The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-03

dom that, misapplied, we call cunning
and craft. The proof Of what we say
is found in the fact that other nations
than those which have received this re-
fected light of Christianity are still
quite in the background. Only now,
as Christian civilization in perverted
form is reaching these peoples are they
awakening and becoming competitors
with so called Christendom.
In our advanced conceptions of
finance, warfare. etc., pertinent ques-
ton worthy of deep thought, is, Will
it be possible to live in the world at all
after the greatest financial minds shall
have "trust-ified" all Of the worlds bust
ness, and after the labor organizations
shall have had their say as to who
shall and who shall not earn living,
and after the teeming millions of China
and Japan shall have become thorough
ly civilized and Christianized after the
nominal sort? Would not the hordes
of the Far East overwhelm the COM
paratively little handful Of Europe and
America? What is the prospect of the
fulfillment of the prophecy of our text
Peace ON earth. good will toward
mem" There is no prospect from the
earthly sources toward which we have
been looking. If that prophecy is ever
to be fulfilled it must be by some
Divine intervention in human affairs
The Desire of All Nations Coming.
Notwithstanding the eighteen centu-
ries of delay our text as a prophecy
will surely be fulfilled, and be fulfilled,
too, by and through the One whom the
angels announced and whose birth is
very generally celebrated today. The
Great Teacher, questioned by PLATE, an
swered that he was born to be King
the King of the Jews; but he also add
ed, my Kingdom is not of this Age"
How truel Many of us have gotten the
wrong impression-that our Redeemer
has beer waging, as the Great King of
| Glory, an unsuccessful warfare for
eighteen centuries against Satan, sin
and death. But here we learn from
the Great Teachers own lips that his
Kingdom is not of this Age 1t belongs
to the world to come"-the Age to
come
Do we inquire, then, who has been
the ruler of this world, this Age? The
answer of the Master is that Satan is
er. The dominion of earth was given
to man. But Satan, deceiving our race.
putting darkness for light. has become
thereby the real ruler, using humanity
merely as his tools He Is styled "the
god of this world" and the prince of
this world" or age. . And we are told
again that HE now worketh in the
hearts of the children of disobedience.
When we reflect how many of human
ity are disobedient. we see the vast
ness of the empire controlled by the
Prince of Darkness. And when we see
the few, comparatively. who are sol
diers of the cross and followers of the
Lamb we perceive that. as the Master
said, his following during this age is
to be little flock"
Perplexed and confused many may
ask, What, then. is the hope of the full
fillment of our text. Peace on earth,
good will toward menY We answer
that our Master, who declared that he
was not the Prince of this age, de-
clared also that his Kingdom of the
next age will be introduced with pow
er and great glory and that, although
its initial manifestation win be with
clouds and darkness and a time of
trouble such as never before has been,
nevertheless his reign will be glorious.
triumphant and eternal. HE shall
take unto himself his great power and
reign" until "he shall have put all
enemies under his feet" 1.-The last
enemy that shall be destroyed Is
DEATH Unto him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess"
The victory of Emanuel means the
overthrow of sin-the crushing Of the
serpent's head. At the very beginning
of his glorious reign Satan shall be
bound and following its close he shall
be destroyed in the Second Death, to-
gether with all those who love un-
righteousness, after they shall have
AtAA AuiA NhONiC0EC 1uAl OkpOl
nifty for recovery from the snares of
sin and death. Then. indeed. the
whole world will proclaim the glory
Of God. There will no longer be dis
cordant sounds. AS the Scriptures de-
clare, There shall be no more crying.
the former things of sin and death
shall have passed away Grew. xxi. A..
The Great Restorer of All.
The great King who. eighteen CEN
turtles ago. died, the Just for the I'M
just, that he might judicially, bring
mankind back into harmony with God.
is to be the Great King of earth, the
great Restorer Of all that was lost in
Adam, and he will make all things
new" Revelation xxi. 81.
Everything appertaining to this
great Plan of Salvation outlined in the
Word of God is reasonable The cru
cial testing of the eject Church is nee
essary in order that, as faithful and
merciful priests of God and of Christ,
associated with him in his kingly
glory, they may be Gods instrument
tality in succoring mankind from the
fallen conditions which have resulted
from six thousand years of sin. and
from the malignant influence of the
Prince of darkness. during the thou
sand years which the Bible stipulates
as the period of Messiahs reign (Rev-
elation Xxx, Ga period neither too long
nor too short in which to accomplish
the great work of the worlds salvation.
True, some one might say, If it has
required eighteen centuries for the
development of the Church. how much
more time will be necessary for the
uplifting of the world? But we an
swer that it is not the Divine Purpose
to uplift the world to the station of
spirit nature and glory, but rather to
restitution blessings and conditions
1t is because of the high exaltation
offered to the Church that such crucial
testings of sacrificial obedience even
unto death is required. With the
Prince of darkness bound and the Sun
Of Righteousness arising with healing
In its beams the darkness of sin and
crime and sorrow will soon flee away.
One century of such blessed influence
upon the world will surely work won
ders. bringing in also inventions and
comforts and blessings, as yet I'M
dreamed of. Next will come the grad
ual awakening of all who have fallen
asleep in death. They will come forth
from the prison-house of death, as the
Scriptures declare; will come forth
that they may be made acquainted
with the true God and with his glo-
rious Son, the Redeemer, and with
the principles of righteousness in con-