The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-11-28
The church's Present Mission.


ken hearted Isaiah Xxi. |.
The Church's Present Mission.
Our present mission, then. is not that
Of heart breaking, The stony-hearted
are doing that work continually. Our
mission Is to lay down life itself in
assisting all the broken-hearted TO a
true knowledge OF God and true APP
probation of His Plan for the Church,
and His subsequent Plan for the
world We. then, as ambassadors for
God, beseech men to be reconciled to
God and to come into harmony with
him. But even though our words be
scattered broadcast we know that only
the tender-hearted and broken-hearted
are likely to hear and to respond. The
message once confined to the Jews, as
Gods chosen people" Is no longer con-
fined to them. 1t was to the Jew first,
now equally to the Gentiles: HE that
hath an ear to hear, let him hear
Those who have not the ear cannot
hear this message, even though the
sound thereof has gone out into all
the earth, and the words of the mes
sage to the ends Of the earth. In due
time, during Messiah's Kingdom, all
the blind eyes will be opened and all
the deaf ears will be unstopped, and
the knowledge Of God shall be world
wide and ocean-deep. But not yet!
So long as Satan rules in this world
be viii blind the minds of those who
believe not, in order to hinder the true
light from shining into their souls
God has permitted him success In re-
spect to the world; because the Di-
vine message at the present time is
intended only for the special class who
hunger and thirst after righteousness.
These are called with the message,
Gather My saints unto Me, saith the
Lord, those who have made covenant
with Ne by sacrifice
The church's Future Mission.
We have seen that the Church's pres
emit mission Is merely to gather from
the world the broken hearted class,
which hears and responds to the Di-
vine message. Thus the present work
OF the Church Is merely TO complete
her own numbers--to gather in suffi-
cient number to complete the elect
Church. So the Scriptures declare that
In the end Of this age shall come the
union of the Church with her Lord.
by the power of the First Resurrec-
ton: THE marriage of the Lamb has
come, for His Wife hath made herself
oR
not only to find a sufficient number of
humanity willing and glad to walk in
Jesus footsteps. but also to instruct
these, building them up in the most
holy faith and preparing them for the
glorious contamination. and for their
future work
The future state of the Church will
be devoid of waves of trouble. trials,
sorrows and tears. Her triumph will
come; she shall enter into the joys of
her Lord and hear the Bridegroom's
voice, saving. well done, good and
faithful But the joys of the Lord
upon which she will enter will be
career Of usefulness for thousand
years. She will be with her Lord. and
colabor with Him in the worlds en-
ltghtenment. and in their uplifting by
restitution to all that was lost in Eden
and redeemed at Calvary.
Free grace will then be proclaimed:
whatsoever will may come. and take
Of the Water of Life freely And
everyone drinking may say. Come"
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allied with the knowledge of the glory
Of God. and the whole world may Join
In acelaiming. Glory. honor. dominion
and might and power be to Him that
stitch upon the Throne. and to the
Lamb. forever" The whole world OF
mankind will be blest with the oppor-
tunities OF this glorious Epoch. in
which all the willing and obedient may
attain full perfection aud Divine IA