Democratic messenger., 1911-10-28

followers have been us candles set
upon candlesticks. They have indeed
reproved the darkness. but they have
been powerless 10 scatter 1t. Nor did
God so intend His declaration
through the Prophet Is. Weeping may
endure for the night but JOY cometh
in the morning" psalm xxx. o.
Again. Darkness covers the earth.
gross darkness the people" but "the
Sun Of Righteousness shall arise with
healing In His beams. ."-lsaiah TX. 2:
Malachi iv. 2.
This promised sun Of Righteousness
which Is 10 scatter the darkness OF
earth. we are told distinctly. consists
OF Jesus ana those who have walked
in His footsteps throughout this Cos
pei Age. These. approved Of the Fa-
ther. will be glorified beyond the veil
by resurrection TO glory. honor and
immortality. Then speedily these will
"shine forth as the Sun In the King.
dom OF their Father" Matthew Kill.
43.l This will mean the ushering in Of
the great Seventh Day-Messiah's Day.
God Has Not Neglected Us
From this Divine viewpoint God is
not slack concerning His promises.
Only six days of the week have yet
passed. The glorious Seventh Day In
which the great Mediator between God
and men will assume His Kingdom
powers is just at hand. Instead OF
thinking that God is neglecting and
forgetting TO fulfil the Messianic prom
ises, we should with the eyes OF faith
realize that lie is working all things
according TO the counsel OF His own
will. We should consider the matter
from the standpoint that God has ex-
ercised great patience with humanity
I'm not blotting out the race; He has
been long-suffering And this assures
us that the Interchangeable One would
prefer that none OF His creatures
should perish in death, but rather that
all. IL they would. might turn unto
Him and live.-Ezekiel xxxiii. II.
The great opportunity for the masses
OF our race to turn TO the Lord and at.
tain everlasting life will be after the
darkness shall have passed. when the
Sun OF Righteousness shall be shining
forth; after the Highway Of Holiness
shall have taken the place OF the Broad
Road 10 destruction: after Messiah. the
great King. shall have dethroned Sa.
tan. the Prince Of darkness. from the
worlds control: after the Prince OF
Peace shall have established peace
upon n proper basis. Who cannot sing
heartily with the poet:
"A thousand years. earth's coming glory.
'Tis the glad day so long forctold.
'Tis the glad morn OF Zlon's glory.
Prophets foresaw In times OF old!'
Waiting For the Mother
Our race was generated by Father
Adam as we'll as condemned to death
through his disobcdience. What the
race needs is another father or life
giver. and this is exactly what the
word Savior signities-I.i I.ife-Giver. Fa-
ther. The Redeemer. at the cost of His
own life. became the purchaser OF
Adam and his race with Il view TO
their resuscitation. their resurrection
from sin and from death. Is not one
Of the Redcemer's titles "The Everlast.
ing Father"-the Father who gives
everlasting life? Unquestionably He
has not yet fulfilled this glorious office
OF I.ife-Giver 10 Adams race; He Will
fulfil II. howcver-"in His Day
Speaking 10 His faithful disciples.
His followers In the narrow way. Jesus
promised them. I'm the regeneration
ye shall sit upon twelve thrones (Mat-
thew xix. 2S.I That regeneration Pc
riod corresponds exactly to 81. Peters
"times OF restitution" or years or
restoration (Acts iii. l9l. and both OF
these periods agree 10 the general
teachings Of Scripture respecting a
resurrection at the last day Messiah's
day-the thousand years OF regenera.
tlon, resurrection. restitution, which
will afford Adam and his race fullest
opportunities for attaining perfection
OF human nature In an Edenic world
wide Paradise
The Lord through the Prophet as
sures US of the wonderful success
which will attend the establishment
OF the New Empire OF earth. the do
mlnion of the Prince OF light. which
will supersede the dominion OF the
Prince OF darkness. when Satan shall
be bound for thousand years. that
he may deceive the peoples no more.
Thus II Is written. He shall lay
righteousness to the line and justice
to the plummet and the hail Truth
shall sweep away the refuge of lies"
Qsalah xNv,ii. IL
But why 'hc delay. do you ask An.
we answer. God did not permit Adam
TO begin the establishment OF his race
until first Tie gave him Eve rs his
bride. his wife. The world needed not
merely life Giver but mother.
care-taker. helpmate.
Similarly in the Divine arrangement
God has provided that the restitution
time. the worlds uplifting period the
regeneration epoch for mankind. shall
not begin until first the true Church.