The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-07

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upon tho Throne
said. Behold I mako all things new.
Tomorrow IL 10 be T. 10 - a. day Al
the great Exposition. and the flnai
session OF the Convention viii be
held there ia Festival Hall. where
Pastor Russell viii be one OF the
speakers.
Referring 20 tho marveis Of the
Exposition. the speaker declared
that they were corroborattons OF
what he wished 20 point out from
the Bible. lie has seen the various
Expeditions. from the Centennial In
we are living In a most wondcrfui
time. This agrees with tho bible.
The Bible chronology shows that IN
1875 we entered upon great Sab
bath 81 one thousand years. and thsi
ain great Days. each thouNznd
years long, were behind uH. This
great week OF seven thousand years.
however. will not witness tbs de-
sfruction Of the world. but the com
pisfion OF tho creation OF our rsce.
fly that time earth will be "A world
wide Paradise: the human family,
brought 20 perfection. will have
filled ~. according TO the original
AANkNAAtf aA8
will have reassd.--Genesis les.
Luke 1oisb. "a.
n was never the Divine purpose
that man should contend with sick :
ness. sorrow. pain, weakness ana
death itself The same God that Gre
aied the angels, and gave them rap
pineRn snd perfection. created man
and properly endowed him Al the
beginning. yhe present decrepitude
OF huna nit ~ mental. moral ana
phyHical--in explained by the Bible
alone ~ tell. that Adam was orig
inaiiy perfect pleasing 10 God; and
that his rejection BY God and his
sahjeeilon 80 death and all It's con-
c0nitsnts arc tho result Of his DISC
bedienca In Ed~n. Romans t.fz.
The Tarptsg Potst--Dtvfse Mercy.
Tbs Bible assures Va that God pnr-
posed human redemption from sin
and death from the very beginning
But tho first manifestation OF tina,
purpose. the turning point 20 far as
human observation discerned. was
the birth OF Jesus. who WAS born
into the world. not sinful and Inn
p~rfee, like ARm's race, but holy.
harmless. undsfiied and separate
from sinners" that He might eeeoin : :
In. Redeem~r 81 men and thus make
possible their recovery from tmpcr-
feet. dying conditions. His birth %
the virgin stands related. ther~forn,
TO the great plstnc Plan respecting
IFS death. which really began at
Jordan. when lie consecrafed Him
self TO death and was baptized by
John. and which ives completed on
Calvary.
Tn. next step In the Divine Pro-
gram was Jesus resurrection. Put
20 death In flesh. lie was quickened
IN spirit. stili more glorious than be-
fore lie was made flesh. tfhihp-
- - nsss 4 49,.
mounting Of the rsost holy OF His
followers. 90 be fellow members OF
tho same glorious company under
Ills hcahship. As our Lord there
annsnted tho most holy Of the Jews
aud continued 10 anoiut all who
would be mcmbers. OF the Body 81
Christ. so In due time lie began TO
anolnt the most holy among the
.rntiier--those who would become
members Of the same body.
The Divine Purpose 10 that the
risen Christ. the second Adam shall
have q Bride class. the second Eve
a ptvlneiy foreordained number.
Thcae eighteen centuries have been
used OF the Lord for the selection of
this Church 20 be Ills tclnt.hcirs in
Hts Kingdom. and as soon as this
elect member shall have de.ion-
strated their loyalty. this Age VIII
end and the New Age be fully insug-
UfAtfAs many RtbAS Ht1AFhta
with me that very soon the Church
will be completed. and by the glo-
riouH change OF the First Rcsurrec-
ton be made like the Lord--spirft
beings. "partakcrs of the Divine ma
ture"--i John s;s: . Peter Ia.
THIS will usher In the next step
OF the Divine Program--the Messi-
ante Kingdom. with Christ and His
Church associated with Him In the
power and great glory necessary for
the ruling. Judging and uplifting OF
all the families OF the earth. Both
the Old and tho New Testament
speak OF the New pispensatton now
dawntng as Times Of Restitution.
ACTS s.iaD They tell as that the
earth will yield her increase that
the knowledge OF the glory of God
will fiii tho whole world. breaking
tho shackies of ignorance and super
stition: and that the earth will be
brought 60 perfection. Even now
we SEQ evidences of this In the won
derfui fruits and flowers of our day.
far superior TO those OF the past In
general since Edens bloom and
beauty were lost
Tho point we are emphasizing IL
that Miilicnnial blessings are not
coming to the world by process Of
evolution. but as result OF God $
liftlng the veil and permitting us to
see what TO do and how to do IL.
The same operation OF Divine provi-
dence r. manifested In all our great
inventions These were not gradu-
ally evolved during the past six
thousand years. but have practically
sprung into existence before our
eyes--very many OF them during the
past forty years, all OF them, we
may say, within tho ono hundred and
fifteen years from lsea, n period
known in tho Rioie as the Day Of
~
During their period God has been
preparing the world for the Millien-
Mum.
Y our great inventors acknowledge
that their work IL not so much the
result Of personal effort. but rather
a kind OF Inspiration. Their eyes Of
understanding opened. and things
kept secret since the foundation OF
the world stood plainly before them
and were readily put into practical
form. II In the same respecting the
OF the Divine Plan OF
the Ages, II came, not by plodding
study. but rather as an illumination
Of the mind by the Holy Spirit: for
Gods due time had come when those
OF honest mind should know the
Truth
Doctrine. of Demon. Interfere.
We now see clearly that the hor-
ribie doctrines OF the Dark Ages de-
ceivcd us into thinking OF the
Almighty as cunning, powerful
Being who before the foundation OF
the world had purposcd TO torture
eternnlly more than ninety-five per
cent OF tho billions lie had created
After the Bible had been explained
by the creeds for twelve hundred
years. ~ came back 90 Gods people.
and our fathers began to study II
afrcsh. but their minds were SO in-
pregnated with what the Bible STYLES
doctrines of demons" that they
made devilish things out of Scrip
tural statements which had no such
Significance.
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