The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-21

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Thus It Is written. by man
came death, By q mai also comes the
resurrection Of the dead. For as all in
Adam die, even SO all in Christ shali
.be made alive. But every man in his
own order for companyl: Christ Head
and Bodyl. the First-fruits; after
wards those who shall become Chrlst's
at [during the time of His presence"
the thousand years Of His glorious
Reign for human uplIft-1 Corinthians
|l5:2o-23.
The uplifting, the rcsurrecting. the
Restitution. will not be merely an
awakening from the tomb to the con.
ditions which prevailed before death:
much more is implied. Father Adams
dying began when he was perfect. 1t
included all the processes which final
~ led him to the tomb. His resurrec-
ton. or raising again. will not signify
merely his coming from the tomb. but
will include all the steps Of progress
up. up, back to oil that he was ut first
to all that he lost through sin-to all
TINT wa redeemed for him at Calvary.
And the same principle will hold with
all his children, his race. In him they
all fell from perfection. and through
Christ they may Nil reattain the perfec-
ton which they lost.
ONLY Two Exceptions.
This blessing Of Restitution will in
clude the whole race, with two excep-
tons. The first exception will be those
who will reject the gift Of God, eternal
life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. by
refusing to cooperate with God in the
love and service Of righteousness and
in the hatred Of iniquity.
The second exception will be the
Church Of this Gospel Age-not the
nominal Church. but the Church whose
names are written in Heaven-all
saints, out of al nations and denom-
inations. These will not be returned
to the perfection of Adam. because ac@-
cording to the call Of this Gospel Age
they are invited to u change of nature.
and in the present life experience a
begetting of the Holy Spirit. lffalthk
full, they will share the First. Or su-
perior. Resurrection, and will be made
perfect on the Heavenly plane, that
they may be associated with the Mas
ter in the great work Of blessing and
uplifting humanity in general.
Satan the IneorrigibIe.
For all these six thousand years Sa-
tan has maintained his attitude Of en-
nifty toward God and antagoniSm to-
ward all the Divine arrangements.
laws and regulations. God. all'power-
full, could have restrained Satan at
any moment II He chose. The fact
that He has allowed him to remain
and to practise to some extent his
evil work assures us that the results
will fully justify the course pursued by
the Almighty.
In the sight Of the holy angels, the
vicious. scllemtng, plotting. dccclvIng.
lying. murdero@ spirit Of Satan has
been fully manifest: and by aud by the
whole world Of mankind. now subject
to his dcccptions, will be fully reeov-
cred and fully informed respecting
them. God undoubtedly sees that the
permitting of sin to take its course
will eventually bring to the world. to
angels. and to the Church. n wider
knowledge Of good and evil. Of right
and wrong. than could have been com
m~unicatcd to them in any other way.
Satan. evidently always hopeful that
he might Outwit the Almighty and ac-
compliSh his purpose, has especially
Iabored duringDthe past nineteen cell
turtles. When lie could not seduce the
great Redecmcr to d~islOyalty to God.
he sought to put Him to ignOminIoliS
death. only to find that IN this he had
fulfilled the Scriptures. Later. IN, per-
scouting the Church and in bringing
In damnablc heresies, through seducIng
spirits intoxicating doctrines of demons.
Satan has sought to turn the hearts OF
all against the Heavenly Father, and
TO mislead them in respect to the d.
vine character and Plan.
The Kingdom and its Work.
Gods great Plan will soon have ma.
tured. Soon the Church will be COM
pIetcd. Then Christ will receive her
TO Himself as His Bride and loint;Leir
In His Kingdom. Then the work OF
that Kingdom, the rescue of the world
will begin Mankind must first be res
cued from error, superstition. dark
ness, ignorance Of God, brought on
them by Satan He shall see the
wreck Of all his lccp-laid schemes but
lie will be powerlcss to any further
deceive humanity and miSreprescntth the
lCreatOr. One of the first acts of Mes
siah in His Kingdom will be to LAY
hold on that old Serpent. the Devil
and bind him a thousand years. that
! he may deceive the nations no more
Revelation 20:1.3.
Sins Wage Is Death.
Our great Creator has one Law for
His Empire: "The wages Of sin Is
death; the gift Of God is eternal ltfe."
Satan was given this gift; but 1t was
conditional-dcpcndent upon his oOedi-
ence. From the moment of his rebel
-. ,ourL, NJ fbn cnOtOOnn Of