The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-08-27

sus Christ, by the grace OF COO, taSted
death for every man." (Hebrews ii. 81
But other texts misunderstood. be-
clouded our judgment and led us to
think that this text meant every man
In Christ We all know that the Bible
declares that God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son.
that whosoever believeth on Him
might not perish but have eternal life.
John Iii, 49, We found it difficult to
limit this text to the Church when 1t
specifically declares the world We see
now that 1t applies to the Church first
and to the remainder of the world aft
erward.
Those who in the present life, dur
ing this Gospel Age, hear OF Christ
and have their eyes and understanding
open to recognize Him as the Son of
God and the Savior Of men-these
shall not perish in the Second Death
but pass Immediately by faith to
reckoned everlasting life, which will
be completely theirs when they shall
have experienced the glorious change
of the First Resurrection. We are
glad now TO see that the Divine pur
pose still holds on with respect to the
world that was lost and redeemed
We perceive now that God intends to
bring all men to a knowledge of the
Truth. More than that, He intends to
give the world the assistance of the
Royal Priesthood for q thousand years
for their ediflcation, instruction and
uplifting out Of sim degradation,
death, back to full perfection Of the
image Of God In the flesh, freely pro-
vided for all who will come unto the
Father through the precious arrange
ments then operative.
The same original sin of Adam was
inherited by all of his race and there
fore was as much against the class
chosen as the Church as against the
remainder Of the world. This the
Apostle declares, saying. I'VE the
church, were children Of wrath, even
a. others" Ephesians ii, g. We
have merely been delivered from the
curse, the death sentence, in advance
Of the world as a result of special d.
vine favor enjoyed by us-whether
that favor consisted in not being so
seriously fallen as some, or whether 1t
consisted In special opportunities for
coming into this grace. And II the
Church has enjoyed some special IA
vor of God In being constituted the
frst-fruits of His creatures to be de-
hvered from the power Of sin and
death, why should we ever have I'M
agined that He had no grace whatever
remaining for our less fortunate
brethren (the world In generally And
how could we think of ourselves OF
the Church as the frst-fruits and sup
pose that there would be no after
fruits-no general harvest for the
worldf-James 1, IS.
Our text forcefuily calls attention to
this double action of Divine grace
FIRST upon the Church and secondly
upon the world-and points us to the
fact that the salvation Of the willing OF
the Church Of this Age, and the saliva.
ton Of the willing of the world In the
next Age-two distinct situations
both proceed or result from the one re-
demptive sacrifice of the Lord Jesus
Christ finished at Calvary. Notice the
statement, He Is the Precipitation (sat
isfaction) for our sins (the Church's
sins), and not for ours only, but also fo'
the sine of the tohOIe toOrId."
Will Truth Injure2
Many ministers all over the world
following the suggestions Of the l. B
8. A. Convention, have informed theil
congregations and the world in gen
eral through the newspapers that they
do not believe in hell of eternal tor
ture, and that they do not believe that
the Bible, rightly interpreted, teaches
this. But there are others who, by
some influence, take an opposite course
They denounce the Bible Students
and myself In particular, for telling
the people the Truth. These ministers
generally without much influence ever
in their own congregations, have, l an
told, threatened the newspapers al
over the world that are publishing my
sermons that they will boycott then
and influence their congregations.
But the editors are finding out thai
narrow minded people never have
much influence, good or bad. Hence
the sermons still appear In nearly AT
teen hundred newspapers in the Eng
lish language and are spreading, l an
told, into the German and Swedish
These brethren claim that the world
is likely to be injured and to be turned
away from God and the Bible by Its
proper Interpretation. We answer, Not
20. After the preaching of eternal tor
ment for sixteen centuries the net re
suit is that everybody is losing faith
In the Bible, which has been misin-
terpreted, and many are even losing
faith in a personal Creator. Is 1t not
time, even for pollcy's sake. to discon-
unue the Misrepresentation Of God and
his character to see II the Truth will
not accomplish more than the error
has done? And aside from the policy
question, If we have been slandering
our Creator and disappearing the
Bible for centuries, Is 1t not all the
more incumbent upon us now to set the
matter right2
Who will deny the fact that life and
property are less secure in SO called
Christian lands, where the eternal tor
ment has been preached for centuries,
than in any other part Of the world
We assure the dear brethren who are
fearful that we have many evidences
to prove the very contrary Of their
fears-to prove that better knowledge
of God and His love, as expressed in
the Divine Plan Of the Ages, is help
ing many, not only out of ignorance
and darkness, but also out Of indif-
ference and wickedness, into fellow
ship with God. But anyway, how dare
we, as Christian ministers. either di
rectly OF indirectly, SANDER the charac-
ter Of our God In way and to degree
that we would resent II charged against
our worst enemy?
We fear that some of these misguid-
ed brethren are more solicitous for
their own supposed welfare and the
supposed interest Of their own church
es than for the glory Of God or the
welfare Of the people. They are afraid
to have the people see the light of
Present Truth and gain a clear COM
prehension OF the Bible, possibly be-
cause they fear that this would reflect
upon them as not having properly In
sfFucted the people. They seem to
know that If the people will read they
viii be convinced-and IL convinced
they will no longer be sectarian. nor
pay good money to help to misrepre-
sent Gods character and keep the peo-