The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-02-24

sinfuness of sin and its dire conse
quences. Gods Law declares, THE
soul that sinneth, it shall die" 1.-THE
wages of sin is DEATH We were con-
fused by the errors which crept into
Church creeds during the Dark Ages,
when the Bible was practically non-eX-
istent. when ,Ie bishops were sup
posed to be the successors of the Apos-
ties. and when their decisions were
considered infallihle
Their teaching that the dead are
alive misled us. turned US away from
the Bible teaching that the dead are
dead. Their teachings respecting a
fiery He'll and Purgatory led us away
from the Bible teaching on the subject
Of future punishment. Now we find
that the Bible He'll is the tomb. the
death state: and that God In His great
Plan has arranged to abolish our SEN
tence of death by the universal awak
ening of the dead. All in the graves
shall hear the voice of the Son of Man
and come forth.-John 5 %, 20. r. V.
The Bible teaches That God has an
orderly Plan for His entire work; and
that not until man has passed through
six great Days from his creation. each
a thousand years long, will his Week
of labor. toll and strife against sick
ness, pain. sorrow and death be at an
end. Then Messiah's Compromised
Kingdom viii be established. Christ
shall come, a spirit being. and shall de-
throne Satan. who through human su-
perstition and ignorance has become
the master of men. Satan shall be
bound for thousand years; and Mes
siah shall be the great King of earth,
though his Kingdom will be invisible
to men as Satan's kingdom is invisible
because composed of spirit beings.
The Glorious View of the Bible.
The grand work of the Kingdom OF
God Jesus and His glorified Church
operating through human agencies
will be work of Restitution. (Acts
3:19-21.) AS Adam fell from the moral
image of his Creator he is to have the
opportunity of rising again to this I'M
age. because redeemed by Messiahs
sacrifice.
The Church's salvation. in progress
since Pentecost. is salvation to
Heavenly existence. by change of
nature But the worlds salvation will
consist of restoration to perfect hu
man nature. which will find its perfec
ton of enjoyment in an earthly Eden
gradually becoming worldwide As
Adams death sentence was accompa
MED by sickness. sorrow and pain. so
when the Redeemer shall apply to
mankind at His Second Coming the
general forgiveness and amnesty prom
ised in the Bible. the result will be the
gradual elimination of sickness, SOr
row and pain. BY the close of Mes
siah's thousand-year Reign. there shall
| be no more sin or death. The curse
will thus gradually disappear. giving
place to Divine blessing and fellow
ship.-Revelatio ton .; 22:3.
Many Bible students believe that the
wonderful increases of knowledge and
blessings in the world witnessed during
the past fifty years are evidences fore
told by the Bible. indicating that we
are already i'll the dawn of that New
Day of Messiah's Kingdom. The run
ming to and fro and increase of knowl-
edge. the wise of Gods people under
standing. and the imminence of great
Time of Trouble daniel 12:1-4, 9, 10;
| Matthew 24:2D. point ont that we are
in the time of the ending of the old
order of things. and the dawning OF
the new.
Approach OF the Great Time of Trouble
This great Time of Trouble We SEE
approaching According to the Scrip
lures, it will be all-embracing 1t wi
include all religious systems. all hu
man governments. nations and cond
tons of men. and will eliminate il
anarchy. Although for time humani
ty will seem to be bereft of reason
mad-yet the peaceable fruits of right
eousness will finally be attained. Eni
because of human wisdom to extricats
itself. but because Messiah's Kiagtl"o
will then be established. Gods Word
declares: when the judgments of the
Lord are in the earth. the inhabitants
of the world will learn righteousness
isaiah 26:9D Then wilful evil doer1
will be cut off in the Second Don.
without hope of further redeiuman
while the obedient will atta
perfection. I...
6eecher and Abbot euloeized Mr.
Rev Lyman Aithe- first ministers
: Beecher as olifn's theory of Evolu
, to accept Idbt this is So A good
, ton M and generous. but misled
man. breeds. thought that he founl
!. by1'olution something more rational
an the Bible taught. He endeavored
ITO link the two together. as others have
endeavored to do. only to fail: for tbs,
Bible throughout is in direct opposi
ton to the Evolution theory 1t dis
inctly teaches the fall of man
Jesus declared that He came to re
cover that which was lost God sen
His Only Begotten Son. that whose
ever belieyeth on Him should not per
ish. st. Peter tells of the Restitution
of fallen man to his former glorious
estate. in the likeness of his Creator.
If Darwin's theory be correct. then
Jesus, His Apostles, and all the Proph-
cts, We're astray.
But what is the Evolution hopper
Briefly stated. this: That some dis
lance back our forefathefs were mon
keys: that we have progressed in a
measure, but are still periShing. as did
our monkey forefathers. Cnder Oar
wins law of the Survival of the Fit
test, disease and death will gradually
weed out the more stupid ana vicious
(as it is not doing. so far AS any one |
can seel. that in the far-off future our
children may attain such perfection as
to knc>y how to live forever and right
ly enjoy the blessings of earthly life.
Perhaps the Evolution hope is bet
ter than none. Surely it is better than
the eternal torment hope Of the Dark
Ages but it must be far from soul-sat
isfying to all who think deeply But
the Bible hope proposes that Messiah'a
Kingdom shall take in the entire race
of Adam, and by disciplinary instruc.
lions and encouragements shall help
all the willing and obedient to human
perfection. This hope for the world
is beyond the special hope which is the |
exclusive portion of the fully conse
Grated disciples Of Jesus.