The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-10-25
PEOPLES PULPIT.
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle

Russell Of Brooklyn Tabernacle is en-
joying his usual health, en- route for
London. He expects to be back In
Brooklyn the first Sunday In Decem-
Der. His Sundays in Great Britain
win be given to London, filling ap-
pointments with as many as possible
Of the smaller cities week days. His
discourse for today from the foregoing
text follows
The wonderful force, and immensely
Of the thought Of our text, cannot be
appreciated by those who have never
been upon the great Ocean. As we
travel through the water at railroad
speed and keep watch in every direc-
ton, yet seldom see a vessel, large or
small, day after day, we begin to get
q little conception of the world In
which we live. 1t is so much larger
than previously we were able to com
prehend. Yet by the aid of the tele-
scope and the mathematical calcula-
lions we perceive that our earth and
its seas are small, in comparison to
many other worlds. We perceive that
our solar system Jour sun and his plan
etary satellites) constitutes but small
fraction of Gods great creation. As
tronomers tell us that by the aid Of
sensitive Photographic plates they are
able to count about one hundred and
twenty-five millions of suns, around
which planets are revolving, as our
earth revolves around our sun. And
they estimate that probably only a
portion of these suns Is visible to our
naked eye-so far distant are they
Astronomers estimate that there are
millions of other suns 80 far distant
that their light cannot even be dis
cerned by photography.
We stand appalled, at the immensely
Of space and the law and order which
everywhere reign. We heartily assent
10 the words of the Prophet David.
DAY unto day uttereth speech, and
night unto night showeth knowledge;
there is no place where their voice Is
not heard" The person who can look
upon this wonderful display of super
human power and who can believe
that these worlds created themselves,
shows to the majority of us that, If he
has brains, they are sadly disordered,
unbalanced. The person who. after in
telligent thought, concludes that there
Is no God. that everything came to
be what it is by chance or by the op-
Grafton Of some blind force-that per-
son is described in the Scriptures in
the following words, 1.-THE fool hath
said in his heart, There is no God"
psalm XIV, u.
THE Half Was Never Told"
On first reading our text some Of us
might have been inclined to say, All,
a beautiful poetic extravaganza! But
not so, dear friendsI As scientific in
struments demonstrate to us the i'm
mensity Of the universe we perceive
that the Prophet used very moderate
language indeed In his description Of
the majestic power and greatness of
the Creator, representing him as
weighing the mountains In his bal
ances and holding the seas In the hol-
low of his hand and that, from his
standpoint, thousand years are bur
as watch In the night. How insig-
nifcantly small we all feel in the
presence Of our Godl No wonder some
great men have been inclined to say
that humanity is too insignificant from
the Divine standpoint to be worthy of
the least consideration-much less to
be objects of Divine care and provi-
dence! The Scriptures encourage us
to reason from the known to the un-
known. They tell us that although
God is SO great. so wise, so powerful,
he Is also just and loving. And the
more we consider the matter, the more
reasonable this Bible description OF
the Almighty appears. His power we
see demonstrated The wisdom of
One 80 great cannot be doubted. Then
we come to consider, Could One so
wise and so powerful be unjust or I'M
generous? Our hearts answer, No!
No one Is really great who is devoid
Of justice and love. So surely as our
God is Jehovah he must possess these
qualities.
When we came In contact with the
Bible, and particularly after we learn.
ed something Of its teachings and got
rid of the Misrepresentation which
gathered about it during the dark ages
then we began to recognize it as the
message of Jehovah to his creatures
It informed us that the great Creator
Of the universe Is not only Almighty
and All-wise, but loving and kind
with Justice as the very foundation
Of his Empire From the Bible we
learned, too, that our Creator had beer
pleased to make us in his own image
In his own moral likeness, to the In
tent that we might enjoy him and the
fruits Of his Righteousness to all eter
nifty. From this standpoint we begaI
to realize that the Hottest sentiments
Of the human mind and heart arr
merely the reflections Of this Creator.
Thus coming into sympathetic &C
cord with our Maker we can compre
bend the principles of his character
what justice signifies, and mercy ant
kindnesstwhat Is wisdom as contrast
ed with foolishness. From this stand
point we were enabled to see the glorl
Us perfection of our Makers charac
ter and attributes. which justify the
name which he has taken to himself
when he declares through his ambas
sador, God is Love-" As we come to
realize this more and more, we are
grasping the Infinite; we are getting
near to the heart Of the great Eternal
One, who weighs the mountains as In
a balance and measures the seas In the
hollow of his hand.
Like Unto Your Father"
Godlikeness is ove-likeness, and, az
the Scriptures declare, Love Is the
fulfilling of the Oivine) Law" Ro-
mans xiii, 10). Our great Creator, the
only living and true God, is thus seer
In contrast with all the gods of the
heather, who are pitiless. merciless
vengeful, devilish. From the Bible we
learn that Jehovah, the True God
takes delight in doing good-in the ex
ercise Of his Almighty power and wis
dom In the creating of beings in whose
everlasting life and enjoyment forever
he takes pleasure. With such glorious
intentions his creative work began
with the celestial beings, who are still
enjoying his favor. With similar be
nevolence he created man little low
er than the angels, browning him with
glory and honor as the king of al
creatures, on the animal, the human
plane, the likeness Of his Maker, who
is a spirit. Hearkening to the explana