The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-23

possible. The combination of q strong
is assured by the fact that our Lord
will be, not only the great King, but
also the great Priest, Prophet an6
Teacher. Even so, also, the Church
shall be kings and priests. Their Of
fee, their service, will be q combina%
ton Of ruling and healing, ~instructirg
and uplifting.
Everything done will come under the
head Of .5udgment-righteous dealing.
Every good deed, yea, every good eff
fort, will be rewarded. The Judgment
will be a blessing. 1t will mean an in
creas of harmony with the Lord and
Of character development, and resti-
tutional physical experiences. (Acts
3:10-21.) Instead Of the ways of dark
ness there will be the way of light.
Instead Of the broad road leading to
destruction, with the masses going
down thereon-to the tomb-there will
be the Highway of Holiness. Instead
Of stones Of stumbling, we are assured
that all the stumbling-stones shall be
gathered out OF the way. Instead Of
heastly violence, overmastering temp
tations and besetments, d%evourinG
mankind because Of their inability to
resist the Adversary, the Bible assures
us that Satan will be bound and that
the wild beasts Of vice and d]egeneracy
will all be brought into subsection.
Thus nothing shall hurt or destroy in
all Gods holy Mountain [kingdoml.'
And an highway shall be there, and a
way, and it shall be called the Way Of
Holiness. Isaiah 11:9; 1913.
The Messianic PsaIm-seventy-sec-
ond-fnds its application In that glorl-
Gus Millennial Epoch. Thus we read:
Give the King Thy judgments, o God,
and Thy righteousness unto the Kings
Son. He shall judge Thy people with
righteousness and Thy poor with judg-
ment tjusticel. " " He shall Judge
the poor Of the people. He shall save
the children of the needy and shall
break in pieces the oppressor. " o
He shall come down like rain upon the
mown grass, as showers that water the
earth. In His days shall the righteous
AOuL4SAT dLu OF peace as
long as the moon endureth."
"The People Will Learn Righteous
ness"
AS already shown, Gods dealings in
the past have been with the world only
IN the sense Of executing a general
sentence for Adamic sin-a death SEN
tence with all that it involves Of men
tai. moral, and physical degeneracy-
dying. Ali OF Gods special judgments
have been with those who were justi-
fed to special ationship through
faith. If we were to judge Of the
number who will be blessed during the
Millennium by the numbers in the Lit
tie Flock of Natural Israel and the
Little Flock Of Spiritual Israel, saved
under Gods judgments in advance Of
the Millennium. the outcome Of the
worlds judgment would not appear ia
vorable.
But these would not be fair criteria.
Present conditions are permitted to
test and to prove the faith as we'll as
the obedience OF those who are under
trial, or judgment, and who have such
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glorious features OF the present CALI
Consequently, few there will be wh3
will find the great reward now offered.
Matthew 7:14.
This is as God designs 1t, because lie
is selecting a special class. But the ar,
engagements made for mankind in gen.
eral are that the darkness and sin OF
the present time shall fee away. The
dawning Of the Millennial Morning,
with the rising of the Sun Of Righteous
ness with healing in His beams CThe
Christ in glory to %enlighten the world),
will mean that knowledge will be
granted mankind facts, evidences,
proofs.
The world will not be required to
"walk by faith and not by sight" as
are the Elect OF the Gospel Age. In
stead Of the EYE OF FAITH Of the
present time will be the EYE OF UN-
DERSTAND1NG ~knowledge), then.
Instead Of the secret Of the Lord being
kept from the world. all Of His gra-
cious purposes will then stand fully
revealed. "The knowledge of the glory
of God shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep" (Habak-
kuk pa. AS a result, none shall
need to say unto his neighbor and to
his brother, Know the Lord, for all
shall know Him, from the least to the
greatest Of them. Every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess. to the
glory Of God Jeremiah 31:34; Romans
14:11; Philippians 2:10, 1I). When
every good deed shall receive promptly
and manifestly it's reward, and every
evil deed shall receive promptly it's
punishment, the world will speedily
learn to avoid the punishments and to
win the rewards by obedience to the
laws OF the Kingdom.
The Scope of Our Text.
The Prophet in our context person
ates The Christ. Jesus the Head and
the Church His Body. Note the state T.
ment in u context: With my soul r"
have desired Thee in the night" The
night of sin has been upon the world
for centuries. The Morning is at hand,
but not yet fully come.
During the night time the. faithful Of
the Church are represented. as walking
in the light Of Gods Word. 'rrhy
Word Is a lamp unto my feet, and a
lantern unto my path" psalm ITO:
1861 St Peter says: 1--WE have a
more sure word Of prophecy, to which
we do we'll to take. heed as unto a
light shining in a dark p%lace-until the