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DAHr OAVTXAL JOURNAL, 8A d, OREGON, SATURDAY, .3VJSX 10, 1010.
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CHARUESfT.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
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Sunday, Jfuly 10. Pastor Russell of
Brooklyn Tabernacle', Now York,
preached today from tbo nbovo tost
Ho sold, in parts
In order, to jusoifl . telescope to ad
vnntago we need first to obtain a
iProper focus .jm tho. object to bo ex
amined. And so it Is with the Divine
Plan flnd Purpose. Looking nt It with
tho cyo of faith through tbo Telcscopo
of God's Word, adjustment of tho fo
cus Is necessary. This focusing of tho
Word, Christian people In tho past
havo Tery generally overlooked. As a
result tho Divino Plan has a blurred
and indistinct appearance to our sight
Tho various word-pictures, symbols,
types, allegories and plain statements
of tho Scriptures without this focusing
together, make a very unsatisfactpy
and nondescript matter of tho Gospel
of Christ, ono that is unsatisfactory to
everybody, ono that thp learned of our
day iavo . repudiated entirely an am
biguous collation that is a sourco of
vexation to millions of God's conso
crated people. The difficulty Is that
tho Telcscopo was tampered with dur
ing tho dark ages and tho proper fo
cus was lost. SInco then Christian
pooplo havo feared to readjust it. They
bayo gloried in tho fact that they never
changed tho focus. However, they
havo overlooked tho fact that somo ono
elso did change It for them long ago
and that tho unsatisfactory vlow wo
havo gotten is the result of this and
is entirely out of accord with tho clear
and beautiful vision of Gpd's Graco
and Truth and Mercy and Lovo and
Wisdom nnd Power as seen by tho
Apostles In tho early Church.
International Bible Students' Associa
tion. Somo of us, dear friends, instead of
throwing away tho Telcscopo of tho
Word of God, aro takiug pleasure in
cleaning the lenses of tho dust of
tho dark ages and adjusting tho focus
by a 'pnroful endeavor to speak where
tho Word of God Bpeaks and to bo
silent where it Is silent and to bring,
as tho Apostlo suggests, our every
thought tttd captivity to tho will of
God in Christ as outlined in the Bible.
TJio result, wo nil can testify, Is not
only comforting, but ' happily lng; not
only enlightening, but refreshing.
Truly, as "tho Apostlo suggests, wo
havo como to "Tlmos of Refreshing
from, tho prcsenco of tho Lord." And
nil this, wo percolvo, is exactly what
tho Scriptures foretold, namely, that a
falling away and darkening of tho un
derstanding would follow tho death of
tho Apostles, but that in the end of
tho ago 'tho darkness would begin to
scatter bofaro' tho oncoming light of
ho jfun jbf rlghtoouanoBH, In tbo morn
ink" of tho Now Dispensation of Mcs
fll&b's reign.
''in accord with nil this, noto tho fact
that for conturles wo havo been over
looking cortnin Scriptures whllo ac
cepting others. Wo accepted tho Apos
tlo's statomont in our text respecting
the reconciliation of the Church, but
wo overlooked entirely other Scriptures
which speak of n Still different recon
ciliation "God through Christ recon
ciling tbo world unto himself" (II Co
rinthians v, 10). We should havo noted
tho dlfforonco between tho Church nnd
tho world In this and many other pas
sages of Scripture. Wo should havo
tomembered tho Lord's words, "Yo nro
not of tho world, ovon ns I am not of
tho world." Wo should havo scon that
tho salvation and reconciling of tho
Church is ono thing and tho salvation
nnd reconciling of tho world is quite
auotbor thing; that these aro two dif-teirorit'salvatlons-tho
flrst to hoavon
ly, spiritual conditions and jolnt-holr-sblp
with Christ In tits ICiugdoiu; tho
other to an Unrthly inheritance, to
earthly perfection and llfo ovcrlnstlng
nnd an Eden that is to bo world-wldo
Parndlso restored, God's footstool
mado glorious.
God's Purposes to Be Accomplished,
Nevertheless n6'thlus has boon lost.
