The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-04-11


fathers is unscriptural-that the Bible
hell is the grave. the tomb, the state
Of death. This just penalty for sin is
what the Bible everywhere teaches.
We now know that the Hebrew word
sheoI Of the Old Testament, and the
Greek word hades Of the New Tesla
ment refer to the grace. the state of
death, the tomb; and that they are so
translated more times than they are
rendered hell We now know that in
old English literature the word hell
was so used as signifying pit, COW
cred place, a grave. The Pastor an
nounced that free pamphlets, discuss
ing the word hell and the parable Of
The Rich Man and Lazarus, etc.,
would be distributed by the ushers.
The Divine Plan of the Ages.
With our hearts and heads agreed to
discard those features of our creeds
not found in the Bible and. as far as
possible, TO harmonic what we do
find therein, what is the result3 Is it
the Gospel of which st. Paul was not
ashamed? The speaker submitted that
it is, and believes that all Christians
could heartily unite and fellowship
upon its broad basis.
John Calvin and our forefathers
were right in declaring that the Scrip
lures teach the election" OF little
fock"; but they were wrong in claim
ing that the great mass OF humanity,
the non-elect, are passed by" routed
for eternal TORTURE On the contrary
they all go to the Bible hell, the grave.
They are all unconscious there. The
Divine promise guarantees the resur-
rection of the dead, both the just and
the unjust. by One Who gave His life
for their redemption-''Whod died, the
Just for the unjust Il Peter iii, 49,.
In a word, merely the "called Of
Cod are being dealt with in the pres
ent time, although the remainder Of
mankind are having witness" and
are learning lessons which will be
valuable to them when their trial time
shall come We have not In the past
sufficiently noted the difference be-
tween the Church and the porld. The
Church is invited to walk the marrow
way in the footprints Of the Redeem
er, bearing the cross with him. The
faithful are promised share with
Him in His heavenly glory, honor and
Immortality.
| But nothing is said about torment
ing the world The entire race Of
Adam has been under condemnation
for six thousand years. The coming
Of Jesus and His death were not in
| tended to increase mans condemna-
ton, but, by providing for their resur-
rection. to set them free from Adamic
| condemnation-to give to each and TO all
full, fair opportunity to demonstrate
their love Of sin or love Of righteous
ness, when the latter shall be fully as
easy as the former-during Messiah's
glorious reign of righteousness-the
thousand years. The reward for we'll
doing viii then be human perfection
in sinless Paradise restored.
Realizing Wesley's Ideal.
Brother John Wesley lived in time
when practically all Christians had ac-
cepted Brother Calvin's theory that
God had foreordained the great mass
| of humanity to eternal misery. Brother
Wesley's heart was tender and sym
pathetic. He could not believe that
his gracious Creator and loving Re-
deemer could possibly have been
guilty of originating such diabolical
Plan. Wesley's heart and tongue re
Dened. Let others preach foreordina-
ton to torment for non-elect infants,
as well as the gray haired, In fiery
hell. He could not do so. He must
preach God of Love who would not
condemn His creatures to torture
at least not without some opportunity.
But handicapped by the error respect
ing hell poor Brother Wesley was In a
sad dilemma. He knew not how any
could get to the awful place without
Divine foreknowledge And he knew
not how to harmonic such Divine
foreknowledge with Divine Love.
Why should such creatures as Divine
grace could not save from eternal tor
ture be created at all?
| Noble Christian Brother, he preached
to the best of his light. Now with the
clearer light upon Gods Word. we can
see that Brother Wesley and Brother
Calvin both commended for Bible truths
which they knew not how to harmon
lie. Now we see that this Gospel Age
is the time in which God is calling and
drawing and sealing with His Spirit
and with the Truth His Every elect,
the Bride Of Christ, the members OF
the Body of Christ, the Royal Priest.
hood. Now we can see also that the
Free Grace which Brother Wesley
realized must be part Of the Divine
Program, belongs to the coming Age
Then all the blind eyes shall be opened
Then all the deaf ears shall be I'm.
stopped Then the knowledge of the
Lord shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep. Then
whatsoever will may come and take OF
the water Of life freely" (Rev. xii. IN
The Gospel Age Harvest.
| Pastor Russell declares that the
signs Of the times, In conjunction with
the prophecies Of the Scriptures, clear
ly indicate to him that we are living In
the harvest time" of this Age. which
is drawing to a close-in the dawning
time of the New Dispensation, which
will soon be ushered in. He wished
his hearers to clearly distinguish be-
tween this teaching and the common
teaching represented in all of our
creeds. Our hymn books, like our
creeds, tell of the End Of this Age as
the end of hope-'the wreck of matter
and the crash Of worlds" In a huge
bonfire. The Bible. on the contrary
shows that the most blessed days OF
the worlds experiences are about to be
ushered in. The election of the Church
completed, the saints, glorified with
the Redeemer on the spirit plane, in.
visible to men, will take control OF
earth's affairs. Gods Kingdom under
the whole heavens viii be established
Satan, the present spirit Prince
win be dethroned and deceive the ma.
lions no more for thousand years.
The reign of Messiah In the glory Of
Divine power will constitute the Sun
of Righteousness. Light and Truth
and blessing to refresh the poor.
death-stricken world Healing viii be
in the beams Of this Sun of Righteous
ness Restitution. uplifting from sin.
degradation and death. AS the reign
Of Sin and Death terminates, the
reign Of Righteousness unto life ever
lasting will begin. The wonderful in
Il -
but the forerunners of still greater
blessings. Verify "the night is far
spent and the day is at hand'-the
great Day Of which Jesus and the
Apostles and the Prophets continually