The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-11-21

IcVefy 1cfc6tufn VIII reSutt ettNtr III Nv
believing 1t and being bnptizcd. and
thus being saved. or In his disbelleving
and being damned. And this word
danined carries with II, In the light Of
other Misunderstanding. dre and
blazings, roasting and torture, shrek
J ing and woes indescribabe. This Is
/. all wrong-contrary to the authentic
! Scriptures
The authentic Scriptures inform MS
that this Gospel Age is one In which
God is gathering from the world a
''little flock" of footstep followers.
sanity and elect. to constitute the
Bride OF Christ--his jolnt-heirs in his
coming Kingdom. They show that not
all are expected to hear this message
at the present time-not many wise,
great, learned or rich, but chiefly the
poor. They assure us that to have the
hearing ear is special favor, saying,
blessed are your ears for they hear,
and your eyes for they see." st. Paul
tells us that the world in general Is
blind and deaf to the message now sent
forth (Romans xi, n, and the expert
ences of eighteen centuries corroborate
this. st. Peter tells us (Acts XIV. 13) that
Gods work in the present time is not
the conversion of the world (Which GER
talhly is not being accomplished) but
that he is row taking out of the world
people for his name Ito bear the
name of Christ, as his Bride) The au-
thentlc Scriptures everywhere teach
us that the poor, blind, deaf world,
which has never yet heard fully and
clearly Of "the only name given under
heaven or amongst men whereby we
may be saved" is not on this account
condemned or damned. They tell us
that the whole world was born con-
demned, because children of Adam and
sharers In his condemnation, but that
God has provided in the sacrifice Of
Jesus a redemption for Adam and all
his race. They tell us that, as a result,
In Coils due time, Christ, rs the true
Light, the Sun of Righteousness, shall
enlighten every man that cometh into
the world. They explain that God is
now calling out special class while
the darkness is upon the earth and the
gross darkness upon the heather, and
that the Sun of Righteousness, which is
to enlighten the whole world, will not
arise until the elect Church shall first
have been gathered out. They tell US
that, in the New Dispensation yet to
dawn. all the families Of the earth will
be blessed through The Chrlst-Jesus,
the Head, and the Church his Body or
Bride. They tell us that then "all the
blind eyes shall be opened and all the
deaf ears shall be unstopped" isaiah
xxxv, 81. They tell us that then the
| Sun of Righteousness shall arise with
| healing In his beams, flooding the whole
earth with the light of the knowledge
| of the glory of God. They assure us that
| that will be the period of Messiah's
reign, for which we pray, "Thy King
dom come; thy will be done on earth
as in heaven" They tell us that the
| object of that reign will be that the
world in general may have trial to
determine whether, with the light and
knowledge and experience then grant
| ed, they will choose God and righteous.
ness and the reward of eternal life, or
will choose sin and Its penalty, the
Second Death.
Unbelievers Damned Already.
Our word damned, from misusage and
the bad theology of the Dark Ages,
has a sulphurous odor, whereas Its
| plain, simple meaning Is the same as
the word condemn. Adam was damned
or condemned Go00 years ago because
of his disobedience. And all his chill
dren, by heredity, share his weak
iesses and thus share his condemna-
ton. But Adam Is not condemned or
damned to eternal torture nor TO Pur-
gatory. 1he Bible distinctly says In
| so many words that his sentence. his
condemnation, his damnation, is to
death. "In the day that thou eatest
thereof, dying thou shalt die" Genesis
| Il, II. margin). After his disobedience,
God said, Unfit is the earth for thy
sake. Thorns and thistles shall 1t
bring forth unto thee. In the sweat
of thy face shalt thou eat bread until
thou return unto the ground from
which thou vast taken; for dust thou
| art and unto dust shalt thou return"
| Genesis iii, 1910.
This general sentence has rested
| upon all of Adams race from that day
until now. AS st. Paul declares. BY
one mans disobedience sin entered
into the world and death mot eternal
torment nor Purgatory) as result of
sin and thus death mot eternal tor
ment nor Purgatoryl passed upon all
men, because all are sinners CRomans
v, 12). Jesus came to redeem two
classes-the Church and the world
the Church class to be his Bride" and
to share his heavenly. spiritual King
dom with him; the world to be blessed
and restored to human perfection and
to an earthly Eden, world-wide-Gods
footstool made glorious. The Church
and household Of faith. willing to walk
In the footsteps Of the Master In the
dark, have been called during the past
nearly nineteen centuries. Soon the
worthy ones. the '1lttle fock,," wITl'
ter into the Joys Of their Lord. at his
Second Coming. The marriage Of the
Lamb shall come, for his Wife will
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