No feature of v tho Divino Plan has
boon thwarted, for theso two salya
tiona do not1 prog'roas at tho samo time.
During thbf Gospel Ago nono nro
saved, nor desirous to bo saved, oxcept
thoso "drawu of tho Father," "called
of God." Theso havo been privileged
to approach God through tbo Sou,
whoso name is "tbo only naino glvon
under heaven or amongst men whereby
vo must bo saved" (Acts Iv, 12). Only
thoso who take up their cross and fol
low tbo Lamb through ovil report and
good report, faithful unto death, can
now bo spirit-begotten: In tho resur
rection, theso will bo spirit-born, mem
bora of tho Hrldo of Christ, tbo Lamb's
Wifo and Jolnt-hclr with him in his
Kingdom. It docs not matter to tbo
remainder of mankind that they havo
boon allowed to remain In ignoranco
of tho great fact tbnt God Is about to
pour out upon humanity a great bless
ing; about to pour out his boly Spirit
upon all classes; about to establish tbo
Kingdom of his dear Son for which wo
prny. "Thy Kingdom como:" about to
causo tbo knowledge of tho Lord to fin
tbo whole oarlb; about to glvo to er,-rv
von and daughter of Adnin oni full,
fair, righteous opportunity to mu
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"BE YE
'RECONCILED
TO GOET
Text, "You .that were sometime
alienated, and enemies in your mind by '
wi'clcccUworlcs, yc nowmath he rcc-'
onciled" (Colossi ana i, 2 1 ).
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a knowlcdgo of tho Truth thnt they
may be saved.
If tho knowlcdgo of God's graco has
proven to bo n, grand, glorious, Inspir
ing message to tho sanctified hi Christ
Jesus, tbo Church of this Gospel Age,
called to tho heavenly calling, will not
tbo message of reconciliation to tho
world, In duo time, likewise bring to
tho world comfort, Joy, blessing as
they Bhall bo Invited to tbo earthly
portion tir full restitution to human
perfection to nil thnt was lost by
Adam and thnt is to bo recovered by
tho sacriflco of Jesus: No wonder tho
Scriptures assuro us that tho night of
weeping is nearly over and tho morn
ing of joy nlrendy dawning! No won
der tbo Apostlo declares that "the
wholo creation groancth and travallcth
in pain together," and that they aro
"waiting for the manifestation of tbo
sons of God" (Horn, vlil, 22. 10).
Tho work of this Gospel Ago has
been tho calling, tho testing, tho prov
ing, tho fitting, tho polishing of theso
sons of God for the glorious heavenly
stato to which they havo been called.
Tho Apostlo urges that however hum
ble tho position of God's saints in tbo
present life. "Wo know that when ho
shall appear wo shall be Uko him, for
wo shall sco blm as he is." When ho
shall appear In his glory wo also shall
appear with, blm. When he shnll reign
ns tho King of kings nnd Lord of
lords, when to him every knee shall
bow nnd every tonguo confess, tho
elect Chhrch, his Bride, will bo with
him in his Throne, sharers of his glory
nnd participants in his work tho work
of blessing nnd uplifting tho world
reconciling tho world to God.'
Calvin and Knox Wesley and Whit
field. Calvin,. Knox and othors of tho re
formers, wo may then see, wcro quito
right in their insistence thnt nono at
tho present time nro in a reconciled
condition toward God except the com
paratively few of our race tho saints.
Theso turn from sin to righteousness,
turn from disobedlenco to faith and
consecration, and lu and through tho
merit of tho Redeemer are acceptable
as probationary members of tho elect
Church. If faithful they will shortly,
id the "flrst resurrection," constitute
tho Church of glory, tho Drido, tho
Lamb's Wife and Joint-IIelr.
Brothers Wesley, Whitfield nnd oth
ers wcro also right in their proposition
thnt God was not content with electing
inoroly a saintly handful, but surely
loved tho wholo world and would sure
ly glvo to overy member of tho race a
full opportunity to como to a knowl
cdgo of Christ and to seek a sharo in
tho merit of bis sncrlfico for sins and
an opportunity fcr Hf0 everlasting.
