The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-21
really such at heart,

Priesthood-"living stones" FROM the 6
Divine standpoint, to be chiseled and b
prepared for a place in the Royal Tenn
ple-must enter by a narrow, difficult q
way. This Jesus set forth, saying, IF &
any man will come after Me [become &
q living stone in the Temple, be a &
member of this high Orderl, let him &
deny himself, take up his cross and 9
follow Me-" 3
The Founder of the Order. z
The origin Of this Order, commonly
known as the Church of Christ. waseA3
next shown. The Great Master Crafts.
man, the Lord Jesus Christ, laid the
foundation and arranged all pertaining
to 1t. He alone founded this great
Secret Society. Members of the Ola
gan1zation may indeed recognize as
sistants in the work, but there is only
the one Grand Master, who has super"
vision Of the whole. He Himself has
said, lone is your Master, even Christ,
and all ye are brethren" ~.or
The Pastor then set forth the factsit
relative to our Lords life ON earth
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 L.
the secret plans for the great Temple
which God desired to have construct
ed. When He was crucifed, more OF
less of the Mystery connected with the
Temple was lost. The Scriptures also
intimate that certain features Of that
Mystery were not to be completed I'M
til 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 teIE4'
the Glad Tldings 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 you
ears, for they hear" Only those who
nave come into this Divine Order have,
this spiritual insight and spiritual
guidance; and only these may know
the things that are freely given unto
the initiated. These things are freely,
given to one class, but are not intend,
ed for any one else. ,.n'
~ r,-oI~o- Ah,- nI@-~A1 ~ 100000
for this discrimination. During 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 eve be priests, men,
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 II.
the Jews had understood about Jesus,
If they had understood His parallels
and dark sn"ings, 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. Peter called the attention Of the
Jews to this fact, saying, NOW, bretha
rem, 1 wot that through ignorance We,
did it, as did also your rulers. But
those things which God before had
showed by the mouth Of all His PrOph->
cts, that Christ should suffer, He hath
80 fulfilled" st. Paul corrOborates this
statement, declaring, None Of the
princes Of this world knew; for If they
had known 1t, they would not hays.
crucifed the Lord of Glory" The
Pastor praised the Wisdom of God,
which withheld from the world a Sc
have increased their responsibility
without benefiting them in the least. =
Temples Of the Holy Spirit. e.
Next were quoted various passages
Of Scripture which show that whoever
receives the Holy Spirit Is a temple OF
the Holy Spirit. This class Is not OF
the world; for the world by nature
knows not God. The world is under
Observation-Disclosures Of wrath" acr
cording to Scripture. God has not yet
begun to give humanity the blessing
which He purposes to give them. Hal
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 He can
deal with them. - 9
The Pastor explained that the Church
class have not received the Holy Spirit
in full. When the great ~antitypical
Temple of God shall have been finish.
ed beyond the veil, then the Holy Spirz
it will be given in full; all these "liYH-,
ing stones which will constitute that
Temple will be filed with the glory of
God. But there is a sense in which.
each one has received the Holy Spirit
who has given up his will in order
to do the will of God; and in that
sense the body of each of these has
become a temple. Wherever the Spirs
It Of God dwells, there is a temple of
God.
The discourse was concluded with
an earnest e~Xhortation to every II