The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-20

low Jesus. KEi$ class I'D 10 %8 O Pc"
culiar treasure; they are a people that
Will be privileged 10 show forth the
OF Him who hath caiIeA th@aa
ont of darkness into Els marvellous
light Peter 90.
"Zealeue OF Coed Werks."
For nearly nineteen centuries God
has been gathering this people from
" nrioua NATIONS. kin1reda and tongues
'~The Lord &a0weth them that are
His"; and He Is giving nesded assist
to each one who 10 sincere In
heart and earnestly seeking to knew
God. These, the Apostle deciases. are
"a peculiar people. jealous OF good
works." Thaeg good works are net the
building OF hospitals, asylurns, schools
sud colleges, although they rejoice that
o world has the inclination to do
these Things. The Church engages in
the same kind OF good works that our
lord ngaged dn at Hts First Advent.
The Scriptures assert that He went
about doing good" In line with this
statement, 10 the Apostles injunction
that the Church do good unto all men,
especially unto them who are Of the
Household Of Faith."-Galattans $40.
"slesssd Tewr Eyes, For They Bee"
The Household of Faith includes all
who are trusting in the precious blood
Of Christ for their redemption. These
the Church will serve on every occa-
sion. The greatest possible good that
can be dome will be that Of serving
them with the Truth. The Glad It'd
ings of greatE3ny which shall be to all
people Is the very best Message that
can be brought to any one-not only
speaking peace throug'l the blood Of
Jesus, but also Inspiring the glorious
hope OF j~oin$-heirship with Christ in
the Messianac Kingdom. The Bible
tells ne that the time 10 coming when
all the blindhSye" shall be opened and
all the deaf ears shall be %unstopped.
That time % during the next Age.
Meantime, God Is doing a wonderful
work. He iBagathertng here and there
the sanity ones-thoSe who have an
ear to hear BIS Gil. OF this class our
Lord said. blessed are your eyes, for
they see; ana your ears, for they hear"
In gathering this special class, God
is looking, not at the outward appear
ance, but at, the heart. He desires
those whose hearts are right. This
does not mean, as once we thought,
that all whom God does not select, or
elect, are to- be thrown to devils and
roasted to alReternity. What a change
comes over everything when we real
lie that GodA4g rot premeditating evil
against even those who may be His
enemies through wicked works, but Is
merely calling out a class nov which
he will use later to assist the Redeem
er In blessing all the families Of the
earthl-Galat6ans 3:16, 20.
The Scriptures declare that in choos-
ing this special class, the Church, God
is calling mot many wise men after
the flesh, not many mighty, not many
NOBLE" but ~the poor Of this world,
rich in faith"-those whom the world
would consider the mean things, the
weak, the ignoble. The Bible tells as
that the rich have plenty to satisfy
their hearts end therefore do not feel
their need.
1t Is the same with the intellectual.
They rather look down upon the aver
age human being, and say that poor
people do not know any better than
to believe the story Of the fall Of man
and all the rest Of the Bible stories.
Thus in what they think Is wisdom
they ignore the Word Of God, in which
His whole Plan for mans recovery
from degradation, sin and death is
shown as connected with the story of
Adam and Eve. their fall and the re-
dernption effected by the death Of Je-
SuS or Calvary. Whoever leaves out
this part OF the Bible loses the con
Meeting link, and cannot perceive the
Plan of God for mans salvation.
Therefore the wise according to the
II Of this world cannot understand
the Divine Program.
The Bible says that not many noble
are called. One may be poor and I'M
educated, and yet have q very noble
mind. This class know that they are
morally above the average. Therefore
they often have a seif-satisfied feeling
which does not permit them to recog-
nize that they are sinners. And 90
they are not ready to see that they and
all other human beings need q Savior.
"Ns Are HE Wsrknanship."
Those whom God has accepted and
forgiven through the blood Of His Son,
our Redeemer, are no longer under the
former sentsnee OF sin. These sdll
have weaknesses Of the flesh and ara
striving against them. although they
may never be as successful a. some
ether persons who were better born.
But the Heavenly Father knows to
what extent each L. striving against
sin, seeking TO put down the old ma.
ture. Others may misjudge US; but he
Knows MS
OF this class the Apostle Paul says,
att liz God that worksth In you both
to will and 20 DO Els coed pleasure
lie has given rs exceeding grsat and
precious promises, that by these work
ing in us, showing us the course to
take and the result oG Saithfulness. we
may gradually attain the Divine ma
ture. This is the contamination, and
comes 80 us by Divine Power--"ehang.
ed ia a moment, in the twinkling Of an
eye" Whether we shall be granted
that glorious change depends upon the
zeal with which vws love righteousness.
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