Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-24
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL SALEM OREGON SATURDAY AUGUST "a

Royal Priesthood for a thousand year1
for their edlhcatlon, instruction and
uplifting out Of sin, degradation,
death, back to full perfection of the
image Of God in the flesh, freely pro-
vided for all who will come unto the
Father through the precious arrange
ments then operative
The same original sin Of Adam was
inherited by all Of his race and there
fore was as much against the class
chosen as the Church as against the
remainder Of the world. This the
Apostle declares, saying, "We (the
church, were children Of wrath, even
as others" (Ephesians ii, 81 We
have merely been delivered from the
curse, the death sentence, in advance
Of the world as a result Of special d.
vine favor enjoyed by us-whether
that favor consisted in not being so
seriously fallen as some, or whether 1t
consisted In special opportunities for
coming into this grace. And II the
Church has enjoyed some special IA
vor of God in being constituted the
frst-frults of His creatures to be de-
llvered from the power of sin and
death, why should we ever have i'm
aglned that He had no grace whatever
remaining for our less fortunate
brethren (the world in generaDY And
how could we think Of ourselves Of
the Church as the first-fruits and sup
pose that there would be no after
frults-no general harvest for the
world2-James 1, IS.
Our text forcefully calls attention to
this double action Of Divine grace
hrst upon the Church and secondly
upon the world-and points us to the
fact that the salvation of the willing Of
the Church Of this Age and the saliva
tlon of the willing of the world In the
next Age-two distinct salvations-
both proceed or result from the one re-
demptlve sacrifice of the Lord Jesus
Christ finished at Calvary. Notice the
statement, "He Is the propitiaton (sat-
lsfacton) for our sins Qhe Church's
sins) and not for ours only, but also for
the sins of the tchole tcOrld."
Will Truth lniure2
Many ministers all over the world,
following the suggestions Of the l. b.
8. A. Convention have informed their
congregations and the world in gen
eral through the newspapers that they
do not believe In hell Of eternal tor
ture, and that they do not believe that
the Bible, rightly interpreted, teaches
this. But there are others who, by
some influence, take an opposite course.
They denOunce the Bible Students,
and myself In particular, for telling
the people the Truth. These ministers,
generally without much influence even
in their own congregations, have, am
told, threatened the hswspapers all
over the world that are publishing my
sermons that they will boycott them
and influence their congregations.
But the editors are finding out that
narrow minded people never have
much influence, good or bad. Hence
the sermons still appear In nearly If
teen hundred newspapers in the Eng
llsh language and are spreading, | am
told. into the German and Swedish
These brethren claim that the world
is likely to be injured and to be turned
away from God and the Bible by its
proper Interpretation. We answer, Not
so. After the preaching Of eternal tor
ment for sixteen centuries the net re-
suit is that everybody is losing faith
IN the Bible, which has been misin-
terpreted, and many are even losing
faith In a personal Creator Is 1t moi
time, even for pollcy's sake, to discon'
tinue the Misrepresentation Of God and
His character to see II the Truth will
not accomplish more than the error
has done? And aside from the policy
question, If we have been slanderlne
our Creator and misrepresenting the
Bible for centuries, is 1t not all the
more incumbent upon us now to set the
matter right2
Who viii deny the fact that life and
property are less secure in so called
Christian lands, where the eternal tor
ment has been preached for centuries
than in any other part Of the world
We assure the dear brethren who arc
fearful that we have many evidences
to prove the very contrary Of theli
fears-to prove that better knowledge
Of God and His love as expressed in
the Divine plan Of the Ages, is help
ing many, not only out Of Ignorance
and darkness, but also out OF indif
ference and wickedness, into fellow
ship with God. But anyway, how dare
we, as Christian ministers, either dl
rectly or indirectly, SANDER the charac
ter Of our God in a way and to degree
that we would resent If charged against
our worst enemy?
We fear that some Of these mlsguld
ed brethren are more sollcitous fol
their own supposed welfare and the
supposed interest OF their own church
es than for the glory Of God or the
welfare Of the people. They are afraid
to have the people see the light Of
Present Truth and gain a clear com
prehensIon OF the Bible, possibly be
cause they fear that this would reilec
upon them as not having properly in
structed the people. They seem t
know that II the people will read they
viii be convinced IL convinced
they VIII no longer be sectarian, moi
pay good money to help to misrepre