The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-22

..:, Out. also Tor the
Sins, Of the whole world. II John ii, T. o
AS the Jews applied all Of Gods
promises to themselves and left none
for the Gentiles, until the end of the
Jewish Age, so we Christians have
been inclined to appropriate to our
selves all Of the gracious promises Of
the Bible, leaving nothing for the Jews
and the world in general-until now,
In the ending time Of this Age and the
dawning Of the Millennium, we are
coming to see Gods Word in clearer
and more beautiful and harmonious
light. Now we see special promises
for the Jews In the past, special prom
tses for tho Gospel Church, promises
for the Jews In the near future, and
still other promises and blessings for
every creature. And the more the light
increases on the pathway the more rea-
sonable the Divine Plan appears to U.s.
Why should God select one nation or
people of one religious cult for glory
and make preparations from the very
beginning Of creation for the eternal
torture OF all others? Surely we have
been most Inconsistent In our interpre-
tations Of the Divine Message, yet Just
rs surely the all-wise One knew Of our
plight and permitted us to remain In
darkness until now; and He is able to
oyerrule our measure of blindness so
that it will be OF no injury to US.
Perhaps, Indeed, the beauty Of the
Divine Word and Plan is much more
perspicuous now because Of the dark
ness In which we all We're so recently
involved, and perhaps the same prin-A
cps Tapar on. viii supply to the whpiea
world. When, oil shall emerge out of
the darkness and ignorance and su-!
.perstition into the glorious sunlight Of
Divine truth and grace, undoubtedly
the contrast will make the blessings Of
the future all the more precious; and
the more incline every knee to bow.
: After Divine favor had first granted
opportunity to the Jews to accept the
'Redeemer. shedding upon them first
the special light Of the Gospel, then
the Message was sent forth without
restriction gradually through Asia
Minor, into Greece and into Rome,
and then favored chiefly the Germanic
natiOns7-and amongst these include
the British people and the larger pro-
portion: Of our American population.
In these peoples, too, the Reformation
Movement found It's chief adherents
The Message of Christ has made great
In civilization all the nations it has
touched, in proportion as they have
received the Message in simplicity and
purity, and In proportion MS they have
lived out their Christian profession as
footstep followers Of Jesus.
(, : Loss Favor, Not Less Worthy.
So far as human Judgment can dis!
Germ, the Divine records show TINT these
favored peoples were not superior, to
others less favored: The Bible shows
us some noble characters amongst the
Gentle nations before the Redecmer's
day and plainly intimates that God
Intentionally bestowed His favor upon
stiffsnecked race, less tractable than
others Of that time. We see the same
thing In respect to the operation Of
Gods grace during this Gospel Age.
Apparently the peoples of India and
China were more docle and Of much
more likely soil for the Gospel Mes
sage than the fierce Goths and Huns
and Franks to whom the Gospel was
more particularly directed. How un-
likely 1t would be that the less favor
ed nations should have no provision In
the Divine Plan!
On the contrary we perceive that q
special election, or selection, Of d saint
ly class was made during the Jewish
Age-Abrahaln, isaac and Jacob and
"all the Prophets and saititly Jews.
(Hebrews XII Y84O) And since the Sc
lection Of the saintly Jews the calling
Of the Bride class, chiefly from the
hationN * Epsopef implies that wheR
this spiritb&ptten, Spiritual Israel,
spiritual etiidrenSof Abraham, shall fe,
completed, then ell nations viii fbe
alike favored, insths distribution Of. the
coming bleasthgs Declared e be- for all
other peoples, hndreds and tongues. ,
No Proclamation to Misery.
While speaking last Sunday In the
great Victoria Hall Of Geneva my mind
naturally went back to the days when
that great and good man John Calvin
CIT such swath In religious sentiment,
that 1t still Influences about one half Of
all Protestants. / saw the monument
to Calvin, and ! saw the monument
unveiled this very year by Calvin's fol.
lowers to the honor Of Servetus, whom
Calvin so horribly burned to death at