The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-03-04

Is that present achievements out-rank
those of the past, not so much in skill
hs in opportunity. Ancient masonry,
found south of US here, like that in the
Great Pyramid of Egypt, tells Of
skill with which we cannot yet com
pete. in that great stones were so truly
squared and so accurately laid as to
make it difficult to find the crevices be-
tween them
We must credit our great progress to
God. His time has come for lifting
the veil of ignorance and superstition.
He has been gradually favoring the
Increase of knowledge along every
line. We today are merely taking adj
vantage of this more extended knowl-
edge, carried into all the homes and
offices by means of steam printing
presses, railroads. steamships, postal
service. etc. Instead. therefore, of try
Ing to belittle our ancestors, let US
confess that we have drawn and are
still drawing from them deep inspira-
ton along various lines-the Bible,
Shakespeare, and other writings.
Let US accredit our progress, not to
Evolution, but to the more reasonable
proposition that Gods time has come
TO give us the blessings promised in
the Scriptures-the blessings which are
heralding Messiah's Kingdom of
peace on earth, good will toward
men" We have waited for 1t, prayed
Fox oh 10 90
And now that we are beginning to en-
Joy its blessings, now that the dawn
ing of the New Day is visible on every
hand, let us make no mistake. While
learning from each other, let us not
forget to be taught of God, reading in
the signs of the times the fulflment
Of the predictions of forty centuries.
What Will Man 5ecoms7
Our text asks, What is man that
Thou art mindful of him?" intimatng
what we all acknowledgement man Is
poor, weak. imperfect. fallen. unwor-
thy of his Creators favor and bless
Ing. He is not deserving Of eternal
torment, but deserving Of the Divine
sentence, dying, thou shalt die" be-
cause Of degradation through the fall.
Yet God is mindful of man.
God has made provision for mans re-
eovery from sin and death. The foun-
dalton for the recovery was laid by the
Sin-Atonement Sacrifice at Calvary.
The blessings of that Atonement have
been extended thus far only to a small
number. They have been limited to
such as would take up their cross and
follow in the Savior's footsteps. AS
the Scriptures declare, these are few.
a little 1ock"-not many great, wise.
rich or noble.
But the selection of the Elect to be
associates with Messiah in His glori-
Gus Kingdom is only the beginning of
Gods favor toward mankind The
Elect will soon be completed The
sanity followers of Jesus from every
nation and denomination will soon be-
come His Bride and Joint-heirs In the
Kingdom Then that Kingdom will be
established by Divine Power in au-
thority and dominion, not to crush
mankind. but for human uplift out of
sin and degradation, ignorance and
superstition. back to the full image and
likeness of God
and imbued with sin and selfshness.
can be Influenced by knowledge and
ambition to accomplish the wonders of
our day, what will not be possible to
the restored man. as gradually he re-
attains the image and likeness of his
CreatorI The eyes of our understand
ing open widely as we consider the
great length and breadth of human pos
sibilities. under those favorable con-
ditions which God declares will obtain
during the Thousand years Of Messiah's
Kingdom. for which we pray, 'Thy
Kingdom come: Thy will be done on
earth. as 1t is in Heaven"
"Little Lower Than the Angels"
Our context declares that man was
made "a little lower than the angels;
that is to say. man as an earthly, or
animal being. is on a lower plane than
angels, who are spirit beings. Yet
there is one respect in which man is
treated from a standpoint superior to
that Of angels. OF man God said, 'In
Our likeness let him have dominion
over the earth" So man was to have
the earth as his little universe. But no
dominion, so far as we know. has ever
been given to the angels.
Mans ruling power was neutralized
by the sentence of death which came
upon him. AS the dying process
continued. mans power to rule his
dominion waned Whereas originally
he was able by mere exercise of his
mind to control the beasts, he has since
been obliged to cope with the beast
by brute force and superior cunning
Finally by invention, FIRE arms. ETC., he
has gained the mastery in the world by
force.
Doubtless the lessons Of experience
in all these six great Days (six thou
sand years since the falD will ulu-
mately inure to mans benefit His ex-
ercise Of his ingenuity In battling with
thorns, thistles, beasts, etc., has served
to quicken, to energize. to give him
force of character But alasl this force
Of character is not in any way advan-
tageous; for in many respects it is
contrary to the highest standards-coD-
trary to the image of his Creator
During the great Day just beginning
tthe seventh of the great Thousand
Year Days-the Sabbath) man will
have weighty lessons to learn. The
selfish and animal propensities of bis
nature have become so strong and the
higher moral faculties have become so
dwarfed that large proportion of hu-
man effort will necessarily be along
the lines of self-control and the deveI-
opment of the godlike mind. The ad-
vantages of this godlikeness will not
only be clearly set before man in the
Millennium, but he will be assisted in
forming such character, because the
laws Of Messiah's Kingdom will thor
oughly estop sin and every form of
Eelfshness which will attempt to do
injury to another.
Every evil purpose will be nipped In
the bud. Every evil deed will be
promptly punished in its incipiency,
without being allowed to progress to
the injury of others. Soon the great
lessons Of the glorious rule of Messiah
will be recognized and appreciated;
and as development will be made In
the reattainment of the Divine like
hess, all Of its beauties will be appre-