The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-07

Dve should walk In them" Eph. ii. 9. TO-
Ever since Brother Luthers day and
his vigorous preaching Of justification
by faith Christian believers have been
mere or less perplexed in their en-.
deavucs to harmonlse the Scrtptural
declaration respecting faith and works
az related to salvation. Pastor Rus
sch believes mat in the clearer light
God Is shedding upon the pathway of
His people today through the Bible
they are enahied b comprehend with
absolute ciearness matters once foggy.
This, he claimed, does not signify
that our forsfAthers were less loyal b
God, nor less logical In the operation
OF their minds. IL does, however. agree
with the Scriptural declaration that
vi ats living In the time when the
wisS,o Gods people are to understand
the Message previously moro Or less
hidden. but now, IN due time. To be
rew4slsa RAvslatiou !, 7. is.ts,
Thef logical thought which appeals
mest strongly to, every mind is that
gd6d WORKS must betths basis of Divine
favor and bad, works the basis Of dis
favor. This led up to the child-sum'
mary of preaching. namely, BE good
and 60 to heaven; be bad and 60 to
-" Our Catholic friends. said the
Pastor, carry the matter Of good works
to such an extent that they claim that
some have laid up such surplus Of good
works and Divine favor therefor that
they are able to appropriate some of
these to others; hence the claim that
they may be appealed to in prayer and
may give Of their merit to others as q
bounty or donation.
The Scriptural proposition Is plain:
it is that no man Is perfect, that all
through the fall are impaired In mind
and body. so that none can do perfect
works. Their very best works would
be unacceptabI BILE to God-imperfect In
stead of ignoring their imperfechons
God provided a Redeemer. whose ODE
sdience unto death He accepts as sac
rif1ce for the sins of Adam ac3 sis
race. Evidently all tmperfections Of
word or act resulting from that DISC
bedienee and fall win be completely
forgiven. The race Will be reconciled
to God. Divine blessings will come to
humanity and the earth, instead Of the
curve now resting upon them. The eff.
feet will be to give all mankind the
fullest opportunity for rising up out Of
sin and degradation, imperfection, sor,
row, 6eath, aliena tion from God. ig-
norance, superstition. etc.. back to the
Suil perfection that Father Adam pos
sessed at first
4 But In order to regain all those bless
ings lost each member Of the race will
be required to appreciate the privileges
Of life eternal and Divine favor and
probation by striving against sin and
cooperating with the Savior in the up
lifting arrangements which will pre-.
vail for a thousand years, during the
Messianic Kingdom.
Present Age Salvation by Faith.
It is in the present Age only that
salvation is to be by faith and not by
works. True. the world in the next
Age will not be faithless while making
their progress in good works and being
Judged according to their works. They
will be full of faith. but there will be
abundant basis for faith. knowledge
will make their pathway clear as day
Demonstration will prove to them such
things as Gods people in the present
time must accept by faith-"For we
walk by faith and not by sight"
This Gospel Age. from the time OF
jesus first advent until the second
advent, is the Age of Faith in con
trast with the unsuccessful Age OF
Works preceding and the to-be success
full Age of works to follow. The Pas
tor showed that during the Law Age
from Moses to Jesus. the requirement
was works: "He that doeth these
things shall live by them" Ueviticui
xviii, 8; Romans Z. o. Israers failure
was because Of inability to do things
perfectly-the things contained in the
Law given to them at Mt. Sinai
The New Law Covenant, which will
be inaugurated by Messiah's Kingdom
viii be on exactly the same lines rs the
old one, namely. works: HE that do
eth these things shall I've by them.
THE difference will DO that Christ Him
self will be the Mediator OF the New
Law Covenant, both able and willinf