Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-12-21

made to bring forth in one day? Shall
a nation be born at e?"-Isaiah
XVI, s.
Then l thought of how your island
has been styled the Paradise of the
Pacific The reality surpasses my
expectations Yet as l think of the
glorious conditions which the Bible
tells us shall prevail throughout the
whole earth under Messiah's Kingdom.
l perceive that even the paradise of
the Pacific" falls far short of the ''Par-
adise of Cod
God has declared that the earth is
His footstool, and that in due time un-
der Messiah's Empire. He will make
the place of His feet glorious.
The Last Enemy Death.
It is because God has already dealt
bountifully with your island and given
you in advance many of those bless
ings promised to the whole earth that
your island is styled a Paradise. New
ertheless, you all need to pray with
the remainder of mankind for the COM
ing of the Kingdom of Messiah and its
blessings-''Thy Kingdom come, Thy
will be done on earth as it is done in
heaven
Your cemeteries were early in evi.
dence telling us that here, too, in this
Paradise. men die Your hospital and
physicians signs tell us that here, too.
men are sick. But in the Paradise
which God has promised to establish
under Messiah's Kingdom. the inkab-
itants will not say. Il am sick" Ulti-
mately there will be no more signing.
no more dying. and no more crying
because all the former things of sin
and death will have passed away and
He that shall sit upon the throne will
make all things new. (Rev. xxi. 4. 81
The Holy Nation Born.
Pastor Russell expounded his text,
showing by the context that it refers
to the resurrection Of the Church. He
declared that the begetting Of the
Holy Spirit in the present life consti-
tutes Gods people embryo new crea-
lures in Christ; that this begetting
and embryo development, according to
the Scriptures. concludes in death.
and that the resurrection moment, the
attainment of glory, honor and immor-
tally as spirit beings beyond the veil
will be the birth of this new creation
of God-the elect Church-"the Bride.
the Lambs WIFE"
Pastor Russell pointed to the declara-
ton of the Apostle that Jesus in His
resurrection became the ''First-born
from the dead" e'the First-born among
many brethren who attain similar
resurrection. and who are, therefore.
said to share in His resurrection.
Our text points us down to the
thousand-year day of Messiah's King
dom-the day so long foretold-the day
of earth's blessing. in which the 'Sun
Of Righteousness" will scatter the
darkness of sin and bring blessings to
all mankind. 1t is the Psalmist who
tells us that the Church will be bless
ed of the Lord in that glorious day.
but in advance Of the world. Thus
we read. "God will help her right ear
~ in the morning" psalm XVI, 81
That privileged time in which the
Church will be helped. in which she
will be passed from earthly conditions
to heavenly conditions, is in our text
spoken of as her birthday. st. Peter
tells us that the Church is the Holy
Nation to which God frequently refers
in the prophecies q Peter II, 81 The
Head of the Church was born from the
dead more than eighteen centuries ago;
the Body is to come forth now. the
Holy Nation complete, perfect and full
~ equipped by the lessons and expert
ences passed through in the present
life.
To this Holy Nation will be given
the control Of the world under the su-
pervision of her Lord and Redeemer:
''To him that overcometh viii I grant
to sit with Me in My throne'-"1 will
give him power over the nations
shall rule them with rod Of iron. .
Through this nation blessing is to pro.
coed to all the families Of the earth.
Z y
Look Now at Our Text.
y Verse seven pictures the Church as
10 mother, and pictures Messiah as q
manrthe Head Of the Church which
Is His Body. This is the great Deliv-
erer referred to by St Paul in Romans
Il, 90. He 1t Is that. coming out Of
Zion. shall be the Deliverer OF Israel
who shall i.'turn away ungodliness from
Jacob Verse 9 connects the resurrec'
ton birth Of the Head with the resur
ERECTION birth of the Body. Would God
bring forth the Head. Jesus. and then
fail to bring forth the Church. His
Body? Nay, verify! His faithful shall
share in .His resurrection" as prom
ised. Philippians i'll. 10.