Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-10-29

preston, eventually TRANSFORMING US,
until. by the final change uf the rirSt
Resurrection, the sealing processes
shall have been accomplished. Then
the glorious promises of Gods Word
having been fully realized. we shall bv
like our Lord on the spirit plane aud
sharers of his glory. Then we SHALL br
granted the privileges OF asst, htiun
with him IN his Millenuiul kn.ium
work for the uplifting, the restitution
the blessing of Israel aud all the fani-
lilies Of the earth. But let us not for
get that no one Is sealed with the holy
Spirit Of promise, except he has turn
ed from sin and accepted our Lori
Jesus as his Redeemer and who has.
additionally. consecrated unto death
all his human rights aud interests of
every kind-to sacrifice the same MS
guided by the holy Spirit Of the Lord.
The Sealing Operation.
Gods holy Spirit in effecting this
sealing Of our hearts, In making this
impress Of the Divine character upon
us as New Creatures, uses various
means. One Of these is the Word of
God. sometimes called "the sword of
the Spirit" Its instructions. encour-
agements. warnings and promises con.
stitute q power OF God upon the hearts
OF those who love righteousness aud
hate iniqulty aud who are striving to
serve the Lord with willing and self
sacrificing hearts. The Word Of God
may reach others and influence them
more or less this way or that. but only
upon this one special class does II eXer-
else this scaling power. Another agen-
cy for the impressing Of the Divine
will. "the mind Of Christ" the holy
Spirit, upon our hearts Is Gods Prov
licences. These. however, can be right
ly understood only by those enlighten-
ed by the Word the Bible aud can be
rightly applied only by the meek. the
humble. the trustful who have made
the conservation and are seeking TO
make their calling and election sure.
The holy Spirit uses these different
means of developing In the consecroted
ones the mind OF Christ, the spirit OF
God. the holy Spirit; and the sealing
thus effected marks each Individual ns
one OF the Lords "jewels." one Of the
Lords "membcrs." In preparation for
share with the Lord In the heavenly
Kingdom. There Is n blessing expert
cnced IN conjunction with the sealing
itsclf-a Joy, peace, q rest of heart,
which the world can neither give nor
take away. However. these blessings
Of the present time are merely n fore
taste or earnest" of the great Inherit
ance which Il 20 be theirs with the
completion Of their experiences I'm the
School Of Christ. In the end OF this
age all OF these faithful ones. mot
many" "a little flock" will reach the
end of the Journey and. by the First
Resurrection. he "chdnOcd In moment
In the twiukllng OF an eye" into the
glorious likeness Of the Redeemer,
That wonderful moment will bc IN the
early dawn Of the Mlllcnninl Day,
which Is the Day of Redemption. the
Day Of Dellverance.
Deliveranee For the World.
But while the Church will be the
first 10 be blessed In that dellverance
day, the Scriptures assure MS that 9th
ers also will be delivered-'the groan-
ing creation" But the Church viii be-
first every way. aud then through II MS
the Body Of Christ the blessings of
restitution opportunities will he extend
cd 20 an others. That viii be earth's
great Dellverance Day or, as shown In
the Jewish types. Il Will he the anti
typical Jubilee Year. IN which the
world will be released from It's bond
age 10 sin and death. As ST. James de-
clares q. ISL the Church Is ~ kind Of
frst-fruits unto God Of His creatures"
But the frst-frults will have Il great
pre-eminence. In that the First Resur-
rectiOn will bring them spiritual per
fectlon as we'll as n share In the MIL
lennial KINGDOM. Theirs will he an In
stantaneOus change. while the OppOr-
tunities Of the world will be that Of
gradual uplifting from sin ana death
conditions TO the perfection ~ man
hood. such as Adam enioved before be
sinned. and In a worldwide Eden
home.
The grieving Of the holy Spirit, then
would signify th1t the sealing proc
esses would discontinue; that the work
would not be accomplished; that the
Word and Providences OF God would
not prove effective In the heart which
had grieved the Spirit. In other words,
II is required that this work OF sealing
shall be fully with our consent tco-
operation. else II cannot proceed. The
Apostle intimates that self-will on our
part. or a recurrence TO the spirit Of
the world. would have this blighting
effect This Is shown In the context
preceding. which should be fully stud
led
II Is not our wish TO discourage any
body In any measure Of well doing. on
the contrary. we encourage all with
the Scriptural assurance that not a
single act Of kindness done 10 one Of