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MJSDKOBD MATfj TEIHUNE, MEDJORD. ORBflON', MONDAY, MAY 2, 3910. THIS SERMON IS A REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURE PEOPLE'S PULPIT... Sermon by CHARLES T. RUSSELL, Pastor Brooklyn Tobcrnaclo. The Upper 'Room at Jerusalem "l ie Will Show You A blfHC Upper Rooms Hicrc Mnkc Ready For Us" (Mnrk xiv. 15) Ooo ooe- "" ' ' ' JoniHnloin, April 21. My frlviuln, wo incot toiluy for tin worHlilp of (I ml In trmlltloimlly onu of tliu uioiit renowned inoutliiK plucoM III tliu wliolo otirth Triulllloii turn It Hint thin In tliu tmmc "uppor room" wlilcli wim owned by ono friendly to our mA mid IiIh dlm-liile anil who cninted It an tliulr nicutlnt; pluco on Kuvernl occmiIoiih moHt Intl inntely mhhocImIciI with tho limiiKuru tlon of ChrlHiliinlty. Tradition iiIho linn It Hint thlx ) the room mentioned by Kt. Mnrlt In our toxt. whoro tliu dlsclplen with tliu Iird tnrlook of tlio hiHt JowIhIi I'liwtovor Huppnr, ufler which JemiN limtltuted tliu lCucliurlHl or Uird'n Kuppcr an nu nntltyplcnl mo inorlal, tnklnt: the plnco of the I'iihh over to nil who nccept Jcnuri n the I'uHiiover Ijimb 'The IjiiiiIi of Ood which tnlteth nwny tliu ain of the world" (JohnJ, 20); "Christ our Van over In ltiln, (hereforo let u keep the fount" (I CorlnthliuiH v. 7, U). Tradition nnnuren ua that thin In the imiuu room muiilloned In the Hook of Acta (I, 13) iih tho place whoro the Ai0Ntlen reithkHt it lid rwnoiulilwl for wornhlp dnrhiK' the ten dnyn folluwlu'r; the I.ord'H nHceiiHlon tho name "upper room," ttiereforo, in which wan maul fonted the acceptance of nil tho con necrnted follower of Jen tut Into Cove nant rulatlontdilp with Cod an "niuin hern of the Hotly of ClirUt, which In tho Church." Of courBe. our pennU ulon to iino thin room for u public nerv lee today wiih obtnlned only by pre nrranu'eiiient with those having It In cliarKe. True, tradition nre not nl wnyi rellnble. Surely, In nlmont every other part of tho world It would be nbtiurd to think of tho preuervntlon of tliu Identity of a Iiouhu llko thin for more than eighteen centurion. Hut hero we linvv most peculiar coiull tlon. The inhabltnutn of thin land neem to hnvo been content to leave thlnpi junt nu they found them from geuerntlon to Kuncrutlon. merely mnk liiK Niich tdlscht repalni iih were from time to time found uccctitmry. Here vUlturn come, look and depart, filled with n nncred awe, ntid hnvo done no for centuries, and the luhnbltnntn, each Intent upon hln own bunlncns, havo lunored thin In a mnnner hnrdly luuiKlunblo by KuropeniiH. It Ih.imishI ble therefore Hint tradition In thlHcnne nnd In ollu'r luntanccn hercaboiitri, ha ocatrl correctly.-Junt as In Uotno the prison In which l'nul wan confined In Indicated by tradition with apparent rtccurncy. Christ Our Pattovtr. Wo nro favored not only In reHpoct to tho UNO of the room, but additional ly In respect to the time of our visit and our une of it Thin, according to Jewish reckoning, la tho first day of Tansover Week It hegnn Innt evenliiK nt, 0 o'clock. Tho three houm prcccti Int Uiat marked the time of our Lord's death and tho bcuu'lnw by Joseph of Arlmatheit for tho prlvllcgo of bury lug hln body In hln new tomb nnd the hnnty hiking of our Lord from the crow nnd getting him only partially embnliuel and tho tomb closed and Healed before 0 o'clock thin day be ginning at 0 o'clock being nmongfit tho Jew.i, an tho Apostle declared, an "high day," n Bablmth day of Hpeclal tmcrcdiicHH an tho beginning of tho riiMSovcr FeaHt-Weok. An wo look bnclc to that momornbln occasion wo can sympathize with the ApostloH nnd enrly bellevern In the blighting of all of their hopcH by tho npparent fnlluro of Jesus to mnko good hln claim of McHslahshlp. Wo cati lm ngluu better than wo can describe their dejection, their disappointment. On tho next day, corresponding to to-morrow, the two with whom Jcbuh met on tho way to Ummaun said mully, "Wo had trusted that It hnd been ho who should hnvo redeemed Israel" (Luke xxlv, 21). Thoy had hoped thnt his miracles, corroborating hln teaching, when he "Bpnlto na novor man spake," wore evidences thnt ho was tho Men slab. They had built their hopes, as Jews, that now finally God'H promises to their nntlon would bo fulfllled-tlmt Israel should bo exalted In tho onrth In unmo nnd fntno and power nnd au thority to Ideas and to Instruct "all the families of tho onrth." They hnd liopod thnt Messiah would bo the great