Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12


! Christ Jesus" Nevertheless it will be
composed Of two classes, as illustrat-
ed by the Priests and the Levites in
the type a. Jesus gloritied, the anti
! typical High Priest, and his faithful
| footstep followers. the antitypical un-
| priesthood his Bride"
| Together these are styled a Royal
Priesthood or a Kingdom of Priests.
st. Paul tells us that Melchizedek who
was a priest upon his throne, merely
typlfied the Church Triumphant-Head
and Body-The Christ, "A priest for
ever after the order of Melchizedekp-
a priest upon his throne. During the
Millennial Age that glorious Priest.
Head and Members, will bless and up
lift, rule and judge, the world Of man
! kind, with a view to recovering as
many as possible, as many as viii
obey him, from the ruin of sin and
death. During the thousand years of
the Melchizedek reign all the families
of the earth will be blessed with OPP
portunities Of return to human perfec-
tion and to earthly Paradise. The
willing and obedient viii be destroyed
in the Second Death. At the close Of
the Millennium, Christ's Mediatorial
Kingdom will terminate.
As the Levites were much more nu-
merous than their brethren, the priests,
so there is another class In the Church
corresponding styled "a great com
pany, whose number no man know
eth" in that they were not specially
predestinated. These less earnest less
Jealous than the faithful 'little flock.
win reach plane of glory through
tribulation also, but with less joy.
These. we are told, will be with the
Bride as her companions. AS Levites
they will serve God in his temple, but
not be members of the temple class,
the Priesthood. These will have palm
branches and be before the Throne.
while the Royal Priesthood will have
crowns and be in the throne as mem
bers of the Body Of Christ.
The Church Miltant's Surrender.
All the soldiers of the cross, ex-
perencing 6ghtings without and with
in against the powers of sin and dark
ness and their own weaknesses, surely
long for the time of their change in
the First Resurrection" They long
for the time when this mortal shall
put on Immortality; when this cor
ruptible shall have put on incorrup-
ton: when we shall be like our Re
deemer and see him as he is and share
his glory. Gladly, therefore, do all
of Gods consecrated people wait for
the blessed change promised at our
Lords Second Coming when that
which is sown in weakness shall be
raised in power; when that which is
sown in dishonor shall be raised in
glory: when that which is sown an
animal body shall be raised a spiritual
body Q Corinthians Ky, 42-44, 80,
54. Surely such. having prayed, "Thy
Kingdom come; thy will be done on
earth as in heaven" are waiting for
the King and Gods time for estab-
fishing his Kingdom for the blessing
of the world No wonder the Apostle
wrote of these. yourselves Also which
have the tirst-fruits of the Spirit. even
we ourselves groan within ourselves.
waiting for the adoption. to wit, the
redemption of our Body''-the Body of
Christ. the Church, through the power
of the First Resurrection" change.
This will be our glad surrender to the
Church Triumphant, when we shall
hear the Masters voice saying "Well
done, good and faithful servants; enter
We into the joys 'of your Lord You
have been faithful over a few things,
| will make YOU ruler over many
things" participants in the Millennial
Kingdom glory and its dominion of
earth for the uplifting of mankind
Il Corinthians vi, .; Revelation ii, 26l.
Union or ederation-Which?
ask you, my hearers, and Indirect
ly l ask the millions Of my larger con-
gregation whom address weekly
through the public prints, What ad-
vantage will accrue to the Church Mil
liant through the on-coming Fedora
tion2 | reply that great advantage
win come to the sanity few, not in the
manner expected, but along the lines
of the Divine promise that "All things
shall work together for good to them
that love God-to the called according
TO his purpose" The Church Fedora
tlon which the Scriptures distinctly
show us will be effected, will include
the various classes already Indicated
% Hypocrltes; (2l MOrallsts; CD Fol
lowers afar of; 60 Saints.
But In the Federation the Moralists
and Higher Critics will be dominant
forces The sanity will less than ever
be IN evidence and appreciated, The
outward and apparent success OF the