The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-11-20

ments have been Granted Richeson to
permit him to retain final counsel,
and to give them time to arrange
| the defense.
glory with Him before The marriage
Of the Lamb"
The World Has Lessons. Tco.
Although the present time IL the
| Judgment day or trial day for the
spirit begottcn. the new creation only.
nevertheless. the effects uf the reig.
of Sin and Death. aud The waves of
sorrow and trouble are not confined to
the Church Although Gods children
receive extra waves of trouble aS part
of their special training. lie world has
n heavy lond. too ST Paul speaks of
the grooming creation and we can
readily understand why the worlds
! fewer waves of trouble are much more
troublesome than the many of the
Christian Those Divine proyidencrs
teach the Christian his songs in the
night When he passes through deep
waters the Lord Is with him. The
chastening Of his soul brings peace AMI
| 10y and increasing faith and love.
| None OF these ameiorating condi-
/ tions are possible TO the world Our
Lords invitation. Come unto Me, MI
ye that labor and are heavy laden. and
! will give you rest" Is Open. OF
,ourse. 10 all who have the ear of IN.
| ierstnnding to hear. and the responsive
'onditOns of heart: but the great mass
hear NOT neither do they understand
Alas! poor world. you should have the
sympathy of every Christian and not
his imprecatons and threats of fur.
ther and eternal torture In the future.
The world Is surely losing the great
prize OF the high calling" which the
Church will obtain. 1t deserves sym.
pathy In respect 10 this loss; and as
our eyes open to see the true Plan of
God. we may give to the world the
message OF Gods Word-"Good tidlngs
of great Joy, which shall be unto all
people."-Luke ii. 10.
All Heart. Breaking Lessons.
The lessons taught by the present
reign of Sin and Death. sorrow and
pain. are heart.hreaking God repre-
sents man rs originally created in His
own likeness and Of tender sympathy
tender-hearted. Sin. deprryity. selfish
ness. have gradually hardened mems
hearts. some more and some less The
coming Age of Messiah's Kingdom Is
declared to be time for the taking
away Of the stony hearts from man
kind and giving back instead hearts
of hesh.-Jeremiah XXI. -
Meantime the trials and difficulties
of life are heart.brcaklng to all who
are still tender-healtcd The message
of the Gospel is for this class. the
weary. the heart-broken. the, discour.
aged. those not satisfied with the re-
wards of sin and selllshnesS. but hun
gering and thlrStlng after righteous
ncss-satisiled only with the glorious
hopes of the future set forth In Gods
Word. which they grasp with the arms
Of faith.
The Lord. through the Prophet. tells
us that the Gospel message Is to this
tender-hearted brokcn-hearted class.
at the present time; and each. rs Ills
| oNH heuIl ~ HNNlNu WIN INV lf4N sAt
blessing. becomes the authorized and
qualified agent for the seeking out Of
other heart-brokcn ones and the bind
ing up of their hearts with the prom
ises of God. Thus we read OF the hi.
vine commission TO Christ. the Head.
and the Church, His Body: THE spirit
Of the Lord God is upon Me. for he
hath sent Ne 10 preach the Good Tidlngs
to the meek. and to bind up the bro.
ken hearted "-Isaiah Xxi, |.
The chureh's Present Mission.
Our present mission, then. is not that
of heart breaking! The stony-hearted
are doing that work continually. Our
assisting all the broken-hearted to II
true knowledge Of God and true APP
probation of His Plan for the Church.
and His subsequent Plan for the
world. We, then. as ambassadors for
God. beseech men TO be reconciled to
God and to come into harmony with
him. But even though our words be
scattered broadcast we know that only
the tender-hearted and hearted
are likely 10 hear ana TO respond. The
message once confined TO the Jews, as
Gods 'chosen people is no longer con
fined to them. II was to the jew first.
now equally to the Gentiles "He that
hath an ear TO hear. let him hear"
Those who hnve not the ear cannot
hear this message. even though the
sound thereof has gone out into all
the earth. and the words OF the mes.
sage to the ends Of the earth In due
time. during Messiah's Kingdom all
the blind eyes viii be orenrd and all
the deaf ears viii be uns.lDpel. AID