The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-15
CREATION'SDRANA
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ing those who must be forced to do His
will. He win $ force on those who
need 1t during the next Age.
Throughout the Gospel Age the call
has been for those who declare in their
covenant that they desire to do the will
of God, and who will sacrifice their
lives in order to do that will. After
they have made this contract with
Him, and He has accepted them and
sealed the contract by giving them the
earnest Of the Holy Spirit, they cannot
repudiate their agreement. They must
either go ON to everlasting life or per.
tsh in the Second Death.
Other Lessons to Be Learned.
The Pastor dvelt for some time upon
the subject OF meekness. Some people,
he declared, find this a difficult lesson
to learn. But things are pretty well
balanced. The man who is naturally
very meek and teachable usually has
disadvantages in other ways. People
will impose upon him; for they are apt
to impose upon the meek, as we all
know. The man with a great deal of
self-esteem and only a little meekness
will get along better by himself, but
will have his difficulty In coming I'M
der the hand of the Lord. The speak
er reminded his hearers that they can
not alter the shape Of their heads.
Those who were born with a proud
spirit have 80 much more to battle
against. Those who were born with a
humble mind will have difficulties
along other lines, but will find it easier
to learn meekness than will the proud
spirited. But since the Lord puts
meekness first, no one will make prog
ress in the School Of Christ until he
has learned to be meek; for meekness
signifies teachableness.
The Pastor then went on to the other
subjects taught in this unique School.
Next In order come humility, gentle
ness, patience, long-sufering and broth
erly-kindness. Gentleness is very i'm
portant. Whoever is rude and bois-
ferrous will not be ready to learn, and
therefore will not be In a proper condi-
ton to be used Of the Lord until he
has learned Observation-Disclosures, until he
can be kind to all the brethren and
love them all. He must be gentle to-
ward all so as not to offend or hurt
them or stumble them. Whoever is
gentle will always desire to be assist
full to the brethren; this is character
tstic Of the Spirit Of the Lord. Who
ever Is devoid Of these qualities which
go to make up Love must acquire them
If he would be graduated from the
School Of Christ.
Then, lest any one should be discour-
aged, the Pastor explained that the
flesh Of some who are really overcom-
ers may never become as gentle as
that of others who naturally possess
this desirable quality. but that they
must have this quality In the mind or
will; for the Lord will Judge them by
their desires, their endeavors, their eff
forts. Whoever will be of the King.
dom class must be meek and gentle
no matter what he may be according
to the flesh.
How These Lessons Are Learned.
The Pastor illustrated the methods
l.by which the Master teaches His pu
pills to acquire these essential graces
Of the Holy Spirit. II a disciple Of Je
suS do something wrong, the Master
expects him to be meek enough to &C
to the person injured and acknowledge
that he is wrong. This discipline viii
be good for the unruly pupil, and will
help him to be more meek the next
time he Is tempted. If a follower Of
the Lord has been rude in some re
spects, he should offer suitable apollo
giles. This viii teach him to be more
gentle In the future.
So by their difficulties the pupils II
the School Of Christ learn the required
lessons. If they cannot learn in on'
way, they must try another; for lear1
they must. Otherwise they will not b.
ct for the Kingdom; for these are quail
tiles of heart and mind which the Lore
demands from all who would be &C
ceptable to Him. If the Lord fine
that the pupils mind Is meek, humble
gentle, patient, kind and loving, FL
will make allowance for the faults o
the body; and In the resurrection 81,
will give that pupil a body which viii
carry out the intentions Of the mind.
The Pastor urged all who know
themselves to be disciples Of Jesus
pupils in the great Teachers Schoo,
to keep their hearts right with Co
and then to do the very best that the
, can do. he advised such to see to
> that the body gets the proper disc.
pline. The new mind must keep tn
body under control. If 1t was rude t
! somebody, humble 1t, teach 1t to b
} meek by saying. "You must go an
tell that person that you are sorry fo
what you have done" OF course, b
declared, this will go against til
grain" but it is better to yield an
thus learn the needed lesson than t
lose the Kingdom. All such self disc
pline is part Of the process Of prepafs
u ton for the Kingdom work.
The standard of character-develor
ment which the Pastor upholds is yer
= high. He declared that whoever woul
' be graduated with honors from tn
School of Christ must be 30 meek, S
humble, so teachable, so patient, ths
he will be ready to receive ~instructio
from the Master in whatever way Il
may see At to send it-whethe
through trials. difficulties, sickness
etc., or through books, hymns, or ]
any other way. No matter how
comes, IL it brings US "the light Of Il