The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-30


Adam die, even so shall all in Christ
be made alive, every man in his own
order.-I Corinthians XIV. %.
Do you now catch glimpse of the
mercy, the compassion. the love of the
Christian God to US, who appeals to
the heart as being different from any
other god of whom you have ever had
knowledge! Think of a God, Infinite
in Power, as being careful Of His fall
en- creatures, and providing, even at
self-sacrif1ce, for their recovery
But you will say. Where is the re-
covery? Are we not still sick. mental
ly, morally and physicaIly-a dying
race? What has the death of Jesus
accomplished for us? That is good
question; the answer to it will bring
you much enlightenment respecting
Gods loving character and glorious
Plan for humanity. The Bible teaches
us that Jesus. who redeemed mankind,
is to be made the great King, whose
Kingdom shall dominate the whole
world-"under the whole heavens"
Daniel vii, 27) 1t will not be an
earthly kingdom; nor will the King be
visible to men, even as God is not visi-
BILE, because He Is a Spirit. The great
Messiah viii be invisible He will be
invisible because He is Spirit sthe
express Image of the Fathers per-
SON" CHebrews i, 81 The Kingdom
will be exercised through human agen-
cies and it will increase and spread un-
Ill -h I'D
til "every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess" TO Him-but all who
win reject His grace shall perish to-
| tally in the Second Death.
Waiting For the Sons of God.
My text declares that the relief for
the grooming creation waits for the
manifestation of the sons of God We
have already seen that Jesus, as the
pre- eminent Son Of God, died for our
sins and assembled to the right hand
| Of Divine Majesty, where He is wait
| ing; and meantime the groaning crea-
ton must wait also, for the same thing
for which He waits-for the sons of
God Here is matter which seems to
have been for time hidden under the
rubbish Of the Dark Ages-the fact
that God not only foreordained Jesus,
the great Son Of God, to be the worlds
Messiah, to deliver them from sin and
death, but that He also foreordained
the selection Of a special class from
amongst mankind, to be the Redeem
er's associates and joint-heirs III His
Kingdom Of glory, honor and immor-
tally. Romans ii. ~ 1t has required
the entire period from the time Of
Jesus death until now to c~N sane
tify, to prepare these suDy.- sons
Of God.
We might have supposed that our
great, loving Creator would have called
upon certain of the holy angels TO be
associates with the Redeemer in the
glorious work of His Kingdom, the up
lift of humanity But not so; He has
sent the invitation to this high, glo-
rious station to our poor, fallen race.
Thus, additionally, has the God Of
Love manifested the exceeding riches
Of His grace and His loving kindness
toward us In Christ Jesus. (Ephesians
Ii, ~ How wonderfully condescend-
ing!
Surely all will admit with me that
no god of any people has ever mani
tested such a love and interest in his
creatures as has the God of the Bible
the God Of Christianity. 1t is the Love
of God which constrains us-draws US.
And His exceeding great and precious
promises work in our hearts both to
will and to do His good pleasure" And
this is the test His wisdom has pro.
| vided. Although Messiah will use CO.
ercion to some extent during His reign
Of thousand years, yet the Heavenly
Father will not use coercion in respect
to any of these sons whom He is now
inviting. He seeketh such to worship
Him as worship Him in spirit and in
truth-such as need no coercion-such
as delight to know and to do the will
Of the Father In Heaven-such as In
these respects are copies of His Son
the RedeeIner.
The Narrow Way of Sacrifice.
But, although God will not urge
force or compel any to be sons on this
high plane of the divine nature, He
. does, to the contrary, set obstacles in
the way and make the way narrow
In which He invites these to follow
their Leader. He does this for the
very purpose of hindering any from
coming except the class which He spe
cially desires. His Message is through
| Jesus, IF any man will be My disci
pie, let him deny himself and take VI
, his cross and follow Me-" Again the
Apostle expresses the Fathers terms
saying, Il beseech you, brethren, by
the mercies of God. that We present
your bodies living sacrifices, holy and
acceptable to God, your reasonable
service" Again says the Master
''Etrait is the gate and narrow is the
way that leadeth unto life, and few
there be that find It,"
Surely we cannot say that these
stringent restrictions are unreasonable
Row could we expect our gracious
Creator to want any except the most
loyal of heart and most faithful and
Obedient to be associated with the
Lord Of Life and Glory In His glorious
Kingdom work? This is the only call
ing which God has yet opened to hui
manity, and not until this elect class
, shall have been completed will the
worlds blessing be due to begin. 1t ID
my understanding of the Scriptures
that the time for making our calling
and election sure to this Kingdom
class is now very short. 1t therefore
behooves all who desire this glorious
. relationship with Messiah to "give al
diligence" and to run with patience
: the race set before us" in the Gospel
looking unto Jesus, the Author Of oul
faith, until He become the finisher.
Tho Non elect Also Exhorted.
The wonderful blessings of our day
which make it so different from any
other Epoch IN the worlds history
have reached even here to China, and
we now see what already appear tC
be the beginnings of wonderful things
Evidently Divine Power, within the
past century, has been lifting the veil
because we are just on the threshold
Of the New Dispensation-becau the
Church (the elect sons Of Cod is about
complete-because "the manifestation
of the SONS of God" for the aid Of the
grooming creation" is at hand-be
cause Messiah's Kingdom glory IL
about to be ushered In. The blessings
Of the present are only foretaste Of
those glorious blessings for the world
Of mankind. Oh, what compensations
! our loving God has provided for all the