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and drawing. though III one sense free.
is in another sense restricted TO those
who are in the heart condition Of be-
ing drawn and of hearing the call.
All others remain blinded to the Di-
vine invitation by the god of this
world. QI Corinthians iv. A.
Evidently those now being drawn
and called are not the whole world
but select class. Those who prove
themselves faithful to the end are
styled ''fhc ccry elect" These are the
Royal Priesthood who. as priestly
Kings. will be associated with Messiah
in His glorious, worldwide Empire
which "shall rule from sea to sea and
from the river unto the ends Of
the earth" for the binding of Satan,
the overthrow Of sin. and the uplifting
Of sinners. But we are to clearly dis
tinguish between the present work Of
selecting the Royal Priests. the Bride.
the Lambs Wife. and the work for the
world, which these will accomplish
after their giorifcation on the spirit
plane.
We must thus distinguish, because
looking upon the revealed plans Of the
great Architect Of the Universe. we
perceive that thus He has arranged
the Church, as the Bride Of Christ. is
to constitute "a New Creation" "par-
takers of the divine nature-like unto
her Lord. These on the plane of glory
will have station far above princi-
palities and powers and every name
that is named. "Eph. j, 81; Rev. iii. 81.
Whoever can see this to be the Divine
Plan must with the eye Of faith look
down to the future and behold the
Church-"cha nged in a moment, in the
twinklipg Of an eye" because flesh
and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom
Of God" Here is love, wondrous love,
in lifting up members Of the sinner
race to glory. honor and immortality.
Who can comprehend such love as this
which the Father has bestowed upon
Jesus and the little flock" Of His fol-
lowers who walk in His steps?
Human Restitution In tho Future.
The earthly sculptor seemed waste
full to prodigality when he broke off
one portion of his stone and dealt
merely with it, but when subsequently,
he explained that he intended to deal
also with the large remainder Of the
stone, and to make thereof wonder
full group, we began to understand
him better. SO the Almighty is now
showing to His people that the Church
now being selected is merely "a first
fruits Of His creatures" and that. after
their perfection in glory, His great
work for the masses of mankind will
begin.
The fact that only a few of earth's
families were recognized Of God for
twenty-five hundred years, and that
only one nation was recognized for
the following sixteen hundred years,
and that only small proportion have
had any recognition during this Gospel
Age, seems strange to us until we learn
that God has not intended 10 put the
world on trial for life or death ever
lasting, until first He shall have So
lected the Church Of the First-borns.
WUOSc udHCS dlC NllttCu I'll.
These now are required to prove and
perfect their loyalty by walking by
faith and not by sight. Soon. we
trust. the Church will be completed
and the New Dispensation. already
dawning, will be fully inaugurated.
''He that shall come will come and will
not .tarry." Soon our prayer, Thy
Kingdom GOMEZ will be answered.
Then for thousand years the con-
quering of the world will progress un-
til Gods will shall be done as thor
Oughly on earth as now in heaven.
Well may the glorified saints sing.
"Who shall not come and worship be-
fore Thee, o Lord. when Thy right
eous dealings are made manifest
Then the clouds of ignorance, supersti-
ton, doctrines Of devils, fire and tor
ture, horrors which have beclouded
the eyes of our understanding and
driven go many Of the best specimens
of humanity away from God and from
His Book, will fee away.
While now only those who have the
hearing ear can hear. and these are few.
the sanity, the Scriptures declare that
the full knowledge Of God shall fill the
earth I'm due time" We must have
patience for Gods time. as we'll as for
Gods blessing.
Blind unbelet is sure to err
And scan His work in vain;
God is His own interpreter,
And He will make it plain"
Consider the Text.
Throughout the discourse we have
been working our way toward the
glorious fitness Of Gods love declared
in our text We have traced the Di-
vine Program in full harmony with
the Apostles statement-into the
Ages to come" Not until those
Ages shall have come will the. Divine
plan have been fully shown forth nor
the riches Of Divine Love.
In the thousand years reign Of Mes
siah's glorious Empire, colaboring with
Him in The overthrow Of Sin and
Death-in the release of humanity from
these powers Of evil, by restoring them
TO human perfection, the Bride Of Jesus
tthe church, will have a glorious
share. Glory. honor and immortality
will be her portion. The Great Archi-
tect has not further revealed His plans
in respect to the work Of Christ and