The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-14
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.



Come unto Me, all that labor anC
are heavy laden, and l VIII give YOU
rest."-N. %.
Today's study tells of how our Lore
. upbraided the city where most of Hi
mighty works had been done, becaus'
they repented not, because they dlt
not note the power of God in theil
midst and gladly receive the Message
Such Jesus declared. will be less pre-
pared to appreciate the Kingdom II
the future than will some who have
never known Him. Tyre and Sldon
heather cities. would have repenteo
with far less preaching. 1t is put IL
harmony with Divine Justice, therefore
that when the Great Day OF God ia
vor and of the Messianic Kingdom
shall dawn, the people of Tyre ana
Sidon shall have things still more Ia
vorable than the people of Chorazin
and Bethsaida and Capernaum. Jesus
declared that Capernaum had been eX-
allied up to heaVen-hignly lifted up IN
point OF privilege and Divine favor and
blessing. This being true, it mean
that in justice Capernaum's fall would
be proportionate. She would fall from
the heights of heavenly privilege and
favor down to hell-to the grave.
Listen further to the reason for TINS
announcement: If the mighty works
which have been done in thee had been
done in Sodom, it would have remain
be more toIerable for Sodom in the Day
of Judgment than for thee.
Let us not mistake the lesson: While
only those who fully accept Christ and
consecrate their lives to His service
will receive the spirit begetting. or any
share in the Heavenly Kingdom, al.
the remainder of mankind who come
to any knowledge of the Lord and His
mercy and blessing and who refrain
from rendering homage and from striN-
ing to walk in Gods way, will pro-
portionateIy disadvantage themselves
in respect to the future life and the
great blessings and privileges and op-
portunities to be brought to all man
kind through Mes ;iah's Kingdom and
its reign of a thousand years.
II Thank Thee, O Father
It was in Jesus day as it has ever
since been, that not many of the grea:
or rich or wise or learned had ears 10
hear the Gospel Message. The diff
Guilty with this class is that the things
of the present life so fill and satisfy
that they have no hungering for the
better things. Thus it has been that
the majority of the followers of Jesus
in every Age have been chiefly. the
poor of this world, rich in faith
But hearken again to the words OF
J esus-how peculiarly they read: Il
thank Thee, o Father, Lord of heaV-
en- and earth, because Thou hast hid
these things from the wise and pru
dent and has revealed them unto
babes; even so, Father, for so it seem
ed good in Thy sight" How strange
~ those words once sounded to US,
when we supposed that all who failed
TO receive the message of Jesus, all
who failed to make their calling and
election sure" to membership in the
bride class, would suffer an eternity
of torture.
How strange it seemed that Jesus
should thank the Father that these !
things were hidden from some of tie |
grandest and noblest and most bril- |
liant of our racei But now, how clear. |
how plain! Jesus was preaching the |
and all who rejected His
preaching rejected the Kingdom. and !
will lose it. This does not mean thai |
they may not receive ultimately - !
blessing under that Kingdom. when /
it shall rule the world. and when all |
that are in their graves shall come /
forth to receive those very blessings !
which Jesus died to procure for them |
the blessings of trial, or judi rnent |
of thousand years to determine !
they will be accounted worthy !
of everlasting life, or of everlasting |
death.
Few Know the Father Or the son.
All men are to be brought to Il |
knowledge of God. The Scriptures 1e-
clare, The knowledge of the glory of /
God shall fill the whole EARTH Jesus !
Father except as he knows the Son, |
or as the Son reveals the Father to !
him. Hence those who have failed !
to recognize Jesus as the Son of Col |
have not yet come to the full appre- |
cation of their privileges. Blessed are /
our eyes. that now they see. and our |
ears that now they hear, that We may |
know Messiah, and through Him know I
the Father.
We are glad that all mankind in dua !
ne,h 1pt, to ,4I~, l.,
ledge and full opportunity. But On /
how much greater is our blessing, be- j
sides the privilege of now being the !
sons of God. and joint-heirs in his !
glorious kingdom! The special call of |
God through Jesus. therefore, is % /
the poor, the broken-hearted the I
heavy laden. the unsatisfied: "Con.e /
unto Me, all We that labor and are i
heavy laden, and 1 will give you rest