The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-08

prior to Jesus were accepted to sonship
in Gods family, after Father Adam
lost that privilege through disobedi.
ence. Only after the redemption could
the invitation to sonship be extended.
Those who accepted needed to wait
until Pentecost to receive ii. They
waited until Jesus, who died for their
sins, ascended up on High to make
reconciliation on our behalf. Forth
with the Father accepted all who came
unto Him through Christ, and the Holy
Spirit came upon such, inducing them
into the Divine family as sons.
The difference between the Church
and the world IL that the Church is
called out from the world now. when
everything Is unfavorable. while Satan
is unbound, while ignorance and su
perstition hold sway, and while the
reign Of sin and death is in progress
These circumstances make for the
Church a narrow way OF self-sacrific,
In walking in the footsteps of Jesus
But because OF this severer trial of the
narrow way, the Church is to have the
superior blessing also-glory, honor
immortality, Divine nature, the First
Reconsideration earthly to Heaven
~ conditions.
Then will come the general blessing
which God has provided, through Mes
siah's sacrifice, for the world. All sin
nod IN tho ana pran-AHon, A n haye
been redeemed by. the other Man.
Christ Jesus. Il Corinthians 1921
All are to be awakened from the sleep
Of death. All are to have a full op-
portunity to come to a knowledge of
the Truth. And all are to be given
everlasting life, who develop the spir.
it of holiness. Only the incorrigible,
those who love 'iniquity and hate right
~eousness, viii eventually be sentenced
to the Second Death, from which there
viii be n recovery.
Necessity For Christ's Reign.
More and more we realize that edu-
cation will not do for the world all
that we once hoped. Many Of us hoped
that the education Of the heather would
make saints Of them, forgetting that
education in the homeland has not
made saints very generally. There are
good people, moral people, Trustworthy
people. who are not Christians at all.
But they are the exceptions. The ma
jority OF people are not sufficiently
strong Of character to stand thus alone
without the help of Christ. '
The great mass Of mankind seem to
need something in the way Of chastise-
ment, punishment, to offset the down
ward tendencies Of their own fallen
hesh. A few possibly have been re.
strained by the absurd teaching Of
eternal torment at the hands OF de-
mons, presented for a long time in the
name Of Christianity. But the major
ity reason that whoever else gets
these experiences. they will not Thus
we find that nearly all the murderers
imprisoned are such as have known the
erroneous teaching Of eternal torment,
and yet have been unabashed thereby.
In other words, they have given an
outward assent to the teaching, but
really have never believed 1t or been
Influenced by 1t. ...
What the world needs Is a strong
government, which will hold in re-
| straint the weaker and baser elements
Of society, and seek to help them up
out OF their difficulties. But no gov
eminent yet devised is either strong
enough or wise enough to accomplish
much along these lines. This Is evil
denced by the fact that crime increases
in proportion with intelligence; so
much so that, using all Of our modern
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., t~elegraphs, die.
tographs, etc.-we are scarcely able ia
keep even with law-breakers.
All who, have anything to do with
police affairs shudder at the thought OF
what might occur should the time ever
come when the majority Of q city
should become stubborn and vicious
through lack Of work. want Of bread,
etc. They tell us that such conditions
would let loose the tiger Of human pas
sions as It has never before been known
in the world; for the tiger Ia now edu'
Gated. and the masses are on a par
with the masters-social, financial and
political.
What we need Is Messiah's Kingdom
the very Kingdom described, to US in
the Word Of God. His rule will be that
Of justice and equity. and will give q
fair opportunity to the poor and the
needy. psalm 72:4.l His Kingdom
will subdue vice and crush IL out, and
punish sin, in both rich and poor. His
kingdom will lay righteousness to the