The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-18

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The apostles tell us that during the
hlSht time, since Jesus death, God has
eco Seen dolng a special .work-selecting
few-the church of the first-borns,
whose names are written in heaven.
Ihese are not taken from any one ma
tlon or denomination. This little flock.
10 Whom 1t Is the Fathers good pleas
ure TO give the kingdom duke xii, 32) ,
| Is composed of all the sanity followers
or Jesus. who walk in His steps in the
narrow marrow way during this Gospel age.
ihelr experiences are to qualify them
TOT association with their Redeemer in
his Messianic kingdom. Their trials,
tnelr 6pedience. and their sufferings
for righteousness sake are to work out
for these a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory. Suffering with
the Master for the truths sake in the
present life, they are to share His glory.
honor and Immortality in the life to
come: They are to be His joint heirs
il. 11-12.
The Kingdom Sunrise Nearing.
Amongst the Lords people even. few
yet understand that Jesus distinctly
teaches that the Sun OF righteousness,
which will arise with healing in His
beams and whose light will constitute
the new day, will be composed of the
Snurch or Christ glorified-changed
from human to Divine nature by parti-
Gipation in the first resurrection. Our
Lord Jesus tells this in the parable Of
the wheat and the tares. He declares
OF the wheat class will be gathered
into the heavenly garner, and that
then shall the righteous shine forth as
the sun In the kingdom of their Father
however, that this signifies the church
without the Redeemer, but must re-
member that Jesus is the Head over
the church which is His body.'-Eph.
How wonderful, how beautiful, how
appropriate are the word-pictures of
the Bible! No one but the Lord knew
OF the great Divine plan. No one but
lures of it's development In various
terms and figures of speech the Bible
attempts to give US little glimpse of
the glorious conditions of that day. The
new day and the kingdom will be the
desire of all people. In that day the
righteous will flourish, and evil-doers
VIII be cut off from life: During that
! Satan is to be bound, that he may de-
ceive the nations no more (Rev. XXX,
2-3) Landlordism will come to an end !;
for they shall not build and another
other eat the fruit thereof, but shall
,, long enjoy the work of their hands
lsa. 1Xv, %.
The earth is to yield her increase
psalm xvii, g. Streams are to come
forth in the desert; the solitary places
are to be made glad. The entire earth
Is to become like the Garden of Eden.
1t is Gods footstool, and He declares
that He will make it glorious. 1t is not
to be burned up with literal fire, as once
we supposed. 1t is to abide forever.
(Ecc. /, 4: Psalm civ, So He formed it
not IN vain; He formed it to be. inhab-
ited.'-Isa. xiv, 1S; lxvi. /; X, 13;
xXXv, 1, z.
Wonderful FOregIeams of Light.
The most wonderful thing that the
Bible tells us respecting that new day
is that 1t will bring great intelligence
and enlightenment to every creature
The light of the knowledge Of the glory
of God shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the face Of the great deep.
Usa. xi, 8; Hab. ii. 14.) And they shall
teach no more every man his neighbor,
and every man his brother, saying,
Know the Lord: for they shall all know
Me, from the least of them unto the
greatest, said the Lord (Jer. XXI, 34.)
Ultimately every knee shall bow and
every tongue shall confess, to the glory
of God.-Phil. ii, II; Isa xiv, %.
What an enthusing prospect the
Bible holds out before the church and
before as many of the world as can
exercise a meature of faith to believe!
The world indeed sees to some extent
that great blessings are coming: but
just what these are-and how they are
to come mankind know not: for the
world by wisdom knows not God.
q. Cor. i, 21.l The worldly wise have
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as a revelation from God. Thus the
wise are caught in their own craftiness.
U. Cor. ill., 19.) Their boasted wisdom
ensnares them and blinds them to the
Divine revelation.
Nevertheless, some of our greatest
thinkers-Mr. Edison and others-are
rapidly seeing that the world is just
on the verge of the most wonderful in
VentionS and knowledge, which will
transform the face of the earth and the
people thereof. They are corroborating
the Bible unwittingly; for they believe
it not and know not the character OF
it's messages.
The Dawning Begun I'm A. ID. 1874.
Let us not stop now to discuss the
darkness of the night and its weeping.
Let us awake, and take note of the fact
that the dawning of the new age is al
ready here. For the past forty-two
years we have been in 1T and enjoying
many of its blessings But those bless
ings came so stealthily-like a thief in
import. Some few have been calling
attention to the fact that we have been
in the Millennial dawn ever since 1874.
bible chronology quite clearly teach
es that the 5000 years since Adams 8
creation have ended-six great days of
1000 years each, mentioned by st. Peter
"a day with the Lord is as thousand
years. QI. Peter iii. 81 Now the great
commenced. We have been enjoying it's
dawning. 1t is to be grand day. What
wonder If the dawning be remarkable!
ut may surprise some to be told that
the past foTty-two years mean more to
the world in increase of education, in
crease of wealth, increase of all man.
ner of labor-saving inventions and con-
veniences, increase of safeguards and
projections for human life. than did all
the 5000 years which preceded them
many times over. The world has prob
ably created a thousand times as much
wealth during these forty-two years as
. during the entire 5000 wears preceding.
Yet these changes have come so grad
ually that few have noticed them.
Fulfllment of Prophecy Everywhere.
"Forty-two years ago man labored
from sun to sun; today we are rapidly
approaching an eight-hour day. For