Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-10-13

highly exalted Him. and given Him q
name above every name"-the name
of Messiah, the King of Glory-"that
at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow. both Of things in Heaven
and things in earth" Thus was full.
filed in Him the promise of verse 5,
''He shall receive the blessing from
Jehovah. and righteousness from the
God of His salvation
"Lift UP Your Heads, Ye Gates"
Succeeding verses Of this Psalm pic
ture the Redeemer entering into His
glorious reward. saying. Lift up your
heads, 0 ye gates; and be ye lifted up,
ye everlasting doors; and the King OF
Glory shall come inv' The ushering
Of Messiah into the honor and glory OF
the Kingdom of God, to establish right
eousness In the earth, to put down re-
belion and sin. and to destroy the
works Of the Devil. is really the usher.
ing In of Jehovah's Kingdom, for which
we pray, "Thy Kingdom come"
Jesus came not to glorify Himself,
nor to do His own will, He declared,
but to do the will of the Father In
Heaven. All Messiah's victory will re-
fleet glory upon Jehovah, the great Au'
thor of the wonderful Plan Of Saliva
ton: for. as St. Paul declares, all
things are of the Father. and all things
are by the Son.--I Corinthians SO.
Partakers Of His Holiness.
During this Gospel Age God has been
selecting from amongst mankind a
sanity class, energized by similar
! spirit to that Of the Redeemer. But.
! unlike the Redeemer these are mem
bers Of the sinner race. Our first
thought would be that thus they would
be effectually barred from participa-
! ton with the Savior In His victories
/ and coming glory. But behold the
wonders Of the Divine arrangement!
AS the Redeemer gave His life to be
Ransom-price for Adams life and for
all those who lost life through him.
Divine Mercy has made special pro-
vision whereby the followers Of Jesus,
who have His spirit. may be made ac-
ceptable with the Father at the pres
ent time.
This special provision for the Church
Is that II they consecrate their hearts,
their wills, and all they possess, to do
the Fathers will, our Redeemer will
appropriate to them the share of for
giveness and restitution which other
wise would be theirs to enjoy and use
during the Millennium. This the Scrip
lures designate justification by faith;
and such, we are Informed, are holy
and acceptable to God.
Can They Keep the Law7
From the time they are accepted Of
God these are treated as New Crea-
lures. and no longer dealt with accord
Ing to the flesh With these the stand
ards are the heart intentions, and not
fleshly perfection or these there
fore, 1t is written, THE righteousness
Of the Law Is fulfilled In us, who walk
llivel not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit t"-Romans s;i,
But have these the clean hands and
pure hearts necessary for n place in
the Kingdom? The Bible answers that
these New Creatures are pure in heart
loyal to God, Otherwise they would
not have been accepted Of the Lord
nor begotten of the Holy Spirit. And
as for their hands, their lives, the New
Creature never had solled hands of
Impurlty and wlful sin. The only i'm
perfections these New Creatures can
have are such as belong to the flesh
such as they may be unable to fully
conquer, And these weaknesses and
imperfections Of the flesh are covered
In advance provision being made
through the redeemlng blood Of Him
who tasted death for every man
through Hin "who gave Himself
Ransom for ALL"
What Of Their vanlty7 and Vows?
Can II be said Of the true followers
Of Jesus that they make such cove
nant as Jesus made, and that they are
able to keep It, and have not made II
deceitfully? And can II I've said of
them that they llft not up their souls
to vanity, to pride? II cannot be claim
cd that all who name the name OF
Christ, and have entered into covenant
relationship with God through Him.
keep their covenant faithfully, But It
can be said that some do 10, and such
shall share with Jesus His glorious
reward These faithful ones, these
overcomers, more than conquerors,"
do not lift up their souls to vanity and
the pride OF life They do not become
followers Of Satan. who sald In his
heart, II will exalt myself; but con-
trarIwlse, they follow the Lamb
whithersocver He goeth"
The Vow taken by all OF the Lords
consecruted ones who receive the Holy
Spirit IL the same Vow which Jesus
took, the same Covenant, The Master
made a Covenant OF Sacrifice with the
Father by which He surrendered His
own will, aud that included everything
OF an earthly kind, Similarly. all whom
He accepts as His sacrlncers and Joint.
heirs enter Into the same Covenant OF
Sacrifice and present their bodies liv.
Ing sacrifices,
Alas, some. according to the Scrip.
lures, VIII fail 10 gain the great prize,
and will receive lower blessing. Yot