The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-24

1t by the washing Of water by the word; that I!
he might present it to himself glorious Church,
not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; ]
but that it should be holy and without blem-
ish" (Ephesisns " 25-27)
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ised that the same Sin-Offering shall
seal New Covenant between him.
self and mankind. The blessings of
that New Covenant arrangement will
then Immediately begin. The great
Redeemer will thenceforth be the
great Mediator of that New Cove.
nant The whole world of mankind
will be fully under his supervision
and government for their blessing,
their correction in righteousness, their
uplifting out of sin and death con.
ditions-back back. back, to all that
was lost in Eden. All of this was
the original design of the Great Gre
ator All Of this will be outworked
through the Great Redeemer. All of
this was secured or suretied by his
death, finished at Calvary Hebrews
vii. 22).
st. Peter, pointing down to that glo.
rious time of the worlds blessing, calls
it "times of refreshing and times Of
restitution" lie tells us that all the
holy prophets described the blessings
Of those restitution times-the thou
sand years, the Millennium (Acts Iii,
1920. When once we get the eyes of
our understanding opened, we find the
Apostles words thoroughly corrobo.
rated by the Divine records, which de-
scribe the wonderful blessings that are
to come when the earth shall yield her
| increase. Then Paradise Lost shall be
Paradise Regained. Then God will
make his earthly footstool glorious.
Then the blessing of the Lord shall
make rich and he will add no sorrow
herewith. Then streams shall break
forth in the desert and the wilderness
and solitary places shall be glad. But
/ most glorious will be the change in hui
mainly The Lord promises to turn to
the people pure message"-instead
of the contradiction of creeds of hea-
thenism and Churchianity. He prom
Uses that Satan shall be bound for that
thousand years, that he may deceive
the nations no more. He promises
that then all the blinded eyes shall be
opened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped" isaiah xxxv, 5; II CORN
thians iv, ~.
Two Salvstions-One Savior.
Both Of these Salvations. according
to the Bible, result from the death of
obi ,In Il;
ence to the Divine will, DIED, the
Just for the unjust. that he might
bring us to Cod q Peter iii, 49,. The
Scriptures clearly show not only the
two salvations. but also two parts of
the Redeemer's work, distinctly sep
arating his work for the Church from
his work for the world. In his death
there was Divine general provision
for the sins of the whole world and a
special provision for the sins of the
| Church. The two thoughts are fire.
| quently brought out in the Scriptures
/ One text distinctly declares. He is the
| propltiation Satisfaction for our sins
| 1.-THE Church's sins |. and not for ours
only. bur also for the sins of the whole
world His death constituted the sat
isfaction price. The Redeemer APP
piled that merit for the Church's sins.
FOR us, long ago. eighteen centuries
! before we were born. Only when we
| became believers and entered into a
| Covenant of sacrifice did we obtain
our share in the merit of that great
sacrifice. The world has not yet re-
ceived its share of that promised
blessing, but the operation of the Di-
vine Plan is sure and will bring it to
them lin due time as st Paul de-
clares Il Timothy ii, g..
The drawing and calling of the
Church has not been along the lines of
human perfection. for all are sinners
and none righteous or perfect. And
many of those drawn of The Lord were
by nature much more fallen and de-
PRAYED than some who give no evil
dence of the work of grace In their
hearts. The Lords calling and draw
ing seem TO he along the lines of jus
tice, love Of righteousness, faith. hui
| mllity and obedience. These quail
ties will all belong To the perfect man.
But all have lost them in varying de-
grees. Such as respond to the Lords
call now are accepted as being in the
right heart attitude which. if they had
perfect bodies, would constitute them
perfect men. In other words. they
have qualities of heart which, if
brought to knowledge of the Truth,
would prove some of them TO be pure
in heart and such as the Lord would
desire should have eternal life and all
of his favors. But more are called and
drawn by Gods providences and the
preaching of his message than he de-
signs to save in the present salvation.
He is choosing very select class for
very special purpose and therefore
makes the terms and conditions OF
their salvation extremely difficult AS
consequence we read, MANY are
called, but few chosen"-under this
high calling OF God in Christ Jesus"
Terms of Salvation Differ.
or course, these different salvations
| Imply different terms or conditions.
Gods requirement of Adam, that he
might continue to live forever and
everlastingly enjoy Divine favor, his
Eden Home. etc, was obedience to
reasonable, just requirements. 1t was
his violation OF the Divine Law that
brought upon him the sentence Of
death-"Dying thou shalt dle"-with
all that this has implied to him and
his noStqritV of mental moral and