Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-29
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Grafton Of themselves to walk in the
Redeemer's footsteps as living sacri-
fees. Under this provision the Gospel
call has been going forth for now
eighteen centuries. The object of this.
the Scriptures tell US. is to select pri-
marily the Church of Christ, little
flock" 1.-The Bride, the Lambs wife"
and joint-heir with him in his Millen-
NAL Kingdom. which is to bless the
world.
Throughout this Gospel Age faith
full little flock" has gradually been
gathered. Their test is, their willing
ness to lay down their lives In the
Lords service-in the service OF the
Truth and in the service Of the breth-
rem. In doing this they are sacrificing
with Jesus; as the Apostle suggests, II
beseech you, therefore, brethren. by
the mercies Of God. that We present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and
acceptable unto God. which is your
reasonable service" Romans xii. II.
This sacrifice of Christ's members" is
counted in as part and parcel Of the
sacrifice Of Christ. When this sacrific-
ting shall be finished it will mean that
the merit of Christ's sacrifice at Cal
vary appropriated to the Church will
have been laid down again-returned
to the credit of the Redeemer Then,
at the conclusion of this Age. when the
last member Of the Body has suf-
fered with him and been glorifed. the
great High Priest will apply the blood
afresh-not again for his members and
the household of faith, however, but
for the world, as the type clearly
shows
"The Riches Of His Grace"
Glance backward now, and see the
unfoldings Of the Divine Plan: The
Babe Of Bethlehem; the Man of Sor-
rows; the Risen Lord; the Assembled
High Priest and Advocate; the appro-
priation Of his merit to the Church;
the joy Of forgiveness Of sins and rec
onciliation to God experienced by all
believers; their instruction in the
School of Christ; their testing and
proving by trials and difficulties; and
finally. their glorifcation with their
Lord in the Millennial Kingdom. In
turn, the glorious Prophet. Priest, Me-
diator. King. Head and members"
| complete, will institute the Millennial
| Kingdom reign Of righteousness for
the blessing of the world. Applying
his merit for the world and using it
also to seal the New Covenant, he
opens up the way whereby all then
living may become reconciled to Cod
| ho {o f,,I
perfection of mind and morals and
physique-and have back again the
Paradise, lost by sin but redeemed at
Calvary.
The Savior purposes. in harmony
with the Divine Program, that not
merely the members Of the race liv-
ing at the time of his Second Com
ing and the establishment of his.
Kingdom shall be blessed by Gods
great Christmas Gift. but additionally,
every member of Adams race. Hence
the arrangement is, as the Master tells
us, "All that are in their graUes shall
hear the voice Of the Son of man and
come forth
The "overcomers' of this time of
evil, having passed their trial, will
come forth perfected in life-the
Church on the Spirit plane, being the
first fruits" The remainder of man
kind, unapproved of God. shall come
forth unto a resurrection of crisis
trial, judgment, testing. They will come
forth that it may be testified to them
in that, their due time-that Christ
died for their sins and that redemption
through his blood has been provided
for them and for all of Adams race
During that thousand years of tria
they must either accept Gods grace
and cooperate in their advance to per
lection or be destroyed in the Second
Death as unworthy of any further Di
vine favor and blessing.
| "Great Joy Unto All People,"
> Truly, dear friends. we are begin
, ming to understand the message sen
! us through the angel when our Savio
was born. The message is not. Fea
o greatly; bring you bad tidings o.
r eternal torment and misery for all PEG
. pie. It is the very reverse of this
;. namely, Fear not; I bring you goot
: tidings Of great joy which shall b.
/ unto all people," The joy has no
q been to all people as yet. Even tn
8 knowledge Of the Lord has reached
: only about one in ten of earth's popu
9 lation thus far. And what did reacl
f them was generally very unsatisfac
4 tory, unreasonable message of damna
! ton and great misery. As we hav,
i just seen. however. the great Plan o
\ the Ages is rolling onward toward
s completion. and it's progress at ever,
s stage makes for fresh blessings ant
e fresh revelations of the glorious thing
= which God purposed in himself from
e before the foundation of the world
: Truly the Scriptures say, AS the heav
j ems are higher than the earth. so ar
D Gods ways higher than mans way
s and his thoughts higher than man
0 thoughts isaiah lv, 81.
q Thankful and faithful we should be
for the further knowledge of Cod