Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-03

A Rqdeemor 20 suffer. "thc Just Tor the
unjust" But Divine Justice could not
allow this, unless with the consent OF
the sufferer Hence we read that God
set before his only-begotten Son
glorious Plan and invited his co-opera.
tIon therein. The Son assented. left
the heavenly glory. was made nesh
and Offered himself' an acceptable
sacrifice. "the Just for the unjust
for the redemption OF Adam and bis
race. The Father honored him. by
raising him from the dead to still
higher glory and honor than he had
before. TO immortality the divine ma
ture. Now. from his glorious station.
he IL empowered to he the Mediator
between God aud men-between ID
vine Justice and fallen humanity. He
is empowered to, give the earthly
rights which he sacriiicially laid down
for Adam and his race--to so many of
them as will accept the perfection OF
human nature and its rights and priv
ileges upon terms In harmony with the
Divine Law-the remainder he viii de-
stroy. annihlate las brute beasts" III
Peter II. u; Acts III. 23l.
AS though all this were not suffi-
ciently wonderful; as though with all
this the Heavenly Fathers Wisdom,
Justice, Love and Power would not
be sufficiently illustrated. exemplihed.
God added another feature. Before
beginning to deal with the world as
whole, to give back to the willing and
obedient Of the race human perfection
and an earthly Eden Paradise and
eternal life; before commencing, this
work OF restitution (Acts III. 19i. the
Father made known,to the Son anoth-
er feature of his Plan. He would give
to the Son a. Bride, a class selected
from amongst the fallen race-called,
chosen, faithful overcomers. These.
as the JolHt-Heirs of the Second
Adam. will share with him In the up
lifting Of those OF Adams race who
will become the children OF Christ
through obedience and adoption.
The trials aud testlngs OF all those
who will become the Bride OF Christ
must be similar TO those OF the Re
deemer. They must suffer with him
II they would reign with him. As he
sacrificed his earthly life. ana rights
and. interests. so must they. He ex-
horted them, present your bodies liv-
ing sacrifices, holy and acceptable to
God. a reasonable service" (Romans
xii. H. True. there is difference be
tween these followers OF Jesus and the
Captain of their salvation. He was
brought into the world holy, harmless,
undefiled and separate from sinners;
hence his sacrifice Is perfect one.
Those accepted as his members, as his
Bride, belong to the race OF sinners.
They we're children Of wrath even as
others" (Epheslans II. 81. Their ac-
ceptance as sacrifices. therefore, was
not possible except as the great Cap
tain OF their Salvation imputed to those
sacrifices sufiiciency of the merit OF
his sacrifice to compensate for their
defects and to make their sacrifices &C.
ceptable to the Father with his and as
a part Of hls-they being counted In
with him as "members of his Body"
My dear friends. those of us who
have the eye of faith and the hearing
OF faith TO appreciate this, the Message
of Gods Word. may surely be thankful
to the last degree What more could
our Heavenly Father do for us than he
has donc--redeeming us. inviting us
to new nature. giving us the aids by
the way. and making us sharers In the
Kingdom glory OF his Son? More than
this. he has been blessing our friends.
our children. our parents. our neigh
bOrs, the heathen--all of mankind, of
one family.
Thanks Because God Is Good.
40, give thanks unto the Lord, for he
is good; for his mercy endureth for
everw During this Gospel Age mis-
mercy has been manifest TO all those
who take up their cross and follow
Jesus. by and by these will be glori-
fed by the First Resurrection" Then
his mercy will return 10 natural Israel,
under the New Covenant Jeremiah
XXI. 81, of which Christ and the
Church are "Able Minister'S" Servants,
Priests and Kings. Could all the world
discern, through the trials and tears
and sorrows aud imperfections and dy-
ing of their present experience, the glo-
rious outcome which God is providing
the whole world. they would be filled
with praise TO him who loved us and
bought us back from the penalty of
death and who ultimately will COM
plete his glorious work through Mes
slahs Kingdom.
Have we not. as followers of the
Lord, as Christians. nisrepresented the
facts OF the case aud endeavored TO
have people give thanks to God for
Iunkindness. injustice. lovelessness-to
Il God whose mercy never reached us
aud would never reach any but small
proportion of our race through the
knowledge of Christ; 10 God whose
mercy, even 10 the one-tenth OF those
who had ever heard OF him, he said,
would endure only for the present life
aud even among these bring n blessing
only 10 mere handful of the elect!
Let MS go back to the Word OF God
and free our minds OF the prejudlces
OF superstition aud misinterpretntlon
handed down from the Dark Ages
Let us see the glory OF our God. as re-
vealed In the Bible. Let Christians
..t,.. tha,,l., that hxs tho sgrOep NJ Cod