The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-10

bic Christian people into most afro
cious conduct.
We are all awaking from this 81
blindness, thank God! We are eners
| ing slowly from the darkness Of tn
past We are In the very dawning Q
the morning Of Messiah's Kingdom
| which is to bless the world. The ris
ing of the Sun Of Righteousness 10 Il
bring the New Day Of emancipation
from ignorance, superstition and death
The more awake We become the NOR
clearly do we see the beauty Of Cod
Word and the ridiculous inconsistenc,
Of things we once believed.
st. Paul explains to US why Satal
strives to put darkness for light AMI
light for darkness. He explains VIII,
Satan represents himself ~ an angel O
light and endeavors to bcsnirch thu
Divine character and to make God thu
very personifcation Of wickedness ant
injustice. 1t is a part Of his genera
endeavor to thwart the Divine Plan. t.
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 theil
hearts," III. Corinthians, Nv, A.
In proportion as humanity miscon
ceiyes 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, 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 20 distinctly before the
eyes Of my understanding!
Good Tidinas Of orsat joy.
The Gospel of the Bible, the Message
Of the great God, Infinite in Justice,
Wisdom, Love and Power, il q 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 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-'times Of restitution
of all things spoken by the mouth Of
all the holy Prophets since the world
began" (Acts iii, 1920.
Another Message should not surprise
US; it 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-
ple"--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. 1t
is a further Joy to me that In the Di-
vine arrangement the time is coming
when "all the deaf ears shall be I'M
stopped and when the clear knowi-
edge Of Gods goodness shall AL the
earth as the waters cover the deep.
God first told this Message Of His
benevolent designs toward humanity
about thirty-six hundred years ago,
when He declared to His friend Abra-
ham, / intend to bless all the families
of the earth, and this shall be done
through your posterity-"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 uplifted,
under a 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 when
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
itua1 Seed Of Abraham.
The Number In the First Resurrection
But this number was short Of the
Divine intention-"a hundred and
forty-four thousand" (Rev elation
XIV Hence, In due time, the Mes.
sage Of grace and the privilege Of be
coming members Of the Spiritual Seed
Of Abraham was extended to one ma
ton after another-to the Jew FIRST,
but also to as many ~ the Lord oul
God has called, Of every nation, people
kindred and tongue. This elect mum
Der Of spirit-begotten followers Of Je
sus will very soon be completely chang
ed by the glorious First Resurrec
ton, when this mortal and corruptible
shall put ON Immortality. All those
found faithful will be made paFtakers
OF the divine nature, far above angels
prindpalities and associates
with the Redeemer. (Hphesians 1, H.
Then the Seed Of Abraham will bs
completed and qualified for It's great
work Of blessing the race.
St. Paul declares. Know ,e not tina,
the saints shall Judge the worldT' q
Corinthians vi, - The judging will be
In the nature of trial or testing to de.
termine how many Of humanity can bs
helped up to human perfection and har'
mony with God and everlasting life
and how many unworthy will be de-
stroyed In the Second Death. God, who
has elected these kings. priests and
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