Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-03-28

>Ns az L otoOu upon
Mars hill and made a short address INV
mind reverted to the account of Saint
Pauls preaching there. and l have chosen
some Of his words on that occasion as my
text. AS ST. Paul made no impression
there 1t is quite improbable that made
any. Indeed. the city today might we'll be
described in the language of IS centuries
ago. as wholly given up to idolatry.
True. 1t is not today fashionable in civ
iltzed communities to worship images; and
vet in another sense 1t is still fashionable
There Is still much idol worship through
out the civilized world. but in a different
form from that OF old. No longer do we
bow before wooden images, but before
inward images. the images Of our minds.
our mental as"phatfons-with some wealth
and fame: with others, ease and pleasure
and with still others. the creed-idols of our
forefathers. miserable misrepresentation
of the true God,
Alas! When will the eyes of our under
standing so open that we may clearly dis
Germ true God in the glorious beauty of
His character. Invested of the horrible and
atrocious misrepresentation handed down
from a darker day.? How soon will the
present order of Churchianity and creed
worship give place to a correct conception
OF the lengths and breadths and heights
and depths of the love of God which pass
eth all understanding? -Ephesians iii. is.
The Day of Judgment.
Saint Paul on Mars hill preached Jesus
ana the resurrection-Jesus as the Re
deemer from the death sentence. making
possible the resurrection of the dead by
satisfying the demands of Divine Law
against the sinner-the resurrection as the
means fhrOn1o1 r,Ii1l~ A. -,
Savior's death will reach Adam and all
the families of the earth. AS we follow
Saint Pauls thought we will surely be
blessed by his view OF the Gospel of
Christ.
Addressing the Gentiles, the Apostle ex-
plains that for a long time God had
winked' at Polytheism and image wor-
snip. but now." he says. God command
eth all men everywhere to repent How
did God wink at sin and idolatry? And
does He still wink" at it? And why did
He change and when did He begin to
command all men to repent?
Let us note carefully what the Apostle
says respecting Gods appointed day for
the judging Of the world. He says that
the to repent now goes forth to
all men everywhere. because God hath
appointed a day, in which He will judge
the world" The Apostle does not refer
to that day as already begun. but as
merely appointed or arranged for in adj
vance. He means that in arranging that
Jesus. by the grace of God. should taste
death for every man." God was arrang-
ing that every man might have Il judy
ment or a trial. to determine whether
or not he will be worthy of this blessing
which Jesus death provides him an OPP
p~ortunity to secure. The day was future
IN saint Pauls time. and it is still future.
because God has other work which He
proposes shall be accomplished first. be-
fore the worlds day of judgment or trial
shall begin.
"The Mystery Of God"
The purpose of the 10 centuries between
the time when Jesus died as mans Re-
deemer and the time when He will take
His Throne. as the Restorer of Adam and
his race. is spoken of as a 'mystery,'' be-
cause the great work of grace herein ac-
complished is measurably hidden from, the
world.
The Scriptures tell us who may under
stand this mystery" and when it will be
finished. They say, The secret of the
Lord Is with them hat fear Him, and He
Will show them His Covenant The tell
US that I'm the days of the voice of the
seventh Angel. when he shall begin to
sound. the Mystery of God shall be nm
ished,' which He hath kept secret from
the foundation OF the world. Revelation
X, ~ Saint refers to this mystery.
aging that 1t was hidden from past Ages
ana Dispensations. and " is now revealed
to the saints" (Colossians 1. 26, 27) He
explains what it is. namely. that we
snould be fe~llow-heirs. and Of the same
BODY with our Observation-Disclosures Iii, 6.
Two Different Rewards.
we should notice also the wide differ
ence between the reward promised the
church and that proffered the world. The
ditlerence will be az to nature. The re-
ward for the world will be earthly human
nature, with everlasting life In an earthly
PARADISE or Eden-world-wide. Mankind
never lost q spiritual or heavenly condi-
t'on through Adams ~disobedience, nor in
any other n He never had such a
condition or nature that he could lose it.
RE was made man. "a little lower than
the angels" His crown Of glory and hon
or was an earthly crown. His dominion
was over the birds OF the air, over cattle
and the fish Of the sea, This which he
iost Jesus paid the redemption price for
At calvary, n these things lost are the
very things which Jesus and His elect
Bride WA restore to mankind during the
Thousand years OF the M~essianic King
dom. The Son OF Ma came to seek and
TO save that which was lost"
The eward Of the Church will he the
spirit pane-wholly different from the hu-
man. The Church. q the Body OF Christ,
III share with her Lord In His exatation,
Z above angels. principahties and pow
e!s n every name that 10 named"-the
Irvine nature. This reward comes 10 the
Cnurch under Q special covenant Of sacri-
nce. which the bible specifies. Thus the
apostle wrote that the groaning creation
"s.ts ior the manifestation Of the o
Z 0od.' Womans viii. 10.) .sNow are We
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