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strate their loyalty to the Lord and
guarantee their deep sympathetic in
terest in the world, then committed to
! their care? TO such will be committed
| the work of human restitution, uplift
out of sin and 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 "a morning of joy to be
ushered in. in his due time"' Addi-
tionally he sympathiZes with us to the
extent that he has given us in advance
a 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 ears 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 han help
| full to them. IL might possibly work
an Interference with the Divine Pro-
gram Nevertheless we are bound TO
sympathize with the poor grooming
creation in it's blindness and ignorance.
The poor world knows not why it.
came into being. In an animal fash
ion. eating, drinking, etc, il seeks TO
use the opportunities OF present life.
and, after Il few short years fun or
trouble. it. goes down into the tomb.
Ignorant Of the purposes OF its cIcI
ton. and usually considerably enthrall.
Ell by fear respecting the future bee
yond the portals of death.
How we may rejoice in spirit :is we
perceive the length and breadth anu
height and depth OF the Divine Pro
gram for the future and the blessings
which it will bring to this grooming
creation" How we long for the time
to come when The Church shall he
made ready through the sufreringS or
futlIrt-Or the Kingdoui! No wonder
the Apostle declares. He that hath
this hope in him puritieth himself even
as he the Lord is pure q John iii.
81 tie is our cxemplar. our pHtteru
We seek TO copy him. Although we
canDOL hope TO be- like INN IN The
flesh. we can he like him in the shirt
OF our minds and thus be OF The char
acter-iikenesS which the Father vii,
be pleased to honor with a share in
the "FirSt Resurrection" BY that gIo-
r1ous change" we shall be niade like
him actually and see him AS he Is and
share his glOrys
The morning OF JOY the MilIenniai
Morning of course. cannot be- uShared
in until the rising of the Sun of Right
eouSnesS. Its beams of grace and
Truth will flood the earth with the
light OF the knowledge OF the glory of
God to such a degree that il will drive
out, expei. all ignorance, superstition
and sin. which have worked such
havoc in our race
But what is this Sun OF Righteous
ness? Whence comes it? The Bible
answers the question by telling us that
IT. 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, "m
thee shall all the families of the earth
hn hInSSn1 NJ
time from many is the fact that the
Church is to share with her Lord liz
every feature of his glorious work, not
only in suffering, but also in reigning.
Thus we have st. Paul's assurance that
the overcOmerS will be members of tht.
Seed of Abraham (Gaiatians iii, 30.
And we have our Lords own words
that this faithful class will be repre-
scented in the great Sun of Righteous
ness, the great Messiah, the great
Prophet. Priest, King and Mediator be-
tween God and men (Mattiiew xiii 43).
What Manner of Persons"
st. Peter. in viewing the prospects Of
the Church, inquiries as to what maE-
ner Of persons we ought To be in all
manner Of holy living and goodness
He refers to us. who know hat the
present order Of things is the reign Of
sin and death from which our Lord
died to deliver us. What manner Of
persons ought ace to be, who have heard
the Lords invitation 70 joint heirship
in his Kingdom. and who know that
we are now on trial to determine by
our voluntary course our worthinesS or
of that glorious position
to which we have been called by Gods
favor! How paltry, how insignificant.
do all the affairs OF the world appear
in comparison TO this great prize set be-
fore us in the gospel!
And what should he our attitude to-
wards the world, seeing from this in +,
side standpoint Of Divine Revelation
the real condition of the world and I
Gods sympathy for it? It's ignorance |
should make us very sympathetic, and
very much disposed to lend helping
hand OF relief in every possible man.
ner We should be ever ready 70 re-
move the scales of blindness from the
mental vision of all who give indica.
ton Of a desire for God-any who
seem to be feeling after God, if haply
they might find him" (Acts xvii 27l
Only such will be ready for the King.