The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
PEOPLES PULPIT.
MesSiah's
Coming Kingdom
Spiritual
Behold. a King shall reign in
righteousness. and princes shall rule
in judgment" Isaiah xxi. y.

AAHA1IcooACosb oii0 PAui~CS SiloA tuC
in judgment" Isaiah XXI.
ooCts-s-.-s-s-s--s-s-s-s-s-
en-. with little religious doctrine-and
so much the better
Everybody Is agreed that the King
dom Of Messiah cannot be brought
about by the wholesale conversion Of
the world. And logical people see
that larger numbers have been lost t.
Christianity in civilized lands during
the last twenty-five years than were
ever claimed to be converted amongst
the heather. We say lost to Christian
ity. because why should anyone be
called a Christian who has lost all
faith in the Bible-in the Law, the
Prophets and the teachings Of Jesus
and his Apostles? The great cloud
Of bewilderment which encompasses
Christendom is realized by all earnest
people-churchmen and others. And
no wonder there is certain dread
associated with the dark cloud. What
kind of storm will result7 And what
will be the effect upon the great re-
hgious systems of civilization? 1t is
to join hands against these ominous
conditions that the clergy of all de-
nominations are arousing themselves
In favor of Church Union or Fedora
ton of some sort. But the people
the people feel comparatively little
interest in the proposition. which they
win not oppose. however.
THE Hour Of temptation"
-REv. 8: To-
The difficulty with the present Situa.
ton is that we have stupidity and blum.
deringly misread the Bible. We have
twisted what we did read and picked
out certain portions which pleased
best our fancies and supported best
our various creeds We have neglect
ed the honest. truthful study which we
should have given to our Heavenly Fa-
theirs message. The confusion OF
Christendom Is the result. That con
fusion and perplexity the Scriptures
portray, assuring us that we are In the
midst of great falling away from
faith In God and In his Revelation.
We see fulfilled all about US the won
derful prophetic and symbolic picture
of Psalm o. A thousand fall at our
side and ten thousand at our right
hand-only the "Israelites indeed" In
whom there is no guile. will be kept
from stumbling in this evil day. The
chaos which we already see every
where In evidence is only beginning.
Gods Great Remedy at Hand.
The fault Of Christendom has been
the rejection Of the Divine Plan and
the acceptance instead of a human
plan. The Church was going to con
vert the world-going to conquer the
world for Jesus and present it to him
as trophy. Alas. we have not been
able to convert ourselves. which is
the particular work the Master gave us
to do. Greater humility would have
shown us our folly long ago.
Bible Students do not need to be re-
minded that all through the Old Tes-
lament Scriptures Gods promises
abound. telling Israel and all who have
ears to hear of the glorious reign of
Messiah and Of the success of his
Kingdom and how the result will be
that every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess to the glory Of Cod"
OF how "all the blind eyes shall be
opened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped:" of how. the blessing of the
Lord will be with Israel restored to
his favor and operate through Israel
to the blessing of all peoples. We re-
member the prophecies which picture
earthly governments and show US their
termination and the establishment of
the Kingdom of Heaven on their ruins.
We remember the Jubilee picture re-
peated by the Israelites every fiftieth
year. proclaiming liberty for the peo-
pie and restitution Of all that has been
lost through sin. and which Is to be re-
stored through Messiahs Kingdom.
Bible Students know also how the
New Testament abounds with refer
ences to the Kingdom! the Kingdom!
the Kingdom! Nearly all the parallels
that our Lord gave were in illustration
of something connected with the King
dom or the class called out OF the
world to inherit the spiritual Kingdom.
All such know, too, that the Great
Teacher proclaimed that Kingdom and
taught us and all of his followers to
pray for 1t. Thy Kingdom come! Thy
will be done on earth as it is done in
heaven" They all know. too, that all
of the Apostles refer to that Kingdom
and point the Church to It's estab-
lishment for the realization of her
hopes-the time when the marriage
of the Lamb will take place-the time
when Gods New Covenant with Israel
will go into effect. The time when he
who scattered Israel viii also gather
them, and when the Law shall go
forth from Mt. Zion. the Celestial
Kingdom, and the word Of the Lord
from Jerusalem. the capital Of the
earthly princes. Gods remedy is just
what humanity is coming to realize it
needs. In its establishment. as the
Scriptures declare, 1.-The desire Of all
nations shall come" Haggai II, n.
Bible Students are more and more
coming to see that this Gospel Age is
the time in which Messiah is select
ing from amongst men-of Jews and
Gentiles-a sanity class and is testing
and proving their loyalty to God and
to righteousness. These are to be
Messiah's assistants-the Bride. the
Lambs Wife. As Abraham typifed
the Heavenly Father. so the Messiah
was typiled by Isaac. And Messiah's
Bride and joint-heir and co-laborer in
his Kingdom was typif1ed by Rebec-
ca. Thus seen the great Plan of God
has progressed well.
The Great Day Of Wrath.
Our neglect of the Word Of God and
our study instead Of the Talmud and
the Creeds of the dark ages have been
our undoing. Under all this wrong
influence we have failed to cultivate
the fruits Of the Holy Spirit-meek-
ness. gentleness. patience. long-suf
fering, Observation-Disclosures, love. In
stead we cultivated pride, ambition.
selfishness. We have done those
things which we ought not to have
done. and we have left undone those
things which we ought to have done.
Our help must come from God. Ac-
cording to our understanding of the
Scriptures help is near. but coming In
an unexpected way. Pride and selfish
ness blossomed and brought forth a
fruitage Of strife. The bad exam
pie set by Christian people has extend
ed to the world and been thoroughly
appropriated. 1t has become the spir-
1t Of the world-of all classes. Now.
as faith in the Bible is waning and
roGnoof for God and hia Word &c nrO.