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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 to
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
q balance and measures the seas in the
hollow of his hand.
like Unto Your Father"
Godlikeness is love-likeness, and, as
the Scriptures declare, Love is the
fulfilling of the (Divine) 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 devilish. 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
intentions his creative work began
with the celestial beings, who are still
enjoying his favor With similar be-
nevolence he created man little low
er than the angels. crowning him with
glory and honor as the king of all
creatures, on the animal, the human,
plane, the likeness of his Maker. who
is a spirit. Hearkening to the explana-
tions of the Divine purposes by the
ceived assurances that nothing has
befallen humanity in all the dire eX-
periences of the past six thousand
years that the great Creator did not
foresee. Further, we have the assur-
ances that Divine Wisdom purposes
eventually that the tears and sorrows,
cryings and dying, the penalty for
Original Sin, under which man has
suffered all these centuries, the great
Creator purposes shall work no real
disadvantage to his creatures. Instead.
the end of the Divine Program will at
test the various elements of the Divine
character as nothing else could have
done. The holy angels. who have
known no sin, will in mankind read to
eternity valuable lesson of the ex-
ceeding sinfulness of sin and the wis
| dom and blessedness of righteousness.
And even mankind. although at pres
ent suffering seriously under the
weight of Divine displeasure and con
demnation to death, will ultimately be
so blessed and the weight of blessing
so outweigh the sorrows of the curse,
that every creature shall bow the>knee
and every tongue confess to Divine
Justice. Wisdom. Love and Power. in
connection with the Divine dealings
with humanity.
"Joy Cometh In the Morning."
A night of weeping six thousand
years long. involving suffering and sor.
row to twenty-thousand millions, is an
awful thought. But the proposition is
vet 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 ter
with labor and sorrow, there are pleas
ing and happifying experiences, as wei
as tears. And when we read that ever
the tears of few years are part oi
the disciplines, Instructions and expert
ences which God designs shall be val
liable lessons in preparation for {
glorious and joyous eternity-then the
whole matter begins to have a new as
pect to our minds. If the light affiic
i tions of this present time will work
out blessings for eternity then we car
rejoice in them for ourselves, oul
neighbors and all humanity. And this
is the Divine proposition. Not tina
God has ever proposed eternal life fol
a single rebellious soul, but that he has
prepared blessing for all of Adams
race who shall come into full harmon.
with himself. AT present he is teach
ing great general lessons to humanit.
as whole by the exceeding sinfulnes
of sin. 1t would be too bad if, as thes
lessons are learned there should b
no opportunity of pro6ting by them
But there will be an opportunity o
profiting, and this is the great messag
which God has sent to mankind an,
which, Scripturally, is styled The Cos
pel-the good tidings of great jo,
which shall be unto all people,
through Christ.
The night of weeping, six thousan
; years long, is about to be followed b.
the morning of joy. The New Day, /
which darkness and sin will be abo
} ished and in which the Sun of Right
eousness will bless and heal the worl
of mankind, is a Thousand Year Da
for the blessing and uplifting Of ou
race QI Peter iii, 81. The Bible de
scribes that day in most glowing termi
1t is the day Of Messiah, the day 1
which Gods Kingdom shall come an
his will be done on earth as it is don
in heaven. the day in which the poo
and needy will be lifted up from th
dunghill of superstition and depravitl
the day in which the knowledge of th
glory of God shall fill the whole eartl