Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-10-13

psalm A:3, A. He said:
The pen pictures Of the Bible astound
us with their clearness and forceful-
ness, their crispness and pointedness.
We are to remember that the Prophet
David was not writing with ordinary
poetic license, but was stating In po-
etic form grand truths which he him
self could not fully appreciate. st.
Peter tells us this was the case with
NIL the Prophets. He said that holy
men Of God spake as they were moved
of the Holy Spirit; and that the things
that they wrote were intended. not
for themselves, but for the Church,
during this Gospel Age.
Interpreting our text In harmony
with other prophecies, we perceive that
the words do not refer to the literal
Hill OF Zion. nor to the literal Holy
Place Of Israel's Tabernacle. Mt. Zion
typically represented the Kingdom of
Messiah, and the Holy Place represent.
ed the antitypical Temple of the fu.
ture, which st. Peter tells us will be
the Church In glory, Christ Jesus Him
self being the Chief Corner Stone.
"lte That Hath Clean Hands,"
Now comes the question. Who shall
be accounted worthy Of place in that
glorious Kingdom? Who shall be ac-
counted worthy of membership In that
true Temple? The answer evidently
applies primarily to the Lord Jesus
Christ Himself. as the succeeding
verses show "IIe that hath clean
hands" would signify, he who is able
and willing to keep the Divine Law
perfectly; secondly, he that is pure in
heart. In whom there Is no admlxture
OF dlsloyalty or selHshness or sln-he
whose heart Is loyal to the core to the
great Jehovah.
The Prophet David could not claim
such purity OF heart or cleanness Of
oands; nor could any one. except the
s'on Of God, who was holy, harmless,
slndeiled and separate from sinners,
ale alone could and did keep the DI-
vine Law, both In letter and In spirit,
He alone, therefore, was qualified to
he the great King in Zion and the great
nntliyplcal Priest. In Him alone the
royalty OF Davld's line and the Priest
hood, typlned through Aaron. would
tnlte, and Hs foretod, would constitute
she new Prlesthood--a Royal Priest
hood, Priesthood associatlng In Itself
the qualities Of mercy. instruction,
tiOwr and authority, Thus II was
NroNhc~icd or Jesus. "The Lord hath
sworn, and Will not repent; Thou art
n Priest for the Age, after the order
of Melchlzcdek" roignng Pnest-a
Priest upon His Throne. Psalm i10A.
Other Tosts Wero Necessary.
The full keeping OF the Law was not
all that WIS requisite IN the great Heir
of the AbrahamIc Covenant. All
things written by the Prophets con.
corning Messiah must have fulilment
In Him. And In all those prophecies
God had caused to he set forth matters
which would indeed DO tests OF the
humility and loyalty OF the Ono who
would perform them Was II not writ.
ten that Messiah must be led ns a
lamb TO the slaughter, and as a sheep,
dumb before the shearers, must not
open Ills mouth In protestl He OF
whom Il was written, Never man
spake like this man," used His elo.
'quence In telling of the grace aud mer-
.cy Ot God, but not to deliver Himself
from the evil Vaccinations OF His enc.
mIcs, q those bent upon cruclfylng
Him.
Was II not written that He would
I've the antitypical Passover Lamb, to
bc slalny And did II not behoovo
Him. therefore, as He declared, to sur.
fer NIL these things, und through obe-
sllence In these sufIerlngs to cnter Into
the Messlnnlc glory which was to be
the rcwnrdY Our text tells us this IN
simple terms--that He did not swear
tleceitfully- that the Covenant which
He made with the Father u Covenant
of Sacrifice unto death. was kept to
the very lciter Neither did He lft
up His soul unto vanity and pride,
NOR bcar'ken TO the odmonltlons Of the
Adversary. On the contrary He hum.
oiled himself, even unto the death OF
uhe cross. 'rhls was His great test.
Tar beyond the mere keeping OF the
IAw of the Golden Rule.
And because Of His falthfulnuss. IN
ahv Anortla declares. God also hath