The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-11-07

voivea u nm ana death Though MIN.
The speaker then showed that God
ct before our Lord great Joy, the
influence of which led Jesus to endure
cheerfully the bitter experiences Of His
earthly life. This joy IL intimately to
have been: ~ His pleasure in doing
the Fathers will: ~ His privilege Of
bringing many sons to glory"-the
Church; (3) His pleasure and Joy in be-
ing by and by the worlds Restorer, de-
livering them from the power Of Satan,
sin and death. wherefore" st. Paul
says, "God hath highly exalted Him."
for above CANCELS, principalities and
powers, and every name that Is named"
An Opposite Course From satan's.
Pastor Russell then contrasted the
course pursued by Satan with that fol-
lowed by our Lord. Meditating am
bilious designs. Satan found an oppor-
tunity in Eden. He beheld In our first
parents new order Of beings, design
ed to bring into existence race that
would ill the earth. Satan essayed to
be ruler or prince over this human Gre
alton; and by 90 doing, he not only be-
came rebel against God, but brought
sin and death into the world.
Our Lord Jesus pursued an opposite
course, and demonstrated His loyalty
and obedience. st. Paul intimates that
although the Logos was much higher
than was Lucifer, yet He was humble,
and "meditated not usurpation," as
the Greek text declares. Phil. Il,
6.) He thought not by robbery to be
equal with God. On the contrary, our
Lord willingly accepted the Divine pro-
posal that He should be humbled to the
human plane for a. time, in order to
carry out the Fathers Plan.
To the Church, Jesus Is Gods un-
speakable Gift. He is indeed a Gift
to the whole world, unspeakable in
value, but He Is more to the Church
than to the world. To His footstep
followers, he ID the captain Of their
Salvation" their Bridegroom, thsir
elder Brother" their great High
Priest Through Him they are pgiy-
legged to be the Royal Priesthood.
Through the merit Of the sacrifice Of
Christ, they are privileged to present
their bodies living sacrifices, holy, &C.
ceptable unto God"
The Pastor then said that Justice q
the foundation Of Gods Throne. In
the past, endeavors to harmonic JUS
dee with our great Creators dealings
with humanity have involved M in
difficulty. We were assured by the
prominent creeds that God had know
lngly brought menkind into existence
under such conditions that the great
majority would spend eternity in tor
ture. We perceived no Justice in any
such arrangement. But while desist-
Ing from criticising the Creator, we
could not indorse such course, nor
see It to be in harmony with the d.
vine regulations governing ourselves.
II we are to love our enemies, should
more be expected Of fallen human be-
tngs than Of our perfect Creator?
The Scriptures declare only the con-
secrated Church see the "lengths,
breadths, heights and depths of the
fLove of Cod" which passeth under
standing. This class alone IS in any
sense prepared to give thanks to God
now for His unspeakable Gift. Their
thanks go up, not only In words, but
also in actions, which "speak louder
than words" These thanks ascend as
sweet incense to God.
By and by, Gall the blind eyes will
be opened and all the deaf ears will be
Ihnstopped." Then the whole world of
mankind, including those awakened
from the sleep of death during Mes
dah's reign, will be in condition to rec
lgnize Gods unspeakable Gift ana rem
der thanks. When wilful evil doors
bhall have been destroyed, then every
creature in Heaven, on earth and in
the sea shall be heard saying, "Praise,
glory, honor, dominion and might be
into Him that stitch on the Throne,
ind to the Lamb. forever" through the