The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-11-15

his text from Reve-
lation Xxx, H.
PAsToR RT1ssErr Il saw a great
White Throne, and
him that sat on 1t, from whose face
the earth and the heaven fed away,
and there was found no place for
them" He said:
Sin made moral towards of our race.
From early infancy fear and apprehen-
sion, especially in respect to things fu-
ture, have been impressed upon u.s.
We realize our imperfection, and that
our God is perfect, and that perfection
is the only standard which he could
approve, and that some kind of pun
ishment for sin must be expected. The
Adversary, taking advantage Of our
forefathers, misrepresented the AL
mighty and has used our fears to
ALLEVIATE us from him and to wrest and
distort his message to US In the Bible.
st. Paul assures US that this Is Satan's
general procedure; that he puts light
for darkness and darkness for light.
Thus 1t comes that our text, which is
really one of the most beautiful and
comforting in the whole Bible when
rightly understood, has to many be-
come lash in the hands of their fears.
1t is needless to say that our text is
one Of the symbolisms Of a Book filed
with symbols. Gods people. guided by
his holy Spirit, in due time will ap-
preciate these symbols. For many of
them the due time is already here.
The Throne is Messiah's. 1t represents
his Mediatorial Dominion Of earth for
a thousand years. Its wilderness sym
bolizes the purity, the justice. of his
Kingdom of righteousness under the
whole heavens. The heavens and
earth which will fee away from the
presence of the great Emmanuel will
not be the heavens Of Gods Throne.
nor the earth which he has given to
the children of men. The heavens and
earth which will fee away, and for
which no place will be found, are, of
course, the symbolical ones. In Bible
symbology the earth represents estab-
lished civilizations; the sea represents
the restless, dissatisfied masses of hui
mainly. The mountains symbolic hu-
man governments, kingdoms. which
constitute the backbone Of present
spiritual influences - Ecclesiasticism,
Churchianity. Thus interpreted our
text declares that when Messiah shall
assume control of the world; when he
shall sit upon his Throne; when he
shall exercise rulership amongst men,
the result will be that the social sys-
tenn of today, as well as the present
day ecclesiasticism, will fee away, will
pass out of existence-no place will be
found for them
Satan Now the Prince.
Some man may be inclined to ask,
Has not Christ been the great Ruler
of the world for these past nineteen
centuries? And whatever may be said
Of the four thousand years before the
coming Of Christ may it not be claim
ed that he has been reigning ever since
his ascension to the right hand of the
Father? We answer that If this be
true; If the Redeemer Of men has been
reigning as the King Of earth for
these nineteen centuries, there should
be something in the Bible to so teach.
But we find nothing. On the contrary,
we hearken to the Masters own words
telling us that Satan is the Prince of
this age John xiv, 30). We hearken
to him again telling us, my Kingdom
is not Of this world (age)" John xviii,
86). Again he says, II will come again
and receive you unto myself John
xiv, 81. Again he tells US that he went
into far country to receive the title
to his Kingdom, then to return to take
possession of it (Matthew xxi, 80; XIV,
10, and that at his second coming he
will be the great King of glory. He
tells us the same thing in Matthew
XIV, 81, when the Son Of Man shall
come In his glory. and all the holy an
gels with him. then shall he sit upon
the throne of his glory"
On the other hand, as we scan the
pages of history during the past eight
cen centuries, we are convinced that
Messiah has not been the King Of the
world. To think of him as such, with
the omnipotent power which we &C
credit to him, would be to charge him
with responsibility for bloody and
atrocious prosecutions and wars and
famines and pestilences. Surely no
right-minded person, after mature con-
sideration, can nationally accept the
theory that the glorious Messiah's
reign of righteousness for the blessing
Of the whole earth. the uplifting Of
the whole race, the enlightenment of
every creature, and the bringing of all
possible into accord with God-none Of
us could think that that reign of the
great Mediator between God and men
Is In the past. We must agree with
our text that 1t is In the future, and
that, when established. its effect upon
the institutions of the present-politi-
cal, social. financial, religious-will be
such that they will flee away; no
place ever more will be found for
them. All! from this standpoint there
is hope; but from no other standpoint.
We are living today at the very eli
max Of civilization. Yet today we be-
hold more clearly than ever before
that the deeply-ingrained selfishness
of humanity is a blight upon all the
blessings and conveniences and advan-
tages Of our day.
The Curse of Selfishness.
1 need not do more than remind
you that selfishness is to be found In
every one of us, and that semblance
of righteousness is insisted upon by US
all and adhered to, and violators Of it
are styled criminals. Nevertheless it
seems impossible to legislate equity,
justice The keen intellects Of men
find opportunities for circumventing
the laws and for committing theft and
murder and sin in the face Of laws and
without danger of being punished.
Let us illustrate this: We have heard
British Government has spent millions
Of Pounds Sterling" for irrigation pur-
poses to compensate for irregularities
in the rainfall Undoubtedly the fam
ines are to some extent due to water
scarcity. Nevertheless, one Of the
ablest of our engineers informs the
world that there has not been in fifty
years such a scarcity as should have
created the famines. The famines Of
India, which have cost the lives OF
millions, are to be accredited to greed
-selfshness which has fourished I'M
der the shadow Of the law. Wealthy
milling concerns purchase the rice from