The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07
v, l8).
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The Hope of the Resurrection.
Leaving these unsatisfactory errors
of the dark ages and going back to
the Scriptures we find their teachings
consistent; namely. that as soon as
the mystery" the Church, is COM
pleted, the blessing of God will pro-
coed through The Christ (Head and
members) to the world. AS 1t Is writ
ten, I'm thy Seed shall all the fami-
lies of the earth be blessed" The
mystery, be It known. is that the spir-
itual Seed of Abraham" is not the
Lord Jesus only. but includes also his
MEMBERSHIP Church. AS we read.
IF We be Christ's. then are ye Abra-
hams Seed. and heirs according to the
promise" Galatians Iii. 29l.
According to the Scriptures the bless
ing of God will proceed through Spir-
itual Israel. a Royal Priesthood"
after the order of Melchizedec," to
natural Israel under the terms of their
New Covenant Jeremiah xxi, 81.
During the Millennial Age under the
spiritual Kingdom of The Christ Top
Grating through the earthly Kingdom
of Israel, all nations will be instruct
ed, enlightened. blessed. Not only so.
but the merit of Christ will then be
applied also on behalf of the thousands
of millions who have gone down into
the prison-house of death-she0L. hddes
the grace The Church will consti-
tute the First Resurrection" His
resurrection" All sharing In it will
attain life on the spirit plane like unto
the angels, but superior. far above
angels" Later during the Millennium
the world will return from the tomb,
every man in his own order q CORN
thians XIV, 23I. And the resurrecting
process will continue with them. to the
intent that the willing and obedient
may continue to rise gradually to-
wards perfection and finally attain it;
while at the same time the earth will
be rejuvenated and become the prom
ised Paradise regained" = restored
(Acts lii. 1920.
"Give Thanks, For He Is Good"
Looking down into the future pro-
phetically the Psalmist exclaims, In
view of the Kingdom blessings prom
ised to the world. 20 give thanks unto
the Lord. for he Is good! for his mercy
endureth forever" 1t is the mercy OF
God toward us and toward all who
need his mercy and who desire 1t that
is the ground for thanksgiving. True.
praise must come from thankful hearts.
and In order to be properly thankful.
one must see more than is now visible
to those who have not the eye OF faith
and the ear of faith and the Divine
revelation respecting things to come.
But ii is these very opportunities that
the Lords consecrated ones possess:
BLESSED are your eyes. for they see
and your ears. for they hear" Not
only so, but TO the extent that cny-
ones eyes see and his ears hear OF
the grace Of God he has responsibility.
TO possess the knowledge of God AID
to disdain it is to receive the grace Of
God in vain. whether more or less I'll
Corinthians vi, II.
Gods people not only give thanks
for the blessings of the future which
they receive by faith. but additionally
they appreciate blessings granted to
them in advance In the present life
and give thanks for these. The first
of these is the knowledge. the appre-
citation. of the goodness of God in
granting us a release from sin and its
penalty By faith. so that we can with
out waiting for actualitiesD now re-
joice in the mercy which has justified
us freely by Divine grace through faith
in the blood of Christ. The realiza-
ton of the rolling away of our load
of sin, a realization of our forgiveness
by the Father. calls for gratitude. for
thanksgiving. and this cause continu-
ing, our thanks continue. We were
lifted from the horrible pit and the
miry clay OF sin and condemnation
and our feet were placed upon the
Rock Christ Jesus. Ii was In conse-
quence of this that a new song was
put into our mouth. even the loving
kindness of our God. And this is the
first cause for our thankfulness. All
other blessings rest upon this blessing
duU dll OLDCl AASS ohO0AO
properly. therefore. include thanks fol
this blessing.
Additionally after being justified we
were indicted into a still further grace
or privilege. namely. the privilege of
becoming members of the Body OF
Christ members of the mystery
class. The invitation to this class the
Apostle expresses thus. II beseech you,
brethren. by the mercies of God (your
Justification that We present your
bodies a living sacrifice. holy. accept
able unto God, which is your reason
able service" (Romans xii. Il. Through
this grace or privilege. If accepted. we
gain the opportunity of a change OF
nature-from human TO Divine. Our
human nature justified. cleansed. made
| acceptable to God as sacrifice
| through the merit of Christ. If sacri-
| feed by us faithfully. will be replaced
| by spirit nature and glory. honor, i'm
mortality, joint-heirship. with our Lord
and Head What cause we have in
this for thanksgiving! What shall we
render unto the Lord our God for all
| his benefits towards us? I'VE will
take the cup of salvation (his cup, the
cup of self-sacrificeD and call upon the
name of the Lord nor assistance to
drink of the Masters cup. We will
pay our vows of conservation unto the
Lord-publicly before all his people
psalm cxvi. 12-14l.
Every Joy he sends me
Comes a sweet and glad surprise"
The very fact that we do not know
everything; the fact that we are ever
learning as pupils in the School OF
| Christ. so far from being cause OF
| disappointment. is a source Of pleas
ure. The heart that has come into
faith union and communion with the
Lord learns something more daily re-
speeding the Heavenly Fathers love
| and care, and each fresh item OF
knowledge is a new well-spring OF
| pleasure. He satisfieth the longing
soul" Blessed are they that hunger
and thirst after righteousness, for they
| shall be filed" Goodness and mercy
follow me all the days of my life
| These are the experiences of those ripe
Christians called upon by the Apostle
to give thanks unto God in every mat
| ter and to know that this is Gods will
| in respect to all those who are mem
| beers of Christ-'in Christ Jesus
psalm evil. 9: Matthew v. 6; Psalm
| xiii. O..
Thanks Through Tears.
Tot nc not ovarIook the fact that Oul
| text indicates that we are to give
thanks for our sorrows. our trials. oui
disappointments. as well as for ouI
lows and pleasures. for everything In
| N1r {e this fhs. only