Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-10

which Cod nath before ordained that
we should walk In them" Nph. II, 0, 10)
Ever since Brother Luther's day and
his vigorous preaching of justification
by faith Christian believers have been
more or less perplexed in their en-
deayors to harmonic the Scriptural
declaration respecting faith and works
as related to salvation Pastor Rus
sell believes that in the clearer Light
God is shedding upon the pathway OF
His people today through the Bible
they are enabled to comprehend with
absolute clearness matters once foggy.
This, he claimed, does not signify
that our forefathers were less loyal to
God, nor less logical In the operation
OF their minds. 1t does, however agree
with the Scrlptural declaration that
we are living IN the time when the
wise Of Gods people are to understand
the Message previously more or less
hidden, but now, in due time, to be
revealed. Revelation K, Z.
The logical thought which appeals
most strongly to every mind is that
good works must be the basis Of Divine
favor and bad works the basis Of dis
favor. This led up to the chlld-sum-
mary of preaching, namely, BE good
and 60 to heaven, be bad and so to
-" Our Catholic friends, said the
Pastor, carry the matter Of good works
to such an extent that they claim that
some have laid up such surplus of good
works aud Divine favor therefor that
they are able to appropriate some Of
these to others; hence the claim that
they may be appealed to in prayer and
may give Of their merit TO others as
bounty or donation.
The Scrlptural proposition Is plain;
It Is that no man is perfect, that all
through the fall are Impaired In mind
and body, so that none can do perfect
works. Their very best works would
be unacceptable to God-lmperfect In
stead Of ignoring their imperfecHons
God provided a Redeemer, whose obe
dlence unto death He accepts as a sac
rlnco for the sins Of Adam and his
race. Evidently all imperfectlons OF
word or act resulting from that disc
bedlence and fall will be completely
forgiven. The race will be reconciled
to God. Divine blessings will come to
humanity and the earth, instead Of the
curse now resting upon them The ef.
feet viii be to give all mankind the
fullest opportunity for rising up out OF
sin and degradation, lmperfectlon, sor
row, death, alienation from God, lg-
norance, superstition etc, back to the
full perfection that Father Adam pos
sessed at 0rst
But In order to regain all those bless
ings lost each member Of the race will
be required to appreciate the privileges
of life eternal and Divine favor and
viii be obliged also to show his ap'
probation by striving against sin and
cooperating with the Savior In the up
lifting arrangements which will pre-
vail for a thousand years, during the
Messianlc Kingdom.
Present Age Salvation by Faith.
II Is In the present Age only that
salvation is to be by faith and not by
works. True, the world in the next
Age will not be faithless while making
their progress In good works and being
judged according to their works. They
will be full OF falth, but there will be
abundant basis for faith. knowledge
will make their pathway clear as day.
Demonstration will prove to them such
things as Gods people In the present
time must accept by faith-"For we
walk by faith and not by sight"
This Gospel Age, from the time Of
Jesus frst advent until the second
advent, Is the Age Of Faith In con-
trast with the unsuccessful Age OF
Works preceding and the tobe success.
ful Age OF works to follow, The Pas.
tor showed that during the Law Age,
from Moses to Jesus, the requirement
was works; ''He that doeth these
things shall live by them" (Levitlcus
xviii, q; Romans x, 81 Israers failure
was because OF Inability to DO things
porfectly--the things contained In the
Law given to them at Mt. Sinai.
The New Law Covenant which win
be lnaueurated by Messiah's Kingdom,
WIN bo on exactly the same lines as the
old one, namely. works; "He that do
9th these things shall live by them"
The difference Will be that Christ Him
self viii be tho Mediator OF the Now
Law Covenant, both able and willing
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