The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-19

VI COuAScp IL AiftJ Dc every way ANfOA- |
able. yet perhaps fearing a little the
reverse Of this Next to the Pastor in |
prominence on the Committee is Gen |
eral Hall, U. s. A. Besides, there are |
three merchants. one doctor, and Prof. |
Robson, Secretary.
A Revolutionary Proposition.
His texts were. THE wrath Of God |
is revealed from heaven against all
unrighteousness;' ''for all unrighteous- |
ness is sin" tRomans /, IS; John v.
III When the Pastor pointed out
that his texts declare present reve
lation of Divine wrath and not q
future one. his audience ''sat up and
took notice. The wrath OF God is
revealed, the Pastor emphasized. and
we see it all about US. Every GENE
terry witnesses to it, so does every COT
I'm, every hearse, every piece of crepe.
every doctors sign. Pain, suffering.
speaks of disease: disease of decay:
decay Of death working In the human
family and bringing all. rich and poor.
bond and free. to the grave. the great
prison house, from which none can es-
cape until the resurrection. at the com
ing OF Messiah.
Death. the penalty OF sin, the mani
festation of Gods wrath against sin,
began to be revealed six thousand
years ago when our first parents dis
obeyed the Divine command. Every
has been witnessing that Gods wrath
IL against 1t. that the death penalty Is
being inflicted. AS the Scriptures de-
clare. the world has been under q
Reign Of Sin and Death. However
sympathetic and loving the Heavenly
Father has been. He has allowed
stern. Justice to mete out this penalty
against every member OF our race He
is thus giving us a great lesson on
the exceeding sinfulness Of SHIFTS
pernicious, injurious influence and re-
suits under Divine Law. He wishes
this lesson to be so thoroughly i'm
pressed upon our race that when In
due time He shall bring In relief we
will never forget the lesson. to- all
It as our worst foe.
We may understand the Apostle to
lay special emphasis upon the word
"an' in our text-"The wrath Of God
is revealed against all unrfghteous-
ness"-not merely against great sins
and gross violence. but against every
form of sin-even the slightest Thus
the Scriptures declare that Gods Law
is one, and that violation of It in
one point means the violation Of the
entire Law. To break one command
would be sin and merit the death pen
atty: and to break all the command
ments would be sin and merit the
death penalty. Eternal life is provid-
ed only for those who are perfect and
who maintain that perfection and har-
mony with God by full obedience to
the Divine Law In every particular.
Do not misunderstood me to teach
that 1t makes no matter whether one
be gross sinner or only minor Of
fender. In one way 1t ,cill matter. and
In another way 1t will not. Adams
transgression was. In some respects, a
minor one. as compared to that OF his
son Cain. Adam stole and ate a for
hidden apple, and the penalty was
death-the very strongest penalty Of
Gods Law. If he had murdered his
wife the penalty would have been. the
Eame--death--not eternal torment.
Whatever Adams transgression. Di-
vine Law would have hindered him
from ever again coming back to God.
It would have cut him OF from ever
lasting life. and he would have need
Of Savior, just the same for one sin
as for another. Murder would have
been sin. and the 'disobedient eating Of
the apple was sin. and sin cannot be
condoned by the Divine Law. 1t re-
CURED Redeemer, and to be the Re
deemer BE must suffer death, the PEN
atty that was against Father Adam.
Now notice the case of Gain. BE
was shapen In iniquity; In sin did bis
mother conceive him: the condemna-
ton upon our first parents extended to
him: he was born with q fallen ma
ture. he was born under the death
sentence. The killing OF his brother
Abel did not increase the penalty,
which stood the Notwithstanding
OF from life. 'eThe wages j. Of sin is
death; THE soul that sinneth II shall
die"
Retribution---Sowins and aReapins.
There would have been no Message
sent to mankind exhorting to right
eousness and to turn from sin had
God not intended to redeem man by
the death Of His Son; and redeeming
them means to give each and all Of
the human family another opportuni-
ty. another trial, another judgment
to test their wOrthiness or unworthi-
ness of everlasting nfe-te prove to
what extent their acquaintance with
sin and its penalty has taught them
the great lesson respecting the sinful
ness and undesirability of sin and the
sureness Of its penalty-death.
Accordingly, for four thousand
years God sent no Message to the
world in general-untn Jesus came
and died, the Just for the unjust and
thus made possible the release OF
mankind from the death sentences
resurrection from the dead The only
exception to this rule was Gods Cove
nant with Israel, under which they
| tried to gain eternal life by keeping
the Law, and became a great exam
pie Of the fallen mans inability and
of the need OF the Savior.
Light Shined In Darkness.
For more than eighteen centuries
this Message has been going forth
namely. that God has provided for the
race a redemption from the original
death sentence. and that there is to
be a resurrection Of the dead. both
of the Just and the unjust" All man
kind who hear this Message are there
by warned that every act Of the pres
emit life will have its weight, either
In the uplifting or in the degrading Of
his own character. and thus have q
bearing upon his future interests 1t
is in view of this future opportunity for
life or death everlasting that our con-
duct In the present time has bearing.
Those who have the hearing ear and
the eyes Of understanding opened, dis.
Germ, as the Apostle says, that in Gods
estimation all unrighteousness is SIN
however great OF small Those who
now accept Gods invitation are in
formed that If they make consecra-
ton Of their lives to follow in Jesus
footsteps. God with deal with them as
with new creatures. and no longer
impute to them their, share OF Adams
condemnation. but treat them as hav-
Ing passed from death condemnation
to life justification.
Moreover, their flesh viii be reck
oned as dead; full arrangements will