Evening journal., 1909-12-24

slaughter Of the innocents from two
years old and under. But how foolish
was his cndcayor TO thwart tho AL
mighty
The wise men who sought the Babe
of Bethlehem with worship and gifts
symbolized. perhaps. the great fact
that those are truly wise who ever
since have sought tho Divinely-ap-
pointed King and who brings TO him
the incense Of their devotion, and as
gifts all their talents and powers. Such
lay their very lives at the Savior's feet,
as st. Paul explains: living sacri-
fees, holy and acceptable 20 Cod
Rom. 1871.
The name Jesus is the Greek form
for Joshua, signifying Savior; and in
the Syriac Savior signifies lifo-g -giver.
Therefore, the Babe that was born to
be King of the Jews was TO be the
Savior, the Life-Glver of the World.
He has not become tho Life-Giver yet.
nor the King. His great work is still
future. 1t will be at his Second Com
ing that he will apear in his glory and
become the King Of Israel-on the
spirit plane. Then too, as outworking
of that glorious Empire which he viii
establish. he will be the worlds Life
Giver. it's great physician, and all
mankind will be blessed with the glor-
ious opportunity of becoming Israel
ties indeed" Tho Empire Of Sin will
be overthrown and the darkness, ignor-
ance and superstition connected there
with will be dissolved in the glorious
light of Truth and grace which then
will 0verspread the world
True. in q certain sense, Messiah s
Kingdom, rule, dominion, may be said
to be already begun-begun at Pente-
cost. In a similar sense his work of
saving sinners may be said to have be-
gun there. But as respects the worlds S
salvation what has been accomplished
during the past nineteen centuries is
merely preliminary work TO that which
Jesus will accomplish when ''he shall
take unto himself his great power and
reign" at the beginning OF the Millen-
NAL Age. Those who now become
his people are the favored few, mot
many great, not many wise, not many
learned" a little flock" altogether.
These he deals with on the basis of
faith. They have sickness, pain,
trouble, sorrow, as other men. but they
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have the Spirits testimony that they
are children Of God, called out from the
world to be joint-heirs with their
Savior Their salvation begins now in
the sense Of reformation and rest in
the Lords promises, but as the Apostle
declares, they are not saved actually,
but Saved by hope" For the actual
salvation they must await the Second
Coming Of the Redeemer in the end OF
this Age to gather them as his jewels
and TO actually save them from sin
and from death, by granting them a
share in the First Resurrection.
Neither can it be properly said that
Jesus reigns over the Church, his
members his ''espoused," soon &c
become his Bride. Toward her his
attitude is that Of teacher, Elder
Brother. Lord, Head. His promise e
her is that when ho shall take hil
great power and establish his Throne
of Empire over earth. she shall sit witt
him in that Throne as his Bride anC
/ joint-hor She shall bo associated
with him in judging or disciplining o
the world, incidental 10 its uplifting tc
| human perfecton-to more than Adam
possessed and lost and that Jesus re-
1 deemed. All, yes. there Is a deptl
of meaning in this word Jesus Savior