Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30

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! are not many Of these altogether.
Fear not. little flock; for it is the Fa-
theirs good pleasure to give you the
| Kingdom" luke xii, 32l. They are
being selected out Of all denomina-
tions, kindreds and tongues, and
amongst them are not many great,
wise, noble or rich. They are chiefly
the poor of this world rich in faith.
heirs Of the Kingdom.
This little tiock" OF saints" this
royal priesthood" with Christ their
Redeemer their Lord, their Bride
groom. their Head. their Chief Priest
are to constitute the Kings. Priests,
Judges, Rulers of the world Of man
kind. Then in the age to follow this
one, in the Millennium, Gods time
shall come for dealing with mankind
as a whole. In cooperation with the
Kingdom work will be the binding Of
Satan and every evil influence amongst
men. and the letting loose Of every
good influence and every helpful truth.
Thus the light of the knowledge Of the
glory of God shall fill the whole earth,
as the waters cover the great deep
This is Gods provision for the world
of mankind, whom he so loved. Not
merely for the saints, who already
have the hearing ear. the seeing eve,
and the appreciative heart is Gods
loving provision, but for poor, de-
graded humanity, which, through cen
turtles of sin, has almost entirely lost
the image and likeness of its Creator.
The promise for these is that they
shall be privileged by resui ection
processes to return to fun ] lrmOny
with the Lord and to repossess the
blessings and favors lost by Father
Adam when he sinned blessings and
privileges redeemed for Adams race
through the merits Of our dear Re
deemer's sacrifice at Calvary.
Who will say that this Divine Plan,
outlined in the Bible, does not contain
the very essence Of Divine wisdom and
loving provision best adapted to the I
needs of our race? Belief in the Lord /
Jesus. acceptance Of him, obedience to |
the Divine law, will thus be the con /
ditions upon which mankind may be
recovered. Would any other cOndi- /
tions be safe or just or proper? Is
there any other way of arranging these .
conditions which Gods wisdom and
justice provided and which his grace
reveals?
Believers Might Not Perish.
Notice how the various features OF
our text intermesh with each other,
like the cogs and pinions Of well fit
ted machine. Let US get rid Of the
wrong thought that so long has be-
logged our reason and robbed our
hearts of the proper reverence for our
Ureatori Let us get rid Of the thought
that perish means to preserre in eter-
nal torture. thus confusing the minds
)f the Lords people and the world to
he true teachings Of the Scriptures.
OF course, means perishing
to lose life. to become extinct Man,
made in Gods image, was
prepared for eternal life; that eternity
vas to be his destiny. But sin for
eited those life-rights. He came un-
Ter sentence of death-that he should
,erish like the brute beasts Hence.
lis only hope of a future life is in the
ledeemer and the resurrection which
lis sacrifice has secured.
Mans intelligence and higher organ
SIN could avail him only on condition
hat they would be used in harmony
With his Makers reasonable and just
Otherwise he must die
he death. as being even less worthy
( prolonged existence than the brute.
'ote how our text points out that God
aw that in the race of Adam there
-ould be many who if they under
TODD the light and the Truth and had
in contrast with the wrong. would
e glad to return to harmony with God
glad to accept Of Christ and ReStitu-
on privileges and blessings. and 70
lme into full accord with the ALI
lightly and with Jesus and to have
lck again the life-rights forfeited
Y father Adam Hence Gods pro-
sion for the race as a whole-that they
ight not perish as the brute beast, but
tain to eternal life again. attain TO
/ that was lost in Adam. all that was
deemed by Jesus Christ our Lord
ernal life, fellowship with God the .
ather and the Son and communion
ith the holy Spirit.
God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform"
These words Of the poet are wonder
lily true! Truth is, indeed. stranger
an fctionl The Divine Plan for hu-
an salvation is higher and deeper
nger and broader than any Of us
canned of. Yet it is most exact; moth
g about it is slip-shod or irregular
lille the blessed privileges Of recon
iation will be granted all Of Adams
ce, they will be forced upon none.
lessing and Cursing, Life and Death.
All who. after being brought to
0wledge Of the Truth. persist in low
2 falsehood shall be accounted as
ildren of Satan. who have willfully
opted his spirit of enmity toward
lth and righteousness. The end Of
ch. as the Scriptures declare. is de-
uctiOn. AS the messengers and fol-
vers of Satan they. with him. and
tn the fallen angels, shall be utterly