The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-07-15


it to show progress and to encourage
contributions to the missionary funds
The very thought brings terror, that
any of their followers would get more
light, more knowledge Of God, and
thus cease to be counted In as worship
ers at the shrine of the creed idol.
Apparently for the past few years.
missionary activity has been chiefly
with the native children. Apparently
very little religious information is be
ing impaired. If only the missionaries
had read the Bible to the people, many
more in heather lands would know
about Messiah's Kingdom and appreci
ate the import of the prayer, "Thy
Kingdom come; Thy will be done OIL
earth. as it is done In Heaven"
Good Tidinss to Every Nation.
My visit to foreign lands was not a
pleasure Jaunt. but strictly in the in
terest Of the true Gospel, Of which the
angels sang-"Good ddings of great
Joy, which shall be unto all people"
/ had heard reports which led me to
believe that there were sincere people
in heathendom who were feeling after
the true God, If haply they might find
Him. / believe that God wishes US to
carry the Message to these. l have far
greater interest In such, whether at
home or abroad. than In the vast ma
jority Of people, who are utterly care
less, utterly Indifferent, utterly faith
less, and who do not wish to find God
or to know Him.
Christs Millennial Kingdom will
deal With all such. and open their eyes
of understanding, and through chas
tisements develop the peace Of God IN
all who will. The present Age Is mere
ly for the electing of those who hunger
and thirst after righteousness. Find
ing such in heathendom l, as president
of the INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS
ASSOCIATION, promptly took the neces
sary steps for sending the Gospel OF
Gods Love and Justice and Wisdom
and Power all over heathendom-by
the printed page.
Our Association has had sermons
and Korea, and into the principal Ian
guages Of China. and into the six priI.
cipal languages Of India, and millions
Of these are in the hands of the peo-
pie. Considerable fresh interest in
Christianity has been aroused Peoples
In those lands who had begun to doubt
everything religious have begun to
take courage, and to think and study
their Bibles. If the missionaries could
but catch the same spirit. what bless
ed opportunity would be theirsl But,
alas, not many of them are SO inclined!
Very generally they seem to be bitter,
hostile, slanderous, doing everything in
their power to oppose the light, even
as Jesus declared that the darkness
has always hated the light, because
the light makes manifest, or shows up
the darkness.-John 8:19-21.
How to Know God.
Jesus said, This is life eternal, that
they might know Thee, the only true
God, and Jesus Christ. whom Thou
hast sent He knew we could not
come into personal touch with the Al
respecting Him only through the Bible
as He said, "Sanctify them through
Thy Truth, Thy Word Is Truth
There is a difference between knowing
about God and knowing God. The be-
ginning Of faith is to believe that there
fe 30 e.
other step to learn that He is wise and
powerful, as indicated In the great Uni
verse that He has made, and in our
human organization with its wonderful
powers for thought and action Truly
There is a God
All Nature spesksr'
At first it may occur to some that
knowledge Of God simply means to
come to know that there is a God, and
that He has provided a Savior, His
Only Begotten Son. our Lord Jesus
Christ. But the knowledge of God
means far more than this. To the ad-
vanced and developing Christian 1t sig
mites an intimate acquaintance with
the Father and with the Soma knowl-
edge of "the mind of Christ" which Is
a full and clear representation Of the
Fathers mind
We grow In this knowledge by the
study Of the Word of God, by discern.
ing through that Word the principles
which govern the Divine conduct-as
to how Divine Wisdom, Justice, Love
and Power operate These are pro
gressive studies. Something may be
learned along this line on the very
first day of our Christian experience;
but the end Of the first year should
show considerable progress In the
knowledge of the Divine mind; and SC
to the end of the Christians course
1t is only as we realize something of
the greatness and the perfection OF
the Divine character that we are prop.
erly able to estimate our own littieness
and imperfection. Only as we see the
beauties q His gracious character can
we become intimately acquainted with
God, with His graces and virtues.
Then we come to investigate the
more subtitle qualities of the Divine
Being, His Justice and Love. Who car
imagine real God who is devoid OF
Justice, devoid of Love? So surely as
it is true that no human being could
be really great without the qualities
of justice and love, so surely is IL
true that there could be no real and
great God without the same qualities
Wisdom and Power without Justice
and Love would picture to us a demon
and not God.
But what can we know respecting
Gods Justice and Lover We answer
that there are two ways Of ascertain.
ing: The first way is to wait and see
how His plans and arrangements will
be ultimately carried out If 1t Is
true Of humanity that "by their fruits
We shall know Them" the same must
be true Of the Almighty-by His fruits
His workmanship, finally completed
He may be known to be either good OF
bad, just or unjust, loving or vicious.
The other way OF knowing the Di
vine character, in advance Of the fin
ished work of God, would be along the
lines Of faith; and faith, In order to bs
intelligent, must have some basis OF
foundation. The Bible Is Gods Mes
sage, to those who have the ears and
eyes Of faith. In it He tells us in ad
vance what he purposes to do; and
from what we thus hear we must de
termine whether He is just, loving and
good, or whether worse than ourselves