The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-19


Prophets will be made Princes In all
the earth psalm xiv, 16).
The Jews, naturally. will rally to
their standard and begin to recognize
the fulhlment of the prophecies Of old.
Other nationalities will begin slowly
to realize the import of the great, New
Jewish Dispensation. Their ideas and
ideals will be antagonistic for time
Gradually they win see the Restitu
ton blessings coming to Israel, in har-
mony with the Divine arrangements
Of the Kingdom. Then, as our context
declares, MANY people will say.
Come. let US go up to the Mountain
of the Lord. to the House of the God
of Jacob; He will teach us las well as
the Jews] His ways and we [as well
as theyl will learn to walk In His
paths.'"
Both Spiritual and Natural Israel
are In the picture Mt Zion is the
higher, the Spiritual Jerusalem; the
lower. the earthly. The Law shall go
forth from Mt Zion [Spiritual Zion
the Messiah-Head and Body-Bride
groom and Bridel-while the Word Of
the Lord 1.-THE directing and instruct
ingl will go forth from Jerusalem 1.-THE
Patriarchal Princes, who will repre-
sent the Kingdoml.
Judging Among the GensiIes
The context tells US that the new
King, Messiah. will judge amongst the
nations-amongst all the peoples. 1t
will be general judgment first. an
individual one subsequently. The ma
tional judgments will mean calamities
upon the nations. The demonstra-
lions Of the great dreadnaughts and
great armies will prove that they are
not to be the peacemakers Of earth
On the contrary. those trusting In these
devices will suffer most severely. All
must learn the lesson that Messiah's
Kingdom comes not by human might
nor power. but is the Lords institu-
ton, in His own appointed time.
The lesson will be so thoroughly
learned in that Day Of Trouble that
war will forever cease The Prophet
David tells US that the mighty army Of
the Lord, through Messiah's Kingdom,
will work havoc with present institu
lions. Then HE will make wars to
cease unto the ends Of the earth" Our
context tells us that thereafter "They
shall beat their swords into pillow
shares and their spears into pruning
hooks; nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they learn
war any more" Even Boys Brigades,
etc., thereafter will be at a discount.
Human energy and activity will find
better employment in conquering self
sin-siekness and death.
Hiding In the Rocks
The description here given by the
Prophet Isaiah Of the Day with which
this Gospel Age will end, the great
Day when Messiah's Kingdom begins,
agrees very closely with description
of the same given in the book Of Reve.
lation. Isaiah tells US that idolatry to
gold and silver shall be brought to an
end, and the great trouble of that Day
will cause many to hide themselves in
the rocks, for fear Of the Lord and fol
the glory Of His Majesty isaiah ii
10. III. ''The lofty looks Of man
shall be humbled. and their haughti
ness shall be bowed down and the
Lord alone shall be exalted in thai
Day. Tvs. Gil.
The idols He sAall utterly abolish
and those who worship them "shall &c
into the rocks and into the caves OF
the earth. for fear of the Lord and
for the glory OF His Majesty, whel
He ariseth to shake terribly the
earth Tvs. 1920
The same picture is set before us IL
Revelation VI. 1911. Here the great
ones Of earth are represented as call
ing upon the mountains to fall OF
them and to hide them from the pres
ence of the Lord The thought Is to
fall Deer US, hide US, protect US. The
Prophet Malachi asks. who shall
abide In the great Day Of the Lord p
'sWho shall be able to standY'
Let us construct a picture before
our minds. Let us suppose the vast
oceans, constituting three-fourths OF
the earth's surface, to represent the
masses of mankind unsettled, unat.
tached, without property, with little
hope or prospect. with illimitable
i0ngings, but no power to satisfy
them-"without God and without hope
IN the world" Let US consider the
land behind and before us to repre-
sent society. fixed. established. desir-
GUS of peace. having something which
1t does not wish to lose. which it does
not wish the sea" class to wash
away.
As in the sea we find shadows and
mighty depths, SO on the land we find
low places, higher places and noun
tain peaks, and each of these repre-
SCENTS a certain degree of prosperity or
diversity. The mountain heights
would represent the princes OF society.
merchant princes. bar ',ers, as well as
political powers. AS from time i'm
memorial there has been conflict be-
tween the land and the sea, the latter,
In storms, violently attacking the
former and seeking to capture it, so
between the two classes here repre-
scented the sea" class, helpless and
without property, Is enviOus of the
earth class, those who, under the
present order, seize and possess the
chief blessings.
The mountains. the rocks Of society
[social institutions, lodges, financial
institutions. capitalists. combinations,
national treaties, etc., will all fail in
that great Day of trial and judging
and testing; the shaking and over
throw Of every human institution Is In
full accord with the Divine require
ments Of Justice. Righteousness.
Who Shall Then Stand?
My dear hearers, where is your
treasure? Where is your security !?
This long foretold Day of the Lord is
nigh The great time Of Trouble i'm
ponds, time such as was not since
there was a nation" Daniel xii, II.
If our treasures are upon the earth
and our confidence rests In human or
CARNATIONS, the time Is near when we
may be crawling into these holes, these
social and financial protective arrange
ments, calling upon them to cover US,
protect us, but there will be no pro-
lection possible. The Apostle declares
respecting that Day that everything
that can be shaken win be shaken
everything that is not In full alignment
with the Divine standards will go
down In the language of the Scrip