The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-05-14

full exercise: and keeping them quiet
will but turn the present hospital into
a Cemetery
What the churches of all the denom-
nations need is the Word of God-as
presented in the words of Jesus and
the Apostles: ''The words that | speak
unto you, they are spirit, and they are
life" The sin-sick and lame. the blind
and deaf and mentally perpleXed need
to hear the voice of Truth-"Wonder
full Words of Lfe"-otherwis they
will become more sick and will perish
as Christians. but to become alive per
haps as "iovers of pleasure more than
lovers of God
An Episcopal minister in our hearing
urged his congregation to simply rest
not to bother themselves about then
own future or that of others. The Holy
Catholic Church. he said. resembied a
ship, in which the members should
come as passengers to be carried TO
the heavenly destination. They need
not examine the compass. nor the
chart, nor the machinery. All they
hCCu " hO - " ST uONi II anu Gu,lON
the journey. trusting that their hap
tism and the Holy Spirit have given
them free ticket to a proper destina
ton.
Necessity For knowledge.
knowledge of God. the Bible de
clares, is Indispensable for the attain
ment of the Great Prize Of the High
Calling. Thus Jesus said. This is if,
eternal, that they may know Thee, the
Only True God. and Jesus Christ
whom Thou hast sent" (John xvii. 81
We are not to understand this to sig
nifty that anyone who has merely been
made acquainted with the fact that
there is one Creator, and that Jesus is
His Son, is on account Of this knowl-
edge to be granted everlasting life.
Some think to be able to make void
the various Scriptures which tell us
of the necessity of making our cali
ing and election sure" by so running
as to obtain the prize Il Corinthians
TX, pa
Our Lords words dc not refer to a
knowledge about God, but to a knowl-
edge of or personal acquaintance Nth
God and Ills Son. And such an init
mate acquaintance is not obtained
merely by an introduction, but by
companionship; it signifies an intimacy
Of acquaintanceship, familiarity.
Everything in the Divine Word en-
courages those who accept the Divine
invitation to draw near to God, to
come into fellowship with Him.
But this knowledge of God which
will bring a sanity few to salvation
on the highest plane stands related to
Gods Word-the teachings of the Bible
for thus God exalted His Word, by
making it the channel for spiritual re-
freshment and personal acquaintance
ship with Himself
Thus Jesus prayed for us, His fol-
lowers, 'Sanctify them through Thy
Truth, Thy Word is Truth" Any
who neglect the Divine Word will fail
Of the sanctifying power and thus fail
Of the ultimate acquaintanceship with
God which alone will guarantee ever
lasting life. The reason why the Lord
has thus arranged the matter and made
knowledge of the Scriptures essential,
doubtless is that thus His faithful
people may be benefited; and they
alone receive the instruction which
will profit them alone, but would more
or less injure others. Thus it is written,
Eye shall know the Truth, and the
Truth shall make you free"
To this class our Lord says today, as
He said to His Jewish followers eight
cen centuries ago, ITO you it is given
to know the Mysteries of the Kingdom
OF God, but to all outside these things
are spoken in parallels and dark say
ings, that hearing they might not IN
derstand and seeing they might not
perceive" To the outsiders-the Doc
tors Of Divinity-is not permitted the
Key Of knowledge. Even so, Father,
for SO it seemeth good In Thy sight,
Matthew XII, %, &c.