The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-17

die in order to be the Redeemer Of
condemnation. The bullock Of the sin
Offering, therefore, was merely type
Of better sacrifice. The true sacri-
nee was provided in the death of the
Man Christ Jesus. He was a man and
yet not a sinful man. because, al
though born of a woman, His life was
from above. Had He received His life
from an earthly father, He would
have been a blemished. imperfect, sin
full man, and as such could not have
paid the fansom-price for another.
For this cause One was chosen to be
the Redeemer who was "holy, harm
less, undefiled and separate from sin
ners." And all this because Of His
miraculous conception.
As in the type the blood Of the bull
lock was used to make typical atone
ment for year, so In the antitype
the blood Of Jesus Is efficacious to
make atonement for the sins Of the
whole world In the type an earthly
priest offered the blood, in an earthly
tabernacle; in the antitype. He who
became the n-Offering, begotten Of
the Holy Spirit, at the time of His
conservation, was therefore recognized
as the great Antitypical High Priest.
After His resurrection He assembled
on high, ito appear in the presence of
God for us"-for the Church first:
a nd rrvho hn CHI
pleted, He will appear for the world.
He win seal the New Covenant for
Israel, applicable to all the families
Of the earth, through Israel. Then, as
the great Mediator Of that New Gov
enant Jeremiah XXI. 81, He win,
for thousand years. reign as King
Of earth, the Antitype of Melchisedec-
a Priest upon His throne-a Royal
Priest, possessed Of the necessary
power to put down sin and to uplift
humanity and perform the function of
instructing and blessing mankind
To Regain Paradise Lost.
The Paradise lost when Adam sinned
was a miniature one 1t is to be re-
stored and to be worldwide In extent.
God will make His earthly footstool
glorious" He has promised to make
His footstool glorious-''He formed it
not In vain. He formed it to be In
habited- Isaiah TX, 10; Xvi, /; xiv, IL.
AS the earthly Eden 1t will be inhab-
tied by its master, man; the restored
earth would be naught without its
master restored. And this is the Di-
vine provision, that as by man came
death, sin, sorrow, pain, trouble, by q
man also shall come the resurrection
Of the dead, the uplifting of Adams
race, mentally, morally, physically, to
human perfection, happiness and ever
lasting life. Earth's blessings will be
for all except two classes: a. Those
who love sin and hate righteousness,
after having been brought to full
knowledge Of both good and evil, will
have no further Divine favor, but will
die the Second Death (2) The others
who win not get human perfection and
earth's blessings will be a spiritual
class, a sanity class whom God is now
selecting from among mankind to be
His co-laborers with Christ in the up
lifting and restitution of humanity.
PROFESSIONALLY. the Almighty could
have arranged plan for dealing with
humanity differently-He could have
put different penalty upon Father
Adam. The present arrangement was
made so as to display ~ Divine Jus
tice, ~ Divine Love. 81 Divine Power,
~ Divine Wisdom Mans fall and
degradation under the death sentence
Witnessed to men and to angels the
downward tendency of sin and Divine
Justice In mans condemnation. Di-
vine Love is manifested in the work
Of redemption. Divine Power will be
during the reign of Mes
siah, In the uplifting Of humanity
from sin and death-the resurrection
Of the dead. Divine Wisdom will
finally be seen by all when the great
work OF reconciliation and regenera-
ton shall have been effected.
The Life Is In the Blood.
We have always known that in a
very important sense the life of every
creature is In its blood. as our text
declares. But we are continually flnd-
Ing that the Bible contains such a su-
perhuman wisdom that many Of its
statements grow In Importance as our
knowledge increases. Our text Is no
exception to this rule. The latest find
Ings Of science are to the effect that
life and nature are more particularly
represented In the blood than In any
other manner
If the theory of Evolution seemed
supported by Mr.. Darwin's careful In
ter-breeding Of his pigeons, we are not
to forget the difficulty he encounter
3D. in maintaining his fancy breeds.
The constant tendency appeared to be
70 turn back to the original stock. We
are now informed that this Is a rule.
law OF nature, which applies both
10 animal and vegetable life. We are
informed that all such breedinRs re-
turn to their original species in the
'hird or fourth generation. It is even
pointed out now that diseases Of the
blood proceed no further than the
bird or fourth generation, and this
most fortunately, otherwise the physi-
al health of humanity might be much
more impaired than 1t is.
Is not this direct confederation Of
hat Bible statement which some Of us
'nce thought so ungracious-God,s dec
aration that He would visit the sins
u the fathers upon the children. unto
he third and fourth generation" |
Exodus *, 81 1t now appears that,
instead OF being a mark of Divine dis
avor, 1t Is mark Of Divine mercy that |
hereditary faint In the blood is limited |
o the third or fourth generation.
A celebrated physician and scientist.
)r. William Hanna Thomson. promul- |
'ating this theory. said
Professor George H. F. Nuttall. OF
ne University OF Cambridge, took up
ne subject and has so extended its an
ncation that single drop of blood |
rom any animal now suffices, not only
show by its own peculiar chemical
eaction what animal it comes from,
ut also how nearly related an animal
by his blood to other animals. It
egins, therefore, to look as If the
Whole classification of zoology might
ave to be re-arranged according
0 these blood tests. Thus a drop