The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-15

was lEOtu xAcf CAo-
ton 21b: "And
II He that sat upon
lRASTQR RuSSElllI the Throne said.
Behold, make all
things new" Tomorrow Is to be I. B.
s. A. Day at the great Exposition; and
the final session Of the Convention Is
to be held there In Festival Hall,
where Pastor Russell Will be one Of
the speakers.
Earth to 30 World Wide Paradise.
Referring to the marvels Of the Ex-
position, the speaker declared that they
were corroborations Of what he wished
to point out from the Bible. He had
seen the various Expositions, from the
Centennial in 1915, and had noticed the
great progress marked by each, all of
which have testified that we are living
in most wonderful time. This agrees
with the Bible The Bible chronology
shows that In 1875 we entered upon
great Sabbath OF one thousand years.
Six great Days, each q thousand years
long. were behind us; and the Anal one
thousand years there began.
The Pastor pointed out however,
that this great Week Of seven thou
sand years will witness, neither the
end Of Gods dealings with humanity
nor the destruction Of the world, but
the completion Of the creation of our
race. BY that time earth will be a
worldwide Paradise; the human fami
", brought to perfection. will have
filed the earth, according to the origi
nal Divine Program; and propagation
viii nave ceased Originally man was
in Gods likeness and VERY good" The
sex division was merely for the propa-
CATION Of the race, and not designed to
be permanent. = Genesis 1:28; Luke
20:S5, 49,
1t was never more the Divine pur-
pose that man should contend with
sickness, sorrow, pain, weakness and
death itself than that the angels should
be thus afflicted. The same God that
created the. angels. and gave them hap.
piness and perfection, created man and
properly endowed him at the begin
ming. The present difference between
the perfection Of the angels and the
decrepitude of humanity NOR
al and physical-is explained by the
Bible alone. 1t tells that Adam was
originally perfect and pleasing to God;
and that his rejection by God and his
subsection to death and all its con-
eomitants are the results Of his dis
obedience In Eden--Romans 5:12.
The Turning -Point-Divins Mercy.
There was no turning point SO far as
the Divine Purpose was concerned.
The Bible assures US that God purpos-
ed human redemption from sin and
death from the very beginning. But
the first manifestation Of that Purpose
was the turning point so far as human
observation discerned That turning
point was the birth of Jesus, who was
born into the world, not sinful and Inn
perfect like Adams race, but especially
born holy, harmless, indebted and
separate from Sinners" that He might
become the Redeemer of men and thus
make possible their recovery from i'm
perfect, dying conditions. His birth
Of the Virgin stands related, therefore,
to the great Divine Plan respecting
His death, which really began at Jor-
dan, when He consecrated Himself to
death and was baptized by John, and
which was completed when on Cal
vary He cried, 1T is finishedr'
The next step In the Divine Program
was Jesus resurrection. Put to death
In flesh, He was quickened In spirit,
still more glorious than before He was
made flesh. philippians 2:9-11) The
next step In the Program was the
amounting Of the most holy OF His fol-
lowers to be fellow-members of the
same glorious company under His
Headship This took place at Pente-
cost, and the work there begun has
continued for more than eighteen CEN
turtles. As our Lord there anointed
the most holy of the Jews and contin-
ned to anoint all who would be mem
bers Of the Body Of Christ, SO In due
time He began 10 anoint the most holy
amongst the Gentiles those who
would become members of the same
Body, which IS His Church.
The Divine Purpose Is that the risen
Christ, the second Adam, shall have a
Bride class, the second Eve-a Divine
" foreordained number. These eight
cen centuries have been used Of the
Lord for the selection, or election, Of
this Church to be His joint heirs In
His Kingdom; and as soon as this elect
number shall have been demonstrated,
their loyalty proved. etc., this Age will
end and the New Age be fully inaugu-
rated. Many Bible students agree with
me that we are very near the time
when the Church VIII be completed.
and by the glorious change Of the First
Resurrection be made like the Lord
spirit beings, ''partakers Of the Divine
nature" q John 81; PeteA 1A.) This
win usher In the next step Of the Di-
vine Program-the Messfanic King
dom, with Christ and His Church
Bride associated with Him In the DOW
or and great glory necessary for the
ruling. judging and uplifting Of all the
families of the earth.
II the Divine Program has consumed
20 much time In getting ready for the
blessing Of the world, what a great
blessing must be designed This is
fully attested by both the Old and the
New Testaments. They speak of the
New Dispensation now dawnfng as
Times OF Restitution, Times Of Re
freshing. tActs S:19) They tell us that
the earth wfli yield her increase; and
this we see already beginning, as abun-
DAINTY testified at this wonderful Ex-
position. They tell us that the knowl-
edge Of the glory of God will I'LL the
whole world, breaking the shackles Of
ignorance and superstition. This we
zee abundantiy witnessed on every
hand today.
Earth's Coming Glory.
The next step In the Divine Program.
which is about to begin, will require,
the Bible says, a thousand years, and
viii accomplish all that God has de-
ciared. The earth will be brought to
perfection. Even now we see evidences
OF this in the wonderful fruits and
flowers OF our day, far superior to
those Of the past In general, since
Eden's bloom and beauty were lost
The point we are emphasizing is that
Millennial blessings are not coming to
the world by process Of evolution,
but as a result Of Gods lifting the veil |
from our eyes and permitting us to see
what to do and how to do 1t. The
same operation OF Divine providence is |
manifested In all the great inventions |
OF our day. These were not gradually |
evolved during the past six thousand |
years. but have practically sprung into
existence before our eyes-very many /