The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-15

them, telling the people that these are
Christian nations, even though they
have anything but the Christian spirit,
and are building guns anddreadnaughts
to blow each other off the earth.
So strong is the power of this in
toxication that the Inconsistencies of
such theories are not discerned by
those intoxicated Only the few who
are gradually getting free from the
Supplying potion are able. by Divine
assistance, to see some of the mistakes
along this line. These see that neither
the Church of Rome nor any of her
Daughter systems is the true Church.
Each system processes to be the
Bride of Christ, yet each knows that
the marriage of the Lamb is to take
place at the Second Coming of Christ
They have therefore very generally lost
sight of the fact that the true virgin
Church of Christ, only a Little Flock
duke 1892, who viii be accounted
worthy to become the Bride of Christ
must wait for the Lord from Heaven
q Thessalonians l: %, 10) She must
keep herself 'unspotted from the
world" rirgin, that she may be ac-
counted worthy to enter into the joys
of her Lord, become His Queen and
Joint-heir In His Kingdom.
1t Is not to be expected that either
the Mother or the Daughters, who are
now claiming to reign with Christ
who are now claiming that His King
dom is already set up, who are now
claiming that their union with the
kingdoms Of this world is legitimate
can have the Bridegroom's approval
1t is not to be expected that they
realize their true condition-that they
are disloyal to the Heavenly Bride
groom and King.
Babylon, the Great City.
In the symbolic language of the
Book of the Revelation, as already ex
planned, the name Babylon is applied
not only to the typical woman, Papacy
and her mystical daughters, the Prot
estant denominations, but also to the
great City, Mystic Babylon. The sym
Dol woman more particularly repre-
sents the ecclesiastical systems, an6
the symbol city the governmental fea
tures-the sacerdotal. or religious. au
thority to govern and control the King
doms, the nations of the earth
We all remember the history of the
ancient city of Babylon. with its most
wonderful walls and its hanging gar
dens. We all remember that it was
built across the River Euphrates, which
flowed through its center and was
supposed to protect it fully from the
hazard of invasion. Besides its vast
storehouses of food it had the river
for its water supply. Babylon was
therefore considered impregnable.
Mystic Babylon, Christendom of our
day, is most mastery organization.
Its walls are built of ignorance and
superstition. whose great foundations
were laid centuries ago. Ancient
Babylons great gates of brass, which
pirates, represented Mystic Babylon's
worldly wisdom, human ingenuity and
dexterity of organization, to maintain
the control of the symbolic waters and
to protect the "city' from a possible
approach from that direction.
In the symbolic language of the
Scriptures the word water has two dis
tinct interpretations: % Water is a
symbol for Truth; (2) Water also sym
bolizes revenues from outside people
and kingdoms. In harmony with this
latter thought we read that the woman
with the golden cup sits upon many
waters; ''and the waters which thou
sawest are peoples, and multitudes,
and nations, and tongues" (Revela-
ton 17:1-15.) This woman" does not
her rule Is catholic, or general; for all
nations were made more or less drunk
with her false doctrines" The water
of the River Euphrates, flowing
through Babylon. might therefore be
understood to symbolic the peoples
and nations supporting Mystic Baby
Ion by contributions. tithes, offerings
The Euphrates to Be Dried Up.
In the Revelation not merely is the
name Babylon used long after the an
cient city was so blotted out of exist
ence that for centuries its site was un-
known. but the symbolic description in
cludes also the River Euphrates. OF
that great river we read, THE water
thereof was dried up. that the way of
the Kings of the East might be pre-
pared" 06:12D If we are correct in
our Interpretation that the waters of
that river signify revenues from all
nations, the drying up of the river i'm
plies a cessation of the revenues of
Babylon, decline in the contributions
which heretofore have made her
wealthy millions coming every year
from rich and poor of all nations for
her support
1t is in full accord with this Divine
prediction of what is yet to come
that We hear cries of distress rising
from all denominations, both Catholic
and Protestant, to the effect that the
revenues of the churches are being
dried up" and this at time when the
world is larger in population and in
wealth than ever before.
History tells us that ancient Babylon
was captured by Cyrus the Great and
his army after a siege of considerable
length, which was unsuccessful until
his soldiers digged fresh channel for
the river and turned aside its course.
Thus was the River Euphrates dried
up; and the Medo-Persian army entered
the ancient city suddenly In the night.
While these events We're occurring. the
princes of Babylon, corresponding to
the notables of Christendom. We're
holding high carnival, rejoicing In their
security, boasting of the strength of
their walls, the impregnability of their
gates and the sureness of their waters
As then they We're using the golden
vessels of the Lords Temple from
which to drink their wine. so now, in
the hour of Mystic Babylon's fall. we
may expect something to correspond to
this-a spirit of boastfulness, of pride.
or 1ntoxication with error, apparently
drawn from the Divine Word.
At this moment of their exuberance
there appeared in Belshazzar's ban
quet-hall hand, which wrote the
words. Meme Meme. TokeI. Upharsin"-
the days of your rule have been num-
bered by God and are finished; you are
weighed In the balances and found
wanting; your kingdom is divided and
given to the Modes and the Persians.
Daniel 5:2j-2S) The strong symbolic
language used in respect to Mystic
Babylon corresponds so we'll to the
prophetic language respecting ancient
Babylon that we are warranted in I'M
Outstanding that city TO have been