The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-04-04

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III Ixpmzgm March 26.-Pastor
III Russell delivered
III three addresses
| III here today-one Of
| them to the Jews
| III on "Zionism In
| III Prophecy" anoth-
| IH KS er on Hereafter
| tsz=Sz=s===9=5Y and the third.
| gaAS7oR4Sps5sLE8 which we report,
from the text, "Of
| those born of women there is not
| greater Prophet than John the Bap-
| fist, but the least in the Kingdom of
Heaven is greater than he" duke vii.
28. Large and interested audiences
attended. He leaves tonight for Co
| penhagen and Stockholm. Crowds of
Jews are reported TO have heard him
during the last three days in Vienna.
Budapest, Lemberg and Krakow.
There can be no better Illustration
of the sharp line of distinction between
the earthly and the heavenly classes
and their calling than is shown by our
text. said Pastor Russell. The great
| Teacher freely attested to the loyalty
| and courage and saintliness of His
cousin John. as evidenced by the words
| Of our text But If so great and hon
orable a Prophet. why could not JohD
| be a member Of the Bride class? Why
could be not be numbered with the
disciples of Jesus and be an Apostle.
or at least a footstep follower? The
answer is that he was not called to
the heavenly plane, but to the earthly
| He was honored of God in being made
one of the Prophets of the Jewish Age
the last of them. Although a differ
| ent honor from that conferred upon the
Apostles, Johns was a great honor and
we have reason to believe that. under
| Divine providence when perfected In
the resurrection. he will appreciate the
earthly blessings and privileges which
will be his. more than the spiritual and
heavenly privileges bestowed upon the
| Apostles and the less prominent mem
bers of the Church
The Lord Twill choose our inner
itance for u.s. we read psalm Xvii, A.
Happy are those who repose implicit
confidence In Divine goodness and who
seek to obtain whatever may be Gods
choice for them II we have been
called with the heavenly calling. let us
not shrink back and declare ourselves
unworthy and decline to accept the IA
v0rs of God and to choose an inferior
position. Let us. rather. be glad to
say. Thy will be done in my heart, in
my life. in all my future. "Order Thou
my steps in Thy Word"
A Friend of the Bridegroom.
Jesus had Il two-fold mission
| u He came that the world through
| Him might be saved'-that He might
give Himself "a ransom for ALL to be
testified in due time q Timothy Ii. g..
~ Incidentally His mission was to
proclaim the acceptable year of the
Lord-the time in which God is willing
| to accept the sacrifices of such as desire
to walk In the Redeemers footsteps,
and to constitute these the Bride and
Joint-heir of Messiah.
| John the Baptist referred TO the lat
| ter feature OF our Lords work. saying.
| He that hath the Bride is the Bride
groom. but the friend of the Bride
groom heareth His voice and rejoiceth
| greatly. This, my joy, therefore, is
| fulfilled John Iii. 29l. 1t was not for
| him to be member of the Bride, but
| he rejoiced to be a friend Of the Bride
| groom. As our Lords forerunner he
announced the Bridegroom; he called
| upon the nation of Israel to turn from
sin, to purify their hearts, to come
back into harmony with God and thus
to be prepared TO receive the Bride
| groom aud to become the Bride. So
| far as the nation was concerned Johns
mission was a failure. as God had fore
known and foretod But so far as
the Bride class was concerned Johns
mission was success. for. as the
Scriptures intimate, those who believ-
ed Johns testimony accepted Jesus
and He accepted them.
Greatest In the Kingdom.
We must remember that the Church
is the Kingdom of God-now In
formative or embryonic state. but in
the end. by "the resurrection" to be
spirit beings and partakers with Je
sus, their Bridegroom. in His wonder
| full glory. honor. immortality aud
| Kingdom work This Kingdom class
is not reigning now. but merely form
ing Ii is Joined ION probation" after
the Methodist style If the probation
airy period of he present life be faith
| fully used the full induction into the
1 <rIn,
mortality will surely follow by par
ticipation in the First Resurrection.
Amongst the faithful followers of
the Master there will be differences,
as st Paul explains. las one star
1 differeth from another star In glory"
| Il Corinthians XIV. All. We cannot
know. and 1t Is not necessary for
us to guess. who shall occupy the
| chief places in the Kingdom. These
shall be given to those whom the Fa-
Their prefers. as the Redeemer explain
| ed to the woman who asked that her
! two sons might sit. one on His right
hand and the other on His left hand
| In the Kingdom Matthew Xxx, 2D.
II we were to guess who shall be
closest in position to the Master we
would suppose that st. Paul would be
first, with st. John, St. Peter and st.
James near by in glorious excellence.
And yet we know not how nearly up
| to the Apostolic standard some may
| be who have lived very humble and
obscure lives have fought a good
fight and finished their course with
| joy. Indeed. the twelve Apostles seem
| to occupy. by Divine decision in ad-
vance. the very highest stations in the
Kingdom. next to that of the Redeem
er, Who said of them. I'VE who have
followed Me. in the regeneration
shall sit upon tIoelre thrones judging
the twelve tribes of Israel" (Matthew
xix. 2S). Again. they are pictured to
us as the crown of twelve stars" to
the Church Revelation xii. u. and yet
again they are pictured to US as the
twelve precious foundation stones Of
the Church In her future glory. as the
New Jerusalem Revelation xxi, 14).
Those called of God to this high sal
walton, as members of the spiritual
Kingdom which shall bless natural Is
| rael and through her all the nations.
are required to demonstrate their 10y
atty to God by faithfulness eUen unto
death-in the narrow way of self-sac-
rifice. As there is no other Name than
that of Jesus whereby any may be
saved to eternal life so. likewise, there
is no other path whereby any may
reach the Kingdom except tbs mar
| row way. and few there be tina. ind