The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-18

Church. The judgments of the Lord
abroad In the earth will not mean
havoc and dismay to mankind In gen.
eral. but the very reverse-relief, as
sistance to all who come into line with
the righteous arrangements of that
Kingdom designed for their uplifting
from sin and death conditions. The
judgments of that Millennial Day of
thousand years will be severe-even to
destruction-only against the willfully,
the deliberately rebellious. after they
shall have been brought to a clear ap-
probation Of right and wrong, good
and evil, and their penalties, life and
death.
Mark the statement Of the Prophet
David when prophetically referring to
the Millennial Age; he points out that
the judgments of that time will be a
cause of gladness. He says:
Let the heavens be glad,
And let the earth rejoice;
Let men say among the nations. Jehovah
reigneth.
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;
Let the fields rejoice, and all that are
therein.
Then shall the trees Of the wood sing
aloud
At the presence of Jehovah,
BECAUSE HE COMETH TO JUDGE
THE EARTH.
o give thanks unto Jehovah. for he is
good;
For his mercy endureth forever"
Il Chronicles xvi. 1874.
A MilIennial Judgment Day.
Mark the words of st. Paul respect
ing what God has in reservation for
the soorld. He says God hath APP
pointed day 1.-THE thousand-year day
Of Christi in the which he will judge
the world in righteousness by that
man whom he hath ordained" (Acts
xvii, 81.
In this work ordained for our Lord
he is to have associates-the select"
Church, his members" of whom the
Apostle writes. saying, know We not
that the saints shall judge the worldY
q Corinthians vi, q And the Ancient
Worthless enumerated by st. Paul
(Hebrews tx, 38-40) will also be judges.
but on the earthly plane as representa-
tives Of the heavenly Kingdom. AS it
is written. Il will restore thy judges
as at the first and thy counsellors as
at the beginning" isaiah i. 26).
Our All-Wise Creator, who has thus
made provision, both for the heavenly
and the earthly judges of the world
in the election from Israel and the
election of the Gospel Age, has thus
demonstrated to the few who under
stand 1.-The secret of the Lord 1.-The
mystery" hidden from ages and dis
pensations past. 1t is evident that
there will be no disappointment. no
failure, In respect 10 Gods great OATH
bound Covenant made with Abraham
I'm thy Seed shall all the families
of the earth be blessed" The basis of
the blessing is the redemptive work
of Christ finished at Calvary. The
outworking of that blessing will come
through the glorifed Lord and his
Church, Ibis Body" The first work
will be the establishment of righ,-
eous government in the hands of those
already proven absolutely loyal to God
and to his righteousness-"f faithful
even unto DEATH" We may have full
confidence that in that KINGDOM
Righteousness will be laid to the line
and justice to the plummet," as God
has promised isaiah xviii. II. Not
only so, but we may have full conf
dence that mercy will have a free
hand there to do all for mankind that
would be reasonable and possible. The
combination of strong government
with merciful assistants is represented
by the fact that our Lord will be, not
only the great King. but also the grea,
Priest and Prophet and Teacher. Even
SO, also, the Church shall be "kings
and priests"-their office. their serv.
ice, will be combination of ruling
and healing, instructing and uplifting.
Everything done will come under the
head Of Observation-Disclosures dealing.
Every good deed, yea, every good eff
fort, will be rewarded-its judgment
will be blessing, an increase of har
mony with the Lord and with charac
ter development and restitutional phys
ical experiences (Acts lii, 1921. In
stead of the ways of darkness will be
the way of light. Instead of the broad
road leading to destruction with the
masses going down thereon-to the
tomb-will be ''the highway of holi
ness" Instead Of stones Of stumbling
we are assured that all the stumbling
stones shall be gathered out of the
way. Instead of beastly violence, over.
mastering temptations and besetments
devouring mankind because of theii
weakness to resist the Adversary, the
Bible assures us that Satan will be
bound and that the wild beasts of vice
and degeneracy will all be brought
into subsection. Thus nothing shall
hurt nor destroy in all Gods holy
Kingdom" And an highway shall be
there, and 1t shall be called, The way
Of holiness" isaiah xi, 9: xxxv, 81.
The Messianic Psalm (seventy-sec-
ond) finds it's application to that glo-
rious Millennial epoch. Thus we read
"Give the King thy judgments, o God.
and thy righteousness unto the Kings
Son. He shall judge Thy people with
righteousness and thy poor with judg-
ment Gustice). He shall judge
the poor of the people. he shall save
the children of the needy and shall
break in pieces the oppressor.
He shall come down like rain upon the
mown grass, as showers that water
the earth. In his days shall the right
eous flourish; and abundance of peace
so long as the moon endureth."
"The People Will Learn Righteous
ness"
AS already shown, Gods dealings in
the past have been with the world only
in the sense of executing O general
sentence for Adamic sin-a death SEN
tence with all that that involves of
mental, moral and physical degeneracy
dying. All of Gods special judg-
ments have been with those who were
justified to special relationship through
faith. If we were to judge Of the num-
Der who will be blessed during the Mil
lennium by the little flock" of natural
Israel and the "little flock" of spiritual
Israel, saved under Gods judgments
in advance Of the millennium, the out
come Of the worlds judgment would
not appear favorable. But these would
not be fair criterions. Present con-
ditions are permitted In order to test
and to prove the faith, as well as the
obedience Of those who are under trial
or judgment and who, by reason of
the fall, have such faith as permits
them to grasp the glorious features of
the present call. Consequently. few"
there will be who will find the great
reward now offered (Matthew vii. IA.
This is as God designs it, because
he is selecting a special class. But the
arrangements made for mankind in