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knowledge of the Truth that they
may be saved
II the knowledge Of Gods grace has
proven to be a grand. glorious. inspir-
Ing message to the sanctifed In Christ
Jesus, the Church of this Gospel Age,
called to the heavenly calling, will not
the message of reconciliation to the
world. In due time, likewise bring to
the world comfort, Joy, blessing as
they shall be invited to the earthly
portion--t0 full restitution to human
perfection-to all that was lost by
Adam and that Is to be recovered by
the sacrifice of Jesus. No wonder the
Scriptures assure us that the night Of
weeping Is nearly over and the morn
ing Of Joy already dawning! No won
der the Apostle declares that "the
whole creation groaneth and travaileth
In pain together" and that they are
"waiting for the manifestation of the
sons Of God" Rom. wifi, %, 19).
The work of this Gospel Age has
been the calling, the testing. the prov
ing, the fitting, the polishing Of these
sons Of God for the glorious heavenly
state to which they have been called.
The Apostle urges that however hum
BILE the position Of Gods saints in the
present life, 1--WE know that when he
shall appear we shall be like him, for
we shall see him as he Is" When he
shall appear in his glory we also shall
appear with him. When he shall reign
as the King Of kings and Lord Of
lords, when to him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess, the
elect Church, his Bride, will be with
him in his Throne, sharers of his glory
and participants in his work-the work
of blessing and uplifting the world
reconclllng the world to God.
Calvin and knox-Wesley and Whit
field.
Calvin, Knox and others of the re-
formers. we may then see. were quite
right in their insistence that none at
the present time are in a reconclled
condition toward God except the COM
paratlvely few of our race-the saints.
These turn from sin to righteousness,
turn from disobedience to faith and
conservation and In and through. the
merit of the Redeemer are acceptable
as probationary members of the elect
| Church. If faithful they will shortly,
In the first resurrection" constitute
the Church of glory, the Bride. the
Lambs Wife and Joint-Heir
Brothers Wesley, Whitfield and 9TH
ers were also right in their proposition
that God was not content with electing
merely sanity handful, but surely
loved the whole world and would sure
| ly give to every member of the race a
| full opportunity to come to a knowl-
edge of Christ and 10 seek share In
the merit of his sacrifice for sins and
an opportunity for life everlasting.
Those dear brethren contended ear
nestly with each other over their differ.
ences, the one upholding the doctrine
OF Election, the other contending fol
the doctrine of Free Grace. Now we
see that both were right! Now we SET
that the election belongs to this Gospe
Age and to the High Calling TO the di
vine nature and that in an age follow
Ing this Free Grace toward all of the
race of Adam will prevail. '"rht
knowledge of the Lord shall Ill th,
whole EARTH" every knee shall bow
and every tongue confess" Then thOs,
who. under the rule and assistance anC
uplifting influences of the "elect" vii
come into harmony with the DIVINE
Law, will be blessed with full recon
cilIation TO God and eternal life on tn
human plnne-in Paradise restored
while the lutelligently perverse, in
stead eff being evcrlastingly tortured
as we had supposed, will. as the Apos
tie says, he punished with everlasting
destruction QI Thcssalonlans |. 81.
"HlaIelujah, What a Savior!"
From this viewpoint the glory of on
Redcemer ana the glory of our heaven
~ Father are multiplied mllliol
times, Our Redecmer not only Is to b.
the Savior Of the little hock," hi
Church, his Bride. on the spirit PLAN
OF glory, but additionally, through tn
agency of his Mlllennlnl Kingdom, h
Is to be the Savior of the world. III
tasted death for euery man. as tn
Scriptures declare. and. as they ex
press 1t, HE shall see of the travail o
, his soul and be satisfied" Qsalah Ill
H. Who could suppose that the Savio
would be satisfied with the result o
his labor IL only about one In million
as members of his Church, reach tn
1 heavenly glory-land?
= Who in our day could for n momen
Y believe the suggestion OF Brother iona
/ than Edwards. the great New Englan
4 preacher, who declared that the Lor
a ana his saints would, together loo
= over the battlements of heaven ut thel
!. nclghbors and friends and children SUI
5 fcriug an eternity of UNRELIABLE tortur
8 nj the hands of demons. and tur
@ around and praise God the louder o
O this behalf? Poor Brother Edward
@ had. we believe, but a small conceI
o ton of Divine Justice and Divine Low,
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