The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-06-02

markably few of our race have thus
far attained to the degree " knOwl
edge which God would bc peased to
recognize. At first this might seem
peculiar to us; we might say to our
selves or to others. Why does not God
give 1t out freely to all? The reply of
the Scriptures Is that God Is giving
his knowledge freely now to certain
class. and that by aud by he will give
1t to all the families Of the earth This
essential knowledge Is promised to
the faithful in the world, He that seek
eth findeth. and to him that knocketb
It shall he opened The secret of the
Lord Is with them that reverence him.
aud he will show them his Covenant"
BLESSED are your eyes. for they see.
and your ears. for they hear" Such
as thus abide In covenant relationship
with the Lord Jesus are indeed taught
of God In the School of Christ. aud
may truly grow In grace and knowl-
edge.
A distinction should be observed In
knowing about God. aud knowing God
himself II Is not sufficient that we
should recognize God as the Almighty
Creator. for devils also believe that
On the other hand. to be intimately
acquainted with God means that we
must come into intimate fellowship
with him. aud this means that we
must come unto the Father through
the Son. by faith. by thus coming to
our heavenly Father by an ucquaint-
ance with his Word. and through an
appreciation of his glorious work. past,
present. and future. we get view Of
the lengths. aud breadths. and heights
and depths of love divine. all love ex-
ceiling" In proportion as we behold
the outline of the Divine character
we perceive our own deficiencies and
try the more to rid ourselves of them,
and ut least manifest to the Lord tha.
our hearts are in harmony with the
principles of righteousness
The Sun Of Righteousness.
Very appropriately the Scriptures
speak of the present as n uight.time
They tell us that now "Darknpss GOV.
ers the (civllizedI earth. and groso
darkness the people tHeathendOm."
They assure us that now Gud'S people
need the lamp, of Divine revelation to
guide their footsteps until the day
dawns. They assure us. however. that
the morning will be ushpred IN by the
great Sun of Rightpousness-the Christ.
the Messiah. Prophet Mediator. King
of Glory.
Now Is the Church excluded from
this work of shining upon and enlight-
ening the world and scattering Its
darkness. The Master gave us to un.
derstand that the Church with himself
will constitute the sun of Righteous
ness. whicn will then arise with heal
ing in its beams. Thus in the parable
of the Wheat aud Tares. he pictures
the entire work of this Gospel Age and
its consummation. which he styles
"The harvest the end of the age"
His word respecting the separation of
the wheat from the tares is that the
wheat shall be gathered into his barn
changed from the earthly to the
heavenly nature, and he adds, Then
shall the righteous shine as the SUI In
the Kingdom of their Father" HE
that hath an ear to hear. let him hear" "
The figure of the rising sun scatter
ing the darkness, ignorance and super
stition Of the world harmonizes with
the other picture, which represents the
Kingdom of God superseding the king
dom of Satan. and those deluded by
Sat-h, styled In the Scriptures, the
kingdoms of this world.