The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15

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Students AsSocia-
zion. He had heard that Bible stu
dents were scarce in France, but al
ready he had found some very alert
for clearer light upon the Word of
God now due because We are in the
dawning of the New Dispensation.
Once he and other Bible students,
confused with the errors of the Dark
Ages. thought OF man as 4 spirit being
inhabitiug a body Of flesh. coming into
it ut birth and departing from it nj
death. Bible study is rapidly drivn.
away that error The Bible clearly
tells that the genus hOMO is an animal
being. of the earth earthY-not heaV-
emily or spirit being. This is in lar.
mony with what science Las been tel.
ing us-that which we could not re
ceiye until we found it TO he the Mes
sage Of God. The Bible does not place
man upon an equality with the brute
but far above. His superiority is that
of form aud species. His larger brain
and its better shape than that Of the
brutes indicate his knowledge and in.
tellectual superiority over them. He is
to them Gods representative-their
king. created IN the moral image ana
likeness of his Creator.
The fact that man dies has led some
to the conclusion that he is Il spirit be
ing and at death merely finds release
from his body Of flesh and scars back
again 10 a spirit condition in which he
once was How inconsistent. How il
logical. The Bible tells, on the cou-
trary. that God made man aS He de
sired to have him-adapted exactly
TO the conditions provided for him
an earthly Eden, Paradise. The Bible
tells that God proposed to him ever
lasting life MS 4 man on condition of
continued obedience 1t explains that
dying is not going home. nor going to
eternal torment. but ceasing to be.
"Joy In the Morning."
This penalty passed upon Father
Adam-he lost the right to live and
fell under the sentence. Dying. thou
shalt die In the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread until thou return
unto the ground from which thou vast
taken" Genesis ill., 49, The fallen.
death-sentenced Adam could not give
to his children rights which he had
lost Hence we are all sinners by in
heptance We are all dying. BY one
mans disobedience sin entered into the
world. and dcdth as a result of sin, and
thus dcdh passed upon all men. be
cause all are sinners.-Romans V, L..
The Scriptures speak of the past and
present as a night time of sorrow and
pain and trouble. out tell of the New
DiSpensation. when the curse shall be
removed. and style that q Glorious
Day. in which the Sun of Righteous
ness shall arise and drive sins clouds
away. God through the Prophet de
clares, "Weeping may endure for tho
night, but JOY cometh in the morning.
The signs that we are in the morn
ing. the gray light of the New Day, are
awake The wonderful blessings that
have come 10 mankind during the last
century. ana particularly during the
last fifty Years, are fOregleams of the
great Day of Messiah. the Day OF
earth's reconciliation, the Day of the
cancelling of the penalty of death. the
Day in which God. through Messiah.
will wipe away all tears from off ali
faces. The result of that Day. thou
sand years long, will be that all the
willing and obedient viii be uplifted
and all tue wilfully diSobedient and
wicked will be remanded to death-"the
Second Death. "-Reve,ation XX, "A.
Why So Long Delay?
1t is easy TO see why these blessings
of Restitution and uplifting out of sin
fore the first advent of the Redeemer
The uplifting work could not be accom-
plished until two things would first he
done. One was that redemptiye
price needed to be given. Adams life
was forfeited. The life of a Redeem
eT must De given III MS Siedu. l HIS
was what Jesus did. He left His
heavenly glory. humbled Himself to
human Aature, and then the Man
Christ Jesus gave Himself a Ransom
price for all. This is plain.
But. according to the will OF God, in
stead of beginning the blessing of the
world. He did first another work.
namely, the gathering Of the Church
TO be His Bride Their invitation
is to suffer with Him and to reign
with Hin-to present their bodies
living sacrifices, holy and acceptable
70 God through Christ tRonano
xii. L. SO conscecateG. the flesh rt
all believers IS counted IS the fash q
Jesus, and suffers. a. such trials. =
nominies-'Let Us 70 Ia Tim outside
the camp. bearing his renruach:" "4i-
ways bearing about in the body Vie
I dying OF the Lord Jesus. "-HcUrew7
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