The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-11-29

nave been gathered out. They tell III
that, In the New Dispensation yet t,
dawn, all the families of the earth will
be blessed through The Christ-Jesus
the Head, and the Church his Body O
Bride. They tell us that then "all tn,
blind eyes shall be opened and all tn,
deaf ears shall be unstopped" Qsaial
xxxv, D.. They tell us that then tn,
Sun of Righteousness shall arise will
healing in his beams, flooding the whole
earth with the light of the knowledge
of the glory of God They assure us tina
that will be the period of Messiah
reign, for which we pray, "Thy King
dom come; thy will be done on eartl
as in heaven" They tell us that tn.
object of that reign will be that thu
world In general may have trial t
determine whether, with the light anC
knowledge and experience then grant
ed, they will choose God and righteous
ness and the reward of eternal life, o.
will choose sin and its penalty, the
Second Death.
Unbelievers Damned Already.
Our word damned, from misusage anC
the bad theology of the Dark Ages
has a sulphurous odor, whereas it:
plain, simple meaning Is the same as
the word condemn. Adam was damned
or condemned 5000 years ago because
of his disobedience. And all his chill
dren, by heredity, share his weak
nd &hrrC oh &c
ton. But Adam is not condemned oil
damned to eternal torture nor to Pur
gatory The Bible distinctly says In
SO many words that his sentence, his
condemnation, his damnation. is tC
death. 'In the day that thou eatesi
thereof, dying thou shalt die" Genesis
ii, II. margin). After his disobedience
God said, "Unft is the earth for thy
sake. Thorns and thistles shall II
bring forth unto thee In the sweat
of thy face shalt thou eat bread until
thou return unto the ground from
which thou vast taken; for dust thou
art and unto dust shalt thou return
Genesis iii, ITO.
This general sentence has rested
upon all of Adams race from that day
one mans disobedience sin entered
into the world and death (not eternal
torment nor Purgatory) as a result OF
sin and thus death mot eternal tor
ment nor Purgatoryi passed upon all
men, because all Ire sinners Romans
v, 12). Jesus came to redeem two
classes-the Church and the world
the Church class to be his Bride" and
to share his heavenly. spiritual King
dom with him; the world to be blessed
to an earthly Eden, world wide-God's
footstool made glorious. The Church
and household of faith, willing to walk
In the footsteps of the Master In the
dark, have been called during the past
nearly nineteen centuries. Soon the
worthy ones. the little fock," will en-
ter into the joys of their Lord, at his
Second Coming. The marriage of the
Lamb shall come. for his Wife will
have made herself ready Rev. xix, y.
Then the worlds salvation will be
due to begin The Times of Restitu-
ton will be the thousand years of Mes
siah's spiritual reign as King of kings
and Lord Of lords. Fleshly Israel, we
are assured, will then be restored to
Divine favor and become the special
and active agents of the Messianic
Kingdom In the distribution of the Dr.
vine favors to all the families of the
earth. In the end all the incorrlgibly
wicked, who love iniquity rather than
righteousness, will be destroyed.
Thus, as the Apostle declares, the
sacrifice of Jesus constitutes a salts
faction for our sins (the Church's SINS
and not for ours only, but also for the
sins of the whole world Il John Il, p.
NonsensicaI, Spurious Context.
Let US briefly notice another absurd
fty In the addition to- Gods Word found
in the last twelve verses Of st. Marks
Gospel, fraudulently added and not
found in any Of the oldest Greek MSS.
Notice the statement, These signs
shall follow them that believe: in my
name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues. They
shall take up serpents; and If they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not
hurt them. They shall lay hands on the
sick and they shall recover" oversees
II, 49,. The majority of Christian min
listers and their congregations seem not
to be troubled by the fact that they do
not have these evidences of their reia-
tonship to the Lord, and they do not
attempt to heal the sick, to speak with
tongues, and would not dare to drink
any poisonous thing. But there are
certain conscientious people, the very
cream of all the Churches, who are
greatly perplexed by these words be-
cause they know that they are not true
In their experience With them, there
fore, it Is a matter of feeling doubtful
about their own salvation, or a ques-
ton as to the reliability of the Bible
as a whole. They need to have the re-
lief which we now seek to give them.
They need to know that these are not
inspired words, but poisonous and in
furious additions made during the Dark
Ages. They may, consequently, look
elsewhere in the Scriptures and find
the proper assurances of their relation
ship with God being demonstrated by
the fruits of the holy Spirit in their
lives and in their hearts, eekness,
gentleness, patience, long-suffering
brotherly kindness. love"
Miracles In the Early Church.
This spurious passage of our text is
used by many ministers who know, OF
ought to know, of its falsity. But they
have certain theory In their minds
to the effect that the miracles and un.
known tongues of the early Church
were lost by reason of unfaithfulness
to God, and that Christians today
should seek for their recovery. Not
having any Scriptures to support theil
claim they use this Interpolation and
allow their hearers and readers to be
lieve 1t to be the inspired message. Tc
what length have people gone In sup
port Of human theory! The first prin
ciple of preaching should be to preach
the Truth, the whole Truth and moth
ing but the Truth. Every theory which
requires bolstering up by spurious pas
sages should be abandoned, and ptIl b,
abandoned by those who are honest
truth-seekers, "Bereans"
Our Lord performed miracles. Sc
did his Apostles. And so did those Of
the early Church upon whom the
Apostles laid their hands. But NJ
others have this gift. Consequently
when the Apostles were dead and
when all those upon whom they had
laid hands of blessing were dead, these
miracles In the Church were at an
end. We all see the propriety of this
Miracles were appropriate at the be
ginning for the establishment Of the
Church and. for time, were necessary
for their encouragement In theil
early meetings they had no source OF
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