Thoso dear brethren contended ear
nestly with each other over their differ
ences, tho one upholding tho doctrine
of Election, tho other contending for
tho doctrine of Free Grace. Now wo
see that both wcro right! Now wo sco
that tho election belongs to this Gospel
Ago and to tho High Calling to tho di
vino nature and that in an ngo follow
ing this Froo Grace toward nil of tho
raco of Adam will prevail. "The
knowlcdgo of tho Lord shall fill tho
wholo earth;" ''ovpry knee shall bow
and ovory tonguo coufoss.'' Then thoso
who. under tho rule and assistance and
uplifting Influences of tho "elect" will
como Into harmony with tho Divino
Law, will bo blessed with full recon
ciliation to God and eternal llfo on tho
human plane lu Paradise restored
while the Intelligently porverso, In
stead of being everlastingly tortured,
ns wo had supposed, will, as tho Apos
tlo says, bo punished with everlasting
destruction (U Thessnlonlans i, 0).
"Hallelujah, What n 8avlorl"
From this viewpoint tho glory of our
Itodcomer and tho glory of our heaven
ly Father are multiplied u million
times. Our Rcdcoinur not only is to bo
tho Savior of tho "tlttlo flock." his
Church, his Bride, on tho spirit plane
of glory, but additionally, through the
agency of his Millennial Kingdom, ho
la to bo tho Savior of tho world. Ho
"tasted death for every man," ns tho
Scrinturcs declare, nnd. as thby ex
press It, "Ho shall see of tho travail of
his soul and bo satisfied" (Isaiah 1111,
11). Who could Hupposo that tho Savior
would bo satisfied with tho result of
his labor if only nbodt ono lu a million,
ns members of tils Church, reach tho
hoaveuly glory-laud?
Who' In our day could for a moment
bollove tho suggestion of Brother Jona
than Edwards, tho. great Now England
preacher, who declared thnt tho Lord
and his saints would, together, look
over tho battloments of heaven nt their
neighbors and frlonds nnd children suf
fering nn eternity of uutellnblo torture
nt tho hands of demons, and turn
nrouud and praise God tho louder on
this behalf? Poor Brother Edwards
had. wo believe, but a small concep
tion of Divino Justice and Divino Lovo,
And his difficulty was that he did not
sco what Is now so distinct and clear
to Bible students, namely, that tho HI
bio Hell to which all humanity goes Is
not a placo of torturo nor of cousclous.
noss at nil, but tho grave, sheol, hades,
the tomb.
Instond of riirin and the khIui
;pf tbo poor groaning creation, tho Di
vine program shines resplcpdently,
showing gshat,ti Redeemer and his
jChurcll wll for n .thpusand years bo
engaged in n missionary work of tbo
subllmcst and most gigantic character
a work not only for n living remnant
of thp race, but one Which will In
clude lu its blessing all the tbouxnnds
,of millions of humanity under the Di
vino sentence, "The wages of sin is
deathl" Truly the Scriptures declare,
As tho heavens nre higher than the
earth, so nro God's ways higher than
.man's ways and God's plans loftier
.than man'js conceptions.
Notice next the context. St Pnnl,
nfter mentioning Christ as the Head
of tho Dody, tho Church, who is the
.flrst-begotten, tho first-born from the
dead, that in all things ho might have
the pre-eminence, ndds, "For it pleased
tho Father that In him should nil ful
ness dwell," and that (nfton having
mado peaco through tho blood of bis
cross by him to reconcile all things
unto himself both tho things in earth
nnd things in heaven" (Colosslans 1.
18-20). '1,'he Apostlo indlcntes the great
scope of Christ's work as It shall be
eventually wben finished. Ho Is ap
pointed of the Father to establish peace
and righteousness throughout tbo Uni
verse. But ho has not yet accom
plished nil of this. Ud has only begun.
He has died for tho sins of the world,
as well as for tho sins of the Church.
