The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-12-08

found acceptance in the world. One OF
these Is that God does not love the
world and has never purposed its sal
vation: but that. on the contrary, he
fore-ordained and predestinated that
all except the elect saints" should suf-
fer eternal torture. because be wished
to have ii so. Another wrong theory
which gained acceptance was that
whilst God wishes to save the world.
he finds himself unable to do so. be
cause handicapped by human self-will
and by the aggressiveness Of Satan,
who has blinded and deceived the vast
majority and has them completely In
his power through ignorance and SUI
perSttion. This theory tells US that
God loves the world. including the
heather millions. and that he longs Ia
have the Gospel taken to them. but
cannot do so. except through human
agency. aud is disappointed and baf-
fed. because those who profess to be
his people fail to raise sufficient mis-
sionary donations.
To rational minds these theories
which satisfied In the past are no
longer satisfactory: hence many are
turned to intideity. As the Scriptures
say. My people perish for lack of
knowledge" Hosea Is. 81.
The Hope Of the Resurrection.
Leaving these unsatisfactory errors
Of the dark ages aud going back to
the Scriptures we find their teachings
consistent. namely. that us soon as
the mystery" the Church. is COM
pleted the blessing of God will pro-
ceed through The Christ (IIead and
members, To the world AS 1t Is writ
ten. In thy Seed shall all the FAM.
lies of the earth be blessed" The
mystery. be il known. Is that the spir.
tuul Seed of Abraham is not the
Lord Iestis only. but includes also his
members-ihc Church As we read,
II We he Christs. then are ye Abra-
hams Seed. and heirs according to the
promise Galatians Iii. 90.
according 10 the Scriptures the bless.
ing of God will proceed through Spir.
| itual Israel, Il Royal Priesthood.
after the order of Melchi2edee." to
natural Israel under the terms OF their
New Covenant Jeremiah XXI. 81.
During the Millennal Age under the
spiritual Kingdom of The Christ top
Grating through the earthly Kingdom
df l>raeI5 all nations will he instruct
ed, enlightened. blessed. Not only SO
BAT the mprit of Christ will then be
APPLIED a,So on behalf of the thousands
! Of millions who have gone down into
| the prison house Of death-Sheoi. hades
the Btdre The Church will eonSti-
tute the First Resurrection" His
resurrection All sharing In 1t will
! attan life on the spirit plane like unto
the angels but superior far above
! angels. Later during the Millennium
the world will return from the tomb
every man In his own order" Il CORN
thiaus NJ RI, And the resurrectina
process will continue with them. to th,
intent that the willing and obedien
may continue to rise gradually to
wards perfection and finally attain ii
while nj the same time the earth will
be retuvennted and become the prom
ised paradise regained" = restore,
tAets ILL., 1o2lA
Give Thanks, For He Is Good
Looking down into the future pro
pheticully the psamist eXclaims. II
view Of the Kingdom blessings prom
Used To the world. 20 give thanks unit
the ord. for he Is good. for his mere.
cndurcth forever II is the mercy o
ri u IN,
need bis mercy and who desire It tina
~ the ground for thanksgiving. True
praise must come from thankful hearts
aud In order TO be properly thankful
one must see more Than is now visible
10 those who have not the eye OF faitl
and the ear of faith and the DIVINE
revelation respecting things to come
Bun II IS these very opportunities tina
the Lords consecrated ones possess
blessed are yonr eyes. for they SCI
and your ears, for they hear" No
only SO. bur To the extent that any
ones eyes see and his ears hear q
the grace OF God he has responsibility
To possess the knowledge of God ant
to iisdain it Is to receive the grace o
God in vain, whether more or less Il
Corinthians vi. II.
Gods people not only give thanks
FOR the blessings of the future which
they receive by faith. but additionally
they appreciate blessings granted tt
them In advance In the present iift
and give thanks for these. The first
of these is the knowledge. the appre
citation. of the goodness of God II
granting us release from sin and II,
penalty by faith. so that we can with
out waiting for actualitiesi now re
joice in the mercy which has justified
us freely by Divine grace through faitt
in the blood OF Christ The realiza
ton of the rolling away of our loae
by the Father. calls for gratitude. fol
thanksgiving. and this cause contiAu
ing. our thanks continue. we wer,
lifted from the horrible pit and IN.
miry clay OF sin and condemnallor
and our feet were placed upon IN,
| Rock Christ Jesus. II was in conse
quence OF this that new song wa.
I Put ihf' put cNtH tue loNlus
kindness or our God. And this Is III,
first cause for our thaukfulneSs. Al
other blessings rest upon this blessing
and all other thanksgivings shoulc
properly. therefore. include thanks FOL
this blessing,
Additionally after being justified We
We're inducted into still further grace
or privilege. namely. the privilege OF
becoming members OF the Body OF
Christ. members of the mystery
class. The invitation to this class the
Apostle expresses thus Il beseech you
brethren. by the mercies OF God tyoul
Justification that We present your
bodies living sacrifice. holy. accept
able unto God, which is your reason
able service" tRomans 81. u. Through
this grace or privilege. II accepted. We
gain the opportunity of n change OF
nature-from human to Divine. Our
human nature justified. cleansed. made
/ .t..t.