Newport daily independent., 1911-03-20

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 Pastor Russell observed that accord Ing to our creeds the salvation will not be 90 great, but rather 50 little. 60 few -only the saintly handful out of earth's thousands of millions. He thought 1t evident. therefore, that the creeds were in error and quoted the prophecy that the Savior would see the fruitage of the travail of His soul and be satisfied" Isaiah III, 11). The Pas tor did not believe that Jesus would be satisfied with His work if 1t rescued merely handful from eternal torture. He quoted various Scriptures which afford larger hope. declaring that God sent not His Son into the world to damn the world, but '.that the world through Him might be saved" from the condemnation already upon 1t because of Father Adams disobedience. These Scriptures cannot be applies. to the Church, but must be held as applicable to the world Of the Church Jesus says. "Ye are not of the world.'
 Theologians for centuries have miss ed the keynote of the Bible, which Is that the salvation of the saintly hand full, the true Church or Bride of the Lamb, is merely preliminary work only the salvation of "drst-fruitS" Games 1, 18). This frst-fruits class or Church of the First-born'' Is to have a different salvation entirely from that which is provided for the world. The Church is to constitute Gods King dom, for which we pray, sThy King dom come" Under it's Messianic sway Gods will will be done on earth even as in heaven.
 The WorId's Salvation Earthly.
 As the Scriptures show distinctly that the salvation of the Church. or the Kingdom class. Is to heavenly plane or condition, they equally show that the salvation of the world is diff ferent an earthly salvation. To the Church the Apostle wrote. We must all be chonged in moment, in the twin kling of an eye, because flesh and blood cdnnot inherit the Kingdom of God q Corinthians xv, t0-5N. Of the worlds salvation we read not of q change of nature, but of Restitution to the perfection of the nature already given to man, but lost through the sin of our first parents redeemed through the merit of the precious sacrifice at Calvary. The Restitution Salvation which is to come to the world through the changed and glorified Messianic Church Is described by St. Peter as awaiting It's due time the Second Com ing of Christ ssTimes of Restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all the Holy Prophets since the world began" (Acts III, 1923.
 The fact is that the Old Testament Scriptures treat entirely of the Resti- tuition blessings. incidentally mention ing also things pertaining to the great Messiah, through Whom those bless- ings will come. Christians have neg lected study of the Old Testament Scriptures and hence have failed to get their blessing. Prior to the com ing of Jesus no one ever dreamed of the First Resurrection change to spirit nature. Everybody had the Restitu- ton view of salvation In mind-tne hone of being raised up out of death to human perfection. Hence It was not necessary for the Apostles to em- phasise this feature. Rather they drew inc attention of their hearers away from the earthly prospects, which arc | for the world, and gave them the mes --~~ <xA <y,n ssh3Uh coIIfUQ.v
 The High Calling ciosins.
 1 Now that the Thigh calling is drawing to close. having accomplish l od ia election or salvation of the saint- ly handful, Divine providence IS point ine us back to the Old Testament, that we may appreciate more than ever the 'length and breadth ana height and depth of the love of God which passeth understanding" Now
 we begin to see that the Scriptures foretell that Israel is to be the first amongst the nations to receive Mes siall's blessing. as soon as Ills hlng' dom shall have been established NOW
 we see how all the families Of the
 aarth will be blessed, not only through
 inc Spiritual Seed of Abraham, typet l hv Isaac. and the Church, typed Dy
 Rebecca, but also through Abraham's
 nat,,raY seed these blessings will pro .ceed to every nation under heaven
 .All he blinded eyes shall be opened
 Al the deaf ears shall be unstopped,
 sThe knowledge of the Lord snall II
 4,, oortb :, .,The earth shall yield hel
 increase" The wastes anu uesel''
 shall blossom as the rose.
 Ultimately the Paradise of Edel
 will bloom again, world-wide-God'
 footstool made glorious. The resar
 rectiou of the dead is the salvation
 which God has promised. even 2
 death itself is the penalty whiqah II
 has proclaimed for sin The resa1lrrec a'
 ion M viii not only include the aYhken
 Ing of those who have gone in sn ton,b. but, additionally. the up4 Hun