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which they haze received. VIII Iii the
resurrection be born Of the spirit

ItSuIIectiOt1 De DOTH o. the spirit.
This Hidden Mystery Revealed.
Up TO the time of Christ no promise
of a change of nature from human TO
spirit had been received by any menu
her Of our race. The Lord Jesus him
self became the Captain and Forerun-
ner of "the Church. which is his
Body" and which. during this Gospel
Age, has been walking in his steps Of
self-sacriffce. The special privilege of
this Gospel Age is the sacrifice of the
earthly nature in order to The attain
ment, instead. of the heavenly nature
This was an incomprehensible mat
ter to those to whom it was preached
Mt first. No Jew had ever thought OF
anything higher than the human plane
and Divine service on the human
plane. But the message Of the Cos
pei was a call or Invitation to the
heavenly nature and heavenly service
as the Bride of Christ and his Joint
Heirs in glory OF this call st. Paul
says that 1t is mystery that was
hidden from past ages and dispensa-
lions. but that it is now revealed unto
the saints" (Colossians l. 26D. 1t was not
proper that any but the saints should
fully appreciate and comprehend this.
ITO you it is given TO know the things
of the Kingdom. but to outsiders
these thin~s are spoken in parallels and
dark sayings that they might not I'M
derstand"
This Mystery was, therefore never
understood by many because the saints
were never many, and by and by,
when saintship was at discount and
when nominal Christians became nu-
merous and influential and made the
creeds, it was but natural that the
Mystery should become more or less
belonged. But instead of going back
to preach human restitution to the
human plane in a worldwide Eden,
the nisinformed theologians hung their
own hopes and the hopes of the world
upon the heavenly assurances-just
where they did not belong.
Thus 1t was that, despite our five
senses and every plain statement Of
the Bible, 1t has become the prevalent
belief that humanity is of spirit ma
ture and not earthly, human; that dy-
Ing Is but getting him either to
Heaven, Purgatory or He'll. With this
confusion the danger all along theo-
logical lines has become great, so that
practically every doctrine Of the
Church Is more or less confused there
by. This Is the secret, this is the
reason why the Bible is misunderstood
and being cast aside with the creeds
Of the Dark Ages as no longer worthy
of consideration, while the bulk OF
Churchianity rushes madly toward
the ditch of Higher Criticism, Evolu-
ton, Aignosticism" with little faith in
a personal God and no definite hope.
"Seek We the Old Paths"
1t is time. my dear hearers, that we
seek the old paths. the Bible paths,
and that we seek them intelligentIy
and reverently and honestly. There has
been much searching of the Bible
to find proofs of what we believe and
to entrench ourselves in errors handed
to US from the past by well-meaning
but deceived forefathers. 1t is time
for us to be honest and to search that
we may know Gods message to US
through his inspired prophets and his
Son and the Apostles.
1t ws1Haot do to say that doctrines
are UNNECESSARY. The Bible puts faith.
proper faith. at the very foundation of
Christian character. "We believe and
therefore speak"
Let us do this, let us not be content
until we know exactly what the Bible
teaches concerning What is man"
and respecting the hope. mans restitu-
tion, and respecting the high calling.
the heavenly calling of the Church.
When wenbegin to see these matters
clearly the entire Bible shines as never
before, our faith becomes strong as
never before. And then. If we are
honest, our love for God and our zeal
for his service must also increase pro-
portionately.
At some future time we may take
%, "What d the soul Of manY