St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-09-02

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S walton which be
a5IoRfsgSsElK9 gan to be spokel
by our Lord ant
was confirmed unto us by those VIII
heard Him"
Pastor Russell observed that accord
ing to our creeds the salvation will no
be so great, but rather so little, so few
~-only the sanity handful out O.
earth's thousands Of millions. Ell
thought it evident, therefore, that thu
creeds were in error and quoted thu
prophecy that the Savior would see thu
fruitage Of the travail Of His soul ant
be satisfied" isaiah I'LL, LIZ. The Pas
tor did not believe that Jesus would
be satisfied with His work If 1t rescued
merely a handful from eternal torture
He quoted various Scriptures which
afford a larger hope, declaring thai
God sent not His Son into the world
to damn the world, but that the worlG
through Him might be saved" from the
condemnation already upon 1t because
Of Father Adams disobedience. These
Scriptures cannot be applied to the
Church, but must be held as applicable
to the world. OF the Church Jesus
says, "Ye r not OF the world"
Theologians for centuries have miss
ed the keynote Of the Bible, which is
that the salvation Of the sanity hand.
full, the true Church or Bride Of the
Lamb, is merely a preliminary work
only the salvation Of a "frst-fruits''
(James i, 49,. This frst-fruits class or
Church Of the First-born" Is to have
q different salvation entirely from that
which is provided for the world. The
Church Is to constitute Gods King
dom, for which we pray, "Thy King
dom come" Under its Messianic sway
Gods viii will be done on earth even
as In heaven.
The Worlds Salvation Earthly.
AS the Scriptures show distinctly
that the salvation of the Church. or
the Kingdom class, Is to a heavenly
plane or condition, they equally show
that the salvation Of the world is diff
ferent-an earthly salvation. To the
Church the Apostle wrote. We must all
be changed in a moment, in the twin
king Of an eye, because flesh and
blood cannot inherit the Kingdom Of
God q Corinthians XIV, 5O-52). OF the
worlds salvation we read not of a
change Of nature. but Of a Restitution
to the perfection of the nature already
given to man, but lost through the sin
of our first parents-redeemed through
the merit of the precious sacrifice at
Calvary. The Restitution Salvation
which is to come to the world through
the changed and gloriied Messianic
Church Is described by st. Peter as
awaiting its due time-the Second Com
ing Of Christ-"Times of Restitution of
all things which God hath spoken by
the mouth Of all the Holy Prophets
since the world began" ACTS Ill. 1928.
The fact is that the Old Testament
Scriptures treat entirely of the Resti-
tuition blessings. incidentally mention
ing also things pertaining to the great
Messiah, through Whom those bless
tngs will come. Christians have neg
lected study of the Old Testament
and hence have failed to
get their blessing. Prior to the com
ing of Jesus no one ever dreamed of
the First Resurrection change to spirit
Everybody had the Restitu
ton view Of salvation in mind-the
hope Of being raised up out of death
to human perfection. Hence it was
not necessary for the Apostles to en-
this feature. Rather they drew
the attention of their hearers away
from the earthly prospects, which are
for the world, and gave them the mes
sage OF the high calling"
The High Calling Closing.
Now that the high calling" is
drawing to a close, having accomplish
cd Its election or salvation Of the saint
" handful, Divine providence is point
Ing us back to the Old Testament,
hat we may appreciate more than
sver the length and breadth and
height and depth of the love Of God
which passeth understanding" Now
begin to see that the Scriptures
that Israel is to be the first
amongst the nations to receive Mes
,iah's blessing, as soon as His King
shall have been established. Now
see how all the families of the
Earth will be blessed. not only through
he Spiritual Seed of Abraham, typed
~ Isaac. and the Church, typed by
2ebecca. but also through Abraham's
seed these blessings will pro-
.eed TO every nation under heaven.
All the blinded eyes shall be opened"
All the deaf ears shall be unstopped,"
The knowledge of the Lord shall fill
he EARTH 1.-The earth shall yield her
Increase" The wastes and deserts
hall blossom az the rose.
Ultimately the Paradise Of Eden
will bloom again. world-wide-God's
ootstool made glorious. The resur
OF the dead is the salvation
which God has promised. even as
itself is the penalty which He
as proclaimed for sin. The resurrec.
ion will not only include the awaken
ng of those who have gone into the
omb. but. additionally. the uplifting
re~surrectingi Of Adam and all His
amily from sin and death conditions.
meanness. depravity. etc
to fnlI human D~erfection in tho