Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-13

truth. we CANNOT Juuge from our
own experiences. We must remember
that God recognizes human free agen-
cy, the will; and that He seeketh only
such to worship Him as worship Him
In spirit and In truth.
The Scriptures make clear that only
those who shall learn to love righteous
ness and to hate lniquity, evil-ln the
present time as members of the elect
Church. or in the future Age as restor-
ed humanity-only such will be judged
worthy of life by the Great Judge.
Any sympathy with sin, after having
known Of It's bitter fruits. and after
having been recovered from the curse.
will be a crime-an evidence Of failure
to learn the great lessons Of seven
thousand years-lessons of the exceed
ing sinfulness Of sin--lessons of Gods
Justice in Furnishing sin - lessons In
Gods Mercy in providing forgiveness
for our sins and release from them and
from their penalty-lessons In the hu-
mllity OF our edeemer-lessons in the
cost Of recovery from Sin and Death.
Whoever, after all these lessons.
would still be sympathetic with sin,
would, according to the Bible, be un-
worthy Of everlasting life. For the
Scriptures assure us that death is the
penalty for sin. that the soul that sin
meth must die, and that the gift OF
God Is eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord. which will be given only to
those wise enough and loyal enough to
use 1t in accord with the great Gre
ator's regulations and laws, framed for
the benefit Of His creatures and for
the glory of His name.
"Have Patience, Brethren"
Those whose eyes Of understanding
are gradually opening to SEQ the real
glory Of Jehovah's character as re-
hected in His great Plan of the Ages
may we'll have patience with others
who see not as yet. The fact that our
own eyes were so long in opening, the
fact that we were as honest and sincere
before as we are now, should lead us
to assume that the same conditions APP
ply to our brethren. professed people
Of God. everywhere Moreover. we are
not to be judges one OF another. Pro-
claiming the Truth in as nearly as
possible the Bible words, we are to be
content to deliver our Message and to
leave to the Lord the results.
1t is ours to point out the horrible
confusion into which the Lords people
got during the Dark Ages. and which
justified the Lord in calling the nomi-
nal church Babylon. 1t is ours to
point out the Message of the Lord.
saying. Babylon Is fallen, Is fallen
from Divine favorl Come out OF
her, My people, that We be not partak'
ers Of her sins, and that ye receive not
OF her plaques" Whoever sees that
the entire nominal church system Of
all denominations ia the Babylon re-
ferred TO by the Lord has the respon-
siblllty OF the Lords Message without
any urging OH our puTL.
Whoever sees the blasphemy of the
Holy Name sees that mlsrepresenta-
ton of the Divine Plan. making the
world drunk with the wine Of false
doctrine has been amongst the crimes
OF Babylon, and should wish forthwith
to come out Of her. to share no longer
IN her Misrepresentation, however
much blended with forms Of holiness
Whoever, after seeing the real char
acter OF Babylon and the horrible work
which Satan has doluded her into do
Ing, still has sympathy with her and
with her work and with her blasphe-
mics and distortions Of the Truth
such persons deserve to share In the
confusion that is shortly to come to
Babylon when she shall fall as n great
milestone into the sea.
Light is sown for the rlghteous;
Truth for the upright In heart" Those
who do not receive the Truth as meat
In due season have reason to fear that
they do not belong to the class de-
scrlbed by the Prophet as the right
eous and as the upright In heart, Hon
esty seems to be quality which the
Lord holds In very high esteem. The
dishonest In word or conduct or in
their thoughts are an abomlnatlon to
Him, and should not expect to receive
special favor or light or knowledge,
We may well imagine that the entire
Mlllennlal Ago will be one grand
Thanksgiving Day, In which the mum.
berS who will praise God viii be con
tinualIy increasing ms more and more
they awaken from the tomb, As their
eyes shall see and their ears shall hear
OF the grace and love Of God. every
tongue will confess, while every knee
viii bow. not only to Jesus the Re
deemer but to the gracious Creator
who formed the Plan which the Mil.
lennium win execute,
Praise to God In Heaven and Earth,
The Master gives assurance th0t ult.
mately there viii be no place whore
curses aud blasphemes will he heard
no place where rebels against God and
His goodness viii remain. All such
wllful, Intelligent sinners will finally
be destroyed In the Second Death
Then viii come the grand anthem OF
the Universe; Every creature In
Heaven and in earth, heard saying,
Praise, glory. honor dominion aud might
be unto Him who sitteth upon the
Throne. and unto the Lamb, forever.
That will be the glorious Day men