The Mount Holly news., 1914-12-29

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message Of the an
gel at Jesus birth: Fear not; for, be
hold. bring you Good Tidings OF great
JOY, which small be to all people,
Luke 2:10.l He said in part:
This prophecy has not been fulfilled
AZ vet. Instead OF peace and good will
to men, we have war. savagery and
other works OF the flesh and of the
Devil mentioned by St. Paul-anger.
malice. hatred. envy, strife Not only
have the prayers for peace not been
needed, but instead the war spirit il
kindiing and spreading from nation to
nation. fulfilling the prediction OF the
Bible enveloping the world of man.
kind. The bitterness. hatred, ferocity.
OF the warning nations seems to IN.
crease daily. Magn1fied tales of feroc
fty are believed. and arouse correspond
ing bitterness and ferocity on either
side As we understand the Scriptures.
the turmoil Is only beginning most OF
the waiting and gnashing of teeth, most
Of the anguish and despair, suffering.
sorrow and devastation. are ahead OF
us. With the cessa ton of the war thu
Bible seems to predict the most gigan.
nc revelation ever known and. follow
ing rapidly. a reign OF Iawiessness, an.
arfhy, producing "A Time of Trouble
sucn as never was since there was a
nation '-1,aniel l2:l.
added to the physical distresses OF
the world. financial troubles impend
Ia the midst of plenty. With every
reason foI prosperity the wheels OF
cDiitinerce are slow The explanation
gwen b loss OF confidence grit; but
not - The worlds financiers and
merchant princes are as courageous as
ever, but they have met with new con
ditions. The wealth Of the world. once
represented in money. Is now represent
ed IN collateral. stocks and bonds. The
wal nas made a demand for gold, un.
settling values OF coliaterals.
Gold Is disappearing becoming more
valuable hourly. In the same proper.
fion collaferals, stocks and bonds, be.
come less valuable hourly; because OF
fbeir plethora they are drug ON the
financial market The great insurance
companies. the banks and all wealthy
people have their reserve investments
IN these securities" Additionally. the
neavy losses OF life In this war will be
serious financial blow to insurance
companies. 1t is reasonably estima ted
tnat the fall of British bonds to one
nalf par has already made insoIvenr
all the insurance companies OF Great
britain. What must we expect as the
war progresses toward anarchy?
As with every war. pestiienfiai dis
eases must be expected. while inter.
ference With agriculture threatens fam
Inc in various parts This Is not an
oyer-drawn Picture. but sober look
behind the scenes
The One Ray Of Hope.
"Hure thou In Godr' In the midst
OF all these tribulations the world must
learn more and more, until all know
the lesson Dy heart, that earth's only
hope u tn God. This Is one Of the
great lessons which God wishes all
ma nkind 10 learn. For centuries men
have boasted OF what could and what
could NOT be done uf the worlds finan-
c1ai institutions. insurance associations
scientific learning and general COM
mon sense These, we were assured.
were part OF an evolutionary system
which some time In the future would
make man so wise, so great, SO eff
cient, that there would be no more
wars. no more dyings. no more trouble.
We were reputed to be approach ing
that grand climax
Some Of the Peace! Peacer' ser
mons OF even q year ago seem laugh
Hbiy foolish today. The great and the
oId book gotten up by those who we're
merely emerging from monkey eondi
hon- They must yet learn the les
son recorded twenty i've centuries ago:
namely. that the wisdom of their ise
men has perished lisa 29:14.) They
must learn that the wisdom of men is
foolishness with God even as the Wis.
dom If God IL foolishness with men
g lae tiEse all shall have learned
here ia lnok for help in this great
zfoable. Gods rine will have come for
giving the aid which He has provided
for iong centuries ago and promised
In the Bible The aid which God has
provided Is Messiah's Kingdom Many
have prayed Thy Kingdom come"
who have failed to study the Messa ge
pf the Kingdom Many have thought
that II bad already come. Man; 9th
ers imagined that because in the past
God has not exercised power and force
In dealing with humanity therefore He
viii not do so In the future The Bi-
bic. however assures us that Messiah's
Kingdom viii be q forceful one. He
will rnle the nations with a rod of
iron. As ii vessel OF potter they
snail be broken to shiyerS"
We have reached this time. 1t Is the
breaking and shaking processes fore
told that. now beginning are causing
this Time of Trouble. which before it
ends wilt i,e the greatest trouble ever
known fhe shaking. as we have al
ready shown. will be social. politi al.
iiHaDciai and religious. The creeds.
representing Tie monstrous fallacies
r. -.
Hibie iii the Dark Ages. will be shaken
TO pieces. and all the great institutions
mlsDamed churches" will be shaken
with them. Only the one True Church
Will stand not the Church of England
not fhe Church of Rome. not the
Church of Germany. not the Church
OF Russia, tut the Church OF God II
VIII include all sanity followers of
Jesus or every nation and denonina
ton. and II viii exclude all others
peace on Earth"-very Soon.
How glorious the hope that Messiah's
Kingdom backed by Divine power.
viii speedily Set the worlds affairs in
urdeE bringing peace out of confusion
war, strife. Human strength weak
ened. human pride humbled into the
dust. human hopes dashed. the world
will be ready for the New bay the
New Era The Bible beautifully pie
lures it us the rising of the Sun OF
Righteousness with healing in Ills
bealns--scafierng the darkness. igno-
rance. superstition sin death. thar
have caused the night Of sorrow never
TO be forgotten
The Lords people. awake and look.
ing In the right direction, already per
ceiye that We are In the dawning OF
the aliiiennlum-that the blessings
which have come 10 the world during
the past forty years are MiIlenniai
blessings. foregleams Of still greater
favors soon to be poured out. These
AilIennial blessings have not brought