The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-30
PULPIT.
WEEPING ALL
NIGHT
Weeping May Endure For
the Night, but Joy COmeth In
the Morning" psalm xxx, s..


takers of the divine nature and have
no share thereafter in human nature.
The conditions of the present time are
severe, proportionately to the great
ness and grandeur of their heavenly
calling. The terms of acceptance to
the divine nature include not only
faith and love, but a self-sacrifeing
will. These sacrifice their earthly res
titution rights and privileges for the
privilege of suffering with Christ. that
they may also reign with him in his
Millennial Kingdom.
Learning by Suffering.
The same thought is elsewhere ex-
pressed. Only those who hear his voice
and obey him as the Teacher sent of
God will be successful in their en-
deavor to become members of the
Royal Priesthood" now being select
ed from the world. Only those who,
during the Millennial Age, will hear
and obey will there receive this great
blessing of eternal salvation-eternal
life under Divine favor, free from the
curse. The reward to the world in the
close of the Millennium and the re-
ward to the Church in the close of this
Gospel Age will each be eternal saliva
ton; but the Church's reward will In
clude eternal glory, heavenly glory and
joint heirship with the Redeemer him
self in his great work Of administer
ing Gods blessings to the world OF
mankind, as Mediator Of the New
Covenant between God and men-the
world
1t seemed wise to our Heavenly Fa-
Their that our Lord Jesus should learn
obedience through sufferings and be
tested in respect to his willingness to
endure suffering for righteousness
sake. How appropriate it is that the
same Father should make similar ar
rangements for all of the Church,
whom he will receive from amongst
the race of Adam to be members Of
the Royal Priesthood under Jesus, the
High Priest of our order. We see
necessity for this, not only as respects
our own testings and thorough proof
of our own heart-loyalty to the Lord,
but additionally we see a wisdom on
Gods part in thus preparing priest
hood of the future. The term priest
as recognized amongst the Jews was
not merely one who offered sacrifices,
although every priest was of necessity
sacrificer. The special mission of
the priestly tribe amongst the other
tribes was that of instructing, helping.
healing, teaching. And so God is pre-
pairing a Royal Priesthood for the Mil
lennial Age to bless. to heal. to teach,
to uplift all the willing and obedient of
humanity.
The royalty of the priesthood signi-
fies that 1t will no longer be sacri-
ficing class. for all sacrificing will be
at an end 1t will be glorious class,
royal, of the divine nature. and repre-
sentatives with our Lord Jesus Of the
Divine power. AS priests who will
have to do with judging and chasten-
ing, healing and helping humanity. how
much sympathy do we suppose that
these Royal Priests should have? Are
they not to be on the Divine plane of
glory, "members of the Body" OF Mes
siah. the great kingly priest after the
order of Melchizedek? And Of him has
not the Apostle written that he must
be faithful and merciful High Priest,
able also TO sympathize with the peo-
pie in their infirmities? Does he not
declare that it was for this reason that
our Lord was touched with feeling
for humanity's infirmities? And is it
not in perfect keeping with this that
all those accepted as members OF his
Body" should have such experiences in
this sacrificing time as would demon
strate their loyalty to the Lord and
guarantee their deep sympathetic in
terest in the world, then committed to
their carer To such will be committed
the work of human restitution. uplift
out of sin and death conditions-men-
tai. moral and physical?
The Morning of Joy.
How glad we should be that our
Heavenly Fathers sympathy for us
will provide "a morning Of joy" to be
ushered in, in his due time" Addi-
tionally he sympathizes with us to the
extent that he has given us In advance
a message and Revelation and expla-
nation to comfort us, to sustain us in
the way! We have already seen that
this Revelation is only for those who
have the eyes of faith and the ears OF
faith at the present time. Blessed are
your eyes, for they see: and your ears.
for they hear" He that hath an ear
let him hear"
We recognize the wisdom OF God in
withholding the secret of his plan
from the world in general. We recog-
nize that for the world to know the
deep things of God at the present time
would be injurious rather than help
full to them. 1t might possibly work
an interference with the Divine Pro-
gram. Nevertheless we are bound to
sympathize with the poor grooming
creation in its blindness and ignorance.
The poor world knows not why it
came into being. In an animal fash
ion, eating. drinking, ETC.. it seeks to
use the opportunities Of present life
and. after a few short years full Of
trouble, it goes down into the tomb,
ignorant Of the purposes of its crea-
ton. and usually considerably enthrall-
ed by fear respecting the future be-
yond the portals Of death.
How we may rejoice in spirit as we
perceive the length and breadth and
height and depth OF the Divine Pro-
gram for the future and the blessings
which it will bring to this grooming
creationw How we long for the time
to come when the Church shall be
made ready through the su@erings of
this present time for the glories of the
future-of the KingdomI No wonder
the Apostle declares, He that hath
this hope in him purifeth himself even
as he 1.-THE Lord is pure q John iii,
-. He is our exemplar, our pattern.
We seek to copy him. Although we
cannot hope to be like him in the
flesh. we can be like him in the spirit
of our minds and thus be of the char
acter-likeness which the Father will
be pleased to honor with a share in
the First Resurrection" By that glo-
rious change" we shall be made like
him actually and see him as he is and
share his glory.
The morning Of joy, the Millennial
Morning, Of course, cannot be ushered
in until the rising of the Sun of Right
eousness. Its beams of grace and
Truth will food the earth with the
light of the knowledge Of the glory of
God TO such degree that it will drive
out, expel. all ignorance, superstition
and sin, which have worked such
havoc in our race.
But what is this Sun OF Righteous