The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-08-23
PEOPLES PULPIT.
The Vengeance
of Eternal ire
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah
and the cities about them Z. are set
forth for an example. suffering the
vengeance Of eternal FIRE" GUIDE y.


/ severe upon the Sodomites than upon
some Of those people to whom he
| preached. who would also have a
| share In the opportunities of that
great epoch-an opportunity. with the
Sodomites. of reconciliation to God
and the attainment of eternal life.
His words were. Woe unto you Cho-
razzin and Bethsaida. for If the mighty
works which have been done In you
had been done In Sodom and Gomor-
rah. they would have repented long
ago In sackcloth and ashes. Therefore
l say unto you. 1t shall be more toll
cradle for Tyre and Sidon In the day
Of judgment 1.-THE worlds trial time,
the Millennium than for you MAT
thew ii. %. 23l. What more could we
task upon this subject? What higher
authority could be invoked than the
Great Judge himself?
1t will not do to say that Jesus did
not refer to the same Hcentious Sod
omites mentioned by st. Jude in our
text 1t will not do to say that Jesus
meant some Sodomites living in bis
day. because there were none The
Master distinctly tells us that "the
same day that Lot went out of Sodom
1t rained down fire and birthstone from
heaven and destroyed them all" duke
xvii. 29l. When our Lord declares
that lit shall be more tolerable for
Sodom in the day of judgment than
for GQnnFn0aIr11p nd hn o{A
In which he preached. he implies that
it will still be tolerable for those peo-
pie who heard him and who rejected
his message
THUS It ls Written"
This Gospel Age which began with
our Lords sufferings and trying expe-
riences. and which has continued those
experiences with his followers, has for
its object the preparation. the qualifi-
cation. of those who will be the Judges
Of the world In the coming Age They
must all be developed In the fruits and
graces Of the Holy Spirit-"meekness
patience. brotherly kindness, love-"
else that will not be fit to be the
Judges Of mankind by and by. 1t Is
required that all become copies of the
Redeemer. Gods dear Son. st. Paul
tells US this. saying. Know We not
that the saints shall judge the world?"
and that God has foreordained that all
Of these judges must be copies of his
Son? (Romans viii. 20; Corinthians
vi, p.
Come back with me to the Old Tesla
ment Scriptures and note how the Di-
vine Spirit dictated this matter Of the
future trial of the Sodomites to one Of
the prophets and caused it to be writ
ten for our instruction. Alas! as Jesus
said. we have been "slow of heart to
believe all that the prophets have
spoken" duke xiv. 25). Through
Ezekiel the Prophet. the Lord explains
that when the restitution time shall
come at the Second Advent Of our
Lord In the glory Of his Kingdom. then
the Divine blessing will come upon
Israel now cast of Nor will the bless
ing Of Messiah's Kingdom come upon
Israel only 1t will extend to all the
families of the earth. Through the
Prophet the Lord specially emphasized
to Israel her two sister nations, Sodom
and Samaria. The Lord pointed out
that In the day Of their pride and pros
nerity they disdained these sister ma
lions as being far beneath them and
unworthy Of their notice in every way.
But In the restitution times (Acts iii.
1871 they will be glad to have a share
of hn D4ufua 70 rnr in Inn mil
those nations formerly despised.
The Lord declares that it is not be-
cause u the worunlness OF any OF THESE
that he proposes their restitution. but
because of his glorious character, for
which his namesake. Let me quote
to you this remarkably clear state
ment Of the Divine purposes future;
and let us notice that it is emphatic
ally declared that the ones to be re-
stored and blessed are the very ones
who persisted In the days Of Lot. We
read
"Sodom thy sister hath not done
as thou hast done Be-
hold. this was the iniquity Of thy sis
ter Sodom. pride. fulness Of bread.
and abundance Of idleness was to her.
neither did she strengthen the
hand Of the poor and the needy. And
they were naughty. and committed
abomination before me; therefore
took them away as l saw good. [God
did not see good to take them to hell
of eternal torture; but he did see good
to destroy them and to make them an
example of the destruction Of all ult1-
mately displeasing. to him after enjoy
ing a knowledge Of his grace and an
opportunity for eternal life.]
Thou also which hast condemned
thy sister nations bare thine own
shame for thy sins. They are more
righteous than thou las Jesus de-
clared). When shall bring again their
captivity [bring them from the prison
house of DEATH then Will I
bring again the captivity Of thy cap
tives in the midst of them: that thou
mayest bear thine own shame and
mayest be COMPOUNDED in all that thou
hast done. in that thou art comfort
unto them. When thy sisters Sodom
and her daughters shall return to their
former estate, and Samaria and her
daughters return to their former es-
tate, then thou and thy daughters
shall return to your former estate
will remember my Covenant
with the in the days Of thy youth
and I will establish unto them an
everlasting Covenant 1.-THE New Law
Covenant of which Messiah Is the
Mediator and which. under his Media
torial Kingdom shall bless Israel and
all who will come into Israel under
the glorious terms of that New Cove
nent] Jeremiah XXI. 81.
'Then thou shalt remember thy
ways and be ashamed when thou shalt
receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy
younger: and 1 will give them unto
thee for daughters, but not by thy
Covenant mot under your present
Law Covenant. but under the New
Law Covenant and Its better Media
tori that thou mayest re-
member and be COMPOUNDED and never
open thy mouth any more, because Of
thy shame, when am pacified toward
thee for all that thou hast done, saith
the Lord God" ezekiel xvi. 1863.
Length and Breadth - Height and
Depth.
How wonderful it at first seems to
us to find that we really have good
kind. loving God. and not an unmerci-
full and vengeful one! So grossly were
we deceived respecting his character.
by the traditions handed down from
the past. that we gave him the rev.
erence Of fear, rather than that Of
love and devotion. The clearer light
comes to us as a fresh revelation Of