Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-23

las the stars OF hea ven" and the other
s'as the sands Of the seashore." The
Church, with Christ her Head. Const1-
tutes this heavenly. starry Seed OFF
Abraham. as saith the Apostle Gala-
tians fiji. 16 2N; and with the compile
tion Of the Church will come the seoc-
ondary blessing-the e development OF
the seed of Abraha IN as the sand OF
the seashore for mu ltitude, every knee
bowing and every tongue confesSln g.
to the glory Of Cod
But this secondary seed of Abraham.
the earthly seed Is TO receive its bless
ing from the Hea venly Seed, hence
everything waits now until the Church
shall have been cOmpleted-unHl the
very elect" shall have been gathered
from the four win ds Of heaven"-u-n-
I'll all the followers of Jesus shall have
been changed, lin a moment, In the
twlnkling Of an eye" as particpan- IL Is
in the First Resurrection
Then. oh, glorious Day! the Sun ~of
righteousness will shine forth-ChrE st
and His faithful Bride-to chase away
the darkness. ignorance and supers IL
tlon from the wor Id and to fully en-
tighten mankind OF every nation, peo-
pie, kindred and tongue, In that gOri.
GUS work Of enllgh tenment the NATURAL
seed OF Abraham will have a bless ed
share, and Abraha IN, Isaac and Jac- oh
and all the Prophe Is shall be Princes
In all the earth" (Psalm xiv, 1G, peer
feet men, repreSen tatlVes Of the glo-ri
GUS Messiah and His Bride In the
earth. admlnistrat of the Law
which will go fort h from the gOrioous
Christ. invisible to men,
All! that will be Earth's JubIeeI As
In olden time, In the Jubilee ye=ar,
the Israelites retu rned to their own
possessions. to their own homestea eds,
so In the Anttype, only the latter will
be still more gran q: The human fam
lily will come back into possession OF
Its own-that which was lost by Esin
and its penalty, tn at which was receov-
cred by Jesus, that which will be re-
stored by resurrection power during
the Messlanic reign.
Tho Nation Born In Day
But what about our text? Did we
mlslnterpret the Divine statemsent
when we applied it to the ACCEPTANCE
by a people Of civilization? AhI yes;
we made a very foolish mistake -the
wish was father TO the thought. Our
misconceptions blinded us to the prop
er Interpretation Of that Sculpture.
What then does it mean? How sho uld
our text be app led? Ah, Beloved,
that Nation to be born in day Is the
Church. the Holy Nation, Of which st.
Peter spoke, "Ye are Royal Priaest-
hood, peculiar people, a Holy Ma
tlOn." Il Peter II. o. The beOstiHO of
this Holy Nation began at Pentec-o
and has continued down Through the
succeeding eighteen centuries =and
more. The birth will be the resurTec-
J ton.
All who now receive the beget6tng
Of the Holy Spirit are reckoned as
members Of this Holy Nation, but
their membership in it is dependent
upon their faithf ulness; as we rsead,
ITO him that Overcometh will grant
to sit with Me in My Throne" THE
present life Is to every one Of ttnese
royal priests, or prlestly kings as we
may choose to express it. perod Of
probation. VIII we or will we not
make our callin = and election sureT
Not at the beglnn ing nor at the tlmae Of
our consecration As the matter deci ded,
but after we "have fought the sood
fight and finished the course" and won
the crown, by obedience even ul1ntO
death.
For nearly MIN eteen centuries these
royal priests have been testliyhE for
the Lord, each IN his turn. For all
the faithful there is a crown Of right
eousness laid up; as st. Paul ssaid,
"Henceforth there Is laid up for Ene a
crown of righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, will give
me at that day" in that day Of
Messiah, in the resurrection mOrHnlng.
All these have part in tho First
Resurrection, and will be members Of
that Holy Nation, that royal priest
hood; as we read, BLESSED and holy
are. all they that have part In the
Chief Resurrection; on such the Sec
Ond Death hath no power; but they
shall be kings and priests unto God
and unto Christ and shall reign with
Him thousand years"
Thus will that Holy Nation w hich
God has been gathering and ee=cting
during the nine teen centuries, out Of
all nations, peoples, kindreds and
tongues, from Jews and Gentlles, bond
and free, be born In day-COme forth
perfect and COM plete, the Holy Nation
Of Divine PROMISE which. as Gods spir-
ltual Empire, is to take over theA con.
troll of the wOrld for a thousand years
and rule 1t In ri righteousness. to free all
from the power Of Satan, sin and
death, and to aft up again as many
as are willing 10 the image and like
ness of God, nd to destroy aln who
love unrighteoHsness and work In.
lQuity.
This is the Kingdom OF Messiah,
whose dominlon Is to be estab lished
on the earth, and for which Jesus
taught us to pra V. THY Kingdom come,
Thy will be dom e on earth. asNiS done
in heaven 1t win require the entire
work Of thou sand years to fully &C.