The Ordway new era., 1911-12-29
Tie said In part
Humanity's Great Workday

Tie said In part
Humanity's Great Workday
From the Divine viewpoint. earth's
history. from Adams day until now. Is
merely the wOrkday portion OF great
week whose Seventh Day or Sabbath
Of IL thousand years Is "the day OF
Christ" the last day" the day OF
judgment" or trial for the world, the
day in which every knee shall bow
and every tongue confess to the glory
of Cod" the day in which "the riyh,
eous shall flourish and the evil
docrs shall be cut or In the Second
Death"
In the Divinely-arranged custom OF
the Jews the new day began ut sunset
Thus we are In the evening or begin
ming of the great Seventh Day OF the
Divine Wcek-thc day which means so
much OF blessing. uplifting. privilege
opportunity OF Divine favor to our race
through MrsSIah's glorious Kingdom.
which throughout this Seventh Day
will reign from sea to sea and from
the river to the ends OF the earth.
putting down everything contrary to
the Divine standards and uplifting
the world Of mankind (bought with
the precious blood at Calvary, from
sin. meanncss. degradation and tn.
tomb.
''Six days shalt thou labor and do all
thy work. but the Seventh Is the Sab
bath OF the Lord thy God. In II thou
shalt not do any work" Whoever
reads carefully. intelligently. the pages
Of history must he struck with the
working energy which has been mani,
4cstcd by our race and is still being
manifested
Next the Lesson Of Good
The forbidden fruit OF Eden was
from the tree Of the knowledge OF good
and evil. Doubtless the Creator would
eventually have given n full knowledge
OF both good and evil to our first par
cnts. They were merely forbidden an
immediate plunge into knowledge to
their own disadvantage. Craving
knowledge before Its due time. Mother
Eve disobeyed her Maker and enticrd
her husband into disobedIcncc. The
result has been that instead OF learn
ing the philosophy OF good at first and
OF evil later. they and their race hav"
been prccipitnt.d into lessons respect
ing evil first. with the knowledge Of
GOOD to come later
The holy angels. who have never
irnnSgrcssrd tho Divine Law. hnv,
continually the lesson OF cood-nn mp
rrrciatiOn OF the Divine character. The
principles OF righteousness. etc Their
lessons In respect to evil they are gain
ing by observation instead Of by exp"
ricncr-th" way recommended to nIi
first parents by the Creator. hut H.
their ignorance rejected.
I!ut God forrkncw the course whi"l
Ills human children would take un,l,r
the influence OF temptations: He fur,
knew that they would fail into sin and
therefore would experience its p"nnn,
sorrow. pnin and death. Will" His
eye has piticd His poor creatures fni
six thousand years. nevertheless liz
has allowed His great Original Plan nj
the Ages to move along slowly To
grand cIimax-thc Plan which He pur
posed in Himself from before thu.
foundation OF the world
God Has No. Neglected Us
From this Divine viewpoint God I,
Only six days OF the week have yet
passed The glorious seventh Day ir
which the great Mediator between ';"t'
and men will assume His KinriiuE
powers is lust nj hand instead ui
thinking that God Is nrcl"tinr ant
forgetting to fulfl the Mcssinni pruri
iscs. we should with the eyes ~ faii
realize that He IL working all thuu
according to the counsel Of His Uv.t
will. We should consider the rattr
from the opposite standpoint ;hnr q"
has exercised great patience with tn
| manity in not blnitins out the race
He has been long suffering And thi
| assures us that the CnchnnEcah" Du
would prefer that non" "f His "rra
| lures should perish in death. but rnt'r
that all. II they would. might ur'
unto Him and live.-I1 Peter III. &
Ezekiel xxxiii. H.
The great opportunity for the mnss..
| OF our race to turn to the Lord md "
attain everlasting life will b. nf'"r
| the darkness shall have passed. wh"'
| the Sun Of Righteousness shall Ia
| shining forth: after the highway ~
holiness shall have taken the pln,"u
| the broad rnnd to destruction: nrtr'
Messiah. the great King shall ha,.
dcthrnncd Satan. the rrinr" "t ha-'
ness. from the worlds control: nf'ri
| thr Prince Of P"nrr shall hn",' rstnI
| b,,I ,,pu,., ut,pn "A nr,,t,,,f bDSiy