Evening journal., 1911-03-25
A HOLY NATION PICTURED
March 26
"Happy the people that fare thusl
Happy the people whose God, Is
Jehovah Psalm 144s15.

the Law, represented IN the len COM
mandments. as the basis Of the Gov
enant which Moses mediated. Israel
agreed to be faithful 10 God, and to
/ keep those commandments perfectly.
And God agreed that in that event he
would bless them they should be his
people, and by doing the things con-
tanned in the Law should live ever
lastingly, not die Not only so. but
he promised to bless them IN all the
temporal affairs OF life: in their
homes, in their families. I'm their
flocks and herds and fields they
should be prospered.
Israel failed TO get these blessings,
for the same reason that any other
people would have failed; namely. be-
cause Gods Law is perfect. the meas
ure OF a perfect mans ability: Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, mind. being and strength;
and thou shalt love thy neighbor as
/ thyself." Hence, tho Israelites con-
! tinued to die, as their fathers had
done, aud as all mankind die--not be-
ing able to keep the Divine Law per-
fectly. For the same reason Israel
experienced wars, famines, pestilences
and drouths, I'm proportion as they
were negligent OF the terms OF their
! Covenaut.-Lev 26:14-33.
Happy Is That People.
In our lesson the Prophet David
pictures the holy, happy, blessed ma
tion of the Lord II is a picture Of
the future and not OF the past II is
an ideal picture II will be realized
when Messiah's Kingdom shall have
been established amongst men-when
Satan's power shall be restrained.
when he shall be bound, when the
blessings OF Restitution shall have
uplifted mankind from sin and degrad-
alton and shall have brought them
back to the image and likeness of God
lost in Eden, but reacquired for our
race through the sacrifice on Cal
vary.
But that happy nation will acquire
additionally. happy home and world
wide Paradise. Even human perfec-
ton would not bring happiness II
cyclones, tornadoes, billiards, tidal
waves earthquakes, famines and pes
tilences continued. Thank God, the
Bibles assurances are that the bless
ing of the Lord shall be, not only upon
mankind. but upon all their earthly
home. The earth shall yied her in
crease The wilderness and the soil
tary place shall be glad and blossom
as the rose. The Lord will make his
footstool glorious-Acts 1881. Isa
11:9; 65:25; Ezek, 81 lisa. 35:1 ;6O:13
Particulars Given by the Prophet.
Incidental to the blessed condition
Of the holy nation Of the future. thl
Prophet mentions a deliverance from
strange children; rid me and de
liver me from the hands Of strang'
children, whose mouth speaketh van,
ity, and whose right hand is the righl
hand of falsehood. .''-Psa. 144:11.
I In the Church Of the present Age
there are some whom the Apostle
a styles "bastards," or strange children
] All may make the same profession and
/ confession, but "the Lord knoweth
2 them that are his" and in his due time
. shall separate the false or strange
= children from the true and will gior-
ify the sanity ones as members Of the
t great Messiah, The Christ Then will
( come the time for dealing with hui
= manity in general-the time describ-
ed in our text when humanity IN
general, under the Messianic King
dom. will be privileged to become the
holy and happy people OF God-when
Satan and sin will be banished and
righteousness and Truth will flourish
and the knowledge Of the glory OF the
Lord will I'LL the whole earth.
The great Messiah undertakes TO be
d the worlds Life-Giver, Father. Re
5 generator All mankind will be awak.
= ened from the tomb and have the op.
v portunity for regeneration and full at.
: tainment Of human perfection ant
God-likeness However, for quite {
time there will be strange children
S amongst men-those who will expe
5, rience the blessings Of that glorious
,. time without giving proper heart re
Il sponses. Not until the world shall
have been rid of these by their dyinl
s the Second Death. will the fullness o
Il happiness prevail amongst the chill
s dren of men.
s shines of Refreshing Shall Come, ant
He Shall Send Jesus Christ"
% Then your sons will be like plants
q grown up in their youth; your daugh
q ters like corner-pillars sculptured II
the model Of a palace" The grace
and beauty Of the children of Mes
HAaMf HhA VI uuHAhn AAtntlluAAOl
b, blessings (Acts 3:19-21), will be mar
velous They will attain to more thar
. Adamic perfection, for they will have
an increase Of knowledge.
Then the gamers will be full. fur,
. nishing all manner Of provisions. Their
:, your sheep VIII bring forth thousands
= and tens of thousands IN your oper
pastures. The earth shall yield hel
increase under the blessings Of Mes,
siah's Kingdom
Then there will be no migration
7 no further seeking for better or more
I, happlfying conditions. Then ther,
Z Will be no complaining IN our streets
: Discomfort is now rapidly increasing
with every added blessing Of our won
! derful day. The difficulty lies IN tn,
q fact that sin and selhshness are reign
: ing in the hearts and minds Of men
|. Under the wonderfully changed con
! ditions Of Messiah's Kingdom, peace
happiness. contentment will take tn
place Of selfshness and discomfort.
No wonder the Prophet declare
: that happy Will be the people VIII
b fare thus-happy are the people who's
God is Jehovah. We need to correc
: our ideas, our theologies. God doe
/. not acknowledge himself the God O
' the wicked and he declines TO trea
: evil-doers except as rebels, aliens. for
eignere atranQara. az raaDact. ~