The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-04

Priesthood .littie flock. Aaron1
and Ills sons were few iii cornpa rtson
TO MI the tribe Of levi, So only n
sanity few expect y attain 70 glory.
honor and: Immortality With Christ
These tte referred TO In the Scriptures
as members of the Body o. Christi
even as The under.prlests. Aaron:s
sons. In the type. were members Of
Aaron. Under another. beautiful tis-
ure this Prlestly few IRE styled the
bride Of Christ. and His joint.heirs
"a His Kingdom and work. A
Chosen TO t'!ssa tho People Il
b; AS these sLeyites. ipclndlns the
priests. were elected. OF selected. for
The puri,ose Of lIeihg tho Instructors Of
Isfilel. so we perceive the. Scriptures
to teach tliat the Church OF tic First.
b3ril. when glorlhed. viii be associs
atcd with Messiah ii His sgre:itt work
III; blessing and instructlny all the peo-
ple!!-4nll tho families or the earth. The
knowledge fStie Lord at TINT time
will he: made known to ill mankind:
NIL the blind eyes shall be olrned and
I'LL the deaf ears shall be unstdpped.
All the Levite class will share in the
work Of blessing. which the Lord for
80 n,any centuries has declared
through the mouth Of all the holy
Prophets. ,ig5y
The merit of the death OF Jesus, the
Just for the unjust. when applied on
behalf Of the whole world. will be
eillcaclous for the cancelling Of the
sins OF the world. nnd their. full re.
cancellation to the Father. 1t will
be Divine mercy. however. which will
prevent mankind from being at once
turned over directly to the Father. ns
soon us the satisfaction for their sins
shall have been rendered and accepted
at the close Of this Age Of dealing with
the Church. Instead n New Law Cove.
nnnt will be scaled and made operative
with Israel. and under that New Cove:
nant the whole world will be- privl-
legged to come Into relationship With
Messiah md the blessings Of Els King:
dom. which will represent TO them d.
vine. mercy. power and opportunity for
returning to human perfection and m
everlasting earthly hoine-or. rejecting
this grace. they will die the Second
Dcnth. from which there will be no
recovery. -
Theielrect OF the New Covenant will
be to bring the willing ind obedient
Of all the people of earth fully back
Into harmony with God 4 md this. MT.
talned ut the end of Niessinh.s reign
OF thousand years. will prepare the
why for the surrender of everything
to the Heavenly Father. that He mny
be all in ail. md TINT the world there
after may be dealt with us perfcc. be
ings. along the lines of absolute justice
and without my further. need Of ii
Mediator or other neutrality-suspicious.:
The Pith Of tho Argument.
This Is the tpith Of st. Inurs argn
ment In our text and context. Ee
points us down to the contamination
Iof thlyAAge-to the time When THE
Church Of the E'lrst:horD shnll be com;
plctcd on the plane OF gorys-tq the
time when Israel md tile world Of
mnnkind will reach the place where
Goodwill introduce the: New Covenant.
typined In the Law Covenant. AS the
Inter was Introduced by the Sinking
OF Sinai, ~ n general time Of darkness
thus the Apostle intimutes, the New
C0yenant Is about to be innueurnted
In the. Gpd OF this Age. by II time oi
most awful trouble. Of which that NJ
Sinai was merely symbolic picture
or type. Gods voice then shook the
earth. but In the nntitype He will
shake everything that call be shaken
Things which are absolutely just. true
and righteous will remain mistaken
and we. the Church Of the Flrst-horn
the antityplcnl Priesthood. will receive
n Kingdom which cannot be shnken.
Tho True churoh's Glory
In the past we: falled to see who
would be members Of the true Church
because. our eyes Of understanding
were beclDlded2 by error. s Similarly.
wo have failed to see the grandeur.
tile honor and blessing which God has
promised shnll be the portion Of the
one true Church. the little flock"
We mixed heavenly things with earth
Is things. 'confounded' the blessing
OF Restitution to human perfection and
an earthly Eden with the spiritual
blessing. We appropriated to ourselves
the promises made to the faithful of
Israel. that they should f'buIld houses
md inhabit them. and plant vineyards
and eat'the fruit ofthem. and should
long enjoy the work Of their hands"
In general we were confused.
Now MS we come to see Gods great
Plan and the different features of the
same, we nre nbe to discriminate ind
to apply properly the Scriptures relat.
Ing to cnch class. The Royal Priest.
hood are to be joint-heirs with the Re
deemer. pnrtakcrs Of the divine M
ture and shnrers of their Lords glory.
honor, and Immortality. lRomans i. q,
The larger company. symbolized by all
the Lcvites. aside from the family OF
Aaron. are to be the rhonored servants
| of tho ROyal Priesthood md tile world