The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-08-12

shall work together for good TO them
that love God. 90 the called according
70 Ills purposes Therefore be is con
tent 10 let the Heavenly Father shape
his Affairs should be get out OF work.
God knows how to provide employ
mcnt lie could feed Elijah by the
brook. the ravens bringing the Prophet
the necessary food Il Kings l1'5, &
One cannot fellowship with the
world, and ut the same time be great
In the Lord We prefer 70 be amongst
those 10 whom the Master will say,
We'll done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over a few
things. will make thee ruler over
many things Enter thou into the Joy
Of thy Lord" The knowledge that God
is for Us and loves us Is satisfying
portion TO heart and mind Having
left the world TO follow Jesus and dali
ly seeking to walk In His steps, the
Church class are loved OF the Father
They are the ones whom He has called.
The Hidden Mystery.
In the beginning God created the
Lord Jesus. the Logos. tColossians
lis: Revelation 3;14.l Then the Logos,
as His active Agent, made the differ
ent orders of spirit beings, and finally
man, John l:l-3.) After man had
fallen into sin, God said, I'VE Will LET
him have his experience with death
and its concomitants, In due time
will send a great Redeemer, to ransom
Adam and all his posterity. During
the Seventh Thousand Year Day Of
mans existence this Redeemer viii
take charge of humanity. Meantime
will have nothing to do with them until
they are restored TO perfection"
But while God was thus resting from
His earthly creation, He considered 1t
a good time to bring in a New Crea-
ton. The first of this New Creation
was the One who redeemed mankind.
He passed through His experiences and
testings eighteen hundred and more
years ago. But this was not all OF the
Divine Plan As the Apostle says,
there was secret which God had kept
hidden from before the foundation OF
the world-His Purpose to have not
merely great Redeemer for mankind,
but a people taken out from amongst
humanity to be the Church of the
First horns. These were to constitute
the New Creation, of which the Re
deemer would become the Head.
This work of gathering the Church
class has been progressing for nearly
nineteen centuries. All who have been
begotten Of the Holy Spirit are mem
bers of the New Creation, to whom old
things have passed away, and all
things have become new. e CORN
thians $40 From the very moment
Of their spirit-begetting, the light OF
the Truth begins to enlighten the
minds of these New Creatures. They
begin to see something Of the lengths
and breadths, the heights and depths,
of Gods character 1t Is n revelation.
The Word Of God is Illuminating; the
Holy Spirit has great illuminating
power, and gradually fills more and
more with the light Of the knowledge
of the glory of God.
Sanctified by the Truth.
OF this class God says, "Gather My
saints together unto Me, those who
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sacrifice" psalm 5000 He does not
say, Those who have made a covenant
to enter some church system, although
some may have made a covenant with
God and ignorantly with some church
system also. Many people like to
count themselves in amongst Gods
people, yet they have never entered
into covenant with Him. Apparently
they think that they will receive the
same reward as will those who have
entered into such covenant; but they
are mistaken. No one will receive the
Prize of the High Calling except those
who have entered the race in the prop
err way and have run according to the
prescribed rules
Whoever makes this Covenant Of
Sacrifice is walking In the Masters
footsteps. Our Lord made it at the
age of thirty years. At Jordan He
gave Himself, perfect man, His time,
His will-everything-to do the fa-
theirs will, whatever that might be.
The Enther indicated His acceptance