The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-06-14

Jerusalem, and cry unto her that her
appointed time is accomplished, that
her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath
received of the Lords hand double for
all her sins" isaiah xl, l, p. AS had
been anticipated. the crowds were too
great for accommodation at the Tab
ernacle. The spacious Academy of
Music was crowded, with large num-
Der of ministers and other men on the
platform. After announcing his text
the speaker said
Christendom, with united voice, ad
mits that all of the Divine Revelation
came to and through the Hebrew peo-
pie. Listen to the argument of the
Apostle Paul, What advantage then
hath the Jew? or what profit is there
of circumcision? Much every way;
chiefly, because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God"-the
Divine message respecting the Divine
purposes, present and to come. The
Apostle again informs us that the
entire Gospel message was briefly
comprehended in the Creators promise
to Abraham. "In thy Seed shall all the
families of the earth be blessed" Gala
tians iii, 81.
ITO the Jew First"
1t was the most natural thing imagi-
nable for the Jewish Nation to suppose
that the giving to them of the Law at
Mount Sinai, through the mediatorship
of hn f1I6lrrno1f ~ fha
promise to Abraham. Nevertheless
they were mistaken.
Israel's Mediator. and the sacrificing
priests, and the sacrifices they offered
and their Tabernacle, with its Holy
and Most Holy, and the Temple. and
all the features of the Law Covenant
were types or foreshadows of the bet
ter sacrifices" higher Priesthood. bet
ter Mediator, and glorious blessings of
eternal forgiveness and reconciliation
yet to be accomplished. Nevertheless
the period Of Israel's types was not
wasted. Not only were the types there
given, but at the same time a special
class of agents were selected: Abra
ham, Isaac, Jacob. and all the Proph-
cts and worthy ones of that age. holy.
consecrated to God. and accepted as
agents qualified for the Kingdom con-
ditions OF these the Scriptures de
clare, "They fell asleep" They are
still asleep in the dust of the earth.
awaiting the glorious resurrection
morning, and grand sh" "e then with
Messiah In the work then to be ac-
complished In their lifetime, they
we're styled the Fathers. because Mes
siah was foretold to be of the poster
ity Of Abraham, and also "David's
Son."
But other Scriptures, without con
tradicting these statements, show us
distinctly that "David's Son" and
"Abraham's Seed" is to be Lord and
Father of both David and Abraham.
Thus we read, Instead of thy fathers
shall be thy children. whom thou
mayest make princes In all the earth"
psalm xiv, 16). David's son, Messiah,
will be David's father, or life-giver.
when he will raise David from the
dead. Similarly he will be the father
of all of those ancient worthless; and
as David's Lord, and Lord of lords"
it will be his pleasure to appoint to
Abraham, Isaac. Jacob and all of the
Ancient Worthless, and Prophets, and
faithful ones glorious share with
himself in the great Messianic King
dom, which he is about to set up for
the ruling and blessing Of Israel and
all the nations of the earth. Will not
this be grand honor to Abraham and
his Seed! Could we expect that the
Almighty would honor and use in such
high position any except the faith
full? Surely not. When Messiah shall
make these Ancient Worthless princes
in all the EARTH" as representatives Of
his invisible Kingdom. will not this
mean honor and dignity to the Jews
first?
"comfort We My People"
Our text is one of three declarations
In the Old Testament. which assure
us that there is double" connected
with IsraePs history. That is to say.
Jewish history naturally divides itself
into two exactly equal parts; the first
of which was a time of favor. inter-
mingled with disciplines, but favor
nevertheless. The second of these
parts has been one of disfavor and
exclusion from Divine fellowship. As
foretold by the Prophet, Israel fOr
many centuries has been without
prophet, or priest, and without epho.i
and without communion with Gnd
whereas, at one time they were Gods
favored people. They now. according
to their own admission, are so thor
oughly rejected that they have no conf
munication whatever. no light to shine
upon their pathway. The prophets
words have been fulfilled, LET their
table become a snare before them: and
that which should have been for their
| welfare let it become a trap. Let
| their eyes be darkened. that they see
not" psalm Xix. %. 23. They have
stumbled: they are blinded; but thank
Godl their blindness is not to be per-
petual. The period Of their blindness
is the second part of the "double;;"
with the fulflment of that double
their blindness will begin to vanish,
and "All the blind eyes shall be open
ed" OF that time the Lord declares
that HE who scattered Israel will
gather them"
| We are impressed, not by fancy, but
by the Word of God. that Israel's
double is now fulfilled, that Israei's
blessing has already begun. that the
| opening of IsraePs eyes is now in
progress. For this reason we have
chosen for our text, Comfort We, COM
fort We my people, saith your God.
Cry unto Jerusalem and say unto her
that her appointed time is accomplish
ed, for she hath received at the Lords
hand double [the two parts of her
chastisementl for all her sins" Be
cause the double" is completed, we
may speak the words Of comfort.
Thirty-four years ago we called at
tention to these facts, but few had
ears to hear. When eighteen years
ago we visited Jerusalem, having in
mind chiefly the fact that the time for
the regathering of Israel was nigh al
hand, and that the set time to favor
Zion had come, we found no hearing
ears amongst the Jewish people; and
Zionism had not then been dreamed
of. Our communications with the rep
resentatives of the Baron Hirsch I'm
migration Fund, and also with the ex
ecutors of the Sir Moses Montefore
Jewish Relief Fund met with scani
recognition. Nevertheless, we felt sure
that Israel's double" had been full
filed. and that her morning of 10y