The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-07

form or unrighteousness VIII be rooted
out, nevertheless the raising Of man
kind up out of sin and degradation to
perfection will be a gradual work. AS
the regenerating influences operate in
mankind, they will become more and
more alive. less and less dead-until at
the end of the Messianie reign Adamic
death will be no more: it shall have
been fully destroyed by the raising Of
mankind completely out of it; the last
enemy that shall be destroyed is death
-Adamic death.
The Second Death will never be de-
stroyed. but will be everlasting. 1t is
not an enemy to God and His right
eousness, but a valuable servant to de-
stroy everything wilfully and intelli-
gently out of accord with the Divine
Observation-Disclosures.
Pray For Them.
All who are seeking to walk In the
footsteps of Jesus; all who have taken
up their cross to follow Him, may web
rejoice in that feature of His prayer
which says. | pray for those whom
Thou hast given Me that they may all
be one. as Thou. Father. and l are
that the world may believe that
Thou hast sent Me C1ohn xvii. 20. 21l.
The oneness of Gods people is not
represented in the varions sects and
parties Of the present time. 1t Is rep
resented in the fact that all the conse-
Grated followers Of the Redeemer are
individually united to Him as the
Head and united to each other as
members OF His Body. The Lord
knoweth them that are His" BY and
by. by the power of the First Resur-
~rection. all these shall be perfected On
the spirit plane and constitute the
Kingdom for which we pray, THY
Kingdom come; Thy win be lone on
earth as 1t is in heaven" AS a re-
suit of that Kingdoms coming the
world will all be brought to the point
of believing in Jesus and viii all have
the opportunity of obtaining through
Him the gift of God, eternal life.
Our Lords solicitude was not merely
for the Apostles and earliest members
of the Church whom the Father gave
Him In the special sense, as His per-
sonal companions and helpers in the
founding of the Church: he prayed on.
saying, Neither pray for these alone,
but for all those also who shall be-
lieve on Me through their Word. The
Masters words outlined to us the Di-
vine Program. And Jesus himself be-
gan to declare the Gospel and brought
life and Immortality TO light. He
commissioned His twelve Apostles, st.
Paul taking the place of Judas, to
speak In His Name and as His special
m~outhpieces. Whatever they would
declare to be binding on earth would
be binding in the sight of God in
Heaven. Whatever they would loose
and declare to be non-essential ON
earth, we may know would be so by
Divine decree Matthew xvi. 19).
In a word. Jesus, the Apostles and
the Prophets alone are to be consid-
cred the special guides and standard
bearers for the Church. We are to
believe ON Him through their word and
not through the word Of counsels or
synods or presbyteries. Each individ-
ual of the Church has his personal re-
sponsibility. This is in harmony with
our Lords declaration, MY sheep
know Ny Voice and they follow Me; a
stranger will they not follow. but will
fee from a stranger" 1t behooves us
today to hearken back to the words of
Jesus as He personally uttered them
and as He personally sent them to us
through His chosen twelve.
Soon the Masters prayer for His dis
ciples viii have fulfllment. They will
be n with Him beyond the veil,
sharers of His glory and Kingdom.
Then will come the time when the
world will believe. The knowledge of
the Lord will fill the earth and all the
binding and stumbling influences of
the present will be at an end. The
Savior viii n%t need to pray for the
world then. but instead will exercise
His power on their behalf, overthrow
ing evil and uplifting every good prin-
ciple and all who love righteousness
and destroying those who would cor
Fupt the earth