The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-09

] this great prison-house, the tomr
This He foretold, saying, "All that ar
in the graves shall hear the voice o
the Son of God, and shall come forth.
John 5:2s, % r. v.
Fair Trial ls Promised All.
Not only will this include the Churc]
OF the First-born, who have been an
proved Of God, and who. passing tria
now, will come forth unto life eternal
put 1t will include also the remainde
or mankind, those who have not hai
Gods approval, all of whom, becaus,
redeemed, shall come forth unto judg
ment-trial. A fair trial will be theirs
10 determine their worthiness or I'm
worthiness of life everlasting by thu
manner In which they shall receive, O
by. their rejection of, The Christ OF
Coo when, during the Millennium, H
shall be made fully known to them.
1t was also part Of the Divine DUR
pose that the whole earth should be-
filed with people; and hence the bring
ing forth of a progeny is a part Of the
Divine will for mankind. The few
short years Of the present life, with
an experience Of sin and death condi
tions, wi. in due time be supplement-
ed by the GLORIOUS period Of the Mil
fenn1unn, With 1s grand opportunities
for lessons Of righteousness and it's re-
wards for obedience. Its corrective
Stripes" or punishments, will be to
the intent that SO many as possible
may ultimately be entirely recovered
from death conditions and brought
into full accord with God in Christ.
But those who demonstrate their un-
willingness to come into heart sympa-
Say with righteousness will be utter
~ destroyed from amongst the people.
ACTS 1923; 2 Peter 2:12.
The More Excellent Way.
So, then, our Lords reason for not
asking sooner for the heather as His
inheritance and the remotest parts of
the earth as His possession, was that
He knew the Fathers Plan to be a
different one, the more excellent ways
and He delighted to do the Fathers
will. And SO with all the followers Of
Christ. AS soon as they ascertain the
Fathers glorious Plan of Salvation,
they find it to be soul-satisfying, and
greatly prefer it to any plan Of their
own. Undeveloped Christians, whom
the Apostle designates "babes'' in
Christ, are the ones who are continual
~ praying to the Heavenly Father for
a change Of the Divine Program, i'm
agining that their wisdom and their
dove In respect to the heather are SUI
perior to those of the Infinite Creator.
Nearly all Christian people have had
their experience with such ignorance;
and we are glad to suppose that the
Heavenly Father laid not the sin of such
presumption to u charge, but rather,
sympathetically appreciated our inter-
est in the heather, although He must
have deprecated lack of reverence,
our readiness, u highminded as
sumption Of more than infinite wis
dom!
W. are not saying a word against
missions-home OF foreign. Quite to
the contrary, we believe that every
Christian should labor with heart and
hand to do all in his power to glorify
the Father and the Redeemer, and to
enlighten his fellow-men respecting the
Gross Of Christ, and the blessings
which 1t secures But while willingly,
gladly serving the Divine Cause, Sin.
slant in season and out of season. We
should ''learn to labor and to watt"
We should learn that the laboring un-
der present conditions is arranged
chiefly for our beneft-for the develop
ment In the minds Of the Royal Priest
hood Of the sacrificing qualities and the
graces Of the Holy Spirit-meekness,
gentleness, patience, faith, long-suf-
fering, brotherly kindness, love.
workers Together Viii God"
Let us be sure, dear friends, that any
theory of ours respecting the heather,
Or any other feature of~ the Divine
Program, which In any degree implies
superior wisdom, superior energy or
superior love on our part, as compared
with that Of u Heavenly Father and
:" N~SNSSA4~AS 1AuSb DO W1UuAs '1uS
sooner we learn to pray from the
heart. "Thy will be done,' the better !
It will be for lie, the more shall we be |
able to get into harmony with our
Lord. and the more shall we be used !
rs His ambassadors and representa-
ives. The wisdom Of man is foolish
with God, and the Wisdom Of
Sod is foolishness with man. Hence
must not take the human stand
'oint in investigating or reasoning
upon the Divine purposes and Pro
ram. Rather, we must go direct to
he Word of God, that we may be
Of God, that we may discern
he beauty, the harmony, Of His plans.
i Corinthians 3:19.
1t is written that obedience is bet
er than sacrifice; and this being rec
'gnized, how careful it should make
IS to inquire what the will Of the
lord is; to search the Scriptures, that
We may there ascertain the Divine
'rogram, and be found in harmony /,
There we find that the
Iord's present work Is the completing
I the Royal Priesthood, the Royal :
Judge, the Royal Prophet, the Royal +,
fediator, the Great King, for the
7orld OF mankind-for the worlds de- !
verance from the bondage of Sin and :
heath, and their assistance back to !,
armony with God. Thus seeing, we :
hall have nafiench in pnsrnct m $ho q