The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-11

u0n OF scriptures n1tnertO m1sunQer-
stood by them.
Today Pastor Russells text was,
"And will shake all nations, and the
desire of all peoples shall Gomez
Haggai 81.
The Pastor began with the declara-
ton that the only proper contentment
IL that which is combined with godli-
ness and which sees from the stand
point of Scripture the Divine Power
able to correct the difficulties which
assail mankind. Thus instructed, the
godly believer Is able to appropriate
the Divine promises ot providential
care. and so can be content with condi-
tions which are not satisfactory,
On the other hand he declared, those
who either do not know Of the Power
Divine, or have lost their faith IN d.
vine Wisdom, chafe more and more
under present conditions. The more
discontinued they become. the greater
Is their tendency toward ungodliness,
doubt of the Divine Love, Wisdom and
Power. Self-dependence is poor sub
stitute; and as disappointments come,
those inclined to combativeness find
anger, malice. hatred, envy and strife
surging through their minds. Then
they become rabid Socialists, and are
In a fair way to become eventually
rabid anarchists.
Again, the speaker continued, we
have those who term themselves Chris
20 Al,
souls perceive the situation of their
brethren and say. Eyes, the world
should be transformed socially. Its
riches should not flow, as at present,
Into certain favored channels, but
should be scattered everywhere for the
general refreshment and comfort of
mankind as whole" This class
philosophize on what God surely would,
and surely would not, approve amongst
men, and then declare that all Chris
tians should at once set about to Sc
cure to the world of mankind just
division of Gods bounties.
The love and zeal of this class for
right principles we should admire and
commend, the Pastor said. But we
cannot commend their course, their
hopes, their preaching, by which they
seek to obtain the ends desired. Recog
nizing the principles of Divine Justice,
they seek to apply these, forgetful
that they have not the Divine wisdom
necessary to proper application.
Tho ScripturaI View of the Matter.
,I< %v,o& Ill
to forget also that human justice has
been the same for several thousand
years past, and that Divine Wisdom.
has not yet seen fit to establish Divine
Justice amongst men. If they think
that this is neglect on the part of the
Almighty which they are wise enough
to rectify, their thought is evidently an
erroneous one. If. on the contrary.
they believe that the time for the es-
Enlistment of justice has now come,
they should be able to find Divine
revelation to this effect and point 1t
out to us-one practically authorizing
them to take their stand for Socialism,
and explaining that the due time for
the prosperity of justice has now come,
and telling how they shall proceed and
what will be the outcome
The Pastor then discussed the world
from the Bible standpoint. According
to the Word Of God, the world is not
properly ready for its own control I'M
der any form Of government 1t is a
rebellious province in the Divine En-
pire-one In which sin, selfishness and
death constitute the ruling elements.
The Bible declares that what the
world needs is monarchy-a strong.
centralized government, in which the
masses must not be allowed to have a
voice at all, because In their fallen
condition they do not know what is
for their own highest good.
Furthermore, the Bible tells us that
present institutions, under the power
of selfishness driving the wealthy in
one direction and the masses in the
opposite direction, are about to bring
a universal rrash-anarchy This and
atheistic Socialism and Christian So
cialism, and In a larger sense general
selfishness and discomfort, are urging
on the two great combatants, both of
whom will fall in the struggle. never
TO rise again. However, according to
Scripture, they will be succeeded by
the Kingdom of Gods dear Son.
That strong Government, that The
ocracy to which every knee must bow
and every tongue confess, to the glory
of God, is the Kingdom that the world
needs. Its rule of righteousness alone
will bring to mankind the Joy and
peace and blessing which all crave, but
which none of us are wise enough to
know how TO bring about--not even
our Socialist friendsl The part of
faith and of wisdom Is to look unto
the Lord, from whom cometh our help.
Nor should we look to Him to approve
our methods, but rather to be inform
ed respecting His methods and to CO.
operate to the extent of our abilities.
The Gospel of Discomfort.
The Pastor next considered the
views held by many who favor what
Is known as Christian Socialism. He
read an extract from an old number
Of the christian Socialist" In which
Rev. DIR. Eliot White Is reported TO
have said as follows;
LET us answer, Hasten the day
when Labor, united, shall shake Off its
chainsl Our part as Christians is to
help men out Of every bondage! We
are not perturbed that Socialism, in its
eagerness to rid Labor of material
bonds, has not yet realized the weight
OF bonds spiritual That realization
win come In good time, and Christian
tty must be ready to show the work
ers of the world how to be rid of all
these letters of the soul which mate
rial emancipation will but render
more apparent. But for Christianity,
az too often now, to profess desire to
free men from spiritual bondage,
while repudiating any call or need to
strike fearless blows at their material
prison bars, Is to lay itself open to
justifiable charges of hypocrisy. This
must yield to drawer counsels, though
the striving be unto blood against the
sin of slavery which still defiles mod
ern industrialism.
with widest meaning, then-inclu-
sive of all that the most ardent and
uncompromising Socialist lover of lib
erty has demanded, and embracing be-
sides all that the Christian means