The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-11-28

comparison, wOuid Dc t..C O. 1rial nG-
vests Of earth, which would merely en-
courage and stimulate the bringing into
| being of larger numbers of our race to
! experience those tortures? If these
! things be true, rather should we give
| thanks for famine ana pestilence,
/ which would obllterate our race en-.
! tlrely and thus save future thousands
/ Of millions from the horrors of eternal
| torture These thoughts will come to
| all intelligent beings sooner oil later.
| We bring them forward now, In order
| that we may Offset them with the
| Truth-that we may show the fallacy
of these doctrines Of devils" as St
Paul designates them q Timothy iv. H.
We bring them to your attention SO
that we may not only demolish them
but give you instead the true satisfac.
tory portion, the Truth. the Bread that
came down from heaven to give life
eternal, not merely to the sanity few
of the Church, but to mankind In gen
eral Those who get the proper view
of our Creator and of his glorious Plan
for human salvation will be forever
protected from such fears and doubts
respecting Divine goodness. Getting
the proper view of the Heavenly Fa.
TIERS character through the discern
ment Of his Plan Of the Ages for splr-
! itual Israel, natural Israel and the
world in general. they will hereafter
be able 10 celebrate every Thanksgiy.
ing Day much more abundantly. much
more intclllgently, much more happily
than any I'm the past. More than this,
TO these every day will be a happy day
II. rightly exercised 10y the goodness OF
God. they shall give him their hearts.
Then truly they may say,
30 happy day that fixed my choice
On thee my Savior and my God!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell it's raptures all abroad"
Gods Mercy EnSureth Forever.
In the Psalm from which our text Is
taken the Prophet David repeats this
sentiment of Thanksgiving to God be-
cause of the ever-cOntinuance of his
mercy. twenty-siX times. our English
| translation does not give us the exact
thought. however. Properly translated
| IL would read, 20 give thanks. for his
mercy endurcth ever" The word crer.
more nearly represents the thought Of
the Hebrew. which signifies not for.
erer but 10 a completion. As long as
| there Is any use for mercy. Gods mer'
| cy will continue When the great Di-
| vine Program shall have been accom-
! pilshed, when every creature In heav-
en-. and In earth. and under the earth,
shall be heard saying Praise aud glo.
ry and honor. dominion and might he
unto him that sitteth upon the Throne
and unto the Lamb forever" CRevela-
tlon v, l3l. then there will no longer
be need for mercy; mercy viii have
accomplished It's work.
Mercy signifies the setting aside OF
Justice In some manner. for some rea-
son. Justice Is the foundation Of
Gods throne-;he foundation Of the
Divine Government Justice had con
troll Of Father Adam and offered him
eternal life in an Eden home, as Il re
ward fer obedience; or death, eXtinc-
tion. as the penalty for disobelience.
AS Divine Wisdom had foreknown,
man disobeyed aud the penalty Of JUS
tice. "Dying thou shalt die" was exc
cuted. Through heredity all of Ad-
ans race became involved-all inner
tied sinful tendencies and dying con
sttutions.
For more than two thousand years
death reigned under the edict Of JUS
tice and our race as a whole were sub
lect to 1t. A little later the Law Cow
enant was made with lsrael-one ma
tlon out of many. 1t seemed to offer
mercy, but did not. They We're placed
under the Law and were merely offer
ed eternal life If they could keep the
Law-whlch they could not keep, be-
cause Of inherited blemishes. moral
and physical
1t was over four thousand years
from the time Justice struck the fata
blow, until Divine mercy stepped for
ward with the healing balm. Gods
mercy is his love In active operation
for the relief of the condemned Al
though God Is Love. and hence must
always have been loving and kind and
merciful of disposition. yet this quail
ity OF his character was held In re-
straint as respects condemned men fol-
-s0re than fortx centuries. So the