Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-01-13

blindness, L0duh dOu' We o'S
ING slowly from the darkness OF the
past. We are in the very dawning OF
the morning Of Messiah's Kingdom
which ls to bless the world The ris-
ing OF the Sun Of Righteousness Is to
bring the New Day OF emancipation
from ignorance, superstition and death.
The more awake we become the more
clearly do we see the beauty OF Coos
Word and the ridiculous Inconsistency
Of things we once believed.
St Paul explains to US why Satan
strives to put darkness for light and
light for darkness. He explains why
Satan represents himself as an anger OF
light and endeavOrs to besmlrch the
Divine character and to make God the
very personihcatlon of wickedness and
Injustice! 1t is a part Of his general
endeavor to thwart the Divine Plan, to
mislead those who are seeking to know
God. Heaken to the Apostles words:
"The god Of this world hath blinded
the minds Of them that believe not,
lest the glorious light Of Gods good
ness, as It shines in the face Of Jesus
Christ our Lord, should shine into their
hearts QI. Corinthians, iv, A.
In proportion as humanity miscon'
ceives Gods character and His Word,
in that same proportion they will shun
the Bible and its God, and thus get
away from the faith and hope revealed
in the Bible. AS have told you, l had
my own bitter experiences along this
line. How | thank God for the EYE
salve" and for the glorious vision OF
the Divine character and Plan which
now stands out so distinctly before the
eyes OF my understanding!
Good Tidinss Of Great Joy.
The Gospel Of the Bible, the Message
Of the great God, Infinite In Justice,
Wisdom, Love and Power, is a Mes
sage Of grace. Of mercy, as has en-
anated from no other quarter-such as
no other religious book in the world
presents And what else should we ex-
pect than that the great Supreme Be-
ing would be a Fountain Of grace, Of
blessing to His dependent creatures.
1t should not surprise us, then, to find
the Bible clearly teaching that the God
Of all Grace has in store for humanity
great blessings OF restitution
Of all things spoken by the mouth OF
all the holy Prophets since the world
began" (Acts iii, 19-2D.
Another Message should not surprise
US; 1t Is the message that was sung by
the angels on the night Of Jesus birth
Behold we bring you good tidings of
great JOY, which shall be unto all peo-
pe"-the thousands of millions Of the
Chinese included! 1t Is Joy to me to be
permitted to tell this glorious Message
to such as have the ear to hear 1t. II
is a further JOY to me that In the Di
vine arrangement the time is coming
when "all the deaf ears shall be un.
stopped" and when the clear knowl.
edge Of Gods goodness shall 6ll the
earth as the waters cover the deep.
God first told this Message Of His
benevolent designs toward humanity
about thlrty-six hundred years ago
when He declared to His friend Abra
ham, l intend to bless all the families
Of the earth, and this shall be done
through your pOsterlty-"In thee and
in thy Seed shall the families Of the
earth be blessed" The natural seed
OF Abraham was first developed and
instructed, and consequently upllfted
under Law Covenant. This arrange
ment prepared the natural seed OF
Abraham more than others OF the
worlds peoples to receive Jesus; hence
when He presented Himself, and wher
afterward His message was proclaimed
by His twelve Apostles, approximately
sixteen thousand Jews became His
footstep followers, were begotten Of
= the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and after
and thus became members Of the Spir
ltual Seed OF Abraham.
Tho Number In the First Resurrection
But this number was short Of tn,
Divine intentional hundred ant
torty-four thousand" (Revelatior
XIV Hence, in due time, the Mes
sage of grace and the privilege Of be
coming members Of the Spiritual SeeC
OF Abraham was extended to one ma
tlon after another-tO the Jew first
but also to rs many as the Lord ou
Cod has called, Of every nation, people
kindred and tongue. This "elect" mum
ber Of spirit-begotten followers Of Je
, sus will very soon be completely chang
ed by the glorious First Resurrec
ton, when this mortal and corruptibl,
shall put on immortality. All thos,
found faithful will be made partaker.
OF the divine nature, far above angels
principalItcs and powers-associate
: with the Redeemer. (Ephesians /, 2l.
Then the Seed Of Abraham will b,
completed and qualified for its grea
work Of blessing the race.
, ST. Paul declares, Know We not tina
the saints shall judge the world?" Il
Corinthians vi, p The judging win b,
In the nature of trial or testing to de
termine how many of humanity can b,
heped up to human perfection and har
mony with God and everlasting life
ana how many unworthy will be de
S'royed in the Second Death. God. VIII,
, mas elected these kings, priests an,
/, judges, has appointed Day in whicl
they shall rule, bless, instruct iudc,
nankind in general. 1t will he m,
thousand years Of Messiah's Kingdom
Ior "A day with the Lord is as thou
, sand years"-dl. Peter III. I, 81
, II ouords me great pleasure to hav,
: the opportunity Of delivering this Mes
sage Of the grace Of God In This m,