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| nently the equality OF All men before
the Almighty God This thought once
CRASHED breaks all fetters Of the mind.
But all are not prepared for such lib
! erty-some evidently would enjoy great
peace and would be more quiet. more
reverentia and more submissive II they
continued bound with q measure Of
superstition. than II the truth should
make them free.
The only persons who can rightly
appreciate and properly. enjoy full lib.
erty are those who have made full
conservation of themselves to the
Lord-those who have given over all
earthly ambitions and favOrs TO the
one great ambition OF the Gospel OF
Christie become heirs of God and
joint-heirs with Jesus Christ their
Lord. Those only can be fully en-,
trusted with liberty who have realized
the imperfection of all human judg
ment. and who have accepted instead
Of their own the Divine WILL This is
the class OF whom st. Paul spoke.
saying. I'VE have the mind of Christ"
and this he declares is the only spirit
of sound mind in the world at the
present time.
Nevertheless. some Of the sanity
people are disesteemed by many of
the WOridlyminded who are moving
heaven aud earth ut home and abroad
to amass wealth. power and fame for
"a, thnt, frin
their names. none Of whom are con-
tent, none OF whom are satisfied, none
Of whom are at peace, either with God
or with themselves. Who can doubt
that the carrying Of our western civi.
liZation to the people Of the east will
carry to them similar discomfort. un-
rest. unhappiness. anger. malice. envy.
hatred and strife which is peculiar to
the Occident? But most likely the
effect OF the Western civilization Of
the Chinese will be to wake up her
hundreds Of millions TO discomfort and
strife. and possibly bring anarchy to
her doors sooner than it will come to
Europe and America.
"Ask and / Will Give the Hsathsn."
But our text declares that if Mes.
siah will ask of the Father. He will
be given the heather for an inner
itance. and the uttermost parts OF the
earth for His possession. Will He
ask for them? Why has He not al
ready asked for them, and what would
He do with them, and would not His
dealing with them have much the
same influence that the Gospel Mes
sage now produces-tO make them dis
satisfied? =
Our Lord intimates most distinctly
His reason for not asking for the
heather at the first advent. In His
prayer the same night in which He
was betrayed to death He said, II
pray not for the world. (the heathen).
but for those whom thou hast given
Me"'--the household Of faith, His foot
step followers. the Church Of the
First-born, whose names are written
In heaven"
The Redeemer knew the Fathers
will and prayed only in harmony
Herewith. He knew that the first
work of the Divine Plan was to. be
the calling and testing Of an elect
'little fock,' to be His associates in
the Kingdom. His Bride to share with
Him His glory, honor and simmortali-
ty. He asked not then for the world
knowing that the Fathers time had
not then come. Hence we read that
He assembled up on high and sat down
at the right hand OF the Divine Maj
esty, henceforth waiting for the time
when His enemies would be made His
footstool. and the Gentiles be given to
Him for an Inheritance; and He knew
that this time would not come until
first. His Church had been developed.
At and shortly after Pentecost all the
ties indeed. were begotten Of the Holy
Spirit that they might become men,
bers of spiritual Israel, the Bride class.
As there was not suficiency Of such
Jews, the Divine Plan, as previously
arranged, proceeded to call and test
such Of the heather as were feeling
after God and seeking after His right
eousness. The entire work has re.
quired the intervening time. and now
at the close Of the six great days of hui
man labor and sweat OF face and sor-
row and dying, the great seventh thou
sand-year day is about to be ushered
IN, 1t is the period already appointed
Of the Father for Messiah's reign of
Righteousness. in which the Bride Of
Christ will reign with him. -
The End Of the Matter.
My next question was, What will
be the end Of this long reign OF igno-
rance, superstition, sin and death? 4
The Bibles answer: came quickly to
my mind: The Divine promise is that
Messiah's Kingdom will be successful,
that It will bring in an abundance Of
peace, that "to Him every knee shall
bow and every tongue shall confess"
Moreover. We are assured that this will
be a bowling of sincere loyalty and ODE
dience because the context says that
it shall be to the glory Of God, and no
other kind Of bowling and confessing
would glorify God. Then came the
further assurance Of the Bible to my
mind: ST.. Peters declaration, that
"Times Of refreshing shall come from
the presence of the Lord. and He shall
send Jesus Christ. which before was
preached unto you. whom the heavens
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