Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-04

about the promised blessings-the
blessings Of all the families of the
earth.
The great blessing of forgiveness q:
sins which are past, aud even the
blessing Of being awakened from the
sleep OF death. would profit mankind
but little, II the arrangements Of that
future tlmc-the Millcnnial Age were
not on such scale as TO permit a
thorough recovery from present men
tai, moral and physical weaknesses.
Hence we are reiOiced 10 learn that
in that time Satan will be bound.
every evil influence and every unfavur
able condition will be- brought under
restraint. and the favor of God through
the knowledge of God viii be- turned
upon the people-"rhe knowledge Of
the Lord shall Oh the whole earth as
the waters cover the great deep ="
! Blessing. aye. favor upon favor bless
ing upon blessing. Is the Lords NJ.
rangement and provision. An shall
| know him from the least unto the
! greatest, and none shall need to say
to his neighbor or his brother. know
thou the Lord?' 0salah 81. o: Jeremiah
XXI. 34J
The prophets spoke repeatedly of
these blessings due 10 the world In
! the future Mark how Joel tells that.
as during ibis Gospel Age. the Lord
! pours out his spirit upon his servants
and huud-muldens, so after these days.
In the MilIennial Age. he viii pour out
his spirit upon all flesh. There will
be worldwide blessing through the
knowledge of the Truth. Mark how
Moses. the prophet. spoke of these
coming blessings. and told how God
would raise ~ "A greater Lawgiyer
than himself. u greater Tencher. bet
ter Mediator. aud, under the better
Covenant uf the Lord. would bring
blessings worldwide! Mark again
how he represents the atonement for
the sins Of the whole world in the
AtUuvwcut lluy slcriclal arraug'
mcuts. Mark how again he typihcnllv
fOrctold the blessings OF the MillenulI
Age. representing it IN lsrael's Year
uf Jubilee" IN which every man went
free ard every possession WIS return.
ed tu i,s original ownership. thus rep.
rcscntng the blessings uf the future,
mans release from the scryiudc uf
sin aud SATAN aud the return to him
OF all that was lost through Adam
Isaiah. Jeremiah. Hosea. Micah have
spoken OF these coming times, SO that
the Apostle Peter. pointing TO the IN.
ture. cnuld truthfully dc,'l1re that the
coming times uf restitution of all
things have been spoken 10y the mouth
OF nll tn holy prophets since the
world begun lNcls lii. 1921,
Hope FER Jews and Others.
The sr,uu. class tu Ice blessed under
this Abnmaic Covenant Is tleshly Is.
uc, We are not forgetting that the
Jews were % s,iil.ucvkcd aud rebcllious
people; that they slew the prophets
aud stoned the Lords ministers and
caused the ,rucilNiuu of our redeem.
er Nevertheless. the Scriptures clear.
~ hold forth that after they have had
a period of "hastiscment. which they
have been undergoing ns nation since
our Lords crucihXiou. aud after Spirit
ual Israel SHAH have been glorhcd In
the Kingdom. shea blessing from the
Lord win come UpOl natural Israel:
they shall be- saved ur recovered FROM
their blindncs aud ~ the l'ruphet
declares. they >hnlI look upun him
whom they have peyccd aud shall
mourn FOR him because Tie eyes of
their understanding shall be- opened.
We rejoice tuu. that the promise N |
clear and distinct that the Lord will
pour upon thcm the spirit of prayer
and uf supplicufiun" tZerharah MI, |
lO See also Rnmaus Xi. 2a-23,
But II Gnd II to have mercy upon
the natural Israrllte. whom he de-
clares "a have been still.necked and |
hard.hcarted nnd rcbellious would II |
surprise M that the Divine. benevolent
Intention should he TO bless others
than the Jews others who had not In /
the past the fuvors aud privileges of |
this favored nation. and whose course, |
therefore. WaS less IN opposition 20 the |
llghtq y snru'd not surprise ms, And
so wr Hrd m thls great Onth-Bound !
Covenant hlessin" fnr all nations
all pnoplcs
Poor. Imperfect Creatures,
eve make cod love too narrow
Ey false sts. u..Is of our own
pu uui mi3purhcnd us. We are |
not teuchu- ,hu, heather and lmhe. |
Giles and the uu,egrnerate m general |
shall be- taken tu heaven, whore they |
would he utterly out ot harmony with |
their surroundings aud require tu be !
converted and 90 be taught, such an
Inconsistent view We leave TO those !
who are now claiming that the heather /
viii be saved In their ignorance We
stand by the Word of God that there
is no present salvation without faith
In Christ Jesus. aud that the heather
and the imbeciles have neither part /
nor lot IN the salvation Of the present
time. We stand by the Scriptures
which say that salvation at the present