Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-01

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the time to come, that they may la
hold on eternal life" This he intel
prets 10 mean that those possessin
wealth should be willing to share wit
others Of the brethren as member
OF community. somewhat along tn
lines OF Christian communism. Tn
word foundation. he declared, Is her
used In the same sense as when W,
say that a wealthy man gave a foun
dation Of million dollars for a col
lege. His gift constitutes the basis fol
the carrying out Of the college plans.
Thus, the speaker explained, a Chris
tan who generously uses In the Lords
service his financial stewardship Is lay.
Ing foundation for the futures
foundation for spiritual wealth; and
the more Of time, influence and wealth
any one can lay up thus In doing good,
In forwarding the interests Of the
brethren and OF the Lords work, the
more Is that one piling up treasure In
Heaven. The advantage Of this pro-
eedure. he asserted, is that 1t helps to
center the hearts affections on the
things above, and to wean them from
the things Of earth; for where our
treasure Is, there will our hearts be
also. And thus. says the Apostle, we
shall be able to "lay hold on eternal
life." now proffered to us.
At first many are inclined to say,
What difference does 1t make to the
Lord what do with my time, money,
Influence, talents2 He Is able to sup
ply the needy without in the least i'm
poyerishing Himself. Why, then,
should He desire His children. who
are far from rich In the worlds estlma-
ton, to sacrifice their little all of tai
ent, money, time, influence? And why
should He make this a test to deter
mine whether or not they shall attain
the Kingdom? What Is the philoso-
ply Of 1t?
The philosophy was declared to be
this: As originally created In the d.
vine likeness man was tender-hearted
But after sin had enter
ed the world and the strife for q living
began. selfshness gradually became
the predominant influence, producing
of the
interests Of others-self-love
TAKE Away the Stony HsartD
The speaker pointed out that during |
ne thousand years Of Messiah's Reign
satan will be bound, his allurements
'nded and the curse lifted. Then the
'arth will yield Its Increase. The stress
'eing removed, 1t will be easier for
mankind to learn the lessons of love
nd Observation-Disclosures, and to rise out
4 their present condition Of meanness,
ard-heartedness and selfishness-back
the glorious image Of God.
This will mean the dissolving of the
tony-heartedness Of the human race:
T, as the Scriptures put 1t, the Lord
VIII take away the stony heart out
their flesh, and give them heart of
esh"-a heart Of sympathy. All who
len refuse to return to harmony with
cd will be destroyed In the Second
cath, as set forth In Acts 3:19-23.
1t was pointed out, however, that
lille such restitution under the ia.
orabie conditions Of the Messianic
ingdom Is Gods provision for the
orld, He has different provision for
q CHURCH, now being called and
oven. BY nature their hearts were
lrd and selfish, and, as the Apostle
Us, they "i1ere children Of wrath.
en as others" But the fact that
ID has called these to joint-heirship
lth His Son In the glorious Kingdom
at Is shortly to bless the world does
t signify that He will accept them In
eir natural condition OF hard-heart.
ness and selfshness.
On the contrary, II the Church are to
the kings, priests and judges of the
'rid, In association with their Lord
d Head, the great King, 1t Is readily
en that they must be rid of this con-
Ion themselves before they can prop
y be capable Of helping the world
out Of Its rd-heartedness. \
ave Walk by Faith"
'everal differences were pointed out
tween the Lords dealings with the
urch at the present time and His
'lings with the world by and by. u
ese differences are due to the fact =
It the Church are called to SO high .
honor; and correspondingly 1t is ap-
pirate that they should manifest 4
re love and zeal than will be ex- Il
ted Of the world. A
o Illustrate: The Church must walk
faith and not by sight; they must 4
UNFAIRLY accept the Lords proyi. I
ICES, and voluntarily cooperate with 4
n In putting away the stony heart. K
epting instead the Spirit of the Z
'd-a spirit of love, kindness, gen j
less, meekness, patience and long L
'ering toward all. Moreover, during n
thousand years Of the worlds re- \
cry from sin, selfishness and hard Y
rtedness, doubtless each individual \
have several centuries for his Il