The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-18

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a single rebellious soul. but that he has
prepared blessing for all OF Adams
race who shall come into full harmony
with himself. At present he Is teach
Ing great general lessons TO humanity
as whole by the exceeding sinfulness
OF sin. 1t would be too bad II. as these
lessons are learned, there should be
no opportunity of pro6ting by them.
But there will be an opportunity OF
pro6ting, and this is the great message
which God has sent to mankind and
which, scripturally, is styled The Cos
pel--the good tidings of great Joy
which shall be unto all people"
through Christ.
The night of weeping, six thousand
years long, is about to be followed by
the morning OF joy. The New Day, In
which darkness and sin will be abol-
ished and In which the Sun OF Right
eousness will bless and heal the world
Of mankind, is Thousand-Ye Day
for the blessing and uplifting of our
race QI Peter Ill. 81. The Bible de-
scribes that day in most glowing terms.
1t is the day OF Messiah, the day in
which Gods Kingdom shall come and
his will be done on earth as it is done
In heaven. the day in which the poor
ana needy will be lifted up from the
dunghill Of superstition aud depravity,
the day in which the knowledge Of the
glory Of God shall I'll the whole earth.
And there shall be no more fear.
That day will not end as do others. 1t
will not be followed by night, but
lead on to glorious eternity for all Of
Gods creatures who appreciate Divine
goodness and. using the Divinely pro-
vded opportunities. will return to full
harmony with their Creator. Such he
will in turn recognize as his sons and.
Mt his right hand OF ravor, they will
enjoy pleasures for eyermore.
The Revelation of Our God.
One Of old truly said. Thou art
God which hidest thyself'' isaiah xiv,
1J). How true! AS Il result the world
by wisdom knows not God. lie is
near IN his wisdom and love, yet he
can be seen only by those whose eyes
of understanding have been opened
But we are glad that the time is COM
ing when all the blind eyes shall see
clearly. "As live. saith the Lord, the
whole earth shall be filled with my
glory" "The knowledge of the glory OF
God shall nh the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep" UIabak-
kuS II, 10. Then all shall see what God
hath wrought and our temporary blind
| ness will hut accentuate the glorious
brightness Of his Wisdom, Justice, Love
| and Power:
"Blnd unbelief IL sure 90 err,
| And sean his work In vain.
| God Is his own interpreter,
And he viii make II plainH
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 II blot upon Divine character and
a demonstration of Divine unwisdom
and incompetency, will reveal the
great Creator 10 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
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 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
have demonstrated the fact that Di-
vine Justice cannot be trihed 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 10 angels and to men.
God commended his love toward us,
In that while we were yet sinners
Christ died for us" Uomans v, 81.
Surely, as the poet declares, we have
In this a manifestation OF
Love Divine. all love excelling."
More than this; some Of us at one
time were, perhaps, inclined to criti-
clze our Maker and TO say that he had
no right TO redeem us at the cost OF
calvary; that II was wrong to cancel
the sins or 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 magnify
sun more his Wisdom. Justice. Love
ana Power With all power and au
ihority tile Almighty would not com
mand the death OF his Son. For Jesus
] 70 become mans Redeemer meant his