The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-24

results We see about two.thirds OF
them adyocat ting Higher Criticism-In-
fidelity and oue-third of them STRIVING
TO hold the people in ignorance respect
ing the teachings of the Bible CONCERN
ing mans tuture-seeklng. 10y infer
cuce at least. to uphold the atrocious
doctrines of devils foisted upon Gods
people by he great Adversary during
the dark ages" 1t is Il sad picture.
Has it no silver lining?
The Clouds Silver Lining.
There are still a sanity few III the
world who are not bVwinG their knee
to Baal, not worshipius The golden
calf of mammon. not wandering, not
seeking to prove that they are de-
scendauts OF monkeys, not seeking TO
figure God out OF creation and 10 say
that nature is God. In this time.
when others are going into outer dark
ness, these children Of God. feeding
upon His Word, are being blessed and
refreshed in spirit us never before. To
brightly as the days go by; the rough
places are becoming smooth ~and the
dark places clear TO them the glory
of the Divine character is being re-
yealed The secret of the Lord is with
them. He is showing them His Cove
nant and making them TO understand
many of the deep things of His Word,
which the natural eye has not seen,
nor the natural ear heard. neither have
these things entered into the heart OF
the natural man-thingS which he hatn
in reservation for them that love Hln.
These are now seeing that the King
dom for which He taught us to pray is
not a myth: these are seeing that IL
did not come at Pentecost. nor when
Papacy was established. nor with the
establishment Of any Of the sccts or
ChristendOm. Consequently they are
now praying from the heart. Thy
Kingdom come" and waiting for the
glorious Messiah, promised to begin
His great work of blessing natural Is
rael and through Israel all the families
of the earth (Acts XIV, 14-17: Acts Ill,
1929.
These see that the Kingdom of Gods
dear Son is to be one Of power and
great glory: that before it. in time
Of trouble, every other religion and in
fiuence will crumble to dust; that Satan
shall be bound. and for a thousand
years the most blessed influences favor.
able TO righteousness will be brought
to bear upon mankind.
Church and World Standards.
During the dark ages" the fact that
the Church is a specially called, cho'
sen, faithful class (and only "a little
fock''l, was seen and preached to some
extent But this lofty Church stand
ard was difficult of applica ton to the
world. and the worlds hope. under a
different standard was not seen. 1t
clarifies our minds greatly when we
recognize that the eject few are intend
ed by God to be the worlds instructors
and helpers by and by. when the world
will be granted an opportunity of res.
cue from sin and deatb--not to heaven.
~ conditions. but to earthly Restitu'
ton of all that was lost by Adams
transgression and Redeemed by the
Great Sacrifice OF Calvary John iii. 10;
Isaiah xXAv).
After learning that the hell to which
the world goes in death is the grave,
aud that il is an unconscious coudi-
ton, a sleep" the next lesson is the
resurrection Of the dead-"Many that
sleep in the dust of the earth shall
awake, some to shame and
lasting contempt" Daniel xii. %. Man
kind fall asleep with experiences only
with unrighteousncss and very indis-
tinct glimpses of holiness and saint
ship. When awakened they will rec.
oguiZe the glory. honor and immortal.
ity of the sanity Bride of Christ and
be recipients of her loving care and
blessing, in proportion as they respond
TO the blessed privileges of that time.
AS the Restitution work will progress,
and they obedieDtly rise from their
degradation. their shame and contempt
will gradually disappear. and eventual
ly perfection of human nature may be
attained in an earth also attaining per-
lection, as the Garden of the Lord
Error Losing Its Power.
Intelligent people no longer believe
the God-disbonoring doctrine of eter-
nal torture. nor even the doctrine of
purgatorial suffering. Having lost
these. they are doubling every rei-
gious teaching. What they need to see
is the Bibles presentations, They
should see the high calling" now ex-
tended to the faithful. sanity few and
should sit down and count the cost
before undertaking so great contract
as to become members of that Royal
Priesthood.
If they do not accept this. the only
call now extended. they should have
in mind that there is a general Law Of
RetributioD operating expressed in the
terms, whatsoever man soweth.
that shall he also reap" They should
understand clearly that every thought
and word and act of theirs viii have
to do with their future conduct and
affect them more or less favorably in
the resurrection. when Messiab's King
dom will provide TO every man full,
gracious opportunity Of Restitution TO
human perfection in world wide
Eden.