Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-03


Cornelius, q Gentle He did not think
Of the Gentlles as being under condem-
nation to eternal torment, but he did
assume that the privileges Of being OF
the elect seed Of Abraham to bless the
world belonged to Jews only.
When. therefore. the holy Spirit
came upon Cornelius, begetting him as
a son Of God and a joint-helr with
Jesus, the astonlshed st. Peter, in the
words Of our text, said, II perceive that
God Is no respecter Of persons, but in
every nation he that feareth Him and
worketh righteousness is accepted with
Him" We have had evidences Of this
same Truth throughout this Gospel
Age. for now more than eighteen CEN
turies God has been accepting people
OF all natlonaliues to be members OF
this "elect" class. To these, as soon
as they are consecrated to God, on a
basis Of faith In Jesus atoning work,
the Holy Spirit is given. They become
members Of the School Of Christ-"dis-
ciples" Incidentally they become CO.
laborers with God in searching out
others who have the hearing ear and
responsiveness of heart
"Every Knee Shall Bow"
Under this arrangement the Lord has
gradually been completing the foreor-
dained number Of His splrit-begotten
children Of the New Creation. OF these
He declares, "They shall be Mine, saith
the Lord, in that day when ! make up
MY Jewels" (Malachl iii, III But when
these Jewels shall have been made up
or completed-when the First Resur-
rection shall have ushered them into
their promised estate Of glory, honor
and immortality, then will come the
next feature OF the work-the use OF
this class. "the Seed Of Abraham" for
the blessing Of all the families Of the
earth. Natural Israel will be the first
to receive the benefits, as the Scrip
lures clearly point out Romans xi,
25-34). They will in turn be used In
extending the blessing far and wide.
As a result "the knowledge Of the glo-
ry of God shall OIL the whole earth as
the waters cover the sea-" Then will
be the trial or testing time to the non
elect world. So many as will accept
Divine favor and seek to walk in the
ways Of righteousness will be helped
and upllfted out Of their weaknesses,
physical, mental, moral, TO all that was
lost In Eden and redeemed at Calvary.
Finally, all the unwilling and DISC
bedient will be destroyed In the Second
Death without hope of recovery. AS
st. Peter declared, they shall perish
like the brute beast, bopelessly. On
the other hand the. willing and obedl-
ent shall be blessed and "shall eat the
good Of the land" "They shall build
houses and inhabit them. They shall
plant vineyards and eat the fruit Of
them" "and long enjoy the work Of
their hands" Eventually, every knee
shall bow and every tongue confess"
TO the glory OF God-in loyalty, isaiah
lxv, 21, 22) The earth shall become
the everlasting habltatlon of sanity
men redeemed by the precious blood Of
Christ and restored to human perfec-
ton during the period Of His Reign.
AS, therefore, looked at the COM
posIte population Of Singapore, said
to myself, Quite probably, from all
these peoples, God has selected n few
through the Message Of the Gospel--a
few saints to be jointhelrs with His
Son in the Kingdom. But at all events,
even II none Of the elect class were
taken from amongst the heather peo'
pies, surely the riches Of Gods grace
Is about to be abundantly manifested
to all the families of the earth through
"the elect"-through their administra-
ton Of the Kingdom.
The Gospel Of the Kingdom.
Ali how much meaning there Is In
this expression, "rhe Gospel Of the
Klngdomw-the good news that God
will have Kingdom under the whole
heavens! It win not be Kingdom
merely in name, but In power, In in1u-
ence. "He shall reign from sea to sea
and from the river to the ends Of the
earth" psalm lxxll, 81 He must
reign until He shall have put down all
lnsubordlnatlon. "The last enemy that
shall be destroyed is DEATH Il Corln-
thians XIV, 25 2Gl And as for the
elect, the Church, the Bride class, to
her belongs the glorious promises
ITO him that oyercometh will | grant
70 sit with Me In my throne;" ITO him
that oyercometh will grant power
over the nations" lRevelatlon Ill, 2l;
| n, 20J
One OF the 6rst works Of the King
dom win be the binding Of Satan
Then will follow the scattering OF the
darkness OF error ignorance and 50.
perstiton, which now beclouds man.
kind. Then the sun Of Righteousness
and Truth will eunghten the world aud
an II with the blessings and Joys OF
tho Lord. Wen did the angels pro-
claim this same Message saying
"Fear mott Behold, we bring you It'd
ings OF great Joy. which shall he unto
all peopler a glorious message Il Is
now to thousands who have the hear.
ing ears and who make their election
sure 10 the spirit plane aud share
IN the First Resurrecuonl A glorious
message II win be by aud by to the
sin.cursed world OF mankind, 10 learn
Of the blessings aud privileges OF res.
tiution which win then be opened.
with tho bro0dcst OF free grace to ey.
cry creaturel tActs M, l02ll
Let me exhort, then. to choose ear.
nestly the best Thing the privileges and
Opportunities ot the present time. II