The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-04-05


of God"-at Pentecost (John 1, 11-13).
Thus so far as the spiritual part of
Gods great promise to Abraham is
concerned it has passed from the Jew
ish nation; but there still remains for
them glorious earthly portion. to
which they will be introduced at our
Lords second coming Then their
sins will be cancelled, and as a people
the Hebrews will return to Divine
favor and will inherit the earthly fea
lures of the promise made to their
fathers. Then, through them. Gods
blessing win be extended to all ma
lions and peoples under IsraePs New
Covenant, which will then become op-
erative at the hands Of their great
Mediator-the Christ. the Messiah in
glory. But by that time the election
OF the saints of this Gospel Age win be
complete and the Messiah in glory will
include Jesus the Head and the Church
his Body-joint-heir with him in his
Observation-Disclosures with him in the
spiritual features of the great Abra.
hamic promise Galatians Iii, 29).
All this Is clearly stated by the
Apostle in Romans XII, 25-32 But
somehow our eyes of understanding as
Christians have been holden 50 that.
until of late. we have not seen these
lengths and breadths. these heights
and depths. of Divine Love and Wis
dom and arrangement The fact that
we now see these things is corrobo-
rative evidence that they are nigh at
hand. Just so 1t was at our Lords
first advent Many things pertaining
to that time were completely hidden
until the time Of their fulfillment
came. and then only the wise Wiz
gins" were so blessed, so assisted
that they trimmed their lamps effec-
lively and were enabled to see these
beauties III the Divine Plan.
The Time of Our Visitation.
Apparently very few of Gods peo-
pie. until recently, have noted the fact
that Spiritual Israel has had q parallel
history TO that Of Natural Israel Few
have seen that these are dealt with
all through the Scriptures as type and
antitype Few have noticed that from
the death of Jacob to the death of
Jesus finds its exact parallel of 1851
years between the death of Jesus and
our day Few have noticed that In
both cases there is a nominal and q
real Israel. The nominal Jewish sys-
tenn was tried and all but the Israel
ties indeed" failed Likewise will be
the experience Of Spiritual Israel. The
nominal Christian systems will be
tried, and all will fail except the spir-
it-begotten and faithful AS only
remnant or small number were found
in the proper condition at the first
advent, so the Scriptures clearly init
mate that only a small number will
be found sufficiently sanity and zeal
Gus and loyal to the Lord and the
principles of his Truth in the end Of
this age. to graduate with first honors.
AS there was a special period of
testing and trying at the close Of the
Jewish Age, lasting for forty years, so.
the Scriptures clearly indicate. there
is special sitting and testing due to
come to Christendom during the clos
ing forty years Of this Gospel Age
before the Inauguration of the glorious
Millennial blessings. AS the trials and
tests came upon the Jews in a subtle
manner, to test their faith and ODE
dience, so even more subtlety must
we expect will be connected with the
trials and testings in the harvest time
Of this Gospel Age. OF this time the
Lord through the prophet said. who
may abide the day of his presence,
and who shall stand when he appear
eth? for he Is like a refiners fire and
like fullers' soap; and he shall sit as
refiner and purifier of silver; and
he shall purify the sons Of Levi, and
purge them as gold and silver. that
they may offer unto the Lord accept
able sacrifices" (Malachi i'll. 2, 81.
Both Houses Of Israel.
Natural and Spiritual Israel are con-
trasted. The Lord through the Proph-
ct foretold that Messiah would be
"for stone Of stumbling and for a
rock of offence to both the houses of
Israef"-to Natural Israel and to Spir-
itual Israel. We have seen how the
first house stumbled on that Palm Sun
day-celebrated today. They stumbled
because they kRe0 not the time of
their visitation"-they did not know
that the time had come for the estab-
lishment Of the Kingdom; hence they
were not alert to their privileges and
failed to be in the proper condition of
heart to receive the blessings. Or, we
might state the matter reversely and
say that those who did not know and
did not accept Messiah, were those
whose hearts were not in the right con-
dition. else they would not have been
left in darkness q Thessalonians v, A..
Many things indicate to US, now,
that we are living in a time CORE
spending to that Palm Sunday Many
things imply that Christendom is now
undergoing its great test and that only
the fully consecrated of heart and life
will be accepted Of the Lord as his
"Jewels" and be granted a share with
Christ in his Kingdom. Many things
imply that we are now in the time
when the true people of God are be-
ing divided into two classes, as pic
tured for us by our Lord in the para
Bile Of the Wise and the Foolish Vir-
gins. AS only the Wise Virgins were
prepared to enter into the marriage, so
only the consecrated ones, the polished
jewels Of the Lord. will be accepted as
fit for the Kingdom and be granted a
share in the glorious resurrection
change which will precede the great
time Of trouble, in which the Foolish
Virgin class, although not of the
world, will participate with the world.
True, that great time of trouble will
usher in the glorious Millennial dis
pensation, in which the Church In
glory with the Great Redeemer will
pour out upon all mankind the won
derful restitution blessings which God
has promised by the mouth Of all the
holy prophets (Acts Ill, 1929. True,
the Foolish Virgins may subsequently
get the oil and subsequently have a
glorious future, but they will lose the
choice place of Divine favor and bless
ing. They cannot be of the Bride
class, but will receive their blessing
under the figure of ''the virgins her
companions that follow her" psalm
xiv, IA.
1t is in order for all of Gods people
who now get awake from the slum-
Der of worldliness which has long
stupefed them, to join hearts and
voices in a great shout-the shout that
the Kingdom is at hand! The shout
of Hosanna to the Son of David And
that the time Is at hand for the full
fillment of the passage. Gather to-
gether my saints unto me, saith the
Lord! those who have made a cove
nant with me by sacrifice. They shall