Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-27

Chrlst's reign he win lead forth the
"rebellious house"-the world Of man.
kind-not all Of them. we may be sure
for some, the Scriptures positively de-
clare. will die the Second Death, be-
cause. after realizing their deliverance,
they will love sin and will therefore be
destroyed as enemies Of righteousness
But II is a blessed thought that many
Of those who are now aliens. strangers
and foreigners from God through wick
ed works are In this condition Of oppo-
sitiOn. not willingly. not lntelligently.
but by reason Of the ignorance and
weaknesses which came to them by
heredity. under the reign Of sin and
death.
II Is to be a distinct feature Of the
great Triumph Of Emmanuel that every
eye shall be opened and every ear IN.
stopped, that "the knowledge Of the
glory Of God shall Gil the whole EARTH"
during His glorious reign Of righteous
ness. Are we not distinctly told Of the
time that win follow, in which all the
willing and Obedlent shall receive the
Holy Spirit. which then will be poured
out upon all flesh" even as now, dur
ing this Gospel Age. It is poured out
upon Gods servants and handmade.
ems" only7
"oh, that will be a glorious Triumph
for the great Redeemerl In the Ian
guage Of the Bible. "He shall see the
fruItage Of the travail Of His soul, and
shall be satisfied" What a glorious
fruitagel-not only His own exaltaion
mot only the exaltation Of His faith
ful Bride class. and the additional ex-
altation Of 'the virgins. her compan.
ions, which follow her." and the ex-
altation Of Abraham. Isaac, Jacob and
all the Prophets, but finally the deliver
ance to human perfection Of all the
groaning creation willing to accept the
same upon the Divine terms Of loyalty
to God and to the principles Of His
Government as these shall be made
known to them.
she Gave Gifts Unto Men,"
It was the custom IN olden times
that a king coming into authority and
power should give gifts according to
His wealth Governors and princes
would be needed and be would dis
pense the donors Of these Offices to
those found faithful IN his service,
loyal in the defense Of His cause. So
In this prophetic reference to our
Lords ascension IL Is declared, not
only that He would lead forth a null
titude Of captlves. granting them free
dom, liberty, blessings, but also that
he would confer certain gifts.
We might have spent valuable time
guessing the nature Of these gifts
which the great Redeemer would dis.
pense, but such q waste of time is un.
necessary. since the Apostle proceeds
to explain the matter and tells US
what gifts are meant. He says, "And
He gave some Apostles. and some
prophets, and some evangelIsts, and
some pastors and teachers"
There is an astounding thought con-
nected with this statement-that the
Apostles were not self-appolnted. and
that they had no successors, and that
the work Of evangellzlng, or making
known the good tldings," and the
pastoral work amongst believers and
the teaching work amongst believers,
are all under the supervision Of the
Head Of the Church. the great Victor.
who redeemed us with His blood, and
who proposes. 1rst. to lead forth a
Bride class. and subsequently all the
willing aud obedient.
It behoOves US to notice that the
Apostle does not intimate that Jesus
gave to some NlethOdlsm. to others
Presbyteransm. aud others Roman
Catholicism. etc No. when we held
SUCH thoughts II was because OF more
or less OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES we
failed to see first that there is but the
zone Church Of the Living God. whose
names are written In heaven" and
second. that that one Church Is not
any Of the various sects and parties,
but includes the sanity in all OF these;
"the Lord knoweth them that are His"
Not Given to Convert tho World.
Noting carefully the Apostles argu.
ment we perceive that the Muster did
not give these gifts TOR the conversion
Of the world He does specify, how
ever. what they were for. namely.
for the perfecting OF the saints, Tor
the work OF the ministry. for the edl.
flying OF the Body OF Christ"-the
Church. the Bride class Is II suppOs.
ablo that the Apostle erred 10 this
statement and that the fact is the re.
verse-that these gifts were provided
for the conversion OF the world. aud
that the Apostle thoroughly mlsunder.
stood the matter and supposed that
they were given for the perfecting Of
the saints, tor the edifylng OF the
Body OF ChristY No! We are to be
taught by the Apostles aud may be
sure that there Is no mistake. no error
In his statement
Notice the force OF the expression,
"the perfecting OF the saints" II is
not sufficient that believers have a lit
lie knowledge. little faith, and a
measure OF sanctihcatlon or devotion
to the Lord. for after they have recelv.
ed and attained all OF these things
they still need the instruction OF the
Apostles aud ministers. pastors aud
fcapharg nrovifind nv tho efraot Uaad