The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-08-26

This Messiah viii he backed by all
The Divine Power IN His work ~ res
cuing mankind from the fallen condi
tion. Satan will bc bound; an eyil IN
Gucnces viii thus be restrained The
darkness u ignorance aud superstition
viii he scattered before the rising SUI
" Righteousness. AL mankind VIII
b. blessed the living first, and after
wards the sleeping ones every man
IN HIS own orlcr" or company not all
III once For thousand years a great
work Of judging VIII progress
This Judging will not be punshments
on account Of Adams sin or Of inner
tied imperfections and faults, results
OF that sin. SO far as the wrong do
ingg Of the present life are traceabe
10 Inherited blemishes, they Will be
covered by the merit Of the great He
deemers sacrifice. The only accounts
remaining Unsettled will be for those
misdecds and pernicious words Of the
present life done or uttered contrary
10 knowledge The degree Of knowl-
edge will determine the degree Of SIN.
Each individual then on judgment,
on trial. will have in himself the rec
ord of his own violations OF conscience,
That Is 20 say, the unforgivable SINS
which must he punished. are those
against the Holy Spirit, the Spirit OF
Righteousness. the Spirit Of Truth
done intelligently against u ThuS the
civilized could scar their c0nsciences
I'm a manner that the uncivillzed could
not: and those having a knowledge Of
God and appreciation Of the principles
OF His righteousness could iniure
themselves for the future In q manner
that more ignorant people could not.
Jesus declared that in the Day OF
Judgment those who did evil without
knowledge will lie punished with few
or stripes than will those who did less
evil with more light. He gives us as
illustrations the Sodomites Of Old, VINO
were accounted most wicked, ana the
people amongst whom He was preach
ing. who counted themselves holiness
people- Scribes and Pharisees. tNat-
thew 1915; 1929 II will be tolerable
for all, but less tolerable for those VINO
have had more knowledge, more Iisht'
in the present life, and who have fan
ed to live accordingly
The judgment Of the Church.
The period since Jesus day, begin
ming at Pentecost, has been the
Cburch's Judgment Day IT her trial
time. Only those coming into the true
Church on the Lords terms are PRIV
LEGGED to have this special trial, and, II
victorious its special reward OF glory
honor and Immortality in the King
dom. The entrance into the Church Is
through the begetting of the Holy Spir-
IT. and this begetting TO the new ma
ture is granted only to those VINO turn
from sin. accept the Redeemer as thelr
Advocate with the Father, ana make
conservation to do Gods viii.
| AS New Creatures, these have much
advantage, in that God guarantees that
call things shall work together Tor
good TO them"--as spirit beings. ms
means, however, that they will be sub
tected TO trials, difficulties, testlngs,
much more severe than come TO man
kind i'm general; for they are peing
chiseled, polished, qualified, for the eio'
ries of the Heavenly Kingdom. Ihey
must walk by faith, not by sight. They
must make noble fight, in their hearts
nj least. against sin and its allurements.
They must prove themselves loyal 10
God, to His Truth and TO His service,
1T the cost of even life itself
The whole question we are discuss
ing is summed up by the Lord in HIS
Message through the Prophet Malachi
t315-1S). The Prophet declares that
now we do not see eyil-doers punished,
even though they injure Gods true
people and blaspheme His name But
after God has made ready all the jew
els of the Elect class and has set them
in the gold of the Divine nature, there
viii be change in prevailing condi-
lions amongst men. Evil-doers will be
chastised. with a view to their reforma-
ton. This failing, they will be de-
stroyed from amongst the people" De
scribing these Restitution conditions,
the Prophet declares, Then shall We
return. and discern between the right
eous and the wicked"
Divine Judgments Desired.
What God purposes for the world
through Messiah's Kingdom will be the
grandest thing imaginable. Through
this Kingdom, Divine judgments-Jus-
tice-will be enforced eyerywhere-yet
Enthusiastically Each will be required
TO live up to the perfect standard OF
the Golden Rule, to the extent OF abil-
ity: and the Royal Priesthood Will be
fully commissioned to remit penalties
for unintentional transgressings result
ing from inherited weaknesses. The
reward to well-doers win he gradual
growth in knowledge, in grace, in men
tai. moral and physical strength,
Many find it difficult to understand
how Gods judgments could bring
great blessings to the world. Hence
we offer some suggestions: Suppose
that the Kingdom were established