The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-05

I lily. he had a splen:
foks7n5 plIsse,,: did audience today
1 = s y OF thonghtful:look-
ing people. evident
ly chiefly from the middle walks Of
life. Asked why SO few Of the wealthy
attended. his characteristic reply was:
"of my Master it is written, The com
mon people heard him gladly" He
spoke from the following TEXT
"The Lord. whom .ye seek. shall sud-
denly come 10 his temple. even the Mes
senger OF the covenant, whom We delight
In. Behold he shull come, saith Jehovah
OF Hosts: but who may abide the day OF
his comingT'-Malachl III, 1-b. A
Six thousand years ago In Eden our
Maker; in justly sentencing his diso-
bedient children to death. intimated
that ultimately the Seed Of the woman
would bruise the serpent's head. This
hidden promise was the first intima-
ton Of the Divine mercy which our
gracious Creator purposed in himself
from before the foundation Of the
world. Ever noble. kind and gracious
our Creator. restrained his mercy for
the good Of his creatures-that they
might learn to appreciate the exceed.
Ing sinfulness of sin. For the good OF
the angels also, and that they might
fully know Of his Justice, as well as
of his wisdom and power. God insisted
upon dealing with his creatures from
the standpoint Of exact Justice They
had sinned and thereby had forfeited
all claim upon the eternal life which
he had given them conditionally.
Eternal torment, MS we have already
seen, did not in any sense or degree
enter Into the Divine intention. His
sentence upon man, plainly stated,
was, Dying thou shalt, die" not, Liv-
ing thou shalt live In torment. "The
soul that .sinneth,it shall! die. Genesis
II, II; Ezekiel xviii, a. God intended
to exemplifyiin his dealings with our
race principle OF DiylEe government
to be made operative cverywhere-ulti.
mately amongst all his creatures on
the spirit plane. as well as upon the
earthly. f
Long centuries after, In the seventh
generation of Adams children, God
spoke prophetically through one Of
these, Enoch, saying. The Lord cometh
with ten thousands of his holy ones to
execute justice In the earth-to5 estab.
llsh righteousness amongst men. Time
passed on, but sin prevailed and the
coming Of the Great Dellvercr was still
future.
Next God spoke to Abraham, a ftcr
first he had tested his faith and loyal.
ty. TO him he mentioned the same
great Dellverer who would brulse the
serpent's head and who would come In
great glory with ten thousands Of his
holy ones. To Abraham he gave as
surance that this One. In some way.
would be Identified with his posterlty,
so that he might properly be called the
Seed of Abraham. He said. "ln thy
Seed shall all the families Of the earth
be blessed" 5l
The Divine Programme was not
changed. but more explicit statements
were given respecting 1t. Thereafter
nil taught Of God would know : to
! look for the Messlanic blessing through
Abraham's Seed. Besides. the Cove.
: nant was afterward confirmed with nm
Oath to Abraham; later, to Isaac; later,
TO Jacob. That Covenant promise be-
came the basis of Gods adoption Of
the entire nation OF lsrael-all Of ia
/, cob's children. They were heirs Of the
Abrahamlc Covenant-the Oath.Bound
Covenant. If SO great M honor from
the Almighty God has made some of
! the Jewish people at times to appear
arrogant and proud. let US not forget
that to orr o. human-to forgive. Di.
vine. Perhaps If We were III their
stead our imperfectlons would siml.
larry display themselves.
Gods Covenant Of the Law. ~
lsraels experiences Of tribulatlon and
bondage in Egypt were probably nee
essary to prepare them for Gods great
propositlon-that they should keep the
Law and as reward have life ever.
lasting. AS it IS written. "He ,that
,docth these things shall live by them
7 Ieviticus xviii. .. Israel greatly re.
joiced In this manifestation OF Divine
preference for them nioresthau for ali
others of humnnity.liaThcsKaw Cove.
nant was,Inedlatcd Theasacrliice Of
: bulls and OF goats made n ,typicafatonei
,ment for them for a year. so that they
might enter into this Covenant, ], relur
donshlp with God. But when they Mt.
tempted to keep the Law they; were
disappointed They failed. The Law
of God being the full measure of n per.
feet mans ability. and the Jews, like
other men, being imperfect. found that
they had undertaken an impossibility,
Not a jew kept the Law perfectly,
| Not a Jew, therefore. gained eternal
life during the first year. But, God
Z forsknowing this, had made prepare.
ton for a repetition of the Atonement
Day every year. so that the peoplu
might continue striving. toiattalh eter..
iSPlL rs CURED IN II q Is III DAYS,
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