The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12

6oCtA out vi W uIm 4dL cOI16Lu III.
(Zechariah $40; 14:13.) Our thought
is that this great war viii weaken the
nations, cripple the world financially,
discredit the rulers, and thus open the
way for anarchy.
Rome and Constantinople stand for,
represent, the two legs of the image
which King Nebuchadnezzar saw; for
be it remembered that each In turn
was the Roman Capital and repre-
sentative of the image. We are GER
tainly justified in watching with con-
siderable interest the present war and
what it may be leading to in the way
of involving all the ten kingdoms rep.
resented in this prophecy.
But that is not the special point Of
interest in my subject; rather, l am
discussing the character IF Messiah's
Kingdom. which is to rule the world.
overthrow Sin and Death, and uplift
humanity from ignorance, superstition,
sin, weakness and death. The decla-
ration is that Messiah shall reign until
He shall have put down all insubordi-
thu mat AALC Aaot CACAh
| stroyed will be DEATH Cor. 1925, &c.
This is the Kingdom for which the
Master Himself taught His followers
to pray. Nothing slight or insignih-
| cant will be the outcome of that glori-
| ous Messianic Reign of a thousand
years. At its very beginning Satan
will be bound, with all that this signi-
fes-the repression of evil and dark
| ness. For a thousand years the Sun
of Righteousness shall pour forth the
light of truth and grace upon our poor,
fallen race until the knowledge OF
Gods glory shall fill the whole earth
as the waters cover the great deep.
Eventually all wilful opponents OF
that Kingdom viii die the Second
Death, from which there will be no re
demption, no recovery. But meantime
all the willing and obedient will be ris
ing, not only from the tomb, but also
out of all the weaknesses and frailties
of the present time, up, up, up, to the
fulness of perfection of life, although
they will not live again in this perfect
sense until the thousand years shall
be finished. With the close Of the
Reign of Righteousness, after it shall
have accomplished its work of deliv-
ering the grooming creation from the
bondage of corruption, sin and death
Messiah will abdicate the Throne; as
1t is written, HE will deliver up the
Kingdom to God, even the Father, that
~ - Ill q. Ill - 4 Dow 1E.0I
No More Signing, Crying, Dying.
What a glorious triumph that will be
when every creature in Heaven and
earth, and under the earth, shall be
heard saying, Praise, glory, honor, do
minien and might be unto Him that
stitch upon the Throne, and unto the
Lamb, foreveri Revelation 5:13) What
a glorious condition will then obtain
when there shall be no more crying
no more signing, no more dying; fol
all the former things shall have passed
awayI All, He that stitch upon the
Throne said, Behold, | make all things
newn Glad we are that u great
Messiah is about to overthrow sin and
evil, about to establish righteousness
on a permanent and everlasting foun-
dalton, which will insure that to al
eternity Gods will shall be done as
perfectly on earth as done in Heaven.
/ ask you to consider candidly-you
need not reply-Is there a kingdom In
the world today that in your judgment
fifty represents a Divine government
amongst men? Is there a perfect gov
ernment, is there a single spot In al
the earth where Gods will is lone as
it Is done in Heaven? You are con
versant with history. You know the
bloody record which marks its pages
You know that so-called Christian Eu
rope has been drenched with blood
more than any other part of the world
You know that the cause of wrong has
triumphed as often or oftener than
the cause of right. You know that to
day these Kingdoms of Europe, styled
kingdoms of God, are destroying one
another. You know that great guns
great battleships and monster torpe
does, etc, such as the world has neyeI
known before, have been prepared by
these various nations for use, either
aggressively or defensively, against one
another, while they all claim to be
Christ's kingdoms. Is this logical? Il
this rational? Most assuredly notl
We must go to the Bible for true in
formation on this subject. 1t tells u
that these kingdoms are not the king
doms of God, but Kingdoms of this
world" 1t tells us that Satan is thu
Prince of this world John 14:30; Ephe
slams 2:2); that he is 1.-THE god of this
world" that now worketh in tn,
hearts of the children of d~isobedience'
so much more numerous than thu
children of obedience that he through
them holds the worlds control.
But with equal clearness the Bib,
declares the Divine Power and mastery
owe Satan-that he and his reign Of
Sin and Death are permitted of Coo
for a limited time and for a specia
purpose. The testimony tells us tina
when the due time shall come Messiah
shall take His great power and reign
and then Satan shall be bound and al
the forces of sin and darkness be re
strained. Then the Sun of Righteous
ness shall arise with healing in it
beams to flood the earth with the ligh
of the knowledge of the glory of God.
1.-THE Election Hath Obtained It."
Come with me and take a cursor,
view of Gods great work thus far &C
complished. For more than two thou
sand years God gave no clear intima
ton of what He intended to do for tn,
fallen race. Then He made a state
that st. Paul declares that it was
statement of the Gospel in advance
God said to Abraham. | purpose +
bless the world. This could only mean
| purpose to relieve them of the ours
of death which came upon then
through Adams sin. God added t
Abraham. This blessing which I will
bring to all the families of the cart
will come through your posterity-"L
thee and in thy Seed shall all the fami
lies of the earth be blessed"
Gods due time for bringing this bless
ing was still future; the blessing coul,
not come until Messiah should come
but meantime God gave to the natura
seed of Abraham, through Moses, tn
Law Covenant, which offered then
eternal life and an inheritance in tn
Kingdom if they could keep the Law
OF course, they could not keep tn
Law;tfor it was the measure of a per
feet mans ability, and alas! like tn
remainder of the world the ~Israelite
were Observation-Disclosures Nevertheless