Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-10

nesh-a heart OF sympathy All under
that favorable condition who will 70,
fuse 10 return TO harmony with God.
and 10 the likeness OF God, will he de-
stroyed from amongst the people In
the Second Death.-Acts III, 1923.
But while such a restitution under
the favorable conditions Of the Mes
sIanic Kingdom is Gods provision for
the world. He has a different provision
for the Church, now being called, test
ed. proven. BY nature our hearts are
hard and selfish; and, as the Apostle
ays. I'VE were children OF wrath.
even as others" The fact that God
has called us to joInt-heirship with
His Son IN the glorious Kingdom that
is shortly to bless the world does not
signify that He VIII accept us IN our
present condition OF hard-heartedness
and selhshness.
On the contrary, II we are 10 he the
kings, priests and Judges Of the world.
IN association with our Lord and Head,
the great King, we can readily see
that we ourselves must get rid Of this
condition before we could be properly
capable Of helping the world up out OF
its hard-heartedness.
In various respects the Lords deal
lngs with His called Church at the
present time nre different from what
His dealings will be with the world
by aud by. This Is because ours is so
high an honor; and. correspondingly,
II is appropriate that we should mani
fest the more love, the more zeal than
will be expected Of the world.
To illustrate: We must walk by
faith and not by sight and yolun.
tNriy accept the Lords providences.
and voluntarily undertake TO coop
crate In putting away the stony heart,
accepting Instead the Spirit Of the
Lord, and the Spirit Of the Father
spirit Of love. kindness, gentleness,
meekness. patience and long suffering
toward all. Moreover. during the thou
sand years of tho worlds recovery
from sin and selhshness and hard
heartedness, doubtlass each individual
will have several centuries for, his
gradual development, but the Father
seeks in the Church class such as will
manifest so much zeal for Him, and
such as will give such heed to His In.
structions. and show such earnestness
to copy His character. that they will
succeed In attaining q heart condition
Of tenderness, sympathy and love like
unto the Heavenly Fathers, in the
present years Of their Christian ex-
perience.
And II We shall ultimately demon
strate this ixity Of our hearts. the Lord
will own us as His children In the First
Resurrection and grant us perfect bod
les on the spirit plane, when 1t will be
possible for US to be absolutely like
Him. That is the glorious condition
for which we are waiting, hoping pray
ing, striving And It is within our
reach, for the Lord has not called us
in vain: Faithful is He who hath
called u.s."
So then, dear fellow Bible students.
let us grid up the loins of our minds.
determining that with the Lords help
we will be rich toward God Let us
think less and less of earthly riches.
and more and more prize the King
dom which the Lord has promised to
His faithful ones. All who shall at.
tain to 1t will be rich in the highest
sense, rich toward God Not only
will they be rich in the possession of
the highest prize that God has to give
His very best-but following the
process and lessons Of our Great Teach.
or we shall be rich In His character
likeness, rich in experience. rich in
faith. rich In benevolence. rich in all
that Is good and great however poor
we may be In earthly goods. Mt the
inish Of our course.