Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-15
TaFious systems would bs to confess
folly and to be led Of unFeason-
"coms Out of Her, Ny People"


folly and to be led Of unreason-
Come Out of Her. Ny People"
In such a matter we need the wisdom
which comes from above aud the faith
and courage to follow IL. The Lords
prayer must be our guide respecting
His will concerning us-us who have
by faith and consecration and begetting
of the Holy Spirit been adopted into
the One True Church "iohOse names are
toritteR IN heaven" He prayed for us
and not for the nominal mass. who are
really parts Of the world and thorough.
ly deceiving themselves In supposing
that they have either part or lot or In
heritance with the Church. Thank
God that we now see that this does not
mean that all except the sanity will
be eternally tormented. but merely that
none except the sanity. copies OF
Gods dear Son" can be members Of
the glorious little flock" which God
predestlnated He would gather from ev-
cry nation, people, kindred and tongue.
OF this faithful Church the Lord de-
clares. MY sheep know Ny Voice and
they follow Me-" We hear His Voice
assuring us that It is His will that we
who belong to His chaste, espoused
virgin class should all be One-should
no longer be separated into sects and
parties by creedal fences. The Lord
declares that He gave Babylon time
for repentance and she repented not.
He declares that His sentence against
the RabylOnian system has already
gone forth-that. from the Divine
standpoint. already Babylon is fallen!
is fallen from Divine favor What
would he the wish Of our Beloved. 10
whom we are betrothed? What Is His
message to US? 1t is written. Come
out Of her. my people, that We be not
partakers Of her sins and that ye re-
ceive not Of her plagues"-her trOu-
bles Revelation xviii. ~.
Since the nominal systems are not
in that cOnsecrated condition Of heart.
hungerlng and thirsting for the Truth
and for righteousness and dead to self
will. therefore it is hopeless to think
of their surrender of their interests.
theories. etc. The very most they
could think of doing would be to fed
erate-tO agree not to war with each
other. Far better would 1t be to have
some theological battles and air their
inconsistencies before the wiser public
Of today. But whatever Babylon may
do. mother and daughters. the course
of the sanity few. the real Church.
which is shortly to come from the
wilderness" leaning upon the arm Of
her Beloved Bridegroom. is clearly set
forth. The sanity should unite IN
heart on the principles and doctrines
of Gods Word. and should stand free
in the liberty wherewith Christ has
made them free from all human
bondage and sectarlanlsm.
Why should The Lord permit the for
nation Of these great wards and divi-
slons In mystic Babylon? He has per-
mitted only such things as He is able
TO make work our blessings for His
very elect, His "llttle flock" who soon
shall be Iolnt-heirs with Christ In His
Kingdom. RabylonS strong sectarian
walls. styled Orthodoxy" and the
great braZen gates of wordlIness will
afford the sanity few the very test
they need to demonstrate themselves
"overcomerS'' more than conQuerors."
for such overcOmerS only will consti-
tute the members Of the Bride class
All the promises are made to the
"overcomers" and there must needs be
permitted subtle evils for their testing
Union of the One True Church.
In word, our Lords prayer will he
realized by the "Overcomers." They
will be DAe with Himself and with the
Father; there will be "one Lord one
Faith. one Baptism. one God. the
Father" But us for the nominal sys
TENS their future will be destruction
ns systems. though many of Gods dear
people in them. falling TO overcome,
will be saved 40 as by fire" In a great
time Of trouble with which this Age
will terminate and the New Age will
be ushered in Il Corinthians lii, 15I.
You have my plea, Christian breth-
ren, for the fulillment Of the Masters
prayer In the union Of "thF ChHrrh
lohich is the Body 0f christ" "the
Church OF the First Born, whose names
are written in heaven" This union
will not necrsSitate any reorganization
as new sect Or new Church. 1t is
the true Church. the only one which
God has ever recognized. Babylon
without It, would not be in any sense
Of the word rerognl2ed of God and
as soon az the "overcomerS" shall have
escaped from Babylon, Babylon will
come in remembrance before God that
He may give tn her the cup Of the
wine OF His wrath and suddenly, nI