The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-05-03

They reported first, that he was gone
from the sepulchre, and secondly, that
they had seen some angels who told
them that he was risen from the dead
And later Mary had reported that she
had seen the Lord and clasped him BIZ
the feet and that he had said to her,
Il am not yet assembled to my Father;
but go to my brethren and say unto
them, ! ascend unto my Father, ant
your Father; and to my God. and you
God" John Xxx, ~. Jesus said to tell
the disciples that he would meet them
in Galilee, as he had said to them
before. These bewildering experiences
were merely eading gradually on, pre-
pairing the disciples for the fuller
knowledge Of the facts.
1t was the same day corresponding
to tomorrow afternoon) that the Lord
overlook tv of the Borrowing disci-
Piles as they walked into the country
would not shock them and overpower
them by vision of his glorious pres
ence such as SmOte down Saul of Tar
sus on his way to Damascus, shining
above the brightness of the sun a.
monday" on the contrary he as
sumed body of flesh and travellers
clothing and talked sympatheticallv
with the two sorrowing ones. Afte,
hearing their woes and sorrows he
must have astonished them with his
knowledge of the Scriptures, as well
as by his sympathy, saying to them
20 foolish and slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spokenl
duke xiv. 25.) They had been Willing
to believe something of what the
Prophets had spoken-the glorious
things. the Iappifying things pertain
ing to Messiah's Millennial glory. But
they had been slow to believe the
prophets other testimonies to the eff
feet that the Redeemer must be lied
as Lamb to the slaughter" must be
the sin-offering. must be deSpised and
rejected of men. must be lifted up on
the cross as the antitype of the ''brazer
serpent" and must be raised from the
dead by the power of the Father to
the glory. honor and immortality of
his great station as Prophet. Priest.
Mediator. King. the antitype of Mel
chizedek. fer the fulflment to Israel
and the world Of all Of Gods great
promises.
Then said Jesus. In view of these ex-
positions, "Cught not Christ to have
suffered these things and 70 enter into
his glory?" What else should be ex-
pected? Did he not foretell his own
death? And did he not foretell his own
resurrection? And were you not too
confused to understand his teachings
to the full? Did not your minds run
more to the coming glory than TO what
he said TO y"u respecting the necessity
that you should watch and pray lest
ye enter into temptation" and lose all
your part aid hope under these trying
conditions? A little later, in the same
day. he appeared In the upper ROOM"
additionally this very room-the dool
being shut for fear Of TIE Jews-bar-
red, we may be sure. because the poor
disciples felt that the envy and hatred
which had led to the crucifixion of the
Master might easily be transferred
now to them because of their sympa-
thy with him and their relationship f.
his work Here Jesus materialized i'll
their presence and spoke a few words
He told them that he was really pres
ent with them and that 1t was not
~
And then he ate with them. honeycomb
and fish. as evidencing the fact that
they were not being addressed by an
Illusion. but by a corporeal being
While they still wondered with aston
ishment. he proved to them that their
risen Lord was no longer merely d
man, but that he had experienced a
change In his resurrection. so that now
he was a spirit being and could go and
come like the wind-appearing in
body of flesh when his purposes SO de-
manded. He gave proof of this by
vanishing out of their sight. dissolving
the body of flesh and bones and the
clothing as easily as he had created
them and by the same Divine power
The Pentecostal Blessing.
The glorified, resurrected Jesus re-
manned with the infant Church for
forty days, watching over their inter
ests. On four or five occasions he ap-
peared to them again in different forms
and for the further incubation of the
great lesson that he was risen and
changed. henceforth a spirit being.
Then he assembled up on high to ap-
pear in the presence of God on behalf
of his faithful ones first, as later on
world. The Fathers recognition Of
the merit of his sacrifice. applied ION
our behalf" was manifested by the
importation of the holy Spirit on Pente-
cost day. Traditionally this same won
derful upper room" witnessed that
outpouring of Divine blessing and
favor, which came only upon conse-
Grated believers and has come upon
the same class, and upon none other,
from that day unto this-begetting
them individually by the holy Spirit
to the divine nature with its promises
Of glory. honor and immortality to the
faithful, in association with the Lord
Jesus in his Millennial Kingdom.
That blessing was partial fulfil
ment of the Lords word through the
Prophet Joel. namely of that portion
which says. I'm those days will pour
out Of my Spirit upon my servants
and upon my landmarks" (Joel ii. %,
We are glad. dear friends, that what
occurred at that first Pentecost and
what has continued all through this
Gospel Age. of Pentecostal blessing
upon each individual member Of the
Body Of Christ. is merely a foretaste
of Gods great favor towards Adams
race. AS st. James declares q, 49, the
Church is merely "a kind of first-fruits
unto God of his creatures" True, the
first-fruits in this case is the very
choicest-Our Lord. the glorious Head
and High Priest, and his sanity fol
lowers the antitypical under-p priests of
the Royal Priesthood. But great
blessing is vet to come. for there shall
come still greater outpouring of
Gods Spirit as mentioned In the same
prophecy in the words, after those
days, saith the Lord. will pour out
my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons
and your daughters shall seek for me.
and your yong men shall see actually
what your ancients dreamed Of"
This will have its fultillment during
the Millenn, i Age. not that the world
in general will be begotten of the
holy Spirit to spirit nature like unto
the angels and like unto Christ. as in
our case, but the Lord has promised