The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-09-23

BILE contradicts that thought, and as
sures us that ''alI His work is perfect -
According to the Bible, we received
our lives from our parents; and they
theirs from their parents; and so back
to Father Adam. The Bible tells us
that our parents Einned, and came I'M
der the Divine sentence of death; and
that this meant mental and moral, as
well as physical. degeneracy The
Apostle declares, by one mans dis
obedience sin entered into the world.
and death by sin Romans SIP.
This curse of death which came upon
the race. and which affects US from
the moment of birth, is a terrible
blight. Even though it is much more
reasonable than the curse declared by
our mistaken creeds-the curse Of eter-
nal torment-nevertheles the curse
Of God is sufficiently terrible, and
worldwide. The penalty, Dying, thou
shalt die" is much less horrible than
If it had read, Living. thou shalt live
in eternal torment"
When, therefore, we find in ourselves
and others Maynard, sinful tendencies.
we reflect that these are evidences of
the fall, the curse, and that all who
are under such Influences are to be
pitied. True pity, however, must not
be sympathy with sin, but with the
sinner. who is handicapped by the
predisposition to sin. Sin calls for
radical measures for its determination
for the release of the sinner; but our
best efforts for them and for others
will be attained through knowledge
of the facts, and through the exercise
of the proper sympathy. There are
probably more people injured through
lack of sympathetic help than are help
ed by the administration Of cold
blooded justice without tenderness or
sympathy. We have been slow to
learn this lesson.
Parental Sympathy Needed.
Undoubtedly as human sympathy
expands through a knowledge of the
facts, both parents and children will
be blessed by that increase Of knowl-
edge. Parents need to learn that their
own mental moods and sympathies
with right or wrong serve to stamp,
to birth-mark their children, either ia
vorably or unfavorably. The parents
Of a vicious child should reflect that
they had much to do with that vicious
ness. Properly informed and right
willed, they might have produced the
child with much more favorable or
ganism. 1t requires a great deal Of
training to work out of the child's dis
position that which was inbred at its
birth. Indeed, the probability is that
only a small portion of it will ever be
eradicated in this life.
We are not forgetting the Scripture
which says. "Who can bring a clean
thing out of an uncleanY We remem-
Der this, and merely suggest that the
imperfect sinner-child, shapen In in
EQUITY and conceived In sin, may have
more or less Of sinful disposition. We
are suggesting that weighty respon-
sibility rests upon parents In respect
to the prenatal Rlfiuences exercised,
as well as to their parental obligations
after their children are born.
With what care. what loyalty to God
and righteousness. what desire to
maintain purity Of heart and loneliness
Of character. the provocative powers
should be exercised With what care
the father should surround the mother
with every good influence helpful to
her mental serenity, joy, peace, JUS
tice, reverence, love, during the period
of gestationi What noble characters
might thus be born into the world,
even though still imperfect, sin-stain-
ed What a different world in many
respects we might be living In today,
If parents had recognized these prin-
ciples and felt their responsibilities
and lived up to theml Thank God,
death does not end ALL and the lessons
now being learned through disappoint-
ments and tears will, we believe, in
many instances prove profitable in the
great Hereafter.
Brethren, What Shall We Dor"
This was the question asked of the
Apostle Peter by those who heard him
preach and learned that we were sin
ners under condemnation. We should
discern that the question is not, What
shall we do to escape damnation, or
condemnation? We were born In
damnation, condemned to death as I'M
worthy of life. The Divine decree Is
that no sinner may have everlasting
life. 1t is gift of God, designed, not
for sinners, but for those who are per-
feet sinless. Adam was condemned
to death as soon as he became a trans
gressor; and all of his children were
born in the same condemned condi-
ton. Condemnation passed upon all
men because all are sinners. All are
imperfect, fallen. Our text tells us
that they were born in this fallen, dis
approved or condemned condition.
The question with us, then, is not,
What shall we do to escape coming
under condemnation? for the whole
world is condemned already. John
3:1S) The question is, How shall we,
who are already condemned of God
as unworthy of everlasting life, get
free from that condition in which we
were born and get back into that con-
dition of perfection which God will
approve. in which we should be ac-
counted worthy of everlasting life?
The Bible answers our question. 1t
tells us that God has had compassion
upon our race and has provided the
Savior. 1t explains that for God to be
just and yet grant forgiveness to the
sinner requires that One shall pay sub
additionally the penalty originally
pronounced against Father Adam.
This being effected, the Redeemer will
have the right to restore to perfection
Adam and all his posterity DESTROYS of
returning to God
The Message respecting this merciful
arrangement is called the Gospel-the
Good Tidings that there is a way of
return from sin to holiness and from
condemnation to death back to justifi-
cation of life
"Times of Restitution"
As we have seen, the thing needful
for all who desire to return to Gods
favor is that they may be restored to
that condition of physical perfection in
which Adam was before he sinned
When thus restored, they would have
the same opportunity of demonstrate
ing loyalty to God that Adam had at
first. If they, when recovered, stand
the tests Of loyalty and obedience
they shall receive Gods gift Of ever