The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-06-27

MMXMW usual crowded
l1s house today. He
delivered two ad-
sssssaSs's dresses. We report
@NM one Of them from
~ the text, '.rhe chill
| 'dfen Of the King
| u dom shall be cast
out into outer dark
GEA2l2k RQ2Sklly ness; there shall be-
weepingand gnash-
ing Of teeth Niatthew viii; II, 12).
The speaker declared that II com
mon With the majority Of ministers he
had mtsinterpreted this and similar
Scriptures to refer to all the upsaIntlY
Of mankind and to imply that they dte
writhing In torture In hell whose To-
cation 10 unknown and which he now
sees to. be human tradition without
authority Of the Word Of God.
The Pastor analysed his text and
showed. that it was addressed tolthe
Jews, that they for sixteen centuries
had been Gods favored nation, In har-
mony with His promise to- Abraham.
They had much advantage every way
over all the other nations-not only in
the fact that the promises were given
to them and the .assistfui influences Of
the Law, but additionally that to them
were sent the Prophets with their en-
couraging messages.
Notwithstanding all these favors but
comparatively few Of that nation were
in the heart condition to be accepted Of
God, to be Messiah's joint-heirs in His
Kingdom. AS the natural seed Of
Abraham they were the children or
heirs of the Kingdom, and to them
Jesus presented Himself. All Of His
miracles and teachings went to them,
yet only few were in such condition
Of heart that they could receive this
Message.
fact that the Gentle centurion who
had none. Of. 1srael,s privileges had
more faith than any Jew. Comment
Ing upon this the Great Teacher de-
clared that God would take from the
Jews the special privileges, except
such Jews as were "Israelites indeed"
and that He would complete the num-
Der Of His elect by a selection Of saint
y characters from amongst Gentiles.
The Election Hath Obtained Il
st. Paul declares, Israel hath not
obtained that which he seeketh for,
but the election hath obtained It and
the rest Of the nation were blinded"
Romans Il, ~ The elect Of Israel
were gathered into the New Dispense
ton at Pentecost and subsequently,
while the Jewish people % whole
became more and more blinded and
darkened in understanding until their
nation expired in q time Of anarchy,
A. d. 20. Since then the Jews have
been In trouble, In sorrow. :
It was to this very condition Of
things that Jesus referred. He used
the highly flgurative language COM
mon in the East. What st. Paul styl.
ed blindness upon Israel" Jesus de-
scribed as going into outer darkness
losing the light Of the prophecies and
the hopes Of the Abrahamic promise
and thus getting into the same blind
and dark condition in which Gentiles
In general were. The experiences. Of
the Jews during the past eighteen CEN
turtles Jesus described as weeping
and crashing Of teeth" His words
simply signify sorrow, disappointment
and chagrin. =:
Truly the Jews have had all Of these
experiences. We are glad IL we see in
Gods Word glorious prospect for His
ancient and Covenant people. St. Paul
calls this promise to our attention in
Romans ri, 1888. He tells us that
Gods Covenant with Israel cannot be.
broken, but will be established, and
that natural Israel shall vet receive
mercy, Divine favor, at the hands and
through. the agency of the Church
spiritual Israel-part Of whom have
been selected from the Jews and some
4 from every nation-all sanity. n q
"sit Down With Abraham"
The Great Teacher. declares that
while the natural heirs of the Mes
sianic promises would be cast out from
Divine favor, as they. haze been cast
out for the past eighteen centuries-in
the meantime Gentiles from the East
and West North and South would be
found Of similar character to the Cen.
! turion whose servant was healed. And
these would sit, down with Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob in, the Kingdom, in
the sense that they enter into rest.
As st. Paul declared; 1--WE who believe
do enter into. rest This is the same
rest or sitting at ease that Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob enjoyed. They had
Gods promise that eventually He
would raise up a spiritual Seed Of
Abraham through whom all the fami.
Hes of tile earth would be blessed. :,
Abraham rested upon that promise;
SO did Isaac; so did Jacob. And so we
rest in this Divine assurance that
blessing will come to the children Of
Adam in Gods due time; more: than
this, thus seated. we are resting in the
Divine promise. To us has come the