The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-12
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UlS SHIiSNidu-sap SOpuc. lHto :ulUSt utIo
cious conduct. -
We are all awaking from this sad
blindness, thank God! We are emery
ing slowly from the. darkness OF. the
past. we are IN the very dawping Of
the morning yof Messiah's. Kingdom
which Is TO bless u,e world The ris
ing of, tho Sun OF Righteousness is tt
bring The. New day ut Characterization
from isiinranca. superstition ANA death
The more, awake Nc become the more
clcarly1do we see the beauty Of Gods
Word and the iiiicnlnes inconsistency
of.thingS we once believed.
st. Paul explains, To us why Satan
strives TO put darkness for light and
light for larkne;s. He explains why
Satan represents himself as an angel o!
light and endeavors III besnIirch the
Irvine character and TO make God tile
very personiGcation of wick edness and
injustice. ;lt..is u part Of his general
cndeavor to thwart the Divine Plan, to
Inislead those who are seeking to know
God, Hcakeu, TO the Apostles words:
.'rhe god of this world hath blinded
the minds of them that believe not
lest the glorious light of Gods good.
ness. as 1t shines in the face of Jesus
Christ cur Lord, should shine into theii
hearts" III. Corinthians. ir:: A.
In proportion as humanity miscon-
ceiyes Gods character and His Word,
in, that same proportion they will sh,in
the, Bible and its God, and thus get
away from the faith and hope revealed
in the Bible AS have told you. had
my own bitter experiences along this
line. How l thank God for the eye
salve't and for the glorious vision of
the Divine character and Plan which
now stands out so distinctly before the
eyes of my understanding!
Good Tidinss Of Great Joy. .
The Gospel Of the Bible. the Message
Of the great God, Infinite in Justice,
Wisdom. Love and Power, is Mes
sage Of grace. Of mercy, as has en-
anated from no other: quarter-such as
no. other religious book in the world
presents. And what else should we ex.
pect than that the great Supreme Be-
ing would be Fountain of grace. of
blessing to His dependent creatures.
1t should not surprise us, then, to find
the Bible clearly teaching that the God
Of all Grace has in store for humanity
great blessings times Of restitution
Of all things spoken by the mouth of
all the holy Prophets since the world
began. (Acts iii; 1920. Z,
another Message. should not surprise
u.s.. it is the message that was sung by
the angels ON the night of Jesus birth,
Behold, we bring you good tidings of
great joy. which shall be unto all PEG
ple"--the thousands Of millions of the
Chinese included! tits a JOY to me to be
permitted to tell THIS glorious Message
to such MS have the ear to hear lit. 1T
lie q further Joy to me that I'm the Di.
vine, arrangement the tinfe Is coming
when .'all the deaf ears shall be, un-
stopped. and when the. clear. knowl.
edge Of Gods goodness shall fill the
earth as the waters cover the, deep. ),
God first told. this Message Of. His
benevolent designs toward humanity
about thirty-six hundred years ago,
when He declared. to His friend Abra-
ham, I intend to bless all the families
Of the earth, and this shall be done
through your, posterity--"In thee and
In thy Seed, shall the families OF. t,n
earth he blessed" The natural. seed
Of Abraham was first. developed and
instructed, and consequently, uplifted,
under a Law Covenant. This arrange
ment prepared the natural seed of
Abraham more than others of the
worlds peoples to receive Jesus; hence.
when He presented Himself. and when
afterward His message was proclaimed
by His twelve Apostles. approximately
sixteen thousand Jews became His
footstep followers, We're ,begotten of
the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and after,
and thus became members Of the Spir-
itual Seed Of Abraham. -
The Number In the First Resurrection
But this number was short Of the
Divine intention-"a hundred and
forty four thousand" Revelation
xiy.) Hence, in. due time, the Mes
sage Of grace and the privilege Of be-
coming members of the Spiritual Seed
of Abraham was extended to one ma
ton after another--to the Jew first.
but also to as many. as the Lord our
God has called. Of every nation, people.
kindred and tongue, This select mum.
Der of spirit-begotten followers of Je-
sus will very soon be completely chang
ed by the glorious First Resurrec-
ton, when this mortal and corruptible
shall put ON Immortality. All those
found faithful will be made partakers
OF the divine nature, far above angels,
principalities and powers-associates
with the Redeemer. (Ephesians j., 21.)
Then the Seed Of Abraham will be
completed and qualified for its great
work of blessing the race.
st. Paul declares, .'.'Know ye not that
the saints shall Judge the world?" Il.
Corinthians vi, % The judging will be
in the nature OF q trial or testing to de.
termine how many. Of humanity can be
helped up to huiSan perfection and har-
lnony with God and everlasting life,
and how many unworthy viii be de-
stroyed in the Second Death. God. who
has elected these kings, priests and
judges, has appointed a Day in which
they shall rule, bless, instruct. judge
mankind In general. 1t will be the