The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-07-12
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL.
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.

Brooklyn, July 3.-Pastor Russell Of
the Brooklyn Tabernacle preached to-
day in Brooklyn's largest Auditorium,
the Academy of Music, from the above
text, to a crowded and attentive audi
ence. He'said:
Tomorrow will be celebrated as LIB
erty Day" by Americans in all parts
of the world To some, of course, 1t
means holiday, time of recreation.
but to others of US it speaks eloquently
of Liberty enlightening the World"
Even the enemies of the Republic must
concede that an influence has gone
forth from these shores to the utter
most bounds of earth-an influence
against tyranny, and in a broad, gen.
eral way in fine with the Golden Rule,
which respects the liberties of others
as 1t desires its own to be respected.
1t is difficult to estimate the weight
of influence attaching to the numerous
letters going from these shores to
every country under heaven, to every
hamlet and village and city. 1t is diff
fcult to estimate the influence OF the
newspapers and magazines which go
forth from this land breeding the love
of liberty. And yet, dear friends, every
day and every year, as our ideas ma
ture, we come to see more and more
distinctly what constitutes true lib
erty," and To distinguish this from
license" which sometimes steals the
livery of liberty. to grossly misrepre-
sent it.
1t is not surprising that many who
come to our shores from lands where
personal liberty is almost unknown are
Inclined to expect more liberty than
we can safely accord them. They are
obliged to learn gradually the lesson
that social liberty signifies. not per
sonal license. but the permission to do
only those things which will not inter
fere with the rights and liberties of
others. Indeed. this is the lesson
which all must learn in order to be
good, useful citizens of this Republic;
a lesson therefore to be learned by all
who would enjoy true liberty. 1t is
the lesson of self-control; the lesson of
minding ones own business; the lesson
Of speaking evil Of no man; the lesson
Of doing good unto all men as we have
opportunity; the lesson Of intruding
on the proper rights and privileges of
no one else. But alas. how few of the
world have come to rightly view the
liberty of which we boast!
In the School of Christ.
1t is In the School of Christ that the
pupils or disciples of the Lord Jesus
may learn of him. the Great Teacher
the important lesson of self-control and
the proper exercise of our own lib
erty, without encroaching upon the
rights and liberty of others. Alas
dear friends, we must concede that re-
markably few of the Lords people
have learned this lesson and are quail
fed to graduate along this line! Many
followers of Christ continually prac
tise injustice in the little things of life
neglecting to regard the liberties and
rights of others. In the Church, in the
home, in business. the rights of Others
are all too frequently ignored or only
partially recognized. 1t is more i'm
portant that we learn to recognize the
rights and liberties of others than tc
insist upon our own rights. The for
mer course tends to make us Godlike
the latter cultivates selfishness and
frequently gets us into difficulty un
necessarily. The Apostles instruction
is that so far as possible, we should
live peaceably with all men, which
often necessitates the voiding of oul
own rights for the sake of peace.
This matter of insisting upon rights
and liberties is moving the world more
and more toward contention and strife
and fastening 1t toward the great time
Of trouble which shall engulf the
whole social structure. Doubtless thu
great majority will be claiming theil
individual rights while almost total,
disregarding the rights of others. W.
urge, therefore. that kind of love O.
liberty which Is willing to sacri
fee as respects its own privileges
that 1t may be helpful TO others II
maintaining their proper liberties. No
does this signify that the people O.
God should ignore their own libert.
and fight for the liberty of others
Rather we should stand for the prin
ciples of righteousness. and both b.
word and precept refrain from stirrin,
up violence. or jeopardizing the inter
ests of others. Liberty Of conscience
we should maintain in ourselves ant
should encourage in others.
Liberty Of Children Of God"
St. Paul speaks in our text Of tn,
liberty of the children Of God" This
primarily. signifies our desertion from
our taskmaster. Sin. and the surrende
Of our wills to God and Righteousness
1t means reputation of liberty T.
do wrong and the grasping. through
Christ, of liberty from bondage to Sin
But, as the Apostle elsewhere explains
wefind it impossible to conquer fully tn,
fallen flesh. We will find it impossible
as New Creatures" to attain the full
liberty of Sonship under present condi
lions. because. as st. Paul declares
''The flesh lusteth against the Spirit
and the two are contrary the one T.
the other" Galatians v, 10. We hav
a constant fight to resist the enslavinl
influences of Sin-to maintain our lib
ar+x, oc oooc ~ Cad Tho vioforu xxyfl
not be fully attained until our resuy
rection, when This corruptible mus
put on interruption" Then our new
minds will receive new, perfect spirit
bodies, through which they can oper
ate perfectly, and exercise, to the full
true liberty. true freedom.
The full liberty of the Children o.
God, therefore. is not attained In thii
present life, but will be attained In thu
resurrection, when we shall be per
fected in the Masters likeness. Ant
In this connection 1t is well to not
that this is the liberty Of the angel
also-liberty of freedom from Sin
from the power and domination o
error and superstition and weaknesse
through heredity. All the angels wer
thus created, and father Adam ant
mother Eve also were thus created, II
the full likeness of the children o
God Some lost their liberty by disc
bedience; they became slaves to St
and Death, and have been more or les
bound by these conditions from thel
until now. So, then, 1.-THE liberty o
the children Of God" is absolute pei
fection-the ideal condition for whic
the Church is striving.
The Groaning Creation.
The Apostle in our text is discussin
the condition of the world of mankin
in general He reminds US that 9Th
whole creation groaneth and travailet
In pain together until now" Roman
Wifi OOA In tho nineteenth verse b