The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-08-22


Father hath sent Me. Believe that 1t
is His Love for you that prompted the
sending. Believe that His Love is as
strong as His Justice. Believe that
His Justice und Love will cooperate
for your eternal comfort and blessing.
IL you will accept the Divine terms.
Losing Our Heart Troubles.
The Father knows your heart trou-
bles. He wishes the burden to be
there until you shall appreciate its
weight-until you shall be ready to
cry to Him that you are sin-sick,
weary, troubled, and above all. hunger
ing and thirsting for righteousness and
desiring reconciliation to Him = the
smile Of His Face. He has not waited
for all of this to take place before
making provision for you. He has an
ticipated your needs. your longings.
your necessities. He has already pro-
vided the Redeemer. who is Mighty to
save If Divine Justice is exacting to
the last degree, believe that Divine
Love. as represented in the Redeem
er sent of God, is equally exhaustless.
boundless- sufficient for all your needs
II you will accept of this, the Divine
arrangement through Christ your
heart troubles may be at an end. You
viii still have troubles In the flesh,
weaknesses. aches and pains, but your
heart will be joyful and happy in
fellowship Divine with the Father.
through the Son.
How to Get the Peace.
All! says one, have heard of God
and OF Jesus and of the invitation to
reconciliation. but know not how to
proceed. To whom shall l go? How
can gain hearing in my case to OBJ
tain the blessed assurance, Thy sins
are forgiven thee; 60 and sin no more
Which church shall / join? To what
priest shall confess?
First Of all, my brother, or sister, al
low me to rejoice with you that you
have come into the condition where
you are seeking and knocking for the
opening Of the srorehouse Of Divine
favor, because HE that seeketh shall
find and to him that knocketh 1t shall
be opened" Continue. then, to seek
and to knock and very soon the bless
| ings will be yours. See, first, whether
or not you are seeking the proper bless
| ing. You want forgiveness of sins that
are past. You want the assurance of
Divine love and care. You want the
Heavenly Shepherd to take you for
one of His sheep and look after your
| interests, both temporal and eternal
If so, good. You are seeking the very
| thing that God Is pleased to give
Many are seeking something else
seeking to have some Of self-will and
some of Gods will. some of sin and
some OF righteousness. They seek in
vain until, in purity of heart, they
seek that which God Is willing to give.
All of Gods gifts are by grace.
None of us could claim them on the
grounds Of justice or merit We cannot
keep Gods perfect Law, not because 1t
is too exacting. but because we are
fallen We were born in sin, shapen
in iniquity; In sin did our mothers con-
ceive us. Be our wills ever so strong,
our flesh is weak The Divine arrange
ment Of this Gospel Age is adapted to
this very condition and is open for
the honest-hearted. the sincere peni-
tents. the ones fully determined for
Righteousness.
You need not come to any earthly
priest but. as the Master said, go to
the Father. In secret. In private. Go
not In your own name or merit or
worth. but in the merit of the Re
deemer. Go Scripturally. claiming Him
as your Advocate and appealing in
His Name for the forgiveness provided
by Divine mercy-to cover all the sins
of the past and provide for all the i'm
projections unwillingly yours for the
future-even to the end of the way.
Coming thus, Jesus becomes your
Priest, your Advocate with the Father.
I'VE have an Advocate with the Fa-
Their. Jesus Christ. the Righteous q
John Il. u. LET US come with courage
to the Throne Of grace that we may
obtain mercy and find grace to help in
every time of need" (Hebrews iv, 16}.
What will you say to your Father as
you present yourself In the name Of
Jesus. do you ask? In prayer tell Him
that you are sick Of sin and DESTROYS
Of his righteousness. In every way
Tell Him of your appreciation Of the
glorious qualities Of His Character and
Of your desire to be as much conform
ed to that Character as possible. Tell
Him that you know you have nothing
worthy Of His consideration. except
the merit of Jesus to be imputed to
you, which Will be the covering for
your imperfection. Tell Hin that you
present your all thus justified by faith.
that the merit Of Christ may be imput-
ed; that you desire to be living sac
rifce-to be faithful unto death to
Him. to His Message in the Bible and
to all who are, with you. following in
the good way to the Kingdom
Daily Dying-Daily Living.
Those who have acted UPON the
above directions Of the Lords Word
and who have thus been accepted Of
the Father and begotten of the Holy
Spirit, are thenceforth New Creatures
In Christ Jesus. To them "oid things
have passed away and all things have
become new" Their souls are not
troubled, because they have passed
from death unto life. from Divine dis
favor to Divine relationship, as sons
Of God-and If children, then heirs,
heirs of God and joint-heirs with
Jesus Christ. If so be that we suffer
with Him, that we may also be glori-
fed together (Romans viii. ~. Those
who reach this blessed state are no
longer heart-troubled. They will have
troubles from the world, the flesh and
the Adversary, but withal they have
rejoicing THE peace of God which
passeth all understanding ruling In
their hearts.
But the end is not yet. The body
has been separated from the will.
The will has become identified with
Christ and represents the New Crea-
ture, which win not be perfected, and
in its new body. until the resurrec-
ton. Meantime. as the Apostle
teaches, the flesh must be considered
and treated as an enemy because OF
its weakness, its fallen condition A
struggle, a battle. must go on contin-
ually to the end Of the course. BE
thou faithful unto death and / will
give thee a crown Of life.' The faith
fitness Of the New Creature, the win,
will be judged by its loyalty to the
Divine will and its strenuous endeavor
to keep the body under-to be dead
to the flesh and to the world and to
be alive to the win Of God. Every day
should make US more alive as New
Nraafnroa md mora dead ma old rraa.