St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-01-27

B32AaIqEEgaaEEEB gan 10 De spoken
by our Lord and
was confirmed unto us by those who
heard Him
Pastor Russell observed that accord
ing to our creeds the salvation will not
be so grent. but rather so little. SO few
-only the sanity handful out Of
earth's thousands of millions. He
thought it evident. therefore. that the
creeds were in error and quoted the
prophecy that the Savior would see the
fruitage of the travail Of His soul and
be satisfied" isaiah Iii, III. The Pas
be satisfied with His work if it rescued
merely a handful from eternal torture,
He quoted various Scriptures which
afford a larger hope. declaring that
God sent not His Son into the world
to damn the world, but that tie world
through Him might be saved from the
condemnation already upon it because
Of Father Adams disobedience. These
Scriptures cannot be applied to the
Church, but must be held As applicable
to, the world. OF the Church Jesus
says. Eye are not of the world"
T~heologians for centuries have miss
ed the keynote of the Bible. which is
that the salvation of she sanity hand
full. the true Church or Bride of the
Lamb, is merely q preliminary work
only the salvation of q "frst-fruits"
Games i. 49, This first-fruits class or
"Church of the FIrst-born' is to have
a different salvation entirely from that
which is provided for the world. The
| Church is to constitute Gods King
dom. for which we pray. Thy King
dom come" Under its Messianic sway
Gods will will be done OIL earth even
as in heaven.
Tho Worlds Salvation Earthly.
AS the Scriptures show distinctly
that the salvation of the Church. or
the Kingdom class. is to a heavenly
plane or condition, they equally show
that the salvation of the world is diff
ferent-an earthly salvation. To the
| Church the Apostle wrote. We must all
be CHANGED in a moment. in the twin
king of an eye. because 6esh and
blood cannot inherit the Kingdom OF
| God q Corinthians XIV, 50-52l. O. the
worlds salvation we read not of a
change of nature, but of q Restitution
to the perfection of thu nature already
given to man. but lost through the sin
OF our first parents-redeemed through
the merit of the precious sacrifice at
Calvary. The Restitution Salvation
which is to come to the world through
the changed and glorifed Messianic
EChurch is described by st. Peter as
awaiting its due time-the Second Com
ing OF Christ-.STimes of Restitution Of
all things which God hath spoken by
the mouth of all the Holy Prophets
since the world began" facts iii. 1923.
The fact is that the Old Testament
Seript;Nes treat entirely of the Rest1-
tutioA blessings. incidentally mention
ing also things pertaining to the great
Messiah. through Whom those bless
ings will come. Christians have neg
| lected study OF the Old Testament
/ Scriptures and hence have failed to
get their blessing. Prior TO the com
ing of Jesus no one ever dreamed OF
the First Resurrection change TO spirit
nature. Everybody had the Restitu
ton view of salvation in mind-the
hope of being raised up out of death
to human perfection. Hence it was
not necessary for the Apostles to EN-
phasize this feature. Rather they drew
the attention of their hearers away
from the earthly prospects, which are
for the world. and gave them the mes,
sage of the high calling"
The High Calling Closing.
Now that the high calling" Is
drawing to a close, having accomplish
ed its election or salvation of the saint
" handful. Divine providence is point
ing us back to the Old Testament,
that we may appreciate more than
ever the length and breadth and
height and depth of the love OF God
which passeth understanding Now
we begin to see that the Scriptures
f~oretell that Israel is to be the first
amongst the nations to receive Mes
siah's blessing. as soon as His King
| dom shall t4lve been established. NOW
we see atw all the families of the
earth s-it Ire Blessed. not only through
the S.a.ittiat Seed Of Abraham. typed
by lsa.c. and the Church. typed By
Rr5eeca. his alsn through Abraham's
natural seed these blessings will pro
ICED 10 every nation under heaven
.'An the blinded eyes shall be opened.
"Al the deaf f.ars shall be u~nstopped.
THE knerIed1e ST the Lord shall fill
the err tlp st.tth slHtll Field her
| incr.asa. The stes and deserts
/ shall blossom a. ~. rose
Ufin4afp'v tie rar.ldfse of Elder
will ttani @s,-siil world wide-God's
footsteol made Glorious. The fesaf
vection Of the deed is the salvation
which GGd has nrt,mised even as
death itself is tlfe peRattp which He
has pro.lairnei for sin The reslrrec
ton will not only ineinde the awaken
ing of those who h;,ve gone into the
tomb. hut. additionally. tse uplifting
tr~esnrrectinrt Of adam and all Hts
family from sin and death conditions
weaknesses. raeanness. d~epravity, etc
IN TO full human perfection in the
image of God. as Adam was before BIZ
Sinned. Plus Increased knowledge
Notice.