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shalt bow ahd every tongue confess to
the glory OF God. Then every creature
which Is in heaven. and on the enrth.
and under the earth. shall be heard
saying. Blessing. and honor and glory
and power be unto him that sitteth
upon the throne. and unto the Lamb
forever GtereIatfon " 49, I:iis7
You Are Bought With . Prius. -
J Possibly God could have arranged
some other why OF dealing with sin
and sinners which would not have re-
quired the death of Jesus rs the RAN,
EorD price. The purchase price, the re-
lemptIon price for sinners But the
fact .tlIat7thls method was adopted by
our great Creator assures us that no
nther method would, have been SO
wise. SO DUST. so beneficial. No other
method would have $50 fully demon
strated Gods Wisdom. Justice. Love
and Power. eis.. s.i.
In brief. then. Gods arrangement is
that all OF Ills human creatures sinll
have opportunity of full return to liar
mony with himself. provided they wish
to do so. provided their hearts. their
wills, nre fully responsive to tile letter
and spirit OF. his Law-the require
ments set forth i'm our text. God hns
provided In Jesus for. the satisfaction
OF Divine Justice as respects NIL Of the
condemned race who desire to return
to his favor.
We agree with MI the orthodox
creeds OF ChristendUm TINT only re-
pcntnnce from sin and I'M endeavor to
put 1t away from our thoughts and
words and deeds, combined with faith
In the Redeemer's sacrifice aud n full
conservation of heart and life TO do
the Fathers will-nothlnE short of
this attainment will gain the salvation
which God Is now holding out to mnn-
kind. To such the Apostle explains hat
the righteousness. the full demands OF
the Law of God. his full requirement.
-Ls fulfilled I'm us who nre walking not
after the flesh. but after tile Spirit
tRomnns will. ~. From the moment Of
our conservation and begetting of the
holy Spirit God dcnis with this class
us with SONS. He trains them In tht.
School of Christ. disclpllning. chasteu
Ing. proving them. testing the sincerity
OF their conservation Vows and the
loyalty Of their hearts. To those who
prove faithful the great reward. Is
promised-Elory. honor. Immortality.
joint-heirshIp with the. Lord Jesus
Christ in his .Milennlal Kingdom. and
Its work of blessing nil the families of
the earth Galatians Ill. %; Revelation
Ill. 21l.
I
Our disagreement with: all "orthodox
creetls" Is In respect to whnt shall he
done with the unsaintly-with those
who do not present themselves to God
and who IRE not tbeg8tten again OF
the holy Spirit. sOnr creeds of; the
dark ages tnisrepresented the teach.
.ings of the Bible In respect to Ethesc
and told us thatthey are NIL to be con-
signed for hundreds or thousands of
years to PurEatDry or for all eternity
In hell torment. Not such Is the teach
ing of Gods Word. but the very re-
verse. ms we have previously shown.
The Scriptures do not declare. In thee
1 and in thy Seed shall NIL the families
d of the; earth be damned; but the re-
verse of this-that they shall NIL be
blessed. All the sin-htind eyes shall be
opened. All the deaf elrs Of Ignorance
shall be unstOpped. For the &hlest
thousands years o. Chrlst's reign lie
worlds uplifting or resurrection will
proceed, while the knowledge OF the
glory of God slnll-llll the whole earth.
The angels on the plnins ofsBethlehem
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 titliHDs OF great Joy
which shall be unto all people" duke
II. 10Y. God who had n educ time" for
calling natural Israel md who Ind
also u "due time" for calling spiritual
Israel. hns a t.flue time" for making
known the riches of his grace to the
non-elect world Of mankind. And :fhe
"elect" of spiritual Israel and of nat
urnl Isruel are TO be the channels OF
this Divine grace and mercy, which.
during the AIillennial Age. will flow
rs river of salvation. to which all
mankind will be invited to come Al MI
drink freely. 3:
Love Mercy and Walk HumhIy.
1t may nstonlsh some that God re-
Hnires even more than Justice which
Is his legal standard. In Ills perliis-
sion of sim aud Its wage Of death he
has shown the sinner his own mercy
or love. And 1t Is for the sinners ben.
edit and for the good of NIL. TINT God
requires TINT all who Will hive sthe
full benefit OF his mercy shall be re.
qulrel TO cultivate this mercy quality
In their own hearts. As the sinner
attempts to conform his life to the
perfect standard and finds himself iun-
able to keep Gods Law and Obliged to
some for mercy to the Throne or
Grnce. lie Is informed that he Gun have
TINT marcy nnly nnn, nnnlIfinn thnt