The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-20

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of understanding have been opened
But we are clad that the time is com
ing when all the blind eyes shall see
clearly AS l live, saith the Lord the
whole earth shall Ice filed with my
glory" The knowledge Of the glory Of
God shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep GIaba
kuk ii. ID Then all shall see what God
hath wrought and our temporary blind
ness will but accenuate the glorious
brightness of his Wisdom. Justice, Love
and Power:
Blind unbelief is sure to err.
And scan his work in vain
God is his own Interpreter,
And he will make It plain
In the end it viii be seen that the
Divine permission Of the reign of sin
and death in the earth, instead of be-
ing a blot upon Divine character and
! Il demonstration of Divine unwisdom
and incompetency. will reveal the
great Creator to his subjects, his chill
dren, as nothing else could have done
Besides, the experiences of mankind
during the seven thousand years from
Adams creation to tho ond of Mos
siah's mediatorial Kingdom will dem
Onstrate traits Of the Divine charac-
ter which could not otherwise be man
ifeSted to angels or to men.
For instance, without the permis-
sion of sin. the element Of Divine
Justice and the unalterablc opposition
Of God to all sin would never have
been known 10 his creatures His son
tcnce unon father Adam ana his race
and the permission of the reign of
death and sin for all these centuries
| have demonstrated the fact that Di-
vine Justice cannot be triaaJ with
And this reign Of sin and the strength
of the Divine opposition to sin. and
the sentence upon sinners. in turn
gave opportunity for the eZLibit Of
Divine mercy. compassion. sympathy.
love, Undoubtedly Gods love was
known TO the angelic hosts before but
not to the same extent His DEALING
with humanity will prove the deuth 6
his sympathy to angels and to men
God commended lis love toward us.
in that wbIc we were Vet sinners
Christ died for us" Iomaus V. s..
Surely. as the poet declares, we have
in this a manifestation Of
Love Divine. all love excarfnE."
More than this. some Of us at one
time were. perbaus inclined 10 criti-
cizr orr Maker and to say that lie had
no rieht to redeem us at the cost Of
calvary: that If was wrong tn cancel
the sins of one and REQUIRE their pay
ment of another. But we erred 1t
was not thus. Rightly understood, the
ueaIlnss or .he amer win the son
"uu sun lul ,HeL 10 MS -'o-' MAJ li'I
30 i..o-e ms $50, u. a. .--t, 10,
and Power With all power and au-
thority the Almighty would not com
mand the death Of his Son, For Jesus
10 become man l'tue'Ille' LIeauI MS
NoluvlafE sa'ilI'e OF HlIuselI' Al4C
now shaiI we understand lNls-lii'
heedetlnei "ilIlliSAess 10 oe man 8
ransom price: Inc scriptures reil|
IHS' 'e-I Us lIla' II was 'ee"u9e % MS
great Io'e I't 'he amer ms great
'oHHo"l'c Ill MN ana ms WILLINGNESS
10 suomi 10 '"e I'l' me VIII anu l''i-
poses ana "IINH-elhtht III every lAl'i-.
lei MISUNDERSTANDING 'He Willingness
OF lHc heu''l1er' the amer "ouIu
ho' permit MN /" ENGAGE Ill inns great
u'''''l |" .''lN "-'L N'O'" SoS' MINIS, /
SO Hu'A. uilo4S Ne "oulu SI'e MN
lH' corresponding reward nus we
Io"" Oh Jesus uldl ioI 'Nc JOY OHaI
Was SET brl"I" MN ne 'uuuI'u the
cross anu uvSIlN'u inc 9uaIne'
| mo! It Is Just Like Him"
The Divine Plau being SET forth to
an old coIored woman. She was asked
| if if was not strange that God should
do such great things for us Her nm.
sv-a,. u-as ..Eo Master. if Is inst like
| him"
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