The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-20

direction Jesus describes this Reeur-
rection, saying, BLESSED and holy is he
that hath part in the First Resurrec-
ton: ON such the Second Death hath
no power, but they shall be priests OF
God and of Christ, and shall reign with
Him a thousand years. Rev. 20:0.
But this is not all. The time when
the Church will be reigning with Christ
In His Kingdom glory VIII be the time
of the worlds regeneration-the Mil
lennium. This is the lesson of our text,
"Ye which have followed Me lin the
narrow way of self-sacriflce In the
present lifel, in the regeneration, when
the Son of Man shall sit upon the
Throne of His glory [during His Millen-
nial Reignl. We shall sit upon twelve
thrones" How plainl How simplel
How beautiful How grandl Could
any of the Lords people who have ex-
perienced the purifying Of their own
hearts by the regenerating influences
of the Holy Spirit have selfish or I'M
kind thought toward the unregenerate
world-so that they would object to
the thought here presented Would not
all such, on the contrary, rejoice to
know that the Heavenly Father has
Plan by which the non-elect Of man.
kind may be regenerated In due time?
We hold that this Is true.
Selfishness and every desire to ex-
cIude others from blessings which
God has promised them signify so
much of sin In control Of the mind.
Love not only thinketh no evil, but It
hopeth all things, and Is glad to find
In Gods Word various promises to the
effect that all the families of the earth
shall yet be blessed through the Spirit
Church.-Galatians 3:8, 10, 20.
All Mankind Need Regeneration.
Some may see that the Church need
regenerating now, but fail to see the
need of the world. They see that the
Church's regeneration Is necessary be-
cause flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom Of God"-we must be
born again" But there would be no
Kingdom of God. there would be no
Millennium there would be no regen-
Grafton Of the world, If God purposed
only the salvation of the Church. On
the contrary, however. every where sin
the Bible God tells of His compassion
toward the world. while telling Of His
particular love for the true Church.
dear as the apple Of His eye.-zech. 2:6.
Note that favorite text, God so
loved the world that He gave His Only
Begotten Son, that whosoever believ-
eth In Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life." John 3:16) The
whole world was loved of God. The
whole world has been provided for In
the glorious sacrifice OF Jesus, and the
whole world Is to have the benefit re-
sulting from that sacrifice. Christ's
death is not In vain, nor merely for
the Church, the Elect few. Through
these Elect the great mass of man.
kind, non-elect and unfit for the King
dom, are to be blessed-blessed with
an opportunity for regeneration as
men = not to new nature. as the
Church, but TO the nature once assign
ed humanity, in the image OF God, lost
through sin.
The worlds regeneration, therefore.
will be to perfect human nature, lost In
Adam, redeemed by the sacrifice Of
Christ's human life. Moreover, Gods
provision of Times of Regeneration
Years. of Regeneration-is ampfe-a
thousand years. Satan shall no longer
be the prince of this world. At the be-
ginning OF Messiah's Reign, we have
the assurance that he will be bound, re-
strained. that he may deceive the ma
tons no more-that he may put light
for darkness and darkness for light ns
more.
The great I.ife-Giver win provide the
opportunity for regeneration to all the
thousands Of millions Of our race who
died In Adam and who were redeemed
to this opportunity for everlasting life
through Messiah's death at Calvary
q Corinthians 15:21-23.) Ignorance
and superstition, darkness and sin, will
flee from before the rising Sun Of
Righteousness, which will food the
earth with the knowledge of the glory
of God. Then all mankind, whosoever
will, shall have the opportunity Of
coming to a knowledge Of God and Of
the way of life, and of being begotten
again by the Life Oliver
The regenerated Elect Of this Age
will have nothing to do with giving
the life to the world. That life ruust
all come from the Life-Giver, who has
secured the right to be the worlds
Everlasting Father by the sacrifice of
Himself. But as Christ will De the
Second Adam to the world for its re-
generation, so the Church will be the
Second Eve, to nourish, to care for, to
instruct, all the willing and obedient,
DESTROYS of coming back into harmony
with God during the Millennial Age.
At the conclusion of that blessed
Epoch of thousand years, when all
wilful sinners shall have been de-
stroyed In the Second Death, the Rev
elator's words will be fulfilled-every
creature IN Heaven and on earth shall
be heard saying, Praise. glory, honor,
dominion and might be unto Him that
stitch upon the Throne and unto the
Lamb, forever. There will be no dis
cordant note. Gods will shall then be
done upon earth. even as 1t Is now
done In Heaven; and the reward Of
! everlasting life. with no sickness, sor-
row nor pain-will then be with human
ity, even as it is now with the angels.
MankInd's New Trial For Life.
1t should not be forgotten that Adam
did not lose everlasting life. Although
he had a perfect life and was free
from all elements of death, neverthe-
less he was placed in Eden on proba-
ton, to see whether by obedience to
God he would develop a character in
harmony with God, and so be account
ed worthy of everlasting life. Conse-
quently, when Adam and his posterity
are redeemed from death, this saliva
ton does not entitle them to life ever
lasting, but merely to fresh trial as
to worthiness of everlasting life.
This new trial win indeed be more
favorable for Adam and his race in
some respects than was Adams origi-
nal trial. because of the large increase
of knowledge. Man has had an oppor-
tunity 10 learn the lesson Of the ex-
ceeding sinfulness Of sin. He will
soon have an opportunity to learn the
blessedness of righteousness and to
know of the grace OF God in Christ
This knowledge VIII be of great service
to all who viii use it during the Millen-
NAL Age, when for a thousand years
the whole world viii be ON trial for
everlasting life before the great White
| Judgment Throne.-Rev. POLL, IL.
God wills that all men shall be
saved, not only from the Adamic
death sentence, but also from the ig-
norance and blindness with which Sa-