The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-07
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true. the sanity. tie asanctified In
Christ Jesus Nevertheless 1t will; be
composed Of two classes. rs illustrate
ed by the Priests and tue sI.erites IN
J the type. uI- Jesus siorifed. the anti
typical High Priest. and his faithful
! footstep followers, the nHtityplcal nm
tler.pricst hood-otherwise his Z. Bride
Together these are styled a Royal
Priesthood or q Kingdom OF Priests.
st. Paul tells us that Melchlzctlek. who
was priest upon his throne. merely
.'typified The Church triumphant Head
and, Body-The Christ, "A priest for
ever after; the order of lalelchlzedekr--.
priest upon his throne. During the.
/ Nilllennial Age that glorious Priest.
Head and Members. will bless and up.
lit. rule aud judge, the world OF man
Lind. with view to recovering az
many as possible. as many MS Will
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
portunltfes OF return to human perfec-
tion and to earthly Paradise. The
willing and obedlent Will 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.
nerons Than their brethren, the priests.
so there Is another class In the Church
acknowledgement "a great com.
rany. whose number no man know.
etll." In that they were not specially
predestinnted. These less earnest, less
Jealous than the. faithful .'llttle tipck,"
will reach Il plane. Of glory through
trihulntion also. but. with less JOY.
These. we are told. will be with the
Bride as her companions. AS Levltes
+ 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 Roynl Priesthood will; have
crowns and lie In the throne rs mem.
hers of the Body Of Christ. 80:
/ The Church Militant's Surrender.
| All the soldiers Of the cross, eI.
periencluE hghtings without and With.
Eii'agaiHst the powers of sin and dark
hess aud 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.
truptible shall have put ON Ineorrun.
/, tioH; when we shall be like our Re-
lecIner and see him is he Is and share
his glory. Gladly. therefore. do all
OF G obs consecrnted people wait for
the blessed change. promised ut our
Lords Second Coming. when that
whfch9ls sown In, weakness shall lie
raised. ln$ power; when that Which lis
sown In ,dlshonor shall be- raised. In
glory; when TINT which. Isl sown an
animal body shall be raised. n, spiritual
body Il, Corinthians XIV, .42r44.5, 10,
OIL. Surely such, having prayed. ':.:fhy
Kingdom come; thy will, be done. on
) earth rs in heaven" are waiting for
the; King and. Gods time for estab-
fishing his Kingdom for the blessing
of the world. Np,wonder the Apostle
wrote of these. Ourselves ALSO which
have the tirst-frults Of the Spirit. even
we ourselves groan within ourselves.
waiting for the adoption, to wit. the
redemption OF our Boly''-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, swell
done. good and faithful servants; enter
We into the joys of your Lord. You
have been faithful over few things.
Will make you ruler over many
I things"'-narticlpants iu the .Mlllennial
Kingdom glory and Its dominion OF
earth for the uplifting OF mankind
! Corinthians vi. 9; Revelation II. 2G,.
II Union or Federation-Which7p
| I ask you, my hearers, and Indirect
: ly3I ask the millions Of my larger con-
/: gregation whom address weekly
I, through the public prfnts.-What nd.
vantage will accrue to tile Church Nil.
liant. through the on:cpmlnE Fedora
ton? / reply that grelt advantage
!; willcome to the sanity few. not In the
manner expected bnt. along the lines
of the Divine promise that ""All things
! shall work toget her for good to them
that love God--to the called. according
10 his purpose" The Church Fedora
ton. which the Scriptures; distinctly
show us win be effected, viii include
| he various classes already Indicated
a. Hynocrltes: ta)s alornlists; (3) Fol
lowcrsiafar on; t4I4 Saints. Il! l5'' ;,
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
Federation Will seem wonderful for, q
moment, but the results Will be dlsas-
3, trous. .i 80 Z ~
The sanity few, guided by Gods
Word and holy Spirit will awaken to
the true situation and become separat-
ed from the nominal mass. Their mis-