King under whoso benellcent rolgu, as tho gront Mediator botweon God and mon, tho long-promised bleBslng would comb to tho enrth. They, had hoped nlso for n personal slmro with him In tho glories of Ida Kingdom, according to hla own worda-"Yo bIiuI sit with rao on twelve thrones, Judging (ruling) tho twelvo tribes of Isrnel" (Mntthow xlx, 28), Ills death ns n mnlofnctor, as n blnsphomor ngnlnst God, scorned to cast a shadow over overy hopo nnd to leave them not only desolate In heart themielven, but ik-splncd by their neighbors iih deceived fanatics. Thin In the iiiuilverHiiry. dear friends, of u day Hint wiih very mid to our brethren of 1877 yearM ago. "Moio and AH the Prophoti." How dirferent In our attlttido of mind that wu are nblo to see, to iritlno God mid to rejoleo that Jesun died; that ho mirfcrcd, "the Junt for the unjust," that his death might constitute the IlniiNom-Prlce for Adam and nil his race. Thin light U'xm tho HUtTerlngH of ChrlHt began to slilno Into the hearts of the Apostles on the day of our lord's resurrection, corresponding to to-morrow. Tho oil for that light lny hidden lu tliu words of Moses and nil tho Prophets of Israel. Hut It was necessary that our Lord, having riven from the dead to bo the great and typical High Priest, should trim tho lamp of Dlvltio Truth that the light might shine out to all of his people, all of hln "membern," all of the "Itoynl Priesthood," all who aro In tliu con secrated condition of heart, symbolical ly represented by tho "holy" of Israel's Tnbemncle. Hark how gently and how wlnely the Lord permitted tho light to shine lu gradually upon hln faithful few. The eyen of their uuduratnmllug mum not bu blinded by an luntantaueoun Hindi. Gradually, an they were able to Iwur It, the good tidings of hln resurrection from tho dead to glory, honor and Immortality on the divlnu piano miiHt bo made known to them. The first Intimations were from the women of the company who had gone with Kplcen, after the "high day," on the morning of the third day to com plete the work of embalming tho Lord. They reported Ilrst. Hint ho was gone from the sepulchre, nnd secondly, that they had mmjii noiiiu angels who told them that ho was risen from the dead. And latrr Mary hnd reported that sho had seen the Iortl nnd clnspcd him by tho feet and that ho hud said to her, "I am not yet nncended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; aud to my (Sod, and your God" (John xx, 17). Jesuit said to tell the disciple that ho would meet tbcin In Gnlllee, an ho had nnld to them before. Theno bewildering experiences wcro merely leading gradually on, pro paring the disciples for tho fuller knowledge of tho facts. It wns the same day (corresponding to to-morrow afternoon) that the Lord overtook two of the sorrowing disci ples as they walked Into the couutry to spend tho night. Here agalu ho would not shock Hicm nnd overpower them by n vision of his glorious pres ence such nn smote down Snul of Tnr sun on his wny to Damascus, "shining above the brightness of tbo sun nt noon-day;" on the contrary he as sumed a body of tlesh aud traveler's clothing and talked sympathetically with tho two sorrowing ones. After bearing their woen anil sorrows ho must have astonished them with hln knowledge of tho Scriptures, as well iih by bin sympathy, snylng to them, "O foolish nnd slow of heart to believe nil that the prophets have spoken I" (I.ulio xxlv, ITi.) They hnd been willing to believe something of whnt tho Proihets hnd spoken the glorious tblugH, the hnpplfylug things pertain ing to Messiah's Millennial glory. Hut they had been slow to bellevo the proplietn' other testimonies to tho ef fect that tho Itcdccmcr must bo "led aa a Lamb to the slaughter," must be the Hlu-olTerlng, must bo despised nnd rejected of men. must bo lifted up on tliu cross us the antitype of tho "brazen serpent," and must bo raised from the dead by the power of the Father to the glory, honor and Immortality of his great station aa Prophet, Priest, Medlntor, King, tho nntltypo of Mel chUedelt, for tho fulfilment to Isrnel and the world of nil of God's great promises. Then said Jesus, In view of these ex positions, "Ought not Christ to hnvo Buffered those things nnd to enter Into his glory?" Whnt else ahould bo ex pected? Did he not foretell his own denth? And did he not foretell his own rosurroctlon? And wero you not too confused to understand his teachings to tho full? Did not your minds run more to tho