Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-03


ninety thousand going to the tomb every |
day. The Lord tells US through the prophet /
that with the establishment Of His Kingdom
will come a wonderful change: Instead OF death
continuing to swallow up the race, dying shall
cease. None shall die then except for wilful |
sin. How glorious time that will be! All OF !
our sorOrws are more less intimately assO- |
ciated with the reign OF sin and death DO"
We may well rejoice in the new dispensaton |
which divine wisdom has planned and divine
love will execute for the releasing Of our race
from this dying process-from this bondage OF /
corruption, permitting them TO return TO the |
liberty Of the sons OF God, freedom from death,
freedom from sin.
But even this is not enough. The Lord pro- |
poses that He will not merely restrain tne |
power of death. that IT shall cease swallow /
ing up race. but additionally He proposes |
/ that He VIII swallow up death in victory.
The tomb, which fguratively, has engorged II |
self with twenty thousand millions, Will be fore
ed to disgorge, to release its victims. All that
are in their graves shall hear the voice OF the
Son of Man and come forth The sanity few
whose faithfulness to God has already been test
ed win come forth to the perfection Oh IRE.
The insanity masses, the majority OF whom
have never known God truly, viii come forth
to the resurrection of trial. of judgment. Of dis
cipline Of testing. Death itself shall be de-
| st Paul quotes from the prophet Hosea. |
eaying, % death. where is thy sting? o grave,
! where is thy victory? He does not quote this
as applicable now, for sin and death still have
their victory in the world Thousands are
BY SA the power of Of the tomb. st. Paul and the
prophet pointed down to the glorious epoch OF
the millennisl kingdom following the resur-
rectiOn change OF the church,, when all shall
be brought to a knowledge Of the truth, from
the least 10 the greatest, and when all that
are in the prison house Of death shall come
forth. because Jesus has released every member
of our race from the power Of the tomb.
I'VE remember Redeemer's tender words,
Come unto me all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and 1 will give you rest Those
and obtained from Him the rest Of faith, found
that It meant to US the wiping away Of our
tears, the cancellation in large degree OF our
stand the next statement Of the prophet in our
text. The Lord God will wipe away tears from
off all faces 1t is the same message age given to
der the figure of the New Jerusalem, is brought
to attention. 1t Will be the Heavenly Faith
er who win wipe away the tears, not directly
but indirectly through His Son, the Redeemer.
More and more as we come to an understanding
of the grace Of God. as illustrated In His divine
plan OF the ages. come to realize that all
things are OF the Father and all things are by
the Son'-that the two. while distinctly separ-
ate. are also distinctly in love. in sympathy,
and in cooperating in the work Of relief which
has already begun in the church, and which
ultimately is to extend to the world during the
millennium.
Tears are the marks of sorrow, pain, suffer
| Ing; and the poetic statement that God Himself
will wipe away the tears of mankind is beau
/ tiful and forceful suggestion of how the power
of the Highest is shortly to be employed, not
| in the eternal torment OF the world, but in its
blessing, its uplifting, the wiping away OF its
tears and sorrows.
''when we remember that there are no tears
in heaven. and that the joys Of that blessed
overflow with thanksgiving we catch the po-
etc thought included in the assurance that all
sin, and all sorrow the result OF sin. and all
| tears and marks of sorrow. will forever pass
| away in that happy day. Truly we may be
glad and rejoice and give honor to our God
as His righteous dealings with our
race manifested-as the clouds and shadows flee
away and permit the sunshine Of divine love
and gnce to take their proper places before the
/ q understanding.
lea no one imagine that this signifies uni
| versaI salvation other Scriptures show us
| that while universal opportunity for salvation
/ will ba accorded, none except those who avail
themselves Of it by hearty acceptance OF the
! divine arrangement, and hearty obedience 10
\ the Laws of the kingdom-these only will get
| the great blessing Of life eternal; only their
| wiful sinners, will be destroyed in the second
death.
REBUKE OF HIS PEOPLE.
Another matter mentioned In connection
with this great feast and kingdom work for
| all people is stated in the words, The KeDuKe
of his people shall He take away from Off all
| the earth. Throughout the period OF the reign
! Of sin and death there has been a rebuke. an
! odium, attached to being Gods people Thus
anti-type OF Israel's bullock of the sinorrering
went outside the camp, bearing reproach, ana
he exhorts us as the Gospel church, as anti
| type Of the Lords goat Of the sin-offerng,
| that we should go to Him outside the camp,
| bearing His reproach' As 1t is written, thu
| reproaches of them that reproached Thee fen
on Me- The apostle refers to the thing
| again, saying tho world knoweth US not even
as II knew s Him not Hence Hens SAID the apostle
| ings Of the earth, deceivers and yet true.
Rom. 1873; Cor, 4:1s; Cor, 6:1s.
This reproach has lasted throughout this
| Gospel age. VIII 1t last forever? VIII tue
world ever to honor those who are the
Lords true people? WIN mankind ever come
10 know Gods saints? We answer that the
| declaration OF Scripture in respect TO Loru
| is, They shall look upon Him whom they nave
pierced and mourn because Of Him. Zach,
|
| respect to the church of Christ, His members
! In due time, after the clouds and shadows
| shall have passed away, after He who sits
upon the throne shall have made all thugs
new. after the veil of ignorance covering all
| mankind shall have been dissolved, after the
| tears shall have been wiped away, IT will re
found that the reproach Of Gods people has
ceased The world will not only have come
! to knowledge Of the Creator, and a knowledge
| Of the Redeemer. but TO the knowledge also
Of the bride, the Lambs wife. Instead Of it's
| being reproach to have been a member or
the body Of Christ, 1t will then be recognized
as the greateSt Of all honors and privileges.
"0f Zion II shall be said. This and that
| was born in her Psalms s7:5.
We who know in advance by faith thus
| recognize our privileges may wen thank God
and take courage and walt for the development
SIGNING. CRYING. DYING.
| "In the account furnished us by Lord in
Revelation. 21!4, 5, we are assured that there
will be more signing, no more crying. and no
more dying, because all the former things shall
have passed away-all the things Of sin and
/
ditions In any sense or degree. How glorious IL
will be when Eden shall bloom without a tomb
when the character-likeness OF God, exemplified
/ in the law Of love, shall be written in every
human being, when Gods Will shall be done on
earth as It is already done in heavenl How
glorious the contemplation No wonder, we
| further read, And every creature which is in
heaven, and the earth, and under the earth,
| and such are in the sea, and all that are In
them, heard !, saying. Blessing, and honor. ann
glory, and power be unto him that stitch upon
| the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and
/ ever
And now another thought: those glorious con-
| ditions are sure to come, but the time Is not
yet, though very There Is still oppor-
tunlty for US who are called to this high call.
ing to make our calling and election sure by
obedience to the terms and conditions of the
| call
! The more we come into sympathy with the
4 glorious purposes OF the kingdOm-the more We
/ have the mind of the Father and OF the Son In
! respect to their great work OF human uplifting
! the more Will desire to have a share IN
that work. And when remember that the
/ zeal with which throw ourselves into the
Lords service, and lay down lives for the
/ brethren will determine worthiness IN
worthIness to have a share with Lord in the
| kingdom work. we are inclined to agree with
| the apostles statement, Eye hath not seen.
/ nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man. the things which God hath pre-
pared for them that love Him. But God hath
revealed them unto (begotten OF His spirlt) |
nv His spirit: for the spirit searcheth all things
yea, the deep things Of God "