Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-27

these Royal Priests should nave! Are
they not 10 be on The Divine plane of
glory. members of the Body" of Mes
siah. the great kingiy priest after the
order Of Melchizedek? And of him has
not the Apostle written that be must
be faithful aud mercifuI High Priest.
able also to synpathize with the peo-
pie in their intrmities? Does be not
declare that it was for this reason thai
our Lord WAS touched with a feeling
for humanity's intrniities? Aud is il
not in perfect keeping with this that
all those accepted as members of his
Body" should have such experiences I'm
this sacrificing time as would demonI
strate their loyalty to the Lord and
guarantee their deep sympathetic in
terest IN the world then committed to
their care? 10 such will be committed
the work of human restitution, uplift
out of sin and death conditions men
tai, moral and physical?
The Morning Of Joy.
How glad we should be that our
Heavenly Fathers sympathy for us
will provide "a morning of joy" TO be
ushered in, in bis due timer Addl-
! tionally he sympathzes with us to the
extent that he has given us in advance
a message and Revelation and expla-
nation to comfort us. to sustain us in
the way! We have already seen that
this Revelation is only for those who
have the eyes of faith and the ears of
faith at the present time. blessed are
your eyes. for they see; and your ears,
for they hear" HE that hath an ear
let him hear"
We recognize the wisdom of God In
Withholding the secret of his plan
from the world in general. We recog-
nize that for the world to know the
deep things of God at the present time
would be injurious rather than help
full to them. 1t might possibly work
an interference with the Divine Pro
gram. Nevertheless we are bound to
sympathlze with the poor groaning
creation In its blindness and ignorance.
The poor world knows not why 1t
came into being In an animal fash
ion, eating, drinking. etc, it seeks to
use the opportunities of present life
and, after a few short years full of
trouble, it goes down iuto the tomb,
ignorant Of the purposes Of its crea-
ton, and usually considerably enthrall-
ed by fear respecting the future be-
yond the portals Of death,
How we may rejoice in spirit as we
perceive the length and breadth aud
height and depth of the Divine FRO
gram for the future and the blessings
which it will bring TO this "groauing
creations" How we long for the time
to come when the Church shall be
made ready through the sutferings of
this present time for the gIories of the
future-of the Kingdom! No wonder
the Apostle declares, He that hath
this hope in him puritieth himself even
as he the Lord is pure q John iii,
-. He is our exemplar, our pattern.
We seek to copy him. Although we
cannot hope to be like him in the
flesh. we can be like him in the spirit
of our minds and thus be of the char
acter-likeness which the Father will
be pleased to honor with share in
the First Resurrection" BY that glo-
rious change" we shall be made like
him actually and see him as he is and
share his glory
The morning of joy, the Millennial
Morning, of course. cannot be ushered
in until the rising of the Sun of Right
eousness. Its beams of grace and
Truth will flood the earth with the |
light of the knowledge of the glory of !
God to such degree that it will drive !
out, eNpel, all ignorance, superstition |
and sin, which have worked such |
havoc in our race.
But what is this Sun of Righteous
ness? Whence comes T.? The Bible |
answers the question by telling us that |
II symboIically represents the Lord |
himself and the elect Church of this |
Gospel Age. The sun of Righteous
ness Is Il synonym for the Seed of |
Abraham, of whom it is written, in
thee shall all the families of the earth
be blessed.'~ The Mystery hidden for
Il time from many is the fact that the
Church is 10 share with her Lord In
every feature of his glorious work. not
only In suffering. but also in reignlng.
Thus we have ST. Paul'S assurance that
the overcomers will be members of the
Seed OF Abraham Galatians Ill, 2Ol.
And we have our Lords own words
that this faithful class will be repre-
sented In the great sun of Righteous
ness. the great Messiah. the great
Prophet. Priest, King and Mediator be-
tween God aud men Matthew xiii, 43l. II
"Whst Manner Of Persons"
st. Peter In viewing the prospects OF
the Church, inquiries as to what man
ner OF persons we ought 10 be, in all
of holy living aud godliness"
He refers 10 us, who know That the
present order OF things Is the reign of
sin aud death from which our Lord
lied TO deliver us. What manner OF
persons ought ~ 10 be, who have heard
he Lords Invitation To jomt-heirship Il
IN his Kingdom, and who know that