coming glory than to what ho said to you respecting tho necessity thnt you ahould "watch nnd pray lest yo outer Into temptation" and lose nil your part and hopo under theso trying conditions? A lit t to later, lu tho snmo duy, he appeared lu the "upper room," traditionally this very room-tho d6ora bolng Hhut for fear of tbo Jewa-bnr-red, wo may bo sure, because tho poor disciples felt that tho envy nnd hatred which hnd led to the crucifixion of the Muster might easily be transferred now to them because of their sympa thy with him and tliulr relntlonshlp to hlH work. Hero Jesun materialized In tliulr presence and apoko a few worda. Ho told them that ho wnfa really pres ent with them and that It wns not merely a phantom which they saw, And then bo nto with thorn, honeycomb and fish, ns evidencing the fact that thoy wcro not being nddrcssod by nn Illusion, but by a corporeal being. (W'hllo they still wondered wiih ntttoie In li inert t. hu proved to them Unit their risen Lord wiih no longer merely n 1 man. but that he had expiirleneed a change In hln rexurieellon, so that now he wan u spirit being and could go and come llku the wind -appearing In a body of llwih when hln purposes no' de manded. Ho gnvo proof of thin by vanishing out or their sight, dissolving tho body of flesh and hones and the clothing na easily as he had created them and by tho snme Divine power. Tho PenUcottal Dleailn-j. The glorified, resurrected Jesun re mained with the Infant Church for forty days, watching over their Inter ests. On four or live occasions he ap peared to them again indifferent forms and for the further Inculcntlou of the great lesson that he wan risen nnd changed, henceforth a spirit being. Then he ascended up on high to up pear In tho presence of God on behalf of hln faithful ones first, an Inter on hu will appear lu the Interest of the world. The Father's recognition of tliu merit of hln sacrifice, applied "on our belinlf." wns manifested by the Importation of the holy Kplrlt on Pente cost day. Traditionally thin same won derful "upper room" witnessed that oiitKurlug of Divine blessing and favor, which came only upon conse crated bellevern and ban corno upon the nnme class, and upon none other, from thnt day unto thin begetting them Individually by tho holy Spirit to the divine nature with lis promises of glory, honor and Immortality to tho faithful, lu association with the Lord Jesus in hln Millennial Kingdom. I That blessing wan n partial fulfil- incut of tho Lord's word through the I Prophet Joel, namely of that portion . which says, "In those dayn will 1 pour ' out of my Spirit upon my servants 1 nnd upon my handmaids" (Joel II, 2Hi. ' I We nro glnd, denr friends, thnt what ! I occurred nt Unit first Pentecost nnd I whnt tins continued nil through this ! j Gospel Age. of Pentecostal blessing I upon ench individual member of the ! Hody of Christ, Is merely a foretaste ; of God's great favor townrds Adnm's ' race. An St. Jnmcn declares (I. 18) tho Church is merely "n kind of flrm-frult t , unto God of his creatures." True, the ' first-fruits lu thin case Is tho very f ; choicest our Lord, the glorious Head j aud High Priest, aud his saintly ' fob ' lowers tho nntityplcal tinder-priests of ' tho Itoynl Priesthood. Hut a gront J blessing In yet to come, for there shnll I coino n still greater out;ourlng of . God's Spirit ns mentioned In tho same ' prophecy lu the words. "After thoBe , days, nnlth the Lord. I will pour out my Spirit upon nil tlesh; nnd your sons ninl your daughters shnll seek for me. nud your young men shall see actually i what your nnclents dreamed ,of." This will have Its fulfillment during ! tho Millennial Age. not that tho world t ( In general will be begotten of the j , holy Spirit to a spirit nature like unto tliu nngeln nnd llko unto Const, nn In , our case, but the Lord has promised , to take nwny the stony heart nnd to give n heart of tlesh to nil tho willing nnd obedient of mankind during thnt I Millennial Dny. In such, n right spirit I shnll be renewed nn they becomo obedi ent to the gracious arrangements of Messiah's universal Empire nnd thnt right spirit in man, Ttint right disposi tion will bo the holy Spirit God's Spirit or disposition. It wns given to man originally when ho was created perfect, upright. In the Imago nnd likeness of God. It was lost by sin nnd dlsplnced by n spirit of selfishness nnd sometimes by n spirit of devilish nesn, It will be the great work of thnt