Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-23

SiOi1s mchDcio VI lHc DOug Ol MES
siah. the great kingly priest after the
order Of Melchizedek? And Of him has
not the Apostle written that he must
be a faithful and lnerciful High Priest,
able also to sympathize with the peo-
pie in their infrnlities? Does he not
declare that it was for this reason that
our Lord was touched with a feeling
for humanity's inirmities? And is il
not in perfect keeping with this that
all those accepted as members of his
Body" should have such experiences in
this sacrificing time as would demon
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
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 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 it's blindness and ignorance.
The poor world knows not why it
came into being. In an animal fash
ion, eating. drinking, etc.. it seeks to
use the opportunities Of present life
and. after few short years full of
trouble, it goes down into the tomb,
ignorant of the purposes of it's 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 it will bring to this grooming
creation" How we long for the time
| to come when the Church shall be
made ready through the sufferlngs 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 the Lord is pure q John iii.
| -. He is our exempar, 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 ard thus be of the char
| acter-likeness which the Father will
be pleased to honor with a share in
| the First Resurrection BY that glo-
| rious change" we shall be made like
| him a@sHally and see him as he is and
| share Is 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 degree that it will drive
out, expel. 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 symbolically 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. PauPs assurance that
the overcomers will be members of the
Seed of Abraham Galatians iii, 29D.
| 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-
tween God and men (Matthew kill 43l.
"What Manner of Persons"
st. Peter, in viewing the prospects of
the Church. inquiries as to what man
ner of persons we ought to be in all
manner of holy living and goodness"
He refers to us, who know that the
| present order of things is the reign of
| sin and death from which our Lord
persons ought ace to be. who have heard
the Lords invitation to joint-heirship
in his Kingdom, and who know that
we are now on trial to determine by
our voluntary course our worthiness or
unworthiness 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 be our attitude to-
wards the world. seeing from this in
side standpoint of Divine Revelation
the real condition of the world and
Gods sympathy for it? Its ignorance
should make MS very sympathetic. and
very much disposed TO lend a helping
hand of relief in every possible DIan-
ner. We should be ever ready 20 re-
move the scales of blindness from the
mental vision of all who give ifdica-
tion OF desire for God-any who
seem 10 be feeling after God. If haply
they might find him facts xvii. 81.
Only such will be ready for the King
dom. fit for the Royal Priesthood. ev-
cry member of which NUT be touched
with a feeling for earth's infrnities.