorance
should make us very sympathetic. and
rprV muph 1iSppSaI IN lnnd n haI,ipu