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IILJJJJJJUUIUJ ilLJLLU 1,111, U,, jjuv v---'! UM J If . 4. i l0 -fc-- .A. f A.. V - - f J W iraec THIS SERMON IS A REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURE nimiii .,., i ...... ... i... riigoo doO'" ' " PEOPLES PULPIT... Sermon by CHARLES T. RUSSELL, Pftilor Brooklyn Tub crnaae. Mw Ooo July 'J I, Oucu wo coiiHldorcd inottt un kind, uiiJiim, (lio llllilu ilecln ration Unit our Creator cuiitluiiiiii'd nil of Aduin'H race with hint on iiccount of Aduin'H "OrlKlmil Klu." lint now, In tliu Unlit of thoulimrur uiifolilliiK of (lod'n Wortl, wo nrii privileged to mo differently. Now wo perceive, nut only Unit (Jod did no IiiJuhIIco to Aduin'H children, but, con trariwise, 1 1 in t In tlilH very purtlciilar, ho illil thorn it ItlniliicHN-tlmt It wan In thu IntcicHt of huniiinlty In general. Wo lire nwnro Hint IIiIh ntiitoinuiit up in'tirn pnriidoxlciil to Uioho who hnvo not jut Kotton thu proper foctiH upon tho Dlvluo I'lan. Tho key which uu Ick'Uh tla dlillcnlty Ih tho proXT appro elation of (ho I'ciuiltv Impoitcd upon Adam and liU ruco. Tho crroniMiiiM, uimcrlpturiil view of thlH penalty which euiiio down to tin from tho "dark iikcn" U'ucIich that Ood (Intiitittl fathi'i' Adam, mother Kvi mid every child horn to t hem to mi eternity of torturo at tint IimiiiIh of devil. It Ih thin uiiKcrlptural and Irratloual vlow of tho wiiko of Original Hln which canned alt our dllllculty, indeed, It Ih Kiifo to nay that no other fulHO doc trine held hy (Jod'H pcoplo ever drove away from Ood, from tho Illlilo mid from tlni fellowHhlp of tho Church no many Intelligent iiiIiuIm. TliouxniidNof brlulit. lioiiet uiIihIh, after Keulng thU teaching of the C'lirlMliiii creedH forum lated hi the iliirl; iikch, have imlutly wtttidrawn from them In heart, If not outwardly. miylng to tlieiijHelveH, IJvl dently my rcnmuiltig facultlcH are of a different kind from I hone of many oth erw prominent In (ho Church: Without deputing tho iHilut, I Nliuply conclude that 1 iiniHt think for myiielf and that, lu ho dolnir. 1 am forced out of Hyui puthy with tho tuiijorlty of fellow CtirUtlaiiM on thin IjiinIc doctrlno. Whure LUi tht Difficulty? Tho dllllculty Ih that while the ma jority of ChrlHtlan pcoplo heartily re pudiate Michc iiilrcprcncntatloiiH of God and lilt Word, nevertheless tho subject Ih not clear to them and they fear that to repudiate thin doctrine would ho to repudiate tho Illhlo and to become open InlldelH. And Just hore Ik their mbitnke. The majority of them nro not lllblo BtudeiiU. Kven ninuiiKHt min iature of the (Itwpel comparatively few have any degreu of knowledge of God's Wonl. They know what they think ,'." ntout the lllhle: what they believe that it tenchen: what they have been told that It teachenj what the catechUmH nay it teacheHi hut they have never made critical luVfHtlKHtloiM of the Wide thoiiiMclvei to aHcurtaln ItM tcnchlng. It 1m a pnrt of our endeavor to nrouHo Christian people everywhere to nearch nnd Htudy the Scriptures nud to nsHlut them with Itlble Niudy helps, Hlblo keyi. etc, And. thank Cod. there are UiouHiuidH In Spiritual iHrnel who nro not bowing their knecn to llaal, but who are anxious to know, to rightly uudemtaud, the Word of Hod. ClnwteH In lllblo Htudy are HprlnutiiK up nil over tho world. These have recently adopted tho nnine of "International Itlhlo StudcntH Association." God Is blessing them, not only with the open ItiK of their own cyen more nud more wjdely. but also In union them to bring otherH "out of darkuesH Into IiIh mar velotiH light" (I Peter II. 0). The Scriptures speak of a "fnmlue. not for bread nor for water, but for henriiiK of the Wortl of tho I.ord." Thin famine Ih upon uh now. Not only are Christian people hniiKry