The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-02-23

the earth Galatians Iii. 90; Revelation
iii, 21).
Our disagreement with all orthodox
creeds" is In respect to what shall be
done with the unsaintly-with those
who do not present themselves to God
and who are not begotten again Of
the holy Spirit. Our creeds Of the
dark ages mIsrepresented the teach
ings Of the Bible in respect to these
and told US that they are all to be con-
signed for hundreds or thousands Of
years to Purgatory or for all eternity
In hell torment Not such is the teach
ing of Gods Word. but the very re-
verse, as ne have previously shown.
The Scriptures do not declare, In thee
and In thy Seed shall all the families
Of the earth be damned; but the re-
verse of this-that they shall all be
blessed. All the sin-blind eyes shall be
opened. All the deaf ears of ignorance
shall be unstopped. For the blest
thousands years OF Christ's reign the
worlds uplifting or resurrection will
proceed, while the knowledge Of the
glory of God shall fill the whole earth.
The angels on the plains Of Bethlehem
did not declare to the shepherds. Fear
greatly! for behold. we bring you bad
tidings of great misery which Shall be
unto all people. Their message was
the reverse of this: "Fear not; behold.
we bring you good tidingS of great joy
which shall be unto all people, luke
ii, 10Y. God who had "due time" for
calling natural Israel and who had
also a "due time" for calling spiritual
Israel, has due time" for making
known the riches Of his grace to the
non elect world Of mankind. And the
"elect" of spiritual Israel and of nat
ural Israel are to be the channels of
this Divine grace and mercy, which
during the Millennial Age, will flow
as a river Of salvation, to which all
mankind will be invited to come and
drink freely.
Love Mercy and Walk Humbly.
1t may astonish some that God re-
quires even more than Justice, which
Is his legal standard. In his permits
sion of sin and its wage Of death he
has shown the sinner his own mercy
or love. And 1t Is for the sinners ben
eft aud for the good Of all, that God
requires that all who will have the
full benefit OF his mercy shall be re-
quired to cultivate this mercy quality
In their own hearts. AS the sinner
attempts to conform his life to the
perfect standard and finds himself un-
able to keep Gods Law and obliged to
come for mercy to the Throne Of
Grace, he Is informed that he can have
that mercy only upon condition that
he will exercise similar mercy toward
those who trespass against him, his
ideals and interests.
Humility Is u quality very necessary
to every creature. Pride Is foe
which besets not merely the weak and
imperfect. but which overcame the
great angel Of light, Lucifer. and trans
formed him from n faithful servant of
Jehovah into Satan. the Adversary of
God. We are glad. therefore, that Di-
vine Wisdom requires humility as one
Of the conditions of our acceptance
with him. This requirement assures
us of the security of the Divine EN-
pire against all treason In the future;
for none will be admitted to the eter-
nal life conditions either now or in the
Millennial Age. except the humble
Let us hearken then to the lesson Of
our text and conclude with the words