The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-09

Prince Of Glorysr the Hedeehier, tho
ReEenerptor ofsAdani mud Ills q
And finaily. from the standpoint OF
the completion Of IeEpyahs great pur-
poses and dealings with ma and IN
respect to him VIII stand revealed the
forelnowiedgd aiid Wisdom OF God,
whoIkne@ the end from the beginning
and who foreslss how even the permits
sion pc asreIgns of sin and death could
be made eventually to work out To- his
own glory and 70 the blessing and IN,
struetiop bf his creatures n. both the
human and the angelic planes Then
viii be revealed TO an the glorious
character Of their Creator, andst he ne
fcessity FOR his requirement OF absolute
righteousness and perfection.
Surely, the result eventually viii lie,
s 1.-THE scriptlreE declare that ali shall
learn Righteousness, and hate fnfquity,
and that every! creature insheayen and
An earth und under Che earth shall &c:
claim both Jehovah. who sitteth upon
the Throne Of the Universe, and the
fLamb;tthe Redeemer, forever.
We're we to allow, ourselves to spec
ulate respecting the future-respecting
the Divine purposes In relation to the
millions Q ffworlds around us, orr spec
%nlatlons would fun thus: Those IN.
structed and used OF Jehovah In CON
junction witt. the initial development
Of the Divine Plan IN the earth will
thereby be fitted and prepared to be
the Divine AGENTS to other worlds.
The Great Rsaeenier and his elect.
associates, aftert dealing with human
ity, for their Ipllft out Of sin and death.
conditions, VIII surely be qualified for,
further service In other worlds: to
SHOW forth tn, praises Of him who
called them out 81 darkness into his
marvellous light.n
And what shall We sayto Il humanity
when perfected at the end Of Messlah's
glorious relgp? Will not all be well
prepared, not only TO approve right
eousness In themselves, but to tell in
other worlds, to other races, the story
Of the fall and Of the reign Of Sin and
Death resulting: and Of the redemption
accomplished by Gods love: md Of
the great restitution; and Of the les
sons thus learned?
The Interchangeable Ono.
The qualities Of the Divine character
which We have just consldered-Wis.
dom, Justice, Love and Power-be-
longedto,our Creator, In the great eter-I
nifty preceding creation. But there
was no one Mt thatStime,to appreciate
3God-it requires a full view Of the
perfected Plan of the Ages to make
known totany and to all the glory Of
the Lord. AS We have Just seen, thus
fur the secret of the Lord and the
glories Of his character are known
only to his sons begotten Of his
holy Spirit. But the time pears when
the whole earth Shall be full Of the;
knowledge of the glory Of the Lord
as the waters cover the great Deep
He and his giorionss government will:
then be .'tie@ desire ~ ali nations;;,
..l.he glprE of the Lord shall be reveal.
ed and all flesh shall see It together'
ttHaggaili JsIIsaiah III D. sg3;.
st. Paul assufssFis that every fen
ture Of the Divine Plan which We see
in process Of execution was known to
Jehovah from before the foundation
Of the world. He declares that these
things God purposed in himself before
the foundation OF the world. The
creative processes. which have been
operating for thousands Of years, were
aii surely elaborated in the mind Of
Jehovah before the creative work be:
gan. In TINT purpose nngels had q
nart-of how many grades we may
not surely know, but they, are various.
". designated In the holy Scriptures as
angels, municipalities and powers.
Later came the creation Of man, "a
little lower than tho angels" and
crowned with earthly honor, dignity
and power. In the image and likeness
Of bis Creators glorious power.
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These creations varied not in degrees
OF perfection and imperfection. Each
was perfect on its own. plane, Each
Intelligent creature was a free, moral
agent, and hence, whether on the nm.
gelic or human plane, was created In
the llkeness,!o of God, unblemlshed, but
with different capacities and abilities.
Almighty GOD, Infinite In Wisdom,
justice, Lore and Power, purnosed the
orderly exercise Of his infinite powers,
as n great Father, DESTROYS Of giving
life md happiness to his creatures.
These inteiligentaon were desig.
mated SHtSons OF God. so long us they
maintained their attitude Of perfect
loyalty to him. their Creator and Ia.
=tther. Not only was It the Divine
intention thus to give pleasure to-
millions Of creatures to be created, but
1t was also tile Divine Will to manifest
to his creaturesFiiIs own great uess and
the perfection of his own goodness,
that they might enjoy him and he en-.
joy them eyerlsstingly.
We are no. to- understand that, Al;
mighty God was lonely In that great
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