and thirs ty for tho bread of life nnd the water of life, but many of tho worldly are feeling a lonlnu for something better than the IiiihUh which they have. We do not know that nil Church moiubcni, nor all of any one Church member uh I P. nro thus hungering mid thirsting for Truth. Hut we do know that every where In all the various Churched of nil dcunmluatluuH there Ih a hungry eliiHH which cannot be mitlslled to dls honcHily misrepresent Itself uh lu har mony with the creedH. Those bewil dered sheep lire, or late yearn, lliidlug tho green pastures and Ht 111 watera of Dlvluo Truth nnd Krace near to them In the Word of (iod-hldilen under the rubbish of Ignorance and superstl tlon, nilHtrausliitlou and mlNlntorpretn tlou. Hut uh for the musses of all denom denem denom inateons: AIiih, they are fulling 1U uubellefl The pniular form or Inlldel Ity known uh Higher Criticism Iiiih al ready swallowed up more than one iiulf or the ministry and or the most intelligent part or the laity. The only hope for una of these la lu leaving the chair and IiiihUh of medieval iiiIhIii terprelailous ir (lod'n Word nnd In fludlii; Its line iiieanlnjr. In which Ih refreshment. Htrciicth and new life. "Tho Wane of 8ln la Doath." However we read our lllblen In the luiHt wo read Into them from the creeds of a darker time the lulnelilevous error that when the Illhlo declared a death penally for hIii It really menus the re verso of this- r -eternal life lu eter nal torture. Who had the right to twlht the Inspired woiiIh lu mu'Ii a (lev IIIhIi fiiHlilouV Who had the right to add to the Word of Cod and m make void It true teaching lu t I.Ik mauuerV Hen' the wordn or the Apostle, "The w.igCH or hIii Is deiith: but the girt or Cod Ih eternal life through Jesus ALL IN ADAM liven no ALL IN CHRIST Trit i "Since by man ctno dealli, by mn ltd comrt (lie reiunrclion of llisdcd for ti all in Adam die, rven w all in Cluiit iliall Im iitaclo alir, Uul every man in liii wn ofdrrt Qiriil llie fitillriiilij afleiwardi lliey tliat aio Uniil'i duiina liii pretence" (I Cotinlliiantxv, 21,23, K. V.). o oO"" ' '","---.'i .i.tiii.4--j ChrlHt our Lord" (ItoinaiiM vl, iKJ). What Htatemeut could bo more sim ple? Tho wicked will not bo granted life at all, olllcr lu pleasure or In pain. They are under uontouc'i of death-do- Istriictlou. Ctcrnnl life Ih a gift. And It will bo given only to Uioho to whom It will bo ii hlcHHlng to thoKO who will accept It through Jchuh Christ our Lord. Let uh turn to QciichIh and note tho MlntomentH made to our Hint parent respecting hIii and Its penalty. Let iw note thai, without the (whitings of theology, we should have no dlllleiiliy In uiiilerstaiidlng the Divine Hcnteuce. an our Unit parcntH evidently hud no dllllculty. The sentence upon Father Adam for disobedience wan, "Dying thou Hhalt die"; "Dust thou art, and unto dust shall thou return"; "Cursed Ih the ground ror thy uake"; "Thorns and thistles shall It bring forth unto thee until thou return unto tho ground from which thou wast taken" (OoiichIm III. -'. . 1(1-10, '-Ml. Thus we see Hint the penalty for sin upon Adam and his race was that they Hhould return to the dust. Ah wo read again. "Thou turnest limn to destruc tion" (PhiiIiii xc. .'I). And thin penalty Ih Hiitllcleiitly awful when we think of what It mentis to die, to loic mental, moral and physical perfection and gradually go Into the tomb-lnto the lllblo hell (nhcol. throughout the Old TeHtament). And this hcut, tho pruir. the tomb, to which (he Itlble sayn nil go, good and bad. rich and poor, holy and unholy, wiim the only bell known amongst any of the people or (Sod ror the more than four thousand years, reprenentcd by the teaching of the Old Testament. Then came tho New TeHtament times nnd the teaching of Jchuh