The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-08-15

take no other.
synonymous. Hence log Of wood
that is good for something, that can be
made into something useful, Is said to
have good in It. and. hence. to have
God in it-ditto. q piece of iron, bed,
chair. a table. The folly grows into
saying that God Is everywhere aud j.
in everything. Thus faith in god
of nature and happen-so" takes the
place of fath in the God of the Bible,
whose residence is in heaven. but
whose intelligence and power extend
throughout the Universe, In thousands
Of ways Of which we are only learning
through electricity. radio activity.
ETC.. besides angelic messengers that
can come and go like the wind.
Our text, misunderstood, is supposed
to teach Divine omnipresence, whereas
it really teaches Divine omniscience
and Almighty power The Lords pres
cnce. as represented in Ills intelligence
and power. are everywhere Nowhere
could we go to be beyond His reach
and beyond His knowledge. Were this
thought thoroughly impressed upon
every human mind, what a vast diff
ference 1t would make in human con-
duct from that now seen-in Wall
Street, in banks. in palaces. in novels.
in saloons. in gambling houses-every-
where It is the great lesson needed
by the whole world Everyone who
believes this should join with nature
In attesting Divine Wisdom. Power,
Justice and Love.
But really the undermining of faith
In the God OF the Bible has been ac-
complished largely by the misrepre-
sentation of the Bibles teaching. Our
text, for instance, is supposed to teach
that God is In heaven with the sanity,
rejoicing with them and enjoying their
pleasure and that He also Is in hell
with the insanity. looking upon their
sufferings and tortures and planning
with devils for their everlasting con-
tinuance Thinking minds are reject
ing such nonsense. but. alas. they are
rejecting the Bible, too. hence have no
foundation for a better, truer faith.
Every educated minister knows that
/ tell the Truth to the common people
| when say that the word hell in our
text has not the slightest reference to
a place Of torture. or even Of conscious
ness. Indeed this is true Of every &C.
currence of the word hell. from Gene
sis to Malachi. In every instance the
translation Is from the same Hebrew
word. sheol. which signifies the Craze.
the tomb. and is thus most frequently
translated
urge upon all ministers of educa-
| ton to join with me In explaining to
the public the true meaning Of the He
| brew word sheol and the Greek word
hddes. Whatever may have been their
thought of expediency in the past they
should see that the mistaken views of
! the meaning Of these words are I'M
dermining the faith of Christendom.
The Psalmist really said. If l as
cend up into the sky. Thou art there;
| if make my bed in she0I (the gravel.
! behold, Thou art there In the
uttermost parts of the sea- even there
shall Thy hand lead me and Thy right
hand shall hold me-" The thought is
that the Divine Power is everywhere.
that whether we live or die, nothing
can separate us from Gods Wisdom
and Power and from the ultimate ac-
complishment Of our rescue from the
power of the grave. which God has
purposed and has promised shall he
done through the great Messiah. For
His Kingdom we wait and pray.
Is This View Unorthodox7
The word orthodox signifies correct
in doctrine" l am ready to admit
that my presentation is not the ord;
nary one-but claim that 1t is cor
rect. that 1t Is the true doctrine of the
Word of God. If so. it is orthodox, in
the highest sense Of that term. and ev-
erything to the contrary, being opposed
TO the standards of Gods Word, must
be- nnorthodox. Everything depends
upon our standard. I stand for the
Bible. its teaching. its doctrines. and
therefore am orthodox. On the con-
trary. Higher Critics and Evolutionists
and those who hold the creeds of the
Dark Ages" contradictory to the BIZ
BILE, are proportionately unorthodox-
heretical
What Christendom needs today is a
return to the Bible. an investigation
Of its teaching and. correspcndingly.
a rejection of all human creeds. which
are admittedly more or less defective
Let us stand fast In the liberty where
with Christ hath made us free" Let
us accept the Bible as the only stand
ard. Let us study it and understand
it to the extent of our ability. Let us
rejoice in every degree Of harmony we
all attain in the correct understanding
of it, Let US fellowship as Christians
all who acknowledge its Divine au-
tlIenticity and who. In harmony with
its presentation, are trusting In Jesus
as their Redeemer; and who. in accept
ance Of His invitation, have forsaken
all to be His footstep followers.
These are the real Christians. with
whatever sect or party they may have
become identified. through the suppCsi-
! ton that they were doing the will OF
God. These alone are the saints these
alone are running in the race course;
these alone have the opportunity Of
making their calling and election
sure" The masses known as Chris
tendon are unchristian. in every sense
Of the word They aie rlvilized heath
en-. in the sense that they do not recog
nize any more than do the heather,
personal God of glorious character.
perfect in His Wisdom, Justice, Love
and Power. They realize not His ALL
seeing Eye. And their general lives
show their lack of this knowledge and
this faith.
More than this shall we say itD
the majority Of professed church mem
bers, so far as we can understand their
sentiments as privately expressed and
publicly declared by the ministers Of
their choice. are no more Christians
than are the Jews. They neither be-
ieve the Bible to be the Divine Rev
citation nor do they accept the Lord
Jesus Christ as the worlds Redeemer
from sin and death. OF course. there
fore, they do not profess to consecrate
their lives to SCIENTIFICALLY follow One
in whose redemptive work they do
not believe.
The Mystery Of the Cross.
Comparatively few of the hundreds
of thousands Of those who have named
the name Of Christ. and who have
come under various UNCONVENTIONAL
Jokes, have any knowledge of the
Mystery of the Cross Of Christ. the
Mystery Of the Gospel. THE Mystery