River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-05-07

dnce 70 eacn one VINO Is sincere IN
heart and earnestly seeking to know
God. These. the Apostle declares, are
"a peculiar people. Jealous of good
works" Their good works are not the
building of hospitals, asylums, schools
and colleges, although they rejoice that
the world has the inclination to do
these things. The Church engages in
the same kind of good works that our
Lord engaged in at His First Advent.
The Scriptures assert that He went
about doing good" In line with this
statement is the Apostles Injunction
that the Church do good unto all men.
especially unto them who are of the
Household of Faith."-Galatians 6.1O.
"Blessed Your Eyes, For They See."
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 done will be that of serving
them with the Truth. The Glad It'd
ings of great joy which shall be to all
people is the very best Message that
can be brought to any one-not only
speaking peace through the blood of
Jesus, but also inspiring the glorious
hope of joint-heirship with Christ in
the Messianic Kingdom. The Bible
tells US that the time is coming when
all the blind eyes shall be opened and
all the deaf ears shall be unstopped.
That time is during the next Age.
Meantime. God is doing a wonderful
work. He is gathering here and there
the sanity ones-those who have an
ear to heal His call. OF this class our
Lord said. Blessed are your eyes, for
they see; and 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 all eternity. What a change
comes over everything when we real
ize that God is not premeditating evil
against even those who may be His
enemies through wicked works, but is
merely calling out a class now which
He will use later to assist the Redeem
er in blessing all the families of the
earth!-Galatians 3:16, %.
The Scriptures declare that in choos-
ing this special class, the Church, God
is calling not many wise men after
the flesh, not many mighty, not many
NOBLE" but 1.-The poor of this world,
rich in faith'-those whom the world
would consider the mean things, the
weak, the ignoble. The Bible tells us
that the rich have plenty to satisfy
their hearts and therefore do not feel
their need.
1t is the same with the intellectual.
They rather look down upon the aver
G human being. and say that poor
people do not know n 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-
Gemption effected by the death of Je-
sus on 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
course 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 a very noble
mind. This class know that they are
morally above the average. Therefore
they often have a self-satisfed feeling
which does not permit them to recog-
nize that they are sinners. And SO
they are not ready to see that they and
all other human beings need a Savior.
aye Are His Workmanship"
Those whom God has accepted and
forgiven through the blood of His Son.
our Redeemer. are no longer under the
former sentence of sin. These still
have weaknesses of the flesh and are
striving against them, although they
may never be as successful as some
OLuOF p0FSOuS WIO were UCItGE DOEI.
But the Heavenly Father knows to
what extent each is striving against
sin. seeking to put down the old ma
ture. Others may misjudge US; but He
knows us.
OF this class the Apostle Paul says,
1T is God that worketh in you both
to will and to do His good pleasure"
He he's given us exceeding great and
precious promises, that by these work
ing in us. showing US the course to
take and the result of faithfulness, we
may gradually attain the Divine ma
ture. This is the contamination, and
M to us by Divine Power-"chang-
ed in a moment. in the ~twinkling of an
eye" Whether we shall be granted
that glorious change depends upon the
zeal with which we love righteousness,
and hate iniquity, and seek to do the