Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-25

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Many Of our dear Christian friends
say, What lack we yeti Have we not
really attained The goal of our Church
ambitiOn7 Should we build finer edi.
1ces or pay larger salaries7 Are we
NOT straining ourselves with collections
at every turn3 What more could God
ask of us2 1--WE are rich and increased
In goods and have need of nothing"
Revelation III. i6-19
In reply we may suppose the Lord TO
ask. Where did ! give you instruction
respecting these things7 Where In my
Word did you find the suggestion that
what l desired you to do in the world
was to erect great church edihces,
piles of stone and iron and mortar.
polished woods and stained glass2
You are not rightly reading my Word.
However good in intention, You have
failed to rightly diVtde the Word OF
TruthF' The Temple respecting which
gave instruction is the spiritual one,
the Temple Of the holy Sptrtt-the Body
Of Christ which is the Church.
fear that you have forgotten the
true temple Of God while rearing
SO many temples of earthly ma
terials. Concerning the true Temple
! instructed you that 'the temple
Of God is holy. which temple ye are
''living stones" being shaped and pol
ished "for the habitation Of God
through the Spirit" Show me what
you have accomplished In this way.
Show me to what extent you have
rightly divided my Word. and prop
erly instructed mankind respecting my
glorious character and my great d.
vine Plan of the Ages. Show me
fruitage Of the glorious message.
How many I'm all the millions that
you report are New Creatures In
Christ Jesus" who walk not after the
flesh, but after the SpiritT Let me
hear the message OF my love and
grace In Christ as you are proclaiming
it! What mean these sectarian di-
visions amongst you? Why are there
so many Church edltces and so few
sanity worshipers2 Who authorized
YOu W put Autof NlN tNhNNS "
tween my people TO divide the flock?
Know ye not that said. there is one
flock and one Shepherd? Why have
you so neglected the spiritual interests
of my flock and their instruction In
righteousness? Why are you so unable
to rightly divide my Word?
Instead OF coming together as one
Church of the Living God whose names
are written In heaven you have divided
into hundreds of sects and partiesl In
stead Of taking my Word as whole
and rightly dividing its teachings as
between the different ages and dispen-
sations of my work. you have divided
my Word In sectarian manner. One
sect has made one selection from my
Word and another sect has made an
other selection Thus ye array one
part of my Word against another part
of 1t. and hence get into confusion
and conflict What have you to answer
for these things?
With shame of face we must all ac-
knowledge that I'VE have done those
things which we ought not to have
done and have left undone those things
which we ought to have done. and
there is no help In us" The proper
thing for us TO do. dear Christian
friends. is to get down upon our knees
before the Lord and In contrition OF
heart TO acknowledge that we have
wrought no deliverance in the earth
isaiah XVI. lSl; that our sectarlan
differences are our shame; that the ig-
norance that we have all been in re-
specting the Word OF God Is humil-
lating. Now that our eyes are open
so that we can comprehend as never
before the harmony OF Gods message
from Genesis to Revelation, It means
rich feast and blessing TO our souls.
The Word OF God becomes more pre-
cious 10 us daily as we become able
TO comprehend II. Our duty IA to dy
TO the assistance of our dear brethren
and sisters In Christ, OF all denomina-
tlons. aud 10 call upon them 70 join
with us IN a determined stand for
righteousness, for Truth, for God and
for his Word,
we must huuW AutNi Ahht ihhNiah
we and they have dishonOred our God
by Misrepresentation OF his character
and misrepresentation of the real
teachings OF the Bible, We must point
them TO the fact that the Bible does
not teach that all mankind except the
"Elect" saints viii be consigned 20 an
eternity OF torture at the hands OF fire
proof demous, We must show them
that the election OF the Church during
this age-a sanity little tock-does not
mean injury 10 the non-eleet That,
ON the contrary, Il is the Divine pur'
pose that the elect saints With their
great Redeemer IN glory shall consti'
fute Gods Kingdom That his King
dom when established will bind Satan.
put down sin. bauish ignorance. error
aud superstition ana upllft mankind by
restitution" by resurrection processes
up. up, up 10 alt that was lost In
Eden by disOhedleuce and TO all Sc
cured for Adam aud his race through
the great transaction at Calvary tActs
H. 1921
Brightly Dividing the Word Of Truth"
Alas, how many Intelligent people
nave turned aside from following