Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-22
, ut his right hand Of favor, they win
enjoy pleasures for evermore.
Tho ReveIatlon Of our God.


whole earth shall be filled with my
glory" "The knowledge of the glory of
God shall oil the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep" Habak-
kuk II, 14). Then all shall see what God
hath wrought and our temporary blind
ness will but accentuate the glorious
brightness Of his Wisdom, Justice. Love
and Power:
"Bilnd unbelef is sure to err,
And scan his work In vain;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make II plain"
In the end II will be seen that the
Divine permission Of the reign Of sin
and death In the earth, instead of be
ing q blot upon Divine character and
a demonstration of Divine unwlsdom
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 the end Of Mes
siahs mediatorial Kingdom will dem
onstrnte 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 unalterable opposition
of God to all sin would never have
been known to his creatures. His SEN
tence upon father Adam and 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 trifled 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 exhibit 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 depth of
his sympathy TO angels and to men.
"God commended his love toward us,
in that while we were yet sinners
Christ died for us" (Romans v, 81.
Surely, as the poet declares, we have
In this manifestation Of
Love Divine. all love excelllng"
More than this; some of us at one
time were, perhaps, inclined to criti-
cize our Maker and to say that he had
no right 10 redeem us at the cost of
| Calvary; that 1t was wrong to cancel
| the sins Of one and require their pay
ment Of another. But we erred II
was not thus. Rightly understood, the
dealings OF the Father with the Son
add still further to his glory-magnlfy
still more his Wisdom, Justice, Love
and Power. With all power and au-
thority the Almighty would not com
mand the death of his Son. For Jesus
to become mans Redeemer meant his
voluntary sacrifice OF himself. And
how shall we understand this-the
Reedeemer's willingness to be mans
ransom price? The Scriptures, reply
ing, tell us that II was because Of his
great love for the Father, his great
confidence in him and his willingness
| to submit to the Divine will and pur-
poses and Arrangement In everything,
Yet, notwithstanding the willingness
of the Redeemer. the Father would
|
undertaking which would cost himself
so much, unless he would give him
the corresponding reward. Thus we
read OF Jesus. that "forN the Joy that
was set before him he endured the
cross and desplsed the shame"
"Nol II ls Just Like Him."
The Divine Plan being set forth to
an old colored woman, she was asked
II Il was not strange that God should
do such great things for us. Her an
swer was, mo, Master; 1t is just like
| hlmW
So we say respecting the great God
who made the heavens and the earth
and sun and stars, II Is not strange
that he should have glorious Plan
for all OF his creatures-a Plan which
win fully exemplify his chnracter-his
Justice. Wisdom, Love and Power!
And amongst these wonderful things
OF the Divine Purpose none IL more
wonderful than that which relates 60
the Church class, "the elect" drawn
and called and begotten OF the holy
| Spirit during this Gospel Age These,
| justified by faith instantly, are Il sep
arate class from the world. who viii
be justified, perfected. through works
during Messiahs glorious reign. The
arrangement for their faith-justihca-
tion through the merit Of the Redeem
or IN advance OF the worlds justifica-
tion Is for the purpose Of allowing
these, who by nature are children OF
wrath even as Others" TO become sons
OF God ON the spirit plane. 'partakers
OF the divine nature"
Dealing on lines OF impartlality,
Gods offer TO these members OF
Adams race, 'llttle flock" In all. Is
that, II they Join with their Redeem
er In sacrifice and walk In his foot
steps, his merit shall cover their blem-
ishes and they may become for all
eternity his glorious Bride and joint.
heirs with him In his Kingdom-that
they may sit with him In his Throne
and be associated In the great work OF
uplifting the children OF men.
How wonderful Is our God. infinite
in all his qualitiesl "who hath known
the mind OF the Lord; who hath been
his counsellory' CRomans xi. S4) How
came all these wonderful things
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