The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
PEOPLES PULPIT.
WEEPING ALL
NIGHT
Weeping May Endure For
he Night, but Joy Cometh In
he Morning" Psalm xxx, 8.

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nal torture which came down to us
from the dark ages, and which we for
time supposed to be Biblical, we find
now is quite unscriptural, when judg-
ed in the light of the Bibles own tes-
timony The eternal torment doctrine
assuredly is not of God, not of the
Bible, but, as st. Paul declares, one
of the doctrines of devils"
The inheritance of weaknesses,
blemishes, sorrows, pain and trouble,
| to which we were born, is quite suffi-.
cient and, according to the Scriptures,
these are all part of death, and all
reach their elimination in death,
which is the real penalty for sin pre-
scribed by our Creator. The fact that
| these blemishes still continue with the
| race proves that their sins are not
| yet blotted out, and to this agree the
Scriptures which point US to the on
coming glorious day of blessing a
! thousand years long, the Millennium,
in which Divine blessing will be be-
slowed upon every member of Adams
| the ransom-price for sinners which he
laid down, will by that time be made
available ''for the sins of the whole
world"
The merit Of that sacrifice has al
! ready been applied to the Church
1.-The household of faith since Pen
tecost. 1t has brought to this class
very special privileges, though very
different ones from those it will bring
to the world during the Millennium.
The willing and obedient of the world
will then get restitution gradually
(Acts iii, 20), back to human perfection
and a worldwide Edenic home. The
blessing upon the Church is different.
The promise now made to those who
can and will walk by faith and not by
sight is a heavenly one. They are to
| have heavenly or spiritual reward
and in their resurrection become par
takers of the divine nature and have
no share thereafter in human nature.
The conditions of the present time are
severe, proportionately to the great
ness and grandeur of their heavenly
calling The terms of acceptance to
the divine nature include not only
faith and love, but self-sacrificing
will. These sacrifice their earthly res
titution rights and privileges for the
privilege of suffering with Christ, that
they may also reign with him in his
NIillennial Kingdom.
Learning by Suffering.
The same thought is elsewhere ex-
pressed. Only those who hear his voice
I and obey him as the Teacher sent of
God will be successful in their en-
4 deavor to become members of the
Royal Priesthood" now being select
ed from the world. Only those who,
during the Millennial Age, will hear
and obey will there receive this great
blessing of eternal alvation-eternal
life under Divine favor, free from the
curse. The reward to the world in the
close of the Millennium and the re-
ward to the Church in the close of this
Gospel Age will each be eternal saliva
ton; but the Church's reward will in
clude eternal glory, heavenly glory and
self in his great work of administer
ing Gods blessings to the world of
mankind, as Mediator of the New
Covenant between God and men-the
world.
1t seemed wise to our Heavenly Fa-
Their that our Lord Jesus should learn
obedience through sufferings and be
tested in respect to his willingness to
endure suffering for righteousness
sake. How appropriate it is that the
same Father should make similar ar
rangements for all Of the Church.
whom he will receive from amongst
the race of Adam to be members of
the Royal Priesthood under Jesus, the
High Priest of our order We see a
necessity for this, not only as respects
our own testings and thorough proof
Of our own Aeart-loyalty to the Lord.
but additionally we see wisdom on
Gods part in thus preparing priest
hood of the future. The term priest
as recognized amongst the Jews was
not merely one who offered sacrifices,
although every priest was of necessity
Il sacrificer. The special mission of
the priestly tribe amongst the other
tribes was that Of instructing helping,
healing, teaching And so God is pre-
pairing Royal Priesthood for the Mil
lcnnial Age to bless, to heal, to teach,
to uplift all the willing and obedient of
humanity.
The royalty of the priesthood signi-
fies that it will no longer be sacri-
ficing class, for all sacrificing will be
at an end 1t will be glorious class,
royal, Of the divine nature, and repre-
sentatives with our Lord Jesus of the
Divine power. AS priests who will
have to do with judging and chasten-
Ing healing and helping humanity, how
The Morning of Joy.
How glad we should be that our
viii provide "a morning of joy" to be
ushered in in his due timer Addi-
| tionally he sympathizes with us to the
extent that he has given us in advance
a message and Revelation and expla-
! nation to comfort us, to sustain us in
| much sympathy do we suppose that
these Royal Priests should have? Are
they not to be on the Divine plane Of
glory, members of the Body of 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 merciful High Priest,
able also to sympathize with the peo-
pie in their infirmities? Does he not