The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-11-07


brethren, are not in darkness" respect
ing this time This implies. either that
the brethren are very few. or that a
considerable number Of them have not
yet become sufficiently awake to dis
cernment of the times and seasons in
which we are living. Many of the
brethren and many Of the world and
many of the wicked" do realize that
we are living In strange times and un-
der peculiar conditions. These try to per-
suade themselves. however, that what
we see today is merely a recurrence Of
what has repeated itself time and
again during the past centuries. Thus
these lul themselves. saying. peace
and safety
This attitude Is what the Scriptures
foretold. when they shall say peace
and safety, then sudden destruction
cometh upon them" 1t ia only I'VE,
brethren" who are privileged to have
the clearer light respecting present
and future conditions. We know that
We, are In the Harvest time Of this Age
the reckoning time-the testing time
the time when the wheat" is to be
gathered into the heavenly garner
| the time when the Geld is to be cleared
OF ali ''tares'' In fiery trouble-the
time when the plowshare of trouble
Will be run through the world Of man
kind to prepare the whole world for
the New Dispensation just about to be-
gin.
/ Tia pIc,unn.n 4axm-+,ka. A.. pn.n..
Illustrating the Divine methods and
the rapid following Of events in thu
Divine Program. the Lord through the
| Prophet tells us that "the plowman
will overtake the reaper" (Amos TX.
49, So accurately timed is every fea-
ture Of the Divine Plan that part cts
to. part and work to work closely. The
Harvest Of the present ume is the
| gathering Of the fruitage of this Cos
pei Age-the gathering of the Church
Of the First born. whose names are
written in ayen"-those who have
made Covenant with Jehovah by sac
rifice.
The Head of the sanity Messiah. de-
veloped and glorifsd eighteen centur-
l APO a6O. ID JGNdHs 4C ADCLADcAD VI Tie
Body Of this Messiah have been gath
cred from every nation. 6lHt from the
Jews and then from all nations. Gods
call and selection Of sanity sacrifcers
In this Gospel Age ignores all Sec
tartan, all UNCONVENTIONAL. all national
Iines-''The Lord kn0weth them that
are His" The winds Of violence. .'the
powers Of the air" which will shortly
| be loosed. and which viii produce the
| terrific storm are being held back
until the sealing Of Gods servants in
their foreheads shall have been accom-
plished.
This sealing in the forehead implies
an intellectual appreciation Of heaven
~ things, and is Intimately associated
with the harvest work-the sealed are
| the ripe wheat being gathered for the
heavenly garner. AS soon as the seal
Ing work shall have been accomplish
| ed the winds Of strife and trouble will
be let loose according TO the Masters
declaration. and the result will be
time Of trouble such as never was
since there was a nation"-no. nor
ever shall be the like again. The aw-
| ful lessons which will then be learned
| by humanity will be sufficient for all
time. The strife the hatred. the ma
Lightly. the anarchy of that day of
trouble are depicted in various places
In the Word Of God.
The trouble time impending is indeed
| declared to be time of Divine wrath,
| and we must not lose sight OF TINT tea-
ture Of 1t. Divine Justice has indigna-
| ton against in-equity and selfishness
IN general. for selhshness is but an
other name for sin. All sin Ia selfish
and all selfishness Is sin. The cap
tains Of industry, the captains of edu
cation. and captains Of wealth have
today greater opportunities and there
fore greater responsibilities than the
kings of the earth for their dealings
with their fellowmen.
Similarly. there are leaders Of the
people. presidents and secretaries Of
unions. etc, who ere also captains.
and who also have great responsibility
All perceive that the world Of human
| ity is rapidly nearing a crisis. The al
most miraculous opening Of the eyes Of
understanding which God has recently
granted has brought to the world me
chanical inventions and chemical proc
esses which are making the world rich
with amazing rapidity.
Although these blessings are In con
siderable measure reaching the masses
Of mankind and uplifting all to a high
er plane of comfort nevertheless gen
eral education has opened the eyes OF
human understanding corresponding
ly. "The common people are looking
with amazement at the luxury Of the
rich as the barba rians of old looked
upon the much lesser splendors Of
Rome. They are covetous. they are
hungry for what they term their
ashare" OF the bounties being dispeps-
ed by Providence with SO lavish a
hand
Even IL the vast increase Of wealth
through machinery, chemistry, ETC..
were to be evenly distributed we doubt
II 1t would satisfy these newborn
minds.
Two Possible Solutions.
There seem to be two possible solu-
lions: a. To convert all Of the wealthy
into saints, whose pleasure 1t would
Be to administer the food of wealth
now rolling liz upon them for the gen
eral blessing Of mankind. along the
most benevolent lines imaginable, or
ca To convert into saints the masses
Of mankind and to SO Undue them
with heavenly hopes and prospects
that, they would not particularly care
for earthly good things nor crave
them, but rather rejoice to be ''the
poor OF this world, rich In faith. heirs
Of the heavenly Kingdom"
We confess that neither solution
seems to be practicable We cannot
believe that either can be accomplish
ed; hence we must believe what the
Bible teaches. that an awful conflict
In ahOfit to he Drecinitafed betWeen