The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-07-22

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lRASIOR RUSStlLl) sons Of Cod" Ro-
mans S:21.) He de-
clared that his text, one of the grand
est promises for humanity does not re-
late to true Christians, but to mankind
In general. True Christians are al
ready set free, so far as their hearts,
their minds, are concerned. SANITY
Christians, he averred, are a rarity to-
day, as they have always been since
the Master declared, Fear not, little
flock; it is the Fathers good pleasure
TO give you the Kingdom. Luke 12:32.
Not until these shall be perfected by
the glorious change of the Chief Resur-
rection will the time come for deliver
ing the grooming creation from Its
bondage In other words, the worlds
blessing tarries until the completion OF
the sanity company gathered out OF
every nation and denomination during
the past nineteen centuries, and called
in the Bible "The Church. Of the First
borns," THE Very Elect" ''The Lambs
Wife," "The Body Of Christ" etc.
Jehovah is a God of order. All His
good purposes will be fulfilled In a
most orderly manner. Six great days
of thousand years each have already
passed over us, according to the Scrip
lures, and have been periods of dark
ness under a reign of Sin and Death.
| During this time God has allowed our
race TO experiment with sin and to
note its bitter results-to experiment
also I'm endeavors to recover from stu
| and its penalty, death, with its con-
| comitants of sickness and sorrow. The
| long schooling of six thousand years
| is not to be in vain. The lesson that
| "the wages of sin is death" Is not to
| be lost Mankind Is not to be left to
destruction, but is to be recovered.
Earths billions, lying as unconscious
In death as the brute, are nevertheless
subjects of Divine interest, sympathy
and provision. In the Seventh Thou
sand Year Day, earth's great Sabbath,
assistance will come to our race.
Broad Foundation For Human Salvation
According to the Divine Program,
Christ will then be the great King over
all the earth, and the great antitypical
Priest, to uplift all the willing and
obedient. He will be the Antitype Of
Melchisedec, who was a priest upon
his throne. If the Divine Purpose had
merely been that the Lord Jesus Christ
should do this work alone, there would
have been no need of His coming into
the world nineteen centuries ago to
die; for He could have accomplished
the entire work at one time. Now, at
the beginning of the seventh thousand
years, He could have died for mans
sins, thus redeeming all from the curse
that came through Adam; and then,
risen from the dead and glorified with
the Fathers power, He could at once
have begun His great work Of setting
free the prisoners of Sin and Death.
But the Heavenly Father had bet
ter Plan. He had purposed the select
ing of the sanity few from amongst
men, to be associated with our Lord
Jesus in His Kingship and His priest
ly office. God has laid broad foun-
dation for great work for humanity,
In providing not only the necessary
kings and priests for the Millennial
Kingdom, but also valuable expert
o., oh hn rafnn
Of Sin and Death and through human
endeavor 70 overcome these. BY now
all should be satisfied that life ever
lasting must come as a gift from God.
A Race Of Slaves.
During Messiah's thousand-year Reign
the grooming creation will be deliver
ed from bondage into full liberty, prop
er 10 sons Of God. Behold what ter
rlble bondages are upon mankind!
Look at their ignorance. their super
stitiOn, their fears, their weaknesses,
mental, moral, physical, and the sum
of these disabllities-de Consider
the hundreds of millions alive today
that need assistance, and the thou
sands Of millions unconscious In the
tomb. Their awakening from death
will not be the fufilment Of this
prophecy OF resurrection. II will mean
much more-the uplifting Of mind and
body to all that was lost In Adam and
redeemed AT Calvary.
This does not signify universal sal
walton. except in that the Bible prom
ises that "as all In Adam die. even 20
all In Christ shall be made alive. ey-
cry man In his own order"-class. q
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