and the ApoitleH to the name effect. In the New Testnmcnt the (reek word irir.i. representing the tomb, tho death slnte. takes the plnce of tho Old TeHtament inrol In every passage translated from the Old Ten lament Into the New Testament. It wan nearly three hundred years after Jesus and the Apostles, nfler the writing of the New TeHtament. before the doctrine of Purgntory was Invent ed. And for this reason neither the word Purgatory nor the Purgatory thought Is oxprHed in the Scripture. Hut Widen were few. nnd the people could not have read them even If they had possessed them; hence for long centuries the teachings of the clergy were accepted without Itlble proofs, and the doctrine of Purgatory spread all over Christendom. All of our fore fathers believed lu It. It became the teaching of Christians everywhere that the mere handful of saints, Instead of dying when they seemed to die, went to heaven and that the great mass of humanity. Iiisiend or dying when they seemed to die, went In Home mysteri ous milliner to a uiyHterloun place culled Purgatory, of which nobody knew anything except what they were tnught. The teaching Ih (hat practi cally all of huuinnlty go to Purgatory (here to be roasted and otherwise tor tured ror conturlcH-ultltuntely to gain release rrom the torture, when lilted ror heaven. Upon UiIh doctrine In turn sprung the doctrine or saying 'innssoH ror the dead." who were believed not to be dead but Intensely alive. The rear or Purgatory drew the people very cloHe to tho prleslH as the supposed counsellors or the Almighty and the uiiihh money drew the priests very clove to the people. They were all honestly Inteiitloned. but all deceived by the great deceiver-Satan. A Did Matter Mndo Worse. Ity nud by it priest, it Catholic theo logian nnd teacher In one or their col Iorch. by name Martin Luther, acci dentally ran across a copy of the New Testament lu the Latin language, lie lug an educated inan he wiih able to read it; for there wan not one copy lu the Gorman language anywhere. Lu ther tells us of Ills perplexity In not lludlng Purgatory lu the New Testa ment. He tried to Interest the Pope In Itlble Htudy, hut failed, ami Instead wiih branded u heretic. He protested, and others protested ; hence camo the name ProtestautN! These Protestants were undoubtedly as Hlncere before their protest ns they were nftorwnrd; hence their protest wiih against the very doctrines whhh once they had proclaimed as the Truth. Their minds were full of the thought that n dead person Is not dead fttit more nllve than before he died, ami that some of these tit death went to henven while the great majority went to Purgatory. They did not see the teaching of the Itlble, that "the wages or hIii Is death" -that all go Into dentil, good mid bad, nud Hint this death state Is the slirul and hmlex of the Itlble. Instead or getting this true light upon Coirs Word, they went from darkness Into greater darkness on this point. Here we wish to otiiphn slxc the thought that till thes.e noble men, Catholics nud Protesliiuls, In their day, like all true people today, held a measure of Truth In combina tion with errors, It Is the measuio of Truth possessed and enjoyed that lias given any power and force to our vh rlous Christian systems, and Unit, to lomo extent, ban ueutriill.ed thu erfe'i of our errorn, Hlnrttiig from their misunderstand lug of lllble teaching respecting the wages or hIii. Iiruthci' Luther ami his noble companions battled bravely for many truths, but made one greut Mum der. When they concluded that Pur gatory wan contrary to tho Scriptures and threw It away, not Hoeing the lllble hell, tho tomb, they adopted an other hell and thereby went from bad to worse on thin subject. They nnld The heathen and the miiHseH of