The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-21

I glorious Gospel of G od's goodness,
sshonM shine into their; hearts ~
But Will; the dawnIng of the New
ltDlspensatf lion of sMessiah's Kingdom
the true light Of the.knoyicdge OF the
Itglory of Gods character Will shine
lieyerywhere. .-.All the blind eyes shall
he opened md NIL the deaf ears shall
1tbe unstopped.' Mcssiali's gracious
reign, tile manifestation Of Divine
mercy. will. bc; forithc veryFpurpose Of
uplifting these poor fallen members OF
our race--thc masses. During the
thousand ycnrs OF Alessiali'sl Kingdom.
the whole world will lave full oppor-
,tunlty for le.Iynfns the. great deslra-.
Billy OF Righteousness, MS now. for n
few years. they have the opportunity
nj learning misunderstanding Of; sin.
Blythe close of the ;Mcdiatorial reign
what wonderful lessons respecting God
;nad evil mankind will have learned.
Then will come their final testing.
After full knowledge of both good and
seEil, Which will they choose? God
urges all TO choose tho right and Its
reward OF life eternal. Nevertheless,
lie will not coercc: Tie will allow each
individual to take his choice. to mark
out his own course. whether in har.
mony with or contrary to the, Divine
arrangements. Such. however, ms come
to- the point of loving Righteousness
and hating iniquity. shall be accounted
worthy of place in the glorious
Kingdom Of Messiah.
IS Tho l.,sson to tho Angels
/ Gods dealings with humanity, con-
stitute n great object lesson to the
angels. They perceive the inllcxibllIty
Of Divine .Justice-thc decree of God.
Dying thou shalt die" has been un.
finchinsly executed against Adam md
Ibis race for six thousand years. They,
perceived, further. the Love of God.
which passeth NIL Understanding. They
perceive the Divine provision that the
Son Of God should die. the just for the
unjust, to bring mankind back to full
harmony. with the Crcator They sec
the breadth of the Divine character ex.
emplltled In the great reward given to
our Lord Jesus Christ for His obedI-
ence TO the Fathers will. even unto
death-an exaltation to the, divine ma
ture. honor and Immortality.
They perceive. too, n still greater
manifestation of Divine goodness. in
Gods invitation 10 the Church to be-
come joint-helrs with Christ In His
glory, honor md Immortality, on con.
ditions Of obeG:ence md walking In
the Masters footsteps to. the extent, OF
their ability. Who could have dream
ed Of such Love Divine. all love. ex-
ceiling" which stopped down. not only
to redeem the race. but also to invite
some Of the members thereof to these
exceeding great and precious things
which .t"God, hath In reservation for
them that love Him." s.s!G i-5
Next In order the world will receive
Divine mercy. extended through Jesus.
by the Fathers arrangement. to Adam
md every member Of his race, no mat.
ter how degraded. no matter how fall
en-, no matter. how mem. The redeem.
Ing blood has been shed, 1.-THE Just for
the unjust" for the sins Of the whole
world.
Divine Power and Wisdom
While Divine power Is manifested In
allsthezrealBsso Of mi ure .apd creation.
u still greater Divine, Power was mani.
Tested III the resurrection Of our Lord
Jesus from the dead. inter He had
been deceased three days. But even
the power manifested in our Lords
resurrection seems small In cOmparl-
son to tho further works of resurrec.
tion which the Scriptures assure us
our dear Lords death insures. 1t will
be still more miraculous work to
resurrect the Church to glory. honor
and Immortality, after many of them
have been in the power of death, for
centuries.
fAnd still more stupcndous Is the
resurrection work which God proposes
for the world Of mankind-thousand
of millions to be awakened. and restor.
cd to the same conditions they former.
~ enJoyed-conditions however, OF
imperfectton. from which they Will be
gradually released and uplifted by
Messiah. sEs 4 III
This resurrection work for tho world,
which will be gradually carried for.
ward during that thousand years. Will
all be accomplished by the Fathers
power, through the Messiah. the Medi.
ntor of the, New Covenant. 1t will be
n, contlnuous miracle of awakening aud
uplifting the race. "a
Divine Wisdom Yet to 30 Seen
Not until the close Of the reign OF
Messiah and the complete upllft from
sin and death Of NIL Of Adams race
willing to return to Divine favor, will
the Wisdom of God be manifested III
Its full. clear light. Already some mny
see. partially, obscurely, some Of Gods
Wisdom, but the majority arc still In
qulring, Why was evil permitted?
These have not yet seen the Divine
Wisdom In connection with the per-
mission Of evil. Ultimately this shnll
be clearly seen-by the saints. by the
angels and by the world of mankind.
Well does tho Revel0tor eyclnfm.-