The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-26

death.
For nearly nineteen centuries these
royal priests have been testifying for
the Lord, each in his turn. For all
the faithful there is crown Of right
eousness laid up; as st. Paul said.
'Henceforth there is laid up for me a
crown Of righteousness. which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, will give
me at that day"-early in that day Of
Messiah. in the resurrection morning.
| All these have a part in the First
Resurrection, and will be members Of
| that Holy Nation. that royal priest
hood; as we read. Blessed ard holy
are all they that have part in the
| Chief Resurrection; on such the Sec
ond Death hath no power; but they
shall be kings and priests unto God
and unto Christ and shall reign with
Him thousand years.
Thus will that Holy Nation which
God has been gathering and eleeting
during the nineteen centuries, out of
all nations. peoples. kindreds and
tongues, from Jews and Gentiles. bond
and free, be born In day-come forth
perfect and complete. the Holy Nation
Of Divine promise which. as Gods spir-
itual Empire. is to take over the con-
troll of the world for a thousand years
and rule it in righteousness, to free all
from the power Of Satan. sin and
death. and to lift up again as many
as are willing to the image and like
ness of God. and to destroy all who
love unrighteousness and work in
EQUITY.
This is the Kingdom of Messiah,
whose dominion is to be established
on the earth. and for which Jesus
taught US to pray. Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth, as 1t is done
in heaven" 1t will require the entire
work of a thousand years to fully ac-
complish all of this glorious prophecy.
but we have the Divine assurance that
by that time Gods will will be as per
fectly done on this earth as it is now
done in heaven itself.
Paradise Of the Pacific.
/ can now well understand why your
beautiful island has been described as
the Paradise of the Pacific. | note your
wonderful climate and everything
which co-operates with it to bring
about this Paradise likeness. say to
myself. How gracious Is our Cod Not
only has He provided heavenly Para.
disc for the Church, that they should
be sharers with their Lord on the spirit
plane, partakers OF the divine nature,
FAR above angels. principalities and
powers but how gracious has God
also been in His provision for the
world at large His promise Of an
earthly Paradise for such Of humanity
as, when brought to knowledge Of
Himself and His requirements, shall
gladly, heartily accept the same!
How wonderful is the Wisdom and
Power Of God by which He can make
use of even the reign of sin and death
to teach great lessons both to angels
and men respecting the exceeding sin
fulness Of sin! And how merciful and
gracious is the arrangement He has
made that when this reign of sin and
death shall have accomplished His In
tended purposes, He will bring it to an
end. Those twin monarchs which have
ruled the world for six thousand years
Sin and Death-shall be vanquished;
and ultimately every member of Ad-
ans race shall be delivered from their
power. For the willing and obedient
the earthly Paradise. human perfec-
ton, the image of God in the flesh, Is
to be the reward--an earthly reward
and for the rebellious. the Second
Death, from which there will be no re
demption, no recovery. and in which.
thank Cod there viii be no suffering
for they shall perish like the brute
beasts. as St. Peter declares.-II Peter
ii, IL.
Restitution Will Bring Real Paradise.
Much as your Island may resemble
the Garden of Eden. 1t is not Paradise
and cannot be Paradise so long as you
have sin and sorrow. pain and death
amongst you. One of the first objects
that greeted my sight as landed was
your cemetery. and | said. oh! yes,
death is here, and ereryrhere-God's
curse. declaring that no imperfect be-
ing may live. We'll. | thank God for
that, too. Centuries of life with imper-
lection would doubtless be too much
| for US to enjoy. Far better is it as Di-
| vine Wisdom has arranged tia birth.
a struggle for existence, battle with
self and sin. the world. the flesh and
the Devil, and then falling asleep in
death, until the morning Of the resur-
rection. There will be no conscious
ness OF even moments intervening
until the glorious day shall have dawn
ed, and the new order of things shall
have been introduced and established;
and then the sleepers will come forth
to see brighter side than any that
they have previously experienced or
ever heard of.
The Kingdom of Gods dear Son and
His elect Bride will be in power and
nothing shall hurt or destroy in all His
holy Kingdom. The blessing of the
Lord shall be upon man, and his earth
ly dominion. Restitution influences
will be at work for the bringing of
everything to perfection especially for
the bringing of man up, up. up out of
| sin, weakness. degradation and death
to the full glory Of perfection Of mind
and body and vitality-the image and
likeness of God, as at first, before sin
entered.
Rich and Poor and Socialism.
You still have your rich and poor;
there still is caste amongst the chill
dren of the one parentage; but when
the uplifting influences of Messiah-s
reign shall have done their work, these
things will all be in the past. HE that
stitch upon the Throne shall say, BE
hold, make all things newr' In that
| glorious time there will not be rich
and poor, there win be socialism in
the proper sense, as. the Scriptures
clearly point out; they say, Every
man shall sit under his own vine and
under his own fig tree: and none shall
make them afraid" And again, "They
shall not build and another inhabit,
they shall not plant and another eat
the fruit thereof" There will be no
tenantry, no landlordism then.
Do not understand me to be melting
dissatisfaction with the present condi-
lions, In many respects what we have
today is the very best possible thing
under present conditions-man's fallen
nature and selfish temperament taken
into consideration. The counsel of
Gods Word is that all who trust in
Him are to wait for Him to bring In