The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-31

experience-the way recommended to
our first parents by the Creator. but
in their ignorance rejected.
But God foreknew the course which
His human children would take under
the influence of temptation; He fore
knew that they would fall into sin and
therefore would experience its penalty,
sorrow, pain and death. While His eye
has pitied His poor creatures for six
thousand years, nevertheless He has
allowed His great original Plan of the
Ages to move along slowly to a grand
climax-the Plan which He purposed
in Himself from before the foundation
of the world.
That climax In human affairs, we be-
Heve is near at hand. 1t marks a
great change in Dispensation. The six
thousand years. the reign Of sin and
death. are to be completed by ter
rible time of trouble which might moi
improperly be termed the natural re-
suit Of human seIfishness (sin) operat-
ing under the influence of the great
principles of the New Dispensation
now being ushered in Selfishness, as
represented In the accumulated finan-
cial power and energy called trusts and
combines. Is about to come into con-
fict with selfishness (sinl. represented
In the combining forces of humanity.
labor unions. etc. The head-on collision
which thinking people foresee. and
which the Scriptures graphically por-
tray, will give to society an earthquake
shock; more than this. the graphic pic
ture is of world-confagration which
will involve the heavens, or ecclesias-
teal powers. as well as the earth. or
social system. and the mountains. or
kingdoms of the world The picture
would be too terrible to paint, and
useless as well. were it not for the sill
yer lining to the cloud
The awful shock which Gods people
are warned to avoid so far as possible
by following peace-peace and benevo-
lence-w will merely prepare the way for
the glorious blessings of the great Sew
enth Day, in which man will rest from
his own schemes and endeavors and
come fully under the control of the
great King. Messiah. whose rule OF
righteousness for human uplift has
been prophetically pictured for centu-
ries.
The Picture In Retrospect
Still looking from the Divine stand
point at the six great thousand-year
days in which sin and death have
reigned. we perceive that one effect
has been as foretold to Mother Eve
Il win greatly multiply thy sorrows
and thy conception" We perceive
that our race has multiplied much
more rapidly than it would have done
had 1t remained perfect as at first, for
the first children, even In the days fol-
lowing the fall. were frequently born
when the father was an hundred years
old.
We have already referred to the les
son respecting the sinfulness of sin
which comes to all mankind
fully. most consciously to those ia
vored by contact with the people Of
God who have received the Divine
Revelation. The enlightened ones have
been but small proportion of the
whole. After two thousand years of
the reign Of sin and death God fore
told In an obscure manner the bless
ings He intended to bring subsequent
ly to the race: To Abraham He said.
All the families Of the earth | will
through thee and through thy
Seed. That message. followed in Is
rael by the giving of the Law Cove
nant, has been the Light of the world.
For eighteen centuries 1t was the only
light Of hope. of prospect. Then. in
partial fulhllment of that promise,
came Jesus. the first practical express
sion of Divine love and pity for our
race. No longer would God content
Himself merely with promises. lie
would now begin the
Work of Human Rescue
But If any hoped that worldwide
blessings would Immediately spring
up as the result Of Jesus work, he
was mistaken On the contrary, Jesus
Himself was combated by the Prince
Of darkness and his deluded subjects
And the same principle has obtained
for nearly two thousand years-all
followers of Jesus have been obliged
to take up their cross and suffer for
for goodness. in the
midst of a crooked and perverse peo-
pie. amongst whom they have shone
as lights and whom. to some extent,
they have assisted in enlighten;ng.
civilizing, etc.
Thus the six days of the week, 10
far as light. truth. knowledge Of God
Ia concerned, have all been dark days.
The lights which God provided in His
followers have been as candles set
upon candlesticks. They have indeed
reproved the darkness, but they have
been pOwerless to scatter it. Nor did
God so intend His declaration
through the Prophet Is, Weeping may
endure for the night. but joy cometh
In the morning" psalm xxx. 81
Again. Darkness covers the earth.
gross darkness the people" but 1.-The
Sun Of Righteousness shall arise with
healing in His beams. Isaiah IL. 2:
iv, 2.
This promised Sun Of Righteousness
which is to scatter the darkness of
earth. we are told distinctly, consists
If Jesus and those who have walked
n Bis footsteps throughout this Cos
pei Age. These, approved of the Fa-
her, win be glorified beyond the veil
oy resurrection to glory, honor and
Then speedily these will
shine forth as the Sun in the King
iom of their Father" Matthew xiii,
49, This will mean the ushering in of
he great Seventh Day-Messiah's Day. |
God Has Not Neglected us
From this Divine viewpoint God Is
lot slack concerning His promises.
only six days of the week have yet |
'assed. The glorious Seventh Day In |
which the great Mediator between God |
nd men will assume His Kingdom
'owers is just at hand Instead Of
linking that God Ia neglecting and |
orgetting to fulfil the Messianic prom
ses, we should with the eyes Of faith
ealize that He Is working. all things
ccording to the counsel of His own
viii. We should consider the matter
rom the standpoint that God has ex.