Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-02-24

are adhcrpnfS To Tie declarations or
the Bible that God Is Love- that His
mercy cndureth ever. that lie is Ike
n plying father. that lie is the God
OF All Grace. the Father Of Mcrcics.
the length. breadth. height and depth
Of whose loving kindness we cannot
measure only such hive the assur
ances which enable them to offset the
horrible theories Of our crcedS formu-
lated IN Il darker past and which told
Ms more horrible things respecting our
God and Ills treatment of mankind
than our poor heather brethren ever
imagined
The Key OF the Divine Word.
But now the better day i dawnng.
We are seeing the glorious outlines of
the Divine character in the Divine
Plan MS never before. our hearts first
led the way and rcbclled against the
,iictnm Of our fallacious reasoning
And now. In Gods due time. when
nature Is yielding MP her secrets and
chemistry is making the world anew.
behold. the key to the Divine Word Is
thrust into our hands. unlocking its
mysteries and explaining its parabolic
symbols Ia our astonshcd faith. But
alas meantime many of the brightest
minds Of the world have rejected the
Bible. many Of them even denying the
personality Of the Crcator. and So far
have these gone In the substitution of
human wisdom for Divine Revelation
that II seems impossible for them 10
return To- the paths Of faith.
Now. however. Is the time for all of
those who have n hungering and
thirsting after God and His righteous
ness to begin afrcsh the study of Ills
Word in the light OF the morning of
this New Dispcnsation. Not only Is
this necessary for our own comfort
and establishment. hut II Is necessary
also In the interests of others before
whom we stand as hulwarks Of III"
Truth. having on the whole .irmor or
God. the Helmet Of salvation. the
Shield Of Faith. the Breastplatc Of
Righteousness. the Sword Of the Spir
Unnecessary for self-protection and
for the nil Of all who ARE feeling
after God II happy they might find
Him. Acts xvii. -.
Knowing Our God.
our Redeemer declared. This Is life
eternal. that they might know Thee.
the only true and living God. and .le.
sus Christ. whom Thou hast sent
Evidently the great Teacher had IN
mind the thought II our text not
merely knowledge about God. bu, IN
acqualniamccship wiM Him, such NJ
can come only through Il fellowship
of spirit and an understanding of tie
Divine Program. None. however. are
permitted to come TO such intimate
knowledge except MS they shall mani
fest heart loyalty. Each step of prog
ress in our loyalty to God brings that
attitude Of mind which is pleasing To
Him ana which when thoroughly
demonstrated. will lie rewarded with
everlasting life Thus knowledge Is
intimately bound up with our eternal
prospects.
Earth'S teeming millions know not
God. Even those portions called chris
tian Worship the true God with but
Slight appreciation of His truc chnrac
ter. None Of these therefore. are in
the condition 10 claim everlasting life
according to the teaching of the Mas
Ter. They are the non-elcci, IN contrast
with the faithful few. who are scrip
turally styled Gods Elect. THE Very
Elect" and who are urged To make
their calling and election sure 10y per-
severing loyalty even unto death
Ia our blindness Of the past. assum
Ing that all the non-elcct would be- con
signed ta nm eternity Of torture. We
have published ia our missionary re-
ports that ninety thousand every day
go down into death. into ChristlcSS
graves and. 10y inference. into eternal
torture Alas. hnw misunderstood aud
how uninteniionally mSreprcsentcd
has been our gracious Father. the God
OF All Grace. the Father Of Mcr,ics.
Now We read His character IN faircr
lines rs we perceive that the fulfill
ment of His great and wonderful
plan for the salvation of the world Is
merely beginning that the election III
the Church To he the Bride of Christ
and joint heir with Him In His glori-
Gus Kingdom merely marks the time
for the setting up Of that Heavenly
Kingdom. the rule ~ which i Ia bring
such blessing and opportunities 10 man
kind-thc non.cicci. Now we perceive
that for thousand years the Elect. on
the heavenly plane. invisible To mon.
like unto the angels" will live and
reign with Christ (l,evelation xx. ~ for
the blessing ~ the nnn-elect for their
uplifting from conditions Of sin and i'm
perfection back Ia the glorious heights
of the image II God in the flesh. lost
by Adams disohedience aud redeemed
By our savior on Calvary. and 20 he re-.
stored 20 Adam and all his children
found willing To receive II on Divine
terms
In view of these things. how reason
able that We find the Apostles and