The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-10-20

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lGASIOR RUSSEID) of the Lord"
amos SILLY He
spoke In part as follows:
Today this prophecy is fulfilled in
our midsti Notwithstanding the fact
that during the past century Bibles
have been printed and circulated
amongst the people by the million, and
Notwithstanding the fact that educa-
ton has become SO general that rich
and poor. old and young, have the abil-
ity to read the Word of God, never
theless we are in the midst of the very
famine which the Prophet specifies. It
seems almost incredible that we should
be furnishing now with Bibles In our
homes. when our sanity forefathers
did not famish, although their educa-
the fact that increasing intelligence on
every hand has awakened our reason
ing faculties along religious lines, and
the result is the gnawing Of hunger in
our hearts. Both heart and flesh cry
out for a living and true Coda God
greater than ourselves-more just.
more powerful, more loving. Realizing
our own impotency. we feel more and
more our need of the Friend whose
love Is closer than a brothers.
Consequently we cannot find In the
Scriptures the rest. the refreshment
and the comfort which our forefathers
derived therefrom. Consequently the
young men and the purest of heart in
the world are repealed by the religion
of the past They are hungry for the
Truth, thirsty for the refreshment
which they need. Intellectually, many
are looking. wandering. from sea to
sea, desiring the Bread Of Life.
Scanning the creeds of all denomina-
tons, they find these practically alike
as respects theories of eternal reproba
ton and damnation for all except the
Elect, the sanity few. They grow
faint for want of spiritual food and
drink. They even look to the heather
world. and examine the Theosophy of
India, the Buddhism of Japan and the
COnfucianism of China. seeking for
some satisfying portion of Truth.
In some respects these are like the
prodigal son-far from home They
perceive the swinish content with the
husks of business, money. pleasure and
politics; but their spiritual longings
cannot be satisfied with the husks
which the Swine" eat Because of
their interest In spiritual things they
are thought peculiar. They are mis-
understood by their best earthly
friends. In their wanderings along the
highways of science and orld-religion
they must surely learn that they will
get no satisfaction from those sources
Tho Table of Divine Provision.
Ho, all We that hunger for Truth
come We! There is an abundance for
us all In our Heavenly Fathers won
derful provision-in the Bible. De
sorting all the creeds and traditions of
men. let us gather at our Heavenly
Fathers Board as His family, as His
children. Let US prove the truthful
ness of His declaration that Like as
a father pitieth his children. so the
Lord pitieth them that reverence Him."
Let us seek and find the satisfying
portion. Let us satisfy our longings at
the table of Divine provision. Mark
the words of the Lord and consider
how truthful they are-"Blessed are
they that hunger and thirst after right
eousness; for they shall be filed"
1t is this Truth-hungry class whom
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longings; for we have had the same
experience. We know the satisfaction
which they crave; for we have receiv-
ed it and are therefore doubly glad to
hand forth the Bread and the Water
of Life to those who desire it. There
are many who are ready to serve the
appetites of those who long for pleas
ure-ball games. society fetes. chess.
travel. etc. Against these we have
not one word to say. 1t is not our
thought that they are en- route to eter-
nal torment; hence we do not franti-
cally beset them or annoy them. Let
them have their pleasure. Let them
wait for the time to come when some
thing may occur in their experiences
which will put them into the class of
the broken-hearted and contrite Of
spirit, something which will cause
them to feel after God, If haply they
might find Him as a satisfying por-
ton.
lions, it is our aim to bind up the
broken hearted and to comfort those
that mourn" to tell them of the oil of
Joy which the Lord is willing to be-
stow for their spirit of heaviness and
sorrow for sin. isaiah 61:1-3) AS the
Master expressed no reproof of those
engaged in any sort of moral reform,
even asceticism. so it Is with us. We
desire to oppose no one who is doing
any good work. whether or not he fol
lows with US in every particular. There
are so many engaged In doing evil
works. and so few engaged in doing
good, that not one of the latter class
can be spared from the ranks of the
service of righteousness.
AS the Master did not give His time
to temperance reform or to social re
form or to political reform. but gnye
1t to the instruction of the people in the
doctrines of the Word of God, so let us
be intent to follow His example In this
matter, not teaching for doctrines the
precepts of men," but the Word of
God, which liveth and abideth forever
-expounding to the people the Scrip
lures and assisting them to see the
length and the breadth and height and
depth of their meaning.
The Disciple Not Above His Lord.
Nevertheless. as the religious teach.
ers Of the Masters day hated Jesus
and His disciples for this cause. be
cause they taught the people" and as
they prosecuted the Master and His
followers because they did not walk
in the beaten paths of their day. so we
may expect that the Scribes. the
Pharisees and the Doctors of the Law
today will be grieved because the PEG
pie are taught, because the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God shining
in the face of Jesus Christ is presented
to the people as an incentive to love
and obedience. instead of the doctrine
Of eternal torment
1t matters not that all the educated
ministers today well know. and would
not for moment deny. their disbelief
10 the doctrine of eternal torment If |
questioned. Nevertheless, many |
Of them hate us and oppose us because
we show the people the true interpre
tations of the Word Of God and lift be |
fore the eyes of their understanding a
God Of Love, just, merciful, righteous