Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-02-09

typical High Priest. and his faithful
footstep followers. the antitypical un-
der-priesthcod-ot his Bride
Together these are styled Royal
Priesthood or a Kingdom of Priests.
st. Paul tells us that Melchizedek. who
was q priest upon his throne. merely
typified the Church Triumphant-Hea
ard Body-The Christ, "A priest fer
ever after the order of Melchizedek"-
a priest upon his throne. During the
sMillennial Age that glorious Priest,
Head and Members, Will bless and up
lift, rule and judge. the world of man
kind, with view to recovering as
many as possible. as many as will
obey him, from the ruin Of sin and
death. During the thousand years Of
the Melchizedek reign all the families
Of the earth will be blessed with op-
portunities of return to human perfec-
ton and to earthly Paradise. The
willing and obedient will be destroyed
in the Second Death. At the close of
the Millennium. Christ's Mediatorial
Kingdom will terminate.
AS the LeviteS were much more nu-
merous than their brethren. the priests.
so there is another class In the Church
corresponding-styled "a great com
pany, whose number no man know
eth" in that they were not specially
predestinated. These less earnest. less
Jealous than the faithful little flock"
will reach a plane of glory through
tribulation also. but with less joy
These, we are told. will be with the
Bride as her companions. AS Levites
they will serve God in his temple. but
not be members of the temple class,
the Priesthood. These will have palm
branches and be before the Throne.
while the Royal Priesthood will have
crowns and be in the throne as mem
bers of the Body of Christ.
The Church Militants Surrender.
All the soldiers of the cross, ex-
periencing fightings without and with
in against the powers of sin and DARK
ness and their own weaknesses, surely
long for the time of their change" In
the First Resurrection" They long
for the time when this mortal shall
put ON Immortality: when this cor.
ruptible shall have put on incorrup-
ton; when we shall be like our Re-
deemer and see him as he is and share
his glory. Gladly. therefore. do ak
of Gods consecrated people wait for
the blessed change promised at our
Lords Second Coming when that
which is sown in weakness shall be
raised in power; when that which is
sown in dishonor shall be raised in
glory; when that which is sown an
animal body shall be raised spiritual
body q Corinthians XIV. 42-44, 80
54). Surely such, having prayed. THY
Kingdom come; thy will be done on
earth as in heaven" are waiting for
the King and Gods time for estab-
fishing his Kingdom for the blessing
of the world. No wonder the Apostle
wrote of these. Ourselves also. which
have the first-fruits of the Spirit. even
we ourselves groan within ourselves.
waiting for the adoption. to wit the
redemption Of our Body"-the Body of
Christ, the Church. through the power
of the First Resurrection" change.
This will be our glad surrender to the
Church Triumphant, when we shall
hear the Masters voice saying. We'll
done, good and faithful servants: enter
We into the joys of your Lord You
have been faithful over a few things
| will make you ruler ever many
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in the Millennial
Kingdom glory and its dominion OF
earth for the uplifting Of mankind
q Corinthians vi, 2; Revelation ii. 26
Union or ederation-Which?
1 ask you. my hearers. and indirect
ly ask the millions of my larger con
| gregation whom | address weekly
through the public prints,-What ad
vantage will accrue to the Church Mil
! liant through the On-coming Fedora
ton? | reply that great advantage
will come to the sanity few. not in thu
manner expected, but along the line
of the Divine promise that ''All thing
shall work together for good to then
that love God-to the called accordin!
to his purpose" The Church Fedora
ton, which the Scriptures distinctly
show us will be effected, will includ
the various classes already Indicated
o. Hypocrites; (2) Moralists: 81 Fol
lowers afar off; a. Saints.
But in the Federation the Noralist
and Higher Critics will be dominan
forces. The sanity will less than eve
be in evidence and appreciated. TIL
outward and apparent success of tn
Federation will seem wonderful for
moment, but the results will be disas
trOuS.
The sanity few, guided by God
Word and holy Spirit. will awaken t
the true situation and become separa
ed from the nominal mass Their mi.
guided hopes as respects the bringin
about of Q spiritual Kingdom on cart
will be thoroughly shattered, and. NOR
than ever, they will look to the Lor
as the source of help and wait for hi
, Kingdom to come through the r,
Il a. II