Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-02-23

got having spot, or Wrinkle, or any such thing; ;
but that it should be holy and without blem-
sh' (EPhesians v. 25-27(.
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I ised that the same Sin-Offering shall
seal a New Covenant between him.
self and mankind. The blessings of
that New Covenant arrangement will
then Immediately begin. The great
Redeemer Will thenceforth be. the
great Mediator of that New Cove
nant. The whole world of mankind
will be fully under his supervision
and government for their blessing,
their correction in righteousness, their
uplifting out of sin and death con-
ditions-back, back, back. to all that
was lost in Eden. All of This was
the original design of the Great Gre
ator. All of this will be outworked
through the Great Redeemer All of
this was secured or Suretied by his
death, finished at Calvary Hebrews
vii. %.
St Peter, pointing down TO that glo-
riouS time of the worlds blessing, calls
it times Of refreshing and NtinIeks of
restitution He tells us that all the
holy prophets described the blessings
of those restitution times-the thou
sand years. the Millennium CActs iii.
1921. When once we get the eyes of
our understanding opened. we find the
Apostles words thoroughly corrobo-
rated by the Divine records. which de-
scribe the wonderful blessings that are
to come when the earth shall yield her
increase. Then Paradise Lost shall be
Paradise Regained. Then God will
make his \eauhly footstool glorious
1 Then the blessing of the Lord shall
make rich and he will add no sorrow
] herewith. Then streams shall break
forth in the desert and the wilderness
4 and solitary places shall be glad. But
most glorious viii be the change in hui
manity. The Lord promises to turn to
( the people a pure message" instead
] of the contradiction of creeds of hea-
( thenism and Churchianity. He prom
/ ises that Satan shall be bound for that
| thousand years, that he may deceive
| the nations no more. He promises
| that then all the blinded eyes shall be
! opened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped" isaiah xxxv, 8; II CORN
! thians iv, A..
Two Salvations-One Savior.
Both of these salvations. according
to the Bible, result from the death of
Jesus our Redeemer, who died in obedi-
! ence to the Divine will, "Died, the
Just for the unjust, that he might
bring us to God" q Peter iii, 49,. The
Scriptures clearly show not only the
: two salvations, but also two parts Of
the Redeemer's work, distinctly sep
arating his work for the Church from
his work for the world. In his death
there was a Divine general provision
, for the sins of the whole world and
| special provision for the sins of the
Church. The two thoughts are fire.
quently brought out in the Scriptures:
One text distinctly declares. HE is the
Precipitation satisfaction for our sins
| 1.-THE Churchs sinsl, and not for ours
only. but also for the sins of the whole
world" His death constituted the sat
isfaction price. The ~Redeemer ap-
piled that merit for the Church'S sins,
'fOr u.s." long ago, eighteen centuries
before we were born. Only when we
became believers and entered into a
Covenant of sacrifice did WEI obtain
our share in the merit of that great
sacrifice. The world has not yet re-
ceived its share of that promised
blessing, but the operation Of the Di-
vine Plan is sure and will bring it to
them lin due time" as st. Paul de-
clares Il Timothy ii, g..
The drawing and calling of the
Church has not been along the lines OF
human perfection, for all are sinners
and none righteous or perfect. AND
many of those drawn of the Lord were
by nature much more fallen and de
! PRAYED than some who give no evi
! dence of the work of grace in thei
hearts. The Lords calling and draw
q ing seem to be along the lines of jus
: tice, love of righteousness, faith, hu
mility and obedience These quail
i ties will all'belong to the perfect man
a But all have lost them in4arying dc
: grees. Such as respond TO the Lord
+ call now are accepted as being N tn
h right heart attitude which, if they ha
D. perfect bodies, would constitute theI
r. perfect men. In other words, the
o have qualities of heart which,
h brought to a knowledge of the Trutl
If would prove some of them to be pul
+ in heart and such as the Lord woul
N desire should have eternal life and a
is of his favors But more are called ar
q drawn by Gods providences and tt
Q preaching of his message than he d
10 signs to save in the present salvatlo
g He is choosing a very select class f
,ls very special purpose and thereto
od makes the terms and conditions
Il" their salvation extremely difficult.
consequence we read, MANY a
oil. called, but few chosen '-under IL
is. thigh calling of God in Christ Jesus.
-, Terms Of Salvation Differ.