The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-06-20


Many Christian people repeat every
Sunday what is styled the Apostles
Greed. which declares the crucifixion
and death Of Jesus and His descent
into hell-into hddes-and that God
raised Him from the dead on the third
day." All intelligent Christians under
stand that the hell to which Jesus went
was not Purgatory nor a place Of eter-
nal suffering, but the grave, sheol, the
tomb, the state Of death. This is
proved to be the Apostles thought by
the words, God raised Him from the
dead, for 1t was not possible that He
should be holden of DEATH
David Viii Not Go to Heaven.
King David will not go to heaven,
said Pastor Russell, and he will not
desire to go to heaven. for the same
reason that a fish has no desire to
perch upon the limb Of a tree nor a
bird to make its home under the water
AS these animals have natures distinct
and are adapted to the conditions which
God has provided, so the nature Of
man. even when brought to human per
lection. will enjoy and appreciate more
the earthly blessings which God has
provided for him than he would enjoy
the heavenly blessings which God has
provided for the Elect 'little fiock"-
1.-THE Church of the First Borns'' Gle
brews xii, 23).
The reason for this is plain when we
remember the Apostles words. He
declares, 1.-THE natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit Of God,
neither can be know appreciated them,
for they are spiritually discerned" q
Corinthians ii, Ia. Only those who
have been begotten Of the Holy Spirit
are enabled to understand the deep
things, the spiritual things Of the Di-
vine promise, and to rejoice therein, as
the Apostle explains q Corinthians IL,
0. 10).
And even when thus spirit begotten
and with their affections set on things
above, the Lords consecrated little
flock" experience difficulty In keeping
their affections on the Heavenly things
and of Of the earthly things, because
the latter appeal to them continually
through all of their earthly senses
They are therefore exhorted to Took
not at the things that are seen. but at
the things that are unseen which "eye
hath not seen nor ear heard neither
nave entered into the heart OF man the
great things which God has In reserva-
ton for those that love Him"-love
Him more than they love houses or
lands, parents or children, or self.
We can plainly see, then, that with
out this begetting Of the Holy Spirit,
which belongs, Of course, to the serv-
ants and handmaidens of God during
this Gospel Age, none are able to APP
preciate the things unseen And
hence the world Of mankind in gen.
eral, brought back to perfection-and
all the soag back, approaching human
perfection-will be willing not to sac
rifice their earthly nature to obtain a
heavenly, but will enjoy the earthly.
under perfect conditions, In a Para
disc restored isaiah XIV. Ezekiel
xxxviD.
David Was q Prophet.
On previous occasion we saw the
teaching Of the Scriptures to be that
the first to be blessed by Messiah's
Kingdom will be the Ancient Worthless
-Enoch, abraham, Moses, David, and
the Prophets-and that these will be
made Princes In the earth. AS one Of
these Princes, the Prophet David will
have a very glorious station. His long
career, his ups and downs" said the
Pastor. show as the lights and sha =.
ows of the Prophets character mo ,
particularly, perhaps, than in the ca Q
Of any other Bible character. And
they show US noble character, de-
spite David's human weaknesses and
the frailties Of his flesh, augmented
In power by his kingly ONCE and the
misconceptions Of kingly prerogatives
which prevailed In his day.
The beautiful traits Of the character
Of David, on account Of which he was
declared to be, not a new creature, I"
not ''son Of God" not an "heir OF
God and joint-heir with Messiah," but
"a man after Gods o,om heGrt"-these
traits were his loyal obedience and his
repentance Of everything which in any
degree was displeasing to God and In
terrupted the fellowship Divine.
Gods Spirit begotten children may
not, therefore, take the Prophet David
or any Of the Ancients as their pat
tern. Only Spirit-begotten ones can
serve as examples to the Church.
They should walk In the footsteps Of
Jesus, and may even take the Apos-
ties and other faithful brethren for
examples. The Apostle, however, sug-
gests that the Church may look back
with profit upon the WORTHLESS Of the
past, to note their degree Of faith In
God and their obedience to that faith.
st. Paul, however, explicitly reminds
us that God has provided some better
thing for us-the Church-that the An
cient Worthless. without US members
Of The Messiahl, cannot be made per-
feet Hebrews ID, 3s-4O).
Joint Hsirship With Christ the Better
Thing Reserved For Christians.
The better thing" reserved "for ms"
who are called Of God during this Cos
pei Age is the Joint-heirship with
Christ, Jehovah's only-begotten Son
and heir Of all things, the partaking
with Him in all His subsequent work
for the blessing Of Gods intelligent Gre
alton. Therefore IT is, as the Apostle
states, that the reward Of the Ancient
Worthless tarriss until first the over
coming Gospel Church is exalted to
the throne with Christ In the dawn Of
the New Dispensation, now 80 close at
hand.
As soon as the spiritual phase of the
Kingdom is established in power the
setting up of the human phase will be-
gin. In humble recognition, therefore,
Of the Divine purpose and order In the
superior exaltation of the Gospel
Church. we repeat the Apostles state
ment that they those noble, loyal,
righteous, faithful Ancient Worthless
without us shall not be made perfect. {"
But as to whether zoe shall be num-
bered among the ''Ss' depends upon
our successful running of the race set
before u.s. Surely, no less faithfuiness
and nobility Of character can be ex-
pected Of us than OF those who ran for
the earthly prize. And since all the
blessings Of Gods Plan-the exalta-
ton Of the Ancient Worthless, the lib
Grafton Of the whole world from the
bondage Of ain and death and the final
Judgment Of angels-await the mani
festation OF the spiritual sons Of God,
the Gospel Church, therefore the Apos-
tie Chapter 12), In forceful metaphor,
points US back 10 those Ancient
Worthless as a stimulus for faith and