The Daily Missoulian., 1913-01-12

in order that they may be counted
worthy of the glory, honor and inn
mortality" which God has for those
who love Him.
BY and BY It Will Be Different.
The divine plan outlined in the
Bible is different. The procedure un-
der Messiah's kingdom and dealing
with the world will be exactly what
the world will concede to be wise
program. In that time all darkness,
ignorance and superstition will speed
lily pass away under the advancing
light of the sun of Righteousness. The
way of Righteousness will no longer be
narrow, secluded and rugged, as at
present. God describes it through the
Prophet, saying, "A highway shall be
there, and a way, and it shall be called
the way of holiness; the re-
deemed of the Lord shall walk there;
no ravenous beast shall go up there
on.''-Isaiah XXxv, s, 8.
Faithfulness will bring the divine
reward of freedom from weakness, and
of increase of straightforward, moral
and physical. Day by day the WELL
doer, walking on the highway of holi-
ness, will be coming nearer to human
perfection. Thus will be fulfilled,
through Christ, the gracious promise
that God shall wipe away all tears
from all faces" and there shall be no
more curse, neither sorrow, nor sigh
ing, nor crying; for the former things
shall have passed away"
Many Stripes and Few Stripes.
The Bible clearly indicates that the
Adamic condemnation against our race
will be fully offset by the merit Of
Christ's sacrifice. But on the other
hand it tells US that every trans-
gression which is not purely of in
herited weakness is charged to the
account of the transgressor and must
be met by him. Jesus emphasizes this
lesson, saying, "He that knew his mas
ter's will and did it not, shall be beat
en- with many stripes; but he that
knew it not and yet did things worthy
of stripes, shall be beaten with few
stripes" Some of these stripes, or
punishm ents, may, indeed come to the
transgressor in the present life; and
if So he does we'll to profit by them.
But whether in the present life or
in the future life, every wilful trans
gression will receive "a just recom-
pense of reward The difficulty with
our theories of the dark ages on this
subject has not been that they taught
punishment for sin; but that they
taught an unjust penalty, dishonorins
to the Creator and stultifying to the
believer
The Records Of WifuI Sin.
1t is a mistake to say that increas-
ing sins would increase the pangs OF
conscience and that thus each would
be punished. We know to the contrary
that many, as they become STEPPED
in sin, lose all sensibility. ST. Paul
corroborates this thought saying OF
some that their conscience become
"seared"-calloused.
God provided that each individual
shall keep a record in himself of his
own moral obliquities Each violation
Character weakened, degraded, can be
reconstructed ony with proportionate>
ly great difficulty. Thus some, during
the period Of Messiah's kingdom, will
be struggling against weaknesses
"lllCI llley DIouEll uppi lIeiilSClVSS,
aside from those of Adamic heredity.
The assistance from the Royal Priest
hood will be proportionate to the
Adamic weakness, contrary to the hu-
man will. Outside temptations will
be gone. Full knowledge will be there;
but character will be the thing of par
amount Importance as determining
who will attain everlasting life.
Our Redeemer gave a suggestion
along this line when He said to the
Pharisees, How can ye escape the
condemnation of Gehenna?" Matthew
xiii, 33. The Valley of Hinnom Gee
henna) outside Jerusalem, where the
offal was finally destroyed, symboli-
cally represented the second death, as
explained in Revelation XXX, ID, Jesus
did not condemn the Pharisees to the
second death. His mission to the
world was not to condemn men; for
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