The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

OF Israel, and to no other nation. The
offer Of Israeps Law Covenant was
he that doeth these things shall
live" God, of course, knew that Is
rael could not keep perfectly the con.
dition Of that great and wonderful
Law. The offer served as a lesson to
that nation respecting the impossible.
ity of any mans keeping the perfect
Law; and the same lesson comes to us
Of this Gospel Dispensation. We see
that what the Jew could not do we
cannot do; where he failed we would
fail.
Thus through the Law Covenant God
taught great lesson to Israel and to
the Church; and He will ultimately
teach the same lesson to the world and
to angels-proving that by the deeds OF
the Law no fallen flesh could be recov-
cred and re-instated in Divine favor
-Four thousand years passed from
mans creation, and deAth reigned
from Moses to Christ as thoroughly as
It had previously reigned from Adam
to Moses. The Law Covenant did moi
stop the reign Of sin and death. Some
thing more than a Law is necessary
The Divine Program demands recov.
cry from sin and death, and the Divine
Program purposes this recovery.
Nearly nineteen centuries have passed
since the first advent of our Lord, ani
still the reign of sin and death IL IL
progress more than ever The increase
Of knowledge has brought increase o,
sin; increase Of population has brought
increase Of death; until today the
world Is In a terrible condition OF
mental, moral and physical dilapida
ton, and ninety thousand 60 into the
tomb every twentyfour hours.
But Remedy is in sight. 1t wal
f0retold through the Prophets, but b
began to operate In Jesus. His mirac
ulous birth, His faithfulness and con
secration unto death, His reward OF
resurrection and exaltation to the
right hand Of the Majesty on High
are all essential to mans recovery
essential to the overthrow Of this reign
Of sin and death over our race.
We see still further developments
and preparations. The Scriptures in.
form us that it is the Divine purpose
to have multitudinous Messiah, OF
which the glorious Jesus is the Head
and the Church the Body.
We perceive that God for nearly
nineteen centuries has been calling
and drawing a special class Of man.
kind to constitute His Elect, the Bride
Glass, to be joint-heirs With His Sor
In the Kingdom Of Glory which vii.
finally vanquish sin and Satan and de.
liver the willing and obedient of man
kind into the full liberty Of the chill
dren Of God freedom from sin and
death, and into the enjoyment Of life
everlasting and Divine favor
The Dark and Marrow Path
This special class is required to
walk by faith and not by sight-to
walk in the narrow way" of self
denial and opposition to the world,
the flesh and the Adversary, in the
footsteps Of Jesus. Ignorance, selfish
ness, sin, death, all go to make up the
deplorable conditions In the world and
to constitute the way a narrow one
In which this Elect class is required
to walk, In order to demonstrate their
full loyalty and obedience to the will
of God-even unto death. Evidently,
no such narrow way could have ex-
listed had God not permitted eyilEsin
Evidently, therefore, this Elect class
could not be developed and tested ex-
cept by the Divine permission of sin.
The very essence Of their character
development Is associated with the
Divine promise that "all things shall
work together for good to those who
love God, to the called ones according
to His purpose"
1t seemed wise to our Heavenly Fa-
Their that our Lord Jesus should learn
obedience through sufferings and be
tested in respect to His willingness to
endure suffering for righteousness
sake. How appropriate 1t is that the
same Father should make similar ar
rangements for all of the Church,
whom He win receive from amongst
the race of Adam to be members of
the Royal Priesthood under Jesus, the
High Priest of our order.
We see a necessity for this, not only
as respects our own testings and a
thorough proof Of our own heart-loyal
ty to the Lord, but additionally we
see wisdom on Gods part in thus
preparing priesthood of the future
A priest, as recognized amongst the
Jews, was not merely one who offered
sacrifices, although every priest was
Of necessity a sacrifcer The special
mission of the priestly tribe amongst
the other tribes was that Of instruct
ing, helping, healing, teaching. And
so God is preparing a Royal Priest
hood for the Messianic Age to bless,
to heal, to teach, to uplift all the
willing and obedient.
The royalty Of the priesthood signi-
fies that it will no longer be a sacri-
hcing class, for all sacrificing viii be
at an end. 1t will be glorious class.
royal, of the divine nature, and repre-
sentatives with our Lord Jesus Of the
Divine power. AS priests who will
have to do with Judging and chasten-
ing, healing and helping humanity,
how much sympathy do we suppose
that these Royal Priests should have?
Are they not to be on the Divine
plane of glory, members Of the Body
Of Messiah?
Sins Lesson to Humanity
Humanity is learning great lesson
through the permission Of sin. Pres
ent experiences teach the lesson that
.'the way Of the transgressor Is hard"
"The wages Of sin is death;" "The soul
that sinneth it shall die" The exceed
ing sinfulness Of sin is thus being dem
onstrated to humanity. Few profit by
the lesson in the present life, and
these are chiefly such as are called to
the heavenly calling. The great ma
jority of mankind learn to know sin
evil. only. Even Gods provision TO
the future of mankind Is obscures
from the masses. ''The god Of this
world hath blinded the minds Of them
that believe not, lest the light Of the
glorious Gospel of Gods goodness
should shine into their hearts"
But with the dawning of the New
Dispensation of Messiah's Kingdom,
the true light Of the knowledge Of the
glory Of Gods character will shine