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plished by Jesus is ultimately to react
down to and embrace the very
humblest and most degraded of human
kind. How the precious Scripture,
which tell of Jesus as the Saviour oil
the world. as well as Of the Church
escaped our notice. who can explain
But surely glad are we that now We
can see clearly that the Redeemer Is
Precipitation for our sins. the Church:
sins, and not for ours only. but also
for the sins of the whole world
This fuller appreciation of the
lengths and breadths and heights and
depths Of love Divine is coming to
Christian people as a benediction from
heaven. just at the time when many
are Higher-C Critically. repudiating the
Bible and its, God as unworthy: of be
lief The true view Of Gods Word
we have intirnated, namely. that al
the families of the earth are to be
blessed by Messiah's Kingdom, and
that the Church, in process OF election
for the past eighteen centuries. Is to
he sharer with her Lord in that King
dom. ...., .-. So
Is it any wonder that this glori-
Gus view Of our Creator and His plan
for human salvation is inspiring-sanc
tifTing to the hearts Of all who have
the hearing ear to receive it! Is it not
in fill accord with the earliest state,
ment Of the Gospel. Through thy Seed
shall all the families Of the earth be
blessed;" Is it not the claim Of the
Church and Of the bible that the saint
ly believers Of the Gospel Age constl,
tute the spiritual Seed Of Abraham, the
Bride Of Messiah, ::'the Body Of Christ
which is the Church," And have we
not also the assurance, If ye be
Christ's, then are We Abraham.s Seed,
and heirs according to the promise?-
Galatians iii. 16, %. = -. -...-.-
From the Horrible Pit. .'.. .:
Another view of the heights and
depths of Gods love is that which rec
ognizes us as a. race fallen from hui
man perfection into the mire Of sin
whose quicksands are swallowing up
mankind at the rate Of 10000 every
day. The Divine Program shows two
situations for the grooming creation.
The first of these is the most wonder
full; it is now in progress, and we urge
all who have the hearing ear to lay
aside every, weight and every, beset'
ting sin that: they may attain this spe,
cial salvation offered to the Church.
BY faith, through the medium of OK
ceeding great and precious promises,
God is now lifting the obedient elect
from the original pit Of sin and death,
from the mental degradation in which
we all We're as Adams race; and to
some extent they are being lifted also
physically from, this degradation. '~
The Transforming work begins with
each believer in Jesus who presents
himself. a living sacrifice 70 walk III
the Masters footsteps. Even though
these may not generally be Of the
wealthy and educated and higher so
ctal classes. the power of the Holy
Spirit operating through the Divine
promises gradually beauties not only
the characters but to some extent; the
features of, those. Tho rejoice to take
up their cross and follow the Savior.
However uncouth and. rude or care
less or savage they may have been be-
fore, the transforming influence of the
Holy Spirit develops in them the fruits
of the spirit-meekness. gentleness, pa
thence, ,longsuffering. brotherly-kind-
ness. love; and these things continuing
in them and Astounding more and more.
and, attesting their fsithfulness unto
death, make these neither barren nor
unfruitful in the knowledge of God
and in the cha racter:likeness of Jesus:
and hence the Resurrection change will
usher them into the everlasting King
dom of their Saviour-to be sharers III
His glory. honor and immortality-far
above angels. principalities and pow
ers and every, name that is named.
Do we not here see wonderful depths
FROM which these are rescued and Won
derful heights to which they are yet TO
be lifted by Divine grace and its ar.
engagements on their behalf! surely
all mankind who see this glorious al.
raugement Of our God can glorify Him
on this account. ..
Gods. Original Design to Be- Carried
Out. ..
: For the world somewhat similar and
yet very different blessing is outlined iii
the Divine Plan Of the, Ages. Our poor
race in some quarters Of the world.
fallen from the image Of God almost
to the level of, the brute. sadly needs
the uplifting, restricting, revolutionary
influences which Messiah's glorious
Kingdom will bring, TO them. To what
heights will man be raised? Oh, not
so high as the Church. the elect Bride
Of the Lamb-not so high as cherubim
or even as angels. but very high. never
theless-back to all that was lost in
Eden.
How our hearts glow with gratitude
toward God as we perceive that His
original design for His human crea-
lures is yet to be carried out to the
letter.. His Word that is gone forth
out Of His mouth shall not return unto
Him void. but it shall prosper in the
thing whereunto He sent it." isaiah
". III He said. Let Us make man in
Our image and when he was made
the Divine judgment expressed was
that he was "very good" only "a little
lower than the angels Hebrews ii.
~ Moreover, he was crowned with