The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-14

- Pastors famous
Photo Drama of Creation. The other
Conventions have been in session
throughout the week at Asbury Park,
N. j.. and Columbus. Ohio. Pastor
Russell. President of the Association
being In attendance at each. Delegates
to the 1pmber of about 1900 have par
ticipated in the proceedings of the
Conventions. and the results of the
week are regarded as being among
the most favorable in the history of
the Association.
The Photo Drama of Creation. which
has already been exhibited in over one
hundred cities at home and is now run
ming abroad also. was an interesting
feature Of the evening sessions of the
three Conventions. Creations Drama
depicts Solomon's Temple In its va
rious stages of preparation, showing
the stone Quarries under Jerusalem,
the cedar forests in Lebanon, and de-
tails incident to its erection and dedi-
cation. This wonderful Temple fur
nished the basis for several New Tesla
ment descriptions of the antitypical
Temple Of God-the Church of Christ.
The Temple. both type and antique.
was Pastor Russell's theme today. His
text was, THE Temple of God is holy,
which Temple ye are."-1 Cor. 3:17.
The Pastor declared that both ST.
Paul and st. Peter are our authority
for saying that the Church which Is
the Body of Christ Is the Temple of
God. and that His Temple is holy.
God, who condemned the whole world
in Adam, and who has declared that
He will have no fellowship with sin
ners, has provided way by which
these sinners can come back into har
mony with Him. Only through the ar
rangement which He has made In re
spect to this great Temple can man
kind come back into harmony with
their Creator. St. Paul points out the
foundation of this great antitypical
Temple, saying, 'Other foundation can
no man lay than that is laid, which is
Jesus Christ" st. Peter declares to
the Church. I'VE also. as living stones.
are built up a spiritual House, an holy
Priesthood, to offer up sacrifices. ac
ceptable to God through Jesus Christ"
Then the speaker showed that Solo
mons Temple was a type. or figure,
of this greater Temple which God is
erecting Solomon's Temple had sew
eral peculiarities connected with its
construction. One very special peculi
arity was that the great stones were
taken out from underneath the site
of the Temple Another popularity
was that each stone was made to
ct exactly the place In which 1t was
to be located. and then numbered and
marked with signs which the builders
understood This method is followed
by modern builders also; and when Il
building is constructed every part is
put IN place quietly and orderly-no
confusion whatever. So 1t was In Solo
mons Temple! The stones were made
ready before they were brought thith-
er, so that there was neither hammer
nor axe nor any tool Of iron heard In
the house while it was being built
The Living Stones of the Great Temple.
After having described the Temple
of Solomon as a type, the Pastor pro-
ceeded to discuss the antitype-the
Church of the living God. The Builder
and Maker is God, he declared. The
quarry is the world In general. The
living stones are taken out of the
world, separated from the world. but
are chiseled and polished in this anti
typical quarry, made ready for their
positions, and then taken to their prop
er place. For more than eighteen hun
bred years this work Of preparation
has been going on. Jesus was the
Foundation Stone. Before He came
there were no stones prepared; none
could be accepted until He had come
and died. the Just for the unjust"
Then the process of cutting. chisel-
ing and polishing the living stones" Of
secrated Christian has had experiences
of such nature as to separate him
from the world 1t was a difficult
matter to block out character and to
bring each to the place where he would
be separated from his surroundings.
Still more difficult in some respects
have been the chiselings. blow after
blow, experience after experience, trial
after trial. in order that each living
stone might he shaped. fitted and pre-
pared for place in that glorious Tenn
pie which is yet to be constructed
The polishing process has also been
going on. AS the Scriptures express 1t,
the Bride makes herself ready. Each
living stone polishes others
The Pastor here drew a lesson for
those who are following In the steps
OF Jesus He pointed out that while
various severe experiences. trials and
tests may come from the world, vet
the very finest polishing is produced
by contact with the brethren. There
fore whoever learns to love the breth
rem and to endure all their various
weaknesses and imperfections, and is
rightly exercised by these experiences.
Will receive fine polish-that which
our Lord through His Word describes
as the fruitage of the Holy Spirit
The fruits of the Spirit are manifest.
which are these: meekness. gentleness,
patience. long,suffering. brotherly-
kindness. love" Ii these things be in
us in abundance, we shall be neither
barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge
of the Lord And so 1t is that an EN-
trance shall be ministered unto us
abundantly into the everlasting King
dom of our Lord and Savior
Construction of Antitypical Temple.
Next the construction of the anti
typical Temple was discussed Eight
cen hundred years ago the foundation
was laid-in Heaven-the Top Stone.
as the Apostle says. All the other
stones must be fitted up into Him. &C
cording to st. Paul In describing the
antitypical Temple the Apostle here
uses the figure of the pyramid. the top
stone Of which is a miniature pyramid.
all remaining stones being fitted to
come into line with it. So the Scrip
lures declare that Jesus is the Chief
Corner Stone. the Top Stone. into
whom the Church. as living stones.
are being built up. instead OF being
shaped to a foundation below them.
The speaker showed that this will be
accomplished In the First Resurrection.
when the Church. changed into spirit
beings like the Lord. will be built up
and completed with Him on the Heav-
emily plane. far above angels. principal
tiles and powers, and every name that
Is named.
To the Pastors understanding of the
Scriptures, the building of the antitypi