The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-11-21


single blow.
All the while that he seemed so
reckless he was working according to
the ideal before his own mind With
his minds eye he saw his ideal in the
stone, and blow AFTER blow, chip after
chip merely revealed to our eyes what
he had purposed in himself from the
beginning of his work. Not until his
work was finished could we compre-
bend fully the ideal Is not this prin-
ciple still more true of our Creator?
He tells us that He is working all
things according to the counsel Of His
own WILL" which He purposed in Him
self before the world was" (Ephe
SLAMS i, IL; iii, 10, III
The great Master Workman of the
Universe will eventually show both to
angels and men all the various attri-
butes of His perfection-His Wisdom
Justice, Power and Love. Meantime
None Of the wicked shall under
stand" but in the End Of this Age the
wise will Increasingly understand His
purposes, hidden from all except His
saints, of whom it is written, '"The
secret of the Lord is with them that
reverence Him." HE will show you
things to come" Psalm XIV. IA; John
xvi, 10.
Now Apply the Principle.
Let US apply this principle to the
work Of our great Creator. Let US
see how far 1t has already progressed.
In what state of development is the
Divine Plan today? What will be re-
quired to complete 1t and to manifest
Divine Wisdom. Justice. Love and
Power? Only by a careful examina-
ton Of the Great Architects revealed
plan can we judge at all Of the degree
to which His purposes have already
attained perfection.
The wreck and blight of human in
terests resulting from Father Adams
disobedience progressed for twenty
| i've hundred years before the first step
was taken in the Divine Program on
mans behalf. That first step was
merely the making Of rough outline
drawing with various crude illustra-
tons which merely limited at one or
another of the Creators glorious pur
| poses. This rough outlining was done
during the sixteen hundred years we
call the Jewish Age.
Israel as nation pictured all the
world Of mankind who will ultimately
come into fellowship with God. Their
one tribe Of Levi typifed the House
hold of Faith, "the Church of the
First-born" Of this Gospel Age.
through whom all blessings will come
the priests. typified the Royal Priest
hood Of the better Mediator. The
sacrifices by which that Covenant was
established, and that people brought
into harmony with God, typifled the
better sacrifices of Christ, which began
with our Lord and have continued in
His faithful followers who present
their bodies living sacrifices, wholly
and acceptable to God through Him
| Romans xii. ~
Israel's Jubilee year typiied the
| great Times of Jubflation soon to
come, 1.-The blessing Of all the families
| Of the earth"-the Times of Restitu-
tion Of all things" to be inaugurated
at the second coming of Christ and
| the establishment Of His Kingdom.
| Manifestly only those who could I'M
derstand those roughly sketched draw
ings could comprehend to any degree
the great Divine Plan Of the Ages.
With this Gospel Age God began a
great work which is yet far from I'm
ished and which as yet does not show
| forth fully to mankind in general His
Justice, Wisdom, Power or Love. The
work of this Age, according to the
Scriptures. is the selection of both the
Church. which is 1.-THE Bride, the
Lambs Wife," and the virgins, her
companions. who follow her" psalm
XIV, S-18.)
The Bible declares that Jesus, the
Redeemer, having finished His sacri-
Zee, passed into glory beyond the veil
to the right hand of Divine Majesty
It declares also that when this Age
shall be completed all the faithful fol-
lowers Of Jesus will pass to Him be-
yond the veil and share His glory and
His Kingdom and Immortality on the
heavenly plane. But how few there
are who see this much of the Divine
Plan; and II they cannot see this much
how could they be expected to see still
further into the future developments
Of the Divine Program?
AS the sentence of death came as
the result Of one transgression. but in
volved the race. so one sacrifice for
sin, by the IMAM Christ Jesus was
sufficient to be Ransom Price for the
sins of the whole world-a mans life
for a mans life. Thus as condemna
ton came through one man unto
death. so justification is provided
through this other man unto everlast
ing life.-Romans v, 10. 10.
Christ's Sacrifice Offsets Adams Sin.
But although so broad foundation
for human salvation was laid by the
great Master Workman, the Message
and the blessing therein have not been
granted as yet to the majority, but to
the few-"He that hath an ear to hear,
let him hear" "As many as the Lord
your God shall CALI" mo man can
come unto Me, except the Father which
sent Me draw him." And this calling
and drawing, though in one sense free,
10 In another sense restricted to those
who are in the heart condition Of be-
ing drawn and of hearing the call.
All others remain blinded to the Di-
vine Invitation by the god Of this
world. Oh Corinthians Nv, A.
Evidently those now being drawn
and "called" are not the whole world,
but a select class. Those who prove
themselves faithful to the end are
styled ''thc rcry elect" These are the
Royal Priesthood who, as priestly
Kings, will be associated with Messiah
In His glorious, worldwide Empire
which shall rule from sea to sea and
from the river unto the ends Of
the EARTH" for the binding of Satan,
the overthrow of sin. and the uplifting
of sinners. But we are to clearly dis
ttnguish between the present work Of
selecting the Royal Priests, the Bride,
the Lambs Wife, and the work for the
world, which these will accomplish
after their glorifcation on the spirit
plane.
We must thus distinguish, because
looking upon the revealed plans of the
great Architect of the Universe, we
perceive that thus He has arranged
the Church, as the Bride Of Christ, is
to constitute "a New Creation par
takers of the divine nature like unto
her Lord. These on the plane Of glory
win have a station far above princi- |
palities and powers and every name