The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-04-07

beled. Let others preach foreordina-
ton TO torment for non-elect infants.
as well as the gray haired. In a fiery
hell. He could not do so. He must
preach a God OF Love who would not
condemn His creatures 70 torture
at least not without some opportunity
but handicapped by the error respect
| ing he'll poor Brother Wesley was in a
sad dilemma He knew not how any
could get 10 the awful plGce without
Divine foreknOwledge And he knew
not how to harmonic snch Divine
fOreknowledge with Divine Love.
Why should such creatures as Divine
grace could not save from eternal tor
| rufe be created at all?
Noble Christian Brother. he preached
| To the best OF his light. Now with the
| clearer light upon Gods Word. we can
see that Brother Wesley aud Brother
Calvin both commended for Bible truths
| which they knew not how to harmon
| i2e. Now we see that this Gospel Age
! is the time in which God is calling and
! drawing and sealing with His Spirit
/ and with the Truth His very elect"
| the Bride Of Christ. the members or
| the Body Of Christ. the Royal Priest
| hood. Now we can see also that the
Free Grace. which Brother Wesley
realized must be Il part of the Divine
Program. belongs to the coming Age.
| Then all the blind eyes shall he opened.
| Then all the deaf ears shall he un-
stopped. Then the knowledge of the
| Lord shall fill the whole earth as the
| waters cover the great deep. Then
whatsoever will may come and take Of
the water Of life freely" Rey. xii, III.
The Gospel Age Harvest.
Pastor Russell declares that the
! signs Of the times, in conjunction with
! the prophecies of the Scriptures. clear.
" indicate to him that we are living In
! the harvest time" Of this Age. which
| is dra wing to a close--in the dawning
| time Of the New Dispensation, which
/ will soon be ushered in. He wished
his hearers TO clearly distinguish be-
| tween this teaching and the common
teaching represented in all of our
creeds. Our hymn books. like our
creeds. tell Of the End OF this Age as
the end of hOpe-.'the wreck of matter
and the crash OF worlds" in a huge
! bonfire The Bible, on the contrary,
shows that the most blessed days OF
the worlds experiences are about to be
ushered in The election OF the Church
completed. the saints, glorified with
the Redeemer on the spirit plane, IN.
visible To men, will take control OF
earths affairs Gods Kingdom under
+, the whole heavens will be established.
Satan. the present spirit Prince,
will be dethrOned and deceive the ma
tions no more for thousand years.
The reign of Messiah in the glory Of
Divine power will constitute the sun
of Righteousness, Light and Truth
and blessing to refresh the poor,
death-stricken world. Heating will be
in the beams of this Sun of Righteous
ness-Restitution. uplifting from sin.
degradation and death. AS the reign
of Sin and Death terminates, the
reign of Righteousness unto life ever
lasting will begin. The wonderful in
ventions ana blessings OF our day are
but the forerunners OF still greater
blessings Verify The night is far
spent and The day is at hand"--the
great Day Of which Jesus and the
Apostles and the Prophets continually
spoke. 1t win be d00msday only for
all the systems of iniqnity and I'M
righteousness.
"Not Ashamed of the Gospel"
Have we not all felt more or less
ashamed OF the unsatisfactory pres
citations OF Our various creeds? said
Pastor Russell Is it not time that,
from sef-respect, as we'll as from
respect for the Almighty. we repndi-
ate them? Have ] not presented TO
You this evening the Bible message
which the angels proclaimed at the
birth of Jesus" Behold. we bring you
good tidings of great Joy which shall
be unto all people?" duke ii. 1O. No
Gospel message reached anybody be-
fore Jesus brought life and immor-
tally to light through His Gospel"
This great salvation began 70 be
spoken by our Lord" as the Apostle
declares Hebrews ii, y. None heard
it during the first four thousand years.
and not more than one fourth OF
humanity have heard it during the
last two thousand years. And the
message which has been proclaimed
for centuries past is certainly not
good tidings" as n whole. though 1t
contains precious truths.
What | have expressed this evening
is good tidings of great joy" to the
sanity few of the elect class aOp. And
the lesser blessing Of restitution will
shortly be good tidings' to all people.
1t will fulfil the Divine promise to our
first parents that the Seed of the
woman" shall crush out evil. shall
bruise the Serpent's head" 1t will
also fulfil the promise to Abraham,
bound by Gods Oath-'In thee and in
thy Seed shall all the families OF the
earth he blessed" 1t accounts for
every text appertaining to Election. as
well as to every text teaching Free
Grace. 1t shows the Justice OF God in
permitting the death penalty. It
shows the Love Of God in providing
the redemption for all. by Ransom