The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-17

VERMONT WATCHMAN &
ments set forth In our text. God has
provided in Jesus for the satisfaction
Of Divine Justice as respects all of the
condemned race who desire to return
to his favor.
We agree with all the orthodox
creeds of Christendom that only re
pentance from sin and an endeavor to
put 1t away from our thoughts and
words and deeds, combined with faith
in the Redeemer's sacrifice and full
conservation of heart and life to do
the Fathers withholding short of
this attainment will gain the salvation
which God is now holding out to man
kind. TO such the Apostle explains that
the righteousness, the full demands of
the Law Of God. his full requirement,
"is fulfilled In us who are walking not
after the flesh. but after the Spirit
Romans viii. ~. From the moment of
our conservation and begetting of the
holy Spirit God deals with this class
as with sons. He trains them in the
School of Christ. disciplining, chasten-
ing, proving them, testing the sincerity
of their conservation Vows and the
loyalty of their hearts. To those who
prove faithful the great reward is
promised-glory. honor, immortality,
joint-heirship with the Lord Jesus
Christ in his Millennial Kingdom and
its work of blessing all the families of
the earth Galatians iii, 20; Revelation
Iii. 2D.
Our disagreement with all "orthodoX
creeds" is in respect to what shall be
done with the insanity those
who do not present themselves to God
and who are not begotten again of
the holy Spirit. Our creeds of the
dark ages misrepresented the teach
ings of the Bible in respect to these
and told us that they are all to be con-
signed for hundreds or thousands of
years to Purgatory or for all eternity
in he'll torment. Not such is the teach
ing of Gods Word. but the very re-
verse. as we have previously shown.
Il
and in thy Seed shall all the families
of the earth be damned; but the re-
verse of this-rhat they shall all be
| blessed. All the sin-blnd eyes shall be
opened. All the deaf ears of ignorance
shall be unstopped. For the bles,
thousands years OF Christ's reign the
worlds uplifting or resurrection will
/ l,1, OF n.
glory of God shall fill the whole earth
The angels on the plains of Bethlehem
did not declare to the shepherds, Fear
greatly! for behold. we bring you bad
| tidings of great misery which shall be
unto all people Their message was
the reverse of this: Fear not; behold
we bring you good tidings of great JOY
which shall be unto all people" Uukt
! ii, 10). God who had due time" fol
calling natural Israel and who hat
also a "due time" for calling spiritua
| Israel. has a due time" for making
known the riches of his grace to the
non-elect world of mankind. And the
"elect' of spiritual Israel and of nat
| ural Israel are to be the channels o.
this Divine grace and mercy, which
during the Millennial Age, will flow
as river of salvation, to which al
drink freely.
Love Mercy and Walk Humby.
1t may astonish some that God re
quireS even more than Justice, whict
;e, hi IL I'd In, bi tic
sion of sin and its wage of death h'
has shown the sinner his own mere.
or love. And it is for the sinners ben
eft and for the good of all. that Coo
requires that all who will have th'
full benefit of his mercy shall be re
quired to cultivate this mercy qualit,
in their own hearts. AS the slime
| attempts TO conform his life to thu
perfect standard and finds himself un
able to keep Gods Law and obliged Il
come for mercy to the Throne o
Grace. he is informed that he can have
that mercy only upon condition tina
he will exercise similar mercy towart
those who trespass against him. hi
ideals and interests.
Humility is quality very necessar.
to every creature. Pride is fo
which besets not merely the weak ant
imperfect. but which overcame tn
great angel of light. Lucifer. and trans
formed him from faithful servant o
Jehovah into Shtan. the Adversary o
God. We are glad. therefore, that hi
vine Wisdom requires humility as on
of the conditions of our acceptanc
with him. This requirement assure
us of the security of the Divine EN-
plre against all treason in the future
for none will be admitted to the eter
nal lite conditions either now or in tn
Millenniai Age, except the humble
Let us hearken then to the lesson o
our text aud conclude with the word
of the Apostle, Humble yourselves
therefore. under the mighty hand o
God. thar 1T may eXalt you In du
time" Il Peter V, O..
EAST CABOT.
Walter T.. Gould of L. V. NJ
Burlington was a guest OF S. L
lot o,.t nf Inc