Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-09-27

the present rewards Of these are not
very common even in. Christendom.
Few know the meaning of the Mas
ter's words, Come unto me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden, and l
will give you rest" Few appreciate
the assurance, IF the Son shall make
you free, we shall be free indeed"
Matt 1928; John $3.50.
Fear has it's foundation in sin. We
may be sure that the angels in heaven
know no fear. After Adam had dis
obeyed the divine command in Eden
he feared his Maker and hid from him.
Similarly, fear affects all Of Adams
posterity, because of the general real
ization that "all are sinners"
It may be asked, Why is it that the
Masters cure is little considered to-
day? Why are SO few pointed to
Christ, the Great Physician, for the
rest and peace and comfort and Joy
which he promised to his followers
eighteen centuries ago? Have his
words proven untrue? Are his pro-
fessed followers amongst the most
anxious and troubled and overcharged
and sick and sorrowing and fearful
Of our poor, groaning creation? If so,
what is the explanation? We must
concede the inference. We must ad-
init that the four hundred millions Of
professed Christians are much more
unhappy, much more fearful, much
more nervous, peevish and sickly than
the twelve hundred millions outside
of Christendom.
Christian Only In Name.
The explanation of this peculiar sit
uation is that Christendom is not
Christian; that the name Christendom
is a misnomer! Christ's kingdom does
not prevail amongst the civilized one
fourth of humanity. For centuries now
Christendom has deceived itself and
has seriously misrepresented Christ,
his teachings ana his promised king
dom of righteousness for which still
we are praying, "Thy kingdom come
thy will be done on earth" Our stand
ing armies, prepared to destroy each
other; and our Dreadnought navies,
prepared to blow each other to atoms;
and our submarines and our flying
machines, our great cannons and tor
pedoes-a1l prove the mistake of call
ing human civilization Christ's king
dom.
Similarly, the worry, fear, strife,
nervousness, ETC., of Christendom all
prove that the Great Teachers anti
dote for fear and worry has not been
taken by the masses of Christendom.
We hold that the Good Physicians
remedy for sin, corroding care, worry,
fear is just as effective today as it
was eighteen and half centuries ago.
There is only the one divine remedy
for this harmful fear. That remedy
is associated with the gospel Of
Christ; but there are numerous sub
terfuges. Some drown their fears, dis.
appointments and sorrows with alco-
hol or various narcotics. Some seek
to drown them with sensuous pleas
ures, some with business activity,
some with church activity, some
with "devil-may-care" unreason. OF
late a considerable degree of sub.
terfuge success has come along the
lines of deceit-denying the existence
OF. sin, denying the facts of pain and
sorrow and death and, contrariwise,
affirming that everything is good, re
CARELESS of the untruthfulness of this
proposition.
Mystery of the Gospel Age.
To attain the highest blessing which
God has to offer at the present time
certain difficult requirements must be
complied with. Sin must be repented
of heartily, and, so far as possible,
restitution must be made, which
means that sin must be forsaken to
the extent of ability. Faith must then
recognize the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the world
that the sacrifice for sins was neces.
sary, and that God himself provided
it in the death of Jesus.
To properly understand the Bible as,
whole it is necessary to discern that
God has foreordained two Israels-the
earthly and the heavenly. Both are
precious, both are elect" both are
to be used of the Lord during Mes
siah's kingdom reign-the one on the
heavenly plane and the other on the
earthly. A mistake has been made by
some in recognizing the earthly Israel
and not recognizing the heavenly or
spiritual Israel. Others have made the
mistake of recognizing the heavenly
or spiritual Israel and not recognizing
the earthly Israel. "The promise Of
God is to be sure to both the seeds Of
Abraham-to that which is according
to the promise, the oath-the spiritual
scotland also to that which is ac-
cording to the law, the natural seed
| (Romans 4:16l.
The spiritual seed must be devel-
oped first, because the blessing will
| proceed from the heavenly seed to the
earthly seed, then from the earthly
seed to all nations. The blessing
upon all nations will consist of the
opportunity that will be offered them