The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-04-14

The Pastor declared that the Bible
everywhere holds up the Lord Jesus
Christ as the glorious Pattern OF what
is most pleasing to the Heavenly ia,
Their, to be copied by all desiring Coos
favor. He reminded his hearers that
certain steps are necessary before any
can come into that favor, and properly
be called Gods children. Both ouI
Lord and His Apostles make this point
very clear.
Very few have Gods favor at the.
present time. said the Pastor. In Gods
due time, however. all shall be brought
to knowledge of Messiah, and priv
legged through Him to enjoy everlast
ing life. But what is coming and what
is here are two different things. Nc
one has authority to make the Narrow
Way a Broad Way. or to say that
many will find it. when the Scriptures
declare, Few there be that find it"
The Pastor showed clearly that his
text related only to the consecrated
few who during this Age. heard anG
accepted the invitation to become foot
step followers of Jesus. These have
in the precious blood of Christ. and OF
conservation to do Gods will. These
have the Redeemer as their Advocate.
To These Our Text Applies.
These are exhorted to come boldly to
the Throne of Heavenly Grace. to OBJ
tain mercy and to find grace to help in
every time of need. These may know
that their prayers are always heard
The exhortations of the Apostles are
to these alone-not to the world.
In our context. the Apostle holds up
the Lord Jesus as the great Pattern
of humility st. Paul tells US that our
Lord was rich. yet in obedience to the
Fathers will He laid aside His riches
and became poor. He Invested Him
self of His spirit conditions and took
instead human conditions.
From being above angels. He will
ingly took nature and place "a little
tower II ala this; know
ing that it was only preliminary step,
and that others of self-denial and suf
fering would follow. A man-Adam
had sinned. and had involved a race in
his death sentence. Only an uncon
demned man could redeem him. II
was for this purpose that Jesus left
His glory, and was found in fashion
as a man." He was holy, harmless.
undefled. Otherwise. he could not
have been the Redeemer.
At thirty years of age. our Lord went
forth, declaring the Message which
He knew would be misunderstood-th
Message that He was the Sim Offering
and that as the result of His sacrifice
the Millennial Kingdom would come
which would bless all the families OF
the earth. The Jews were not ready
for that Message. AS the Scriptures
ly.-1 Corinthians 2:8.
The Rewards of Humility and Loyalty.
According to st. Paul, the Father set
before our Lord joy as a reward TO,
His sacrifice. The details of that JOY
we may infer to be: CD The joy of the
Fathers smile of approval. 2) The JOY
of bringing many sons to glory. g,
The JOY Of restoring mankind to their
original perfection. "a, The joy Of an
exaltation to a still higher station than
His former one. See Hebrews 1918.
Since His exaltation. our Redeemer
awaits the glorious time when all foes
of righteousness shall be brought low
and righteousness exalted. But first
must come the completion Of the
Church of Christ Then will follow the
blessing Of all ma nkind.
Satan's Course In Contrast.
Notice the contrast between Satan's
course and our Lords. Instead of
humbling himself and willingly doing
what was pleasing to God, Satan took
the opposite course. He was proud
naughty. and sought to exalt himself
Lucifer was rich before he became Sa
tan, the Adversary. Yet he was not SO
rich as the Logos. through whom Di
vine energy operated in the creation.
Mark we'll the course Of pride. which
fed to sin. and will ultimately lead to
Satan's destruction. Mark we'll tn.
course Of Jesus. which led through hu
mility to the highest glory. Which eX
ample shall we follow? What folly +
would be to permit pride to gain
place in our hearts.
Net Earnings For Past Year $250,o0o,.
OCo Over Those of 1911.
s Washington, April IA. - The net
earnings Of corporations of the United
States for the calendar year 1912 were
$4,000, 100000, an increase of $250,000.-
600 over 1911.
This amount will yield an income to
the federal government, under the cor
poration tax law, of $30,000,000, which
is $2,500,000, or per cent greater than