The Clio messenger., 1911-09-22

- VI EVIL, from the
text, Even so,
Father, for so 1t seemed good In Thy
sight" Uuke \, Ply.
Pastor Russell declared that only
those who. through the Bible. get at
least glimpse Of the glorious out
working Of the Divine Plan, under
stand Co.'s reasons for permitting the
reign Of sin and death, Of sorrow and
pain, which has prevailed amongst
mankind for six thousand years. The
Almighty, he said. designs to teach
great LESSONS to angels and to meh.
Hence the Divine dealing with man.
kind has been very different from His
dealing with angels. The holy diige)s.
being perfect. have known no sin. no
death penalty. no sorrow. sickness or
pain. They might have had some con-
ception Of Divine Justice. Wisdom.
Love and Power, but could never have
really understood their great Creator.
had IT not been for His dealings with
humanity-His permission of sin and
death among Adams posterity.
Cost Of Sin to Man.
Not only was Divine Love manifest
ed In providing Redeemer. but >Di-
vine Justice was exemplIfed In re-
warding that Redeemer with the high
est glory-"far ab0ve angels. princi-
palities and powers" Additionally.
Gods love has been seeking out the
loyal Of maHkind. the sanity few. to
be the Bride Of Christie be assoclat-
ed With the Redeemer In His glorious
Kingdom. which Is shortly to bless
and uplift the race Of Adam from sin.
from meanness. weakness and death.
When we think of the aggregate OF
sin. sorrow. pain. the calamity Of
death, for six thousand years. the pic
ture is truly awful; but we should re-
member that this has been distributed.
here little and there little. amongst
the twenty thousand millions of our
race, one-half Of whom. perhaps. have
died in infancy. Few have lived to
three score years and ten. | believe
that even the most sorrowful lives
known to the world have had COM
pensatory seasons OF pleasure. JOY.
happiness. l believe that only a few
have died regretting that they had
been born; and am sure that with a
proper understanding Of Divine future
provision they would not regret their
birth. with it's attachments of sorrow.
Pastor Russell believes that human
restitution. during Messiah's reign of
a thousand years. will, In some re-
spects, bring to the willing and obedi-
ent greater joy. greater blessing, great
er appreciation of perfection and
righteousness than If they had not
known imperfectlon and sin.
Thus mankind will really lose moth
ing by the Divine permission of evil.
but. on the contrary. will. by the
increased knowledge gained through
the reign Of death and evil. learn les
sons which will be Of advantage to
them to all eternity.
Divine Power Revealed.
As the penalty of death reveals Di
vine Justice. and rs the redemption
from that penalty reveals Divine Love-
SO the recovery Of mankind from death
will reveal Divine Power as nothing
else could reveal IL. Pastor Russell de-
clared that the power which God prom
ised 10 exercise In the resurrection Of
the Church to the spirit plane. and in
the resurrection Of the world to the
human plane Of being. will surpass
any power ever exhibited In the past
To create the world. the angels and
all things Is truly n wonderful mani
festation Of Divine Power: but to re-
create man. after he has gone back to
dust, Is something still more wqnder.
full In restoring mans soul or being.
er will be exempltied In manner and
to n degree which Is beyond human
conception. When we remember the
billions Of earth's dead. and all their
diversified experiences, which were i'm
pressed upon their memories. the pow
er to accomplish the full Restitution
Of that which was lost is so Infinite as
to be incomprehensble. though we
fully believe the promise
The grand finale. Pastor Russell de-
clared. will be the revelation TO angels
and TO men of the much diversified wis
dom OF God The wisdom which fore
saw the end from the beginning, and
which has been regulating the affairs
of mankind to fore-ordained end. and
which will ultimately bring order out
of confusion. surpasses anything that
angels or men have ever dreamed Of
on the part OF their Creator. The
Scriptures say. True and righteous
are Thy ways. Lord God Almighty;
for all tho nations shall cong and
worship before Thee when Thy right.
eous dealings shall be made manifest