The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-11-06

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reign OF Messiah thu; il will he a
time VI birNN.i'S. az uplifting manD.ul.
and that therein the e.rci saints OF t..is
age Nin be- privileged 10 cooperate
with their glurlHed keueempr in bring
ing about the updft. the resurrection.
the restitution of all WIT will tnen
prove willing ana uDedient.
The term SAINT Is not Il s~ectarian
one. IL occur Over one hundred times
in the Bible, muSIiy in the plural form,
saints. our text speaks of a saint
ly. or sauctited class. aud declares our
Redepmer To he one ut these their
Head. their Lord. He declares that all
the sanctihed al this Gospel Age are
one-of II spirit aud iguratively OF
one Body. AS for Instance. the House
Of Lords is one body under a chair
man. ana the HOusN ,ot Commons is
another body. The Tilted States Sen
ate is another; and the House of Rep
resentatiyeS is another. So the Church
is the Body Of Christ over which he is
the Head. the Presiding officer and
Member. But the point specially to be
noticed is that all who will belong
ultimately to this Church class which
the Lord is now calling and drawing
from amongst men will (every one of
them be saints, every one Of them be
sanctiHed.
The word ''sanctided' signifies to be
set apart to holy usage or services. as
distinct and separate from any earthly
ambition. calling or business. Never
theless these sanctifed ones are not
merely the clergy or those without
earthly responsibilities. While our
heavenly Father is a great King, the
King of the Universe. be nevertheless
has made a plan which enables even
the humbleSt of his creatures to APP
proach him through the merit Of the
blood of Jesus. and by faith and obedi-
ence to the extent of his ability in
sacrifice. to become a joint-heir with
his Redeempr in the heavenly King
dom. Thus the present call is confined
to a call TO sanctifcation. As st. Paul
declares. This is the will Of God (con-l
corning you, ever your sanctlhcation"
q Thpssalonians Nv. 81.
The word ''saint" signifies holy
one" "sanctifed one" "set apart;" or.
taken as a whole, II signifies n set
apart TO holy usaGes. services, etc. We
are quite ready to admit that these are
a comparatively small number Mt the
present time; as the Scriptures de-
clare, "a little hock;' and again. mot
many" and again, few there he that
find IT,"
When we say that God is now select
ing a special class to be joint heirs
with Christ and that he has deter
mined that this special class shall con
sist exclusively Of the sancti6ed. let us
not he misunderstood TO mean by this
that In the next age God will accept to
his favor the unsanctiied. the wicked.
The conditions during the Millennial
Age will be 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 food and cover
the whole earth, so that, as the prophet
co re taTbov ehon Aaoah NJ r,nrc ovorv
man his nelgbbOr. 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,
34l. The rewards for obedience to the
Divine requirements In the Millennium
will be the earthly rewards. eternal
life or the earthly restitution plane.
The reward proffered to those who
now walk the narro way by self-sac-
riice 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 glorified state; as seen by the Apos.
tie. shining above the brightness Of
the sun at monday" Acts XVI. 49,.
We must guard also against the
thought that the total number Of Gods
elect would be as small a number as
the calendar Of the saints recognized
by some Of our Christian friends might
imply. We hold that bone is able to
judge definitely on this subject, except
the Master. He has given Us general
limitations Of the lines Of his decision,
but be 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 bis" and that he will accept
no one who 10 any degree is disloyal
in heart. and that be will overlook aud
neglect no one who is Of the proper at
titude Of heart. We understand. too.
that our Lord Is no rPspector Of de-
nominational lines. but that. In every
sect. he who loves (;0d. and who ac-
cepts the merit of Christ by faith. aud
who presents his body a living Sacri
fee daily unto death In the Lord :
service all such are his dis piles aud.
as stated IN our text. He will not be
ashamed to call them brethren.' Bnl
all Of this. be 1t noted. is Dased. not
upon their earthly Church relationship.
but upon their sanctlhcatlou Of heart,
their Relationship Ia their Redeemer
and Head. Jesus. Not only may these
be found by the Lord In various de-