The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-17


count the cost"-how much the light
will cost yot-what discipleship viii
cost. After having put your hand to
the pIow, do not look longingiy back
to the things Of the world God is not
pleased with such service. Whoever
prefers the world, the flesh and the
Devil may stay with them. During
the Millennial Age the Lord VIII deal
with that class, and will give them
mercy, blessings. But now He Is cali
ing for a special class that delight TO
do the Fathers will, that DO not need
to be urged, pushed and whipped
They must have the spirit Of the
Master, Of whom it is written: I de-
hight to do Thy WIFI, o My God Thy
Law is written in MY heart"
The Church Called, Not Compelled.
Should any of this class come under
a measure of difficulty. and tempo
rarily become weak in the doing Of the
Lords will, He will give them the
necessary experiences. If their hearts
are right. He will awaken them from
their lethargy, just as In the parable
all the foolish virgins were awakened
God Is not seeking to deceive people
or to force them into the Kingdom.
During this Gospel Age He has merely
sent forth His Message to gather out
those who wished to respond. God
has been taking out a people for His
name using no force, no compulsion.
merely His Word. We heard the call,
speaking peace through Jesus Christ
Our hearts responded, and we came
back into harmony with God. The
Word informed us that through the
death Of His Son God had made all
arrangements for covering our sins;
and that He was willing to receive MS
Just as II we had not been sinners
willing to take us into His family and
make us His heirs. joint-heirs with
Jesus Christ our Lord
But all this was merely the voice, the
PROMISE. of God There was nothing
to insist upon our becoming children
OF God; and II we were received into
HIS family 1t was because we willing
", Intentionally, gave ourselves to Him.
An through the Gospel Age the Word
Of God has gone forth. If He had sent
force, He could quickly have gathered
ell that He desired. After few mira
cles people would have walked up and
said, what win happen to us If we do
not get right with God?" That class
win be dealt with by and by. Messiah's
Kingdom win manifest the Power and
the Wisdom Of God.
The Truth Satisfying Portion
Coming back to our text. we see that
the Lord sent forth His Word, to &C
complish certain mission. His Word
is Truth-not truth on every subject
but on the most important ones. OF
these important subjects the principal
one Is that which God purposes to
teach all His intelligent creatures
obedience to Himself All other educa-
ton VIM prove to be valueless, perhaps
injurious, unless associated with ODE
dience 10 God
The world Is becoming very much dis
contented People are unhappy; thay
crave more money and less work. No
body Is satisfied except true Christians.
The majority OF protested Christians
are under the delusions Of the present
time. But the true Christian has that
which is satisfactory. Having given
his all to the Lord, he has received
the blessed assurance that all things
SHAH work together for. good 10 them
that love GOD. to the called according
TO His purposes. Therefore he Il com
tent to let the Heavenly Father sbape
his affairs. should he get ont of work
God knows how 70 provide amnlov.
ment He could feed EBtab ~ ~
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1890
Tho ridden Mystery.
In the beginning God created the
Lord Jesus, the Logos. (Colossians
1:15; Revelation 3:14) Then the Logos,
as His active Agent made the differ
ent orders of spirit beings, and finally
man John 1:1-3) After man had
fallen into sin, God said, I'VE win let
him have his experience with death
and Its concomitants. In due time
viii send great Redeemer, to ransom
Adam and all his posterity. During
the Seventh Thousand Year Day Of
mans existence this Redeemer will
take charge Of humanity. Meantime
will have nothing to do with them until
they are restored to perfection"
But while God was thus resting from
His earthly creation, He considered it
a good time to bring in New Crea-
ton The first of this New Creation
was the One who redeemed mankind
He passed through His experiences and
testings eighteen hundred and more
years ago. But this was not all Of the
Divine Plan. As the Apostle says,
there was secret which God had kept
hidden from before the foundation Of
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