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should sriisl evil HiS Word went
farti SIN more III Inciiy to Father
iAptdhahi. pssuring I'M iidt be would
hayc t.:o seetIS. i,s9 5sterities, one
.;as the stars af heaven" aud the other
as The sirtS " The seashorc. The
chusrli. With Christ her Head. eonsti.
tIitts, yiills beareply starry Seed OF
Abraham, ~ saith the APOSTLE Gaia.
tians III. 10. 10. aud with the compile.
ton OF tue clurchSwliI, come the sec.
ondary blessins-the development of
the scrd OF Abraham ms the sand OF
the scashorr for multitude. every knee
bowling and every tongue confesslng.
10. the glory OF God, 49, it
But this secondary seed OF Abraham.
The earthly seed. Il to receive Its bless
Ing fruni the Heavenly Seed. hence
everything waits now until the Church
rtall have been, Soinpgeted-untll the
very elect" shall have, been gathered
from the four winds OF heavenr-un-
III NIL the followers OF Jesus shall have
been changed. lin moment. In the
twlnkllng or mn eye" as participants
III the First Resurrection.
Then oh. glorious Day! the Sun of
Rleheousness will shine forth-Christ
aud His faithful Bridc-to chase away
the darkness. ignorance and superstI-
tlon from tho world and to fully en-.
tighten mankind or'every nation. peo-
pie. kindred and tongue. In that glori-
Gus work of enlightenment the natural
seed Of Abraham will have a blessed
share. and Abraham Isaac and Jacob
and all the Prophets shall be Princes
in all the earth'> psalm xiv, 1Gi. per.
feet men. representatives Of the glori.
GUS Messinh and His Bride In the
earth. administrators Of the Law,
which will go forth from the glorious
Christ. invisible TO men. iaRs
All. that will be Earth's Jubilee! As
in olden time, in the Jubilee year.
tile Isrnelites returned to their own
possessions. TO their own homesteads,
50 in the Antitype. only tue latter will
he still more grand: The human fam.
ily will, come back Into possession OF
Its own-that which was lost by sin
and Its penalty. That Siich was recoy;
cred by Jesus. thatlwhich will, lie re!
stored by resurrection power during
the Mcsslanic reign.
The NATHAN Ho,n Il, I, D,v ''.-, r
But what about our text? Did we
mislnterpret the Divine statement
when We applied 1t to the acceptance
by people OF civilization? All. yes:
We made n very foolish mistake: the
wish was father 10 the thought. Our
misconceptions blinded us to the prop.
er Interpretation OF that Scripture.
What then does 1t mean? How should
our text be applied? All, Beloved.
that Nation 10 be born In a day Is the
Church, the Holy Nation, of WHICH st.
Peter spoke. 'Ye are o. Royal Priest.
hood, peculiar, people. Holy Ma.
ton" ll-Peier Ii. 81 The DtGetting Of
this HoIyoSSton began atePentecost,
and has continued down through the
succeeding eighteen centuries and
more. The Jirih ,s!lI be the tesurrec.
ton. G A .5::l M tls
All who now receive the begetting
Of the Holy Spirit arc reckoned as
members Of this Holy Nation. but
their membership in 1t is dependent
upon their sfaithfulness: as we read.
TO him that overcometh Wild grant
to sit witbgMe in. Ny Throne" The
present life Is 10 every one .of these
royal priests. or priestly kings. as we
may choose to express 1t. "A period Of
probation. VIII wekor will we not
make our calling aud election sure?"
Not Mt the beginning nor at the time OF
our conservation is the matter decided.
but after We "havei fought the good
fight and finished the course" and won
the crown. By obedience even unto
death. .4...
For nearly nineteen centuries these
royal priests have been .testifying for
the Lord, each In Ills turn. For all
the faithful there Is crown of right
cousncss laid up; rs st. Paul said.
"Henceforth there Is laid up for me
crown OF righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous Judge. will give
ME Mt that day"-early In that day OF
Messiah. In the resurrection morning.
AL these have part In the First
Resurrection, md will be members Of
that Holy Nation, that royal priest
hood: MS we reid. Blessed and holy
are all they tbat 'imre part in the
Chief ResurectlOn::6n such the Sec
ond Death hath no power: but they
shnll be kings and priests unto God
and unto Christ andlshall reign with
Him thousand years"
Thus will that Holy Nation which
God has been gathering and electlnc
during the nineteen centuries. out OF
aIl nations. peoples, klndrods and
tongues. from Jews and Geniiles. bond
and free. be born in a. day-come forth
perfect and complete, the Holy Nation
or Divine promise which. MS Gods spir.
itual Empire. Is to luke over the con.
troll OF the world for thousand years
and rule II In righteousness, TO free all
from the power of Satan, sin and