The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-06


topic of interest
for several weeks. Not only are Chris
tian natives alert to meet him. but their
heathen countrymen are also interest
ed Mohammedans have been inqulr-
ing. Has Pastor Russell any special
message for us? The arrangement is
that the Pastor shall spend full week
in this District and be at Madras next
Sunday In his address the Pastor said:
hare chosen as my text on this &C.
casion the Message Of the angels at
the birth OF our Redeemer Fear not!
Behold. we bring you good tidings Of
great JOY. which shall be unto all peo
pile" Q-ukc II, 1O.) / feel that am
not entirely stranger to many Of
you. nor you to me- For a consider
able time hive seen regular reports
sent in from this District to the Inter
national Bible Students Assn, of which
have the honor of being President.
These reports in turn are published
to the Bible Students all over the
world. We want you to know Of the
Christian love of these children Of God
of various nationalities who are repre-
SCI by the Committee before you.
Tho Father Of Mercies.
Two days ngo. on the Island of Cey-
Ion. my attention was drawn to the
tomb of the good Bishop Heber. I'M
mediately to my mind came his words:
What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft DER Ceylon's Isle.
And every prospect pleases.
And only man is vile!
From childhood had sung those
words, and finally found myself on
Ceylon's Isle. But l am not SO sure
| but that the dear Bishop exaggerated
a little the vlleness OF the human
types of this vicinity. Poverty, in
deed. see on every hand. and, II
vileness be measured by our great
Creator By lack Of wealth, then GER
tainly you are vile in comparison to
some more wealthy But can we real
| ly believe that this Is the Divine
standard? Shall we not rather be-
! lieve the words of Jehovah, Man
looketh upon the outward appearance,
but God looketh upon the heart?
4 am not here to flatter you-to say
that poverty is a proof of purity Of
heart. On the contrary, it is my duty
as minister of Christ to declare that
there is none righteous, no, not one.
But / may say to you that. admitting
that all men have sinned-some il
ways more peculiar to one rationale
ty and some to another-it is ours to
point out the need of an Atonemeni
] for sin and the fact that .'the blood, :
sacrifice. 'of Jesus Christ our lord
cleanseth Us from ali sin Neither is
there salvation in any other"
Nov Look at Our Text.
Note its terms Of blessing intended
of God for every creature. Two
thousand years before the angels ut
tered those words God gave the same
Message of hope and JOY to Father
Abraham Let those Of this audience
who are sIohamnledans. as well n.
others, call TO mind the promise tt
which ! refer. 1t was the promise
with the oath. God. foreknowini
{ THAT the fn,filment OF the promls.
, would be long delayed. made oath tt
. 1t. so that all who trust in Him nigh
, have the consolation OF that promise
Z And what is the promise? God sais
, to Abraham, Elm thy Seed shall all tn
families Of the earth be blessed"
The Divine Purpose looked down t
Messiah and saw In Him the real See,
of Abraham through whom eventual
: Divine Power will be exercised and ID
vine Grace be shed abroad amongs
, men. However according to the Scrir
: lures. the Messiah. the Deliverer,
!, composite = composed Of numerou
members. Each enesof these member
must be tested ind proven in respee
Ito his loyalty to God and to the primo
piles of righteousness before he can a
7 tain to his glorious reward Of the d
!, vine nature.
: But mark you well-the selection {
= this special class does not involve th
"non-elect" IL eternal torment nor 1
any eternal disaster On the contrar.
2 the gathering Of the ''elect" should /
4 regarded as an assurance on Gods pal
Y OF the fulfiment Of Ills larger prom
g Use, that through these sanity one
= great blessings are to be showere
Y upon Abraham's natural seed. yea. an
y upon all the families OF the earth.
The blessing Of the world Will
u Restitution, Gsctssiii. 1921 .,sIf. tas II
ri Evolutionists tell dis. tfies Bible tl,eol
y that man w.s crentad in COTS iimal
Is wrong and he Il really the dfYsprn
Of nm ape, then Restitution would
the worst thing. fhat could possib
q como 10 mankind. But the Bible
N quite right: namely TINT man WIS CT
% ntrd perfect and upriglit--in the ina;
% ind likeness Of God. md that rpstit
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