The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-06-27

Cross. Wherefore 6asonf en- ta3s 90.
COUNT God hath highly texalte4 Him,
and given Him nameithat Ia above
every name. that at theiname Of Jesus
every knee should bow, both Of things
in heaven and things on the eaSth."-
Philippians ii, 6-10. J.
Nor. did the New Creation cease with
this exaltation Of the Lo00s, tho Re
deemer OF men, to the Fathers right
hand Of power and honor and t3ory.
that "all men should, honor the Con
even as,they honor the Father" UQhn
v, 49, On the contrary, st. Pauli'ex-
plains to us Mystery, hidden from
previous Ages and Dlspensetions, but
now made known unto Gods sanity,
namely, that the Divine purpose is that
a Church class shall be selected our
ing this Gospel Age. to share with the
Lo0os. Jesus. His exalted glory and
honor, dominion and power! and divina
nature-as Bride class. Thus We
read: 1T became Him Cthe Fatherly
- In bringing many sons to glory.
to make the Captain of their saliva
ton perfect through suffering."-He1
brews II, 10.
And now, as the Fathers Repre-
sentative and agent, for eighteen hun,
dred years the Redeemer. has been do
ing the work of preparing this class
which is to be His Bride and Joint.
heir in His Kingdom-the class which
Is to be associated with Him in the
Judging and blessing of the world Of
mankind in general.-I Corinthians
vi, 2. - 49,:
"Ye SEQ Your Calling, Brethren"
st. Paul, pointing out the privileges
Of those who are now being called.
says, Eye see your calling, brethren,
how that not many wise men after the
flesh, not many mighty, not many. no.
bic are called" but chiefly "the poor
OF this world, rich in faith, heirs of the
Kingdom" q Corinthians I, 26; James
ii, 81 Those who possess the blessings
Of the present life in great abundance
are thereby disadvantaged respecting
this great High Calling, while the poor
Of this world have their compensation,
for the things Of the present time hav.
ing less attraction for them, their ears
and hearts and "tt1e eyes Of their un.
Outstanding" are moro ready to discern
the glorious things Of the Divine reve.
lation, which the natural eye hath not
seen nor the ear heard-things which
God hath in reservation for those that
love Him-supremely-for those whose
love for God manifests itself In a full
conservation Of mind and body to know
and to do the Divine will.
Our text tells us Of the possibilities
Of our "calling''-of what God through
Christ is able and willing to do for. us
even bringing us to a perfection Of no.
Illness and faultlessness in the Divine
presence at the end OF our race course
But there are conditions, our text de,
clares, namely: "If ye continue in the
faith, grounded and settled, and be. not
moved away from the Hope Of the Cos
pei, which ye have heard and which
was preached to every creature which
was under heaven."-Verse %.
Since there are conditions, we,must
give them earnest heed; for how, could
we be careless or Indifferent in re-
spect to 80 high a calling, SO heavenly
Prize as this set before ,us2 Care.
lessness, neglect, indifference inrespeci
to the terms or conditions, would be
man1festing a lack Of appreciation OF
the gift, the privilege, the opportunity
and this in turn would mean that
thereby we mark ourselves in the
Lords estimation as unworthy Of the
proffered honors and glories.
"The Hope of tho Gospel"
1t should not surprise us that the
Apostle lays great stress upon the
"Hope of the Gospel" God is not work
ing in us with tools Of iron and steel
or gold Or silver to transform or to
polish us. His fashioning and trans
forming tool is the Hope Of the Cos
pei. It Is this Hope which, the Apos-
tie declares we should ''have as an
anchor to our soul, both sure and
steadfast, entering into that which ia
within the veil, whittier our Forerun-
ner Is for us entered" (Hebrews vi.
10, 20) Thus we will be- settled and
grounded and safe in all the storms of
life, great and small. Our anchorage
Of faith will give us the assurance of
the Divine promise, that "all things
shall work together for good to those
who are the called according to His
purpose" to those who are the
Happy objects Of His grace,
Destined to behold His face"
But the Divine arrangement is that
In order to continue in the faith we
must feed continually upon the prom
tses Of God, and must allow them to
have sanctifying power In our minds,
In our hearts and over our words and
conduct, making US more and more
copies Of Gods dear Son: AS our text
intimates and other Scriptures tell us,
the Adversary will seek to move us
away from the glorious promises of
the Gospel, putting fear az an incen-
tive instead Of love, or attracting us
by worldly pleasures or pride or "the