The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29


if. to hope for it and to wait for it. He
tells us that Satan is now the Prince
Of this world" by virtue of the fact
that he deceives the minds and the
hearts of the majority God would
have His people understand something
of His great Program. but He would
keep this hidden from all others
Hence arises the impossibility of ex-
planning spiritual things to a carnaI
mind q Cor 2:i4l None of the wick
I'D shall understand daniel 1910
Divine Supervision of Human Affairs.
The great Creator has contented
Himself with such supervision Of this
world as leaves much responsibility
for human affairs in human hands he
Merely interferes to raise up or to cast
down when the interests of His Pro
gram may Genlanda For instance. take
the case Of the Pharaoh who was rails
ed to the throne of Egypt in Moses
day There God raised to the throne a
man of great determination. and him
dered from reaching the throne other
men not so favorable to the carrying
out of the Divine Purposes Thus.
without interfering with the free moral
ageney Of the king Of Egypt. God used
the wrath of man to praise Hin, and
the remainder He restrained Similar
~. He had previously raised Joseph to
the governorship Of Egypt for His own
purposes
The Psalmist describes the tumult OF
that day of overwhelming trouble
when Gods Kingdom will be estab-
Iished. saying of the sea that will
swallow Up the mountains. The wa
ters thereof roar and be troubled: the
mountains shake with the swelling
thereof" 1t is probably true that such
socialistic and anarchistic roarings
nave many times in the past caused
the kingdoms of earth and their rulers
TO tremble But. according to the
Scriptures. some day the final catastro.
The will occur Who can tell how near
hat day may be-
Quite large number of earnest Bi-
Tie students concur in the thought
Int such a climax Is indicated in the
prophecies. and that it will be reach
Il in the year 1919 But be the date
g il may. the fact remains. The
prophecy which we are examining is
nearly three thousand years old, but it
= as good as sure and rs meaningful
'ndaE as ever it was
ne are not OF those who would
ifarass the minds of our fellows with
fear. Rather would we point them to
he fact that behind this cloud of
trouble there is glorious 'silver lin
lag'' of MilenRal joy and blessing for
all the families of the earth. Rather
would we encourage all who have the
tearing ear to zeal and faithfulness In
their conservation. that they may
make their calling and election sure
ID Il share in the Kingdom glories and
escape those things coming upon the
GARTH In a word. the Gospel of
artist is not Il message of damnation
Gear and torture. but Good Tidings of
great joy which shall be unto all peo-
Me" as the angel declared.
0eliverance of the Church Pictured.
In the fourth and fifth verses OF
i'salm Az the Church of Christ is sym.
holically pictured as the City of God,
lis dwelling-place; and the Truth is
represented as river, making the City
clean. fresh, glad The proclamation
"a To In, f1o fAef - hor
she shall not be movedl God shall
help her early in the morning''-early
in the Millennial morning. The Church
is to be "a First-fruits unto God" Her
salvation as the Bride of Christ will
be accomplished early in this Millen-
NAL morning
Oh, how glad will be all those &C.
counted worthy of place in that elect
Church-the Church of the First-borns,
whose names are written In Heavenl
The promise. ''She shall not be
moved" is in agreement with the first
verse In assuring US that the people of
God will be preserved from fear. doubt
and misunderstanding of the events of
faith will enable them to triumph Mt
a time when others will be In great
distress and perplexity. as our Lord
foretold.-Luke 81 :26.
"The Gentiles Ragged"
Beginning with the 9th verse, the
Prophet gives brief synoptical pic
ture of the Time of Trouble and its
consummation and of the Inaugural
ton of universal peace. ''The heather
lGentile peoples ragged" These words
describe the tumult which will prevail
amongst humanity before the climax
of the great Time of Trouble is reach.
ed Angry voices arise from public
meetings. and in the more private
meetings of the lodges of Labor and
Capital, as well as through the col.
umns of the Press to the extent per
mitted. In the various nations there
is fear of tumult through the raging
Of the public Press, and everything
possible is being done to restrain it.
In some countries the Press has been
''muZzled" for some time past.
Whoever sees that anarchy is the
most dreadful terror confronting civ
ilization must realize the wisdom of
reasonable restraints upon his own
tongue and upon the tongues of 9th
ers. Nevertheless, the Scriptures show
US that all effort to suppress the tn
multi and the angry voices Of men
eyir, 81 Of
fail
The prophetic picture continues
God uttered His voice, the earth
melted" The unfaithfulness of hui
manity, the clamor of greed, both in
rich and in poor, will be answered by
the Almighty. "Giyer of every good
and perfect gift" He will utter His
voice.; or. as another Prophet de
clares, "He will speak to the people
in His anger" for their correction, for
their reproval The result will be that
the symbolic earth Society will melt
the social structure will disintegrate.
Another Scripture declares that so
great will be the disintegration that
every mans hand will be against his
neighbour
But the Prophet hastens to assure US
that in the midst of all this tumult the
Lord will be with His conseerated PEG
pie We read. The Lord of hosts is
with us; the God of jacob is our Ref.
uge." This promise applies primarily
to the consecrated Church of Christ
Spiritual Israel; but it also applies sec
ondarily TO Natural Israel, the Jewish
nation These will participate in this
Time of Trouble. but will be saved out
of it As another Prophet declares. 1T
is even the time of Jacobs trouble; but