The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-17

gJi loves the faltnrul una uenBHts
.. AVE them trust in him. His chief
a., ssings are for such. BY reason
:. .r.ous conditions, connected with
..a., IT Is not aiIke easy ~ di
=. ..~,,It ,he Divlpe PROMISES ahl u
...e according " lnese, lrusllns
49, rewaIus ana blessings OF Tie
-. wiil more Than onset the
>ss OF the present. however,
.niy Inc iaithlui VIII aItaln the
. -.ing ga eat and precious things VI
49,, pfomlses In this present age.
t,is glad that the Creator mas s'lil
-, l,seVauon an interior blessing Tor
-. VINO cannot exercise faitn now,
-. wno must he death WITH during
e.. 4hillennIal Age more along the
"a OF sight. Our present study well
! , .strates the Lorus grace towards
. -le who trust him.
Inc Canaanitish woman was q
! satAen woman--one not an Israelite-.
!, ,.e with whom the Lord had not en-
ttred into covenant re,auon shlp-one Of
..ose who at tnat time were with
eut God and without hope. because
the Divine provision for the blessing
VI the Gentiles was not yet opened
~ 70 them wnen our Lord sent
.orth his Apostles 10 preach the
Gospel, healing all manner OF diseases
and casting out devils. he instructed
.nsm to pass by all who were not
Jews-Gentiles and Samaritans. HIS
words were go not into the way Of
me Gentiles and into any city OF
me. Sariaritans enter ye not, for I am
not sent TO save the lost sheep OF the
mousse of Israel" With a few excep-
lions our Lords miracles were con-
nned to tine Jews They alone were
S,ou's covenantsd people. For this
reason Jesus lgnored the petition OF
the Cansanitish woman crying Have
mercy on me . Lord, Son of David |!
.ly daughter is previously vexed with
a devil" And later on he explained
l. am not sent but to the lost sheep
OF the house of Israel" and 1T Is not
meet to take the children's bread and
cast 1t to the dogs"
The term dogs wss applied TO the
Gentiles byt ne Jews as signifying
their infN Niorlty. Our Lord merely
made use of an expression common
in his day, and stiu common In Pales-
tine But note the woman's faith: she
replied, "Yea, Lord, yet the dogs eat
OF the crumbs which fall from the
Masters table" What perseverance.
what faith, was thus manifested! How
evidently she believed the LTrd to be
the promised Messiah, the Heir OF
the throne of David As Jesus inti'
mated, she had more faith than q
majority OF the Jews. Her request
was granted-"O woman, great is thy
faithi Be 1t unto thee even as thou
wilt" Her daughter was healed from
that hour.
There are several lessons for us In
this study. However degraded we
may be by nature. by heredity, by en-
vironment; however outcast from Gods
favor,w e may still know of the Di-
vine compassion The message IL, GOD
is Love" II he chose first OF all to
manifest his favor towards Abraham's
children, Il did not signify that he
had no love or care for the remain
der Of mankine; merely thar the Di-
vine purpose must flow out TO man
kind through Divinely appointed chan
neis and in Gods due time. We NAV
be sure that when we get the stand
point of perfect knowledge in the
hereafter we shall see wisdom Ia
every feature of the Divine program
For instance, from the human stand
point II seems strange thst God has
permitted a reign OF sin and death
In the world for 5000 years. when ne
has the fun power TO speak the
wore ana 10 overthrow the forces OF
evil and to inausurate gracious IN.
flpences OF blessing for the deliy srancs
on MANKIND from the power Of sin
and Satan. ignorance and superstition;
TO. give light for darkness; knowledge
OF the God for ignorance and blind.
ness. Studying the Divine Plan OF ths
Ages We md the lesson TO be that
God Will first select a Church class
and subsequently use the elect Church
as channels of blessings toward the
world OF mankind.
A little while. and the permission
OF sin and the trials and difficulties
OF the present lifss shall have serv-
ed TO chisei and polish the Every
Z, elect" A little while. and they shall
be transformed to the glorious like
ness OF their Hedemer beyond the
veiI And then q little while. and
the blessings long promised to the
wefld IN general viii be dispensed. The
children OF God will first be fed from
TIM table. and not merely crumbs viii
IAN for the remainder Of the race, but
ricn and bountiful provision. exceed
ins1y abundantly more than we could
have asked or thought.