The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-28

after he mas joined this Order he has q
right to the regalia and to all belong
ing to the Order There is only one
way by which any one may become a
member There is also only one way
by which one once in may be put out
and that is according to the arrange
ments made by the Lord: for there is
secret writing even of the names in
this Order These names are written
in Heaven. No human being knows
who are the members.
Free and Accepted In Christ Jesus.
The members of this Order, it was
shown. are free from the domination
of sin, free from the fear of death, free
from that condition of alienation from
God In which they were by nature
when they were children of wrath
even as Others" They are not free to
commit sin, however; in fact. they
have no such inclination. Their very
desire to come into relationship with
God indicates that they do not love
sin. The shackles of sin have fallen
from them IF the Son make you
free, then are We free indeed John
S:36) Every one thus made free by
the Lord Jesus Christ, through the
merit of the Redeemer's sacrifice, and
presenting his body a living sacrifice
and being accepted of God. is received
into this Fraternity. this Royal Priest
hood
Happy are all such; for the Spirit OF
glory and of God rests upon them.
The more attentive each of these Is to
the rules of the Order, the more faith
full each one is in laying down his life
in the service of the brethren, the more
progress will he make and the higher
will be his station He will rise from
one degree to another until he shall
have attained the highest rank, and
shall have favor in the fullest sense
with the Grand Master of the Order.
In the typical language of the Scrip
lures, the human nature of all New
Creatures in Christ is pictured in the
goat The Bible tells these New Crea
lures that the goat" which each one
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flesh In the typical Day of Atone
ment two goats were brought to the
door of the Tabernacle and there tied
These goats typified all who offer them
selves in conservation to God After
the lots were cast. the high priest sac
rificed the Lords goat, thus typifying
Gods acceptance of the class repre-
scented. Thenceforth the goat repre-
scented merely the old nature, the flesh;
and the New Creature was represented
In the members of the high priests
body. I'VE are dead, and your life is
hid with Christ in God" says the Apos
tie.
The Pastor also showed that God
has so arranged that members OF His
great Secret Order may tell all they
desire about it and the hearers cannot
understand, unless they are also of the
Order. God alone knows who are
members of His Secret Society; for He
alone knows whether at heart each is
loyal and true. Others may wear the
uniform, learn grips and passwords:
but the Lord knows those who are His
In other words, there are many who
have more or less outward appearance
of being Christians. but who are not
really such at heart.
Another point discussed was that all
who become members of the Royal
Priesthood living Stones" from the
Divine standpoint. to be chiseled and
prepared for place in the Royal TEN
ple-must enter by narrow, difficult
way. This Jesus set forth, saying. IF
any man will come after Me [become
living stone in the Temple, be a
member of this high Orderl, let him
deny himself, take up his cross and
follow Me-"
The Founder of the Order.
The origin of this Order, commonly
known as the Church of Christ, was
next shown. The Great Master Crafts.
man, the Lord Jesus Christ, laid the
foundation and arranged all pertaining
to it. He alone founded this great
Secret Society. Members of the Or
ganization may indeed recognize as
sistants in the work, but there is only
the one Grand Master, who has super
vision of the whole. He Himself has
said, Zone is your Master, even Christ.
and all ye are brethren"
The Pastor then set forth the facts
relative to our Lords life on earth
nearly nineteen hundred years ago.
The world did not recognize the Great
Master. Jesus alone, the Founder of
the Order which is His Church. had
the secret plans for the great Temple
which God desired to have construct
ed When He was crucified, more or
less of the Mystery connected with the
Temple was lost The Scriptures also
intimate that certain features of that
Mystery were not to be completed I'M
til His return. So the members of this
Society have been waiting for the re-
turn of their Master, who gave His
life in connection with the secret of
the construction of the Temple. the
Church
Jesus preached in public, the Pastor
declared. and while thousands heard
Him, very few understood. So now.
when the members of His Church tell
the Glad Tidings of great joy. very few
understand; for only those who are
called to join this Order which Jesus
founded have the power to compre
hend-the hearing ear. To His dis
fp1o fhn \
are your eyes. for they see; and your
ears, for they hear" Only those who
have come into this Divine Order have
this spiritual insight and spiritual
guidance; and only these may know
the things that are freely given unto
the initiated. These things are freely
given to one class, but are not intend
ed for any one else.
The speaker then showed the reason
for this discrimination. During this
Age God is not dealing with the world
After He has built His great Temple.
then He will deal with the world. But
mankind will never be priests. mem
bers of the Temple class. Neverthe-
less, they will have great blessing
Restitution to human perfection, lost
in Eden, redeemed on Calvary. He de
clared that it would never do for the
world TO know all about the secrets
known only to the members of Gods
great Secret Order; otherwise mankind
would interfere with the Plan of God
He illustrated his point by referring
to the Scriptural statements that If
the Jews had understood about Jesus.
if they had understood His parallels
and dark sayings, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory. Then the
Scriptures would not have been fulfill
ed; Gods Plan would not have been
carried out.
St Peter called the attention of the
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