The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-29
EvERYBODY'S BIBLE BOX.

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gage in political matters to such an ex-
tent that they would take sides and work
and vote for different candidates? The
reason | ask is that political excitement
Is running very high in the section in
| which L live and the local minister has
aroused considerable prejudice by his out
spoken views on political matters even
| from the pulpit Cd. ID
AnSwer.-A minister or servant of the
| Gospel should be devoted heart and soul
| to the work of arousing the interests of
| the people in the things relating to the
| future life, for the affairs of that future
existence are of eternal import. whereas
| those relating to this life are temporary
and vanishing away There is no record
Of the Lord Jesus or the Apost,es enesr-
| ing in political affairs but on the con-
| trary, their efforts were entirely along
spiritual and heavenly lines. The Apostle
| Paul in one place declared that he de
| termined to know nothing among you
Chose whom he addressed) save Jesus
Christ and Him crucified." Il Corinthians
| ii, % Throughout the history Of the Cos
| pei Dispensation, wherever the ecc1esias-
| tics have meddled with the affairs of
lowering of the standard of Christianity
and consequent spiritual decline.
| Q.-Napoleon Bonaparte is said to have
| eulogized the Man Christ Jesus; can you
quote his words? &c. A. Do
Answer.-The following expressions are
credited to him: From first TO last Jesus
| is the same; always the same-n1ajest
and simple. infinitely severe and in
lInltely gentle. throughout n life passed
under the public eye, He never gives oc-
casion to find fault The prudence of His
conduct compels our admiration by its
| union of force and gentleness. Alike IN
speech and action, He is enlightened, con-
sisteDt and calm. Sublimity is said to be
an attribute of Divinity: what name
ter was united every element of the sub
| lime? His birth, and tie story of
His life; the profoundness of His doctrine,
which overturns all difficulties, and is its
most complete solution; His Gospel; the
singularity of that mysterious being, ard
His appearance; His empire. His progress
through all centuries and kingdoms; all
this is to me a prodigy, an unfathomable
mystery. I see nothing here of man. Near
| as l may approach, closely as l may ex-
anime, ali remains above comparison
great with greatness that brushes me-
Own morality alone guarantee one
an entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven?
Is. II. P)
Answer-From the general teachings OF
the Scriptures it will be seen that the
Lord throughout this Christian Era. from
the time of the Savior's first advent down
to the time of His second coming, has
been selecting or gathering out a special
Church or Bride, of Christ, and His joint
heirs of spiritual or heavenly DONORS and
glories. These are to be a spiritual class
and not earthly or human class. They
will be changed in the resurrection from
the human conditions to the Divine or
heavenly ones. q Corinthians Ky. 50-52)
The members of this class are said to be
begotten of the Spirit in this present
time, and developed and quickened, and
finally will be born of the Spirit when
they shall experience their change. John
iii. 3-S) There is a vast difference be-
tween morality and spirituality. Morality
alone will not guarantee an entrance into
the Heavenly Kingdom, but one must at
tain to conditions of spirituality. Morality
relates to human or earthly conditions of
righteousness. and spirituality relates TO
heavenly conditions of development.
When the church is completed and glori-
that will attain to moral perfection, will
have eternal life.
OWN you please explain Ezekiel 9Th
chapter and the first fourteen verses in
which is described the resurrection of the
dry bones? "a. G. Ed
AnSwer.-The dry bones represent the
Israelitish nation. As a people they had
lost heart, lost hope, and said. Our
strength is dried, and our hope is lost, we
tribal and national union. They we're
then in captivity to Babylon, strangers in
a strange land. with the future dark be
their ever being restored to Divine favor
again. The hand (power) of the Lord was
upon Ezekiel. causing him to see the
vision-he was not transported to ciIv
literal valley of dry bones. The message
which the Lord would have conveyed to
the people through this vision was that
by which these who were dead and dried
as respected their national hopes, would
be gradually revived. would gradually pc
ton in their own land. First the dried
and hopeless ones would come together.
then they would begin to unite one to an
other and gradually assume national
existence, and finally would be infused
with the Spirit of the Lord as the breath,
or energy of national life, begotten of
faith in the promises. would return, and
they would stand again nation.
Reeder-rs 1t true that it takes genius
to live with genius? De Ruyter-If ask