The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

One: For Which Cause lie Is Not a.!
Ashamed TO Gall Them Brethren
Hebrews ii, ! ".
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the restitution of all who will then
prove willing and oDedient.
The term saint" is not a sectnrian
one. Ii occurs over one hundred tunes
in the Bible. mostly in the plural form.
saints" Our text speaks OF saint
~, or sunctitird class. aud declares our
Redcemcr to be one of these their
Head. their Lord He declares that all
the snnctilird of this Gospel Age are
onr-uf one spirit and hSuratirely OF
one Body. As for instance. the House
of Lords is one body under II chair
man. and the House OF Commons IL
another body. The United States Sen
ate Is another; and the House of Rep
r"sUutativrS Is another. SO the Church
is the Body of Christ over which he Is
the Head. the Presiding Officer aud
Member. But the point specially to be
noticed is that all who will belong
the Lord is now calling and drawing
from amongst men will every one of
Them tee saints every one of them be
san, titled.
The word "SanCtiiied' signifies to be
set apart to holy usage or services, as
distinct and separate from any earthly
ambition. calling or business. Never
a, mat
merely the clergy or those without
earthly responsibilities. While our
heavenly Father is II great King. the
King of the Universe. he nevertheless
has made II plan which enables even
the humblcSt of his creatures to ap-
proHch him through the merit of the
blood of Jesus. and by faith and obedi-
pnce to the extent of his ability in
sacrifice. to become a joint-heir with
his Redeemrr in the heavenly King
dom Thus the present can Is confined
to Il call to SunCticntiOn. As 81. Paul
declares. This is the will Of God tcOn'
cprnin. YOU. even your sanctiication'
q ThpSSalOninns iv. 81.
The word saint signifies "hol!
one" "Sanctitird one" 'Set apart" sOt
taken as Il whole. ii signifies one SCI
apart to holy uSilGrs. services. etc. We
are quite ready tO admi! that these are
comparatively small number at the
present time: ms the Scriptures de-
clare. ~ little fock;" and again mot
many" and again. few there be that
find it,
h,,,, t,nt ft,,It To-, col,
ing Il Spr, ial class to be joint heirs
with Christ and that de has deter
mined that this special class shall con
SiSt exclusively Of the Sanctitied. let us
not he misunderstood to mean by this
that in the next age God will accept to
his favor the unSanctitied. the wicked.
The conditions during the MillenniaI
Age will he much easier for mankind
than are present conditions of the
Church. the elect. the saints. Now we
must walk by faith: then we will walk
by sight. because Satan and sin and
darkness will have passed away, and
the light of Truth will flood and cover
the whole earth. so that. as the prophet
says, "They shall teach noAnorp every
man his neighlor saying. know the
Lord; for they shall all know me. from
the least of them unto the greatest OF
them. saith the Lord Jeremiah XXI
34'. The rewards for Obedience to the
Divine requirements In the Millennium
will he the earthly rewards. eternal
life or the earthly restitution plane.
The reward profferrd to those who
now walk the narrow way by Splf-snc-
riticc Is a spiritual one. glory. honor
and immortality on the spirit plane.
like unto the holy angels-and higher
than this: like unto our Lord Jesus in
his gl"ritied state: as seen bv the Apos-
tie. shining above the brightness of
the sun M monday" tActs XVI. 49,.
We must guard also against the
thought that the total number of Gods
elect would be aS small Il number az
the cnl"udar of the saints recognized
by some Of our Christian friends might
Imply. We mold that none is able to
judge definitely on this subject. rxcppt
the Master, He has given us general
intimatiuns of the lines of his decision,
but he has not permitted us to deter
mine the matter, saying. Judge moth
ing before the time" We are to con-
tent ourselves. therefore. with the
thought that the Lord knoweth them
that are his" and that he will accept
no one who in any degree IL diSloyai
in heart. and that he will overlook and
neglect no one who Is Of the proper al
titude Of heart. We understand, too,
that our Lord Is no respectur of de-
nominationa lines. but that. in every
sect, he who loves God. and who ac-
cepts the merit of Christ by faith. and
who presents his body a living Sarri-
tce daily INTO death In the Lords
service all such are his dis' iplps and
as stated In our text. He will not he
ashamed To call them brethren" Hut
all Of this. he 1t noted. IL based. not
upon their earthly Church relationship
but upon their sanctiiiration at heart.
their relationship 10 their Redppmer
and Head. Jesus. Not only may these
he found by the Lord In various de-
nominations, hut of various ages. OF
various coIors. Of various natlonalities.
Of either sex. and on various levels.
One may be n wnsherw0man. another