Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-04-08

belled. Let others preach foreordlna.
| ton TO torment for n0n-elcct infants,
rs well as the gray-haired. I'm fiery
hell. He could not do so. He must
preach God of Love who would not
condemn Ills creatures 10 torture
ut least not without some opportunity.
But handicapped by the error respect
ing he'll poor Brother Wesley was in a
sad dilemma. He knew not how any
could get TO the awful place without
Divine foreknowlcdge. And he knew
not how TO harmonize such Divine
forcknowlcdge with Divine Love.
Why should such creatures MS Divine
grace could not save from eternal tor
ture be created nj all?
Noble Christian Brother, he preached
to the best OF his light. Now with the
clearer light upon Gods Word. we can
see that Brother Wesley and Brother
Calvin both contended for Bible truths
which they knew not how to harmon
lie. Now we gee that this Gospel Age
Is the time In which God Is calling and
and with the Truth His very elect"
the Bride of Christ, the members of
the BODY of Christ. the Royal Priest
hood Now we can see also that the
Free Grace. which Brother Wesley
realized must be part of the Divine
Program. belongs to the coming Age.
Then all the blind eyes shall he opened.
Then all the deaf ears shall be I'M
stopped. Then the knowledge of the
Lord shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep. Then
whatsoever will may come and take of
the water of life freely" dsev. xxi, 10.
The Gospel Age Harvest.
Pastor Russell declares that the
the prophecies of the Scriptures. clear.
ly indicate TO him that we are living in
the harvest time" of this Age. which
IL drawing to close--in the dawning
time of the New Dispensation, which
will soon be ushered in. He wished
his hearers to clearly distinguish be-
tween this teaching and the common
teaching represented In all OF our
crecds. Our hymn books. like our
creeds. tell of the End of this Age as
the end of hope-"the wreck OF matter
and the crash of worlds" in n huge
bonfire The Bible, on the contrary.
shows that the most blessed days of
the worlds experiences are about to be
ushercd In. The election of the Church
completed. the saints. glorified with
the Redeemer on the spirit plane, in
visible to men, will take control of
earth's affairs. Gods Kingdom under
the whole heavens will be established.
Satan. the present spirit Prince.
will be dethroned and deceive the ma
tlons no more for thousand years.
The reign Of Messiah in the glory OF
Divine power will constitute the sun
of Righteousness, Light and Truth
and blessing TO refresh the poor.
death-stricken world Healing will be
in the beams of this Sun of Righteous
ness-Restltution, uplifting from sin.
degradation and death. As the reign
of Sin and Death terminates. the
reign of Righteousness unto life ever
lasting viii begin. The wonderful in
ventlons and blessings of our day are
but the forerAnners of still greater
blessings. Verify 1.-THE night Is far
spent and the day is at hand"-the
great Day OF which Jesus and the
Apostles and the Prophets continually
spoke. II will be doomsdav only for
all the systems of iniquity and I'M
righteousness.
"Not Ashamed of the Gospel
Have we not all felt more or less
ashamed of the unsatisfactory pres
cntations Of our various creeds? said
Pastor Russell IL II not time that.
from self-respect. ms we'll as from
respect for the Almighty. we repudi-
ate them? Have ! not presented to
you this evening the Bible message
which the angels proclaimed at the
birth of Jesus-"Behold. we bring You
good tidipgs of great joy which shall
be unto all people" duke Ii. 10l. No
Gospel message reached anybody be-
fore Jesus drought life and immor-
tality TO light through His Gospel"
This great salvation began to be
spoken by our Lord" as the Apostle
declares dIIcbrews II. -. None heard
II during the first four thousand years.
and not more than fourth OF
humanity have heard 1t during the
last two thousand years. And the
message which has been proclaimed
for centuries past is certainly not
good tidings" rs a whole. though 1t
contains precious truths
What have expressed this evening
is good tidings of great joy" to the
sanity few of the elect class nor. And
the lesser blessing 81 restitution will
shortly be good tidIngs" to NIL people.
II will fulfil the Divine promise 10 our
first parents that the Seed of the
woman shall crush out evil, "shall
brulsc the Scrpent's head" II will
also fulfil the promise 10 Abraham,
bound by Gods oath--"In thee and In
thy Seed shall all the families of the
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