The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-09

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cational value of
~ pictures is well
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public are very
appreciative of the DRAMA as means
Of instruction along Biblical lines.
Wherever 1t is presented, large crowds
are In daily attendance.
The Pastors text today was, when
He assembled up on High, He led null
tftude Of captiyes. "-Eph. As, margin.
1t is appropriate, began the Pastor.
that on this day, celebrated as the an
niversary of Pentecost, we should have
well In mind what we celebrate. Ten
days ago was the anniversary of our
Lords ascension. In one sense of the
word, our Lord Jesus assembled at the
time Of His resurrection from the dead;
for then He left the human nature and
Immortality. He tarrfed, however, for
the space of forty days after His res
direction, that He might establish and
instruct His Apostles.
During that time He was invisible
to them, except when He manifested
Himself by appearing miraculously in
various forms to convince them that
He was no longer dead and that He
was no longer confined to human con-
ditions-that His resurrection had made
Him spirit being again, on higher
plane than He was before He took hui
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In order to redeem humanity.
The Pastor went on to explain care
fully that during the period between
His resurrection and His ascension our
Lord taught His followers not alone
by His words, but also by His conduct.
They had not yet received the Holy
Spirit. the speaker declared, and hence
could not understand or appreciate
spiritual things. They could therefore
receive instruction only along natural
lines.
Jesus was raised from the dead a
spirit being, far above angels, princi
palities and powers. Had He gone di
rectly to the Father without manifest
ing Himself to His disciples. they
would not have been able to under
stand the truth of the matter Hence
their lessons were given them largely
In pantomime, corroborated by the
Masters words. explaining that 1t was
necessary for Messiah to die in order
to redeem the world, and that it was
also necessary for Him to rise from
the dead and to ascend on High and
re-enter the spiritual plane of existence
in order that from that higher plane
of being He might be the more capable
of filling the great Office of Prophet
Priest and King for mankind
The PentecostaI Blessings.
After forty days, during which He
was invisibly present with His disci
pies, except on the few occasions when
He manifested Himself for a few mo-
ments each, our Lord assembled to
Heaven. Ten days afterward. the
Holy Spirit came from the Father
upon the waiting Household of Faith
The outpouring of the Spirit evidenced
to them that they were justified freely
from all things through the merit of
the Redeemer's sacrifice, that their
conservation to sacrifice themselves
had been accepted of the Father, and
that .thenceforth they might count
themselves as joint-sacrificers with
Christ, members of His Body, mem
bers of "the Church of the First-borns,
written in Heaven" members of the
Seed of Abraham. in whom all the
families of the earth are to be blessed
The Pastor then demonstrated that
only Jews received the Pentecostal
blessings. Until three and half years
thereafter, in harmony with a Divine
promise made to the jews. the Gen
tiles were excluded. Then the time
came for the Gospel to go to the Gen
tiles. The record informs us that Cor
nelius was the first Gentle to be re-
ceived into spiritual relationship with
God. Until Gods due time for 1.-The
middle wall Of partition" between jew
and Gentle to be broken down. he
could not receive the spiritual bless
ings. Even then he was received, not
because of his works and prayers, but
because of faith in the redemptive sac
Eluce OueTeu upon NdiNdTy.
Seer by Saul of Tarsus.
The Apostles were to bear witness TO
having lost his place. which was given
to So Paul. 1t was proper that the lai-
ter should also be able to bear wit
ness to Jesus resurrection. Recount
ing those who had seen our Lord after
His resurrection. st. Paul says, Last
of all He was seen of me also, as of
one born before the time" Jesus APP
peared to st. Paul in the glory of His
spirit being, shining above the bright
ness of the sun at MONDAY. The
sight caused injury to Saul's eyes
The Pastor then pointed out how in
appropriate and unsatisfactory such a
manifestation would have been if the
Redeemer had so appeared 20 the Elev-
en- during the forty days following His
resurrection. They could not possibly
have identified the glorious Parsonage
who shOne above the brightness of the
MONDAY sun with the Lord Jesus, their
Friend, their Teacher But to Saul of
Il.
above the MONDAY glare, was very APP
propriate. 1t convinced him in man
ner that no human appearance could |
have equalled that Jesus was no long
er a man and that He was no impos- |
tor. st. PauPs conversion was instan- |
taneous.
1t should not cause us to marvel i
that Jesus assembled, as He declared. |
'up to where He was before" said the |
Pastor. 1t should not surprise us that /
the Apostle declares that our Lord as .
cended in dignity and station far |
above angels, principalities and pow
ers, and above every name that is /
named. On the contrary. it would he
both equitable and God-like that the |
great Jehovah should highly honor His
faithful Son. the First and the Last.
the Beginning and the Ending of the
creation of God. Could we. he asked. i
for one moment suppose that our great
Creator would permit this faithful
Son, or any servant, to lay down lie
in the Divine service and to suffer
loss as consequence of his obedi-
ence? Is it not much more rational to
believe, as the Scriptures declare. that
Him hath God highly exalted?
Extreme Humiliation and ExaItation.
Pastor Russell called attention to
the Apostles phraseology In the con-
text-that the One who assembled had
previously descended, and that the de-