Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-02-26

cry necessary DIeSnluH IoT us Ioib-
sort. Human perfection and the Eden
home were lost through d~isobedience
to God. Tho Divine arrangement Is
that the merit of our Lords obedi.
ence unto death, when ultimately mp
piled for mankind. shall fully can
eel the death sentence upon him. More
and better than this. God has prom
Used that the same ~Sin-Offering shall
seal n New Covenant between him
self and mankind. The blessings of
that New Covenant arrangement will
then Immediately begin. The great
Redeemer will thenceforth be the
| great Mediator of that New Cove
nant. The whole world of mankind
will be fully under his supervision
and government for their blessing,
their correction in righteousness. their
uplifting out of sin and death con-
ditions-back. back. back. to all that
was lost In Eden. All of this was
the original design OF the Great Gre
| ator. All of this will be outworked
| through the Great Redeemer. All Of
| this was secured or suretied by his
| death, finished at Calvary Hebrews
| vii, 22l.
| st. Peter, pointing down to that glo-
| rlous time of the worlds blessing, calls
1t times of refreshing and times of
restitution He tells us that all the
holy prophets described the blessings
| of those restitution times-the thou
sand years. the Millennium acts Iii.
| 1920. When once we get the eyes of
our understanding opened, we find the
| Apostles words thoroughly corrobo-
rated by the Divine records, which de-
scribe the wonderful blessings that are
TO come when the earth shall yield her
increase. Then Paradise Lost shall be
Paradise Regained. 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 the desert and the wilderness
and solitary places shall be glad. But
most glorious will be the change in hu-
manity. The Lord promises to turn to
the people a pure message"-instead
of the contradiction OF creeds Of hea-
thenism and Churchianity. He prom
ises that Satan shall be bound for that
thousand years. that he may deceive
that then all the blinded eyes shall be
opened and all the deaf ears shall be
u%nstopped" isaiah xxxv, 8; II Corin-
thians ". A.
Two Salvations-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 i'll, 1S). The
Scriptures clearly show not only the
two salvations, but also two parts of
the Redeemer's work, distinctly sep
arating his work for the Church from
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 [~satisfactionl for our sins
1.-THE Church's sinsl, and not for ours
only. but also for the sins Of the whole
world" His death constituted the sat
isfaction price. The Redeemer APP
piled that merit for the Church's sins
'for u.s." long ago, eighteen centuries
before we were born. Only when we
became believers and entered into a
Covenant of sacrifice did we obtain
our share in the merit of that great
sacrifice. The world has not yet re-
ceived its share OF that promised
blessing, but the operation of the Di.
/ vine Plan is sure and will bring it &c
them lin due time" as st. Paul de
clares q Timothy ii, O..
The drawing and calling OF the
Church has not been along the lines OF
human perfection. for all are sinners
and nom righteous or perfect. And
many of those drawn of the Lord were
by nature much more fallen and de
PRAYED than some who give no evi
dence Of the work OF grace in theil
hearts. The Lords calling and draw
ing seem to be along the lines of jus
: tice, love of righteousness, faith. hu
mility and obedience. These quail
ties will all belong 10 the perfect man
But all have lost them in varying de
grees. Such as respond 10 the Lord
cali now are accepted as being in th'
right heart attitude which. If they hat
perfect bodies, would constitute then
perfect men. In other words. the!
: have qualities of heart which, i
!, brought to a knowledge Of the Truth
!, would prove some Of them to be pur
in heart and such as the Lord woult
desire should have eternal life and al
of his favors. But more are called IN,
: drawn by Gods providences and tn
Il preaching of his message than he de
signs to save in the present salvation
i He is choosing a very select class IL
I a very special purpose and therefor