The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-05-20


those wonderful blessings are not com
plete. The resurrection-that glorious
change from imperfections in the flesh
to perfection on the spirit plane will
be the consummation of all the
Church's hopes. and that consumma-
ton, although near. we believe has not
yet been attained.
God has purposely deferred the sec.
ondary outpouring Of His Holy Spirit
that upon the world. "all flesh" unit
the Establishment of His Kingdom
That will be great Jubilee 1t was
by Divine appointment. typi6ed in Is
rael's experiences. During the dftieth
year. every Israelite was set free from
bondage and debts of every kind. and
had fresh start. Thus was pictured
how during Messiah's glorious reign as
Mediator of the New Covenant God
on account of Jesus sacrifice will cancel
the sins of the whole world, and grant
release from all weaknesses, and as
sistance back to the fulness of Divine
favor. In other words. the Jubilee of
Israel typified the coming Times of
Restoration of all things. when Jesus
the Head and the Church the Body, as
The Messiah, will reign for thousand
| years, for the purpose of blessing all
| the families of the eurth and uplifting
them out of sin, weakness. depravity
mental, moral and physical
Oh, what Jubilee that will be. No
wonder st. Peter. In describing 1t and
| telling US thatsit win begin at the Sc,
ond coming of Jesus, also tells US thni
1t will be Times of refreshing from
the Divine presence! 1t will be the
worlds Pentecost The Holy Spirit
will then he poured out upon all flesh
We are not to understand. however
that it will be done Internationally
Rather. we may surmise that the con
ditions on which it will be open to al
flesh will be that Only those who DE-
sire the blessing will receive it. But who
would refuse such a favor when fully
enlightened respecting 1t, when fully
aware of its import and possibilities?
We cannot, of course, know in ad
vance how this outpouring Of the Holy
Spirit upon all flesh will be manifest
at the beginning. We merely assume
that the first manifestation will be in
connection with those worthy patri
archs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all
the Prophets. They have already been
tested and proven loyal to God They
have merely been waiting, sleeping
until the completion of the Gospel
Church. AS st. Paul says, they can
not be perfect, nor enter upon their
reward until we first are perfected and
enter upon our higher reward, as the
Spirit ngdom.-Hebrews IL 80, 40.
The Elect and the Nom Elect.
Our text is in full harmony with all
the Scriptures in indicating that God
has special blessings for His Elect
His servants and handmaidens of this
Gospel Age. Not only do these receive
the Holy Spirit first. but to them its
manifestation Is different from what
1t will be with the non-elect, by and by
As already pointed out, the Holy Spirit
fits and prepares the Church for glory.
honor and immortality on the spirit
plane. But the Holy Spirits operation
upon the world In the next Age will
be totally different. Then Its work will
be the perfecting of all tUho sOtu of the
human family-an earthly blessing.
We are not to forget that God was as
well pleased to make Father Adam an
earthly being. perfect, in His own i'm
age and likeness, little lower than
the angels. as He was pleased to make
the angels of higher order, in His
own image and likeness. The Church
now being begotten of the Holy Spirit
to the Divine nature, is to be far above
angels, but it is the same Holy Spirit
which operated In all Gods creative
work, whether Of angels or Of men, OF
Of the Church Of the First-born.
Adam undoubtedly had the Holy
Spirit of God in his perfection. Man
kind In general, during the thousand
years of Messiah's Kingdom, viii be
receiving more and more the Holy Spir
1t of God. Its operation in them will
be the perfecting of their flesh. Thus
the Lord declares it, Il will take the
stony heart out of their flesh, and will
give them an heart of flesh" (Ezekiel
11:19) The Scriptures speak of Adam
In his perfection as crowned with Clio
ry and honor. and set over the beasts
OF the field. as earth's underlord, or
king. responsible only to the Almighty
psalm 8:4-9.l Sin disarranged all this
as we have seen. but God has provid
ed the Redeemer His work of thou
sand years, the pouring out of the
Holy Spirit upon the world of man
kind, will result in bringing all the
willing and obedient back to human
perfecdon-to that which was lost In
Adam. and redeemed at Calvary.
What This Does Not Mean.
This does not mean, said the Pastor,
that the Holy Spirit will be forced
upon any; but merely that Gods Spirit
will be available to all flesh. even as
In the present time it is available to
all His servants and handmaidens. in
proportion to their love and zeal. So
the worlds progress back to perfection
will depend largely upon their appre-
citation of the call of God and of the
privileges extended to them.
1.-THE gift of God is everlasting life.
through Jesus Christ our Lord" This
gift will not be given to any except to
those who demonstrate their desire for
1t, on Gods terms The wicked will
not be granted everlasting life at all
On the contrary. we read, "All the
wicked will God destroy" 1T shall
come to pass that every soul that will
not obey that Prophet [Messiah] shall
be destroyed from amongst the people"
Neither does this great generosity on
Gods part in the forgiveness of sins
and provision for the return of human
ity mean that sins of the present life
will go unnoticed- We may be sure
that it is because we are incompetent
to judge as respects the guilt and re
sponsibility of others that the Lord has
so strenuously guarded His people.
saying, Judge nothing before the
time" We may be sure, therefore.
that any Judgment we might form. or
other men might form. would be more
or less defective. proportionately diff
ferent in Gods Judgment
In Gods judgment respecting wick
edness, we perceive that He takes into
account all the circumstances-the ig
norance, the superstition. the heredi
tary taints and weaknesses, etc. From
Gods standpoint any transgression of
His Law is sin. but the seriousness OF
the sin depends upon the wilfulness
with which it is committed The Lord
will deal justly with all of our race:
and the Church. associated with Him