The Mount Holly news., 1914-12-22

He explained
chat the Book Of Revelation declares
itself to be book of symbols. The
Woman Of the text is the synlbolical
Woman Of the Bible; namely, the pro-
fessed Church of Christ The context
declares that the Woman herself the
Church NominaD was drunken with
her own success in overcoming the
saintlier followers Of Jesus; that she
attained great outward splendor as the
price of her unfaithfulness to the Re
deemer-the price of her illicit inter
course with the kingdoms of earth-re-
ceiving their support in return for her
recognition Of them. At the same
time she held In her hand the Golden
Cup-the Word of God, which is full
Of testimony against her, but which
she used In such manner as to deceive
and corrupt them, and to make all the
people drunk, as our text declares, In
dividually and nationally
The speaker adverted to his dis
course of the previous Sunday, in
which he had pointed out some Of the
false doctrines which led to the exaIta-
tion OF the Scarlet Woman. the I'M
faithful Spouse OF Christ She had
not followed her Redeemer's footsteps
In humility and self-sacrifice. She had
especially separated herself from the
people under the clergy title; she had
practised and prospered: she had
fought down the true followers OF Je-
sus. causing them to suffer for right.
eousnsss' sake. even as the Jews had
crucified Jesus. and as the Apostles
had suffered for loyalty to Truth
Intoxicated by her successes. she went
to great lengths of boasting. establish
ing herself as the Queen of Heaven.
ruling over the kings of earth, yet hav-
ing fellowship with them and drawing
support from them Both kings and
peoples were made drunk. infatuated.
with the thought that they could have
SO close dealings with the Divine King
dom and still live after the flesh Deg
radiation. mental and moral. ensued.
while kings and peoples went into q
drunken sleep from which they are not
yet fully aroused
Daughters of Babylon.
The Sixteenth Century brought par
tiaI awakening. but the Adversary was
at hand to re-entangle those mentally
confused by the aduterated wine-the
mixture of Heavenly Truth with earth,
ly selfshness and deviltry The time
had not yet come for the binding of
Saxon and fta ,.d aI1ax.,o<1 h;.., -,
continue to make the way narrow for
the jealous, sanity few. To have al
lowed the full light of Truth to shine
In upon the world at that time would
have meant the permission of the great
Time of Trouble nearly three centu-
would not be ready for establishment
until the full end of the six thousand
years of the reign of Sin and Death.
and the completion OF the elect mum
Der Of the True Church.
For these reasons God permitted the
various Protestant Churches to be
born, and to develop under the iniu-
ence of the intoxicating Cup of their
Mother. This being true, we are not
surprised at the prophetic declaration
that the Daughters had the Mothers
disposition and became Harlots like
her to the extent of their opportunities
-afflliatiDg with the kingdoms of the
world, cooperating with them, modify
ing doctrines so as to meet with their
approval. etc. Each Daughter has done
her share to perpetuate the intoxica-
ton of the world
"6asyion is Fallen, 10 Fallen"
The name. Babylon fits the entire
household. The word contains a dou-
bic thought: first. the Gate Of God: and
second, confusion. Thus it imports
that the professed Church. the Gate
way to God and righteousness. became
confused. impure and adulterous
Each must judge for himself as re-
spects who and what these symbols of
the Divine Revelation signify. I be
lieve that not many of Gods people
who are awake and even partially so
bered up from the false doctrines of
the creeds md their perversion of the
Scriptures will need further assistance
in seeing that Babylon. the name orig
inally applied to the Mother Church.
has become a family name, applicable
equally to all human systems fraudu-
lently posing as the True Church.
The Scriptures tell us that this True
Church has not yet been glorified; that
her members are being called. devel-
oped, perfected under Affections. in
preparation for their exaltation to be
the Bride, the Lambs Wife. The true
members of this Church, whose names
are written in Heaven, are all Virgins,
pure, in that they are justified through
faith in the Redeerner, and are not in
relationship with worldly systems, not
organized by them, not serving them
and not dependent upon them.
As the Lord prophesied this Babylon
system. He evidently purposed to per-
NIT it to have the control it has had.
When telling us that Babylon is fall
en-" He intimates that throughout the
past some of His sanity ones have
been In Babylon. Otherwise He would
not say. Come out of her."-Rev. 1874
The Lords voice calling His people
out of Babylon at the time she is re
jected for destruction. is not literal
voice from Heaven. nor is 1t a voice
from earth. 1t is the voice of the
Truth As knowledge respecting God,
His character and His Plan. as reveal
ed In the Bible. now comes to the at
tention of any of Gods consecrated
people. the voice of the Truth. appeal
ing to his honesty. calls him to come
out at any cost and stand separate
from all earthly institutions. The Di-
vine Message tells us that the literal
fall of these great systems is at hand,
and that everybody IN them will suffer
justly-in proportion to enlightenment.
The Morning Hour, the Drunken Awake.
According TO Bible chronology. the
six thousand years of the reign Of Sin
and Death have ended. We are in the
dawning of the New Dispensation.
when old things are passing away and
the New Order is being gradually in
troduced. Properly, the awakening
came first to Gods consecrated people.
who have long waited and prayed for
the Morning Thy Kingdom comel
Thy will be done on earth. even as it
is done In Heaven
The awakening In the Church has
gone on gradually during the Parousia
OF Christ. Meantime, the Millennial
blessings beginning to come to the
world have made the drunken sleepers
restless. AS they awaken to the rich
blessings of our time, they are seized
with feverish acquisitiveness, indiyidu-
ally and nationally. As individuals