Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-26
Pastor RusselI's Sermon


tion for imperfection.
Thus it Is written, "As by man
came death, by man also comes the
resurrection of the dead. For as all in
Adam die, even so all in Christ shall
be made alive. But every man in his
own order Tor company: Christ Head
and Body1, the First-fruits; after
wards those who shall become Christ's
at [during the time of His presence"
the thousand years Of His glorious
Reign for human uplift.-1 Corinthians
15:20-23.
The uplifting, the resurrecting. the
Restitution, will not be merely an
awakening from the tomb to the con-
ditions which prevailed before death;
much more is implied. Father Adams
dying began when he was perfect. 1t
included all the processes which final
ly led him to the tomb. His resurrec-
tion, or raising again, will not signify
merely his coming from the tomb, but
will include all the steps of progress
up, up, back to all that he was at first
to all that he lost through sin-to all
that was redeemed for him at Calvary
And the same principle will hold with
all his children. his race. In him they
all fell from perfection, and through
Christ they may all reattain the perfec-
ton which they lost.
only Two Exceptions.
This blessing Of Restitution will in
clude the whole race, with two excep-
tions. The first exception will be those
who will reject the gift Of God, eternal
life, through Jesus Christ our Lord, by
refusing to cooperate with God In the
love and service Of righteousness and
in the hatred OF iniquity.
The second exception will be the
Church Of this Gospel Age-not the
nominal Church. but the Church whose
names are written In Heayen--all
saints, out Of all nations and denom-
nations. These will not be returned
to the perfection of Adam. because ac-
cordlng to the call Of this Gospel Age
they are invited to change Of nature,
and in the present life experience a
begetting Of the Holy Spirit II faith
ful, they will share the First, or su-
perior. Resurrection, and will be made
perfect on the Heavenly plane, that
they may be associated with the Mas
ter in the great work Of blessing and
uplifting humanity In general
Satan the lneorrlgible.
For all these six thousand years sa-
tan has maintained his attitude Of en-.
nifty toward God and antagonism to-
ward all the Divine arrangements.
laws and regulations God all-power-
full. could have restrained Satan at
any moment II He chose. The fact
that He has allowed him to remain
and TO practise to some extent his
evil work assures us that the results
win fully justify the course pursued by
the Almighty.
In the sight OF the holy angels. the
vicious, scheming plotting, deceiving,
lying murderous spirit of Satan has
been fully manifest and by and by the
whole world Of mankind, now subject
TO his deceptons. will be fully recov.
cred and fully informed respecting
them. God undoubtedly sees that the
permitting Of sin TO take It's course
will eventually bring to the world, TO
angels. and to the Church, wider
knowledge. Of good and evil, Of right
and wrong, than could have been com
municated to them IN any other way.
Satan, evidently always hopeful that
he might outwlt the Almighty and ac-
complish his purpose, has especially
labored during the past nineteen CEN
turtles. When he could not seduce the
great Redeemer TO dlsloyalty 20 God,
lie sought to put Him to lgnomlnlous
death. only to hnd that In this he had
fulfilled the Scriptures Later, in per.
scouting the Church and In bringing
IN damnablc heresles, through seducing
spirits intoxicating doctrines OF demons.
Satan has sought to turn the hearts Of
all against the Heavenly Father, and
to mlslead them In respect to tho Di.
vine character and Plan.
The Kingdom and Ito Work,
Gods great Plan viii soon have ma.
tured Soon the Church will be com.
pleted. Then Christ viii receive her
to Himself MS His Bride and Jolnt.heir
In His Kingdom. Then the work OF
that Kingdom, the rescue OF the world,
win begin. Mankind must tlrst be res
cued from error superstition, dark.
mesa, ignorance OF God brought on
them by Satan. He shall zee the
wreck OF all hls deep,laid schemes, but
he win be poweresi to any further
deceive humanity and mlsrepresent the
Creator One OF the first acts OF Mes.
slah In His Kingdom will be 10 LAY
hold on that old Serpent. the Devil,
aud bind him n thousand years, that
he may deceive tho nations no more" /"
Revelation 2Oh.3,
Sins Wage IL Death
Our great Creator has one Law for
His Empire; THE wages Of sin Il
death; the gift OF God Is eternal llfe'
Satan was given this gifti but Il wa'
condltlonal--dependent upon his obedl
enca From the moment OF his rebel
lion he was worthy OF the sentence Of
death Hut II was not decrced Tim,
was given him TO see the folly Of hi
course Century after century increas
Cd Sann'a spirit of opposition 10 Go(