Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04


condemn His creatures TO torture
at 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 foreknowledge. And he knew
not how to harmonic such Divine
foreknowledge with Divine Love.
Why should such creatures as Divine
grace could not save from eternal tor
ture be created at 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
ize. Now we see that this Gospel Age
is the time in which God is calling and
drawing. and sealing with His Spirit
and with the Truth His Every 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 a part of the Divine
Program, belongs to the coming Age
Then all the blind eyes shall be 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" Rev. xxi, 10.
The Gospel Age Harvest.
Pastor Russell declares that the
signs of the times, in conjunction with
the prophecies of the Scriptures, clear
~ indicate to him that we are living in
the harvest time" of this Age, which
Is drawing to a 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
creeds. 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 a huge
bonfire. The Bible, on the contrary,
shows that the most blessed days of
the worlds experiences are about to be
ushered 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 win be established.
Satan. the present spirit Prince,
will be dethroned and deceive the ma
tons 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
pess-Restitution, uplifting from sin,
degradation and death. As the reign
of Sin and Death terminates, the
reign of Righteousness unto life ever
lasting will begin. The wonderful in
ventions and blessings of our day are
but the forerunners 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. 1t viii be dOomSdGy' only for
all the systems of iniquity and I'M
righteousness.
mot Ashamed of the Gospel"
Have we not all felt more or less
ashamed of the unsatisfactory pres
entations of our various creeds? said
Pastor Russell Is it not time that,
from self-respect, as well 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 tidings of great joy which shall
be unto all peopIe?" luke ii. 10l. No
Gospel message reached anybody be-
fore Jesus drought life and immor-
tally to light through His Gospel
This great salvation began to be
spoken by our Lord" as the Apostle
declares (Hebrews ii, 81. None heard
it during the first four thousand years,
and not more than one-fourth of
humanity have heard it during the
last two thousand years. And the
message which has been proclaimed
for centuries past is certainly Vt
good tidings" as a whole, though
contains precious truths.
What | have expressed this evening
is good tidings of great joy" to the
sanity few Of the elect class noto. And
the lesser blessing of restitution will
shortly be good tidings" to all people.
1t will fulfil the Divine promise to our
first parents that 1.-The Seed Of the
woman" shall crush out evil. shall
bruise the Serpent's head" 1t will
also fulfil the promise to Abraham.
bound by Gods oath-''In thee and In
thy Seed shall all the families of the
earth be blessed 1t accounts for
every text appertaining to Election, as
well as to every text teaching Free
Grace. 1t shows the Justice of God in
permitting the death penalty. 1t
shows the Love of God in providing
the redemption for all, by Ransom
for ALL" II shows the Wisdom of God
in the ordering of all the various steps
of the Divine Program. 1t viii show
the Power of God in bringing back
the dead life and in uplifting all
the willing and obedient of earth TO
human perfection and an earthly
Paradise And surely the exceeding
riches of Gods grace. of His Wisdom.
Love and Power are all demonstrated
in His wonderful favor toward the
Saintlv few now being developed as
he Bride. the Lambs Wife, Ephe-
;ianS II. n
Let us. beloved brethren, lay aside
every weight and hindrance. Let US
come quickly into the narrow way"
and walk in the footsteps Of the Re-
deemer and mako our calling and
election sure" to a place with Him
in His Throne, and in His great work
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