The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-07-16

be supplied according to your Fathers
wisdom. Fear not. little flock. for it
is your Fathers good pleasure to give
you the Kingdom Sell that We have
and give aims. provide yourselves bags
which wax not old. treasure in the
heavens which fadeth not away. where
no thief approached. neither moth cor
rupteth; for where your treasure is.
there will your heart be also. Luke
xii. 1924
"Charee Them That Be Rich."
We are not for moment to suppose
that the Apostle referred to the world
ly rich when he wrote to Timothy.
''Charge them that are rich in this
world that they be not high-minded.
nor trust in uncertain riches, but in
the living God who giveth US richly all
things to enjoy" Il Timothy vi, 10
Most evidently the Apostle refers to
some Of the consecrated people of God
as having wealth; they are to consid
or it stewardship, and not their own
mot to be disposed Of according to
their own worldly caprices. and surely
not to be disposed of according to the
dictum of their friends and neighbors
and relatives.
If they are the Lords, all they have
must have been consecrated to Him.
else they were not accepted as His dis
ciples as He said The charge which
the Apostle directed to be given to the
brethren possessing wealth is stated,
that they do good. that they be rich
In good works. ready to distribute flor
the necessities of others, willing to
communicate Giberally willing to share
with others of the brethren as mem
bers of community, somewhat along
the lines of Christian communism
The effect of so doing. the Apostle
states would be laying up in store
for themselves good foundation
against the time to come. The word
foundation here is used in the same
sense as when we say that wealthy
man gave a foundation of a million
dollars for college. His present con
stitutes the foundation or basis for the
carrying out of the college plans and
arrangements
Thus Christian who generously uses
In the Lords service his financial
stewardship is laying a foundation fol
the future-a foundation for his spir
ltual wealth. and the more of time and
influence and wealth any of us can lay
up thus in doing good in forwarding
the interests of the brethren and the
Lords work the more are we pfling up
our treasures III heaven and lessenine
those on earth. Az the advantage OF
this procedure is that II helps to center
our hearts on things above. and to wean
them from the things OF the earth for
where our treasures are there will our
hearts be also, And thus. says the
Apostle, we will be able to LAY hold on
eternal ife." now proffered to us.
Like Unto Your Father.
1t helps Gods intelligent children to
follow In the marrow way" and to
learn the lessons of the present life, If
they can see the principles involved,
and how the lessons In the School of
Christ are advantageous. For instance,
many at first are inclined to say, ~ do
not see how it will make any differ
ence to the Lord what | do with my
money, my talents, my influence. he
Is rich, He needs nothing. Moreover,
If any are needy. He is quite able to
supply their needs without in the
slightest degree impoverishing Himself.
Why, then, should He desire His chill
dren, who are far from rich in the
worlds estimation, to use their little
talents of time and money and in6u-
ence, and why make this test for
them, which will determine whether or
not they shall attain to the Kingdom at
all. and if they attain at all. whether
they shall be amongst the greatest or
amongst the least in the Kingdom7
What is the philosophy Of it?"
The philosophy Is this: Man as orig
inally created, in the Divine likeness,
was tender-hearted. sympathetic. 1t
was after sin entered the world and
the strife for living began that self
ishness gradually became the FREEDOM
lnant influence, producing hard-heart-
edness-car of the interests Of
others-self-lov
Take Away the Stony Heart.
God proposes that during the thou
sand years of Messiah's reign the hard
heartedness of our race shall gradual
ly be dissolved. Satan will be bound
and his allurements will be ended.
The curse will be lifted. the earth will
Yield Its increase. the thorns and this
ties will give place. and so will the
pests. The stress being lifted from
mankind it will be easier for him to
learn the lessons of love and brother
hood and to rise up ont of his present
condition uf meanness and hard heart
edness. spitiShneSs back to- the glo-
rious image of God in which man was
created This will mean the dissolving
of the stony-heartedness of our race;
or, as the Scriptures put it. the Lord
will take away the stony heart out OF
their flesh. and give them heart OF
fesh--a heart of sympathy. All under
that favorable condition who will re-
fuse to return to harmony with God.
and to the likeness of God. will be de-
stroyed from amongst the people In
the Second Death.-Acts Ill. 1923.
But while such restitution under
the favorable conditions of the Mes
sianic Kingdom is Gods provision for
the world. He has different provision
hafp Tod q.
ed, proven By nature our hearts are
hard and selfish; and, as the Apostle
says, "We were children of wrath,
even as others" The fact that God
has called us to joint heirship with
His Son in the glorious Kingdom that
is shortly to bless the world does not
signify that He will accept us in our
present condition Of hard-heartedness
and selfishness
On the contrary. If we are to he the
kings. priests and judges of the world.
in association with our Lord and Head,
the great King. we can readily see
that we ourselves must get rid of this
condition before we could be properly
capable al helping the world up out of
it's hard-heHrielneSs
eve Walk by Faith"
In vari ,,i< rr'spp. Is the Lords deal
tngs w.ih His called Church at the
present time are different from what
His dealings will he with the world
by and by This is because ours is so
high an honor; and correSpondingly.
l.. iof .,t. mi
fest the more love. the more zeal than
will be expected of the world
To illustrates: We must walk by
faith and not by sight. and volun-
tarilY accent the Lords nroYidences