Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
him, well Of water springt3g up unto
everlasting life" John iv, Ia

him, well of water springtsg up unto
everlasting life" John iv. Ia
The New Jerusalem Symbol.
The Church in her glorifed condition
after the Change OF the First Resur-
rection, after becoming the Bride. is
symbolically represented as City, as
a Government-the capital Of Gods
Kingdom. the New jerusalem, which
viii then come to, or be established In,
the earth-not literal city, but. bet
ter, symbolcal one, Of the Kingdom
It viii be from under the Throne
Of that New Jerusalem, the Messianic
Kingdom, that the ''river Of the water
OF life viii flow, clear as crystal" On
either bank Of tie symboiical river win
be trees Of life, whose leaves win be
for the healing OF the nations. Then
will be their due time" to come to
a knowledge OF the Truth that God
loved them and did not predestinate
them to eternal torture, nor to purga-
toriai suffering, but sent His Son TO die
for them-to pay their death penalty
and thus to make possible their restitu-
ton to Divine favor (Acts III, 19-2n
and to all the earthly blessings, privi-
leges and rights originally given to
Father Adam-lost by his disobedience
and redeemed at Calvary.
Ny dear friends, here we have the
grandest and broadcast Free Grace pos
sibie to be imagined, In connection with
our Heavenly Father and His great
salvation provided In Christ As every
creature shares in Father Adams Inn
perfection and dying conditions. 80
each one Is to share In the merit OF
Christ's righteousness and sacrifcial
death; Il shall be testified to ali I'm
due time" There win be stripes. les
sons, instructions. but they viii all be
corrective-with view to the refOrma-
ton and the regeneration OF Adam and
his race as human beings-not as spirit
beings, not as angels; Adam and his
race never were such. Only the Church
has been begotten OF the Holy Spirit
to spirit nature; only the Church win
share In the resurrection to spirit con-
ditions and be thus ''like unto the an
gels"
This 10 Not UnlVersalIsm.
These two salvations, now OF the
elect, and during Messiah's reign Of
the non-elect, do not imply a universal
salvation OF our race, but merely q
universal opportunity for everlasting
life. The Scriptures most clearly teach
q Second Death, like the first death,
except that none viii be redeemed
from the Second Death, and none viii
be resurrected from 1t. 1t therefore
win be, as st. Paul declares, an sever
lasting destruction" Oh ThessalOnians
l. o.. AS st. Peter declares. the wilfui
sinners against light and knowledge
will perish, ''like natural brute beasts"
The lessons from these great truths
Of the Bible are powerful. They make
plain to us that none can hope to be
Of the heavenly class, Of the Bride Of
Christ, except such as enter the strait
gate and narrow way-the saints, the
faithful unto death. They teach us
also, in harmony with other Scrip
lures, that those who now either see
not and hear not, or who see and hear
imperfectly, will miss this great prize
Of our high calling" Nevertheless for
these. heather and others, God has
provided more than they could have
thought or asked-an opportunity for
obtaining human perfection and a
world wide Eden-Paradise restored.
1t teaches, also, that every misstep,
every failure to do our best, Is costly
both to the world and to ourselves.
To whatever extent the world demeans
and degrades itself, 1t will have, in
proportion, difficulty and stripes In
connection with the possibilities and
opportunities of recovery during Mes
siah's Kingdom.
Let us herald wide the story Of the
grace Of God In Christ for every crea-
ture; let us show the love of God to
all who have the eyes and ears OF ap-
probation. There is no greater infiu-
ence for righteousness than this-The
love of God and the love Of Christ con-
straineth us Gil Corinthians v, Ia. And
In proportion as mankind receive the
same their CONSTANTS toward right
eousness increase. Thus, with clearer
light upon our Fathers Word, 1t Is
time for US all to cast aside the things
Of darkness and sectarianism which so
long have separated the people Of God
from each other.
The Great lesson Of This.
The lesson to the Church Is gratitude,
LOYALTY, faithfulness to Him who called
her out of darkness to the high calling
of joint-heirship with the Redeemer.
'srhe Eride, the Lambs WIFE," is to
make herself ready by putting on the
fruits and graces Of the Holy Spirit
and being renewed and transformed.
The lesson to the world yet Is only
to those who, to some extent, hear It
that God Is Love, that His mercy has
provided great opportunity for resd-
tuition that Is nigh at hand; and fur
Their, the lesson is that every good and
every eRu uecu Wall A1hAc LACA O4p ~
sion upon human character and nave
to do with the stripes, corrections,
etc, of the future. Misimproved OPP
portunities In the present life, viola
lions Of conscience, etc. viii bring
their reasonable retrtbution In the life
to come and make the ascent more
tedious and the more difficult. On the
contrary, every good endeavor and at
tatnment Of self-control will be that
much Of an assistance for the future,
when ''the Spirit and the Bride shall
say, Come. and whosoever Will nay
come and take OF the water Of life free
ly" and obtain perfection and everlast-
ing life.
trust that true Christian unity
upon the basis of Divine Truth ex-
pressed In the Bible will be the key
note OF this Convention to it3 very