The Daily Missoulian., 1911-01-29

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From everlasting ste everlasting,
thou art cod psalm sO:e,l ~ am
Jehovah. that IL my name and my
glory WIFI not give to another. =
(Isaiall 4:aS.) To us there is one
God, the Father, of whom are all
things "a Cor. 8:6.) Hear, o Isra-
I'll, the Lord our God is one-Jehovah." !"
Deut. GA.
These and other Scriptures tell US
OF q personal God, the father or life
giver OF al. the Great One who inhab-
iteth eternity st. Paul declares that
ITO the heather there are gods many
and lords many. but to us there is but
one God, the Father and one APP
pointed agent Of his in dealing with
hunanity-ones Lord Jesus Christ
and that s.every tongue shall confess
that Jesus, Messiah, Is Lord, to the
glory OF God the Father Philippi-
ans Eli.
The Scriptures tell us of "the be-
ginning OF the creation Of Cod hence
there was d time before that beginning
of creation when Jehovah God was
alone he that inhabiteth eternity"
Not even the great Michael, was with
Him. the great Messiah, whom He
hath sb highly honored. and whom He
declares He win still further honor
throughout glorious eternity. He
WIS not with the Father before the
be&innings ofs creation, because. he him
sAffs was sttlle sbekinning of the icrea-
tion VI God--the first born Of the ere
alton sm God-the first born Of every
creature" 6Raveiations 3:l4: Colos-
eians. 1-15). He WAS the first express
si0n or manifestation of the divine
attributes (Joifn,4 l-1S). @ gsEy
This mighty God, Jehovah. self cen
tered; self contained IL ours, tile same
yesterday, today and forever, he
changes not fta ss
ss~ps g Divine Attributes Glorious.
every attribute OF the divine char
meter was the same millions Of years
ago that 1t is today. but that char
a1tar apaS unrevealed., Every step of
creation has tended to display the di-
vine character more and more. and
each successive. step and development
nf Great tipns has brought forth new crea-
lures capable of5 comprehending the
eternal one. We deem It not unreason-
able to- assume that Jehovah's creative
Iower Mill continue TO be exercised
thrpugbputE all coming time. q. sS. !.
Axtronomical. photography now re-
veais nearly 125. 900 900 suns, around
which circle systems such as the one
which circles around our sun. and OF
which our earth ID a part We deem
II not unreasonable to assume, from
the scriptures, that the great work of
ordering all those hundreds of millions
of planets stretches forward into eter-
nifty. ana that the work of divine grace,
begun on the planet Earth. will be
continued throughout the universe, not
only In conjunction with the planetary
systems we can discern, but probably
with millions OF planetary systems too
14r removed from us to be discerned
even nv photography.
Doubtless divine methods In con-,
nocti6n with other worlds and other in
haa,itants viii display the manifold wis
densof God. For instance, we under
stand the Bible to indicate that while
the permission OF. evil in the earth was
wise; II will not necessarily be wise or
expedient for any reason to permit q
similar reign Of sin and death In any
other or the millions Of worlds, In con-
nection with their ordering or develop
ment and their peopling with glorious
creatures who viii show forth the
psnises az the great creator without
their passing through experiences with
Gin and death such as have been per-
n1itted in connection with the human
ity OF earth.
The Permission Of Evil. @
Can we not see broad reason for
the permission Of evil on the earth
Tor the permission Of the reign Of sin
and death. which for 5000 years has
apparently disgraced the Greater. de-
graded humanity, astonished the
angels and constituted our race a4
eroaning creation? Only when We
discern that Messiah's Kingdom will
surely bring order out of this confn-
sion, do we begin to get the proper
focus upon our subject and realize
something Of the greatness of our
God.
3s run Inc SIauupOIHt DE the CbHl-
pletion of the divine purposes in con-
nection with humanity. and from that
standpoint alone. can we see illus
trated divine wisdom. justice
loves and power. The primary lesson
was justieethat sin brings suffering
and eventually death.
The second lesson was that of di-
vine compassion. sy,npathy-love. This
lesson was manifested in the sending
Of the Redeemer and His subsequent
reward of exaltation, and Ills gather-
ing of an "elect" church to be His as
sociates in glory and in the blessing
of the redeemed race, The reign of
glory. the reign Of Messiah. soon to
ke introduced. will lift up poor hu-
manity from sin and sorrow, from
degradation and death. and give to
each and all the fullest opportunity to
return to. human perfection and to di-
vine favor and everlasting life.
In all that work of human restitu-
fion. which will include the awakening
OF mankind from the sleep OF death.
the one great lesson viii be the great
ness Of the divine power which will be
s.