The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-19

their doctrine Of Free Grace belongs to
the MIllenniaI Kingdom. Az for In
stance. the Bible. after telling US OF
the completion OF the Church now
espoused 10 the Lard and after her
marriage or union with him at his
Second Coming. AZ The Bride. the
Lambs Wife" Tells that hen The
Spirit and the Bride shall say. Come
and whatsoever Will may come and take
Of the water of life freely" tReveIation
xii. III.
All. yes. we failed disastrously to
keep the Apostles command. Study
to show thyself approved unto God. n
workman that needeth not TO be
ashamed. rightly dividing the word of
Tmth" I'll Timothy II. 1851 We failed
to thus divide the Truth aud to note
the portion applicable now and the
other portion applicable during the
Millennium. Thank God. we are not
vet too old to learn. We surely have
been thoroughly sickened by our mis-
taken Interpretations of the past.
which made nonsense of both the 1oc-
trines-- Election and Free Grnce-and
worse than this. DETAINED and viiified
our Heavenly Father. 'the God OF all
Grace"
In the light now shining we may see
that the terms of the Divine election
of the Church are In every sense of the
word without partiality. except as re-
CARDS character and faithfulness.
Those now called with the heavenly
calling to be of 1.-The elect" are indeed
invited to eternal life on the spirit
plane. to be like unto the angels. but
more exalted. while the opportunities
to be granted to the world In general
during the Millennium will be inferior.
earthly, restitutiOnary-yet grand (Acts
iii, 1921. But this difference OF re-
ward IL counterbalanced by the &C.
verer trials and testings of those now
called to be of the elect. They must
walk by faith and not by sight. They
must take mp their cross and follow
the Lamb whithersoever ne gOeth.
They must count their lives not dear
unto them. hut willingly sacrifice their
earthly interests that they may he par
ticipators with their Redeemer In glo-
y. honor and Immortality. and in his
great work of the Millennium tue
blessing Of the world of ma nkind with
Z mental. moral. social and physical
uplift.
Cannot we all. Congregationalists
Presbyterians and Methodists. and all
others of Gods people, unite as one
body upon this Scripturai hypothesis!
Are we not satisfied with the terms of
this electiOn-that they are sufficiently
stringent to exclude all except, the
laration. which we once 80 grievously
misunderstood: He says of Gods elec-
ton, Whom he did foreknow he also
did predesrinate to be cOnfOrmed to
the image of his Son." In other words.
when our Heavenly Father foreknew
and predetermined to gather an elect
Church as the Bride Of Christ. be also
predetermined that none could be
members of 1t unless they attained
through faith and obedience In the
School of Christ character-likeness OF
Jesus-heart likeness to him-hence. as
nearly as possible. an obedience Of the
flesh to his Law.
Surely no Que will claim that any
but a little flock has ever, attained to
this honored condition; hence our FOR.
mer ideas respecting the nOn-eiect
would consign the majority of our
families, neighbOrs. friends aud all
the heather. to endless woe. Hut now
how differently we see III Gods Word
that the elect class is selected In nd.
vance. that in Gods due time. with
the Redeemer. 1t may bless every crea.
ture with fullest opportunity to return
to human perfection In Paradise re-
gained-restored, during the Milienni-
UNI. This proposition OF the Scrip
lures includes those who have goue
down to the prisOn-hOuse OF DEATH
into SheOi. into Hddes. both the evil
aud the good. All shall then know,
from the least TO the greatest. that
tasted death for every man. They
shall know that the redeeming blood
was not shed in vain. but will secure
to each member of Adams race. not
eternal life. but an opportunity to at
tain eternal life-either on the heaven.
~ plane during this Age or on the
earthly plane during the Millennium.
address you. dear friends. not from
sectarian standpoint. but from
Federation standpoint; yea. more than
this. from the standpoint OF those VINO
desire to be dOctrinaiiy. as well as out
wardly. In agreement with the Lord
and with each other. Have we not. in
this beautiful election OF the Bible. the
basis for the grandest OF all hopes. me
highest OF all ambitions to be ''ha,t
OF God aud joint-heirs wita ..8,~s
Christ our LOrd?" Can we WAT O.,
than this for ourselves?, hlui ,,rs r.
not enhance the glory of illss lrixe IL,
have the prospect of con,ttiering The
world for Jesus aud tor the Father
during the Millennium. in the ouiy
way in Will IL ever can be CONQUERED
Gods WA
Is it nul ~ his Kingdom that our
Redeenei &'nGht us 10 pray. "Thy
Kingdom come; thy will be done ON
earth as 1t is done in heaven:" Is 1t
not for this Kingdom that he taught
us to wait, saying. "Fear not. little
flock: it is your Fathers good pleasure
TO give you the Kingdom" luke xii.
By? Is it not for this Kingdom that
the world waits! Unto him every
knee shall bow and every tongue con-
fess." 1.-The knowledge of the Lord
shall ill the whole EARTH" "All shall
know him from the least to the great