The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-04-07

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Jesus Christ. which before was preached unto :
you; whom the heavens must retain until the :
pmes Of restitution OF all things, which God :
hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy /
prophets since the world began Acts ILL., :
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answer. Comparatively few of the
missionaries are able to hold their own
In argument with intelligent people in
India. China. and Japan. There is no
danger of their converting those peo-
| pie. There is more danger of their
losing their own faith in the Bible,
because of their misrepresentation Of
some Of its teachings respecting the
mission of the Church, the hope Of the
Church and the hope of the world!
Missionaries are thus handicapped.
Full of commendable zeal they leave
our shores to tell the heather that
their forefathers have gone to eternal
torment and that they are going there.
too, unless they accept Christ. 1t is
rude awakening to be asked
where hell is? and why God should
have condemned them and their fore
fathers to such horrible eternity?
and how this could be true and vet he
be God of pity, compassion. Love?
The heather ask, Why the different
denominations-th different theories
Of the terms of salvation-by Water.
by Election, by Free Grace 10y joining
the Church etc The missionary. Who'll
ly unable to answer the adult native.
! gathers children about him, starts
school and does all he is able perhaps.
to Justify his presence in a foreign
land-helpiug the sick and doing many
other acts of kindness which are very
commendable, whether from a religious
or humanitarian standpoint
Preach the Gospel to All Nations
Our Lord instruction was that his
people should preach the Gospel in all
the world for ritHcSs-not to convert
all the world. but for a "tritHcSs' to all
the world. The mission of the Gospel
is to select the Kingdom class. a little
flock" The first opportunity to be
come members of this Royal Priest
! uOOu was OutItu 10 Tue Jews ana, ait
er the gathering of a remnant from
them, and after their national rcjec-
| ton. the message was to 20 to the
whole world Irrespective of national
lines, boundaries or langua@e-an
body, everybody having the hearing
ear" was to be instructed respecting
Christ and the opportunity of becom-
ing his disciples by full conservation
of mind and body, time and talent,
even unto death. These were to be
promised tn" reward of a share in the
/ First Resurrection. to be members Of
the Royal Priesthood which. during
the Miliennial Kingdom of Messiah
will bless all the remaining families
of mankind all the non-clect.
We are not complaining about the
/ failure to convert the heather, We
are not faulting the missionaries. We
are taking the Bible stand that all Of
1 Gods purposes are being accomplish
ed: that Gods Word is accomplishing
that whereto it was sent" isaiah ",
IL; that it was not sent to convert
the world, but to gather an elect"
sample or "frSt-fruits" from all ma
lions Revelation xiv. n. Let cirilicihg
influences continue in heathendom, as
well as in ChriStendom. But let all
/ Christians missionaries and others
know assuredly that their labor IS not
in vain If they are seeking for the
| Lords jewels to the best Of their abil
| ity. am in touch continually with
| labOrers in India. and Africa and well
know that the pure Gospel of Christ
is not greatly affecting their teeming
millions. But the Gospel OF the King
dom is seeking out. blessing, Sancti-
/ flying. happifying, encouraging some,
here and there; some, who have ears
of faith to hear, eyes Of faith to see,
and Obedient hearts to obey the call
I to suffer with Christ and 10y and by
to reign with him for the effectual
blessing of all the families of the
earth, by uplifting the willing out
of their present conditions of sin and
degradation and death.
The Millennium a Necessity.
We have shown the value and nee
! eSSltN lot the doctrine OF the Mlllen-
nium-that all Christians who would
hold fast to their Bibles as a faith
anchor and who would make progress
In their study of the Word and be
co-laborers with God in the gathering
OF the elect" need TO see that the
elect only are now called TO be heirs
Of the Kingdom for which we pray,
Thy Kingdom come" They need to
see that that Kingdom is Gods proyi-
sion for the future blessing of the non
elect. They need to see that the Bible
does not teach. as many of them sup
pose that the saints are called of God
to sit in the heavenly balcony and
look over at the non-elect in eternal
anguish. and hear their cries
Next let us note that the Millennium,
itself is an absolute necessity for the
world. according to the statistics of
the worldly wise Many coffee pro
fessors ard l. DIS are mc.u.,d t.
speak glibly of the Second Cu"ng ot
Christ being far in the future "Gtt
thousand years yet" say some }Ut
evidently THESE le5rHcd gentlemen have
not used their cduraJiuuIl advantages
in connection with such STATEMENTS
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