The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-30

try the more to rid ourselves or them,
and at least manifest to the Lord that
our hearts are In harmony with the
principles of righteousness.
The Sun Of Righteousness.
Very appropriately the Scriptures
speak of the present as nighttime.
They tell us that now Darkness COW
ers the (civillzed) earth, and gross
darkness the people (Heathendom)."
They assure us that now Gods people
need the lamp of Divine revelation to
guide their footsteps until the day
dawns. They assure us, however. that
the morning will be ushered In by the
great Sun Of lghteousness-the Christ,
the Messiah, Prophet, Mediator, King
of Glory.
Now Is the Church excluded from
this work of shining upon and enlight-
ening the world and scattering its
darkness. The Master gave us to un-
derstand that the Church with himself
will constitute the Sun of Righteous
ness, which will then arise with heal
ing In its beams. Thus In the parable
Of the Wheat and Tares, he pictures
the entire work of this Gospel Age and
its consummation, which, he styles
"The harvest-the end Of the age"
His word respecting the separation Of
the wheat from the tares is that the
wheat shall be gathered into his barn
changed from the earthly to the
heavenly nature, and lie adds, "Then
shall the righteous shine as the sun in
the Kingdom of their Father" HE
that hath an ear to hear, let him hear"
The figure Of the rising sun scatter
Ing the darkness, ignorance and super
stition of the world harmonizes with
the other picture, which represents the
Kingdom of God supersedlng the king
dom Of Satan, and those deluded by
Satan, styled In the Scriptures, the
Kingdoms, of this world.
Be Glad and Rejoice.
We may well sympathlze with our
forefathers, to whom 1t was not grant
ed to see as clearly as we may now
see the glorious fullness OF the Divine
purpose to eventually enlighten the
whole earth, by causing the knowledge
Of the glory of God to fill the whole
earth as the waters cover the great
deep. TO us, therefore, Is especially
applicable the prophetic words, "Be ye
glad and rejoice for ever In that which
/ create. For behold, create new
heavens and u new earth, and the for
mer shall not be remembered, nor come
into mind" isaiah Ky, 1S, ~. Thus
does the Lord picture the new dlspen-
sation In graphic language. The new
heavens symbolically represent the
Church In its new and glorified condi-
ton, exercising superior control oyer
the affairs of mankind. Likewise, the
new earth symbolically represents the
new state or condition of society--the
new social order of things which will
be introduced as part of the New
Dispensation. Imperfectlon is now
written upon everything with which
men are associated, partly because of
our fallen condition through heredity,
and partly, as the Scriptures declare,
through Satan, the god of this world OF
age, who now works In the hearts of the
children of dlsobedience-promptlng to
sin and selfishness, pride and ambi-
tion, and in every sense Of the word
tending to ALLEVIATE the hearts of men
from the ways Of righteousness. More
over the Adversary is largely RESPONSE
BILE for the gross errors of misconcep-
tion Of the Divine character, which
during the centuries past have been
creeping into the minds Of those who
were feeling after God, IL haply they
might find him. All who are Of the
right spirit, truth seekers, and truth
ioysrs win be glad 70 abandon tue er,