The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-11

a knowledge of the Truth that they
may be saved.
II the knowledge OF Gods grace has
proven to be a grand. glorious. inspir.
Ing message TO the sanctifed In Christ
Jesus, the Church of this Gospel Ago,
called TO the heavenly calling. will not
the message OF reconciliation to the
world. In due time, likewise bring 10
the world comfort. Joy. blessing US
they shall be invited to the earthly
portion-to full restitution to human
perfection-to all that was lost by
Adam and that Is to be recovered by
the sacrifice OF Jesus. No wonder the
Scriptures assure us that the night or
weeping is nearly over and the morn,
ing of JOY already .dawnins.. No won.
der the Apostle declares That .tl,e
whole creation Groaneth and travaileih
in pain together" and that they are
waiting for the manifestation Of the
sons of God" from. Will. %, i0l.
The work of this Gospel Age has
been the calling. the testing. the prov
Ing, the fitting. the polishing OF these
sons of God for the glorious heavenly
state to which they have been called.
The Apostle urges TINT however huns
bic the position OF Gods saints in the
present life, I'VE know TINT when he
shall appear we shall be like him. for
We shall see him as he Isl When he
shnll appear in his glory we also shall
appear with him. When he shall reign
as the King of kings and Lord Of
lords. when TO him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess. the
elect Church. his Bride. will be with
him in his Throne, sharers of his glory
and participants In his work-the work
of blessing and uplifting the world
reconclllng the world TO God.
Calvin and knox-Wesley and Whit
field.
Calvin, Knox and others Of the re-
formers, we may then see. were quite
right in their insistence that none ut
the present time are In n reconciled
condition toward God except the COM
paratively few Of our race-the saints.
These turn from sin to righteousness,
turn from disobcdlencc to faith and
consecration. and In and through the
merit Of the Redcemcr are acceptable
as probationary members of the elect
Church. II faithful they will shortly,
III the first resurrection" constitute
the Church OF glory. the Bride. the
Lambs Wife and JoInt-Heir.
Brothers Wesley. Whitfield and 9th.
ers were also right in their proposition
that God was not content with electing
merely n sanity handful. but surely
loved the whole world and would sure
" give to every member of the race a
full opportunity to come TO n knowl-
edge of Christ md TO seek share in
the merit of his sacrifice for sins and
an opportunity for life everlasting.
Those dear brethren contended err
nestly with each other over their differ.
ences, the one upholdlng the doctrine
Of Election. the other contending for
the doctrine of Free Grace. Now we
see that both were right! Now we see
that the election belongs tosthis Gospel
Age and to the High Calling 10 the dI.
vine nature and that in an age follow
Ing this Free Grace toward all of the
race OF Adam will prevail. 1.-THE
knowledge OF the Lord shall Oil the
whole earth:" every knee shall bow
and every tongue confess" Then those
who. under the rule md assistance and
uplifting influences of the "eleet" will
come Into harmony with the Divine
Law. will be blessed with full recon.
Citation to God and eternal life on the
human plane-in Paradise reStored--
while the inteligently perverse. In
stead Of being everlastlngly tortured
us we had supposed. will. us the Apps
tie says. be punished with everlasting
destruction III Thessalonlans !. o.. a
4 "Halleluiah. What q savior!n
From this viewpoint the glory of OUT
Redeemer and the glory of our heaven
ly Father are multiplied Il million
times. Our Redeemer not only Is to bt
the Savior of the little flock" his
Church. his Bride. on the spirit plane
Of glory. but additionally, through the
agency Of his Alillennlal Kingdom. ht
Is to be the Savior of the world. Ht
tasted death for ercry man." as the
Scriptures declare. and. us they ex
press It. Tie shall see of the travail Of
his soul md be satisfied" Qsalnh ILL
1D. Who could suppose that the SarIol
would be satisfied with the result o.
his labor IL only about one Ina million
us members Of his Church. reach the
heavenly glory.land?
| Who in our day could for a moment
believe the suggestion Of Brother Jona
than Edwards. the great New England
preacher. who declared that the LORD
and his saints would. together. looi
over the battlements of heaven ut theil
I neighbors and friends and children suf
rering IN eternity Of unreliable tortur,
at the hands of demons. aud turf
around and praise God the londer OF
this behalf? Poor Brother Edwards
had. we believe. but n small concep
don of Divine Justice and Divine Love
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