The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-18

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land then We niay hui rety itnper.
fectiy appreciate the whole. 10 1t not
thus Ia respect 10 atlie great aIflters
present work and Ultimate desiBhss
THE noet iiss well ;said: $:
I std "a not lie Lord III; feeble srtse,
Bnt'trust Him for5 lis grace, I.
Behind "a fro&ring pro- iishta
He hideS u smill fs ;fafe. 81
..1iia purposes vii, flpsRs fas,, y
Unfolding every hoiIry 4 4 -
:. The bud may have a bitter taste. Z.
~. But kweet Will be the t:ower.rs
+ II We staSl brslle asgfeat seuptof
with his freshly chosen block OF mar
bic. I'VE, may at frst feel shocked to
note the apparent, roigliness and care
.lessnesslwitti which he, smltes on large
pieces Of the stone, as though bent on
its destruction. ! Bit let patience have
her perfect work, md gradually we,
Will see that the sculptor has not been
careless orsindliferent in respect to a
single blow. i.
All the while that he seemed so
RECKLESS he was working according to
the ideal before his own mind. With
his mind's eye he saw bis ideal III the
stone! mid blow after. blow, chip after.
chip merely revealed to our eyes What
lie had burposed in Himself from. the
beginning 10 his work. Not until his
work was finished could We, compre-
bend fully the ideal Is not this irln,
ciple. still more true of our. Creator?
lie tells US that lie Is working all
things according 1.-THE counsel OF His
own WILL" which lie pllrposed in Him
self ..before the world was.p iEphe.
slhnsi I. IL; iiis10. liz ~.
The great Master Workman or the
Universe will eventually show both 40
angels and men nll tive yarljusy nttri.
bulcs OF Ills perfcction-His Wisdom,
Justice, Power and Love Meantime.
None OF the wicked shall under.
stand" but Id the End ottthis Age the
wise will interestingly understand Ills
purposes, hidden from pll except. Ills
.saiptS63of whom 1t Isl written. The
secret OF the Lord Is Will them that
reverence Him." "He will show you
things 10 COME Psalm XIV. IA; John
XVI. IL. i,
Now Apply tho yPrineiple.S,.se-i
Let us apply this principle 10 the
work OF our. great Creator Let us
see how. far,it has already progressed,
In what state OF Development is the
Divine Plan today? What will bel.re.
qulrei to complete st and to manifest
Divine Wisdom. Justice. Love and
Power? Only by a careful ezamiha.
tion Of the; Great Architects revealed
plan can We Judge Mt all OF the degree
to Which HIS purposes lave already
attained perfection.
The wreck and blight of human III.
tcrests RESULTING from fFnthersAdams
disobediencc progressed iforis twenty.
five hundred years before the first step
was taken in the Divine Program, on
mans 0ballalf,ij That first step was
merely the making OF "a rough outline
drawing with various crude lllustra.
tons which merely limited at one or
dnotherSofathe Creators glorious nur-
poses. ILLS rough outlining was done
during tho sixteen huRdred years we
call the Jewish Age vi "a n !
Isrdel as a milton pictured oil tho
world of;mankinti %hoIwill ultimately
come into fellowship with God. Their
One tribe OF Levi typihed tile House!
hold OF, Faith. ''the Church. OF the
First.born" of this y ospel Age.
through whom all blessings will come
to the remainder. The select LeyItcs.
the priests, tSpIfed,the. Royal Priest.
hood ofyithe better Mediator The
sacrifices by which that Covenant was
established. and that people brought
Into harmony with God, typitled the
better sacrifices OF Christ, which begun
with orr Lord and have continued in
Ills faithful followers who present
their bodies living sacrifices, wholly
md acceptable to God through Him.
(Romans xli, ~ 4
Israel's Jubilee year typlaed the
great Times Of Jubllation soon to
come. ''the blessing Of al the families
Of the eartli'-the "Tlmes Of Restitu-
ton of ull things" to be lnanGurnted
at the SECOND coming Of Christ and
the. establishment OF His Kingdom.
Manifestly only, those who could nm
derstand those roughly sketched draw.
lugs could comprehend to any degree
The grsnt Divine Plan OF the Ages.
With this Gospel Age God began n
great work which is yet far from fln.
isllrd and which as yet does not show
forth fully TO mankind In general His
Justice, Wisdom. Power or Love. The
work Of tjthis Age. according to The
Scriptures. is the selection. OF both the
Church, which Is 1.-THE Bride, tho
Lambs, WIFE," and. the virgins, her
companions, who, follow her" psalm
xiv. S-1sl bg;fly,, ..h st,.4
The Bible declares. that Jesus, the
Redeemer, having finished His sacrt-
fee, passed into glory-beyond the veil
10 the right hand OF Divine Majesty.
It declares also that when this. Age
shall be completed all the faithful fol-
lowers Of Jesus will pass to Him be:
yond, the yell and share His. glory and