FAGS TWO
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1911.
Pastor Russell's Sermon
THE GfiEATOR
MIS UNDERSTOOD
His Real Character Hidden by
Modern Creeds,
FOUNTAIN OF LOVE DIVINE
V
Pattor Rueatell 8aye That the Climax
of Ood'i Character la tha Quality of
Leva-Only tha Ag of Faith May
Bahold th Glory of tha Father Mie
takei of tha Put and How Wa Are.
Mattering Them,
London Taberna
cle. Nov. 12th.
Pastor Russell, ad
dressing largo an
dlences today, de
c 1 a r e d, "Divine
Love 1b the great
est thing In the
Universe," and by
the close of his
discourse bis large
audience seemed
fully In agree
ment with bis
presentation. His
text was, '"That In the Ages to come
He might show the exceeding riches
of nil grac In Ills loving kindness to
ward ns In Christ Jesus." (Epheslans
1..7.) He said In part:
Following In the footsteps of our fa
thers, who handed down to us our
present day creeds, we have misun
derstood our gracious Creator. We
studied astronomy and declared the
Creator Almighty; we studied geology
and confirmed the decision. We stud
led loology and anthropology and de
clared that the Creator was All-Wise,
as we cam to appreciate Him. We
noted the ndnptatlon of our various
organi to our use nnd comfort the
hand, the IToot. the eye, the ear, the
circulatory system, the nervous sys
tem, and tti power of the will over
these.
We snld -to ourselves, truly man Is
fearfully arad wonderfully made, truly
his Maker la a Ood Infinite in wisdom
and skill. We examined the subject
of man'i moral sense, and although
we found ft impaired we have been
astonished Co note how even the most
selfish and depraved have an Instinct
of Justice, a sense of right, whether
they follow It or not
"Love Divine All Love Excelling."
Then we natd, Whence came this no
ble principle of Justice as the back
bono or moral quality In our race?
The only reply was that in this par
ticular flod originally created man in
Ills own moral likeness, and that a
measure of this moral qunllty has per
sisted notwithstanding the fall through
disobedience into death nnd its conse
quent demoralization through sin and
weakness.
Looking further we perceived that
the noblest specimens of our race pos
sess itlll otlier qualities closely associ
ated with -Tiistlee, but outranking it
The noble iunllty which overtops all
the rest wo term Love. It Is Love)
which makes the heart tender, sympa
thetic, helful and hnppy; It Is Love
thnt makes home, whether exercised
In a palnco or a hovel. It Is Love
which fancies up Justice and Insists
that no 111 shnll bo worked toward a
nolglilior. I t Is Love that is on the
alert to nsl.Ht by word or act all of
thoso needle iK aid. It is Love that in
spires us to the boldest acts of hero
Ism. It Is I..ovo that prompts the giv
ing of tlm and strength, of means
and even Itfe Itself on brhalf of Its
object.
All freeljr admit thnt Love Is th
grcutost, th most blessed quality pos
sessed by taumnulty, nnd that without
It even pariidlso could not bring hap
piness. W ask, Whence cnina this
quality of rove, nnd from what foun
tain enn wc receive the fresh supplies
so nuii'li nooilml by ho ninny of our
race? The answer la that the great
Creator Himself Is the Fountain. "God
is love." T"lils AllWlse and All-row
orful nnd Avll-Just One Is pre-eminently
the "Oil of all grace. " "The Father
of mercies."' "The Fountain of bles
lug." "I.uve DHIr-o. all love excelling.
Joy ot lu-Mven, to earth come down!
Fix In us Thy humble dwelling.
All Thy rlthful mercies cro."j
"Sh ow Me Thy Glory."
Theanclemits had tho correct thought,
that they haid enugbt but a glimpse of
the Divine character and Its glory;
hcueo their prayer, "Show mo Thy
glory." Th saiue should lie our senti
ment In tlie clear light now shining
upon find's Word we perceive that it
will require the entire outworking of
tho Divine l'lmi of the Age. to Ulus
truto or m:i ke known to humanity the
real charm-tor of the Heavenly1 Father.
Only Hie very few can by faith accept
tho Divine ftroiulses nnd trust lu their
Ultimate fulfilment nntl see fur down
fnto the future the full shining forth
of Cud's clanrortcr. perfect In Its Wla
dom, Justlco. Tower mill Love.
We may not Juilgo the Infinite lovej
In all rese--ts by htininn comparison,
hut we niuy know thnt our dltllculty
In the iiwttor Is that the humnn com
parison en n only Imperfectly repre
I'lit t lie In Unite. We see the excava
tion or pert it ps the foundation walls,
or perhaps the first story of a struc
ture; hut IT we were to Judge wholly
by these Imperfect parts it would b)
manifestly unfair nnd we should b
decelilng oirselves. The only way to)
Judge of th builder's capacity and in
tentions wo uld w to see the ir:hltM-
fnr&l fln wing and to study tile details
and then we may but very Imper
fectly appreciate the whole. Is it not
thus In respect to the great Maker's
present work and ultimate designs?
