The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-05

Pastor Russell's meetings were The
religious features in Cincinnati. We
report one of his addresses from the
text: His name shall be called the
Everlasting Father" lisa. 9:6.)
He said:
Our forefathers had much less op-
p~ortunity for study than have we. Not
only is education general today, but
the facilities for study are common.
Every home has at least one Bible
and good light Wherewith to study.
Moreover, the curse of toll is lifting:
less sweat of face is required to earn
our daily bread; consequently we have
more time at our disposal wherein to
ascertain the things freely given unto
us of God through His word. And
what beautiful and convenient Bibles
We possess, with clear print, marginal
references, concordances, helps, etc,
God be praised for such privileges,
Bible students are learning to use
these mercies and are being blessed
in their use. The Bible is being
studied as never before, and being al
lowed to interpret itself, one passage
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evidently, was the Divine design. But
in addition to all this, we have the
thought that now is Gods due time
to grant blessings and enlightenment
to the world along secular lines. All
this enlightenment is coming. we be-
lieve, because we are in the dawning
Of a New Dispansation, which shortly
is to bring more wonderful things.
IjnHN-at-a, ~, go -..I1 = .t-. -. -
ter terms the dark place. waiting
for that day dawn to grow more
clear: and We do we'll to take close
heed t. the light upon our path, which
falls from our lamp. the Bible.
Christ Not the Church's Father.
Item after item Of divine truth be- |
coming clear, sheds a radiance on other
precious truths. old, familiar scrip
lures have a ten-fold significance. our
text is one of these. No one will dis
pute that it refers to our Lord Jesus
Christ, He shall b. called Wonderful,
Counselor, the Mighty God, the Ever
lasting Father Cor the Father who
gives everlasting lifep, the Prince Of
Peace" These titles are still prophet
lc. Our great Redeemer has not yet /
become the Prince Of Peace; for peace
has not yet come, We are still under
the reign of sin and death. Our Re-
deemer has not yet become the Ever
lasting Father.
Only the church has vet been dealt
with. and Jesus is not the father of
the church. He is our elder brother;
or under another figure. He is our be-
trothed, and at His second coming is
to be our heavenly bridegroom. The
scriptures distinctly tell us that Jesus
is not the church's father, or life
giver. st. Peter says, "The God and
Father Of our Lord Jesus Christ 81 . *
hath begotten u.s. q Peter i. 80
Jesus t%estifies to the same effect. Aft .
err His resurrection. when speaking to
Mary, He said, Il ascend unto my
father, and your father; to my Cod,
and your God" John Xxx, ~ The
scriptures never mix figures after such
a manner as to speak of Jesus as the
church's father, and then to intimate
that He would become bridegroom to
His WI child.
Jehovah, Father of the New Creation.
We must remember that the church
ceases to be human. earthly. She be-
comes Gods new creation. She is be-
gotten of the holy spirit now, and will
be born from the dead by the holy
spirit power in the first resurrection,
to the ivine nature. She will be like
her Lord, His Bible, CRevelation xxi,
8. Romans viii, 10 To her, "old
things pass away; all things become
new" Under the begctting of the holy
spirit she becomes in the present life
transformed by the renewing of her
MINI and sets her affections on things
above. Her porfecting in the resurrcc-
ton is clearly stated by st. Paul, who
says that in the resurrection each seed
will have its own kind of body.
The human, or Adamic seed will
have human bodies; but those bcgot-
ten again Of the holy spirit during this
gnSpei age become the new seed, to
whom will be given new spirit bodies.
Thus they shall be made like their glo-
rificd saviour or bridegroom, and be
like Him, " = + see Him as He is
a spirit being, Describing the spiritual
seed and its resurrection, ST. Peter
says, 1T is suWn in weakness: ii is
raised in power; it is soWn in dishon-
or; it is raised in glory: it is soWn an
animal body; it is raised a spiritual
body. There is an animal body thu-
mani; and there is a spiritual body
celestial, hcaycnly.-I Corinthians XIV,
43, A.
Praise THE Rpmcdv