The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-05-28

49, asz4ss9 TX dead, and Christ
l!RASI0R R09Stlly shall give thee
light."-Eph. 5:14.
The Pastor holds that the majority
of humanity pass through life in
dreamy state, thinking about trivial
ties-what to eat, what to wear, where
to go, etc.-rather than about things
pertaining to God and the future life.
This state Of mental inactivity, he de-
clared, has been brought about by
Adams disobedience to the Divine
command. Our first parents sinned;
and their pOsterity shared with them
the penalty, Dying, thou shalt die"
But God foreknew the fall of man,
and purpOsed to redeem the human
family from death, the speaker decar-
ed. In the Divine Program Jesus was
the Lamb Of God slain from the
foundation Of the world Therefore
when communicating with those who
believe His Word, God always speaks
Of death rs a sleep.
The Awakening of the Soul.
The Pastor discussed his theme in
three divisions: the awakening of the
world now, the awakening of the
Christian, and the future awakening of
humanity during the Messianic King
dom. There is a time, he claimed.
when men begin to think of God and
the world to come. Before that time
some had been stepped in sin; others
had lived merely for the things of the
present. But somehow or other they
began to realize that they We're sinners
under Divine sentence. Perhaps they
got the right yiew-that the sentence
was one Of death; but usually they got
the wrong one-that it was a sentence
of eternal torment.
The majority of children, the Pastor
declared, reach this crisis between the
ages of twelve and fifteen years. At
that period there is a great change in
human nature, and therefore it is q
most advantageous time for spiritual
growth. The speaker dwelt upon the
duties of parents and teachers. While
from the very beginning Of its exist
ence the child should be trained in the
nurture and admonition of the Lord,
yet both parent and teacher should be
especially alert with children at this
most favorable time for opening their
mental eyes to look beyond the trivial,
ties Of the present life to the higher
things pertaining to the life to come
"Arse From the Dead"
The Pastor pointed out the fallacy
of the belief that the young must SOW
wild oats and regretted that even
Christian parents seemed imbued with
this erroneous idea. According to the
Scriptures, Whatsoever a man soweth.
that shall he also reap" The child
mind should ever be kept near the Di-
vine standard.
Those awake to sense of response
biity to their Creator should arise from
the dead condition as far as possible,
the Pastor holds. AS when one awak-
ems in the morning there is a mental
freshness which is invariably lost If
one falls asleep again, so the moment
OF the souls awakening is a favorable
time Of which to take advantage. IL
the soul receives no encouragement at
that moment, it may drop asleep again
"christ Shall Give Thee Light"
Those who have awakened are ap-
preaching righteousness, the Pastor de-
Clared. The Scriptures represent the
dead as being down. Those who arise
from the dead become upright in char
In 1pSirA 11f T1nrnlu n l,a
to a realization of ones condition is
not to become a Christian. While
Christ gave the light which enabled
one to see that the wages of sin is
death, and that the gift of God is life
through the Redeemer, yet the newly
awakened must accept Christ as their
Ransom sacrifice and lay hold upon
Him before they may be considered
Christians
The Pastor explained that we do not
Body Of Christ, when first we awake
or when first we arise from the dead.
We are merely awakening to see that
harmony with God and escape from
condemnation for sin are possible. AS
st. Paul intimateS, from the moment
we get into Christ we pass from I'M
der the Adamic condemnation. No one
can have an mdivi !ual trial until he Is
freed from that condemnation. A
mere realization of ones condition
does not constitute q trial for life
Only the Church are now on trial
For nearly nineteen hundred years
the judgment of the Church has pro
crossed. The first to be tried was the
Head of the Church-our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. He was found
worthy and was glorified. All through
the Gospel Age the individual mem
bers have been tried. Soon the trfdj
af The Church will have haen fnfafSad