The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-20

when Jesus gave his life as MANS re-
delnption price. But those times,
or years, of restitution are due now;
for we are living in the dawning time
OF the great seventh day "a 1,000-year
day.. Messiah's first work as the
great king of earth is about to be in
augurated. He is about to bind Satan
that old serpent. the DEVIL He is
about to bless. not only the earth, but
also humanity, by rolling away the
original curse.
Messiah's kingdom is pictured as a
day ushered in by a glorious sunrise
OF truth and grace. In contrast with
its light and knowledge, all the past
5000 years are figurative1y spoken of
as darkness. isaiah 6O:2). But the
sun of righteousness now arises with
healing in His beams. Gradually, not
suddenly, the sun arises; and so the
restitution blessings are coming in
gradually, not suddenly.
Sometimes in the early morning
there is a thunderstorm, which for a
brief space binders the dawning of
the day. But it results in the drench-
ing of the earth with a refreshing
shower. So, according to the Bible,
will this new day of Messiah's king
dom be ushered in, by q terrific storm
Of trouble. But it will be short; and
it's effects upon the earth will be re-
freshing. The great contrast bet ween
the Righteousness of the future and
the sin of the present will be so con-
spicuous that all will enjoy the new
condition.: The desire of all nations
shall come.'-Haggai 81.
"God Moves in a Mysterious Way"
God has withheld the Knowledge Of
certain features of His divine pro-
gram-for our good, we may be sure.
The supposition upon which many of
us went in times past is %untenable.
We supposed that God in the Bible
had set forth in plain terms every
thing respecting His plan. When we
could not find it we tried to manufac-
ture it. 1t is good to study the word,
even if we do not understand. And
if our forefathers got themselves into
difficulties through errors of Judgment
in studying Gods word, we may be
sure that they We're not especially dis
advantaged thereby. Not seeing the
divine purpose, they We're required to
exercise more faith. But that greater
amount of faith was not then more
difficult probably, than the less
amount now necessary.
Christian t~heologians become so in
tent in their reasoning upon the heav-
emily things appertaining to the church
that they forgot all about the world.
AS cruelty became more pronounced
the word of God was less studied. It is
not strange that our f~orefathers con-
hat all except the church
would be e~ternally tormented. And
when they concluded this to be Gods
plan, it is not surprising that they on
cluded to join in the persecution them
selves. Thus it comes that the pages
of history are the records of bloody
neutrality-suspicious. directly from
Christians, and sometimes indirectly
from Christians through earthly gov
ernments.
Thus the entire civilized world has
become intoxicated with the wine of
false doctrine from the cup of the
woman who sat upon the beast. falsely
representing herself as the bride of
Christ, but living in figurative harlOtry
with the kingdoms of this world.
CRevelation II: Is; 1879. AS W. get
over the stupefaction of our intoxica-
ton of error. reason begins to return
to us. The apostle calls this the spir-
it of a sound mind"
We must not boast. There is still
considerable darkness. But we are
nearing the glorious light! The divine
character is shining out as it was never
seen BEFORE! Divine love and mercy
are conspicuous. Divine justice is
seen in it's true light. Proportionately
as we see these things, our souls mag
nifty and glorify the Lord. who is good,
and whose mercy endureth forever.
Gathering of the Elect Now.
The work of this present age is I'M
questionably the gathering of Gods
elect. 1t is equally unquestionable
hat the sanity are the elect. st. Paul
points out to us that this is Gods
Denomination; namely THAT all who
will be elected in this present age must
be copies of Gods dear Son. This is
what is predestinated-the terms and
conditions, the requirements and quail
of the elect. (Romans S:29,
3O.) God will permit none others to
be of hat number But not a word is
said in the scriptures about Gods hav-
ing predestinated the non-elect to tor
ment. Quite to the contrary. His pre-
destination for the non-elect is that
they shall be blessed by the elect after
the elect church is completed, after
the church, the bride, shall AVE en-
tered with her bridegroom-Lord into
the glories of Messiah's kingdom.
The elect are the seed of Abraham.
First of all, the natural seed We're elect
ed, or chosen, of Coo to special privi-
leges and opportunities under the law
covenant; while the remainder of the
world, called gentiles. were allowed
for century after century to go down
to death without God, having no hope
in the world. There was a hope for
them, but they knew not of it, because
Gods lime for revealing it to them
had not yet come. If the Jews told
the outsiders that they would ulti-
mataly bless all nations, the others