The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16

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1 bowed in worship before God, Infinite
in Wisdom, Justice, Love and Pow
err.
| He That Seeketh Findeth.
l said. Oh, great, Almighty God, al
though unknown to me, l worship
Thee! 1 adore Thee, My whole being
cries out for the pleasure of more inti-
mate acquaintance with Thee, that
might know Thy will regarding me
and Thy purposes respecting human
ity. | said, Assuredly, as God Is ALI
Wise. He must have an Advise pur-
pose, of which l need not be ashamed!
So surely as He is JUST and loving. all
of His plans and purposes must accord
with these qualities; and having made
man capable of approaching these
qualities. He will surely be willing to
bestow the information which desire
Information as to how l can best
please and serve Him and as to what
His purposes and intentions are re-
specting mankind.
My prayers convinced me the more
that there must be Divine Revela-
ton somewhere in the world. Thought
| that | had searched the Bible faith
fully and proved 1t unreasonable and
contrary to every conception could
have of Divine Creator and His pur-
poses; hence my eyes turned toward
this Eastern land and your sacred
books. l studied them for time, only
| to find them far less satisfactory to
my intellect than the Bible ! had al
ready cast aside.
| returned to the Bible. / asked my
self. Might you have been prejudiced
when you examined it before? Al
though | thought not, l made fresh
investigation. because felt there must
be a Revelation from the true God
somewhere. and because the Bible thus
far gave the best testimony. 1t, in
| deed, told of a God of Love, as no
other religious books do, yet its teach
ings respecting the future Of the nom
elect staggered me. for l was sure that
they were not Godlike. but the reverse
Proving the Bible Reasonable.
Disregarding the Old Testament
Scriptures entirely began with the
New. | said. Was not Jesus most
wonderful Character? Is 1t not true
that never man spake like this MANI
Both heart and head answered, Yes!
His teachings are the noblest found on
earth! His example fully COMFORTS
with His teachings! l asked, Can l
rely upon the evidence? My mind re-
piled. Yes If just such men today
told you their observations you would
believe them implicitly. These men
confessed that they were ignorant and
unlearned men. telling Of their own
weaknesses In way that impostors
| would not do. Their Message abounds
in good tidings Of great JOY for all
people, and not merely for their own
nationality. My heart began to take
courage. began to feel that had
found a footing for my faith and that
the Bible indeed differed considerably
from the various and conflicting creeds
which claimed it as their support ana
Authority.
However. suddenly remembered
that much of the New Testament 10
composed of passages from the Old
Testament and comments thereon.
Alas! l said, for / cannot accept the
Old Testament Scriptures. But the
more l studied the matter the more
convinced was that If Jesus and the
Apostles were at all what they claim
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true as the New-as st. Peter declared,
Holy men of old spoke and wrote as
they were moved by the Holy Spirit"
Then / began more critical study Of
the Old Testament, and to my joy, as
| sought, | found. as knocked the door
Of Truth opened for me- l found the
Bible teaching very different from
what had supposed it to be, very con-
trary to that of all the creeds. The
latter, indeed, each and all. contain
truths taken from the Bible, but truths
incrusted with various human creduH-
ties and misconceptions-the Bible mes
sage as whole divided amongst many
creeds and made to contradict itself.
Tho Bible He'll 10 the Key.
To my surprise found the presen'
tations Of the Bible not only more log
ical than anything else In the world,
but absolutely the only logical presen-
tation on earth. AS interpreted by it
self, and not by the creeds and theo-
ries of the Dark Ages, the Bible tells
one beautiful, reasonable, harmonious
story, from Genesis to Revelation. 1t
tells nothing Of fiery hell manned by
fire-proof demons, and supplied with
fuel for all eternity, to which Adam
and his race were sentenced on ac-
count of sin. On the contrary, 1t teaches
that ''the wages Of sin is death"
1t tells that "the soul that sinneth, 1t
shall de-" and tells that Adam sInned
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