The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-24

spirit begotten can appreciate them fully. The foundation of the palace of blessed ness is humility. None can ever hope for a. share in the Messianio kingdom except as he is humble minded; Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom
 of heaven To such and such only will
 this great blessing come. It would never
 do for God to accept as a member of the kingdom class one possessed of the spirit of pride and selfish ambition. In Satans experience we have an illustration of what pride might accomplish. God pro- poses that humility shall be a primary test as respects the bride class,
 The palace reception room, upon the foundation of humility, on the ground
 floor of the palace, is the chamber of sorrow-mourning. Only such as know what it is to be touched with the feelings
 of human infirmities can be members of the royal priesthood, which by and by is to deal with and assist back to har- mony with God whoever wills of all hu
 manity. This reception room of sorrow seems necessary for our complete separa- ton from the things of the world. the flesh and the devil. "Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted."
 The palace library is meekness. None can be successfully taught of the Lord and fully enjoy the palace of bessedness without the quality of meefxness or teach ableness. Into this library the follower of Jesus must frequently go, there to learn valuable lessons, without which he could not make progress in his faith build ing and character development: Blessed are the meek, for they shall in- hert the earth" As members of Mes sah. heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus their Lord. these will come into the full possession of the earth. For a thou sand years this control will be maintained while mankind will be taught valuable lessons and be uplifted out of sin and degradation and death to the perfect man hood lost by Father Adam, redeemed by Jesus. Only at the close of the Mes sianic reign will the meek turn over their inheritance, the earth. to mankind. Then those of the earth who will receive the control will be such of mankind as shall have learned their lessons of meekness.
 The dining room: Hunger for righteous ness. All who will be joint airs with Christ will be lovers of righteousness and haters of iniquity. in likeness of the Re- deemer It is very important. therefore. that in our palace of blessedness we have large and well appointed dining room, where our hunger and thirst for righteous ness may be encouraged and satisfied at the same time: Blessed are they who hun ger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filed"
 The door of the palace: mercy. One of the most important lessons for the new creature to learn is love, sympathy, mercy. In the divine arrangement we must go out and in at this door constant ly. Our own imperfections continually re- quire divine mercy and should as con- tinually Impress upon us the merciful dis position toward those with whom we have to do Only thus will we be fitted and prepared to be faithful and merciful mem- bers of the royal priesthood in dealing with and blessing the world of mankind during the Messianic kingdom. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain
 mercy" "If ye forgive not men their tres passes neither will your heavenly father forgive your trespasses"
 The palace window, through which we may see God, is purity of heart. We can not while in the flesh, attain absolute purity in thought. word and deed. but we can have heart purity-pureness of inten- ton and desire. Only such as have this heart condition may hope to attain the
 kingdom honors and see Him whom
 no human has seen, neither can see:
 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God
 The parlor of our palace is represented by the characteristics of the peacemaker It implies a certain resistance and victory in respect to our own affairs. furnishing
 us the opportunity to help others: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of Cod The kitchen of our palace represents the trials and difficulties incidental to the
 rounding out of our characters as whole and our proper nourishment and upbuild- ing spiritually: Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and say all manner of evil against you falsely. for My name's sake; | rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great | is your reward in heaven.''