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

H#H dSuIuSJOu ASul-
pie Congregation.
llPASTOR RJSSEIDl He took for his
text Jesus words,
'FWhen the Son Of Man shall come in
His glory, and all the holy angels with
Him. then shall He sit upon the Throne
of His glory" (Matthew 25:31.) He
said:
When six thousand years ago man
kransgressed the Divine command and
came under the sentence, Dying, thou
shalt die" be was cast out of Eden,
that in the unprepared earth he might
pay the death penalty, with labor and
sweat Of face going down to the tomb.
Even then, In the declaration that the
Seed of the woman would eventually
bruise the serpent's head. God implied
an ultimate victory for humanity, over
Satan and sin and its death penalty.
Later, Gods Covenant with Abraham
Eold that the victory would come
through his posterity, but still did not
explain how. Centuries later, Abra-
hams favored postertty became the
Jewish nation, and came into covenant
relationship with God through Moses,
the mediator of the Law Covenant.
Their hope was that they could so thor
oughfy keep Gods Law as to merit
everlasting life; and that learning how
10 practise this self-control, and gain
The victory over sin, they would be
competent to teach all nations, and to
deliver mankind from sin and death.
However, centuries Of effort proved
that one were able to keep the Divine
law satisfactorily; for all continued
to die.
The next Divine lesson was one Of
faith in God. Israel could not keep
the Law Covenant satisfactorily-could
not, therefore, ave everlasting life.
Hence they could not teach others to
do what they could not do. The les
son Of faith was that they should look
forward to g coming Messiah, "a
Prince and a Savior" Through Him
all the promises would be fulfilled.
For centuries they waited for Him,
and sought to apply Moses words: "A
Prophet shall the Lord your God raise
up unto you from amongst your breth-
rem, like unto me 1.-THE antique of
Mosesl; Him shall ye hear in all
things whatsoever He shall say unto
you. And " " . every soul which
will not hear that Prophet, shall be
destroyed from among the people,
Acts 3:22, %.
Various were the hopes and imagin-
GngS respecting Messiah. He was to
be the antique Of both David and Sol
omon, the antique Of Aaron and Mel
ehizedek-very great He was to reign
from sea to sea. psalm 72:S) Uld-
mately, 90 successful would be His
reign that the knowledge of the Lord
should fill the whole earth, as the wa
ters v the deep. Habakkuk 2:14.)
Not only Israel would be blessed by
Him, but all nations, peoples, kindreds
and tongues. Unto Him every knee
would bow and every tongue con-
Tess, to the glory Of God-Philippians
2:10, IL.
The hearts Of Israel looked forward
with pride to that day when Messiah
would exalt them very highly In the
earth and associate them with Himself
In the ruling and blessing of all people.
Ahl they thought, the inauguration day
will come, when as King Of kings and
Lord of lords Israel's Messiah will
WELD a scepter which all will recognize
and under which all will receive a
blessing! These good hopes held to-
gether the chosen people," as no 9TH
er nation or people have ever been held
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though disconnected by the length Of
time and by the various evidences that
others are In some respects more IA
vored than themselves.
Messiah and the Jubilee at Hand.
At last Israel's Star Of Hope is ris-
ing! At last the prophecies tell that
the morning of Joy is about to dawn
and ''the desire Of all nations shall
come" Not merely Jews are claiming
that Messiah's Day is nigh, and that
the Divine blessing is about to come
upon Jerusalem and all the people OF
God, but Christian Bible students see
the same. Mohammedans are claim.
ing the same. Free Masons are claim
ing the same. All men are In expecta-
ton Of something wonderful, just al
the door.
The blessings multiplied upon us In
the inventions Of the last halr-century
ell bespeak the New Dispensation, the
reign OF the King of kings. And II the
preparations are on 10 grand a scale
what will be the grandeur of the IN
0a0Hr0sj0a and Of the reign itself
Truly the Scriptures say that 'eye haiti
not seen, nor ear heard the things tina
God hath in reservation for them thai
love Him..--1 Corinthians 20.
inauguration Scene Of Our Text.
Leading In the grand procession pic.
ture Is The Son of Man, following
whom will be all the holy messengers;
but with Him upon His glorious
Throne will be His Bride class--a
sanity few. Thus it is written. When
Christ shall appear, then
shall re also appear with Him In glc-
ryg Golossians 3s4l; again, ITO him
l4at o~ysEconleth will l grant to sit