thousand yearn of Messiah's Kingdom to lift mankind out of sin nnd selfish ness nnd death and to restoro the will lug nnd obedient to nil thnt wns lost In Adnm and redeemed by tho merit of tho Bacrtllco nt Calvary. With the close of tho Millennial Kingdom, God shows us that nil who will not hnvo attained to tho possession of his holy Spirit will bo destroyed in tho Second Denth. Then 'there shnll bo no more sighing, nor crying, uor dying, no more sin, no more sorrow, for nil tho former things of sin nnd denth shnll hnvo passed nwny. It will bo Christ on tho throne who will mnko nil things now. Supper In the Upper Room. In closing wo nsk thnt in connection with whnt wo hnvo Just said respect ing tills "Upper lloom" nnd the bless ings hero conferred, you do not for get tho special privilege which somo twenty or thirty of us enjoyed In this snme room on Friday evening Inst. Wo remind you nfresh thnt thnt even ing, nfler six o'clock, corresponded to tho night lu which our Lord with his disciples llrst celebrated the memorial of his own denth with the loaf nud with the cup, traditionally In this snmo "Upper Hooin." Incidentally wo remark that tho early Christian Church used this sumo Jewish reckoning lu tho an nual celebration of our Lord's death nnd resurrection, but that. Inter on, the method of calculating tho dato was slightly modllled so that this year Good- Friday and I'aster, according to tho revised Kplscopnllan Calendar, oc curred nenrly n month ngo March 25-27. I feol suro that as long as I live I shall not forgot the blessed ex periences of Friday evening nnd Its momorlal celebration, In this "Upper Uoom," of tho great event whlcji means so much to tho Church nnd to tho world which Bymbollzes tho pro clous sncrlflco of Christ and also, ns tho Apostlo oxplnlns, symbolizes the participation of nil tho faithful mom here of Christ In his sacrltlce In tho broken loaf nnd in tho cup of which wo partake antltyplcally. May wo, dear friends, prove so faithful to our consecration Vows thnt wo will bo In cluded by our glorious Lord nmongst tlioso who shnll bo counted worthy to shnre nlso his cup of Joy nnd glory participation In bis Millennial King dom nnd his glorious work of blessing all the families of tbo tart hi PEARY TOURING THROUGH EUROPE Will Probably Meet Theodore While Abroad Will Return to United States In Six Weeks WHI Lecture In Several Places. LONDON, May 2. ('mrtiumlcr Hobort 10. Pcnry, liis wife find cap tain Hnrtlctt arrived nt Plymouth todny, piiKHOiiKorH on tliu North Gor man liner Kron Princezzcn Cccillie for n bix weeks atay in Kuropo. The party wns loudly cheered by waiting crowdH and surrounded by n swarm of newhpnpcr men. Tho explorer will have n buy time whilo in London. Ho will bo the gncBt nt luncheon tomorrow of the Itoynl Societies Club in St. James Street, where tho Karl of llalsbury will proHido over n distinguished gathering of travelers nnd scientists assembled in the American's honor. After this program Commnnder Pcnry will rush nwny for n short contincntnl tour, lecturing nt pevcral importnnt cities. Ho will be back in London Mnv 23 to attend n dinner given by tho Itoynl Geographical So ciety. Then, stnrtinR at LMinburgh on May 2-1, ho will lecture nt scvcrnl places in Great Uritnin. Ho expects to meet Theodoro Hoosevolt before returning to .tho United States. HOTEL ARRIVALS. At the Nash S. M. Wood. Grants Pass; M. C. Winters, Portland; S. 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Tho now management desires tho patronage of tho good pcoplo of Medford nnd will ei.deavor to merit tho samo by placing on tho market n first-clasa line of everything that n high-grade bakery is supposed to carry. You arc cordially invited to call and test our goods. Rospoctfully, A. F. REIKING SL COMPANY SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE. PHONE MAIN 2252. A SNAP IN ORCHARD LAND One hundred nnd sixty acres of free red eoil 10 to 30 feet dopth; two wells, about 25 acres cleared; a very gradual south hill slope; one-half mile from postoffice, Ices than one-fourth mile from school and seven and one-half miles southwest of Jacksonville. Only $30 per acre. Call on or address JOE THOMAS 222 SOUTH HOLLY STREET. MEDFORD, OREGON .1 f Whips! A fine assortment, including all kinds of drop top and straight Buggy Whips the values that bring you back 25c to $3.00 Get a Smith Snapper for Your Whip. BUGGY HARNESS. J. e. 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