The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-11-29

| The Pastor s1td |
l11A ~ that In order to |
llRASIOR RUSSEll)J appreciate the
Scriptures on all
subjects, we must handle the Word of
God honestly We must recognize that
our Lord Jesus is one person and the
Father another person. The oneness
between the Father and the Son Is that
declared by our Master Himself. say
ing that He and the Father are one
I'm the same sense that He desires all /
of His disciples to be One--in mind. In
purpose, I'm will. In effort. John xvii.
q. 49, Our Lord Jesus is Gods un.
speakable Gift
The Scriptures declare that the Re-
deemer took the nature of men In or
der to redeem sinners; but that In Him
there was no sin. Only sinless one
could give to God n Ransom for Adam.
and thus redeem from destruction. not
only Adam, but all his pOsterity, in
vOlved in sin and death through him.
The speaker then showed that God
set before our Lord a great joy. the
influence of which led Jesus to endure
cheerfully the bitter experiences OF His
earthly lfe This joy is intimated to
have been: "a His pleasure In doing
the Fathers will; 90 His privilege of
"bringing many sons to glory-tne
Church; ~ His pleasure and joy In be-
ing by and by the worlds Restorer. de-
livering them from the power of Satan.
sin and death. wherefore" st. Paul
says. God hath highly exalted Him."
for above angels, municipalities and
powers, and every name that is named
An Opposite Course From satan's.
Pastor Russell then cOntrasted the
| course pursued by Satan with that fol
lowed by our Lord. Meditating am
bilious designs, Satan found an oppor-
tunity in Eden. He beheld in our first
parents a new order of beings, design
cd to bring into existence race that
would all the earth. Satan essayed t.
he ruler or prince over this human Gre
alton; and by so doing, he not only be-
came a rebel against God. but brought
sin and death into the world
Our Lord Jesus pursued an opposite
course, and demonstrated His loyalty
and obedience. st. Paul intimates that
although the LOgOs was much higher
than was Lucifer. yet He was humble.
and "meditated not a usurpatiOn," as
the Greek text declares. phil. IL.
g. He thought not by robbery to be
equal with God. On the contrary, our
Lord willingly accepted the Divine pro-
posal that He should be humbled to the
human plane for time, in order to
carry out the Fathers Plan.
To the Church, Jesus is Gods un-
speakable Gift. He is indeed a Gift
to the whole world. unspeakable In
value. but He Is more to the Church
than to the world. To His fOOtstep
followers, He is the captain of their
Salvation" their Bridegroom. Their
ELDER Brother" their great High
Priest. Through Him they are priv
LEGGED to be the Royal Priesthood
Through the merit Of the sacrifice OF
Christ. they are privileged to 'presen'
their bodies living sacrifices, holy, ac
ceptable unto God"
The Pastor then said that Justice Il
the foundation OF Gods Throne. II
the past. endeavors to harmonic Jus
tice with our great Creators dealings
with humanity have involved US II
difficulty. We We're assured by thu
prominent creeds that God had know
ingly brought me- nkind into existence
under such conditions that the grea
majority would spend eternity in tor
ture We perceived no Justice In an!
such arrangement. But while desist
ing from criticising the Creator. w
could not indorse such course. no
| see it to be in harmony with the ID
vine regulations governing ourselves
III we are to love our enemies. SHOULD
more be expected Of fallen human be
ings than of our perfect Creator?
The Scriptures declare only the con
secrated Church see the Lengths
breadths, heights and depths Of tn
Love Of God" which passeth under
standing. This class alone Is In an
I sense prepared to give thanks to Go
;. now for His unspeakahle Gift. Thei
: thanks go up. not only In words. bu
I also in actions. which ''speak tioude
u than words" These thanks ascend
D sweet incense to God.
u BY and by. "All the blind eyes wi
] be opened and all the deaf ears will b
unstopped." Then the whole world Q
mankind. including those awakene
from the sleep of death during Me-
y siah's reign. will be In condition to re'
ognlze Gods unspeakable Gift ana rel
der thanks. When wilful evil doel
. shall have been destroyed. then ever
{ creature In Heaven, on earth ana
U the sea shall be heard saying, "Prais'
. glory, honor, dominion and might .
. unto Him that stitch on the Thron
~ and to the Lamb. forever" through u
unspeakable Gift.