The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-24

| Will similarly be-obedience to Gods
| just, reasonable regulations. laws.
| Whoever then will render obedience
may with proportionate rapidity go
| up on thj highway of holiness toward
| perfection at its end Whoever re-
fuses obedience to the extent of his
ability VII fail to make progress and
ultimately die the Second Death. from
which there will be no redemption
and no resurrection.
Such obedience as will be required
| of mankind in the great Mediator's
Kingdom will include their co-opera-
| ton in the resistance of their own fall
en- weaknesses. 1t will include the
exercise of patience and kindness tc
wards their fellow-creatures. fellow
sufferers. The Divine Law of love t.
| God with all the heart. mind. soul
strength and for the neighbOr as TO
ones self they must learn fully a
they viii realize their own blemiShe
| and strive to overcome them and ash
| not the Father, but the Mediator TO
| forgiveness. they will be obliged t.
| follow the Divine rule of exercising
| giveness to that which they desire for
| themselves. But they will not be re-
| quired to enter into the covenant Of
self-sacrifce, self-denial. etc. All the
! blessings of God on the earthly plane
will be for them fully and freely to
use and enjoy, in harmony with the
! Divine regulation.
The conditions governing the saliva
ton of the Church are wholly differ
! ent from those which will appertain
| to the world The Church is called out
of the world under a Divine invitation
| to suffer with Christ in the present
| life and during this Gospel Age and
! then to reign with Christ during the
| Milennial Age. participating in his
| Medatoral Kingdom for the blessing,
| uplifting, salvation of the world. 1t
is not in vain, therefore. that our Lord
and the apostles, in setting forth the
call of the Church during this Age.
| specified particularly and frequently
| the necessity for all who would share
in this salvation to participate with
! the Rcdeemer in his sacrificing, in his
deGth," and consequently participate in
| his resurrection and in his reign of
| glory. Hark to the words. BE thou
! faithful unto death and will give thee
a crown of life" To him that over
| cometh will | grant to sit with me in
my Throne" And whatsoever doth not
| bear his cross, and come after me,
cannot be my disciple" duke xiv. 20.
| Let US remember our Lords words to
| the disciples James and John, respect
ing a place in his Milennial Throne.
! He intimated that the getting to the
| Throne at all, in any place. would i'm
| ply great humility and self-sacrifice.
! He asked the disciples, Are We able
| (willingl to drink of the cup that |
| shall drink of aud to be baptized with
! the baptism Onto DEATH that | am
! baptized WITH" Mark Y. 3SJ Heark-
| en- again: This cup of which he tells
us we must drink, if we would sit in
| his Throne. is his communion cup. 1t
| is offered. not to the world. but to
his consecrated followers 1t is not
another cup, but My Cup" The in
vitaton was. This is my blood of the
| New Testament, which is shed for
| many for the remission of sins. Drink
| We all Of it, (Matthew XVI. %, %. 1t
must all be drunk before the many.
the world, cap get their share of the
intended blessing through the New
| Covenant, which this blood seals. And
only the disciples Of Christ, only those
who desire to walk in his steps. are in
vited to drink of that cup. All Of
them are so invited and they will
drink all of it, None of it will be left
for the world during the Millennial
| Age to drink. II is a special privilege
to drink of this cup. With the drink
ing of it goes the special blessing Of
| the special salvation of this Gospel
| Age. Except we eat of his flesh zap
propriate the merit of his sacriice),
and unless we drink his blood Goin in
sacrifice with him. we have no life
in us-inherent life, immortality.
So far as our hearts and minds are
| concerned at the time of our consecra-
ton they must be fully given up to the
! Lord ere he will accept them. We
! could be no more fully cOnsecrated il
we had absolutely perfect bodies and
were absolutely free from all the en-
| tailment of Adams condemnation. But
| Gods requirement is that no sacrifice
may come upon his altar, except such
! as is without spot or blemish. Hence
| he could not accept our Offering, our
! conservation, even though it were as
| completely and fully made as was our
! dear Redeemers. Hence his first pro-
! vision was that the righteousness Of