The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-10-26
PULPIT.
Christian Versus
Anti-Christian
Socialism.
Text, Goodness With Content
ment Is Great CAR" q Timothy Vi, O..

disseminated. And Brother White.
with doubtless the very best and no
blest of intentions, neglecting the
Word of God, the wisdom that
cometh from above" James iii, 10,
is really doing injury by his gospel
of socialism. Our Lord was surround
ed by conditions of sickness, sorrow,
poverty. ETC., so that he could prop
erly declare. 'The poor ye have al
ways with you" (Matthew XVI. III.
The apostles were similarly situated.
Yet have we any evidence whatever
that any of these attempted to break
the chains Of the slavery of Labory'
Most assuredly not.
The Redeemer's Example.
While our Lord went about doing
good. and healed many of the sick, he
by no means healed all of the sick nor
comforted all the mourning ones. HIS
favors were specialized, as in the case
of the impotent man at Bethesda.
There were multitudes of impotent
folks there (John V, 81. But only the
one was miraculously healed by our
Lords Word. Many widows were be-
reft of their sons. but only the widow
of Main had her son restored to her
by the all-powerful Word of our Saw
ior. He came not into the world to
heal the sick, but to die for the world
as its Redeemer. He left the great
work, the important work of healing
all the sick-the mentally. morally and
physically sick, and of awakening all
the dead. until the establishment Of his
Milennial Kingdom.
We likewise may do good unto all
men as we have opportunity and espe-
cially to the "household of faith" But
we likewise must wait for Gods time
and manner for the general healing of
the worlds sorrows and troubles.
When in fulfillment of the prayer our
Lord taught US, Gods Kingdom shall
come and his will be done on earth as
it is done in heaven. then all the bless
ing, all the helpfulnesG necessary to
the full recovery of our race will be
brought into operation. And it is not
possible for any man or set of men,
Christians or otherwise, either to i'm
prove upon Gods great Plan of the
Ages nor to hasten his Plan.
Is it urged that the early Church at
its beginning established communist
ic society? We answer that this was
not a worldly establishment, nor with
those who recognized worldly princi-
Piles. 1t was merely social arrange
ment whereby the Church at Jerusa-
lem only sought 10 deal with each 9th
er rs one family 1t was not success
full 1t did not persist. 1t did not
have apostolic commentator to other
Churches. We may suppose, there
fore. that the arrangement was Divine
" permitted so as to show the Lords
people throughout the age the imprac-
ticability of such an arrangement al
the present time.
Heavenly Hopes Not Desired.
Brother White and others would
probably tell us that socialists are cry
ing out that heavenly hopes are not
satisfactory-that what they want Is
earthly riches and comforts and that
these they intend to have; and that
what the people want is what the pull
pit must supply-otherwise the int1u
ence of religion will wane in the world
and its ministers will become back
numbers. whom no one will care tC
hear or heed.
We answer that this is all very true
but that the difficulty lies in the fact
that the Gospel message is not proper
ly presented to the people. The mes
sage which our Lord and the apostles
presented is consistent one, whereas
the message from the majority Of pull
pits today is an inconsistent one. The
people are told, by both Catholics ano
Professionals. that there is a HEAVIER
for the sanity who before dying shall
become firmly established in the
graces of the holy Spirit AS for the
masses, they are told by Catholics
that they must expect centuries OF
torment to be prepared for them. An6
by Professionals they are told that they
will have an eternity of torment with
Il
Catholics and Protestants unite IL
telling the poor world that such an ar
rangement for the future is the pro
vision of a just and loving God, fol
which they should be deeply thankful
and that the troubles of this present
life are partial penances for sin.
Tell the Truth-Shame Satan.
The Truth is so much more reason
more wise and loving, that to every
ear that hears it there comes a salts
faction, harmony, which error coult
never produce Gods Word tells u:
| that our race is a convict race-con
demned to death because Of fathel
| Adams observation-disclosures, as hi:
| children, we have inherited a share
| in his death sentence-not an eterna
| torment sentence. The Bible tell:
that Satan. who misled our first par
ents by misrepresenting God and hi!
Word, has since misrepresented hin
| to mankind and that he it is who i,
| responsible for the doctrine of dev
lis" q Timothy iv, u, respecting thu
| tortures of the dead, whom the Scrip
lures declare know not anything
| (Ecclesiastes TX, o. The Bible tells u!
that God. seeing that many of ou
race dying because of Adams trans
gression, would be glad to return t.
fellowship with their Creator, and t.
be recovered from sin and death con
ditions, has made provision TO
| purchased the lives and liberties O.
Adam and his entire race. He died
''the Just for the unjust, that he nigh
bring us back to God" q Peter Iii, 49,
But why must we wait? Why mus
we pray. Thy Kingdom come? VIII!
the delay? The Bible answers agair
that the Kingdom class must first b.
found-"the little flock" to whom it i
the Fathers good pleasure to give tn
| Kingdom luke xii. 32). This King
| dom class is to be composed of tn
sanity few who form positive char
acters for righteousness by faithfully
| following in the footsteps of their Re
deemer; by being taught of him in thu
School of Christ These faithful few
of present selection, or election, arr
| symbolically spoken of as the mem
I bers of the Body of Christ which il
the Church of glory; and again, al
members of the Body of Christ, hi
Joint Heirs in his Kingdom. The King
dom will not be established until thi
elect Kingdom class is completed
These must share in the sufferings o
Christ and then the glory will imme
| diately follow
The Desire of All Nations Shall Come
The Lord declares that the desire o