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hibited. and even the marriage of sec
ond cousins is disupproved and held
responsible for increasing weuk-mind-
ednesJ.
We see, then. that orr text, descrlb-
Ing Messlah's Kingdom, merely ex-
plains that Restitution blessings will
recover mankind from the effects Of
the fall. so that 1t shall then be as 1t
was In Adams day-that full human
riGhtness. maturity. will be reached In
a century and that a man dying then
would be dying In childhood as COM
pared with the remainder of the race.
The further guarantee Is that none
will die even at hundred years Of
age. except wllful sinners who. refus-
ing to submit themselves tc the regu-
lations of Messiah's Kingdom. will
then be cut of from life as unworthy
Of any further favor at the hands Of
the great Redeemer-M Messiah--all Of
whose dealings will represent Divine
Justice, Wisdom. Love end Power.
ys Mans Years as a Trees. 1850,
me OCTIDIuTeS len uS IUHt uUueT
Messlah's Kingdom the days OF man
shall be as the days OF tree. And
1t is believed that some trees live to
be at least thousand years old. 1hls
Is Gods provision for every man-ev-
cry member of the human family
after He shall have accomplished the
work Of this Gospel Age. the selection
of the Spiritual Seed of Abraham, typi-
fed by the priests and Levites. "The
Church of the Flrst-born. whose names
are written In heaven"
Messiah's Kingdom Is 60 dominate
the earth for thousand years, with a
view to blessing Adam and all Of his
them from sin and degradation and
death. The uplifting influences will
begin ut once. following the great time
of trouble with which the Kingdom
will be inaugurated. The judgments
of the Lord will be abroad in the
earth and the inhabitants of the world
will learn righteousness. None shall
longer need sey to his neighbor or his
brother. "KnOw thou the Lord; for all
shall know Him, from the least unto
the greatest of them" for "the knowl-
edge of the Lord shall ill the whole
earth" DER. XXI. "a; Isaiah xi. o..
Whoever. then. by obedience to the
laws of the Kingdom will avail himself
of the blessed privileges of Restitu-
tion (Acts Ill. 19-2D. will not only be
helped upward out Of mental, moral and
physical lmperfcctiOn. step by step to-
ward perfection. but, 80 long as he
progresses, he may live-clear down
to the end of that blessed thousand
years. If we had never seen trees: IL
our own experiences had been with veg
citation such as perishcs within year.
we might have difficulty in believing
some one who would tell us of having
seen trees centuries old. Such a state
ment would seem as unreasonable to
us as to tell us that humanity could
live for thousand years or forever.
Have we not indeed seen children
old and wrinkled looking, yet only in
their teens? And have we not seen
others cheerful, fresh and compare
lively young-looking at sixty and sew
entyf
All unrighteousness 10 Sin.
At the present time God "winks''
at much of the wrong-doing that
there Is In the world. He does not
Interfere with Il. But OF course ev-
cry transgression carries with 1t nat
urally more or less of n depravlng In
0uanoa nm TIM 3ra poUraoSor,s r,sn1 M
body. The conscience Is the most ten
der and the most important element of
our human nature Whoever violates
II. whoever Injuries 1t, much or little,
will pr0pOrtionately be disadvantaged
In the future and will have all the
more difficulty In rising up gradually
out OF his degradation and weaknesses.
even with Mi the helps that Will then
be available. Thus will be fulfilled the
Scripturnl declaration. Whatsoever d
man soweth. that also shall he reap."
With nll mankind redeemed there
will he nothing whatever OF the past
chnrgeable agninHt any on the books
OF Divine Justice. The great High
Priest" by his better sacrifices. will
have made full satisfaction to the de-
mands OF Justice. but the weaknesses,
mental, moral and physical. resulting
from more or less wilful and dellber-
ate sin, must stlll be reckoned on. and
thus every idle word and every idle
thought. every idle and vicious action
OF the present time. by making its
mark upon tlle characters of men. Is
prOvidmg for corresponding difficult
ties on their part In that glorious day
of their opportunity.
The suggestion OF our text Is that
the great Messiah win not temporize,
for the entire period OF Ills reign,
with those who do not show proper
appreciation OF opportunities when
fully brought In contact with them
and clearly understanding the terms
OF Divine grace. But one hundred
years IL quite considerable period OF
probation aud surely every reasonable
mind viii concede that so long de.
lay In meeting out the full penalty
OF sin, Second Death, mnnifests the
extreme limit of reasonable mercy