The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05

CnOSe OF 0umDfe DlrJn. nave organs OF
the mind which they rarely use, and
which cannot. therefore be said to be
evoluted BIZ them; and those organs
are not the lower but the higher ones,
the nobler ones. These qualities of
mind are present but dormant. merely
waiting to be quickened into activity.
This fact favors the Bible view that
mankind are fallen and that few are
living up to even the best of the i'm
paired organism which they possess.
The evolutionary theory. that we
should live. and die simply for the ad-
vancement of future generations. may
prove an incentive to some. but in our
judgment these will be few OF far
greater interest is the Bibles teaching
that the present is the night time, In
which our friends and neighbors and
ourselves, one by one. fall asleep in
death; and that Gods Infinite Wisdom
and Power and Love have provided a
resurrection of the dead, both of the
just and the unjust-the just to glory.
honor and everlasting life. the unjust
to glorious condition very different
from the present reign of sin and death
under the reign of the Prince of Life.
with glorious opportunities. for thou
sand years Of uplifting blessedness.
Then everlasting life will be the re-
ward to the faithful and appreciative
Discomfort the Viper Of Anarchy.
We have noted that unthankfulness
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means unhappiness and misery Who
then can afford TO be unthankful. or to
take the road Of unbelief which sure
~ leads thereto? St Paul draws our
attention to the fact that much Of the
degradation Of the heather should be
directly traced to unthankfulness. He
declares that the Headsh1p Of the AL
mighty over all creation, and His I'M
limited power, are clearly manifested
In the things of nature.
He declares that the heather "are
without excuse, because they, when
they knew God. glorified Him not as
God, neither were thankful, but be-
came vain in their imaginations. and
their foolish heart was darkened. Pro-
Tossing themselves to be wise they be-
came foolish" and idolaters. where
fore God also gave them up to uncIean-
ness. through the lusts Of their own
hearts, to dishonor their own bodies
between themselves" Romans /, 21.)
Unthankfulness to God was not pun
ished directly nor threatened with a
future punishment. Acting automat-
ically 1t separated the unthankfuF ones
from their Creator, and their course
became downward, degenerate.
The spirit Of unthankfulness as
malady threatens our present civiliza-
ton with death. Year by year the
sentiment is growing, and discomfort.
when fully Matched out, win be the
viper of anarchy, for whose virus
there is no human remedy.
We thank God that although this
awful anarchy foretold is near at
hand, and is beyond human ability to
cope with. yet Divine Love has prom
ised to intervene to. save the unthank-
full world by the establishment of the,
Messianic Kingdom in power and
great glory, for the blessing of all the
families Of the earth; for the making
straight Of all the crooked paths; for
the opening of the eyes Of understand
ing. that all may see the Truth.
The Thanksgiving of Christians.
st. Paul, addressing Christians, says:
What manner Of persons ought zoe to
beT' Similarly, we might say. How
earnest should be the thanksgiving Of
Christians! But alas! Thanksgiving
Day with us has lost much of the re-
ligious import known to our forefa
theirs. Notwithstanding false doc
trines inculcated by man-made creeds,
our forefathers believed the Bible rec
ord Of mans original perfection, his
fall into sin and condemnation, the re
demption accomplished through Jesus,
and restoration to Divine favor thus
made possible. These truths consti-
tuted the foundation for living faith
in God and led them to give thanks
for the harvest Of the year, accounting
that If every good and perfect gift
comes directly or indirectly from the
hand Of God it should be received &C.
cordingly and acknowledged.
Today. however. we have the form
Of godliness without the power, be-
cause the precious faith has been well
nigh destroyed by the Higher Critics
and Evolutionists. who for the past
fifty years have been laboring con-
stantly to this end, and with wonder
full success. Well does God ask, Who
believes the Divine Record or Mes
sage, and who sees the Arm of Jeho
yah connected with the worlds af-
fairs?
Anyone having lost faith in the
Bible and It's God has therefore lit
tie left except the form Of godliness,
without its power Nevertheless, here
and there in all nations and all sects
of Christendom are to be found loyal
souls, bewildered by the present trend
of affairs. and crying out to God for
further light. and approaching and Civ
ing thanks for every blessing, even
though they do not understand the
philosophy Of their own experience.
The Morning Star Dawn.
st. Peter declares that the sun-burst
of the New Dispensation of Messiah's
Kingdom win be preceded by the
morning star. which will shine into the
hearts Of Gods faithful people in the
early dawn, to herald its approach.
The Sun of Righteousness has not yet
arisen, but many of Gods people are
noting the clear Light now shining upon
the Divine Word, and are realizing
that it comes from Him. and that He
Is preparing them. through a better
understanding of the Bible, to appre-
ciate the glorious sunlight of Divine
mercy which will soon overspread the |