The Ordway new era., 1912-05-31

Ing. Has Pastor Russell any special
message for us? The arrangement IL
that the Pastor shall spend a full week
In this District and be at Madras next
Sunday. In his address the Pastor sa Id: :
have chosen as my text on this oc.
cnsion the Message Of the angels at
the birth Of our Redcemer-"Fear not!
Behold. we bring you good tidIngs Of
great joy. which shall be unto all peO-
pie" Nuke II. 1O) feel that am
not entirely stranger to many Of
you. nor you to me- For consider
able time have seen regular reports
sent In from this District to the Inter
national Bible Students ASSN. of which
! have the honor Of being President.
These reports In turn are published
TO the Bible Students NIL over the
world. We want you to know OF the
Christian love Of these children Of God
Of various nationnlities who are repre-
sented by the Committee before you.
The Father Of Msreiss.
Two days ago. on the Island Of Cey-
Ion. my attention was drawn to the
tomb Of the good Bishop Heber. I'm.
mediately to my mind came his words
What though tho spicy breczes
Blow soft DER Ceyion's Isle.
And every prospect pleases.
And ~--.- ",nn Is vile!
From child hood l had sung those
words, and ally found myself on
Ceylon's Isle. i:ut l am not SO sure
but that the tear Bishop exaggerated
little the vilencss Of the human
types Of this vicinity. Poverty, in
deed. l see on every hand. and, II
vilaness be measured by our great
Creator by lack of wealth, then GER
tainly you are vile In comparison to
some more wealthy. But can we real
ly believe that this is the Divine
standard? Shall we not rather be.
lieve the words Of Jehovah, MAN
looketh upon the outward appearance.
but God looketh upon the heart?
l am not here to flatter you-to say
that poverty Is n proof Of purity Of
heart. On the contrary. it is my duty
as minister Of Christ to declare that
there Is none righteous, no. not one.
But I may say to you that, admitting
that all men have sinned-some In
ty and some to anothcr-it Is ours to
point out the need Of IN Atonement
for sin and the fact that "the blood"
sacrifice. "of Jesus Christ our Lord.
cleanseth us from all sin'-"Neithcr is
there salvation in any other
Now Look at Our Text.
Note its terms Of blessing intended
<f f,tt THyn
thousand years before the angels ut
tered those words God gave the same
Message of hope and joy to Father
Abraham. Let those Of this audience
who are Mohammedans, us well as
others. call to mind the promise to
which I refer. 1t was the promise
with the oath. God, foreknowing
that the fulfilment of the promise
would be long delayed, made oath to
it, SO that all who trust in Him might
have the consolation of that PROMISE
And what is the promise? God said
to Abraham. "In thy Seed shall all the
families of the earth be blessed"
The Divine Purpose looked down to
Messiah and saw in Him the real Seed
of Abraham through whom eventually
Divine Power will be exercised and Di-
vine Grace be shed abroad amongst
men. However, according to the Scrip
lures, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is
composite composed Of numerous
members. Each one of these members
must be tested and proven in respect
10 his loyalty to God and to the princi-
ples Of righteousness before he can at
tain to his glorious reward of the di-
vine nature.
But mark you well-the selection of
this special class does not involve the
"non-elect" in eternal torment nor in
any eternal disaster. On the contrary.
the gathering Of the "elect" should be
regarded us an assurance on Gods part
of the fulfilment of His larger prom
ise. that through these sanity ones,
great blessings are to be showered
upon Abraham's natural seed, yea. and
upon all the families Of the earth.
The blessing of the world will b
Restitution. (Acts Ill, 1921 If, us th'
Evolutionists tell us. the Bible theory
TINT man was created in Gods image
Ia wrong and he is really the offspring
of an ape. then Restitution would b'
the worst thing that could possbl,
come to mankind. But the Bible T.
quite right: namely. that man was CT"
ated perfect and upright-fn the lima"
and likeness Of God, and that res:i
tfon will be the worlds blessing.