The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-28

tending from coast to coast and from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf. Today's
attendance was estimated at 10000
Pastor Russells discourse was based
on the text: Thou shalt also be a
crown of glory in the hand of the
Lord, and royal diadem in the hand
of thy God" isaiah 62:3) He said:
God has provided a salvation for the
world in the next Age. But the call
Of this Gospel Age is something unique
separate and apart from the saliva
ton of mankind. During this Age God
has been gathering out of the world
some of those who have a hearing of
faith and a response of heart These
He calls His peculiar treasure, His
jewels. In our text He declares that
this class shall be a royal diadem in
the hand of their God-not on His
head, as If an added glory, but in His
hand, representative of power. In His
Power Jehovah will show forth the
Church; and by thus manifesting what
He has been able to do with the
Church, He will show forth His own
praises, in that He will reveal features
of His glorious character which have
never before been exhibited What a
blessed thing this will be for those who
shall be the jewels and who will reflect
the glory of the Infinite One who de
signed this diadem!
The permission of sin has given op-
portunity for God to develop His great
Plan for the eradication of evil He
could easily have prevented Satan
from bringing sin into the Universe.
He did not. however, exercise His
Power to restrain Satan; for He fore
saw the glorious results which He will
eventually accomplish through the per-
mission of evil For the same reason
He did not interfere when Satan
tempted cur first parents, but permit
ted the whole race of mankind to be
born into the world in an imperfect
and sinful condition. He could have
arranged otherwise but He foresaw
that He could work out still more
glorious purposes by letting matters
take their own course for time.
"The Wages of Sin Is Death"
The Bible declares that all trans
gression of the Divine Law is sin, and
that all sin is punishable with the
same penalty-death. Thus Adams
disobedience in eating the forbidden
fruit brought upon him the curse of
death, which by the laws of heredity
he has transmitted to his posterity-
the human race. (Romans 5:12, 49,
Although men may multiply the trans
gressions, they cannot increase the
penalty: for the Divine Law has only
one penalty for sin-death.
But Divine Mercy arranged for hui
man redemption by providing that Je
sus should pay the penalty for Adams
sin. This He did when He offered
Himself and died, 1.-The Just for the
unjust" The unforfeited life of Je-
sus. as corresponding price for the
forfeited life of Adam, guaranteed the
cancellation of Adams penalty. Adams
deliverance will mean the deliyerance
of all humanity, the removal of the
sentence for Original Sin from every
member of Adams race Then the
Messianic Kingdom will be inaugural
mankind out of the sin and death con
ditions resulting from the fall of our
first parents.
God could have associated with our
Redeemer some of the angelic host to
assist in blessing humanity during The
thousand years of the Messianic King
dom; but He purposed to select from
amongst mankind some to be sharers
with His Son in the great work of up
lifting the world from sin. degradation
and death. For this reason a call went
forth for a Church class-for those
who would separate themselves from
the world, take up their cross and fol
low Jesus. This class is to be a pc
euliar treasure; they are a people that
will be privileged to show forth the
praises of Him who hath called them
out of darkness into His marvellous
light Peter 20
Jealous of Good Works"
For nearly nineteen centuries God
has been gathering this people from
.yarious nations. kindreds and tongues.