The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-05-11

the Son of God by a full outward at
testation (datthew 3:17; John 1:14,
He was weary, He hungered. He ago
nized in the Garden, He died on the
Cross. Nor were these errors; rather,
they We're the very things for which
He came into the world, as He Him
self declared; and without Jesus suf-
fering as our Redeemer, Adam and his
race could never be recovered, accord
ing to the Divine arrangement
The Church, styled in the Scriptures
"the Bride Of Christ" is invited to
"suffer with Him and to ''be dead
with Him. that she may thus share
with Him in the best resurrection to
the Divine nature. q Timothy 2:11, II;
2 Peter 1:4) Therefore the Church
should not expect Divine healing
which is SO much of Restitution and
viii belong to the world by and by
after Messiah's Kingdom shall have
been established. But Restitution Is
not the promise to the Church, but n
new nature, the Divine; and that Di
vine nature is 'obtainable only by par
ticipation with the Redeemer In "the
sufferings of this present time" and IN
s"the glory to follow" Romans s:1s. ID
Healing In the Early Church
Neither Jesus nor His Apostles ex.
perienced healing-nor did any Of the
early Church. so far as the record
shows. Dorcas, who was raised from
the dead, and st. Peters wife's moth
err, who was healed of a fever, are not
to be considered exceptions to this rule
Nor was this because none Of them
were sick. Jesus Himself evidently
was very sick in Gethsemane, and Oh
the way to the Cross He tainted. st
Paul mentions Trophimns and how sicl
he was; yet there is no suggestion thai
the Apostle healed him. St Paul notes
the fact that ST. Timothy had dyspep
STA; but instead of healing him the
Apostle wrote to him advising a GER
tain diet.
We must not think of these things as
accidental; for they are I'D full accord
with what is abundantly set forth II
the Bible The healings were done II
exceptional cases, for. the purpose Of
convincing the people respecting the
Church and for the establishment 81
the Church Even Jesus Himself die
not heal all who needed aid. At the
Pool of Bethesda there were many i'm
potent folk; but He healed one only
/Tot,x E.EQA NJ fnforu,a1 .,S that LIfe
work was merely sample of wha
Restitution will be In due time, wheI
Messiah's Kingdom shall prevail world
wide: These things did Jesus, an(
manifested beforehand His looming
glory'-His Kingdom work at His Sec
ond Advent, when He will be the grea
Healer, the great Life Giver, for all O.
Adams raee-John oil
Some one may inquire, Pastor Rus
sell, have you forgotten Mark 1917
IS? "rThese signs shall follow then
that believe: In My name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with
new tongues; they shall take up ser
penis; and if they drink any deadly
thing. it shall not hurt them; they shall
lay hands on the sick. and they shall
recover"
No; we do not forget that these
words are accredited to Jesus and St
Mark; but all scholars know, or should
know, that these words do not appear
in any Greek manuscript OF earlier
date than the Seventh Century. Be
sides, we doubt whether all Christian
Scientists claim to be healers, or wheth-
er even the healers would handle ser
pents or drink poisons, such as prussic
acid. This Is not Higher Criticism.
am not Higher Critic. 1t is the sim
plest form of criticism to reject frauds
and impositions when we have proof
that they are such, as In this case. We
are glad to acknowledge, however, thai
the number of such fraudulent add
lions to Gods Word is comparatively
small. John 21:25 is another Of these
rnd its absurdity is manifest
Another important fraud is found in
John 81. s. where INSCRIPTIONS men
sought to establish the false doctrine
Of the Trinity; for not one text of
Scripture could be found to its support
Here they have added twenty-four
words to the text, which in the Oldest
MSS. reads, For there are three that
bear record, the Spirit, and the water,
and the blood: and these three agree In
one lrecordl." As usual, all these
spurious additions involve absurdities.
In this text the absurdity would be to
have Father. Son and Holy Spirit all
bearing witness in Heaven to the an
gels that Jesus is Gods Son, as though
the angels would not know that factl
The God of the Bible.
Christian Scientists declare that the
ben most potent words ever written
We're penned when Mrs Eddy wrote
the first ten words Of her Scientific
Statement of Being Is no life,
truth, intelligence, nor substance In
matter How does this agree with
their teaching that God is everywhere
and in cUerythingg
Principle. yet discusses Him as a per-
sonality, quoting, God is of purer eyes
than to behold iniquity." (Habakkuk
1:13.) On the strength of this misap-
piled text Christian Scientists build
the theory that God is ignorant of ev-
erything impure or injurious; that to
Him and to them such things are not
realities. Nevertheless, the context
contradicts all their theories by declar-
ing, Wherefore lookest Thou upon
them that deal treacherously, and hold
est Thy tongue when the wicked de-
voureth the man that is more righteous
than heY'-Hab. lib; see also v. 3.
Christian Science is In conflict with
the Bible along another very important
line. According to Christian Science.
God is divine Principle, supreme
incorporeaI Being, Mind, Spirit. Soul,
Life, Truth. Love. These are synony-
nous terms. They refer to one abso-
lutte God, and nothing else. The attri-
butes of God are justice, mercy, wis
dom, goodness, and so on. Principle
Is divine, one Life, one Truth, one
Love. and this is God, omnipotent, ON
niseient and omnipresent" . Soul,
or Spirit, signifies Deity, and nothing
else. There Is no finite soul, or spirit"
But the God of the Bible is a Per
son, Spirit. Jesus said, God is a
Spirit; and they that worship Him
must worship Him In spirit and in
truth. John 4:24.) God is a Person,
or Soul: IF any man draw back, Ny
Soul shall have no pleasure In him"
Hebrews 1:3; 10:38) He is 'the God
of all grace. the Father of mercies,' =
from whom cometh every good and
perfect gift" G. Corinthians 1 3; James
ITO All these expressions tell us Of
personality. as do those Scriptures
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