The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-07-12

OAuICu, anu ueI lHdulleSldllOu Will
her Lord in the glories of his Messiah
ic Kingdom. Then the groaning crea-
ton will be set free from the bondage
Of Sin and Death, under which 1t now
groans and travails.
Made Subject to Vanity.
The Apostle reminds us that the
slavery of mankind to Sin and Death
came upon the world through vanity
or frailty, unwillingly. Our frailties
are the result of sin and of the Divine
sentence. Father Adam was disobedi-
ent and our Creator. in sentencing him
to death. made the dying condition
such that all Of his children would be
involved with him, as sinners, through
heredity, and thus sharers in his dying
condition. But God did not subject
our race to this dying condition, this
slavery to Sin and Death, with the in
tention Of blasting the hope of human
ity to all eternity. much less with the
expectation Of sending Adam and his
are to understand that when God pro-
nounced the death sentence upon our
race, intermingled with 1t was the
hope. the desire. on the part Of the
Creator, that the result of that death
sentence should not be mans absolute
and eternal destruction. after the man
ner of the brute beast. In the Divine
purpose there mingles hope-a desire
and intention that all of Adams race
who will learn the lesson of righteous
ness may ultimately be delivered from
the bondage of Sin and Death, into tn,
true liberty Of children of God. 1t was
to secure, in Gods due time, for Adam
and his race. liberty from Sin and
Death. that Christ died for our sins.
The Creation to Be Delivered.
Our minds now turn to the liberty
which, by Gods grace, came to this
nation in 1776; and, similarly. some of
our nation look to the liberty that was
accorded thea by the Emancipation
Proclamation But these emancipa-
tons are nothing in comparison with
the great Emancipation which God
purposes shall come to all the world
of mankind through Christ. Enslaved
to Sin, through Father Adams disobe-
dience. sold under SIM the purchase
Christ is to be announced by the Great
Judge who pronounced the sentence.
This is glorious hope. a glorious pros
pect, but as yet it is merely a pros
pect Only the true Church has as yet
been set free; and she waits for perfect
freedom through the First Resurrec-
ton" 1.-The whole world lieth in the
Wicked One" and still are slaves to
Sin and Death conditions in every way.
The arrangement of Divine Provi-
dence for this great liberation Of the
captives of Sin and Death is wonder
full! Gods Kingdom is to be estab-
hshed and to exercise his reign or rule
Of Righteousness amongst men for a
thousand years! Satan is to be bound
during that period, that he may de-
ceive and entrap humanity no more
The knowledge of God and the assist
ance of Divine power are to be ex-
tended to every creature, bond and
free, rich and poor. of every tongue
and nation. Not only will the living
nations enjoy this privilege of release
from slavery to Sin and Death. through
the great Redeemer, but, additionally,
all who are in their graves will have
the glorious opportunity of being
awakened and Of being brought to a
knowledge of the Truth. that they may
be saved by laying hold thereon-by
conforming heart and life to the rules
Of the Kingdom Of Gods dear Son.
and thus attaining eternal life.
truly, tnat will be glorious epocn,
when to the great Deliverer every
knee shall bow and every tongue con-
fess. to the glory of God" 1t will be
grand. indeed, to witness during the
thousand years of Christ's reign the
and Death-their gradual attainment
of full mastery over their weaknesses
and imperfections by the assistance of
the great Emancipation! Many of these
poor slaves went down to the tomb in
fearful anticipation Of future Of eter-
nal torment How glad they will be
when they awake from the sleep of
death, realizing 1t as only momentary
interimi They will be advised Of the
fact-that the Redemption price has
been paid by Jesus and that, there
fore, he is fully qualified and empow.
cred to set them free In every sense OF
the word-not only from the cosidennG-
ton of death, but also from the actual
blight of death-the mental, moral and
physical weaknesses, which are ele-
ments of the death sentence.
True, the Scriptures intimate that all
will not appreciate the privilege OF
emancipation from the dominion Of Sin
and Death. 1t is not for us to specu-
late as to the number who will ulti-
mately be set free. 1t is sufficient for
us to know that all will be brought to
a full opportunity of attaining or re-
| jecting the emancipation privileges
All will be free in the sense that none
will die the Second Death, except by
his own wilful. deliberate sympathy
with sin and rejection of the righteous
and liberal terms of the Great Liberator
Not Only They but Ourselves.
Pursuing the subject, the Apostle
as separate and distinct from the
world. He shows that those who re
ceive the begetting of the holy Spirit
now, are already children of God. and
already enjoying full freedom, full lib
| Grafton from the condemnation Of Sir
| and Death. He says, "And not only
they (the groaning creation, the world)
| but ourselves also (the spirit-begotteI
I Church Of this age, which have thu
| first fruits of the Spirit, even we our
selves groan within ourselves. waitinI
for the adoption, to wit, the redemp
ton (deliverance) of our Body"-''th'
| Body Of Christ, which is the Church
| Verse %; Corinthians xii, 20.
The Apostle is here pointing out thai
| while the world is groaning under it,
share of the Adamic condemnation, be
levers In Christ also groan-though ii
q different manner. The world groan!
and travails, waiting for the Church'i
manifestation-''th manifestation o.
the Sons of God" The Church groans
not outwardly. but inwardly, while
(, waiting for something different. The
world is waiting for the manifesto
ton of the Sons Of God, because Nov
are we the Sons of Cod q John Iii
p. Our salvation will come, therefore
before this manifestation Of the Som
Of God. which will bring release to tn,
world. The elect Church is soditin!
for the adoption. the deliverance Of tn
Body in the First Resurrection. Gu
Heavenly Father has already grantee
ns the anir.it of adontion whereby w