the ilvlllr.ed nro surely not wtlnlH-Htiroly (hey do not follow In (lie footHtejm of JoMiH-Hurcly, therefore, they cnnnol be of lilrc spiritual flock. Concluding that these could not bo taken to heav en, they mild. We must tnko them out of Purgatory anyway, wherover we put them, beciiuso we have found out thai (hero Ih no hucIi plnco ih Purgntory. Afler CoiifornncoM, Merlously dlnltk Ing to make out Ood'H character worse than they rormerly mippoHed, they said under their breatliH, We must take them out or Purgutory nnd rpilck ly put them Info n hell or eternal tor ture nnd way ns little about tho mat ter nn posHlble. They wero greatly relieved when long-headed Brother John Calvin explained to them nboiii the mere linmUtil going to heaven mid tho great masn going to eternal tor ture. Ho explained that Ood had fore ordained nnd predestinated these aw Ml rcHUltH-that ho might show his wisdom and bin power. Ah to n "Ixvo dlvlno, nit lovo excelling-," Brother Culrln hcoiiih nover to hnve thought of that. Brother Wesley and otherH Hlnce, though Ichh logical nnd theological, did Mtnud up for and de clare the Ijivo of God, even though rather absurdly they claimed that he wan neither wio enough nor powerful enough to do moru than rescue n mere hnniirul of Adam's race from tho eter nal torturo to which they thought Ood damned them all becnuso of the diso bedience In Eden. "All In Adorn All In Chrlit." in the light or our better Bibles and Bible Study Helps nud minds freed from the Ignorance and nuenititloiiH of thu past we may understand the Apostle's words and Hud lu them, not only Justice and love, but harmony nud beauty. Instead of all mankind going to eternal torment for Adam's Hln, nil go Into the Mblo hell, the grave, on account of his sin nud all of the men tal, moral nnd physical blemished of our nice ore a part of this heredity. There would have been no hopo of n future lire, good or bad, hud uot God lu his mercy provided tho'SavIor-the "Life-Giver," uh tho Syrlac reuders the word. In God's duo time ho set before his Son the opportunity of becoming man's Uedeemer. The Logos was made tlesh (John 1, 11) nud obediently gave himself In death "tUBtcd death for every man." Ah by one tunn's dhobedl nice the sentence of death passed upon nil of the race, even so by the obedience of the man Christ Jesus unto death JuHtlllcndou (o life panned for nil of thai race. Now wo see the wise rea son for permitting the sentence to pass through one man's dlsobedleuce to all or his posterity. It was In or der that one Hiicrlllco ror sin might make possible the reconcIllaUon of the entire race. Now rend our text and drink In its depths ami beauty and force. The resurrection or mnuklnd from tho sin and death and tomb condition to the full perfection nud Image of God from which tho race fell Is the salvation which God haB provided for till. Who ever will fall'to nttaln the full recov ery, from sin nud death conditions will have himself to limine becnuFO of re jection of tho glorious arrangements which God made lu nnd through Christ. "Tho Fint Resurrection." God divides the salvation of man kind Into two pnrts-the Church to spirit nature and the world to perfect ed human nature. The tlrst he Is ac complishing during this Gospel Age: the second lie will accomplish through Christ and the Church during Mes slab's reign or a thousand years. The Church, the "llttlo tlock" or saints, called, tried, tested. In tho nnr row way during this Age. are to con stitute the "First Itesurrectlou" class nud to become "the Bride or Christ." "the Church or the Flrst-Borus." These ore lo be associated with the great Uedeemer In his future work These shall be like him. changed from earthly to heavenly nature and made sharers or his glory, honor and tin