The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-03-10

DRAMA from coast /
to Coast-Boston, New York, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati Indianapolis and St |
Louis-Chicago and other places soon.
The Valencia, which is one of the |
finest theatres In the West, will be, |
what might be called for the present, |
the home of the PHoTo-DRAMA on the |
Coast The DRAMA will be produced |
daily, both afternoon and evening. |
Parts l. and ii. We're run today; parts |
III. and ~. next. and so on.
The elite of the city were well rep |
resented Reserved seats (which, by |
the way, are free to all these exhibit |
lions. and no collections) were soon ex-
hausted.
1t is unquestionably true that Pas
tor Russell has brought to the Coast |
the finest collection Of motion pictures |
and slides ever shown here, and a long
run will follow About $4,000 people |
now attend the PHoTo- DRAMA OF GRE |
ALTON daily. The Gospel is being |
preached in a most enticing manner;
long-felt want is being supplied
In his syndicated sermon in the fore |
noon Pastor Russell's subject was |
quite appropriate-"A Great Feast for |
a Famished World" 1t is believed |
that his audience agreed His text |
was:
"And I'm this Mountain shall the Lord |
OF Hosts make unto all people a feast |
of fat things" isaiah 25:6.) He said:
Throughout the prophetic Scriptures |
the word Mountain is used as the SYM
Dol of kingdom. Earthly governments |
, are represented as mountains and hills,
while the Lords Government is repre-
scented as being established lin the top |
OF the mountains" 1t is this Noun |
tain. or Kingdom of Cod which is re- |
!, ferred to in our text. 1t has not yet |
/. been established in the earth, and |
hence its blessed work has not yet |
been realized. We still properly pray.
! ''Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done |
, on earth. as it is done in Heaven"
/ True, beginning has been made. |
For more than eighteen centuries since |
our Lords ascension and the bestow- |
! ment Of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, |
the Church has been in process of Sc
lection. and the Church is sometimes |
! styled the Kingdom, because its mem
bers when glorified will constitute the |
Kingdom class-the Bride-who will |
. share with the Heavenly Bridegroom |
the Kingdom donors and services for |
the world.
1t is true. also. that our Lord is ex-
allied Prince and a Savior; and that |
shortly, at His Second Advent. He is
. to take TO Himself His great power |
and reign as King of kings and Lord |
. of lords. But He has not yet done |
this. He declared at His resurrection, |
"All power in Heaven and in earth is |
given unto Me-" Yet He also in His |
last Message to the Church distinctly |
pointed out that the time for taking |
possession of His Kingdom was flu
ture; and that the time will surely |
come when He will take unto Himself |
His great power and reign. because the |
time to reign will then have come
Revelation 11:17.
More than this, the signs of the |
times read In the light of the Lamp of |
Truth. the Word of God. seem clearly |
to indicate that the time is near at |
hand for the setting up of Christ's |
Kingdom. How glad we all should be!
What rejoicing it should cause to the |
whole world of mankind, to know that |
the reign of Sin and Death is nearing
its conclusion; that Satan. the Prince |
of this world will shortly be bound for |
a thousand years. that he shall deceive |
the nations no more until its termina
ton! How we should rejoice that 1.-The |
night is far spent and the day is at |
hand; that the AIillennial Morning is
already dawning; that the Sun OF |
Righteousness is already rising. and |
that soon the whole earth will BE |
God, as the waters cover the great |
deep.~-Habakkuk Ola
A Feast In This Mountain.
The bare announcement of the King |
dom of God would strike mankind va
riously in proportion as the character |
of the Kingdom and its work might be |
understood or misunderstood Thus |
today to many the mention that the |
Kingdom of God is nigh at hand would |
carry the thought of "a wreck of mat
ter and crash Of worlds" Not only |
the creeds Of practically all denomina-
tons Of Christians recite, that our
Lords Second Advent and the estab- |
lishment of His Kingdom will signify |
to mankind the end of probation, the |
end of hope, and usher in to all except |
the elect few great burning-day.
Far too long we have allowed these |
traditions of men to becloud our judg |
ment, to come between our hearts and |
the great blessings set forth in Gods |
Word, and now due to the Church and |
to the world. 1t is very proper that |
those who are living in alienation from
God, in wilful sin, should realize that !
the establishment of His Kingdom viii |
mean a Reign of Righteousness which /
will be strictly opposed to their per
nicious ways-opposed to every form |
of immortality, opposed to every form
of injustice and iniquity, opposed to
every form of trickery, sham and false
picicLSe DuI surely SliA iSlldllS W uO
are seeking to live in harmony with
the Divine Law of Love, for God, for
the neighbor. for the brother, for enc
mics, have every reason to look for
ward to, to long for. to hope for the
coming of the Lords Kingdom as the
most desirable thing to be imagined.
Indeed, it is thus described in Bible
language: 1.-THE desire of all nations /
shall come"-Haggai 81.
However much the few favored by |
present conditions may be pleased to
have things remain as they are, the
masses of mankind, if they We're but
converted from ignorance and supersti-
ton, and brought to a knowledge of
the Truth as Gods Word presents it,
would be glad and rejoice in the sal
walton which is to come to the world
through Gods Kingdom. The god OF
this world hath blinded the eyes of
understanding of mankind and put
darkness for light, and under the ter
rors of the worlds "doom's day" has
obscured the glorious blessings which
belong to the Day of the establishment
of the Kingdom of the Lord.-2 Corin-
thians A.
True, the Kingdom of the Heavens
will be introduced, the Scriptures tell
us, by "a Time of Trouble such as new |