The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-03-02

TO come when the earth shall yield her
increase. Then Paradise Lost shall be
Paradise Rcgained Then God will
make his earthly footstool glorious,
Then the blessing of the Lord shall
make rich and he will add no sorrow
Herewith Then streams shall break
forth In he desert and the wilderness
and solitary places shall be glad. But
most glorious will be the change in hui
manity. The Lord promises to turn to
the people a pure message"-instead
of the contradiction of creeds Of hea-
tbenlsm and Churchianity. He prom
Uses that Satan shall be bound for that
thousand years, that he may deceive
the nations no more. He promises
that then all the blinded eyes shall be
opened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped" isaiah xxxv, 5; ii Corin-
thians IL. ~
Two SaIvations-One Savior.
Both Of these salvations. according
to the Bible. result from the death of
Jesus our Redeemer, who died In obedi-
ence to the Divine will, "Died, the
Just for the unjust, that he might
bring us to God" Il Peter iii, 49, The
Scriptures clearly show not only the
two salyations. but also two parts of
the Redeemer's work, distinctly sep
arating his work for the Church fror
his work for the world. In his death
there WAS a Divine general provision
for the sins of the whole world and a
special provision for the sins of the
Church The two thoughts are fire.
quently brought out In the Scriptures
One text distinctly declares, He Is the
Precipitation lsatisfactionl for our sins
1.-THE Chnrch's sinsl. and not for ours
only. bnt also for the sins Of the whole
world. His death constituted the sat
isfactlnn price. The Redeemer ap-
piled hal merit for the Church's sins,
for MS. ing ago, eighteen centuries
before we were born. Only when we
became believers and entered into
Covenant of sacrifice did We obtain
our share in the merit of that great
sacrifice The world has not yet re-
eeived It's share OF that promised
blessing, but the operation of the Di-
vine Plan is sure and will bring it to
them lin due time" rs st. Paul de-
eares Il Timothy ii, O..
The drawing and calling of the
Church has not been along the lines Of
human perfection. for all are sinners
and none righteous or perfect. And
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by nature mich more fallen and de-
PRAYED than some who give no evil
denee of the work Of grace in their
hearts. The Lords calling aud draw
ing seem to be along the lines of JUS
ticc, love OF righteousness, faith. hui
mility and obedience. These quail
ties will all belong 10 the perfect man.
Bur ali have lost them in varying de-
srees. Such MS respond TO the Lords
call now are accepted as being In the
right heart attitude which. IL they had
perfect bodies. would constitute them
perfect men. In other words. they
have qualities Of heart which, II
brought TO a knowledge OF the Truth.
would prove some of them to be pure
In heart and such as the Lord would
desire should have eternal life and all
of his favors But more are called and
drawn by Gods providences and the
preaching Of his message than he de-
signs to save In the present salvation
He Is choosing a very select class for
very special purpose and therefore
makes the terms and conditions OF
their salvation extremely difficult. As
consequence we read. Many are
called, but few chosen"-under this
high calling OF God IN Christ Jesus"
Terms Of Salvation Differ.
OF course. these different salyations
imply different terms or conditions
Gods requirement OF Adam, that he
might continue to live forever and
everlastingly enjoy Divine favor. his
Eden Home. etc. was obedience To
reasonable. just requirements. 1t was
his violation of the Divine Law tina,
brought upon him the sentence OF
death-"Dying thou shalt dle"-with
all that this has implied to him and
his posterlty OF mental. moral and
nhvsicaI decline. weakness death The
requirement OF God for tho world n,
mankind during the Millennial Az,
win similarly be-oheaience ~ Col,
inst reasonable repnlotions laws
Whoevcr then viii render ohe5,one,
NAV with nronort,onate ron,d,ty o.
IN an tho hichwov % ho,,ross ,oworf
nerfec,,on n Ire ond whooror ra
fuses nhndiepce ~ rho s,tent ~ hi,
,h,,itv vii, ea,, ~ masa nroaross nnS
nIt,mo,e,y d,e rho second naoth ,ron
Witch ,haro vii, no No roann,n,,.,
and no resprrection
Sue, ohod,,noa os u.,u h. r.o,,roi
a, mans,nd In Tho rroat Mod,a.or,.
E,,.aom NH, ,no,,ae .h.,r 80 49,,
lion In ~. ras,s,anon =, .ha,r ouu 81,
q, wea.nassas =. m,,, ,n.,rao ~.
exerc,se ~ n,t,encs and k,naness 70
vords tho,r ,s,,ow.croatrras ss,,or,
snrrerers rho n,y,na INV ~ ,oya :,
Cod with all rho heart mind son,
strength and for tho ns,chhor nc "a