The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-23

force or compel any to be SONS on this
high plane sof the divine nature, He
does, to the contrary. set obstacles in
the way and make the way narrow
in which He invites these to follow
their Leader He does this for the
very purpose Of hindering any from
coming except the class which He spe-
cially desires. His Message ID through
Jesus. III any man will be My disci-
pie, let him deny himself and take UP
his cross and follow Me-" Again the
Apostle expresses the Fathers terms.
saying, II beseech you, brethren, by
the mercies OF God, that ye present
your bodies living sacrifices. holy and
acceptable to God, your reasonable
service" Again says the Master,
"Straft is the gate and narrow is the
way that leadeth unto life, and few
there be that find IT,
Surely we cannot say that these
stringent restrictions are unreasonable.
How could we expect our gracious
Creator to want any except the most
loyal OF heart and most faithful and
obedient to be associated with the
Lord Of Life and Glory in His glorious
Kingdom work This is the only call
ing which God has yet opened to hu-
manity. and not until this elect class
shall have been completed will the
worlds blessing be due to begin. 1t Ii
my understanding OF the Scriptures
that the time for making our calling
and election sure to this Kingdom
class Is now very short 1t therefore
! behooves all who desire this glorious
relationship with Messiah to give all
diligence" and to run with patience
the race set before u.s. In the Gospel.
looking unto Jesus. the Author Of our
faith. until TIE become the tinisher.
The Non elect Also Exhorsed.
The wonderful blessings Of our day.
which make II SO different from amy
other Epoch in the worlds history,
have reached even hereto China and
we now see what already appear 70
he the beginnings OF wonderful things
"
past century has been lifting the veil.
because We are just on the threshold
Of the New Dispensatiou- bfcause thu
Church 1.-THE elect sons of God IL about
complete because "the manifestation
Of the sons Of God" for the MD Of the
grooming creation" IL at hand be
cause Messah's Kingdom CORY ~
about to he Ishered,in. The li,e'Siug;
OF the present are only a. foirTaste ~
those glorious blessings fertile wcril
OF mankind. Oh. what conn,rnsa tinf,
our loving God has provided for all i'a
lessons of sin, and -sorrpw. pisin md
death. He has promised that the
former things Shall be removed. nor
eau the mind comprehend wmlt the
i glory OF, the future things will he.
So then, to the1 patieit. persevering.
civil. Chinese, my message is nh assnr-
ance that Gods blessing IS ligh ut
hand. For eighteen centuries He has
been pouring out His Holy Spirit upon
these sanity ones, His servants and
handmaidens. for their comfort anfl Joy
and preparation for the Kingdom glory.
The next thing In order is The pouring
out OF His spirit upon all fes'l that
will include your race and all tlIp fam
lilies of the earth. eE
cannot hope that many Of y1;i will
feel drawn to become footstep follow
e-s OF the Iowly Nazarene. and e.en II
many Of you should so desire. we have
the assurance OF the Scriptures that
the entire number will hi but little
lock" but ! do set lbefnratyotf the
glorious prospects OF human i;estitn-
ton to all that was lost by Attn. to
all that was redeemed Mt Calvary. ]
admonish you that all development Of
character you nny.Ipake at The flrrscsrt
time means so much OF prenaraiiop ntid
advancement ifor Ithe future. and timfsS
all violation of cohsclehce apdsantaglI
onism ID The prIncJples DC lrisbteaRshcsaiD
viii WORK ID your disadvantage in4ihe
future
Therefore. Ms the Scriptures esio'n.
Seek meekness seek righieausness, It
may be that We shall be hid In the dry
Of the Lords anger" tZephaniah II. b
The day Of Divine anger and special
retribution is in the. close 81. this Age
at the inauguration Of the Kingdom.
The whole world Of mankind will
then be transferred into the hands ot
Messiah. who will take them Just az
they are They win be in various con
ditions. Some will be more depraved,
others less depraved; some will be more
scared In their consciences and some
less; and these deficiencies Of character
will depend upon the way In which
each one accepted or rejected light and
opportunity in the present time
The seiiShness which has marked The
worlds experiences. particularly within
the past half century. Is very reprehen-
sible IN Gods sight. and Christendoln.
so highly favored of God is to be held
preportlonstely responsible Hence the
great time Of trouble win fall with spe
clal severity upon Christendom. When
You shall perceive this. rail not against
Christianity. but realize that the Scrip
lures are being fulfilled, and that the
dark cloud will be but temporary. and
that behind II is hidden the most glori-
Gus vista OF human blessing possible
for the human mind to conceive. Pre-
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