River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-20

Our study pictures Jesus sur
rounded by his disciples, teaching
them, that in turn they might teach
US and all who throughout this Cos
pei Age would have the hearing ear.
The lessons of this sermon on the
Mount are wonderful for their sim
plicity and sublimity. Our Lords
first message was, Repent and get
ready for the Kingdom. To those
who accepted that message he now
gave additional blessed lessons.
CD The pure in spirit, the hum
BILE of mind, the meek, the gentle,
the teachable, these would be of the
class acceptable to God as partici-
patorS with Messiah in his King
dom. Without such meekness they
would not be prepared to learn of
him, and not learning they would
not be proper characters nor be
prepared in due time to be the
| teachers of the World.
(2) They were to understand
that if they should gain the King
dom through much tribulation, they
would find in its glories and bless
ings, comforts and joys which would
more than compens tie for every
tear and every sorrow endured as
soldiers of the Cross and followers
of the Lamb.
| CD To be his disciples and share
with him in the Millennial Kingdom,
they must be meek, gentle-not
bold, grasping, ferocious, self
willed, getting the best of the earth
and everybody in it. Rather they
must cultivate the spirit of meek
ness; they must learn not only to
fight and contend for the best of
earthly things, but even to submit
| to injustice in the interest of the
coming Kingdom and their oppor-
tunity to be it's heralds and to ex-
emplify the spirit of the Great King
and of all who would be heirs of
| life eternal. These in the present
time may lose houses and lands
and the love of parents and chill
dren and friends, because of their
loyalty to the words and doctrines
of Jesus, but eventually they will
have a great reward. They with
their Lord will inherit the earth"
(4) Jesus would have his dis
ciples understand that righteous
ness and truth are scarce commod-
tiles at the present time amongst
men-that the world is full of error
and sin and unrighteousness His
disciples, by reason of enlighten-
ment, will discern between good and
evil, righteousness and sin. And
they must so love truth and right
eousness, as to hunger and thirst
for it.
60 The followers of Jesus who
| would share with him in his King
dom will need to be very merciful.
AS the kings and priests of the Mil
lennial Kingdom Trey will have to
deal with the poor. grooming Gre
alton, uplifting the willing and
obedient out of their sinful and de-
graded death con dition-up to
righteousness, perfection, eternal
life. Only the merciful of heart
could be properly entrusted with
such a work. (Cor. 6:2)
Their first lesson must be con-
corning their imperfection and their
own need of Divine mercy. eff We
forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your heavenly Father
forgive you your trespasses." Con-
seer ted believers, with all their
past sins forgiven, unwillingly tres
pass against the perfect Law of God
by word or thought or act daily, be-
cause they have the treasure the
new mind in the i'm perfect earthen
vessel. Those trespasses should
be daily acknowledged and forgive