The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-05-13

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boo. uss-i q eicad received Him. Their
the f1esh-body, created for that specia
occasion. ceased to be- 1t was just as
when an angel appeared to Manoat
and his wife. After talking witt
them, the angel assembled In the flame
of the altar, and the human body, ere
ated for the very purpose of the mani
festation, dissolved into gases. So II
was with Jesus.
Jesus real ascension was His as
sumption of the Heavenly glory The
disciples saw very little of this, but
what they did see fixed in their minds
the great fact that their Redeemer
would not manifest Himself in the
flesh again. Our Lord assembled where
He was before, except that, as the
Apostle declares, He was received to
superior distinction. He was seated at
the right hand of Divine Majesty, as
stated in the prophecy, "Sit Thou at
My right hand until 1.-THE time come
when] l Twill make Thy foes Thy
footstool. "-Psalm 11O:1.
The Return of the Logos.
The Logos left His glory that He
might deliver the world from the pow
er of sin and death. The primary step
necessary to this end was His own
death, the Just for the unjust The
time was set when Satan, the prince of
this world, should be bound for a thou
sand years, and his captives In sin and
death released. The only thing re
naming to be done was that the
Church class should be developed. The
period for their development was so
fixed that it should be accomplished
by the time Satan's empire would be
due to fall.
Having this in mind, we grasp the
poetic declaration of our text-that Je-
sus assembled on High, leading a multi
tude of captives. First In the list of
captives released were those disciples
of Jesus who received Him at the First
Advent, and who were received of the
Father. Others of the same class have
followed all down the Gospel Age-all
conquerors of self, all victors through
Christ.
The picture bids us look away down
into the future, and for a thousand
years see the thousands of millions of
Adams race returning from bonds of
sin and death. 1t bids us realize that
they will all have a full opportunity to
recover the perfect human nature, the
earthly image Of the Divine Father
except such as shall refuse the liberty
of the sons of God, and perish with
Satan, as the adversaries of God.
"He Gave Gifts Unto Men,"
st. Paul specified the gifts secured
for the Church by her Redeemer, say
ing, HE gave some, Apostles; and
some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers; for
the perfecting of the saints for the
work of the ministry, f0r the edifying
Of the Body of Christ: till we all come
in the unity Of the faith, and Of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a
perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature Of the fulness of Christ
Ephesians Alb.
These are the gifts of the Lord Jesus
during the Gospel Age After the
Body of Christ has been perfected In
the First Resurrection, the Lords bless
ing will extend to the non-elect world.
as indicated by the prophecy, "Yea, for
the rebellioys also"
The blessings yet to come to the
world will be wonderful. They will in
clude the binding of Satan for a thou
sand years, the restraining of all evil
Influences, and the Inauguration of
the Kingdom. The gifts of the Lord
to the world will be, in part, His own
Kingdom for a thousand years-the
greatest boon, the greatest blessing
that could possibly be imagined.
Another gift Of Christ to the world.
will be the Church in glory. These
then associated with the great Re
deemer will be supervising earth's af-
fairs, overthrewing everything that Ia
contrary to Divine Love and Justice
and blessing all who come into full
accord with the Lord.
Another channel Of blessing to the
world will be the Ancient Worthless,
who will be made princes in all the
earth. These will constitute the earth.
ly phase of the Heavenly Kingdom.
Under the rule Of righteousness every
evil deed will be promptly punished,
and every good deed will be promptly
blessed and rewarded when the
judgments of the Lord are abroad In
the earth, the inhabitants will learn
righteousness" and Every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess"
The Gifts to the Church.
But we are specially interested in
Gods gifts to the Church, secured by
our Redeemer's victory over sin and
death. He made it possible for us to
become His footstep followers, and by
suffering with Him to become joint
heirs in His Kingdom. Then He gave
us the various gifts for our develop
ment. Not all appreciate the gifts Of
the remote past. Not all realize that
the writings of the Apostles constitute
the Key to the Bible.
Jesus words were not so intended.
They were therefore uttered in para
bles and dark sayings. Jesus teach
ings are made luminous to us through
the Holy Spirit given to the Apostles,
just as Jesus promised. John 1919
This was accomplished, not by mirac-
ulous operation upon each individual,
but through the gifts of the Spirit.
OF the gifts specified, some were gen.
eral; others were particular. Thus the
Church still has the gift of teaching
given to the Apostles for our blessing.
Thus we still have pastors and teach
ers, to assist the Church to an under
landing of the Divine Word and to the
proving of all things by that Word.
And this was to continue until all the
Church shall have been edited, built
up, and the Body of Christ shall have
been completed. Moreover, each mem
Der of the Body has need of this edi-
flying work, that he may be qualified
for his place in the Body. According
to the Apostles explanation, all these
gifts of the Spirit are Of the Lord, ex-
ercised throughout this Gospel Age IN
der the supervision of our glorious
Head and Master-Jesus.
Other gifts of the Spirit were local and
temporary; gifts of miracles, tongues.
interpretations, etc. The early Church
contained not many great, wise or
learned. Few of them would have
been capable of reading the Bible, If
they had had one. Few, II any, OF the
little classes, were possessors of the
Old Testament Scriptures. These could
be heard read every Sabbath in the