River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-09

ty on High, until the antitypical Tenn
pie is completed. The Fathers right
hand signifies the place of chief favor,
next to the Father Himself. AS it is
written. ''Sit at My right hand. until l
make Thine enemies Thy footstool."
During this period of waiting, the
living stones of the Temple have
been prepared; those who will consti-
tute the Royal Priests have been in
training for the duties of their Office.
AS yet there is no Royal Priesthood;
for only those who shall be declared
worthy to sit with our Lord in His
Throne will constitute with Him that
Priesthood. Again. it is written.
Blessed and holy is be that hath part
in the First Resurrection; on such the
Second Death hath no power, but they
shall be priests of God, and shall reign
with Christ a thousand years.
The Pastor then declared that these
future Priests are also Knights of the
Temple. While at present they do not
wear white plumes, yet by and by they
shall wear, not only white plumes, but
white raiment. Our Lord has said,
''They shall walk with Me in white;
for they are worthy
Other Pictures of the Temple.
Various New Testament references
to the Church of Christ as a Temple
were then explained One of these
was st. Paul's question addressed to
the Corinthian Church: What? Know
We not that your body is the temple
of the Holy Spirit which is in you?
1t was shown that this question does
not apply to the world; for by nature
the world knows not God. They are
still under Observation-Disclosures of
wrath" according to Scripture. God
has not yet begun to deal with them.
nor to give them the blessings which
He has purposed for them. During
this Gospel Age He is dispensing bless
ings only to the Church class, to those
who have received Of the Holy Spirit.
Pastor Russell then pointed out that
beyond the veil the Church class will
receive the Holy Spirit without meas
ure. when all the Giving stones" con
shutting the Temple of God will have
been glorified. But on this side of the
veil. those who give up their will to
the Lord and who are accepted and
begOtten Of the Holy Spirit as New
Creatures in Christ, receive that Spirit
in measure; and so the bodies Of these
may be said to be the temples of the
Holy Spirit Wherever Gods Spirit is.
there is a temple, as st. Pauls ques-
ton sets forth Again, the Apostle de-
clares that we have this treasure in
earthen vessels, that the glory may be
Of God Gods Holy Spirit constitutes
it's recipient Temple of God
Elsewhere the Apostle calls the bod
les of those begotten Of the Holy
Spirit tabernaces. The difference be-
tween a tabernacle and a temple is
that the former is a temporary struc-
ture, while the latter is permanent.
So ST. Paul calls the present condition
of the Church, in which the Holy
Spirit dwells merely In our hearts, a
tabernacle condition. 1t Is not to last
forever; it is only for the present trial
time. If we are rightly exercised by
this power of God within us, then we
shall be made ready for the Temple
condition. These are blended pictures
Of the Apostles thought, which is this:
If the Holy Spirit dwells in us. we
should regard our bodies very sacredly.
In that same connection the Apostle
goes on to say, what communion hath
light with darkness 2" and again, What
harmony Is there between the Temple
Of God and the temple of idols ?'-be-
tween the purity that belongs to the
Temple of God and the impurities that
belong to the world. the flesh and the
Devil? Those who have been made
the recipients of the Holy Spirit Of God
should be clean and pure, as BETTING
temple Of God. They should see to
it that this sanctifying power Of God
extends to all their faculties and OPP
crates through them-in their minds,
their tongues. their hands, their feet
their words, thoughts and doings.
HE Shall Present You Faultless."
The Pastor concluded his address
with an exhortation to those who re-
alize themselves to be living stones in
process of preparation for a place In
the antitypical Temple of God. He
urged these to appreciate the privilege
Of present discipline. Much chiseling
and polishing are necessary to prepare
these stones for their future position.
Therefore each should thankfully wei
come whatever experience Of this kind
the Master Workman shall see fit to
permit him to have. The present dis
cipline of the Church is for the purpose
of developing the character necessary
to the great service for which God is
building His Temple.
While each faithful follower of the
Lord looks forward longingly to the
glories of the future, when the glory
of the Lord shall fill the Temple, yet
each should remember that unless he
is submissive to the chiselings and pol
ishings of the present he will be set
aside as a living stone, and his place
given to another. The cultivation OF