Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-22

race Oh Peter II, u. tae i. lie &c
scribes that day In most glowing terms.
1t is the day Of Messiah, the day in
which Gods Kingdom shall cone and
his will be done on earth as il IS done
In heaven, the day in which the poor
and needy vii! be lifted up from the
dunghill of superstition and depravity.
the day In which the knowledge Of the
glory Of God shall I'll the whole earth.
And there shall be no more fear
That day will not end as do others. 1t
will not be followed by a night. but
lead on to glorious eternity for all Of
Gods creatures who appreciate Divine
goodness and. using the Diyinely pro-
vided opportunities. WIFI return to full
harmony with their Creator Such he
will In turn recognize as his sons and.
at his right hand of favor, they viii
enjoy pleasures for eyermore.
The Revelation Of Our God.
One of old truly said. Thou art a
God which hidest myself" isaiah xiv,
15). How true. As a result the world
by wisdom knows not God He is
near ia his wisdom and love, yet be
can be seen only by those whose eyes
of understanding have been opened.
But we are glad that the time is com
Ing when all the blind eyes shall see
clearly "As | live, saith the Lord, the
whole earth shall be filled with my
glory" 1.-The knowledge Of the glory Of
God shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep" Habak
kuk ii, IA. Then all shall see what God
hath wrought and our temporary blind
ness will but accentuate tie glorious
brightness of his Wisdom. Justice. Love
and Power:
Blind uDbelief is sure 10 err,
And scan his work in vain;
God is his own interpreter,
And he Will make 1t plaini"
In the end 1t viii be seen that the
Divine permission of the reign of sin
and death In the earth, instead of be
ing blot upon Divine character and
a demonstration of Divine unwisdom
and incompetency, will reveal the
great Creator to his subjects, his chill
dren, as nothing else could have done.
Besides, the experiences of mankind
during the seven thousand years from
Adams creation to the end of Mes
siah's mediatorial Kingdom will dem
onstrate traits of the Divine charac-
ter which could not otherwise be man
ifested to angels or to men.
For instance, without the permits
sion OF sin, the element of Divine
Justice and the unalterable opposition
of God to all sin would never have
been known to his creatures. His SEN
tence upon father Adam and his race
and the permission of the reign OF
death ard sin for all these centuries
have CO. )nstrated the fact that d.
vine Justice cannot be trifled with.
And this reign OF sin and the strength
Of the Divine opposition to sin, and
the sentence upon sinners, In turn
gave opportunity for the exhibit Of
Divine mercy, compassion. sympathy,
love. Undoubtedly Gods love was
known to the angelic hosts before, but
not to the same extent. His dealing
with humanity will prove the depth of
his sympathy to angels and to men.
"God commended his love toward us,
in that while we were yet sinners
Christ died for us" (Romans V, g.
Surely, as the poet declares, we have
In this a manifestation of
Love Divine all love excelling."
More than this; some OF us at one
time were, perhaps, inclined to criti-
cize our Maker and to say that he had
no right to redeem us at the cost of
Calvary; that it was wrong to cancel
the sins OF one and require their pay
ment of another. But we erred. 1t
was not thus. Rightly understood, the
dealings of the Father with the Son
add still further to his glory-magnify
still more his Wisdom, Justice, Love
and Power. With all power and au-
thority the Almighty would not com
mand the death of his Son. For Jesus
to become mans Redeemer meant his
voluntary sacrifice of himself And
how shall we understand this-the
Reedeemer's willingness to be mans
ransom-price? The Scriptures, reply
ing. tell us that Ii was because of his
great love for the Father, his great
confidence in him and his willingness