Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-04

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hope is busedy
Cod Forosaw the Present.
This is the pltiablc condition ut
many Of Gods true children; for the!
ur merely babes ia Christ. using ,ne
milk Of the Word They have need at
the strong meat of Gods promises. ~,
the Apostle speaks Of It. that they may
br strong IN the Lord aud the power
Of his might" that they might have uli
the whole armour uf God helmet.
breustplnte, snnduls. sword aud shield
-aud bu able To- quench the tiery dart
of the Wicked one; able also to heir
the weaker ones Nv this day when the
Adversary Is ussaultlng the Word of
God. the citadel Of the truth with vari.
aus infidel arguments IN The hands and
mouths Of those who profess 10 he min
lsters of the Word.
Need quote the promise. the one 81
repeatedly referred to In the apostolic
writings. the one which Is the hasls ur
anchorage for our souls?
The Apostle Paul referred tu this
very promise, declaring that the Seed
OF Abraham mentioned therein Is
Christ All Christians agree TO this.
although they have not distlnctlvely
and properly associated II with the
declarations OF the promise. But the
Apostle makes clear to us that In say.
ing that Christ is the Seed OF Abra-
ham. he had IN mind not only the Lord
To- - lna lao
Head Of the Christ, but also the over
coming saints ~ this Gospel Age as the
Body of Christ This he distinctly
states In many places. for instance
Galatians Ill., 1920 Here he declares
the matter expressly, saying; III ye be
Christ's. then are ye Abraham's Seed.
and heirs according 10 the promise"
"rhe Seed of Abraham" Is the Cos
pei Church. with her Head. the Lord
Jesus: us the Apostle states again say.
Ing: I'VE brethren. as Isaac WIS
Uyplicd by lsnacL are the children
OF promise (Galatians iv, 2Sl. II fol
lows that the Seed of Abraham men
toned In the promise Is not complete
aud will not he until the full close Of
this Gospel Agc-the harvest time uf
which we believe we are now lu
Hut what wonderful thought II In.
yolved In this plain Interpretation of
the Divine Word Il ls big with hope
for Spiritual Israel. the Spiritual Seed,
and no less. II means u blessing for the
natural seed dcShly Israel. ana ulti.
mately the mlllcnnla blessings to ull
the families OF the earth. Let us eX.
anime these three hopes; The hopes for
these three CLASSES center In this great
Covenant. Let MS thus
obtain what the Apostle tells us was the
Lords intention for us. namely. strong
onsolation-strong encouragement
All through the prophecies the Lord
ioretold the sufferlngs Of Christ and
the glorles that should follow; never
theless the glories 10 follow have been
granted much more space In the Di-
vine Revelation than the sufferings Of
The present time. The implication sug.
gested by the Apostle Is that when the
glOrles Of the future shall be realized.
The trials ana suifcrlngs and dlfiicul-
lies OF the present time will be found
not worthy TO be- compared; but those
glorles and blessings have been yeiled
from our mental vision. aud Instead a
great pail hangs over the future In the
minds NJ many Of the Lords people.
oistort Simple Language.
Many ~ us have learned 10 distori
the simple language of Gods Word In
such manner rs to cause MS anguish
and distress. For instance, destroy
perish" "dic." second death" "ever
lasting destruction" etc, terms used
by the Lord 10 represent the ultimate,
complete aunlhl1tion ~ those who
will not come into harmony with him
after full opportunity Is granted
them are interpreted Io mean the re-
verse OF what they say lie, preserva
tlon In torture, et,.
n is hish time. 5osr ficnds, that
we should lram that Grd's Rook Is
not the foundation of these horrible
nightmares which have afflicted MS,
aud which Ia the past hindered many
of ms fr'm proper love aud rover
ence of our Creator. ID is high time
that we should tate The explanation
which the Apostle gives MS of this
matter and of an the errors which as.
sail poor humanity respecting the fu.
lure. lie says; The god of this world
has blinded the minds of them that
believe not, lest the glorious light of
the goodness Of God, as Il shines IN
the face OF Jesus Christ our Lord,
should shine into their hearts" I'll
corinthians ~. A., We cannot here
aud now discuss this subject, but have
provided lr the hands at the ushers,
some free pamphlets on "What Say the
Scriptures ahont Hells" should the
supply prove insufficient drop me
poslalrard aud 1 will cheerfully send
FROM BmoklNn what viii satisfy h"th
your head and Your heart,
Now what hope J.l iltprest has thv
church uf Christ IN this prM9lsr Nadc
"a .Nraham2 10 MS belongs the very