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* The path of the just is as
the shining light, that shin-
eth more and more unto the
perfect day.”
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NASHVILLE, TENN., SEPT. 24, 1907
WATCHMAN
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“The way of the wicked
is as darkness; they know
not at what they stumble.”
No. 39
AANA
AND is there care in heaven? And is there
love
In heavenly spirits to these creatures base,
That may compassion of their evils mover
There is, else much more wretched were the
case
Of men than beasts; but O, the exceeding
grace
Of highest God, that loves his creatures so,
And all his works with mercy doth embrace,
That blessed angels he sends to and fro,
To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked
foe!
THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS
How oft do they their silver bowers leave
To come to succor us, that succor want!
How oft do they with golden pinions cleave
The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant,
Against foul fiends to aid us militant!
They for us fight, they watch and duly work,
And their bright squadrons round about us
plant;
And all for love, and nothing for reward;
O why should heavenly God to men have
such regard?
— Edmund Spencer.
CHRIST OUR REDEEMER
] Mrs. E. G. White 1 |
ESUS, the author and fin-
isher of our faith, lived not
to please himself. Without
humbling himself to the
death of the cross, he could
not have borne the penalty
of transgression, and so he
left heaven, and took his
place in the ranks of fallen beings, en-
during, for our sakes, suffering and
abuse.
It must have been a very severe ordeal
for our Saviour to lay aside his royal
robe and kingly crown, and clothe his
divinity with humanity, coming to this
world as a little child, to live a life
of obedience in behalf of the sinful race.
Lest we should make a mistake in re-
gard to what the redeemed must be, he
came to give in his life a revelation of
the character God requires of his chil-
dren. He came that we might have an
example of what human nature may be-
come by receiving him as a perfect Sa-
viour. He came to show us that we
may be Christlike.
ceived him, to them gave he power to
become the sons of God, even to them
that believe on his name.”
Before the foundation of the world
was laid, the plan of redemption was
devised. In heaven a mysterious voice
was heard saying, “ Sacrifice and offering
thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou
prepared me. . . . Lo, I come to do thy
“As many as re-
will, O God:”
my heart.”
Think vou not that Christ suffered
loneliness of spirit, as, unrecognized and
unhonored, he lived in the world that he
himself had made? Who is he? Ask
Isaiah. He will tell you: —
“yea, thy law is within
“Unto us a child is born, unto us a
son is given: and the government shall
be upon his shoulder: and his name shall
be called Wonderful, Counselor, The
mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.”
Ask him who was sent to announce
his coming :—
“In those days came John the Bap-
tist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
and saving, Repent ye: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand. . . . I indeed bap-
tize vou with water . .. but He that
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose
shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall
baptize vou with the Holy Ghost, and
with fire; whose fan is in his hand, and
he will thoroughly purge his floor, and
gather his wheat into the garner; but he
will burn up the chaff with unquenchable
fire.”
Ask John, the beloved disciple.
“In the beginning was the Word,” he
declares, “ and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. ... In him
was life, and the life was the light of
men. . . . And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us (and we be-
held his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father), full of grace
and truth.”
We turn to Peter, and he declares of
his Master,—
“Thou art Christ, the Son of the liv-
ing God.”
We ask Christ himself who he is, and
he replies,—
“ Before Abraham was, I am.” “The
Father judgeth no man, but hath com-
mitted all judgment unto the Son; that
all men should honor the Son, even as
they honor the Father.”
We ask Paul, “ Who is this that com-
eth from Edom, with dyed garments
from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his
apparel, traveling in the greatness of his
strength?”
With strength and assurance comes
the answer, “ Without controversy great
is the mystery of godliness: God was
manifest in the flesh, justified in the
Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the
Gentiles, believed on in the world, re-
ceived up into glory.”
“ Being in the form of God, he thought
it not robbery to be equal with God:
but made himself of no reputation, and
took upon him the form of a servant, and
was made in the likeness of men: and
being found in fashion as a man, he hum-
bled himself, and became obedient unto
death, even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted
him, and given him a name which is
above every name: that at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow, of things
in heaven, and things in earth, and things
under the earth; and that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.”
In him “ we have redemption through
his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature: for by him
were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones, or do-
minions, or principalities, or powers: all