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plane, partakerS of the divine nature,
far above angels, principalities and
powers" but how gracious has God
also been in His provision for the
world at large-His promise of an
earthly Paradise for such Of humanity
as. when brought to a knowledge of,
Himself and His requirements. shall
gladly, heartily accept the same!
How wonderful Is the Wisdom and
Power of God by which He can make
use of even the reign of sin and death
to teach great lessons both to angels
and men respecting the exceeding sin
fulness Of sin! And how merciful and
gracious Is the arrangement He has
made that when this reign of sin and
death shall have accomplished His in
tended purposes, He will bring 1t to an
end. Those twin monarchs which have
ruled the world for six thousand years
Sin and Death--shall be vanquished;
and ultimately every member of Ad-
ans race shall be delivered from their
power. For the willing and obedient.
the earthly Paradise, human perfec-
tion. the image of God in the flesh, is
to be the reward-an earthly reward.
and for the rebellious, the Second
Death, from which there will be no re-
demption, no recovery. and in which,
thank God! there will be no suffering.
for they shall perish like the brute!
beasts. as st. Peter declares.--I Peter
II, IL.
Restitution Will Bring Real Paradise.
Much as your Island may resemble
the Garden of Eden, 1t is not Paradise,
and cannot be Paradise so long as you
have sin and sorrow, pain and death
amongst you. One Of the first objects
that greeted my sight as landed was
your cemetery. and / said, Oh! yes,
death is here, and eUe,ylohere-G Gods
curse. declaring that no imperfect be-
ing may live. Well. thank God for
that, too. Centuries Of life with imper-
fection would doubtless be too much
for us to enjoy. Far better is 1t as Di-
vine Wisdom has arranged it-a BIRTH
a struggle for existence, battle with
self and sin, the world, the flesh and
the Devil, and then falling asleep in
DEATH until the morning of the resur
rection. There will be no conscious
ness OF even a moments intervening
until the glorious day shall have dawn
ed, and the new order of things shall
have been introduced and established;
and then the sleepers will come forth
to see brighter side than any that
they have previously experienced or
ever heard of.
The Kingdom of Gods dear Son and
His elect Bride will be In power and
nothing shall hurt or destroy In all His
holy Kingdom. The blessing of the.
Lord shall be upon man. and his earth
ly dominion. Restitution influences
will be at work Tor the bringing Of
everything to perfection especially for
the bringing of man up. up. up out of
sin. weakness, degradation and death
to the full glory Of perfection Of mind
and body and vitality--the image and
likeness Of God. as at first, before sin
entered.
Rich and Poor and Socialism.
You still have your rich and poor;
there still Is caste amongst the chill
dren OF the one parentage: but when
the uplifting influences of Messiah's
reign shall have done their work, these
things will all be In the past. "He that
stitch upon the Throne shall say, BE
hold, make all things neww In that
glorious time there will not be rich
and poor there will be socialism In
the proper sense, as the Scriptures
clearly point out; they say. Every
man shall sit under his own vine and
under his own fig tree; and none shall
make them afraid" And again, "They
shall not build and another inhabit,
they shall not plant and another eat
the fruit thereof" There will be no
tenantry, no landlordlsm then
Do not understand me to be melting
dissatisfaction with the present condi-
lions. In many respects what we have
today Is the very best possible thing
under present conditions fallen
nature and selfish temperament taken
into consideration The counsel of
Gods Word Is that all who trust In
Him are TO wait for Him to bring In
'uS pV'tS' pohic very Wth
intentioned people are making sad
mistake; just as the morning is about
to dawn-about to bring in the great
blessings Of restitution. socialism, etc,
they blindly look in another direction
and declare that unless they bring so
cialism to pass 1t will never come, We
grant. indeed. that It would be foolish
TO expect that the rich would bring
about the wonderful changes which
the Bible foretells-it would be con
trary to human nature to so expect.
But we do say that those who think to
bring about socialism by human wis
dom and human strength are deficient
In wisdom. They do not see that what
they propose is absolutely impossible
their eyes are holden.
The Bible alone shows us what will
be the outcome of the present unrest
and selhshness and dissatisfaction
The Bible tells that what will start as
socialism will eventually develop into
anarchy. The Bible shows TINT those
who think they can bring In the Mes
Siunic blessing by Carnal WeaDOnS are