The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-11

The Scriptures which may quote In
support of my presentations seem
harsh. almost to cruelty. but assure
you. my hearers, that am not respon-
sible for the language used My re-
sponsibility is to speak the word of the
Lord In doing this shall endeayor
to present the Lords words in as kind.
ly manner as possible. and so far as
possible explain some of the harsher
expressions. but | must not shun to
declare the whole counsel of God-and
as fully as | believe He would now
have His people understand it
There was no Mystic Babylon in the
days of Jesus and the Apostles The
expressions therefore in Revelation
bearing upon Mystic Babylon. were
Prophetic Of the Systems and condi
tons which have since arisen in the
Church The word Babylon has a
double significance 1t comes from
Babel" 1t calls our minds back to
the period when the sons of Noah
lost faith in the Divine. Prudential
care and the promise of the rainbow
and endeavored to erect structure
for their own preservation-the Tower
of Babel This attempt led to the con
fusion of tongues
Similarly. following the days of the
Apostles and the persecution of the
early Church. an attempt was made
to erect Il great religious System for the
Church'S protection. not waiting for
aIxriYa 2 ho iu;,
that Messiah in due time would come
and establish His Kingdom for the
worlds blessing.
The religious Tower of Babel was
primarily. Papacy 1t was a wonder
full structure so far as it went. but it
never accomplished the designs of its
founders 1t never mastered the sit
uation and established the Church far
above the power and influence of the
civil governments and earthly mon
archs.
1t was when the Tower of Babel rose
to a considerable height in dignity and
grandeur that the Lord manifested His
power amongst the workmen. and con
founded their speeches Disconnected.
the further building of the Tower
ceased. and the people of the different
languages set up each for himself ac-
cording to the different ideals This
corresponds well with the Protestant
Reformation movement, and the vari-
Gus denominations into which those
once Catholics became divided.
Babylon and It's Wall.
Another thought connected with our
subject is that the literal city Of Baby
Ion was prototype. prophetic figure
of Mystic Babylon. The name Baby
Ion signifies. THE gate of God"-the
gateway by which access to God is to
be attained This in effect was the
claim made by Papacy. and the claim
she still makes. that she is a great
City. great Kingdom. that she has
great wall of Divine salvation and pro
lection about her-a great wall built
of ignora nee and superstition. say her
enemies
In the Book Of Revelation Jesus pro
phetically pictured the greatness of
this City this spiritual Empire 1t is
essentially religious. although it In
rludes the great kingdoms Of earth
which nnitedly are styled ChriStendom.
This great City Babylon is represent
ri as being divided into ten different
wards. eacil Of which represents one OF
the Kingdoms of ChrStendom. and
which correspond to the ten horns OF
the symbolic Beast Compare Reeve
iation xi -; x'i. IL: xiii. I
And lis ills great City. or spiritua
kingdom thus Includes the chief mon
arches Of Europe so under another
figure, Babylon Iap#rv is represented
as II woman" Ia whose forehead was
funnd the nanir babylon the Great
the Mother IT Narots Thus is Sh,wn
in some mnnirr the varinns Prntes' mi
systems ct CbriStendonl which -ep
arafed from the Mother Church of
Rome still her daughters. still related
10 her ls9rtaksrS Of her character
traits and disposition Thus lsabyIon
with her ten wards includes practically
all of Europe: and Mother and Daugh-
ters OF this same family name include
nearly ali Of the Protestant denomina-
tions. as well as the Catholic Mother
Church
What Is Meant by HarIotry7
Ii should be remembered i'll discuss
ing this subject that the language is
Gguratire- that it does not signify that
either the Church Of Rome or her
Protestant Daughters are immoral.
The thought is that the Church of
Christ was primarily virgin" com
pany of persons, called out separated
from the void and its aims and ambi-
iiJns-caIled to be saints and joint
heirs with Christ in His Kingdom
To whatever extent systems arose
amongst the followers of Jesus and be
came affiliated with any of the king
doms of this world-to that extent.
Scripturally, fguratively. they commit
tel harotry because they were espous-
ed to the King of kings and the Lord
of lords, and were to wait for Him,
that at His second coming they might
DCCOEt LIS DlluC anu UGCOElle doSOCl-
ated with Him in His Throne.
1t will not be questioned that Papacy
became affiliated with the Roman EN- |
pire and sat down on the throne of |
Rome. nor that the Church of England, |
as one of her daughters became affili- |
ated with the British Government. and
now sits, representatively. in the
House of Lords. 1t would not be ques-
toned that the Greek Church expert
enced q similar betrothal and marriage |
to the Russian Government. the Lu
theran Church to the German Empire
etc. etc. 1t is on this account and in
this sense that the Church of Rome
and her Daughters mother and daugh.
tiers. organizations Of Protestants. are
figuratiyely called by the family name
of Babylon
Babylon's Golden Cup.
Under the figure of woman clothed
In purple and scarlet the Mother Sys-
TEN of Babylon, long centuries ago.
made all the nations drunk with her
wine,' the doctrines which she had in
her golden cup" Revelation xvii.
1-6) The golden cup represents the
Bible, the Divine Standard, or authori-
ty. 1t was misused when the wine of
false doctrine was put into it-whep
the Bible was claimed as authority for
various erroneous teachings of the
Dark Ages The intoxicating wine
which made the nations drunk. and
which led them to support the won
nm" and to call themselves Christian
Papaey still holds in her hand:
and still offers to all who will receive
It. But the nations are gradually 30
bering up and becoming less and less
inclined to take more Of the wine
1t is not necessary to suppose that