Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16

ence, leave US little appreciation of til,
span of Eternity. from the Divfn,
standpoint. We are Inclined to say
If God designs to do anything FOL
mans aid, why does he not do it i'm
mediately? We cry out, o Lord, haste
haste! Behold Adams children. men
tally, morally. physically, in a deplora
bic condition. unable to help them
selves, dependent upon Thy mercy
Thy salvationI Like sheep we ar,
laid in the grave; like the brute beast
we seem to perish; we have only q
promise Of a salvation from deatt
through the Redeemer, and a resur
rection from the condition of death.
But God viii not be fastened. He
has wise as well as gracious pur
pose. He has definite time for every
feature of His great work. He has al
lowed four thousand years to pass be
fore He even sent His Son to begin
the work OF redeeming ma1kiad, by
the payment of a ransom-pr.ce. He
has allowed nearly two thousand years
since to elapse without recovering
mankind from sin and death condi
tons. 1t is for faith to trust; and yet
it is bit natural that we should in,
quire, why this q .ay? For what does
God wait so long? The reply is two
fold:-
% God leaves time for the birth OF
a sufficient number of Adams children
to people or ill the earth, purposing
that the powers OF procreation and the
begetting of children shall not continue
in the future as in the present. He
declares to US that those who attain
to that world to come twill neither
marry nor be given in marriage" but
in this respect will "be like unto the
angels" who have no children. who
do not propagate their kind
(2) Incidentally. in connection with
mans fall and recovery, God purposes
a most wonderful manifestation Of HIS
Wisdom, Love and Power in the bring
ing into existence of a new race of
beings, not only higher THAI human
nature. but higher also tha angelic
natures. God purposes a New Crea-
ton whose members will be limited
in number and all be made partakers
Of the divine nature-''far above an
gels, principalities and powers" This
New Creation. the most wonderful ex-
emplification of Divine power ever
manifested or ever to be manifesto i,
he has arranged shall be developed
during this Gospel Age and in con-
junction with the reign of sin and
death. 1t is to be developed from
sinners. and is, in rank and
time of development, to take prece-
dence over the salvation of humanity
from sin, sickness, sorrow and death,
to perfection and Paradise restored.
worldwide.
The New Creation Divine.
We have already mentioned the glc-
rious exaltation purposed of God for
the New Creation. st. Peter tells US
that these will attain the divine ma
ture; and this attainment will be
through, or by means of, the power of
God working in the heart as the result
of faith in "the exceeding great and
precious promises" Oh Peter /, ~.
These will not be coerced into obedi-
ence-theirs will be voluntary submits
sion to the Divine viii. The test upon
them will be loyalty and faithfulness
to God to the very limit-to the ex-
IRENE of self-denial, and voluntary
in the service Of right
following in the footsteps of
Jesus.
Indeed, Jesus is the first and the
Head of this New Creation. None
could attain it except by and through
Ills aid. He IS the Captain of their
salvation. He is their Forerunner in
his great race" to which, with Him,
hey have been invited of God-the re-
ward of which. to the faithful "over-
will be "glory. honor and i'm
Seeking For Immortality.
The Apostle writes concerning the
Church, The elect "little flock" of called,
chosen and faithful ones. He tells us
that by perseverance in well doing we
ire 10 attain glory, honor and immor-
tality; and that this reward to the
will come in the First Resur
'ection, when mortality shall be clothed
upon With Immortality; when the new
body, glorious and of the divine nature,
will be granted to each of the faithful,
Is instead of the tleshly and imper-
'ect bodies of the present trial time.
In other words, our trial is not TO dem-
,nstrate the perfection or inperfection
If our flesh, for this is already known
o God and to US, and to all. In my
lesh dwelleth no perfection" The
rial is to demonstrate the loyalty of
he will and of the heart. 1t is faith
'ulness in conQuering the will of the
lesh and bringing into subsection to
he will of God all the powers of the
natural body, so far as possible. 1t is
he test of its loyalty to principle, to
righteousness, to God
St Paul, as one of these loyal ones,
declared before his death. Il have
fought a good fight, have finished my
,ourse, l have kept the faith; hence
'orth there is laid up for me a crown
# righteousness. which the Lord. the
'ighteous Judge. win glpe me at that
lay. and not to me only, but to all
hose also who love His appearing"
This includes all who are hungering
md thirsting and striving for that
righteousness which Messiah's King
lom is to bring to the Church through
he First Resurrection. Righteousness
viii eventually be brought to the world
through the establishment of the Mes
ianic Kingdom. which will put down
III things contrary 10 the Divine will.
md uplift every person end principle
oval TO God.
The Immortality for which the Apos-
lie declares the Church is to seek Is of
1 different kind entirely from that