The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-07-18

| eyes, being In torrents, and seeth
Abraham afar of and Lazarus in his
bosom" duke xvi. z3). Addressing the
public under the auspices Of the In
ternational Bible Students Associa.
ton, the speaker said:-
] am not choosing my topic for this
occasion according to my own prefer
ences, nor do l wish to do so. Realiz-
ing that a great cloud Of superstition
and erroneous Interpretation Of Gods
Word acts as an earth-born cloud to
hide the heavenly Father from our
eyes Of faith. am continually address
ing myself to the removal of this bar
rier. to the intent that the light of
the knowledge OF the glory Of God as
It shines in the face Of Jesus Christ
our Lord may shine into the hearts of
all of Gods dear people more efful-
gently than heretofore; to the intent
that, with the clouds removed. our
eyes may behold the King in His
beauty, and our hearts be drawn to
Him as to Father. as to God of
love, as to an Almighty Savior.
Time and again as I have delivered
an address setting forth the Divine
Plan of the Ages from the Bible stand
point, l have been approached after
ward by Christian brethren who said,
What you say, Pastor Russell, is
cheering, is God-like, is just what our
hearts are hungering for and crying
for. but-but / cannot accept it be-
cause of the Lords Word respecting
the Rich Man and lazarus and His
description Of their fates."
What say to these privately never
reaches the ears of others who have
the same query and the same obstacle
to meet, hence take this as my topic
on this occasion, not only for the bene-
fit OF this audience, but for the bene-
fit Of the larger audiences to whom
| speak weekly through the columns
of the press Of this land and Great
Britain and observation-disclosures mil
lions. All need to have this stumbling
stone removed from their pathway, and
by Gods grace we will remove it. He
will remove 1t, using our stammering
Ups LUZ TIE puff ,Osc.
Literal or Parabolie--Which7
1t is not sufficient that declare that
in the Scripture under consideration
the great Teacher was giving parable
1t is not sufficient that quote. with
out a parable spake He not unto the
people," Some dear, earnest children
of God would object, saying, "It reads,
there was a certain Rich Man, ETC."
l must, therefore, prove that 1t is a
parable and not literal statement by
showing that, considering 1t as a lit
eral statement, 1t would be untrue and
absurd. After thus proving 1t to be
parable will discuss 1t as such.
II 1t be statement OF literal facts
then all the facts must be taken lit
orally. This would mean that because
a certain man was rich and Jared
DouutIruiiy every DAY ana was cIotneo
In purple and fine linen be would go to
an eternity of torment, without a sin
gle charge being made against him
along the lines of murder, or injustice
or blasphemy, for in the account moth
ing Of the kind appears. Furthermore,
nothing is said Of the poor man as be-
ing a cody man. saint, but merely
that he was poor, full Of sores, which
the dogs licked; and that he ate the
offaI from 1.-THE Rich Mans" table.
If those be the grounds and condi-
lions upon which any Of us have had
hone for eternal bliss sursax COM