But ho has not yet offered to Justice
the satisfaction for tho world's sins:
Ho flrst appears before God as the
great Advocate for tho elect Church,
"called" of God in advance to be "the
Bride, tho Lamb's Wife." Note how
tho Apostlo, expresses this thought In
our text, verse 21.
The Church First Reconciled.
"And you. that were sometime
alienated, and enemies In your mind
by wicked works, yet now bnth he
reconciled in tho body of his flesh
through death, to present you holy and
unblamable and unreprovnble in his
(tho Father's) sight, if ye continue in
tho faith." etc.
Who uro these and why nro they
reconciled In advance of the remainder
of the world brought in advance Into
fellowship with the Father by the Re
deemer as his Bride? These were by
nature "children of wrath even as
others." By nature they were alien
ated nnd enemies In their mind by
wicked works. They wcro unlike the
Redeemer, who was "holy, harmless
nnd iindeulcd nnd separate from sin
ners." Why then did God's grace
specially come to this class to us who
are of the Church of Christ, "accepted
in tho Beloved" ono? What did we do
or could we do to contribute to this
favor of God bestowed upon us? Tho
Apostlo assures us further along tho
samo line, that tho elect Church by
noturo wns not superior to the world
from which it was selected. Ho de
clares thnt it contnlns not many great,
not ninny learned, not many rich, but
chiefly tho poor of this world, rich in
faith, many of them Ignoblo ns re
spects birth and natural advantages of
horedllty. Tho difference between
theso nnd others wns, first, that they
bad "an ear to hear" the Divino mes
sage. Sometimes this hearing car
camo to them through sorrow and trib
ulation. In their weariness nnd heavi
ness they heard tho Master's voice,
"Come unto me, all ye that labor and
nre heavy-laden und I will glvo you
rest" (Matthew xl, 2S) They heard
this voice, while somo or their neigh
bors more favorably situated hoard It
not. But n still further blessing camo
to thorn as they responded and drew
near to the Lord by faith and prayer.
Desiring to como nenrer and nearer
they strovo to put nway nil fllthlness
of tho flesh sin In Its every form the
whllo realizing thnt they could not
clennso themselves. Then It wns that
tho Master Informed them of the terms
upon which they might join his Church
"Tho Body of Christ which Is tho
Church." They must mako full con
secration of themsolves to God and to
righteousness, even unto death. They
must do this with a full understanding
that it would take them out of touch
with tho world and the spirit of tho
world, whllo bringing them Into closer
relationship with tho Father and with
tho Son. They were assured that If
they thus -presented their little all to
God In tho Redeemer's nnmo' nnd
merit, this groat Redeemer would
Borvo them ns their Advocnto with the
Father and Impute. to them a suffi
ciency of tho merit of his sncrlfico to
mako good the deficiencies of their
flesh. Thus only could tho Father ac
cept their sncrlllco of the earthly na
ture nnd all of Its rights and beget
them with his holy Spirit to joint
heirship with their Redeemer In nil tho
glories nnd honors and blessed services
for tho world lu his Kingdom of Glory
which Is to bo sot up ns soon as ,tbls
Gospel Ago shall have finished Its work
of gathering out of the world tho elect.
Let It not be forgotten lu this con
nection that when tho world shnll bo
reconciled to God In the future, tho
blcsslugs of that reconciliation will
como to them while still In their fallen
stato, to assist them to tho recovery of
nil that was lost In Adam. Hence our
lutluenco even with tho worldly should
bo to encourage them towards as high
staudnnls of righteousness ns possi
ble, knowing thnt whatover they may
attain In tho present life will be that
much of an advantage to them In the
future llfo, and that in proportion to
tholr degradation will bo their difficul
ties In connection with their restitu
tion to perfection. So, then godliness
Is profitable, not only for tho life that
now Is, but also for that which Is to
come; not only for tho saints who bono
to Im of tho "little flock" nnd associ
ated with Christ In his Kingdom, but
nlso for the world of mankind, whose
hope Is to bo blessed under that reign
'f righteousness and its uplifting In-
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