The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-12-25

Priest aud Prophet and Tea, her. EYen
60. also. the Church shall be "kings
and priests"-their office, their serv-
Ice. viii be a combination Of ruling
and healing, |instructing ard uplifting
Everything done will come under the
head OF Observation-Disclosures dealing
Every good deed, yea, every coed eff
fort. will be rewarded-its judgment
will be a blessing, an increase of har-
mony with the lord and with a charac-
ter development and Institutional phys
ical experiences (.Acts iii. 1921. In
stead Of the ways Of darkness win be
the way of light. Instead of the broad
road leading 10 destruction with the
masses going down thereon-to the
tomh-will be the highway Of holt
ness" Instead Of stones Of stumbling
we are assured that all the stumbling
stones shall be gathered out Of the
way. Instead Of beastly violence, over
mastering temptations and b~esetments,
devouring mankind because Of their
weakness 10 resist the Adversary, the
Bible assures us that Satan will be
bound and that the wild beasts of vice
and degeneracy will all be brought
into subsection. Thus nothing shall
hurt nor destroy in all Gods holy
Kingdom" And an highway shall be
there, and 1t shall be called, The way
of holiness" isaiah xi, 0; xXxv, 81.
The Messlanic Psalm (Se~venty-sec-
ondl finds its application to that glo-
rious Millennial epoch. Thus we read,
Give the King thy judgments, o God,
and thy righteousness unto the Kings
Son. He shall Judge thy people with
Righteousness and thy poor with judg-
ment 0usticel. He shall judge
the poor Of the people, he shall save
the children of the needy and shall
break in pieces the oppressor, "
He shall come down like rain upon the
mown grass, as showers that water
the earth. In his days shall the right
eous flourish; and abundance of peace
so long as the moon endureth."
1.-THE People Will Learn Righteous
ness"
AS already shown, Gods dealings in
the past have been with the world only
In the sense of executing a general
sentence for Adamic sin-a death sem
tence with all that that involves Of
mental, moral and physical degeneracy
dying. All Of Gods special judg-
ments have been with those who were
justified to special relationship through
faith. If we were to judge Of the num-
Der who will be blessed during the Mil
lennlum by the little flock" Of natural
Israel and the little flock Of spiritual
Israel, saved under Gods Judgments
in advance OF the millennium, the out
come Of the worlds judgment would
not appear favorable. But these would
not be fair criteriOns. Present con-
dltiOns + permitted in order to test
and to prove tho faith, as well as the
obedience Of those who are under trial
or Judgment and who, by reason of
the fall, have such a faith as permits
them to grasp the glorious features of
the present can. Consequently. few
there will be who viii find the great
reward now offered CMatthew vii, IA,
This Is as God designs 1t, because
he is selecting a special class. But the
arrangements made for mankind in
general are that the darkness and sin
OF the present time shall flee away. The
dawning Of The Millennium morning
with the rising Of the Sun Of Right.
eousness with healing in his beams
(The Christ in glory to enlighten the
world, will mean that knowledge will
be granted the world-facts, evidences
proofs. The world Will not be required
to walk by taith and not by sight
as are the "elect" OF this present time
Instead OF the eye Of 10th Of the pres
ent time will be the eye Of Understand
ing Rnowledge), then. Instead Of TIN
secret Of the Lord being kept from thu
world, all Of his gracious purposes viii
then stand fully revealed. ''The knowl
edge Of the glory Of God shall fill th'
whole earth as the waters cover tn,
great deep" Habakkuk ii, AZ. As a Ne
suit none shall need to say unto hi
neighbor and to his brother, Know tho
the Lord, for all shall know him, iron
the least to the greatest OF them. Ever.
I knee shall bow and every tongue con
TESS to the glory Of God Romans xiv
III. When every good deed shall receiv
! promptly and manifestly its reward, an,
every evil deed shall receive prompt
: ly its punishment, the world will speed
/. lily learn to avoid the punishments an,
to win the rewards by obedience to tn
. laws Of the Kingdom.
The Scope Of Our Text.
The Prophet in our text personihe
{ The Christ, Jesus the Head and tn
8 Church his Body. Note the statemen
8 "With my soul have l desired thee /
the night" isaiah XVI, o.. The might
$ Of sin has been upon the world fC
centuries. The morning is at hant
d but not yet fully come. During Ii
e night time the faithful Of the Churc
s are represented as walking In the hgl
Of Gods Word. Thy Word is
e lamp unto my feet, and a lantern uni