The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Okla.) 191?-1915, 1914-05-12

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o.-Aher the birth Of Christ, was not
the old Bible done away with and moth
ing but the new TO be used2 "A Read.
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Answer Great indeed would be our
loss n the Old Testament were taken
from MS. when the writer's Of the New
Testament refer 10 sacred writings. we
must bear IN mind that they have i'm
mind the Old Testament. Their fre-
quent quotations from 1t Indicate the
high esteem la which il was held.
Whatsoever things were written
aforctime were written for our learn.
ing, that we through patience and COM
fort Of the scriptures might have hope"
u,omaus lj4l. After rccounting the
experiences Of the children Of Israel In
their journey to Canaan. the apostle
concludes: "Now al these things hap
pcned unto them for cnsamplcs. and
they are written for our admonition"
q Corinthians lOID. Apparently the
natural lsraclitc understood little oc
the reason for his varied experiences,
hut 10 the spiritual Isracite they be-
come "a light to our pathway and a
lamp 10 our feet" The thought in the
word for which 'ensamples" is trans
latiOn is that as the die marks and
cuts out the coin. so the Christian
course is prehgured in the incidents
recorded ia the Old Testament An
almost ineXhaustible fund OF knowl-
edge Is stored for us in the Old Testa-
ment types, especially in those con-
nected with the TabcrnacIe services.
Unfortunately the subject has been al
most entirely neglected There have,
however been few books on this sub
ject published FOR the assistance OF the
earnest Bible student.
al remember hearing my grand
father and a friend Of his discussing
election" and free grace" years ago.
10 either Scriptural7 u. W.
Answcr.-Thc two thoughts have di.
vided Christians for centuries. That
both OF these doctrines. notwithstand-
ing their apparent oppositeness, have
scriptural support, no Bible student
will deny. This fact should lead us nc
once 10 surmiSe that In some way both
must be true; but in no way can they
be reconciled except by observing
heavens law of order, and rightly
diridiHg the word OF truth" If the
distinctive features Of the epOchs and
dlspensations be kept in mind. and all
the passages relating 10 Election ana
Free Grace be examined, II win be
found that all those which treat OF
Election apply 10 the present and past
ages, while those which teach Free
Grace are fully applicable TO the next
age. The truth which Jesus stated in
John 64i tNo man can come unto me-
except the Father which hath sent me
draw him. applies TO this present time
in which God is elccting kings 10 reign
In His Kingdom when established on
the earth. OF the coming age, He
states that He will do the drawing
then, and on a much larger scale. lie
says. 81, il | he lifted mp. will draw
all men unto me" John l2.32l. Dur.
ing the present the members OF the
bride class are being selected. when
there is a bride-all the members hav-
ing been selected. she will say. Come,
whosoever will, let him take the water
of life freely" Revelation 22:l7l. Those
elected 10 the bride class will issue the
Free Grace Invitation. Then, as the
bride the church will have "A right to
invite others TO her bridegroom'S favor.
Only those whom the Father invites
can come now.