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Perplexed and confused many may
ask, What. then, Is the hope OF the full
fillment of our text, s'Pcacc on earth.
good viii toward men," We answer
that our Master, who declared that he
was not the Prince of this age. de-
clared also that his Kingdom OF the
next age win be introduced with pow
er and great glory and that, although
its initial manifestation will be with
clouds and darkness and time OF
trouble such as never before has been.
nevertheless his reign will be glorious.
triumphant aud eternal He shall
fake unto himself his great power and
reign" until 'he shall have put all
enemies under his feet" "the last
enemy that shall be destroyed is
DEATH '.Unto him every knee shall
bow and every tengue confess
The victory of Emanuel means the
overthrow of sin--the crushing of the
serpent's head. At the very beginning
of his glorious reign Satan shall be
hound aud following its close he shall
he destroyed in the Second Death. TO-
gether with all those who love mn
righteousness, after they shall have
had full knowledge and full opportu-
nifty for recovery from the snnres or
sin and DEATH Then. indeed the
whole world will proclaim the glory
Of God. There will no longer he dis
cordant sounds AS the Scriptures de-
clare. There shall be no more crying.
no more signing, 10 more dying-all
the former things of sim and death
shall have passed away REV. xxi. A..
The Great Restorer of All.
The great King who. eighteen CEN
turies ago, died. the Just for the un-
just, that he might. judicially, bring
mankind back into harmony with God.
Is to be the Great King of earth. the
great Restorer of all that was lost in
Adam. and he will make all things
new" Revelation xxi. 81.
Everything apperraining 10 this
great Plan Of Salvation outlined fD the
Word of God is reasonable. The cru
cial testing of the elect Church is nee
essary in order that as faithful and
merciful priests OF God and Of Christ.
associated with him in his kfngly
glory. they may be Gods instrument
tality in succoring mankind from the
fallen conditions which have resulted
from six thousand years Of sin, and
from the malignant influence Of the
Prince OF darkness. during the thou
sand years which the Bible stfpulates
rs the period Of MeSsiah's reign tRev-
elation xx, Ga period neither too long
nor too short in which to accomplish
the great work of the worlds salvation.
True, some one might say, Ii it has
required eighteen centuries for the
development Of the Church, how much
more time will be necessary for the
uplifting of the world? But we an
swer that it is not the Divine Purpose
to uplift the world to the station of
spirit nature and glory, but rather to
restitution blessings and conditions.
1t is because Of the high exaltation
offered TO the Church that such crucial
testings Of sacri6cial obedience even
unto death Is required. With the
Prince of darkness bound and the Sun
OF Righteousness arising with healing
in its beams the darkness of sin and
crime and sorrow will soon fee away.
One century Of such blessed influence
upon the world Will surely work won
ders. bringing in also inventions and
comforts and blessings, as yet I'M
dreamed. Of Next will come the grad
ual awakening of ali who have fallen
asleep in death They will come forth
from the prison-house OF death, as the
Scriptures declare: will come forth
that they may be made acquainted
with the true God and with his glo-
rious Son. the Redeemer, and with
the principles of righteousness in con-
trast with the principles of sin.
We cannot suppose that it will re-
quire the majority Of men, under
those conditions, to sit long counting
the value Of the blessings of eternal
life and restitution proffered them.
The upward move, resurrection, uplift-
ing, regeneration, will go rapidly on.
while meantime, generation after gen
GRAFTON shall come forth from the
tomb and enjoy similar experiences.
Finally all shall have come forth, be-
cause the love of God made this pro-
vision through the death Of our Re-
decmer, who delighted to do the Fa-
Tiers will and who has already been
rewarded gloriously with high exalta.
ton to the divine plane of glory, honor
and Immortality.
Good Will Amongst Men.
The attainment of the condition OF
good will amongst men will mean the
attainment of human perfection. God
is Love And when our first parents
were created an earthly image Of God
love must have been the predominant
quality Of their characters. What we
sec OF selfishness Is largely matter
of heredity., and all Of life's customs
are in line with it and continually in
creasing its weight and its hold upon
us. But with the new King and the new
reign of righteousness will come. the
glorious uplifting and transformation
Gradually. during the thousand years
| OF Messiah's domination OF the world
the evils of selflshness will be made ap
parent and the beauties Of holiness and
love will be shown in contrast.
Restitution rewards will lift all the
/ willing and Obedient I'D out Of sin and