The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-04-27


then pictured as the Bride. The grant
work of the Church In glory is ais
pictured as the work of the Bride
1.-THE Spirit and the Bride say, Come
And whatsoever will, let him take o
the Water of Life freely."-Rev. 22:17
. At the present time not only is tn
Church not the Bride, but she is no
privileged to say, Come, to whosoeve
will: for with the calling Of this Ag
there is measure of election. Gu
Lord declared, mo man can come unit,
Me except the Father which sent Nj
draw him" John 6:44) Moreover
there is no River Of the Water of Iif,
now. That bountiful provision is 70
the future-for the world during tn
Millennial Age. Now, as our Lord ex
planned, those who become His conse
Grated followers are granted to have
In themselves "a well of water spring
ing up into everlasting life. John ala
Many Churches of Christ.
The heather and children in Chris
tian lands when they begin to study ths
Bible are perplexed and inquire, Which
Is the Church of Christ? They sex
churches of various names claiming
to be branches of the Church; and they
ask, Which did Jesus establish? The
answer implies confusion and reproach
All claim genuineness and originality
but none can show any existence of it
present organization earlier than thu
Third Century = When we contras
their elaborate and formal services
with the simplicity Of the early Church
as described In the New Testament
we are sure that they cannot be tht
same. When we compare their doc
trines with those of Christ and the
Apostles, as set forth in the New Tesla
ment, their claims fall to the ground
for lack of support
To Illustrate: The Scriptures teaci
that there is but one God, the Father
and one Lord Jesus Christ q Corinth
ians $50; that the Father, who is above
all, sent His Son to be our Redeemer
that when the Son had faithfully &C
complished that work, the Father rails
ed Him from the dead and exalted Hin
to His own right hand, or place OF
fAvor-next to Himself. Our Lord Him
self said, my Father is greater thar
l." John 1428.) But the various
churches, each claiming to be the orig
inal, unite in telling us that there ar,
three Gods, equal in power and glory
Some explain that the three Gods op
crate as one; others teach that thes,
are but three different manifestation
Of the one God. What confusionl
All this has tended to undermine tht
faith of the more rational members Of
these various churches. So disguised
have people In general become witt
their inability to harmonize with com
mon sense the creeds formulated II
the Dark Ages that many of the bright
est minds have abandoned them and
sought to frame new and more ration
al conceptions.
But alasi the great Adversary, as the
Apostle forewarned, has manifested
himself as an angel of light and leader
into all truth, and has captured theil
college and seminary professors and
their most prominent ministers. With
wonderful unanimity they have become
Higher Critics and Evolutionists. Ii
the name Of all that is holy and good
they are persuading the leading mind,
in the various sects that the Bible d
not the Word Of God; that it Is not re
liable; that while Jesus and the Apos
ties were honest enough, they wers
not brilliant scholars, and therefore
could not detect the falsities Of the
Old Testament, upon which all of theiI
teachings are based
Denying tho Lord That Bought Them"
These wise men Of our time assure
us that the story of Adam and Eve Is,
at very most, an allegory, which TWEEN
ty men might interpret in twenty diff
ferent ways; that there never was a
Garden of Eden; that there never was
sentence upon Adam because of his
disobedience In perfection; and that,
therefore, the Scriptures delude us
when they declare that by reason of
Adams disobedience sin and death en-
tered the world. Since they deny mans
fall, they perforce deny the need of a
Savior. They deny our Lords words
that He came ito seek and to save that
which was lost"-Luke 1910.
Denying that there was any sin, they
deny that Christ died for our sins and
rose again for our justification. q
Corinthians 1913; Romans 4:24, 25.)
They ignore the Apostles statement
that by one mans disobedience sin en-
tered into the world, and death as a
result of sin; and that thus death pass
ed upon all men, because all are sim
ners. Romans 5:12) Thus do they
make void the Word Of God and set
up, instead, human theories the gold
en- image to which all are required to
bow down and worship If they would
be called respectable, intelligent.
Churchianity-Confusion-BabyIon.
All this while the true Church has
been in the wilderness" as the Scrip
lures explain. Revelation 12:14) In
other words, she has been In disfavoF,
ignored. and unknown to the worldly
wise. Some of her members have been
scattered throughout the various de-
nominations, and some have been out
side of all these. The popular institu-
lions known as churches are worldly:
their aims, ambitions and methods are
worldly. Hence there can be very lit
tie religious sympathy, fellowship and
cooperation between the majority In
these systems and the minority who
are true to the Lord and His Word.
Our Lords parable of the Wheat
and the Tares pictures the situation
exactly. lie and His Apostles sowed
the good seed. Subsequently the Ad-
versary sowed errors, and brought into
nominal Christendom many who were
Christians in name merely and who
professed morality for personal profit
either to escape eternal torment or to
gain present advantage. Look where
we may over the field of Christendom,
we see comparatively few true disci-
pies of Christ, willingly and gladly
walking In His footsteps in the narrow
way of self-sacrifice and service. We
see the vast majority ignorant of the
Truth and of the grace Of the Lord
not knowing Jesus as their personal
Savior, not knowing from what they
were redeemed, not knowing to what
they have been called, and not knowing
the trials and difficulties of this pres
emit time for all the faithful ones
We see that the fruits OF the Spirit
meekness, gentleness, patience, long
suffering, love-possessed by the wheat
class, are not esteemed by the tares
The tare class is full Of earthly ambi-
tons, schemes and plans; In every
sense of the word they give evidence
that they are Of the earth earthly.