The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-06-13

I'm the newspapers of the English
speaking world. Today's audience at
the Brooklyn Academy Of Music was
estimated at twenty-six hundred. OF
these about two hundred, all men, were
on the platform behind the speaker.
Late Corners failed altogether to gain
admittance to the afternoon service.
The text was appropriate for Whitsun-
day, It being st. Peters explanation
Of the Pentecostal blessing-'This is
that which was spoken by the mouth
Of the Prophet JOEL (Acts II, 1913.
The speaker called attention to the
fact that the Prophet Joel mentioned
two distinct outpourings Of the Holy
Spirit One Of these, upon the servants
and handmaidens Of the Lord. found
IT'S fulflment at Pentecost; and during
the more than eighteen centuries since,
Gods spiritual blessing has been not
only with the Apostles, but with all the
footstep followers of Jesus-all Of
Gods servants and handmaidens. II
we see this feature OF the prophecy
fulfilled, 1t becomes a guarantee to be-
hevers that the remainder Of the same
prophecy will have fulflment in Gods
due time. The remainder Of the proph-
ecy declares that afterward-after these
days In which the Holy Spirit has been
outpoured upon the Church, upon the
servants and handmaidens' = Will
come Gods time for pouring out His
Spirit upon all flesh
st. Peters statement, 'This II that
which was spoken by the mouth Of the
Prophet JOEL" Pastor Russell said
should not be taken to mean that
what was witnessed In the upper room
on the Day Of Pentecost nearly nine
teen centuries ago, completely fulfilled
the Prophet Joel's predictions. None.
he said, would dispute that the full
flment Of Joel's prophecy began at
Pentecost with the early Church, and
has been in process of fulflment dur
ing all the centuries since. 1t is as
true today as it was then, that the
blessing Of the Holy Spirit is granted
to all Of Gods servants and hand
maidens And the remainder Of the
prophecy win as surely be fulfilled
with equal accuracy in due time.
After these days of the Gospel Age
after these days Of the outpouring of
the Spirit upon Gods servants and
handmaidens-will come the glorious
epoch Of Messiah's Kingdom, in and
through which God will pour out upon
the world of mankind great blessing
of enlightenment and uplift from the
sin and death conditions now prevail
ing. 1t win be to the accomplishment
Of this end that Satan shall be bound
for thousand years. and the dark
ness, which now covers the earth and
| the gross darkness which now blinds
the heathen VIII be chased away by
the glorious "Sun of Righteousness
with healing in His beams" Thus
viii be inaugurated the glorious Day
of Messiah. thousand years long
Thus the knowledge of the glory OF
the Lord win ill the whole earth
Thus every tongue shall be brought
to confess and every knee to bow to
Messiah as the great Representative OF
Jehovah and His righteousness.
Abrahan's Spiritual Seed First.
Abraham of old typifed Jehovah,
and Isaac typified Messiah. born NOT
after the flesh. but after the Spirit-by
a special Divine interpretation
| ing to Gods promise. OF this anti
| typical Isaac class, Jesus Is the Head
the Forerunner Of the Church. as well
as the worlds Redeemer The Body
| Of Messiah is composed of a sanity
few, according to the Scriptures, gath
cred, primarily, from the Jews, but
being completed by additions from ev-
cry nation, people, kindred and tongue
| These all. the Apostle tells us. will
be character-copies of Gods dear Son
our Redeemer and Head This, the
Apostle declares, is Divine predestina
ton Romans viii. 20. 30)
This Church class. or Messiah class
is variously referred to In the prophe
| cies, as well as In the New Tesla
| ment, as the brethren" of Jesus. anC
as @sons Of God" OF them the Proph
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gods, all of you sons of the Highest
| but ye shall all die like men and fal
like one of the Princes" psalm
lxxxii, 8, y. These all die IKE mer
In the estimation of the world. be
cause, as the Apostle declares, tn,
| world knoweth them not even as i
knew not their Master. AS the worlC
did not recognize that the life of Je
| sus was laid down sacrifcially. mel
| Their Is it aware that the followers o.
Jesus, little handful, down through
the Age. have likewise through Hi
merit presented their bodies Twins
sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God
Abraham's Natural Seed Next.
This Spiritual Seed Of Abraham, al
sanity, viii constitute the Church O.
the First-Borns, the antitype Of the
Priests and Levites of the Jewish Dis.
pensation. With the completion OF
this Church, gathered out Of all ma
lions, sects and denominations, Divine
| favor viii return again to the natural
seed Of Abraham. AS the Jew was
| granted the first privilege or opportu-
nifty Of becoming the Spiritual Seed
of Abraham, he win likewise have the
first opportunity to participate in the
hIaasin0 which fhan will oorna 70 &t,e