Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-17


that the first manifestation will be In
connection with those worthy patri-
archs. Abraham. Isaac, Jacob and all
the Prophets. They have already been
tested and proven loyal to God. They
have merely been Whiting. sleeping
until the completion OF the Gospel
Church. AS st. Paul says. they can
not be perfect. nor enter upon their
reward until we first are perfected and
enter upon our higher reward. as the
Spirit Hingdom.-Hebrew 11:39. 40.
The Elect and the Nom Elect.
Our text is in full harmony with all
the Scriptures in indicating that God
has special blessings for His Elect
His servants and handmaldens Of this
Gospel Age. Not only do these receive
the Holy Spirit first. but to them its
manifestation is different from what
1t will be with the non-elect, by and by.
As already pointed out, the Holy Spirit
fits and prepares the Church for glory,
honor and immortality on the spirit
plane But the Holy Spirits operation
upon the world in the next Age will
be totally different Then its work will
be the perfecting Of all ieho i0iJl Of the
human family-an earthly blessing.
We are not to forget that God was as
well pleased to make Father Adam an
earthly being. perfect, In His own i'm
age and likeness. a little lower than
the angels. as He was pleased to make
the angels Of a higher order, in His
own image and likeness. The Church,
now being begotten Of the Holy Spirit
to the Divine nature, is to be far above
angels, but 1t is the same Holy Spirit
which operated in all Gods creative
work. whether Of angels or Of men. or
Of the Church Of the First-born.
Adam undoubtedly had the Holy
Spirit Of God In his perfection. Man
kind In general, during the thousand
years Of Messiah's Kingdom. will be
receiving more and more the Holy Spir.
1t Of God. Its operation In them will
be the perfecting Of their nesh. Thus
the Lord declares 1t. II will take the
stony heart out Of their flesh, and will
give them an heart OF flesh" Ezekiel
l1;l9l The Scriptures speak OF Adam
In his perfection as crowned with glo
ry and honor. and set over the beasts
| Of the field, as earth's underlord. OF
king responsible only to the Almighty
| psalm S:4-9l Sin disarranged all this
as we have seen. but God has provid
ed the Redeemer. His work Of a thou
sand years, the pouring out Of the
Holy Spirit upon the world Of man
kind, will result In bringing all the
willing and obedent back to human
perfection-to that which was lost in
Adam. and redeemed at Calvary,
What This Does Not Mean.
This does not mean, said the Pastor
that the Holy Spirit will be forced
upon any; but merely that Gods Spirit
will be available to all flesh. even as
in the present time 1t is available tC
all His servants and handmaidens, in
proportion to their love and zeal Sc
the worlds progress back to perfection
will depend largely upon their appre
citation Of the call of God and of the
privileges extended to them.
The gift of God is everlasting life
through Jesus Christ our Lord" This
gift will not be given to any except to
those who demonstrate their desire fol
1t, on Gods terms The wicked will
not be granted everlasting life at all
On the contrary. we read, IAN the
wicked will God destroy" ut shall
come to pass that every soul that will
not obey that Prophet tMesslahl shall
be destroyed from amongst the people
Neither does this great generosity on
Gods part in the forgiveness OF sins
and provision for the return Of human
lty mean that sins Of the present life
will so unnodced. We may be sure
that IL is because we are incompetent
to Judge as respects the guilt and re
sponsibility OF others that the Lord has
so strenuously guarded His people
saying. Judge nothing before the
time" We may be sure therefore
that any Judgment We might form, oi
other men might form. would be NOR,
or less defective, proportionately diff
ferent In Gods judgment
In Gods Judgment respecting wick.
edness, We perceive that He takes into
account all the circumstances-the ig
uoNnce, the superstition. the heredi
tary taints and weaknesses. etc. From
Gods standpoint any transgreSsion OF
His law is sin. but the seriousness OF
the sin depends upon the wiltulness
with which It is committed The Lord
will deal Justly with all OF our race
and the Church, associated with Hin
In glory and in the work Of Judging
will then be fully competent for that
appointed work So we read. DO 70
not know that the saints shall Judge
the worldT-i Corinthians 60
The Scriptures, therefore. warn ev-
erybody. Whatsoever a man soweth
that shall he also reap" This indl
Gates that our words. our thoughts, ouT
deeds. all have a bearing upon the
future life While only the spirit.be
gotten are yet on trial for life or death
eternal nevertheless the worlds words
and deeds have either an elevating Of
degrading influence upon their con
sciences. Accordingly their opportunl
~ In the future will dnd them ethel
lower or higher. with more or less
steps to retace. In order to attain th,
perfection OF character 10 the desh.