The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-11-17

wheels OF finance which worked so 1aVor-
ably for the bankers in the past. are
turning In the opposite direction and lac
Grating them financially.
Apparently our financial house of
cards" is trembling and about to fall.
Various expediencies are being tried by
the governments and the ablest flnanciers
OF the world. We might hope that their
skill would accomplish the end they de-
sire, and save the present institutions
flnancial-from being shaken" to pieces.
But, II we are right in our understanding
Of the Scrptures-if the great Day Of
Settlement has come, In which an the
shakable things are to be shaken and
nothing remain except that which cannot
be shaken, then we may be sure that all
human effort will fail, and that the great
est of all crashes of a financial kind that
have ever happened will take place
1t will be noticed that / am saying
nothing new-that what 1 have just said
has been said in part at least, by many,
and published In the newspapers. / am
merely bringing together these things,
and showing their relationship to the tes-
timony Of the Bible, that we are now in
the great day of shaking" To some this
will be considered fanatical pessimism,
because the vast majority of people have
absolutely no confidence In the Bible.
Nevertheless, when these things shall
some may be helped to an understanding
OF the true situation-to recognition of
the fact that the shaking upon the ma
tions-fnancial. social political. and reli-
gious-is of the Lord, and not accidental.
Under normal conditions American bust
Ress should be prospecting as never be-
fore, because her commercial competitors
are at war, and unable to properly attend
to their commercial interests. Likewise,
American securities should be In demand
because all securities of foreign coun-
tries have deprecated by the war. But
with the gold standard and an insufficient
cy Of gold, the business of the entire world
Is stagnated. The worlds needs and
wants are as great as ever, but it has not
the gold wherewith to purchase. The de-
monetization of silver seems to be re-
ferred to by the Prophet Ezekiel 7:19
saying They shall cast their silver into
the street"-treat 1t as a commodity and
not as money. The Prophet then tells
how gold will become scarce and eventu-
ally be completely withdrawn by the peo-
pie hiding 1t as though IL were an unclean
thing. as the Hebrew text implies-"Their
gold shall be removed" Thus neither
silver nor gold will be available.
Railroad magnates and the bankers
who hold their securities, perceive that
IL 1t Ii difficult to raise money for the
meeting of the interest ON the bonds
1t will be more difficult to issue new
bonds to replace maturing Ones no mat
ter how sound and well managed the rail-
way may be. Is 1t any wonder that the
trepidation of the financial and political
princes of the earth is great, as they look
into the futurei Their well-grounded
fears were prophesied by our Saviour as
one of the signs of the present time
Mems hearts failing them for fear and
for looking after those things coming
upon the earth"-the social order-and be-
cause of the shaking of the heavens, the
ecclesiastical systems.-Luke 21:26
Fear Humanity's Bane.
The speaker then passed to his text,
outlined its meaning. and sald:-
Sin made moral towards of our race
From early infancy fear and apprehension
especially In respect to things future,
have been impressed upon us. We realize
that we are imperfect, that our God is
perfect, that perfection is the only stand
ard which He could approve and that
some kind of punishment for sin must be
expected. The Adversary, taking advan-
tage of our forefathers, misrepresented
the Almighty and has used our fears to
ALLEVIATE US from Him and to wrest and
distort His Message to us in the Bible
St. Paul assures us that this is Satans
darkness and darkness for light. Thus 1t
comes that our text, which is really one
of the most beautiful and comforting in
the whole Bible when understood has to
many become lash in the hands of their
fears.-2 Corinthians "A
Our text is one of the symbolisms Of q
Book filled with symbols Gods people
guided by His Holy Spirit, In due time
will appreciate these symbols For many
nf hot inc ie
The Throne is Messiahs; 1t represents
His Mediatorial Dominion of earth for a
thousand years. Its whiteness symbolzes
The purity, the Justice of His Kingdom of
Righteousness under the whole heavens.
The heavens and earth which will flee
from the presence of the great Emmanuel
will not be the Heavens of Gods Throne.
nor the earth which He has given to the
children of men. The heavens and earth
which will fee away, and for which no
place will be found. are. of course. the
symbolical ones.
In Bible symbology the earth represents
established civilization; the sea, the rest
less, dissatisfied masses of humanity; and
the mountains. human governments. king
doms. which constitute the backbone of
present social institutions. The symbolic
heavsps represent spiritual influences
Ecclesiasticism Churchianity Thus in
terpreted, our text declares that when
Messiah assumes control of the world the
result will be that the social system of
today. as well as present day ecclesiasti-
cism will pass out of existence-no place
will be found for them.
Satan Now the Prince.
Some may ask, Whatever may be said
Of the four thousand years before the
coming of Christ, may 1t not be claimed
a ha raie inc dfn
ascension to the right hand of God? We
answer, II the Redeemer of men has been
reigning as the King Of earth for the
past nineteen centuries. there should be
something in the Bible to so teach.
On the contrary the Masters own words
tell US that Satan Is the Prince of this
Age: that Christ's Kingdom Is not OF this
world (Age); that He will come again and
receive His followers to Himself; that He
Went into a far country to receive title to
His Kingdom and to return to take pos
session of 1t; and that at His Second
Coming He VIII be the great King of
Giory--John 14:16. 30: 1896; Matthew
H:33; 25:14, 81
When we scan the pages of history dur
ing the past eighteen centuries, we are
convinced that Messiah has not been
King. To think Of Him as such, with the
omnipotent power we accredit to Him.
would be to charge Him with responsible
ity for bloody and atrocious prosecutions.
for wars, famines and pestilences. Sure
ly, no right-minded person, after mature
consideration, can nationally accept the
theory that we have had the glorious
Messianio Reign of Righteousness for the
blessing of the whole world, the uplifting
OF humanity
No one can think that the Reign of the
great Mediator is in the past We must
agree with our text that it is in the fu-
ture; and that, when established, its eff
feet upon present institutions-political,
social. financial, religious-will be such
that they Will flee away: no place will be
found for them. From this standpoint
alone there is hope for the world
Today we are living at the climax of
civilization Yet We behold more clearly
than ever before that the deeply ingrained
selfishness of humanity is a blight upon
all our blessings Selfshness is to be
found everywhere. Although a semblance
Of righteousness is insisted upon and VIC
lators of that standard are styled crimi-
mails, nevertheless It seems impossible to
legislate equity, justice. Mems keen in
tellects find opportunities for circumvent-
ing the laws and committing theft. muir
der. etc.. without danger Of punishment
The Great White Throne Judgment.
Neither Jehovah God nor His Represent
alive, Messiah. can in any sense or de-
gree be a party to injustice or inequity
The fact that injustice has been permit
ted. that inequity has been the rule for
centuries - 10 be accounted for by the
fact THAI during an this period the world
has been under the reign Of Sin and
Death, the reign of Satan. ''the Prince
nj this world and of tha dRrkness of