The poet has well said:
"Judge not the Lord by feeble sense.
But trust Him for Ills grace,
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
"His purpoaee will ripen faet.
Unfolding- every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste.
jjui iwect will be the flower."
If we stand beside a srreat sculptor
with his freshly chosen block of mar
ble, we may at first feel shocked to
note the apparent roughness and care
lessness with which be smites off large
pieces of the stone, as though bent on
its destruction. But let patience have
her perfect work, and gradually we
will see that the sculptor has not been
careless or Indifferent In respect to a
single blow.
All the while that be seemed to
reckless he was working according to
the ideal before his own mind. With
his mind's eye he saw his Ideal in the
stone, and l.low afier blow, chip after
chip merely revealed to our eyes what
he had purposed In himself from the
beginning of his work. Not until his
work was finished could we compre
hend fully the Ideal. Is not this prin
ciple still more true of our Creator?
lie tells us that lie Is "working all
things according to the counsel of His
own will," which Re purposed in Him
self "before the world was." (Ephe
slans 1, 11; 1U, 10, 11.) .
The great Waster Workman of the
Universe will eventually show both to
angels and men all the various attri
butes of Ills perfection His Wisdom,
Justice, Power and Love. Meantime,
"None of the wicked shall under
stand," but In the End of this Age the
wise will Increasingly understand His
purposes, hidden from all except His
saints, of whom It Is written, "The
secret of the Lord is with them that
reverence Him;" "ne will show yon
things to come." Psalm xxv, 14; John
xvi. 13.
Now Apply tha Principle.
Let us apply this principle to the
work of our great Creator. Let us
see how far It has already progressed
In what state of development Is the
Divine Plan today? What will be re
quired to completo it and to manifest
Divine Wisdom, Justice, Love and
Power? Only by a careful examina
tion of the Great Architect's revealed
plan can we Judge at all of the degree
to which Ills purposes have already
attained perfection.
The wreck and blight of human in
terests resulting from Father Adam's
disobedience progressed for twenty
five hundred years before the first step
was taken In the Divine Program on
man's behalf. That first step was
merely the making of a rough outline
drawing with various crude Illustra
tions which merely hinted at one or
another of the Creator's glorious pur
poses. Ibis rough outlining was done
during the sixteen hundred years we
call the Jewish Age.
Israel as a nation pictured all the
world of mankind who will ultimately
come Into fellowship with God. Their
one tribe of Levi typified the House
hold of Faith, "the Church of the
First-born" of this Gospel Age,
through whom all blessings will come
to tho remainder. The select Levltes,
the priests, typified the Roynl Priest
hood of the better Mediator. The
sacrifices by which that Covcnnnt was
established, and thnt people brought
into harmony with God. typified the
better sacrifices of Christ, which begun
with our Lord and have continued in
Ills faithful followers who present
their bodies living snerlflces, wholly
and acceptable to God through Him.
(Rowans xll, 1.)
Israel's Jubilee year typified the
great Times of Jubllntton soon to
como, "the blessing of all the families
of the earth" the "Times of Restitu
tion of all things," 'to be inaugurated
at the second coming of Christ and
tho establishment of Ills Kingdom.
Manifestly only thoso who could un
derstand thoso roughly sketched draw
ings could comprehend to any degree
the great Divine Plan of the Ages.
With this Gospel Age God began a
great work which is yet far from fin
ished and which as yet does not show
forth fully to mankind In general His
Justice, Wisdom, Power or Love. The
work of this Age, according to the
Scriptures, is the selection of both the
Church, which is "The Bride, the
Lnmb's Wife," nnd "the virgins, her
companions, who follow her," (Psalm
xlv, 818.)
Tho nible declares thnt Jesus, the
Redeemer, having finished His sacri
fice, passed into glory -beyind the veil
to tho right hnnd of Pivln Majesty.
It declares nlso thnt wtion till Age
shall be completed nil the faithful fol
lowers of Jesus will pass to Him be
yond the veil ami shnre Ills glory and
nis Kingdom and Immortality on the
henvenly plane. But how few thero
are who see this much of the Divine
Plan; and if they cannot see this much
how could they be expected to see still
further Into the future developments
of the Plrtrie Program?
As the sentence of death came ns
the result of one transgression, but in
volved the race, so one sacrifice for
sin, by the "man Christ Jt-sus." was
sufficient to be a Ransom-Trice for the
sins of the whole world a man's life
lor a man's life. Thus ns condemna
tion came through one man nnto
death, so Justification is provided
through this ether man unto everlast
ing llfe.-Uomans v. Irt. IS.
Chriit'i Sacrifice Off fete Adam'a Sin.
But although so broad a foundation
for human salvation was laid by the
great Master Workman, the Message
and the blessing therein hnve not been
granted as yet to tho majority, but to
the few-"IIo that hath aa ear to bear,
let him hoar;" "As mnnr as the Lord
your God shall call;" "No man can
come unto Me, except the Father which
sent Me draw him." And this calling
and drawing, though la one sense free.
