Democratic messenger., 1911-11-18
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The poet has well said
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace.
Behind frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
Ellis purposes will ripcn fast.
Unfolding every hour:
The bud may have n bitter taste.
But sweet will be tho flower"
II we stand beside a great sculptor
with his freshly chosen block OF mar
BILE. we may at first feel shocked TO
note the apparent roughncss and care
lessness with which lie smltes of large
pieces of the stone. as though bent ON
it's destruction. But let patience have
her perfect work, and gradually we
will see that the sculptor has not been
careless or Indifferent In respect 10 n
single blow.
All the while that he seemed so
reckless he was working according to
the ideal before his own mind. With
his minds eye he saw his ideal In the
stone. and blow af!er blow. chip after
chip merely revealed TO our eyes what
he had purposed In himself from the
beginning of his work. Not until his
work was finished could we compre-
hend fully the ideal Is not this prln-
ciple still more true of our Creator?
lie tells us that He Is working all
things according to the counsel OF His
own WILL" which lie purposed in Him
self before the world was" (Ephe-
SLAMS 1. IL: iii. 10. III
The great Master Workman OF the
Universe will eventually show both TO
angels and men all the various attri-
butes of His perfection-His Wisdom.
Justice, Power and Love. Meantime.
"None OF the wicked shall under
stand" but In the End OF this Age the
wise will increasingly understand His
purposes. hidden from all except His
saints. OF whom II Is written. 'The
secret of the Lord Is with them that
reverence Him." "He will show you
things to me."-Psalm XIV. IA: John
xvi, 13.
Now Apply the Principle.
Let us apply this principle to the
work OF our great Creator. Let us
see how far 1t has already progressed.
In what state OF development Is the
Divine Plan today? What will be re-
quircd TO complete II and to manifest
Divine Wisdom. Justice. Love and
Power? Only by careful examina-
tion of the Great Architects revealed
plan can we Judge at all OF the degree
TO which His purposes have already
attained perfection.
The wreck and blight OF human in
terests resulting from Father Adams
disobedlence progressed for twenty
five hundred years before the first step
was taken In the Divine Program on
mans behalf That first step was
merely the making OF rough outline
drawing with various crude illustra-
tions which merely hinted at one or
another of the Creators glorious pur-
poses This rough outlining was done
during the sixteen hundred years we
call the Jewish Age.
Israel AZ nation pictured all the
world OF mankind who will ultimately
come into fellowship with God. Their
one tribe OF Levi typified the House
hold Of Faith. 'the Church OF the
First born" Of this Gospel Age.
through whom all blessings will come
TO the remainder. The select Levites.
the priests. typihed the Royal Priest
hood OF the better Mediator. The
sacrifices by which that Covenant was
established. and that people brought
into harmony with God. typi1ed the
better sacrifices of Christ. which began
with our Lord and have continued in
His faithful followers who present
their bodies living sacrifices, wholly
and acceptable TO God through Him
Romans xii H.
Israel's Jubilee year typiiied the
great Times Of Jubllation soon to
come. "the blessing Of all the families
OF the earth''-thc "Times OF Restitu-
ton OF all things" to be inaugurated
Mt the second coming Of Christ and
the establishment OF His Kingdom.
Manifestly only those who could un.
derstand those roughly sketched draw
ings could comprehend to any degree
the great Divine Plan OF the Ages.
With this Gospel Age God began
great work which Is yet far from fin
ished and which as yet does not show
forth fully TO mankind In general His
Justice. Wisdom. Power or Love. The
work OF this Age. according to the
Scriptures. IL the selection OF both the
Church. which is "The Bride, the
lambs Wife" and the virgins. her
companions. who follow her" psalm
xiv. S-1SJ
The Bible declares that Jesus. the
Redeemer. having finished His sacri-
fee, passed into glory-beyond the veil
to the right hand OF Divine Majesty.
II declares also that when this Age
shall be completed all the faithful fol
lowers OF Jesus will pass TO Him be
yond the veil and share His glory and
His Kingdom and immortality on the
heavenly plane. But how few there
are who see this much OF the Divine
Plan: and If they cannot see this much
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