The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-10
ness OF this proposition

proper faith. hope, JOY and spirit of a
sound mind are impossible
Divine Antidote For Fear.
Gods message through the Law and
the Prophets. to Israel, as interpreted
by Jesus and his Apostles, gives us the
true antidote for fear. 1t does not
deny sin, sickness, sorrow, death; it de-
MES no fact, but 1t does hold out
remedy for all of these, an antidote.
''the balm of Gilead." Moreover, it in
forms us that this antidote can be re-
ceived only through the cooperation of
our heads and hearts.
1t informs us that this healing is OBJ
tainable by only comparatively few
at this time, but, eventually, the Divine
blessings, worldwide, shall operate to-
ward all humanity as fully as have the
penalties Of sin. 1t applies now Gin full
degree) only to such as have the hear
ing ear, the eye Of faith and the ap.
preciative, responsive heart. Others
may obtain measure only of this con-
ISOLATION. The Great Teacher gave US
the key to this deliverance from fear,
saying, ''Ye shall know the Truth and
the Truth shall make you free. If the
Son shall make you free, We shall be
free indeed John viii. 80. 36).
The first step toward having the
Truth make us free is to have the coat
ing of ignorance and superstition re-
moved and this is difficult matter.
For instance, the Catholic superstition
of Purgatory and the Protestant super
stition of eternal torment, for practical
ly all mankind, have been so thorough
ly riveted upon their faithful that to
break their bonds and get free is a
difficult task Only those who hunger
and thirst after the Lord and his right
eousness are in any likelihood Of ever
being properly freed.
Others getting free from one error
are merely steered by the Adversary
into another as bad or worse. God
seeketh not these at the present time;
he will deal with them by and by I'M
der Messiah's glorious Kingdom, when
Satan shall be bound. Now, as the
Apostle declares. "God seeketh such to
worship him as worship him in spirit
and in truth: 1.-THE secret Of the Lord
is with them that reverence him and
he will show them his Covenant"-he
will set them free now from the bond
age of superstition and fear, and by
and by. in the First Resurrection" he
will free them from the body Of cor
ruption.
In other words. at the present time
all humanity may receive a blessing
Of heart-consOlation in proportion as
they can come to the knowledge Of
Divine Truth; and each will be helped
to the knowledge of the Truth in pro-
portion to his hunger and thirst after
righteousness honesty of soul.
The dishonest-hearted are not worthy
Of being set free from fear. Liberty
and freedom from fear for these would
not be favorable to them nor to others
ISOLATED with alienation from God
And. as the Bible declares, "None of
the wicked shall understand" dan
xii, 1O)
Mystery of the Gospel Age.
To attain the highest blessing which
God has to offer at the present time
certain difficult requirements must be
complied with. Sin must be repented
Of heartily. and, SO far as possible,
restitution must be made, which
means that sin must be forsaken to
the extent of ability. Faith must then
recognize the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the world
that the sacrifice for sins was neces-
sary, and that God himself provided
it in the death of Jesus. Faith and
knowledge must go further and not
only see and acknowledge the death of
the Redeemer, but also that God rails
ed him from the dead and highly ex-
allied him to spirit being again, to the
intent that eventually he may accom-
plish for all mankind, the wonderful
blessings foretold in the Law and the
Prophets.
Additionally, to such will be revealed
the great Mystery" of this Gospel
Age. lasting from the death Of Jesus
to the manifestation of Messiah in
power and great glory as Michael
the "God-like One" Daniel xii, u. The
Mystery is that Jesus is the Head.
Chief, Lord, over the Church which
is his Body, and that the Body" men,
bers viii eventually be glorifed with
the Head on the spirit plane; and that
then Head and Body will constitute
the great Messiah whose spiritual
reign of thousand years will result
In the blessing and uplifting OF man.
kind.
Whoever shall be thus taught of God
In the school of Christ will learn also
the necessity for having a share with
the Master in his suffering and death,
in order to have a share with him in
his glorious reign. These will be
taught by the great Head that ''if
they suffer with him they shall reign
with him. and that the sufferings of
this present time Of faithfully endured
by them) will work out an exceeding
and abundant blessing.
The Sentiment of Our Text,
To properly understand our text and,
indeed, to understand the Bible as
whole, 1t is necessary to discern that
God has foreordained two Israels-the
earthly and the heavenly. Both are
precious, both are select" both are to
be used Of the Lord during Messiah's
Kingdom reign-the one on the heay-
emily plane and the other on the earth
ly. A mistake has been made by
some in recognizing the earthly Israel
and not recognizing the heavenly or
spiritual Israel. Others have made the
mistake of recognizing the heavenly
or spiritual Israel and not recognizing
the earthly Israel. 1.-THE promise of
God is to be sure to both the seeds of
Abraham-to that which is according
to the promise, the oath-the Spiritual
Scotland also to that which is accord
ing to the Law, the natural seed Ro-
mans iv, 16).
The Spiritual Seed must be develop
ed first, because the blessing will pro
coed from the Heavenly Seed to the
earthly seed, then from the earthly
seed to all nations. The blessing upon
all nations will consist of the oppor-
tunity that will be offered them of be-
coming members Of the earthly seed
which, ultimately, as the sands Of the
seashore, will include the saved Of all
nations-all found worthy of everlast-
Ing life. 81 have constituted thee a
father Of many nations" Rom. iv, 10.
"Prinoes In All the Earth"
All who will come into this blessed
experience of relationship to God are
described In our text. "Fear notl for
have redeemed thee; have called
thee by thy name, thou art mine. !"
The faithful fo1.. Of tl.is Coa.,al -