Is In another sense restricted to those
who are in the heart condition of be
ing drawn and of hearing the call.
All others remain blinded to the Di
vine invitation by the god of this
world. (II Corinthians Iv, 4.)
Evidently those now being drawn
and "called" are not the whole world,
but a select class. Those who prove
themselves faithful to the end are
styled "the rtry , elect." These are the
Royal Priesthood who, as priest!)
Kings, will be associated with Messiah
In Ills glorious, world-wide Empire
which "shall rule from sea to sea and
from the river unto the ends of
the earth," for the binding of Sutan,
the overthrow of sin, and the uplifting
of sinners. But we are to clearly dis
tinguish between the present work of
selecting the Royal Priests, the Bride,
the Lamb's Wife, and the work for the
world, which these will accomplish
after their glorification on the spirit
plane.
We must thus distinguish, because
looking upon the revealed plans of the
great Architect of the Universe, we
perceive that thus ne has arranged
the Church, as the Bride of Christ, Is
to constitute "a New Creation,"
"par
takers of the divine nature like unto
her Lord. These on the plane of glory
will have a station "far above princi
palities and powers and every name
thnt Is named."-Eph. 1, 21; Rev. Ill, 21.
Whoever can see this to bo the Divine
Tlan must with tho eye of faith look
down to the future and behold the
Church "changed In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye," because "flesh
and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom
of God." Here is love, wondrous love,
In lifting up members of the sinner
race to glory, honor and immortality.
Who can comprehend such love as this
which the Father has bestowed upon
Jesus and the "little flock" of His fol
lowers who walk In His steps?
Human Reatitution In tha Future.
The earthly sculptor seemed waste
ful to prodigality when he broke off
one portion of his stone and dealt
merely with it, but when subsequently
be explained that be Intended to deal
also with the large remainder of the
stone, and to make thereof a wonder
ful group, we began to understand
him better. So the Almighty Is now
showing to nis people that the Church
now being selected is merely "a first
fruits of His creatures" and that, after
their perfection In glory, His great
work for the masses of mankind will
"begin.
The fact that only a few of earth's
families were recognized of God for
twenty-five hundred years, and that
only one nation was recognized for
the following sixteen hundred years,
and that only a small proportion have
had any recognition during this Gospel
Age, seems strange to us until we learn
that God has not Intended to put the
world on trial for Jte or death ever
lasting, until first ne shall have se
lected the "Church of the First-borns.
whose names are written In heaven'
These now are required to prove and
perfect their loyalty by walking by
faith and not by sight Soon, we
trust, the Church will be completed
nnd the New Dispensation, already
dawning, will be fully Inaugurated.
"He thnt shall come will come and will
not tarry." Soon our prayer, "Thy
Kingdom come," will be nnswered
Then for a thousand years the con
querlng of the- world will progress un
til God's will shall be done as thor
oughly on earth as now In heaven.
Well may the glorified saints sing.
"Who shall not come and worship be
fore Thee, O Lord, when Thy right
eous dealings are made manifest?"
Then the clouds of ignorance, supersti
tlou, doctrines of devils, fire and tor
ture, horrors which hnve beclouded
the eyes of our understanding und
driven so many of tho best specimens
of humanity away from God and from
Ills Book, will flee nwny.
While now only those who hnve the
henringenrcan hear, nnd these are few.
the snlutly, the Scriptures declnre that
the full knowledge of God shall fill the
earth "In due tine." We must hnve
pntlencc for God's time, as well as for
God's blessing.
"Mind unbelief Is sure to err
And scan If la work in vain;
Qod is Ills own Interpreter,
And tie will make it plain."
Consider the Text.
Throughout the discourse we have
been working our way toward the
glorious fulness of God's love declared,
in our text. We hnve traced the Dl
vine Program In full harmony with
tho Apostle's statement Into the
"Ages to come." Not until those
Ages shall hnve come will the Divine
Tlnn have been fully shown forth nor
the riches of Divine Love.
In the thousand years' reign of Mes
siah's glorious Empire, colnborlng with
Illm in the overthrow of Sin and
Death in the release of Immunity from
these powers of evil, by restoring them
to human perfection, the Bride of Jesus
(the Church) will hnve a glorious
share. Glory, honor and immortality
will be her portion. The Croat Archi
tect has not further revealed Ills plans
In respect to the work of Christ and
Ills Pride during the eternity beyond
Ills Messianic reign. We merely know
that when He shall have finished that
work He will deliver up the Kingdom
to Ood, even the Father. (I Cor. iv, 24.i
But then, In the "Ages to come."
God will show forth the exceeding
riches of nis grace and Ills loving
kindness toward us in Christ Jesus."
Oh! how much is meant by those
words, "exceeding riches of ills grace"!
Mind, heart nor tongue can measure
the depths of those words, when we
remember the infinite greatness of the
Father's mercy which guarantees nis
promise. Can any one imairlne any
thing more mighty, more influential iu
ill the Universe than Love Divine?
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