The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-25

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Thus the six days NJ the week. 80
FAR as light. truth. knowledge of God
Is concerned. have all been dark days
| The lights which God provided in His
| followers have been MS candles set
upon candlesticks They have indeed
reproved the darkness. but they have
been powerless to scatter It. Nor did
God so intend. His declaration
through the Prophet is. Weeping muy
endure for the. night. but JOY rometh
In the morning" psalm XXX. o.,
Again. Darkness covers the earth,
gross darkness the reople;" hut the
Sun of righteousness shall arise with
healing In His beams."-lsaiah lx, .:
Malachi iv, ..
This promised Sun of Righteousness
which Is to scatter the darkness OF
earth. we are told dlstEctly. consists
| of Jesus and those who have walked
in His footsteps throughout this Cos
pei Age. These. approved of the Ia.
ther, will be gloriHed beyond the veil
by rcsurrectionao glory, honor and
Immortality. Then speedily these will
"shinc forth as the sun in the King.
dom Of their Father" Matthew xiii.
49, This will mean the ushering In Of
the great Seventh Day-Messiah's Day.
God Has Not Neglected Us
From this Divine viewpoint God is
not slack concerning His promises.
Only six days of the week have yet
passed. The glorious Seventh Day in
which the great Mediator between God
and men will assume His Kingdom
powers is just at hand Instead OF
thinking that God Is neglecting and
forgetting TO fulfil the Messianlc prom
ises. we should with the eyes of faith
realize that lie is working all things
according to the counsel OF His own
will. We should consider the matter
from the standpoint that God has cx
ercised great patience with humanity
in not blotting out the race: He has
been long-suffcrlng. And this assures
us that the Interchangeable One would
prefer that none of His creatures
should perish In death, but rather that
all. If they would. might turn unto
Him and liye.-Ezel;icl xxx!il. II.
The great opportunity for tic masses
of our race to turn to the Lord and at.
tain everlasting life will be after the
darkness shall have passed. when the
sun of Righteousness shall be shining
forth; after the Highway OF Holiness
shall have taken the place OF the broad
Road to destruction; after Messiah. the
great King. shall have Gctlroncd Sa-
tan. the Prince OF darkness. from the
worlds control: after the Prince OF
Peace shall have established peace
upon proper basis. Who cannot sing
heartily with the poet
~ thousand years earth's coming glory
'Tis the glad day so long foretold
'Tis the glad morn OF Zlon's glory.
Prophets foresaw In times OF old''
Waiting For the Mother
Our race was generated by Father
Adam as well as condemned to death
through his dlsobcdience. What the
race needs Is another father or life
giyer. and this is exactly what the |
word Savior signifies Life-Glver. 'a-
ther. The Redeemer. at the cost of His |
own life. became the purchaser of |
Adam and his race with view 10 !
their resusctntion, their resurrection
from sin and from death. Is not one |
OF the Redeemer's titles The Everlast. |
Ing Fathcr"-the Father who gives !
everlasting life? Unquestiorably He
has rot yet fulfilled this glorious office |
of I.lfe-Glrcr to Adams race: He will |
fulfil II. however--"ln His Day"
Speaking to His faithful disciples.
His followers In the narrow way. Jesus
promised them. In the regeneration
ye shall SIT Upon twelve thrones" (Aiat. |
thew xix. PSI That regeneration Pc
riod corresponds exactly to St. Peters
times OF restitution" or years or
restoration (Acts III. l0l. and both or
these periods agree to the general
teachings of Scripture respecting
resurrection at the last day-Alesslah's
day-tle thousand years of resenera-
ton. resurrection, restitution. which
will afford Adam and his race fullest
opportunities for attaining perfection !
of human nature in an Edenic world "
wide Paradise. ~
The Lord through the Prophet as.
sures Us of the wonderful success
which will attend the establishment
OF the New Empire OF earth. the do
minion of the Prince of light. which
VIII supersede the dominion of the
Frince OF darkness. when Satan shalt
be bound for thousand years. that
he may deceive lhe peoples no Iaorc.
Thus II Is written. He shall lay
to the line and justice
to the plummct aud the hail lTruthl
shall sweep away the refuge OF lies"
Qsaiah xviii, Ia
But why The delay. do you nsk? An,
we answer God did not permit Adam
10 begin the establishment of his race
until first He gave him Eve as his
bride. his wife The world needed not
merely llfe-giver hut mother. II
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Similarly IN the Divine arrange :ncnt |
Sod has provided that the restitution
line the worlds uplifting period. the
regeneration epoch for mankind. shall
not begin until first the true Church,
he little flock" thc Bride of Christ.
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