Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-02-08

st. Paul tells us that Melchizedek, who
was a priest upon his throne, merely
typified the Church Triumphant-Head
and Body-The Christ, "a priest for
ever after the order of Melchizedek''-
priest upon his throne. During the
Millennial Age that glorious Priest,
Head and Members, will bless and up
lift. rule and judge, the world of man.
kind, with view to recovering as
many as possible, as many as will
obey him, from the ruin of sin and
DEATH During the thousand years Of
the Melchizedek reign all the families
of the earth will be blessed with OPP
portunities of return to human perfec-
ton and to earthly Paradise. The
willing and obedient will be destroyed
in the Second Death. At the close Of
the Millennium, Christs Mediatorial
Kingdom will terminate.
AS the Levites were much more nu-
merous than their brethren, the priests.
so there is another class in the Church
corresponding-styled "a great COM
pany, whose number no man know
eth,' in that they were not specially
predestinated. These less earnest, less
jealous than the faithful ''little flock"
will reach a plane of glory through
tribulation also, but with less joy.
These, we are told, will be with the
Bride as her companions. AS Leyites
they will serve God in his temple, but
not be members of the temple class,
the Priesthood. These will have palm
branches and be before the Throne,
while the Royal Priesthood will have
bers of the Body of Christ.
The Church MiIitant's Surrender.
All the soldiers of the cross, ex-
periencing fightings without and with
In against the powers of sin and dark
ness and their own weaknesses, surely
long for the time of their change in
the First Resurrection" They long
for the time when this mortal shall
put on Immortality; when this cor
ruptible shall have put ON incorrup-
ton; when we shall be like our Re-
deemer and see him as he is and share
his glory. Gladly, therefore, do all
of Gods consecrated people wait for
the blessed change promised at our
Lords Second Coming. when that
which is sown in weakness shall be
raised in power; when that which is
sown in dishonor shall be raised in
glory; when that which is sown an
animal body shall be raised spiritual
body q Corinthians Ky, 42-44, 80,
54). Surely such, having prayed, '"Thy
Kingdom CONF; thy will be done on
earth as in heaven" are waiting for
the King and Gods time for eStab-
fishing his Kingdom for the blessing
of the world No wonder the Apostle
wrote Of these, yourselves also, which
have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even
we ourselves groan within ourselves.
waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our Body''-the Body of
Christ. the Church, through the power
of the First Resurrection change.
This will be our gldd surrender to the
Church Triumphant, when we shall
hear the Masters voice saying, "Well
done, good and faithful servants; enter
We into the joys of your Lord. You
have been faithful over a. few things,
l will make you ruler over many
thing" -participants in the Millennial
Kingdom glory and its dominion of
earth for the uplifting of mankind
Il Corinthians vi, 2; Revelation ii, 26).
Union or Federation-Which?
ask you, my hearers, and Indirect
ly ask the millions of my larger con-
gregation whom l address weekly
through the public prints,-What adj
vantage will accrue to the Church Mil
liant through the on-coming Fedora
will come to the sanity few, not in the
manner expected, but along the lines
of the Divine promise that "All things
shall work together for good to them
that love God-to the called according
to his purpose" The Church Fedora
ton, which the Scriptures distinctly
show us will be effected, will include
the various classes already Indicated
% Hypocrites; (2) Moralists; 90 Fol-
lowers afar off; (4) Saints.
But in the Federation the Moralists
and Higher Critics will be dominant
forces. The sanity will less than ever
be in evidence and appreciated. The
outward and apparent success of the
Federation will seem wonderful for q
moment, but the results will be disas-
trous.
The sanity few, guided by Gods
Word and holy Spirit, will awaken to
the true situation and become separat-
ed from the nominal mass. Their mis-
guided hopes as respects the bringing
about of spiritual Kingdom ON earth
will be thoroughly shattered, and, more
than ever, they will look to the Lord
Kingdom to come through the Re
deemer's advent and the Resurrection
change
In word. Gods sanity people need
no outward Federation, even as they
need no credal fences. SO far as these
are concerned, the sooner all barriers
between them are leaped and they
come together as members of one
body, joined to the one Heavenly Head
and Lord, the better. Let Churchiani-
ty produce its Federation and see its
folly and failure, as outlined in our
text But let the saints of God draw
near to him and TO each other in a
spiritual Union and realize to the full
the meaning of the Apostles words.
"One faith: one Lord; one baptism
one Church of the Living God whose
names are written in heaven" This
condition cannot be attained through
outward bonds. but can be attained
only through drinking into the one
Spirit obtainable through the proper
understanding Of the Word Of God