The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-14

der and the most important element of
our human nature Whoever violates
it. whoever Injuries it, much or little,
will proportionately be disadvantaged
In the future and will have all the
more difficulty in rising up gradually
out of his degradation and weaknesses,
even with all the helps that will then
be available Thus will he fulfilled the
Scripturai declaration, Whatsoever a
man soweth. that also shall he reap"
With all mankind redeemed there
will be nothing whatever of the past
chargeabIe against any ON the books
of Divine Justice The great High
Priest" by his better sacrifices, will
have made full satisfaction to the de-
mands of Justice but the weaknesses,
mental. moral and physical. resulting
from more OF less wilful and deliber-
ate sin. must still be reckoned on, and
thus every idle word and every idle
thought. every idle and vicious action
of the present time, by making its
mark upon the characters of men, is
providing for corresponding difficult
ties on their part in that glorious day
Of their opportunity.
The suggestion of our text is that
the great Messiah will not temporize,
for the entire period of His reign,
with those who do not show a proper
appreciation of opportunities when
fully brought in contact with them
and clearly understanding the terms
Of Divine grace. But one hundred
years is quite considerable period Of
probation and surely every reasonable
mind will concede that so long a de-
lay in meeting out the full penalty
Of sin. Second Death. manifests the
extreme limit Of reasonable mercy.
The chureh's Triumph Shorter.
The Church whose trial is in prog
ress during this Gospel Age. receives
individually much shorter period OF
probation than our text declares will
be granted to mankind in the future
Gods sanity people are expected to
develop character and to approve
themselves TO God as "overcomersn
within a very brief space of life. And
not only so. but they are required to
walk by faith and not by sight"
They merely have Gods Word as re-
spects His Justice and Love and gra-
cious plans. while. in the next Age.
the world will have the actuality in
stead of the promise-the world will
walk by sight ''The glory of the
Lord shall be revealed and all flesh
shall see 1t together isaiah xl, 81.
The world during Messiah's reign
will be privileged to walk in high
way of holiness. from which all the
stumbling stones will have been gath
cred out. But the overcomers of the
Church class are required to walk In
the narrow way. steep. narrow. rug
ged, and beset with snares of the Adj
yersary. For we are not ignorant
Of his snares" III Corinthians Il, 11I
We are not to forget, however, that
these differences u ween the Church
ind the world are fully Offset by the
differences of reward The overcomers
Of the Church are to be rewarded with
glory, honor. immortality. 1.-The divine
nature" and be joint-heirs in the
Kingdom as members Of the great
Messiah. The world is to have no
such change of nature from human to
spirit, but is to have the earthly ma
ture restored or perfected in them, If
obedient. and to enjoy the earthly Eden.
Truly Gods ways are equal True
and righteous are Thy ways, Lord God
Almighty! (Revelation XIV. 8. a.,
Humanity's Final Test.
The Church's test takes place In the
present life And in each member
thereof the matter of worthiness or
unworthiness Of eternal life on the
spirit plane for all time is determined
at death. Not so with humanity in
general AS we have just seen. some
may live for only hundred years and
then be cut off in the Second Death. be-
cause found unworthy Of further OPP
portunity. Others, by availing them
selves of the privileges and rendering
obedience to the laws of the Kingdom,
may live to the very close Of the thou
sand years, and be found unworthy of
eternal life. Still others may so fully
appreciate Divine Wisdom. Justice,
Love and Power and may become SO
obedient thereto that God win be
pleased to grant them eternal life.
Their days, their lives, viii be far
more than the days Of tree.
The world Of mankind. at the con-
clusion Of Messiah's reign of righteous
ness, will have attained again the per-
lection originally enjoyed by father
Adam. Like him they will be in Eden.
which then will be worldwide. Those
perfect human beings will be required
to stand Test Ito demonstrate. to
prove their absolute loyalty to God
and his righteous laws. as Adam was
tried tested. proven in Eden. AS
Adam was promised eternal life II his
test proved him loyal to his Maker. SO
his restored race will have before them
the offer of eternal life II they shall
manifest their, obedience satisfactorily.
Satan Loosed From Prison.
We are not informed of the par
ticulars of the test that will then be
applied to mankind. We merely have
the fgurative declaration that Satan,
sin and everything which Satan rep
resents will be loosed for a little sea.
son at the close Of Messiah's reign
Revelation TX. 7-10,. The world, full
Of perfected humanity, las the sand
Of the seashore." will all be subjected
to the test. But how many. or what
proportion of the whole, will prove
loyal. and what proportion disloyaL
we are not informed
All that we know on the subject,
and all that is necessary for us to
know, is that the trial will be
thorough and just and that all found
faithful will have eternal life. and all
found unfaithful will be counted as
followers of Satan and. with him. win
be destroyed In the Second Death.
The test which God win apply will
be so scare hing. so thorough, that al
though his creatures will still be free
moral agents. he is able to guarantee
that thenceforth there shall be no
more signing. no more crying. no more
dying. because all the former things
of sin and death shall have passed
away"
The Reward, Life-The Punishment,
Death.
Not q word Is said about the hun
dred-year old sinner-child-b being sent
to eternal torment, just as there is not
a word said in the Bible to the effect
that Adam or his children were con-
demned to eternal torments The SEN
tence upon Adam. which his race
shares by heredIty, was death SEN
tence This just but awful penalty
has wrought havoc with our race
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