The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-11-21


He might show the exceeding riches
Of His grace in His loving kindness to-
ward us in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians
Il, ~ He said in part
Following in the footsteps Of our ia
theirs. who handed down to us our
present day creeds, we have misun-
derstood our gracious Creator. We
studied astronomy and declared the
Creator Almighty; we studied geology
and confirmed the decision. We stud
led zoology and anthropology and de-
clared that the Creator was An-Wise,
as we came to appreciate Him. We
noted the adaptation Of our various
organs to our use and comfortable
hand, the foot, the eye, the ear. the
circulatory system, the nervous sys-
tenn, and the power Of the WIN over
these.
We said to ourselves, truly man In
fearfully and wonderfully made, truly
his Maker Is God infinite In wisdom
and skill. We examined the subject
Of mans moral sense. and although
we found 1t impaired we have been
astonished to note how even the most
selfish and depraved have an instinct
Of justice, a sense Of right, whether
they follow it or not
Love Divine All Love Exoslline."
Then we said, Whence came this no
BILE principle of Justice AZ the back
bone or moral quality in our race?
The only reply was that in this par
tteular God originally created man In
His own moral likeness. and that q
measure Of this moral quality has per-
sisted Notwithstanding the fall through
disobedience into death and its conse-
quent decentralization through sin and
weakness.
Looking further we perceived that
the noblest specimens OF our race Dos
sess still other qualities closely associ-
ated with Justice, but outranking It.
The noble quality which overtops all
the rest we term Love. 1t IL Love
which makes the heart tender, sympa-
thetic. helpful and happy: 1t is Love
that makes home, whether exercised
In palace or a howell Il is Love
which backs up Justice and insists
that no III shall be worked toward a
neighbor. 1t is Love that 10 on the
alert to assist by word or act all Of
those needing aid. 1t is Love that In
spires us to the boldest acts OF hero
ism. 1t is Love that prompts the CIV
ing Of time and strength, Of means
and even life itself on behalf Of its
object
All freely admit that Love Is the
greatest, the most blessed quality POS
sessed by humanity, and that without
1t even paradise could not bring hap
piness. We ask, Whence came this
quality Of Love, and from what foun-
tain can we receive the fresh supplies
80 much needed by so many of our
race? The answer is that the great
Creator Himself Is the Fountain. God
Is love-" This All-Wise and All-Pow-
erful and Adjust One is pre-eminent-
ly the God Of all grace" 'aThe Father
Of mercies." 1.-THE Fountain OF bless
ing"
Love Divine, all love excelling,
Joy Of heaven, to earth come dowR;
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling.
All Thy faithful mercies crown."
"shew Me Thy Glory"
The ancients had the correct thought,
that they had caught but glimpse of
the Divine character and its glory;
hence their prayer. "Show me Thy
glory" The same should be our senti-
ment. In the clear light now shining
upon Gods Word we perceive that It
will require the entire outworktng of
the Divine Plan Of the Ages to Illus
trate or make known to humanity the
real character Of the Heavenly Father.
Only the very few can by faith accept
the Divine promises and trust in their
ultimate fulfilment and see far down
into the future the full shining forth
Of Gods character, perfect in its Wis
dom. Justice, Power and Love.
We may not Judge the infinite love
in all respects by human comparison.
but we may know that our difficult,
In the matter is that the human com
PARSONS can only imperfectly repre-
sent the Infinite. We see the excava-
tion or perhaps the foundation walls.
or perhaps the first story Of struc-
turs; but IL we were to Judge wholly
by these imperfect parts It would be
manifestly unfair and we should be
deceiving ourselves. The only way to
Judge Of the builders capacity and In
tentions would be to see the architec
tural drawing and to study de details
and then we may but very imper-
fectly appreciate the whole. Is it not
thus in respect to the great Makers
present work and ultimate designs3
The poet has well said
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense.
But trust Him for His grace
Behind frowning providence
He hides a smiling face
His purposes WIN rfpen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have q bitter taste.
But sweet win be the aower''
II we stand beside q great sculptor
with his freshly chosen block of mar
BILE. we may at first feel shocked to
note the apparent roughness and care
iessness with which he smites OF large
pieces Of the stone, as though bent on |
lts destruction. But let patience have
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