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judgment came upon ALL men to- condemnafiah feven so by. the righteoussess of 'one the freegift .came upon ALL mkn nnto justificationof life. .FOT as by .one man's .disobedience manywere .made. siunexs, so ,by the disobedience of one ,sl?all many be made righteous-"--Romans V., 18, 19.The ~ord's Plan ,God's W ~ ~ and , S God% thokghts.8rk not our ways.and our thoughts. They are a8 mych, higher -@an"ours as the heavens are higher thag -t%e earthlsaiahLV., 8, 9. He is long-suffer-. .His ~ lan '.is to allow mankind- to pass .through a dreadfulnight-of sorrow -and death as a consequence of sin,and He is waiting till that' lesson has been fullylearned. In the meantime He .is selecting fhosewho .are blameless and harmless, the Sons of Godwith-out rebuke in the midst of % crooked and perversegeneration, among whom they ~hine as lightsin the world (phiiippians IT., 15) ,-a little flock inall. It is the Father's good pleasure to give ,thesethe kingdow (Luke X71., 321, that they may sharein blessing- the world. ,We have seen, &en, that the world ib generalwas condemned in Adam; and that the people -willwme forth from the death-state to their first individualtrktl. Tbat is the purpose for which Christis coming to reign, " Because he (God) hath appointeda day in the which he will judge the world inrighieousness by that man whom he hath ordained,whereof he hath giv& assurance untd all men, inthat 11e hath raised him from the deadD'-ActsXVII., 31.There is great comfort in that word'.' assurance " ; . and - notice that the assurance isno5 to some but " nnto aP men." What: an aisnrme - .. .