Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-08

| painful to them, reprOved them and excited
their animosity, Human nature is the same
today Notwithstanding the fact that beretic-
| roasting has become unpopular and intolerable
to the world. there methods Of privately
and symbolicaily roasting, Slashing, wou7dinS
and killing practised by those estranged from
God. though sometimes highly esteemed OF
men and wearing vestments only slightly, less
glorious than those worn by Caiaphas and
PLATE.
''wHo sCoURGETH EVERY SON.
The Scriptures explain that there is a two
fold reason why Jesus and all of His followers
are required TO suffer for righteousness sake
/. 1t is requisite to their character de-
! velopment that they should not only profess
absolute loyalty to God and TO truth, but thar
! this loyalty should be put to the test. Thus we
| read Of our Lord that though holy, harmless
i undeflled," He proved perfect In His 10y
atty by the things which He endured-by bis
minious death of the cross. The same princl-
/ pie, the Scriptures assure us operate In connec-
| ton with all whom God is now calling to be
EmmanueHs associates In the MiHenniaI Ming
| dom Thus must suf er with Him If they would
reign with Him. They must walk in His
| steps.-Gal. 5:11; 6:12; Thess. 1:5; Tim 1:l2;
| 2:9; 3:12
2 These experiences designed of God to
! qualify to be judges of the world during the
Mlennial age-that ne Christ, Head and Body
NAV be merciful and faithful towards the peo-
/ pie of earth. Likewise If is proper that the
world should know that its judges have thus
| been tempted in their weakness and in their
l
i to help them up, up, up to human perfection
/ than to consign them to the second death
| Although the conflict has lasted for more
| than Is centuries it has not been long for any
single individual With the Master Himself the
trial period was only three an da half years on
| the whole as compared with eternity the entire
J gospel age Of sacrifice. as the Master said.
/ is but "a fste while" And as for the af-
| tnctions an, testings themselves. st. Paul gives
' the proper thought, saying, that at most they
: are light affiliations hut for moment and
not worthy to be compared with the glory that
shall be revealed in u.s." the Overcomers.-
Rom, Sis
I THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT.
| The church in glory and in power Will contain
| no hypOcrites and no merely nominal Christians
only the true, the sanity, 1.-THE sanctified in
! Christ Jesus" Nevertheless it will be composed
of two classes, as illustrated by the priests and
/ the Levites in the type. Jesus glyorified' the
, antitypical high priest and his faithful foot
step followers, the antitypical under priesthood
! otherwise His bride" Together these are
! styled royal priesthood or a Kingdom OF
priests st. Paul tells that Melchizedek, who
was a priest upon his throne, merely typified
the church triumphant-Head and Body-the
Christ. "a priest forever after the order OF
Melchizedek-a priest upon his throne. During
the M.lIennial age taht glorious priest, Head
! and Members. will bless and uplift, rule and
/ Judge. the work Of mankind, with view 10
| recovering as many possible, as many as VIII
! obey Him, from the ruin of sin and death. Dur
! ing the thousand years of the Melchizedek reign
! all the families of the earth VIII De oluessed
, with opportunities of return to human perIec-
! tion and to earthly Paradise. The willing ana
! obedient will be destroyed In the second death.
I At the close of the Millennium, Christ's media
! As The Ievites were much more numerous
; than their brethren, the priests. so there Is
! another class In the Church corresponding,
STYLED "a great company whose number no
/ man knOweth, in that they were not specially
! predestnated. These less earnest, less zea
Gus than the faithful little flock. VIII reacn
! a plane of glory through tribulatOn also. but
! with less joy. These. are told, viii he
] with the Bride as her companions. As Levitss
/ tI,o win God I'm temple.
members of the temple class, the priesthood
These will have palm branches and be before
the throne while the Royal Priesthood VIII
] have crowns and be in the thrones as members
/ of the Body of Christ.
! THE CHURCH'S MILITANT SURRENDER
All the soldiers of the cross experiencing
fightings without and within against the pow
| ers of sin and darkness and their own weak
/ change in the First Resurrection" They
| long for .he time when this mortal shall put on
| Immortality; when this cOrruptihe shall have
put interruption; when we shall be ike our
! Redeemer and 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 IA power; when that which Is sown IN
{ dishonor shall be raised in glory; when mat
/ which is sown on animal body shall be raised
a spiritual body. q Cor. 15:42-44; $3.50. Surely
/ such having prayed Thy Kingdom come; Tny
| will be done on earth as in heaven" wait
| ing for the King and Gods time for establish
| ing His Kingdom for the blessing OF the world.
selves also, which have the first fruits of ths
Spirit. even ourselves grOan within our
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, Wien re
| shall hear the Masters voice saying, We'll
done. good and faithful servants; enter We into
! the Joys of your Lord. You have been faithful
| over a few things l will make you ruler
/ many things''-participant in the Millenhiai
Kingdom glory and its dominion of earth for
| the uplifting Of manknd.-1 Cor. 60; Rev. 2:@5.
UNION OR FEDERATION-WHICH?
! ask You. my hearers, and indirectly I ask
address weekly through the public prints.
/ What advantage will accrue to the Church Mil
! liant through the on-cOmng Fedora ton? l re-
ply that a great advantage will come TO the
! saiatly few not in the manner expected, hut
! along the lines of the Divine promise that
! "AU things shall work together for good to
J them that love God-tO the called according 10
/ Ills purpose" The Church Federation, whi-h ,
the Scriptures distinctly show us will be ef-
fected win include the various classes al
/ READY Indicated
III HypOcritsS;
(2l Moralists;
90 Followers afar off;
iD Saints
! But in the Federation the morslists and higl-
er critics will be dominant forces. The sanity
I will less than ever be In evidence and apgr,'
ciated. The outward and apparent success n
! the Federation will seem wonderful for mo-
mert. but the results will be disastrous.
The sanity few. guided by Gods word and
Holy Spirit. will awaken to the true wsituatiua
ana become separated from the hOnolldl h't-S-
! Their misguided hopes respects the bringing
| about Of a spiritual Kingdom earth will ne ,
/ thoroughly shattered. and. more than ever they
viii look 10 the Lord the source Of help AMI
wait for His Kingdom To come through the
Redeemer's advent end the resurrection
"change."
In word. Gods sanity people need no out !
ward Fede ration, they need no credal
fences So far as these are concerned. iae
/ sooner all barriers between them are leaped and
7 they come together members of one bcfE-
Joined TO the one Heavenly Head and Lord, the
better. Let Churchanity produce Its Fedora
ton and see its folly and failure. outlined
I'm our text. But let the saints Of God draw
near To Him and TO each other in spiritual
I union ard realize 20 the full the meaning or the
apostles word. 'One faith; onc Lord; one bap-
tsm''-One Church of the Living God whose
names are written in heaven. This conditions
cannot be attained through outward bonds. bu5
can be attained only through drinking into the