The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-12-22

lUNOlON NOROIAG
Shall the earth be
made to bring forth in one day? Shall
q nation be born at Isaiah
Xvi. s
Then | thought of how your island
has been styled the Paradise of the
Pacific The reality surpasses ny
expectations. Yet as l think Of the
glorious conditions which the Bible
tells US shall prevail throughout the
whole earth under Messiah's Kingdom.
/ perceive that even the Paradise Of
the Pacific" falls far short of the Par.
adisc of God"
God has declared that the earth Is
His footstool, and that in due time un-
der Messiah's Empire. He will make
the place Of His feet glorious.
The Last Enemy Death.
1t is because God has already dealt
beautifully with your island and given
you In advance many of those bless
tngs promised 10 the whole earth that
your island is styled a Paradise. New
~ertheless. you all need to pray with
the remainder OF mankind for the COM
ing of the Kingdom of Messiah and its
blessings-"Thy Kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth as it is done in
heaven"
Your cemeteries We're early in evi
dence teliinG VI mat Kern. TOO. in this
Paradise. men cip, Your hospital and
physicians signs tell us that here. tao.
me1 are s.cE. Bui in the Paradise
which God has promised to establish
under Messiah's Kingdom. the inhub-
1tantS will not say, Il am sick" Ulti-
mately there VIII be- no more s4gbipy.
no more dying. and no more crying
because all the former things OF xie
and death will have passed away Aaa
he tina. shall! sit upon the throne viii
make al things new. tRpv. XXI. q. az
Tho Holy Nation Corn.
Pastor Russell -xpounded his text.
showing by tho cpntext that it rofeEs
to the resurrection of the Church. he
declared that the beyefting OF the
Holy Spirit in the present life csasa-
tuteS Gods People embryo new ere
lures in Christ; that this bes,etttxy
and embryo development. according ~
the Scriptures, concludes in Gaax*.
and that the resurrection moRsUt. the
attainment Of glory. honor and EaAAss>
tally as spirit beings beyond tLe vet
will b. the birth II this new cren tNa
OF God-the elect Uurch-"tAe 1~lAA
the LAMBS wife"
Pastor Russell poalted TO the deckara
ton of the Apostle that Jesus - H
resurrection became the "Frst-bAM
from the dead the First-born snaax
many brethren" who attain a similar
resurrection. and VINO are. therefore.
said to share Ia Ills resurrection.
Our text points US down TO tae
thousand-year day OF Messiah's King
dom-the day so long foret0ld-the dag
OF earth's blessing. in which the Sun
Of Righteousness will scatter the
darkness Of sin and bring blessings to
all mankind. 1t is the psalmist who
tells us that the Church will be bless
ed of the Lord In that glorious day.
but in advance OF the world. Thus
we read. God will help her right ear.
ly in the r2orn;ng." psalm XVI. 81
Thar privileged time in which the
Church Will be helped, in which she
will bp passed from earthly conditions
to heavenly conditions. is in our text
spoken of "a her birthday. st. Peter
tells us that the Church is the Holy
Nation ~ which God frequently refers
ia the 5stooharses. q Peter Il, O., The
Head ofsfhe Church was born from the
dead more than eighteen centuries ago:
the Body Is to come forth now. the
Holy Nation complete. perfect and full
" equipped by the lessons and expert
ences passed through in the present
life.
To this Holy Nation will be given
the control of the world under the su-
pervision Of her Lord and Redeemer:
ITO him that overcometh will | grant
to sit with Me in MY throne'-"I will
give him power owe the nations-he
shall rule them with a rod Of IRON
Through this nation blessing is to pro
coed to all the families of the earth.
Look Now at Our Text.
Verse seven pictures the Church al
a mother. and pictures Messiah as a
MANTLE Head of the Church which
is His Body. This is the great Deliv-
erer referred to by St. Paul in Romans
x1. pc. He It Is that. coming ont OF
Zion. shall be the Dellverer Of Israel,
who shall turn away ungodliness from
Jacob . Verse 8 the resurrec-
ton birth Of the Head with the resur-
rection birth Of the Body. Would God
bring forth the Head. Jesus. and then
fail to bring forth the Church. His
Body? Nay. verify. His faithful shall
share in His resurrection as prom
ised.-Philippians III. 10.