Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-06

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reign Of Messiah-that 1t will be a
time Of blessing. Of uplifting mankind.
and that therein the elect saints of this
age will be privileged to cooperate
with their glorifed Redeemer in bring
ing about the uplift. the resurrection.
the restitution of all who will then
prove willing and obedient.
The term saint is not sectarian
one. 1t occurs over one hundred times
in the Bible, mostly in the plural form,
saints" Our text speaks of a saint
ly, OF sanctified class. and declares our
j Redeemer to be one of these-thelr
i Head, their Lord. He declares that all
the sanctifed of this Gospel Age are
one--of one spirit and fguratively Of
one Body. AS for instance. the House
of Lords is one body under chair
man. and the House of Commons is
another body. The United States Sen
ate is another; and the House Of Rep
resentatives 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
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ultimately to this Church class which
the Lord is now calling and drawing
from amongst men will (every one of
themJ be saints, every one OF them be
| sanctlhed.
The word "sanctifed' signifies to be
| set apart to holy usage or services. as
distinct and separate from any earthly
ambition, calling or business. Never
theless these sancti6ed ones are not
merely the clergy or those without
earthly responsibilities. While our
| heavenly Father is great King, the
! King of the Universe, he nevertheless
has made plan which enables even
| the humblest of his creatures to ap-
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 joint-heir with
his Redeemer in the heavenly King
dom. Thus the present call is confined
to call to sanctiication. AS st. Paul
declares, "This is the will of God (con-
cerning you), even your sanctification"
Il Thessalonians iv, 81.
The word saint" signifies "holy
one" "sanctiied one" "set apart;' or,
taken as a whole, it signifies one set
apart to holy usages services. etc We
are quite ready TO admit that these are
comparatively small number at the
present time; as the Scriptures de-
clare, "a little flock" and again, mot
many and again, few there be that
find IT,"
When we say that God is now select ,
ing n special class to be 1oint-heirs
with Christ and that he has deter
mined that this special class shall con
slst exclusively of the snncti6ed. let us
not be misunderstood 10 mean by this
that in the next age God will accept to J
his favor the unsancti0ed. the wicked /
The conditions during the Millennial !
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 no more every
man his neighbor, 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,
3N The rewards for obedience to the
Divine requirements in the Millennium
viii be the earthly rewards eternal
life OF the earthly restitution plane.
The reward profrercd TO those who
now walk The narrow way 10y sef-sac-
rlnce is spiritual one. glory, honor
and Immortality on the spirit plane,
like unto the holy angeIs-aud higher
than this: like unto our Lord Jesus In
his glorlHcd state; as seen by the Apos-
tie. "Shiuing above the brightness of
the sun Mt monday" (Aets XVI, 13l.
We must guard also against the
thought that the total number of Gods
elect would be as small number as
the calendar OF the saints recognized
| by some of cur Christian friends might
imply. We hold that none is able 70
| Judge definitely on this subject except
! the Master He has given MS general
| intimationS OF the lines OF his decision,
but he has not permitted MS to deter
mine the natter saying, Judge moth
ing before the time" We are 10 con-
tent ourselves, therefore, With the
Thought that "the Lord knoweth them
that are his" and that he will accept
no one who Ia any degree is disloyai
IN heart. ANA that he viii overlook aud
neglect no one who Is OF the proper at
titude OF heart We understand, too.
that our Lord Is no respector of de
nomlnatlonal lines, hut that in every
sect, he who loves God, and who ac-
cepts the merit 81 Christ by faith, and
who presents his body a living sacri-
fee daily unto death In the Lords
service-au such are his disciples aud.
as stated Ia our text, He will not be
ashamed 70 call them brethren" But
an OF this. he it noted, Is based, not