The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-11-04

ways. OuE lHSdHe dSt IuulS tell US OF
some who have died mentally Our
prisons tell us Of others who have died
morally Our hospitals tell US of 9th
ers dying physically. Yea, all Of our
aches, disappointment and trials tell
US that the curse of God upon US is
severe, although it is just.
"No More Curse"
The statement Of our text is of itself
n contradiction of the eternal torment
theories. A similar contradiction is
the declaration of the Lord through
the Prophet that Sheol [Hades, the
tomb shall be destroyed Hosea
13:149 These comforting promises
apply to all men. All go down to
Sheol. Hades. the tomb. All are under
the curse; and the destruction Of
Sheol clearly signifies the release OF
humanity from dying conditions and
from the tomb. In other words, these
two declarations are the equivalents
of the promise of the Bible that there
shall be resurrection of the dead,
both Of the just and the unjust
But let no one suppose that the de-
struction of Sheol will be an instanta-
neous work. The curse of death has
been upon our race for Six great Days
of thousand years EACH Gods prop
osition in the Bible is that In the Sew
enth Day, the Day of Christ. also a
thousand years long, the curse shall be
gradually removed. Not until the close
of Messiah's thousand-year Reign will
there be no more curse Not until then
will Sheol, Hades. the tomb, have been
destroyed
The reign Of Sin and Death and their
rayages upon our race are matters of
history. The Reign of Christ. the
Reign of Righteousness, the Reign Of
life the uplifting of humanity, are
matters of prophecy Those who believe
the Bible to be the inspired Word Of
Jehovah may well rest their faith I'M
plicitly upon these prophetic assur-
ances. Those whose faith In the Bible
has been undermined by the Adver-
sary's work along the lines of Higher
Criticism are without chart or rudder
on a sea of doubt. They know not God
and have no message from Him. Their
guesses would naturally be as widely
different as their brains.
The Context Wesley's Favorite.
John Wesley came into prominence
at time when tae teachings of John
Calvin had saturated theology. Less
logical than Brother Calvin, Wesley
had more tender heart. He could not
answer Calvin's position, which was
fortified by numerous texts telling
about 'the Elect" the very Elect,
and the necessity of making ones call
ing and election sure. Wesley's loving
soul especially rebelled against the
thought that the non-elect should have
been predestinated to their fate before
the world was created. He could not
dispute Calvin's logic, yet he felt that
it was an aspersion against the Divine
character. which made God to appear
Satanic in the extreme.
While agreeing with Calvin that all
except the sanity would be everlast-
ingly tortured. Wesley claimed that
even if God foreknew the number of
the insanity and had foreordained
their torture. there must have been
some option left with them. He ran
sacked the Bible to find some proof
text supporting this theory. He found
and especially rejoiced In the verses
preceding our text They pictured the
New Jerusalem-the Messianic King
dom in its glory. They show a river
Of the Water Of Life proceeding from
the Throne of the New Jerusalem.
A little further down In the> same
chapter, the blessed declaration is made
that in that glorious time of the future
the Spirit and the Bride shall say,
Come, and he that is athirst may come
and whatsoever will may take Of the
waters Of life freely.-Rev. 22:1-8, II.
Crossing Into MilIennial Age,
A spring time of Divine favor and
refreshment is here, as foretold. But
the blossoming deserts, answering to
the irrigation streams and to the arte-
sian springs; the railroads and the tel
egraphs, bringing together the ends of
the earth; the printing presses. caus-
ing knowledge to increase and awak-
ening the whole world these things
are blessings so great as to astound
us. One week of life now has almost
as much possibility in it as year had
a century ago.
Evidently we are just crossing from
the Gospel Age to the AIillennial Age.
With the death and translation of the
last member of the Church. the Gospel
Age will have fully ended, and the
Millennial Age will have been fully In
augurated Oh how immense is the
thought that we are living in the most
wonderful epoch of the worlds history
that stupendous changes are at hand.
The Prince of Darkness is about to
be completely dethroned, and bound
for a thousand years. The Prince of
Light, our Redeemer. is about to take
His great power and reign. Blessings
already beginning to be poured out.
will go on increasing until the earth
shall be filed with the knowledge of
the glory of God. as the waters cover
the great Deep and every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess. to the
glory of Cod"
As the curse came first upon the earth
itself, so it is first rolling away from
the earth. Already the wilderness is
poisoning as rose Already new
types of grain. vegetables and fruits