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song or message of Moses and the Lamb be-
cause Moses was the type of Christ and in ali
of the sacrifices of the law he typified fore
Swallowed the sacrifice of Christ The Lamb
! of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world."-(John 1:29) And in type also he told
/ the story of blessing and restitution eventually
to come to the whole world of mankind
through the merit of the slain lamb. This rs
shown in the type which pictures the blessings
that are to follow the Day of Atonement Ii
is shown in the typical jubilee year, in which
restitution was made, both of personal liberty
and of property. Similarly, the various feasts
of the law foreshadowed the coming blessings
and feast Of fat things" which. during the
Millennial age will be spread before all peo-
| pie by the great antitypical Moses. st.
Peter recites in Acts 3:19-23.
Moses in the type told of the Passover lamb,
! the sparnig of the first born, and the subse-
quent deliverance of the afternoons. Those
who see in Jesus the Lamb of God, our Pass
over may discern now that the Church of the
First Born are the ''elect', of this Gospel age
and that the after borns of the type represent
the world of mankind, delivered from bondage
to sin and Satan. as typified in the deliverance
| OF lsraePs hosts from the power of Pharaoh
at the Red sea, which scene pictures the time
/ Of trouble with which the present age will end
and the new dispensation begin.
RIGHTEOUS ACTS MANIFESTED.
Notice that feature of this New Song which
refers to Gods righteous acts, righteous deal
! ings. and assures that this ultimately shall
| be seen by al mankind, and that all then
seeing will be reasonably expected to worship.
The fact is that the righteousness of the
! Divine Government of the world is not vet
|
| the majority me ways Of the Lord are dark,
mysterious. Not only do they see Divine per
mission of calamities, but Divine permission
! of sim of crime, of blasphemy against une
| Holy Name. of false doctrines, of supersttions.
Many indeed wonder at these things and
are inclined to doubt altogether that there is a
supervising Providence. Nay. worse! The
doctrines of demons forced upon the church n
the dark ages has made it appear to the aver
/ age mind that the God himself is a demon,
who calls upon mankind to love their enemies
| and all who have not heard of and accepted
! the merit of the only name under heaven
given among men. whereby we must be saved"
| (Acts 412) Alas how is IL possible for those
who are under these decisions of error to honor
God in their hearts or to sing this song. True
ana righteous arc thy dealings Lord God Al.
mighty
THE SONG OF THE MORNING.
| While it is true that He giveth songs in the
night" dob 35:10), it is especially true that
this Song LAS il were a new song" belongs
to the early morning of the dspensation.
when the Mystery of God, which he hath
kept secret from the foundation of the world"
is being finished, and when all the light Of
sacred story is centering in the Cross of Christ,
and now shining forth as the morning star
heralding the rising of the Sun of Righteous
ness with healing in his beams" to bless all
the families of the earth!
This new Song can be appreciated and sung
only from the standpoint of THE Divine Plan
of the Ages" which is the title have given
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II is only after have come to a knowl-
edg of the fact that the Jewish Age furnished
Ia series of types and shadows of better things
to come. that we know to look for the better
things and are able to discern them. 1t was
after we learned that the 'eeIct' church of
this Gospel Age, the little flock who walk
in the narrow way and in the footsteps OF
Jesus, are not the only ones to be favored; Il
was after we learned that these as the
Bride OF Christ, are being schooled and pre-
pared by the trials and disciplines of present
times for future Dlacp NJ Fta.
we learned that these elect members of The
christ are to be associated with their Re-
Z deemer during the Millennium in giving a great
blessing to natural Israel and through them TO
all the nations-then and not before we could
see the Justice Of God, the Love of God and
4 the wisdom OF God. From this standpoint also
we are enabled to exercise faith in God the
Father that according to the promise of the
( scriptures he is able as willing to confer an
these blessings through Christ by a resurrec-
ton Of the dead during the times OF restItu-
ton Of all things.'-Act 3:19.
This accounts for all the trials and persecu-
! uonS permitted to come upon the Lords saints
and shows us that they, like their Redeemer
LORD must he tested, proved. found faithful
even unto death, in order to be accounted worthy
Of This high exaltatiOn. II shows us also NOT
only that the world is not to be hurled at death
TO eternal torment but is preserved by the
deatn ready TO hear the command of the great
King and to come forth. Even He said. THE
hour is coming in the which all that are in
tnelr graves shall hear the voice of the Son of
Man ana shall come forth''-the church TO
life resurrection, perfect and complete. the world
10 a -gment resurrection and gradual raising
up under ulsciplines and chastisements out of
sin and death TO PERFECTION and everlasting life
during the Millennium, or, refusing this favor
10 be remanded TO the Second Death-"everlast-
ing destruction"
From this standpoint also it may be seen that
the groahing of creation. even in the present
hte, are not without their recOmpenses, be-
cause through these fluctuations the world is
! learning to a considerable degree a great les
son respecting 1.-THE exceeding sinfulness OF sin
Who can tell how greatly this lesson will profit
them when. by aud by, they shall learn some
tnlng or the other side Of the question, namely,
of the exceeding prOfitabeness of righteousness
LEARNING To SING THE SONG
ms song Is not given in miraculous man
! the statement, mo man could learn that Song
except the hundred forty and four thou
sand Many indeed have learned bar or two;
some perhaps stanza; but ability to sing the
song to a finish implies such faithfulness TO
God, such a study of His Word, such reIa-
tonship with NArist' as none can attain to
spirit All uis implies patience and perse-
veranee And can wonder that the Lord
should make such stringent regula lions when we
remember the high glory and honor and Immor-
tally promised to this faithful little flock?
II we look about us. we find many willing TO
spend considerable sums of money, considerable
time and thought and energy to acquire the
secrets OF Free Masonry, Uud Fellowship or
other earthly institutions OF how mucb more
worth are "the secrets of the Lord" which are
TO go only to those who reverence Him and
who love the Lord with all their hearts, mind,
sOul, sLIeuBIu. AlJnOukn the GOSpeI is free in
one sense of the word the Lord has evidently
found a way to make Ii cost us something in
order to prove our love- FOUR devotion, our zeal.
If we have learned some of the Song let us
sing that portion; let us tell IL out to our
neighbors and friends, as soon we have made
/ sure that what we have learned is not tradi-
lions of the ancients from the dark ages but
the true Song of Moses and the Lamb as fore
told by the apostles and the prophets. As we
faithfully proclaim what we have already
learned and become more and more imbued with
the Truth 1t will enable us to appreciate to
greater extent the deep things Of God" which
the natural eye hath not seen nor ear heard
neither hath entered into the, heart of man the
things which God hath in reservation, and hath
revealed unto us by the Spirit of His Word
Il Cor. go TO- The learning of the Song Is
thus a progressive work which belongs TO this
day. Let MS therefore, go from grace
to grace and from knowledge to knowledgei
The Reason