The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-03-11

e = '.eslre 81 all nations" Meantime
.lso he Jews waited for the fulfimen
of their promises. Meantime, also
God renewed the promises. and assur
ed them that He would send the Mes
siah to be their Deliverer shortly.
When Jesus came. He came not as {
warrior. like Alexander the Great OF
Napoleon. He was meek and lowly OF
heart: and He called the poor, the
manned, the fundamentally, morally
and physically-to His standard. No
unnaturally the Jewish leaders repu
dated Him and crucifed Him, declar
ing that He did not represent theil
ideals and must be a deceiver.-I Cor
inthians 2:7. 8.
Similarly they treated His followers
AS st. Paul declared, "As deceivers
and yet true" the early Christians suf
fered reproach. The Jews understood
not Gods Message. They saw moi
that it was necessary for Jesus to die
''the Just for the unjust" to be a Re
demption-price for the sins of the
world. They saw not that such a
death was necessary to Him, in order
that He might attain the glory. honor
and Immortality of the future. They
saw not that the disciples that Jesus
called were saints. However weak
these were. mentally and morally. their
hearts were loyal. and they strove tC
walk In the footsteps of Jesus.
People have not realized that, dur
ing this Gospel Age. God has been ac
cepting the sanity ones who come unto
the Father through the Savior. They
have not seen that the suffering OF
these was necessary for their testing
and proving. and for their instruction
in righteousness. that they might be
fully qualified for glory, honor and i'm
mortality and joint heirship with Christ
their Redeemer
St. Paul speaks of the Church as a
Mystery class. IT Is Mystery to the
world: first. it is the selecting of class
the world would never think of choosing
Ia humble, meek class: second. neither
the Jews nor the world realize that this
class constitutes the Spiritual Seed of
Abraham, to bless all the families of
the earth.
Nevertheless Gods great Plan goes
on, whether they know or do not know
Ultimately it will work out a glorious
result Then Natural Israel and all
nations will know. Then the Church,
the Elect, the Seed. the Bride, the
Lambs Wife will be Joined to Him
in bonds of perpetual love, zeal and
faithfulness. Then will begin the very
blessing God so long ago declared, say
ing to Abraham. 'In thee and in thy
Seed shall all thefamiIies OF the earth be
blessed 1913; 1918; 22:1S; 1854.
Abraham's Spiritual Seed.
God has not changed His purposes
Malachi 3:6) He created man an
earthly being. He permitted him to
fall. He purposed his redemption
through Jesus. He purposed the call
ing Of the Church of Christ, to be His
associates in the Kingdom. He pur
posed that this Kingdom should be a
Spiritual one: Flesh and blood cannot
inherit the Kingdom of God" Il Cor
inthians 15:50l He purposed that this
Spiritual Kingdom should bless the
world with Restitution blessings
bringing back to perfection all the will
ing and obedient of Adams race
This Is the Program still. We mere
ly got wrong impression when we
thought that Gods purpose was the
bringing Of all mankind to Heavenly
conditions and nature No. no. that
blessed experience is only for the
Church class God still purposes Res
titution for the world of mankind. In
Abraham's Seed all the families OF
the earth will be blessed
If we see signs Of these great bless
ings beginning now. it is a sure indi-
cation that the Elect must be almost
complete. And If that be true, all OF
us who have vowed conservation to
the Lord and His service should be
thoroughly awake to our blessings and
and to the fact that the
blme Of most crucial testing is even now
at the door, If we are to make our
calling and our election sure, we must
lose no opportunity for demonstrating
that we are loyal to God and His
Word, and to the brethren. Along
these very lines we must expect tests.
too. How else could we be proved?
Moreover. now is the time to expect
light on the Divine Word and Plan;
and we are getting 1t. We are seeing
the difference between human nature
and Divine nature, between the earth
ly blessing that is to come to mankind
and the high calling which is the por-
ton of the Elect. God declares that
the Mystery hidden from the past
Ages and Dispensations. which He
kept secret from the beginning of the
world. is TO cease to be a mystery.
The Mystery becomes daily, yea. hour
ly. less pronounced. as we come into
that condition of mind in which God
will reveal to us His arrangements.
Truly ours is glorious time. Let
us avail ourselves of the present
glorious opportunities for Bible study
and growth in knowledge. grace and
love. Let US walk worthy of the light;
and rejoicingly let US note that Jesus
is yet to be the Light of the world
(which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world. John lie.