The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-11-01


rows of the past Neither by sword
nor guns, nor dreadnaughts, neither by
flying air-ships, nor torpedoes will Is
rael's great victory be won, neither by
money power and worshipping Of the
golden calf of finance, nor by trusting
In the arm of flesh, but by looking to
the Lord, from whom will come their
help.
Messiah's Spiritual Empire. about to
be established, will bind Satan, re
strain every evil and lift up a stand
ard for the people, blessing Israel and
establishing with them the New Naw)
Covenant instead of the Old Law Gov
enant-under the better Mediator, still
more capable than the great Moses
under the greater King still more wise
than Solomon and still more beloved
Of God than David. This great Celes-
tial Empire will be established with
great authority In the world by time
Of trouble, a time Of earthly distress
which the prophecies picture as terri
ble-a short reign of anarchy. Jews
and Gentiles will be responsible, rich
and poor. for the bringing to pass OF
this awful trouble, by reason Of the
selfshness which at present Is govern
ing the world and which will be used
Of the Lord to wreck our present grand
civilizati grand at least on Its sur
face and In its aspirations and preten-
sions. A Socialistic artillery Of words
and ecclesiastical bonds Of similar ma
ture will only aggravate the strife.
Financial weights and levers will have
much to do with the great crash OF
the forces of civilization In this near
approaching cataclysm Of trouble. In
which the reign Of sin, inequity, In
justice. selishness, shall forever fall,
to rise no more; and the present re-
ngious systems also shall be found
wanting and pass away. For these
old systems, symbolically the heavens
and earth Of the present time, will be
substituted the New Heavens and the
New Earth-the Church gloriHed be-
yond the vail as the Bride Of the
great Messiah. and. Society on earth
reorganked, will constitute the New
Earth, wherein will dwell righteous
ness. The transition will be but a
momentary ordeal, as compared with
the glorious eternity Of blessing under
Messiah's righteous supervision. "He
maketh wars to cease unto the end of
the earth"
IsraeI's Hopes-Why So DeIayedf
The perplexing thought with our
Jewish friends. as well as with Chris
tians, Is, If these things be so; If Mes
siah's Kingdom is yet to be establish
ed, as the Jews contemplated. only on
a spiritual plane instead Of an earthly
one; and If Gods purpose is to use
those anciently favored people as the
channels Of his blessing in the future
why has there been so long delayf
We answer, This is what the Scrip
lures term The 4ystery-the matter
which God did not reveal directly
either to Abraham or through any OF
the Prophets. Indirectly be limited al
It, saying to Abraham. Thy Seed
shall be as the stars of heaven, and as
LILO oahu VI tAc 6CdOuOIe lOI AAukLk-
tude." But Abraham did not discern,
nor did others, that these two illustra-
lions belonged, not to the same people,
but to two different Israels The
earthly promises belonged to natural
Israel. Eventually all mankind, bless
ed under the Messianic reign, will be-
come Israelites-of the Seed of Abra-
ham. Thus Abraham's "Seed shall be
as the sand of the seashore Tor multi
tude." And they must all have the
faith of Abraham and his obedience.
ere they can reach perfection as mem
bers Of his Seed First in the order
of blessing will come the Ancient
Worthies-Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and
all the Prophets and holy ones of the
past. These will be raised from the
feet and fallen, but perfect; fully up
to all the glorious ideals of their minds
aforetime. This will be their reward
for having walked by faith and not by
sight Thus we read, Instead of be-
ing the fathers, they shall be the chill
dren, whom Messiah will make princes
In all the earth-his representatives in
power, In rulership. in authority
Psalms xiv, 16). At that time the
blessing shall return to Israel that has
been taken from them for more than
eighteen centuries-God's special ia
vor. Under their New Covenant they
shall be blessed: their eyes shall be
opened; ''they shall look upon him
whom they pierced" they shall mourn
for him; they shall rejoice In him.
They will say, This is our ruler. We
have waited for him, and he will save
us (Zechariah XII. 1O).
Grimes Committed In jesus Name.
With shame true Christians must
admit that most atrocious crimes were
committed in the name Of Jesus dur
Ing the Dark Ages" Worse than
thatl The horrible misrepreser' ton
Of all that the name Of Jesu' .ands
for still continues. Witnes or in
stance, the injustices practi Il In the
name Of Christianity against the Jew
In Russia for years past, and in vari-
Gus nations In remoter times. Witness
the fact also that only two months ago
the so-called Christians of Roumania
acted like veritable demons toward
their Jewish ncighbors. Well-autEsn-
Heated accounts tell that the Jewish
cemetery was despoiled. Many of
those buried within the two preceding
months were dug up and the putrid
and mangled corpses thrown on the
steps and in the door-yards Of their
families. Can we wonder that the
Jew has come to have a hatred for the
word Christian and for the name Js-
sus?
The name Jesus, as is well known,
is but another form for Joshua, which
signifies Deliverer. The name Christ
is the Greek equivalent for the word
Messiah Every Jew, rightly informed
respecting the character and the teach
tngs Of Jesus, is bound to respect
him and his Immediate followers as
amongst the grandest Jews that ever
lived. They must not be judged ac-
cording to the perversion Of their
teachings, so common amongst Chris
tians. And 1t should not be forgotten
that while the masses of Christendom
have misrepresented their teaching,
doctrines and practises, there has been
throughout the entire age a sanity
few who have closely followed in the
footsteps Of Jesus.
In my preaching do not urge upon
the Jews to become Christians; but
seek to hold forth the Divine standard
ready for the fulfllment Of the glori-
ouS nrountsas which aro fhofre That