The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-31


are In daily attendance.
The Pastors text today was. when
He ascended on High, He led a multi.
tude of captives. ."-Eph. AS, margin.
The speaker declared that in one
sense of the word our Lord ascended
from the human nature and the tomb
to the Divine nature and Immortality
at the time of His resurrection He
tarried for forty days with His Apos-
ties, however, for their establishment
and instruction. Being then a Spirit.
He was invisible to them, except
when He materaliZed in various forms
to convince them that He was no
longer confined to human conditions.
His resurrection had made Him
spirit Being on a higher plane than
where He was before He took the hu-
man nature for the suffering of death,
In order to redeem humanity.
The Pastor demonstrated that our
Lord taught His followers these i'm
portant truths by both word and con-
duct As they had not yet received
the Holy Spirit, they could not ap-
preciate spiritual things, but must be
instructed along natural lines. Had
He ascended without manifesting
Himself to His disciples, they would
not have understood the truth OF the
matter, and could not have borne wit
ness to His resurrection. Hence their
lessons were given them in panto-
mime, cOrroborated by the Masters
explanation that Messiah must needs
die to redeem mankind, and then as
cend on High to be the more capable
Of filling the duties of His great Office.
The Outpourine Of the Spirit.
The speaker then reviewed the won
derful manifestation Of the descent Of
the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. This
manifestation evidenced to the disci-
pies the fact that their sins had been
freely forgiven for Christ's sake, that
their conservation to sacrifice them
selves had been accepted by the Fa-
ther, and that henceforth they might
count themselves part OF Abraham's s
Seed, who would bless all humanity.
The Apostles were to bear witness to
Jesus resurrection Hence when Saul
Of Tarsns was given Judas place, II
was proper that he also should be able
to bear that witness. His experience
on the road to Damascus convinced
him, that Jesus had risen from the
dead and that He was the Messiah.
The Pastor then showed that the de
scent of the LogOs to the human plane
and the ascension of Christ to the Di-
vine plane were related as cause and
effect Our Lord now fills the highest
position in the Universe. next TO the
Father. To suppose that our Lord
went to Heaven man is TO mistake
the significance Of His title, Son OF
Man, which He maintains as Identity
ing Him with His great redemptive
work for humanity. To suppose that
He Is still n man is to overlook the
Scriptura statement that man Is n
little lower than the angels" and that
since our Lords ascension angels and
men are commanded to worship Him.
AS usual, the Pastor discussed al
texts bearing upon this point and full
ly sustained his position. He wen'
into details respecting the transfer OF
the Logos from Heavenly to earthly
conditions. and proffered his hearers
free upon application. treatise en-
titled The Undefiled One" which ht
believes shows scientifically the proc
ess by which the Logos was changed
from spirit to human conditions. ye'
was preserved immaculate.
A Multitude Of Csptives.
Then the Pastor considered his text
which fguratively represents Jesus
ascension as the triumph of great
COnqueror Sin and Death had gain
ed ascendency over Father Adam and
his race. and had brought them
down to the dust-mentally, morally
and physically. Moreover, this victory
mad been won legally-by one man
disobedience. But the Logos wat
made flesh. proved Himself competent
to pay the sinners ransom-price, anO
paid that price. Having finished HIS
sacrifcial work, He was again recelV
I'd to the spirit plane, and exalted t'
the right hand of God.
The speaker depicted our Lord as re
turning to the Heavenly state, ac
Claimed OF the Heavenly host Fai
down the centuries, the prophetic eye
saw following Him, first the Church
NE Royal Priesthood, delivered from
NE power of Sin and Death; and DeN'
me millions upon millions of human
q, rescued from the bondage of corrup.
ton.