Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-08

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during the period of Messiah's Reign,
and as a result Of His sacrifice. De-
livering, or freeing, from the bondage
of corruption means restoration, resti-
tuition. resurrection. The bondage of
corruption includes all sicknesses,
pains, weaknesses - mental, moral,
physical. Hence the Apostles state
ment speaks to us Of the complete
rolling away Of the curse and the full
re-establishment Of all the willing and
obedient in Gods favor and under His
blessing, which maketh rich; and He
addeth no sorrow Herewith.
Haste the Glad Day.
Can we wonder, in view of the fore
going Plan of God, that the Apostles
and the Prophets prayed, Come,
Lord Jesus, come quickly? that the
poets have sung, "Haste the glad day
when Christ appears"2 that St. Paul
urged us to preparation for the King
dom of Gods dear Son, and that the
Master Himself taught us to pray,
'Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be
done on earth, as 1t is in Heaven?
The difficulty with us and with other
Christian people is that during the
Dark Ages the inspiration of these glo-
rious truths was to considerable de-
gree lost to our view--overshadowed
by what st. Paul prophetically describ-
ed as doctrines of devils" He declar-
ed that before the coming OF Messiahs
Kingdom many would depart from
''the faith once delivered to the saints"
and give heed to seducing spirits-se-
ducing doctrines inculcated by the fall
en- spirits, fallen angels. Thus the
Church came under grievous false doc
trines. doctrines of demons" which,
combining with the doctrines Of Truth,
produced so confusing and stupefying
potion as justified our Savior in
speaking Of us in our condition as be-
ing drunk with the wine" of false
doctrine.
Amongst the false doctrines which
have blinded us to the Truth Of the
Divine Plan are the false theories of
He'll and of Purgatory, and Of God
foreordaining all except the Elect to
eternal torture. Another of the de-
ceiving doctrines is the one which led
us to believe that the Church in the
present life is to reign over the world,
to conquer 1t for Christ and to bring
all the blessings promised. Under
these delusions, so contrary to the Bl-
BILE, we have tried to make ourselves
believe that we were converting the
world; while, instead, we were neglect
ing the principal work given us by the
Lord; namely, that Of building our
selves up in the Most Holy Faith
in the character-likeness Of our Re
deemer.
Now we see more clearly the abb
surdity of such a position. We per-
ceive that there are twice as many
heather as there were a century ago,
and that any work Of civilization
amongst the heather nations is not
making saints of them, nor making
them more happy or more contented.
Now we perceive that II the entire
heather world were brought to the CIV
ilized condition enjoyed by the most
favored nations of earth, there would
still be as much need as ever for the
Prayer, "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will
be done on earth. as 1t Is in Heaven"
Why tho Long Dslay2
The reason for Gods delay In estab-
fishing His Kingdom in the earth,
binding Satan for thousand years,
and overthrowing the powers OF dark
ness in the earth, is now clear to us.
We perceive that it is because God
purposes first of all to gather from
amongst the redeemed world Of man
kind a sanity company, a Little Flock.
who in heart, at least, will have the
characteristics Of the Savior Himself.
AS the Redeemer so loved righteous
ness and hated iniquity as to be will
ing to sacrifice His life on behalf of
righteousness so 1t will be with the
class styled in the Scriptures, "the
very Elect" These, called, drawn,
sanctifed, are introduced now into the
School Of Christ, that they may learn
Of Him-that they may develop His
haracter-likeness.
Willing, obedient, Worthy.
We have shown the wide distinction
between the reward Of the Church in
Heavenly glory and the reward Of the
obedient of mankind in earthly glory
In Paradise restored. God is just; and
hence we are not surprised to find that
the pathway which leads to the Heav-
enly glory is distinctly different from
the one which leads to earthly glory
and Restitution. The latter was rep
resented by the Law, the sum and sub
stance Of which is the Golden Rule
righteousness, obedience to God, loyal
ty to Him In every respect
These glorious standards assure us
that the perfect man viii be a glorious
being and every way reflect the char
acter OF his Creator, as Adam did at
the first As was the earthly one In
his perfection, such viii also be the
earthly ones In their restored, regener.
ated, re-created condition. Their ad-
vantage over our first parents will be
that In the meantime, they will have
come to fully appreciate the difference
between right and wrong, good and
evil, obedience and dlsobedience, and
the difference between the rewards Of
these-life and death.
The Church. on the contrary, will
have much severer test than the