River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-04-30

lennium, with its grand opportunities
for lessons OF righteousness and it's re-
wards for obedience. It's corrective
stripes or p~unishments. 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 I'M
willingness to come into heart sympa-
thy with righteousness will be utter
ly destroyed from amongst the people.
Acts 1923; 2 Peter PIP.
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 way;
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 mes who are continual
" praying to the Heavenly Father for
a change of the Divine Program, i'm
agining that their wisdom and their
love 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 our charge. but rather.
alphabetically appreciated our inter
est in the heather. although He must
have deprecated our lack of reverence,
our readiness, u highminded as
sumption of more than infinite wis
dom!
We are not saying a word against
missions-home or 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
Cross of Christ. and the blessings
WHICH, i L C(u1COs DuI W1ll1uSIy4
gladly serving the Divine Cause, FIN
slant in season and out of season. we
should learn to labor and to wait"
We should learn that the laboring I'M
der present conditions is arranged
chiefly for our benefit-fOr the develop
ment in the minds of the Royal Priest
hood of the sacrificing qualities and the
graces of the Holy Spirit-meekness,
g%entleness, patience. faith, long-suf-
fering. brotherly kindness, love.
workers Together With 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 our Heavenly Father and
our Redeemer, must be wrong. The
sooner we learn to pray from the
heart, "Thy will be DONE the better
it will be for us, the more shall we be
able to get into harmony with our
Lord, and the more shall we be used
as His ambassadors and representa-
tives. The wisdom of man is foolish
ness with God, and the Wisdom OF
God is foolishness with nan Hence
we must not take the human stand
point in investigating or reasoning
upon the Divine purposes and Pro.
gram. Rather, we must go direct to
the Word of God, that we may be
taught Of God. that we may discern
the beauty. the harmony, of His plans.
i Corinthians $40.
It is written that obedience is bet
ter than sacrifice; and this being rec
ognized, how careful it should make
us to inquire what the will of the
Lord is; to search the Scriptures, that
we may there ascertain the Divine
Program, and be found in harmony
herewith. There we find that the
Lords present work is the completing
of the Royal Priesthood, the Royal
Judge, the Royal Prophet, the Royal
Mediator, the Great King, for the
world of mankind-for the worlds de-
~liverance from the bondage of Sin and
Death, and their assistance back to
harmony with God. Thus seeing, we
shall have patience in respect to the
heather, and strive now to make u
own calling and election sure and to
lay down our lives for the brethren,
in assisting to build them up in the
most holy faith, until we all come to
the measure of the stature Of a Man
in Christ"-the great Mediator of the
New Covenant, of whom Jesus is the
Head-the Church His Body.
Converting the World.
When will the world be converted?
When will Christ ask for the heather?
When will the Father give them to
Him? How long, o Lord? The Scrip
tural answer, dear friends. is that it
has pleased the Father to select the
"jewel" class during this Gospel Age
by means which the world would think
foolish-by means Of the preaching of
the Good Tidings. But His Program
for tho frf7rn A po iS different Thora