The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-13

ri 49, = ~ Gus liberty Of the
7kA2ls2k kQ22kllU sons of God" (Ro-
mans s:21) He de-
clared that his text, one Of the grand
est promises for humanity, does not re-
late to true Christians. but to mankind
In general. True Christians are al
ready set free, 30 far as their hearts,
their minds, are concerned. SANITY
Christians, he averred, are a rarity to-
day, as they have always been since
the Master declared, Fear not, little
flock; 1t Is the Fathers good pleasure
to give you the Kingdom. Luke 1892.
Not until these shall be perfected by
the glorious change of the Chief Resur-
rection will the time come for deliver
ing the grooming creation from Its
bondage. In other words, the worlds
blessing tarries until the completion Of
the sanity company gathered out Of
every nation and denomination during
the past nineteen centuries, and called
In the Bible ''The Church of the First
borns," THE Very Elect" The Lambs
Wife," 1.-THE Body Of Christ" etc.
Jehovah is God Of order. An His
good purposes win be fulfilled I'm
most orderly manner. Six great days
of thousand years each have already
passed over us, according TO the Scrip
lures, and have been periods Of dark
ness under reign OF Sin and Death.
During this time God has allowed our
race to experiment with sin and to
note its bitter results-to experiment
also In endeayors to recover from stu
and its penalty, death, with its con-
comitants of sickness and sorrow. The
long schooling Of six thousand years
is not to be In vain. The lesson that
the wages of sin Ia death" "a not to
be lost. Mankind is not to be left to
destruction, but is to be recovered.
Earth's billions, lying as Unconscious
In death as the brute, are nevertheless
subjects Of Divine interest, sympathy
and provision. In the Seventh Thou
sand Year Day, earth's great Sabbath.
assistance will come to our race.
Broad Foundation For Human Salvation
According to the Divine Program,
Christ will then be the great King over
all the earth, and the great antitypical
Priest, to uplift all the willing and
obedient He viii be the Antitype of
Melchisedec, who was a priest upon
his throne. If the Divine Purpose had
merely been that the Lord Jesus Christ
should do this work alone, there would
have been no need of His coming into
the world nineteen centuries ago to
die; for He could have accomplished
the entire work at one time. Now, at
the beginning of the seventh thousand
years, He could have died for mans
sins, thus redeeming all from the curse
that came through Adam; and then,
risen from the dead and glorified with
the Fathers power, He could at once
have begun His great work Of setting
free the prisoners Of Sin and Death
But the Heavenly Father had q bet
ter Plan. He had purposed the select
ing of the sanity few from amongst
men, to be associated with our Lord
Jesus In His Kingship and His priest
ly office. God has laid a broad foun-
dalton for great work for humanity,
In providing not only the necessary
kings and priests for the Millennial
Kingdom, but also valuable expert
ences for mankind through the reign
of Sin and Death and through human
endeavor to overcome these. By now
all should be satisfied that life ever
lasting must come as gift from God.
A Race of Slaves.
During Messiah's thousand-ye year Reign
the groaning creation will be deliver
ed from bondage into fun liberty, prop
er to sons Of God. Behold what ter
rfble bondages are upon mankind
Look at their ignorance, their super
stitioh, their fears. their weaknesses,
mental, moral, physical. and the sum
of these disa bil;ties-death. Consider
the hundreds of millions alive today
that need assistance, and the thou
sands Of millions unconscious In the
tomb. Their awakening from death
will not be the fulfilment OF this
prophecy of resurrection. 1t will mean
much more -the uplifting of mind and
body to all that was lost In Adam and
redeemed at Calvary.
This does not signify universal sal
walton, except in that the Bible prom
Uses that "as all In Adam die, even 30
all In Christ shall be made alive, ey-
cry man In his own order"-class. q
Corinthians 1922. 3D. The giving 10
all mankind the full opportunities Of
the Millennial Kingdom will fulfil
Gods promise. Those who shall In
diligently refuse Gods gift Of ever
lasting life, by refusing His reasonable
requirements, will die the Second
Death. But those who at the conclu-
sion Of the Millennial Age shall have
profited by The Messiah's Kingdom
will be received into Gods family and
will be granted all the liberties and
privileges proper to the sons Of God
Revelation Fl a; 22:8.
Although we should understand what
God has promised of Restitution to hu-
man perfection for the grooming crea-
ton In general, 1t is still more impor-
tant that Christians recognize the
share of liberty which has already
come to them. Galatians GID Do not
misunderstood me to refer to the great
mass, Catholic and Protestant, noted
in the statistics as 100000 Chris
tians. Alas. no! That great mass is
deceived. According to Bible stand
ards and their own confessions, they
have neither lot nor part in the Church
which is the Body Of Christ.
This great mass Is well represented
in the nations of Europe warning for
commerctalism, the one to obtain, and
the other TO hold. the key Of power and
access 10 the worlds wealth. Saints
there undoubtedly are In all the war
ring nations: but they are so few that
they have virtually no influence, but
are forced by the others into the strug-
gle. The mass of these nominal Chris
tians neither know Christ personally
nor give evidence of having come into
Gods family through the begetting of
the Holy Spirit. As truly as the hea-
then OF other lands. they are without
God and having no hope There is q
hope for them; but they know 1t not. !
Responsibility Of Clergy and ~LaIty.
Where Hes the responsibility for pres-'
ent conditions the millions OF Eu,a
rope are fighting like devils, each army
deceived into thinking that It Is the
Lords army. fighting for God and
righteousnessf We believe that the re-
sponsibility lies close to the door Of the
churches of all denominations, and es-
pecially close to the door OF the reli-
saous tsAchsrs. who ssssWs Great re-