The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-22

uplifting out Of sin, degradation,
death, back to full perfection Of the
image of God In the flesh, freely pro
yided for all who will come unto the
Father through the precious arrange
ments then operative. ....
The same original sin Of Adam was
inherited by all Of his race and there
fore was as much against the class
chosen as the Church as against the
remainder OF the world. This the
Apostle declares, saying, eve (the
!, Chdtch) were children Of wrath, even
ms others" {Ephesians II, 81 We.
= have merely been delivered from the
curse, the death sentence, In advance
of the world as a result OF special Di-
vine favor enjoyed by us-whether
that favor consisted in not being SO
seriously fallen as some, or whether it
f. consisted In special opportunities for
I coming into this grace. And If the
Church has enjoyed some special IA
vor Of God in being constituted the.
first-fruits Of His creatures to be Ge-
livered from the power OF sin and
death, why should we ever have i'm
agined that He had no grace whatever
remaining for our less fortunate
brethren (the world in generaD2 And
how could we think Of ourselves of
the Church rs the tirst-fruits and sup
pose that there would be no after
.fruits-no general harvest for the
world7-James /, 10.
Our text forcefully calls attention to
this double, action Of Divine grace.
first upon the Church and secondly
upon the sworld-and points us to the
fact that the salvation Of the willing Of
the Church of this Age, and the saliva
tlon of the willing Of the world In the
next Age-two distinct salvations-
both proceed or result from the one re-
demptive sacrifice Of the Lord Jesus
Christ finished Mt Calvary. Notice the
statement, "He Is the Precipitation Sat
isfaction) for our sins the Church's
sins), and not for ours only, but also for
the stt,s of the. 4ohole 1oorld" d:
Will Truth Injure?
Many. ministers all over the world,
following the suggestions of the I. B.
s. A. Convention, have informed their
congregations and the world in gen
eral through the newspapers that they
do not believe In a hell of eternal tor
tuPe, and that they do not believe that
the Bible, rightly interpreted, teaches
this. But there are others who, by
some influence, take an opposite course.
They denounce the Bible Students,
and myself in particular, for telling
the people the Truth. These ministers,
generally without much influence even
In their own congregations, have, am
told, threatened the newspapers all
over the world that are publishing my
sermons that they will boycott them
and influence their congregations.
But the editors are finding out that
narrow minded people never have
much, influence, good or bad. Hence
the sermons still appear I'm nearly If
teen hundred newspapers in the Eng
ltsh language and are spreading I am
Void, int5't&ass% German ana Swedish,
These brethren claim that the world
is likely to be injured and to be turned
away from God and the Bible by it's
proper Interpretation. We answer, Not
SO. After the preaching Of eternal tor
ment for sixteen centuries the net re-
suit Is that everybody Is losing faith
in the Bible, which has been misin-
terpreted, and many are even losing
faith In personal Creator. Is it not
, time, even for, policy's sake, to discon-
, tnue the Misrepresentation Of God and
His character to see If the Truth will
not accomplish more than the error
has done? And aside from the policy
Question, If we have been slandering
our Creator and misrepresenting the
Bible for centuries, is 1T not all the
more incumbent upon us now to set the
matter right?
Who will deny the fact that life and
property are less secure in so called
Christian lands, where the eternal tor.
ment has been preached for centuries,
than In any other part Of the world?
We assure the dear brethren who are
fearful that we have many evidences
to pgoyea the very contrary Of their
I fearsf1-zto prove Chat better knowledge
of God and His love, as expressed in
the DiviBe Plan Of the Ages, is. help
Ing many, not only out Of ignorance
and darkness, but also out Of indif-
ference and wickedness, into fellow,
ship with God. But anyway, how dare
we, as Christian ministers, either di.
rectly or indirectly, SANDER the charac-
ter Of our God in way and to a degree
that we would resent If charged against
our worst enemy2
/ We fear that some Of these misguid-
ed brethren are more solicitous for
| their own supposed welfare and the
supposed interest of their own church
es than for the glory Of God or the
welfare OF the people. They are afraid
to have the people see the light of
Present Truth and gain O clear COM