The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-03-15
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when something may occur In their
experiences which will put them into
the class of the broken-hearted and
contrite Of spirit and cause them to
feel after God, If haply they might
find him as a satisfying portion. In
harmony with the Masters direction,
it is our aim to bind up the broken
hearted; to comfort those that MOURN"
to tell them of the oil of joy which the
Lord is willing to bestow for their
spirit of heaviness and sorrow for sin
isaiah Xxi, 1-3). AS the Master ex-
pressed no reproof of those engaged
in any form Of moral reform, even
asceticism, so it is with us. We desire
to oppose no one who is doing any
good work. whether he follow with us
in every particular or not. There are
so many engaged In doing evil works,
and so few engaged In doing good, that
not one of the latter class can be
spared from the ranks Of the service OF
righteousness.
AS the Master did not give his time
to temperance reform, nor social re-
form, nor political reform, but did
give his time to the instruction of the
people in the doctrines of the Divine
Word, SO let us be intent to follow
his instruction in this matter, not
teaching for doctrines the precepts Of
men, but the Word of God, which liv-
eth and abideth forever-expoundin
unto the people the Scriptures and as
sisting them to see the length and
breadth Of their meaning Neverthe-
less, as the religious teachers of the
Masters day hated Jesus and his dis
ciples for this cause, Because they
taught the people," and prosecuted
them because they did not walk In
the beaten paths of their day, so we
may expect also to be hated without
cause; so we may expect that the
scribes and Pharisees and Doctors Of
the Law today will be grieved because
the people are taught, because the
light Of the knowledge of the glory of
God shining in the face of Jesus Christ
is presented to the people as an in
centive to love and obedience. instead
of the doctrine of eternal torment 1t
matters not that all the educated min
istry today well know, and would not
for a moment deny. their disbelief in
the doctrine of eternal torment. if
cross-questioned. Nevertheless many
of them hate us and oppose us, be-
cause we show the people the true
interpretations Of Gods Word. and lift
before the eyes of their understand
ing God Of Love, Just. Merciful.
Righteous altogether, and fully capa-
Bile both in wisdom and power to work
out all the glorious designs which he
''purposed in himself before the foun-
dalton of the world
~ They perceive that the teaching
of the doctrines of Purgatory and eter-
nal torment has not had a sanctify
ing influence upon mankind in all the
sixteen centuries in which 1t has been
preached. They fear that to deny
these doctrines now would make a
bad matter worse. They fear that If
the Gospel of the Love Of God and of
the Bible-that 1t does not teach eter
nal torment for anywhere made gen.
orally known, the effect upon the
world would be to increase its wicked
ness, to make life and property less
secure than now and to fill the world
still more than now with blasphemies
e. They fear also that certain
amount of discredit would come to
themselves because, knowing that the
Bible does not teach eternal torment,
according to the Hebrew and Greek
original. they secreted the knowledge
from the people They fear that this
would forever discredit them with
their hearers. Hence they still out
wardly lend their influence to the doc
trines of eternal torture, which they
do not believe, and feel angry towards
us because we teach the people the
Truth upon the subject. which they
know will bring to them hundreds vf
questions difficult to answer or dodge.
Gods Love Constraineth Us.
ask you. dear readers, Were you
constrained to become children Of God
and to render to the Lord the homage
and the obedience of your lives
through fear or through love? | am
not asking you whether you never
have feared; but | am asking you
what brought you to the point of con-
secrating your life to God? Surely
that was not fear! | am aware, of
course. that there is a proper, cody
fear, reverence, and that the Scrip
lures declare 1.-THE fear rever-
ence) of the Lord is the beginning Of
wisdom" psalm cxi, 10). But this is
not the fear of eternal torment. which
tends to drive out love. How could
we love or esteem or truly worship a
God purposing the eternal torment Of
his creatures from before their crea-
ton?
could give you many proofs Of the
power Of love over the human heart,
in contrast with the ungodly fear of
the error. God says to us In so many
words, Their fear toward me is not
Of me, but is taught by the precepts OF
men," AS an Illustration: At Bible
Students Convention not long ago in
Ohio a well-dressed gentleman in at
tendance told me of how his heart ha
been touched with our presentations Of
the
Love Divine all love excelling."
He said, For years | have been a
member of the Presbyterian Church
without being really Christian at all.
Occasionally l went on sprees; some
times 1 gambled and drank. etc., etc.
Not until / received a knowledge Of
the true character of God as set forth
In your Scripture Studies did my
heart ever come to the proper attitude
of surrender to the Lord. Then l was
glad to give him my little all. and
wished It were more" The next day,
passing from the hotel to the audi
forum to a question meeting, this gen.
tleman put slip of paper into my
hand, which | supposed was a ques-
ton, and ! thrust into my coat pocket.
On the platform / drew it forth as one
Of the questions to be answered, and,
to my establishment, found it was a
check for $1,000. The man had not
been asked for one cent; but the Love
Of God had captivated his heart and
gotten control-not only of it, but of
his pocket-book and all. He wished to
show the Lord his appreciation Of the
Love Divine, the length and breadth
and height and depth, of which he now
comprehended, as never before.
Another case: l met with a Conven-
ton of Bible Students In Chattanooga
some five years ago. A gentleman at
tended who introduced himself to me
saying that he was from Mississippi
and that he had become deeply inter-
asfad I'm my presentations of the har-