The Mankato free press., 1911-09-08

cept the sanity shall participate in the
election. 1t says not one word about
the fate of the non-elect. Read RO-
mans viii, 2S-30 and you will see this
for yourself. To this, the Scriptural
predestination, none can object. 1t is
the unscriptural deductions which have
caused us difficulty.
Brother Wesley was in exact accord
with the Bible i'm his declaration That
every member of our race must have
share in the grace Of God in Christ.
However, what Brother Wesley did not
see was that the great Plan OF the
Ages is not confined to one century
nor to one Age. He did not see that,
while this Gospel Age is exclusively
devoted to the selection of the Church
class, invited to be 1.-The Bride, the
Lambs Wife," there is coming Age
in which Christ and His glorified
Bride will extend Divine mercy to the
nOn-elect.
The Key to tho Mystery
Is expressed in the Apostles words,
"in due time" Our great Creator need
not be in haste He has all eternity
before Him. He allowed four thousand
years 10 pass before He sent His Son
to redeem the world and He has since
taken nearly two thousand years i'll
the selection of our Lords elect Bride.
He has appointed an additional thou
sand i'm which Jesus and His Bride,
the glorified Church, will establish a
reign of righteousness in the earth for
the overthrow of sin and the uplifting
of the sinners. Socially? Yes. Physi-
cally? Yes. Morally? Yes. 1ntellec-
tuaIIy? Yes. Out Of sin and death?
Yes! Back to harmony with God IL
they will? Yes, No freer grace is imag-
Unable than that which the Almighty
has provided through the Savior. Or
it st. Paul declares, God wills to have
all men to be saved and to be brought
to knowledge of the Truth To this
end He has appointed one Mediator,
"who gave Himself Ransom for all,
to be testified in due time" Q Timothy
ii, 40.
The "due time" for the Gospel call
dates from Pentecost. But it is not a
call for the world, but for a special
class. the Bride class, to walk sacri-
ficially in the footsteps Of Jesus and to
gain the great reward Of ioint-heirship
with Him in His Kingdom. The "due
time' for this work will soon be at an
end-when the last probationary MEM
ber of the Church shall have made his
calling and election sure and when the
door into the marriage" shall shut.
But the due time for the masses OF
mankind to hear Of His grace and to
respond thereto is still future. as Broth
er Wesleys favorite text will show us.
Before examining His text we will
note the fact that three -fOurths of the
human family today are heather in the
most absolute sense of the word and
many of the other fourth are heathen
in truthful sense. Why do they not
see the grace of God in Christ? ST
Paul answers, Because the god Of this
world hath blinded their minds" be-
cause darkness covers the earth and
gross darkness the people, Oh Corin-
thians iv, 4; Isaiah lx, -.
But why does God not scatter the
darkness and open all the blind eyes
and unstOp the deaf ears? We answer,
because, although He has promised TO
do these very things, His due time for
their accomplishment is not yet come.
He merely calls His elect during this
10, ,i,,,u q
their worthiness by walking faithfully
in the dark I'VE walk by faith and
not by sight"
With the completion of the elect
Church at the coming Of the Redeemer
after the marriage. when she will be
Bride will shine forth in glory, scatter
ing all the darkness. ignorance and
superstition of the world. Satan, the
Prince of Darkness, will be bound
and every evil thing shall be restrain
cd and the light of the knowledge of
all the blind eyes shall be opened and
all the deaf ears shall be unstopped.
What will be the result? Gods Word
answers, that then every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess to the
glory of God"
Brother WesIey's Proof Text.
Brother Wesley's loving heart found
and tightly grasped the declaration,
And the Spirit and the Bride say,
! Come; and let him that heareth say,
Come; and let him that is athirst come:
and whosoever will, let him take the
water of life freely" Revelation xxi,
! 10. This text. however. belongs to the
| coming Age, to the time when Messi-
all shall reign: For He must reign
until He hath put all enemies under
His feet" Q Corinthians XIV, 25-29l.
There is no Bride yet to say. Come y
We are glad of this, glad that it is
still possible for us to become men,
bers Of that Bride class which must
make herself ready" for the marriage
and be forever united to the Lord as
His Bride at His second coming. Then
by the marriage she will become the
Redeemer's joint-heir to glory, honor
and immortality in the. Kingdom.
Then she. in cooperation with the
Spirit of the Lord. will say. Come
TO wbosoever wills to come Of Adam s
race. Everyone will say. Come
there will be world wide invitation.