Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-20

and righteousness. helpful and uplift-
ing to mankind.
"Holy, Hely, Holy Lord God"
We come now TO our text: 1t de-
clares that the time is coming when
the whole earth shall be full of Gods
glory. All. glorious Day. Then the
shadows of ignorance, superstition.
misunderstanding and misrepresenta-
ton in respect to the Divine character
will all fee before the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God-the
appreciation of the Divine character as
manifested in the Divine Plan for hui
man salvation, Could this Scripture
ever be fulfilled. could the Divine
character ever be appreciated by in
telligent, honest. just and loving
hearts, if in any corner of the Uni
verse there, were such orgies and tor
lures of Bis creatures as the creeds of
the Darker Ages have set forth? Sure
ly not! On the contrary, in this glori-
Gus Day will be fulfilled the Scriptural
prediction: "All in heaven and in earth
and under the earth [everywherel
heard l saying. praise. glory. honor.
dominion and might be unto Him that
stitch upon the throne. and unto the
Lamb forever"
AS we emerge from the darkness
and praise the Lord in thought and
/, word and act, we thus "show forth
the praises Of Him who has called us
out of darkness into His marvellous
light"
"Into the Liberty of Sons of God"
The Apostle Paul (Romans viii. 21
shall be delivered from its bond
age to corruption into the liberty Of
the Sons Of God. The meaning of this
is clear. The corruption came upon
ali through Adam. the deSverance
from that corruption is to come to all
through the second Adam. All are to
be delivered from such bondage, how
ever they may use the deliverance and
the privileges of liberty. Those who
use them rightly will come into har-
mony with the Redeemer and with
the Heavenly Kingdom and will be
| blessed eventually with the eternal
life. Those who reject these liberties
after they come to understand fully,
and comprehend their lengths and
breadths, will thus be choosing for
| themselves the Second Death.
The liberty of the Sons of God. their
freedom from corruption. death. is
here distinctly shown. The angels are
not subject 70. not bound by, such cor
ruption, such dying conditions. They,
as sons of God. are free from corrup-
ton, from death. Adam in his origi-
nal perfection was son of God. as
| the Scriptures declare luke iii. 3S).
| but he lost his sonship for himself and
| for all of his race and received in
| stead degradation and bondage to cor
ruption. The hope for Adam and for
| his race, then. in Christ. is deliver
ance from the power of sin and death
| into the liberty proper to them as
sons of God. The entire reign of
| Christ on the earth, as the Scriptures
show us, will be devoted to this work
| of setting free the human family from
the various bondages of ignorance.
superstition, weakness, heredity and
bringing back all who will by restitu-
| ton processes to the original image
| and likeness of God. and making them
| again human sons of God like unto
| Father Adam before he sinned. plus
| large and valuable experience gained
| during the 5000 years of the fall, and
also through the 1000 years of the
raising up-the Restitution Age, the
Resurrection Age (Acts iii. 1921.
The Light Shining More and More.
| How glad we are that in this da wn
ing time of the New Dispensation the
light is shining upon the Divine Word
as well as throughout the realm of
nature! How glad we are that we no
longer must think Of the Church alone
as the subject of salvation and the
world as a whole the subject of con-
| demnation and eternal torture. How
| just, how reasonable. how loving are
the Divine arrangements! To see these
things should draw our hearts near to
the Lord in appreciative love. and we
should worship with the greater devo-
ton One whom we thus see worthy of
praise and alteration.
We are not. however. TO expect the
world to he able to realize these things;
1t is not the Divine intention that they
should grasp the Plan. as the Master
said to the faithful disciple of old and
still says to us-"1'o you 1t is given to
know the mystery of. the Kingdom OF
God, but to outsiders all these things
are spoken in parallels and dark say
ings, that hearing they might hear and
not understand. They will both hear
and understand in due time. but now
is the time for the calling out of the
elect. the perfecting of the saints. "
etc.
Let us whose ears and eyes have
been blessed of the Lord respond with
all gratitude and humility. not merely
with outward praises of our lips. but
also with our hearts let us confess His
loving kindness and tender mercy, and
let this appreciation more and more
sanctify our hearts and separate US
from the world. its aims. its selfishness.
and let us fight a good fight against
sin. especially in our own mortal
bodies, because even though the i'm
| perfections of the flesh be not counted
against this New Creation. begotten of
the Spirit. nevertheless the fact that
we possess the Spirit of the Lord
should lead rs more and more to de
sire that perfection which is most
pleasing and acceptable to Him. and to
| strive. therefore. to the extent of our
ability, not trusting to the attainment
of that perfection. but relying upon
the merit of that great atonement sac
rifice.
| All glory 10 Jesus be given.
! That life and salvation are free.
| And all may be washed and forgiven;
Yes. Jesus has saved even me.
| From the darkness of sin and despair.