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PASTOR ausseLL's SERMON

ant OF God, and the Song of the Lamb,
saying, Great and marvellous are thy
works, Lord God Almighty; just and
true are thy ways, thou King oil
saints. Who shall not fear thee, o
Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou
only art holy; for all nations shall
come and worship before thee when
thy righteous acts are made mani
fest"-Rev. 1873, A..
AS we have heretofore seen, the
symbolic harp symbolizes the Word OF
God, which is the source and the ac-
compartment of this Song, which is,
"as IL were, new Song 1t is the
Song or message of Moses and the
Lamb, because Moses was the type OF
Christ and in all of the sacrifices of
the Law he typified or fOreshadowed
the sacrifice of Christ, 1.-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 resti-
tuition eventually to come to the whole
world of mankind through the merit
of the slain Lamb. This is shown in
the type which pictures the blessings
that are to follow the Day OF Atone
ment 1t is shown in the typical Jul
bilee 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 people by the
great antitypical Moses, as ST. Peter
recites in Acts 1898.
Moses in the type told of the Pass.
over Lamb, the sparing of the first
bOrns and the subsequent deliverance
of the after-borns. Those who see in
Jesus the Lamb of God, our Passover
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 man
kind, delivered from bondage to sin
and Satan, as typified in the deliver
ance of lsraefs 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 dealings, and assures us that
this ultimately shall be seen by all
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 yet manifested to any except a
faithful few. To the majority the ways
of the Lord are dark, mysterious. Not
only do they see Divine permission OF
calamities, but Divine permission OF
sin, of crime, of blasphemy against
the Holy Name, of false doctrines, OF
superstitiOns. Many indeed wonder at
these things and some are inclined to
doubt altogether that there is a super
vising Providence. Nay, worse! The
doctrine of demons forced upon the
Church in the dark ages has made it
appear to the average mind that God
himself is a demon, who calls upon
mankind to love their enemies and to
do good to them, while he has made
provision for the eternal torture Of his
enemies ana ali who have not heard or
and accepted the merit of the only
name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved" (ActS
APO Alas. how is it possible for
those who are under these delusiOns
| of error to honor God in their hearts
or to sing this song, True and right
eous are thy dealings, Lord God Al
mighty?
THE SONG OF THE MORNING.
While it is true that HE giveth
songs in the night" Job 35:1O), it is
especially true that this Song, "As it
were new song" belongs to the early
morning of the new dispensation, 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 shin
ing forth as the morning star, herald
! ing the rising of the Sun of Right
! eousness 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 oil
| "The Divine Plan of the Ages" which
! is the title | have given to Volume
of my Scripture Studies" which many
of you already have. The Bible Soci
! ETY. supplies it at cost, but any too
poor to purchase / will gladly supply
with a magazine edition free, on post
! card request.
! 1t is only after we have come to a
| knowledge of the fact that the Jewish
| Age furnished 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 "elect'
Church of this Gospel Age, the little
flock" who walk in the marrow way
and in the footsteps of Jesus, are not
the only ohes to be favored; it was
after we learned that these, as the
Bride of Christ, are being schooleG
and prepared by the trials and disci
! pines OF the present time for future
place of honor it was after we learned
that these elect members CT The
| Christ are to be associated with theil
Redeemer during the Millennium ir
giving a great blessing to natural Is
rael and through them to all the ma
tions-then, and not before, we could
see the Justice OF God. the Love o.
God and 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 con
fer all these blessings through
Christ, by resurrection OF the dead
during the times OF restitution OF al
things. Acts 3:19.