River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-09-03


ganization may indeed reeosyuiza %
s1stants in the work. but there is only
the one Grand Master. who has super
vision OF the whole. He HIMSELF has
said, 'One is your Master. even Christ.
and all We are brethren"
The Pastor then set forth the Facts
relative to our Lords life an ea,th
nearly nineteen hundred years ago
The world did not recognize the Great
Master. Jesus alone, the Founder Of
the Order which is His Church. had
the secret plans for the great TemnIe
which God desired to have construct
ed. When He was crucified, more or
less of the Mystery connected with the
Temple was lost. The Scriptures also
Intimate that certain features of that
Mystery We're not to be completed I'M
I'll His return. So the members of this
Society have been waiting for the re-
turn of their Master, who gave His
life in connection with the secret of
the construction of the Temple. the
Church.
Jesus preached in public, the Pastor
declared, and while thousands heard
Him, very few understood. So now,
when the members Of His Church tell
the Glad Tidings of great joy, very few
understand; for only those who are
called to join this Order which Jesus
founded have the power to compre-
hend-the hearing ear. TO His dis
ciples the Master once said, Blessed
are your eyes, for they see; and your
ears, for they hear" Only those who
have come into this Divine Order have
this spiritual insight and spiritual
guidance; and only these nEay knew
the things that are freely as@GH BaKeo
the initiated. These things are freely
given to one class, but are M0t intend
ed for any one else.
The speaker then showed the reason
for this discrimination. DHItng this
Age God is not dealing with the world.
After He has built His great Temple,
then He will deal with the world But
mankind will never be priests, MEM
bers of the Temple class. Neverthe-
less, they will have a great blessing
Restitution to human perfection, lost
in Eden, redeemed on Calvary. He de-
clared that it would never do for the
world to know all about the secrets
known only to the members of Gods
great Secret Order; otherwise mankind
would interfere with the Plan of God.
He illustrated his point by referring
to the Scriptural statements that il
the Jews had understood about Jesus,
if they had understood His parallels
and dark sayings, they would not have
crucifed the Lord of glory. Then the
Scriptures would not have been fulfill
ed: Gods Plan would not have been
carried out.
ST. eter called the attention of the
Jews to this fact, sssying, ''NOwa kgetA-
rem, wot that theasMh dgnaFaaae ye
did it, as did also yp1ER rulers, But
those things which G0d before had
showed by the mouth Of all Lis Proph-
cts, that Christ should suffer. He hath
so fulfilled" ST. Paul corrSborates this
statement, declaring, None of the
princes of this world knewJ foR IF they
had known it, they worEa not have
crucified the Lord of Cherry" The
Pastor praised the Wisdom OF Ged,
which withheld from the w0FM 8 Sc
cret the knowledge Of whiGh wsIffd
have increased their responsibility
without benefiting them In She least.
Temples of the Holy Spinit
Next were quoted various passages
of Scripture which show that whoever
receives the Holy Spirit is temple OF
the Holy Spirit. This class is not Of
the world; for the world by nature
knows not God. The world is under
condemnation-"c children Of wrath ac-
cording to Scripture. God has not yet
begun to give humanity the blessing
which He purposes to give them. He
is now dispensing blessings only to
the Church, to those who have been
begotten of the Holy Spirit, who have
been initiated into the mysteries OF
His Secret Order These alone have
come into the position where Lie can
deal with them.
The Pastor explained that the Church
class have not received the Holy Spirit
in full. When the great antityptcal
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Temple of God shall have been finish
ed beyond the veil, then the Holy Spir-
il will be given In full; all these "hv-
ing stones" which will constitute that
Temple will be flied with the glory Or
God. But there is sense in which
each one has received the Holy Spirit
who has given up bis own Will In order
to do the will of God; and in that
sense the body Of each OF these mas
become a temple Wherever The spiT-
It of God dwells, there is temple OK
God.
The discourse WAS cODciHGsed with
an earnest exhortation to every one
who Is conscious of having received
the Holy Spirit of God. All such
should ever be on guard lest they
grieve the spirit-ignoSe it or i've con
| trary to it. The Apostle says. "Gfieve
not the Holy Spirit of Cod, whereby
We are sealed unto the day OF redemp-
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