Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-08

preach n God of Love who would not
condemn His creatures to torture
at least not without some opportunity.
But Handicapped by the error respect
ing lsll poor Brothcr Wesley was In a
sad dilemma. lie knew not how any
could get To the awful place without
Divine fOreknpwlpt"r. Md he knew
not how 10 harw"nizp surh Divine
foreknow wledgn o Divine Love,
Why ShO1id .c,r --'a'n-us aS Divine
grace could NOT Sslvr from eternal tor
ture be created M nll:
Noble Christian Brol her. he preached
to the best of his light Now with the
clearer Hight upon Gods Word. we can
see that Brother Wesley and Brother
Calvin both contended for Bible truths
which they knew not how to harmon
ize. Now we see that this Gospel Age
is the time In which God is calling and
drawing and sealing with His Spirit
and with the Truth His very elect"
the Bride of Christ. the members Of
the Body of Christ. the Royal Priest
hood. Now we can see also that the
Free Grace. which Brother Wesley
realized must be part Of the Divine
Program. belongs to the coming Age.
Then all the blind eyes shall be opened.
Then all the deaf ears shall be un-
stopped Then the knowledge Of the
Lord shall ill the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep. Then
"whosOever will may come and take Of
the water of life freely" REV. xxi, III.
Tho Gospel Age Harvest.
Pastor Russell declares that the
signs of the times. in conjunction with
the prophecies of the Scriptures. clear
" indicate to him that we are living in
the harvest time" of this Age, which
Is drawing to close-ln the dawning
time Of the New Dispensation, which
will soon be ushered in He wished
his hearers to clearly distinguish be-
tween this teaching and the common
teaching represented in all Of our
creeds. Our hymn books, like our
creeds. tell of the End of this Age as
the end Of hope-"the wreck of matter
and the crash of worlds" In a huge
bonfire. The Bible. on the contrary,
shows that the most blessed days of
the worlds experiences are about to be
ushered in. The election of the Church
completed. the saints, gloritied with
the Redeemer on the spirit plane, in
visible to men. will take control of
earths affairs. Gods Kingdom under
the whole heavens will be established.
Satan, the present spirit Prince,
will be dethroned and deceive the ma
tions no more for a thousand years.
The reign Of Messiah in the glory of
Divine power will constitute the Sun
of Righteousness, Light and Truth
and blessing TO refresh the poor,
death.stricken world. Healing will be
in the beams of this Sun of Righteous
ness-Restitution. uplifting from sin,
degradation and death. AS the reign
Of Sin and Death terminates, the
reign of Righteousness unto life ever
lasting will begin. The wonderful in
ventions and blessings of our day are
but the forerunners of still greater
blessings. Verify 1.-The night is far
spent and the day is at hand"-the
great Day of which Jesus and the
Apostles and the Prophets continually
spoke. 1t will be doOmsday only for
all the systems of inlquity and un-
righteousness.
mot Ashamed Of the Gospel"
Have we not all felt more or less
ashamed of the unsatisfactory pres
entations of our various creeds? said
Pastor Russell Is it not time that.
from self-respect. as well as from
respect for the Almighty. we repudi-
ate them? Have not presented to
you this evening the Bible message
which the angels proclaimed at the
birth of Behold. we bring you
good tidings Of great Joy which shall
be unto all peoplei" 0.uke Il. 10,. No
Gospel message reached anybody be-
fore Jesus brought life and immOr-
tality to light through His Gospel"
This great salvation began to be
spoken by our Lord" as the Apostle
declares IHehrews II. g. None heard
it during the first four thousand years.
and not more than One-fourth of
humanity have heard 1t during the
last two thousand years And the
message which has been proclaimed
for centuries past Is certainly not
good tidings" as whole. though II
contains precious truths.
What have expressed this evening
is good tidings of great JOY" to the
sanity few Of the elect class Rolr And
the lesser blessing Of restitution will
shortly be good tidings" to all people.
II will fulfil the Divine promise to our
first parents that "the Seed of the
woman" shall crush out evil, 'shall
brulse the Serpent's head" 1t will
also fulfil the promise 10 Abraham.
bound by Gods oath-"Tn thee and In
thy Seed shall all the families Of the
earth he blessed" II accounts for
every text appPrtalninG to Election. as
well as to every text teaching Free
Grace. II shows the Justice of God in
permitting the death penalty. II
shows the. Love Of God In providing
the redemption for all. ny Ransom
for all" II shows the Wisdom Of God
in the ordering Of all the various steps
of the Divine Program. II will show
the Power of God in bringing back
the dead to life and in uplifting all
the willing and obedient of earth to
human perfection and an earthly
Do, ~ IL