Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-09

glorious blessings OF the MeSSfanlc
Kingdom. In proportion as they main
tain loyalty to their Law andss~ conf
iencea in the promises of God they
will be prepared for the fulfilrHent OF
these great promises which are still
theirs--earthly promises Of restitution,
etc.-Acts iii, 1923; Isaiah xxxv.
While Gods promises TO the Jews
pertain to the earthly phase of the
Kingdom and it's blessings, His
promises to covenanted Christians are
spiritual, heavenly. Tnese respond to
Gods invitation, Gather together My
saints unto Me, those who have made
a covenant with Me by sacrifice.
That covenant TO sacrifice earthly
things will be rewarded with heaven
ly things. In proportion as they are
faithful to their covenant of sacrifice
they will be rich toward God in faith
and in works. The riches of grace and
spirit, the fun attainment of which
Will come in the First Resurrection,
are often associated now with poverty
and sorrows of an earthly kind. The
heavenly things are TO be attained
only by those who sacrifice earthly
things Hearken to the Masters
words: .FWhocver will live godly shall
suffcr persecution" BE thou faithful
unto death and I will give thee a
crown of life. III Timothy i'll, IL;
Revelation ii, 10.
All Reap as They Sow.
During Messiah's thousand-yeaf
reign OF righteousness the worh Wiii
be dealt with and brought to its Judg-
ment, it's testing, its crisis. Rut II
will be a righteous testing or crisis
giving To all mankind a fair test as te
lovaltv 10 God. The result OF
this opportunity. or trial for ever
lasting life or everlasting death
will be the outcome of the great
redemftion work accomplished al
calvary 1t is the win OF God that
all men should be saved (rccoveredl
and come 10 a knowledge of the truth
Il Timothy ii, ~ In that glorious
Epoch Satan will be bound and the fet-
ters of sin and death now upon our
race will be broken, and all will be
granted tie full opportunity Of re-
turning 10 the blessed conditions and
faVors enjoyed by father Adam IN his
perfection bnt refusing This FAVOR
they will be destroyed. and that with
out remedy. in the Second Death.
Rnt while that future time VIII he
the actual testing period of the world
for life or death everlasting, We are
not to forget that every good deed ana
every evil deed committed now viii
h4tse 4 bearing then. Every COCO
deed, every good thought, every COCO
word. Las It's uplifting and beneficial IN
fiuence upon character: and every eva
word thought and deed has its MUIR
Gus effect upon character. EVEN
kindness done t. one Of the LORD
sanity. elect members. viii he reward
cd. Every evil deed done 10 one o
the least CT these viii be punished.
Thus The world of mankind is now
laying up in store helps or hindrance'
rs respects thcfr own everlasting in
torests. The honorable the npright
even though they do not beeom'
Christians or saints will have proper
tionateiv n better standing In the flu
ture time Of trial. The dishonorabl'
will haze proportionate degradation il
the future. and viii come forth pro
portionately more depraycd, and vii
need proportionately more stripes II
order 10 rise UP out of sin. degrade
lion and death, by the assistance o
the Savior and the glorified Church
Corinthians Vi .