The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-20

ter and attributes, which Justify the
name which he has taken to himself
when he declares through his ambas-
sador, God is Love" As we come 10
realize this more and more, we are
graSping the Infinite: We are getting
near to the heart of the great Eternal
One, who weighs the mountains as in
balance and measures the seas in the
hollow of his hand.
Like Unto Your Father"
Godlikeness is love-likcness. and. as
the Scriptures declare, Love is the
fulfilling of the Diyine) Law Ro-
mans Xiii, 10). Our great Creator, the
only living and true God, is thus seen
in contrast with all the gods of the
heather, who are pitiless, merciless,
vengeful, dcvilish. From the Bible we
learn that Jehovah, the True God.
takes delight in doing goOd-in the eX-
ercise of his Almighty power and wis
dom in the creating of beings in whose
everlasting life and enjoyment forever
he takes pleasure. With such glorious
CShIINlI9 LIS '4coIlNc NOIh b'S'u4
WIN the celestial beings, who are sulI
enjoying his favor With similar be
heNoIehce he created man Mite low
et lHaH 'I.e ''lEelS' Gro" hInE nm WIN
glory and honor rs the king of all
creatures, on the ANIMAL the human.
plane. the likeness Of his Maker, who
is q shirt Upa1.l,nnfnr IN tIn av,Ig,9-
fious Of tbo Divine 1urno.,s Tx III.
ArostIa. sd pro,,hrts wa bo,a r.-
cetycd assurance, that nothing has
befaIlcn humanity i'm all the dire cX-
perienecs of the past six thousand
years that the great Creator did not
foresce Further. We have the assur-
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fest the variors clements Of tho Divine
character as nothing clso could have
done. The holy AL els who have
KNOWN no SIN, VIII mankind road 10
eternity a valuable lesson of tl,e ez-
ceeding sinfulness Of sin and the wis
dom ana hlessedness of Righteousness.
And even mankind. although Mt pres
ent suffering seriously under the
weight Of Divine dispIcasure and con
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Toy Cometh In the Morning.
\ night of weeping six thousand
years long, involving suffering and sor-
row to tWenty-thousand millions. is an
awful Thought But the proposition T.,
yet a different one when we remember
that the majority Of Adams children
die in infancy and that To those who
live their three score years and ten
with labor and sorrow, there are pleas
'lilL lll-7 - l'i lt-ll. tNs 40 W '-ll
as tears. And when we read that even
the tears of a few years are a part Of
the disciplines, Instructions and expert
ences which God designs shall he val
liable lessons il preparation for Il
glorious and joyous eternity-then the
whole matter begins to have new as
pect to our minds. If the light attlic-
tons Of this present time will work
out blessings for eternity then we can
rejoice in them for ourselves, our
neighbors and all humanity. And this
is the Divine proposition. Not that
| God has ever proposed eternal life for
a single rebcllious soul, but that he has
| prepared blessing for all of Adams
race who shall come into full harmony
with himself. At present he is teach
| ing great general lessons TO humanity
as whole by the exceeding sinfulness
| of sin. 1t would be too bad if MS these
lessons are learned. there should be
no opportunity Of profting by them.
But there will be an opportunity of
| profting, and this is the great message
which God has sent to mankind and
which, Scripturally, is STYLED The Cos
| pel-the good tidings OF great iov