The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-07-29

hHef "iS = anu as mucQ depend
ent upon the Lords grace as the hum
blest and the meanest of their fellows.
No Partially With God.
We are not to understand that God
is partial to the poor. the mean, the
illiterate, the ignoble. The Scriptures
assure US that God is impartial. All
other conditions being equal. riches,
honor, nobility of character, would
make the possessors more esteemed in
Gods sight But other conditions are
not equal. During this Age God is
choosing a special class. He puts
faith first, then meekness, gentleness,
patience, brotherly kindness and love,
In their order.
Apparently the life experiences of
the poor and ignoble are as favorable,
or more so, than the conditions of the
rich and the talented. All of their ex-
periences tend to develop faith, while
those of the rich tend rather to de-
velop self-reliance, self-assurance The
tend to develop meekness, teachabls-
ness, whereas the experiences Of the
learned tend naturally toward self con-
ceit. The experiences Of the great in
dealing with subordinates tend to be-
get arrogance and self-assurance;
whereas If they become disciples of
Christ, those qualities are serious hand
leaps and interferences. Thus we see
why not many rich, wise, great and
noble are amongst those upon whom
the Gospel Message takes serious eff
feet Not only have the poor many
advantages in respect TO hearing and
obtaining the Gospel Message; but
their being more numerous than the
rich would be another reason why they
would predominant among the Lords
elect class.
Not All Poor Are Blessed.
Our text, however, does not refer to
poor people in general. but to a special
class of poor. Blessed be We poor:
for yours is the Kingdom of God"
Some poor, instead of being drawn to
God by their poverty, cultivate a spir-
it Of anger. malice, hatred, strife, and
are thus not only embittered in spirit.
but have their faces turned In the OPP
posite direction from the one in which
Gods blessings come Alas, how true
this is today!
The class described by Jesus as I'VE
poor is composed of those who are
hungering after righteousness, and
who have approached the Fountain of
Blessing. the Almighty, and have been
received as children Of God. The poor
include all of Gods people, whether
or not poor as respects earthly goods,
earthly honor. fame, etc. Whatever
earthly blessings they may have had.
they gave up, sacrificed. that they
might thereby become heirs of God
joint-heirs with Jesus Christ OF the
Redeemer it is written. HE was rich.
yet for your sakes He became poor"
AS the Master made a full surrender
of His will and talents, and all, so also
must all who. hearing the Masters
voice, become His disciples. OF foot
step followers.-2 Cor. SO; Matt. 1924.
This does not mean that the Lords
people must of necessity throw away
or give away their property and be-
come penniless. 1t does mean, how
ever, that whatever property they once
called their own, by the terms of their
conservation became the Lords prop
erty, and they merely His stewards in
the administration Of that property
and the use of 1t In harmony with the
Lords will
Neither does this mean that, If they
had riches Of learning. they must ig-
more their knowledge, and speak and
act ignorantly. It means. however.
that their learning is no longer theirs,
but the Lords. 1t Is no longer to be
used for Disqualification, self-honor,
self-praise. but to be used in the serv.
ice of their Redeemer, to show forth
His praises, no matter how unpopular
His cause In the sight of men-no mat
ter how foolish it may cause them to
appear In the eyes Of those who are
blinded to the Lords arrangements.
This poverty and sacrifice does not
mean the giving up of noble senti-
ments and high ideals; but it means
the bringing of these ideals, etc., into
the Lords service, for the support and
Advancement of His Message Of Truth,
for the blessing of mankind along the
lines which His Word indicates.
This sacrifice, or surrender, does not
mean that honor of men win be discs
teemed thereafter; for it will always
be true that "a good name is rather to
be chosen than great riches" 1t means
that worldly reputation will be held
secondary to the Lord, the Truth. and
service for the Lords cause, so that
whatever honor of men they may pos
sess will be turned as wisely and as
prudently as possible into the channels
which will glorify the Lord and honor
His Message. regardless OF the fact
that so using it will gradually consume
1t; for the world knows not the follow
ers of Jesus. even as it knew Him not,
and appreciates not the true honor
which cometh from Above. but merely
the honor which is of men.
Worldly Wisdom VS.. Heavenly Wis
dom.
The Scriptures distinctly point out
that there are two kinds of wisdom,
radically opposed to each other-the
earthly wisdom and the Heavenly Wis
dom. The wisdom of this world is
foolishness with God. and the Wisdom
Of God Is foolishness with this world.
emit ways of viewing nearly everything
The worlds viewpoint ignores the fu-
ture beyond the grave. lives for the
present, thinks for the present, strives
Tor the present. The Heavenly Wis
dom looks chiefly beyond the grave,
for that eternal condition which God
declares may be attained by all ODE
dent to Him. From this viewpoint
the things of the present are tempo
rary. transitory. tickle. uncertain, in
comparison with the future blessings
St Paul declares of these that they are
not worthy to be compared with the
future glory to be revealed in the
Lords people.-Romans S:1s.
Those who follow the earthly wis
dom are subject to the frailties and
mperfections of the human mind with
which they were born-born in sin.
misshapen In iniquity. I'm sin did my
mother conceive me-" More than this.
they are to large degree susceptible
to the evil influence Of Satan and the
fallen angels, and the doctrines of
demons" with which these seek fo on
snare and mislead all who have not
put themselves under Divine protec-
hon by becoming disciples Of Jesus.
This includes the great majority of
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