The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-20


u,sttornc as tne- torture or twenty
thousand millions was foreknowfl Of
God and prcdestlhated by Hin before
the creation ~ Adam. Others claim
the contrary, that God had benevolent
intentions toward Unr race at the staff,
but that His plans miscarriod and
would produce thc same horrinie re-.
suits, either because of Diyinc tnvis-
dom or because OF lacl, OF power How
such presentations distressed every
Christian loyal at heart toward His
God and sympathetic toward lis fell
lows!
Our colleges and unlversitics-and.
sad to say, our theological srmlnarles
are busy turning out unbelieyers-
inhdels. Nor are these people wicked
or immoral IN their unbeilef; they are
as well-meaning as ever, but have
lost their way. They reject The Bible
because they believe It to be the
foundation OF the various inconsisten.
cles in their creeds; they arc STUN
bling for lack of knowledge: they can.
not believe that mans Hereafter Ia
one Of centuries Of suffering. or of
eternal suffering.
Let us now demoish these idols
which so long have msrcpfcaented
our gracious Creator and blinded us
with ignorance and superstition. Let
us receive the Scripture teaching only.
Let us rejoice IN the election Of the
Church to be the Kingdom class and
let us rejoice in the hope Of it's King
dom glory for the blessing OF the non
elect Let us rejoice that "the wilder.
ness shall blossom as the rose. and
that the solitary place shall be glad"
and that God Will make His foo;stool
glorious" during the thousand years
Of Messiah's Kingdom. So desiring
we will come into line with our text:
"Iet him that glone;h glory in this,
that he understnndeth and knoweth
Me, that ann the Lord, which exer.
clseth lovlny-k.ndness. Judgment and
righteousness Ia the earth"
Now We See obsourely.
Saint Paul declares: "Now we see
obscurely." Only by faith can we
see Gods loving Kindness. The reign
Of sin and death for six thousand
years has been but the natural re-
suit of the violation OF Divine Law
which our first parents transgressed.
The beginning of Gods work for our
reclamation from Its consequences was
In the sending of His Son to be our
Redeemer. Since then He has been
gathering an elect few TO be Messlah's
Bride and joint-heir IN His Kingdom.
SOon-very soon, we hope and be.
lieve-th Church will be completed
and the Messianlc Kingdom will man
ifest Divine clemency, mercy. loving
kindness, judgment and righteousness
| in the earth.
The Bible declares that the penalty
for sin Is being experienced by hui
manlty at the present time-the death
pcnalty-and that the redemption price
OF Christ's death Is sufficient for the
sins of the whole world II declares
that on account of this redemption,
ultimately the resurrection OF the dead
shall take place-''sll that are In their
| X
OF Man and come forth" 1t IS he
cause Of the ,INvlne Intention that
there shall be a. resurrection OF the
dend that the Bible everywhere both
In the Old and New Tcstamcnts.
speaks Of those who have died. both
good and bad, rs being asleep" and
| the promise is that "Thcv that
sleep In the dust Of the earth shall
! awake"
Nor viii they come forth to similar
conditions Of sorrow that now sur
| round us AL On the contrary the
First Resurrection Is TO be composed
of the holy, the sanity. ana they are
to be associated with their Rcdcemcr
as his Bride and Consot. 10 assist in
delivering ard restoring mankind
Later the imperfect, who have not had
their full trial. the great mass OF man
kind, will be brought forth, that they
may learn the ways Of righteousness.
that they may learn to know God, and
Jesus Christ, and In due time he up-
lifted ont Of the conditions of sin and
death. Then will come the worlds
opportunity How Joyful is the mes
sage, There shall lie no more death.
neither sorrow, nor crying. nor dying;
for the former things have passed
away"
All, how different is Gods PROPOSE
tion of general upllft OF the worthy
and their assistance back TO perfec-
tlOn-tO all that was lost in Adam!
How different is this from the doe
trines of demons" which have per-
picked us, which have divided the
Church OF Christ into numherless
sects and parties and which have al
most driven us from Christ and the
Bible!
Only those can see the grace of God
now whose eyes have been enllghten-
ed and whose ears have been unstop-
ped, Thank God. however. for the
gracious promise that In due time "all
the blind eyes shall be opened and all
the deaf ears shall be unstopped;"
then "the knowledge Of the glory of
the Lord shall fill the whole earth as
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