The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-13


Not only are Christian natives alert to
meet him, but their heather country |
men are. also, interested. Mohamme
dams have been inquiring, Has Pastor |
Russell any special message for us? |
The arrangement is that the Pastor |
shall spend a full week in this Dis |
trict and be at Madras next Sunday. |
He will, of course. be speaking every |
day and, although this will be done |
through an interpreter, the natives are |
keenly alert to hear what they call,
Gods Lore Message. Addressing large |
crowd under rather unfavorable cir
cumstances, the Pastor said
/ have chosen as my text on this oc-
casion the Message of the angels at
the birth Of our Redeemer-"Fear not!
Behold, we bring you good tidings Of
great Joy, which shall be unto all peo-
ple." duke Ii, 10.) / feel that am
not entirely stranger to many Of you,
nor you to me. For a considerable
time / have seen regular reports sent
In from this District to the Interna-
tional Bible Students Association, Of
" AASh 4 nav hAG AOAACA "a 0CA16 4 A~o-
ident. These reports informed. US of
your growing love for God and for the
Message Of His grace set before US In
the Bible. Everything of interest that
transpires amongst you here Is prompt
~ reported to us-the numbers who at
tend the meetings, the numbers Of
adults immersed and the numbers of
~, kc<I hot.
These reports in turn are published
to the Bible Students all over the
world We want you to know of the
Christian love of these children of God
Of various nationalities who are repre-
sented by the Committee now before
you. We desire to know Of your spir-
itual state and of what may be done
wisely and economically to forward
the same. Our Society Is not wealthy,
but the little that 1t possesses Is most
cheerfully and economically used IN
the service of the Lord and His Cause
Even some of your faces are familiar
to us, for Brother Devasahayam sent
us the photos Of his native assistants
OF this District. No doubt he explain
ed to you his own marvellous expert
ences, as he told them to us: How, as
the son Of native Methodist mission
airy, he thought to follow In his fathers
footsteps. after obtaining an education.
He came to America, and. as result
of four years course In a Methodist
College in Ohio, found himself an ag-
nostic-a Higher Critic, an Evolution
list, thorough unbeliever in the inspi-
ration Of the Bible. Too honest to
preach what he no longer believed, he
abandoned missionary intentions.
Later, six Volumes Of Studies in the
Scriptures" published by the Interna-
tional Bible Students Association,
brought the brother back to the Bible
and to a fuller and more intelligent
faith than he had ever before known.
Then he had Message Of good It'd
ings' for his race. and Gods provi-
dence sent him back to you; and now
the true light, through his instrument
tally. has reached many Of your hearts
and brought gladness through a more
intelligent knowledge Of God. through
His Word. All, dear friends, we all
know what a joyful Message of Truth
has come to you. and we trust that you
will be faithful in letting your light
shine before others and thus glorify
your Father In Heaven
| The Father Of Mereies.
Two days ago. on the Island Of Cey-
Ion, my attention was drawn to the
tomb Of the good Bishop Heber. I'm
mediately to my mind came the words
Of his weli-known hymn,
What though the spicy breeSss
Blow soft Ger Ceylon's Isle,
And every prospect pleaees.
And only man is vileP'
From childhood / had sung those
words. and finally found myself on
Ceylon's Isle But. my dear hearers.
am not so sure but that the dear
Bishop exaggerated a little the vile
ness of the human types Of this vi
cinity. Poverty, indeed. l see on
every hand, and. If vileness be meas
ured by our great Creator by lack Of
wealth. then certainly You are vile In
comparison to some more wealthy.
But can we really believe that this Is
the Divine standard? Shall we not
rather believe the words Of Jehovah.
MAN looketh upon the outward ap-
pearance, but God looketh upon the
hearth Il Samuel xvi. ~
l am not here to hatter you-not
here to say that poverty is a proof of
purity Of heart On the contrary. it
10 my duty a. minister Of Christ to
declare that there Is none righteous
no, not one. But | may say to you
that, admitting that all men have
sinned-some In ways more peculiar
to one nationality and some to an
other, it Is ours to point out the need
of an Atonement for sin and the fact
that 1.-The blood (the sacrlfice) Of Jesus
Christ our Lord, cleanseth us from all
sIn"-''Nelther Is there salvation In
any other, for there ls none other
Name given under heaven or amongst
men whereby we must be saved
Jew or Gentle, bond or free, eau
caslan or Indian.
/ believe, therefore. that / cannot do
better than to relate to you the "Old,
Old Story" of the love of God mani
tested In Christ, the Redeemer. My
text tells that Old Story in precious
words OF life, which had well-nlgh
been lost during the darker ages and
since; for many of you may be sur
prised to know that the vast majority
Of people in Christian lands have very
slight conception Of the love of God.
Indeed, am sorry that 1t is true, but
the faith of many Christians, as ex-
pressed in their creeds, is more terri
Bile, more God-dlshonoring than are
the beliefs of any heather In the
whole world.
/ am glad to tell you, however, that
really very few people in Christian
lands any longer believe their own
creeds. ! know not how much of
them are preached here. True Chris
tian people are much better than their
creeds. They have sympathy for
you who live In these parts and for
residents of other benighted lands
Many Of them give literally, whether
wisely or not, in their desire to bene-
fit the heather.
! assure you that however much
their creeds assert It. these kind-heart-
ed people do not believe that the mass
es Of mankind are bound to eternal
misery because of not having heard of
the "Only Name" They really do not
know what they believe. The smoke
] Of the dark ages" still prevails to
such an extent that their eyes Of IN
Outstanding cannot see ''the length