Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-07-29

60 - -. .s.,ssSi Joshua xiv, 15).
lIASlsR RQsStllJ The Pastor said
Do not un r.
stand me 10 teach that the worlds OPP
porlunity for life everlasting or death
everlasting Is now. God hath ap-
pointed Day In which He will judge
the world grant the world judg.
mcnt or trial or test. That great Day
l. futwe. IL Is the Day of Christ, a
thousand years long. II will be glo-
rious opportunity. Present right doing
and right thinking. or wrong doing and
wrong thinking will have much TO do
with the condition Of every man and
woman at that time. He or she will
enter upon that Day Of blessing and
opportunity either from higher or Il
lower standpoint proportionately as he
or she has acted wisely and conscien-
iiously IN the present time.
But nothing that the world can d.
can interfere with Gods great PROPOSE.
ton. that full opportunity for life
or death eternal shall then come TO ev.
cry mcmher of the race because Christ
died for The ungodly. The only class
20 whom present life means life or
death etcrnal Is the Church. And by
the Church | mean. not church at.
PENDANTS nor outward professors. but
those who have entered into cove.
nant with God through Christ and
who have been made partakers of the
Holy Spirit. tasting of the good Word
Of God and he powers of the Age to
come. If these should fall away, the
Apostle forcwarns MS. II would be i'm
possible to renew them again unto re
pentance And there will be no hope
for them with the world. in the worlds
trial Day. because they already have
enjoyed their share of the merit of
Christ's death
When. therefore. | speak of God and
the home. | ann not having in mind a
family composed exclusively of saints.
who daily and hourly are following
their great Redecmcrs footsteps in
seif-denial. In sacrifice, in the narrow
way" which leads 10 glory, honor
and immortality" and association with
the Redecmer in His glorious King.
dom which is TO bless the world for n
thousand years.
My thought is that the Bible teaches
Tint there are many people of the
world. who are reverential, kind. gen.
tie aud just TO n very considera BILE
degree. who are not saints; who have
not presented their bodies living sac.
gotten of His Holy Spirit. who are
not therefore. members of that exclu.
Sivc little flock" To whom II Is the
Fathers good pleasure To give the
Kingdom IN joint-heirship with their
Lord and Redeemer and Head. To
this latter class our Master evidently
when He said 10 His footstep
followers. Let your light so shine
before men that they may see your
good works and glorlfy your Father
which IS In heaven" Matthew V. 1Gl.
To live righteously. soberly and god
~ In this present world 10 the extent
Of ones ability Is what everyone
should do4no less To live life OF
sacrifice to lay down our lives for the
brethren. for the truth. IN the service
OF the Lord. Is another matter. which
Justice does not require and which the
Bible nowhere enIoins upon mankind.
II Is pointed out ms a pririicgo 20 those
who desire IL. and glory. honor and I'm
~. .ren ba a.,
ward attached 10 this Invitation or
High Calling II Is the selection Of
this special class Of consecratcd ones
that Is the particular order ~ the Iii
vine program AT the present time.
Saint and Sinner Interested.
Having clearly defined what we do
MT mean 10 teach. let me now assert
that. nevertheless. every sensible man
and woman. sanity or not. must feel
n deep interest IN the welfare aud
moral progress Of the human family.
of which he forms part. All. there
fore. should rejoice In every move
ment and endeavor working 10 even
enlightenment. blessing and
uplift amongst msnkind The many
benevolent institutions Of the civilized
world attest this general thought. Ny
only conflict with these humanitarian
efforts Is that they do not approach
the subject OF human betterment from
what consider 10 be the right stand
point. With nearly all OF these efforts.
more or less distinctly stated. are
those God-dishonoring and love-oppos-
Ing lntimations of IN alternative ~
torment. either purgaiorial or eternal
This Is the great blight which has
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