Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-24

and righteousness, helpful and uplift-
Ing to mankind.
"HoIy, Holy. Holy Lord God"
We come now to our text: II de-
clares that the time is coming when
the whole earth shall be full of Gods
glory. All! glorious Day! Then the
shadows OF ignorance. superstition.
misunderstanding and mlsrepresenta
ton in respect to the Divine character
will all fee before the light of the
knowledge of the glory Of God-the
appreciation of the Divine character as
manifested in the Divine Plan for hu-
nan salvation! Could this Scripture
ever be fulfilled. could the Divine
character ever be appreciated by in
telligent, honest. just and loving
hearts, II in any corner Of the Uni
verse there were such orgies and tor
lures Of His creatures as the creeds Of
the Darker Ages have set forth? Sure
ly mott On the contrary, in this glori
Gus Day will be fulfilled the Scriptural
prediction: "All in heaven and in earth
and under the earth [everywherel
heard l saying, praise. glory, honor,
dominion and might be unto Him that
stitch upon the throne. and unto the
Lamb f%orever!'
AS we emerge from the darkness
and praise the Lord In thought and
word and act. we thus show forth
the praises of Him who has called US
out Of darkness into His marvellous
light"
Unto the Liberty of Sons Of God"
The Apostle Paul (Romans viii, 21l
declares that the groaning creation
shall be delivered from its bond.
age TO corruption into the liberty of
the Sons Of God. The meaning of this
is clear. The corruption came upon
all through Adam. the deliverance
from that corruption is to come TO all
through the second Adam. ALI are to
be delivered from such bondage. how
" they may use the deliverance and
the privileges of liberty. Those who
use them rightly will come into har-
mony with the Redeemer and with
the Heavenly Kingdom and will be
blessed eventually with the eternal
life. Those who reject these liberties
after they ONE to understand fully.
and comprehend their lengths and
breadths, will thus be choosing for
themselves the Second Death.
The liberty of the Sons of God. their
freedom from corruption, death. is
here distinctly shown. The angels are
not subject to. not bound by. such cor.
ruption. such dying conditions. They,
as sons Of God. are free from corrup.
ton. from death. Adam In his origi-
nal perfection was Il son of God, as
the Scriptures declare luke Iii. 3Sl.
but be lost his sonship for himself and
for all Of his race and received in.
stead degradation and bondage to cor
ruption. The hope for Adam and for
his race, then. in Christ. is deliver
ance from the power of sin and death
into the liberty proper to them as
sons of God. The entire reign OF
Christ on the earth. as the Scriptures
show us. will be devoted to this work
of setting free the human family from
the various bondages or ignorance.
superstition, weakness. heredity and
bringing back all who will by restitu.
tion processes to the original image
and likeness of God. and making them
again human sons of God like into
Father Adam before he sinned. plus a
large and valuable experience gained
during the 5000 years of the fall. and
also through the 1000 years Of the
raising up-the Restitution Age. the
Resurrection Age facts iii. 1921.
The Light Shining More and More.
How glad we are that in this da wn
ing time of the New Dispensation the
light Is shining upon the Divine Word
as well as throughout the realm OF
nature. How glad we are that we no
longer must think of the Church alone
as the subject of salvation and the
world as Il whole the subject of con
demnation and eternal torture! How
just, how reasonable, how loving are
the Divine arrangements! To see these
things should draw Our hearts near TO
the Lord in appreciative love. and we
should worship with the greater devo.
ton One whom we thus see worthy OF
praise and alteration.
We are not. however. to expect the
world TO be able to realize these things:
1t is not the Divine intention that they
should grasp the Plan. as the Master
said to the faithful disciple Of old and
still says to us-"TO you ii is given to
know the mystery Of the Kingdom of
God. but to outsiders all these things
are spoken In parallels and dark say
ings, that hearing they might zeal and
not understand. They will both hear
and understand In due time, but now
Is the time for the calling out of the
elect, the ~perfecting of the saints"
etc.
Let us whose ears aud eyes have
been blessed Of the Lord respond with
all gratitude and humility, not merely
with outward praises of our lips. but
also with II hearts let ns confess His
loving kindness and tender mercy. and
let this appreciation more and more
sanctify u hearts and separate us
from the world, its aims. its %seltshness.
and let us fight a good fight against
sin, especially in our own mortal
bodies, because even though the i'm
projections of the flesh be not counted
against this New Creation. begotten of