mortality. The Kingdom or Cod uu der the whole heavens will be Inaugu- nit fd nfter the glorification of Un church anil then will begin the bless ing, the salvation, the uplifting, the resurrecting, of mankind In general -from sin and death conditions uot to spiritual conditions, hut to perfect earthly coudltlous All the willing and obidleut shall be blessed by the grout l.lfe-Glver who eighteen centuries ngo died, the .lust for the unjust, and who, during the period since, has been selis-tlng lb Bride class. With his Bride he wll. reign to bless thu world, to make the whole earth beautiful. As It Is writ ten, "I will niako the place of my reel nlorlmiH," The whole earth will then be us the Guidon or Eden nnd the re stored race like our perfect first par cuts, But as fur the Intelllgentl.i wicked, we read, "All the wicked will he destroy" (Psalm exlv, 'JOi. He wll! uot preserve them In torture or other wise. They will die the Second Death But none will die the Second Death for Adam's transgression. Christ died for that transgression nud will release Adam nud all his race therefrom, even while he will hold them responsible for every wilful trnnsgresslon and give stripes or punishments therefor u teach thuui to lou rlghtcnusuctM and to hate Iniquity (Acts III. ID Itti. Medford Iron Works 13. G. Trowbridgdc, Prop. FOUNDRY AND MACHINIST All kinds of Engines, Spraying Outfits, Pumps, Boilers and Machinery. Agents in So. Oregon for FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO. e -ly C pJ!rw Alii S v l3 nESOLVED Tho best resolution for joa to mako is to come to uu for your next suit, if you want Bomothing out of the oriinrr. We do tho best work and chart r Ihe lowest prices. W. W. EIFERT TUB FKOOBftSBIVJl TAILOl - - For Sale - - 428 ACRES Rogue River bottom land, suitablo for fruit and general farming purposes. 300 ACRES Alfalfa land, covered with irrigation ditch and perpetual water right. Has coal outcrop ping. At a bargain on long time, easy paymonts. Gold Ray Realty Comp'y. 209 WEST MAIN ST. $12,500 Thirty-two acres, two miles from Talent, Ander son crook bottom land; five-room box bouse, Reed barn and other outbuildings; thero are on this placo 12 acres in Newtown and Spitzcnberg apples, 0 and 7 years old, which have a fair crop this year; between the apples are peach fillers, which are heavily loaded. In addition there are three acres of pears 2 years old and three acres plnntcd to pears last winter; also four acres of alfalfa and about fivo acres of fine timber; there nre two good wells and a completo pumping plant for irrigation; $0500 will handle this placo and tho balance can be paid at the rate of $1000 a year. $15,000 Seventy-fivo acres, same neighborhood; good new five-room house, largo barn and other outbuildings; spring water piped to tho buildings. Thero arc on this placo 11 acres of 3-year-old Nowtowns and Spit7enbergs with poach fillers, about an aero of bearing family orch ard, 10 acres of alfalfa, about an aero of bearing grapes about 45 acres all told under cnltivation, balance in timber which could be cheaply cleared. At $200 an acre this placo is a Bnnp. It would take half cash to handle, balance easy. $300 an aero Fines fruit and garden land in the valley, half way between Phoenix nnd Talent; level, black free soil; divided into 10-acro tracts; one-fourth cash, balnnce in four annual payments with 6 per cent interest. $12,000 Sixteen and a half acres, midway between Jack sonville and 'Central Point, facing the hill road; finest building cite in the valley. There aro eight acres of pears in bearing, trees from 5 to 8 years old, nnd about an acre nnd a half of grapes in bearing, balance in timber, which is all good fruit land. Half cash will handle. $28,000 Less than $425 an aero for 47 acres, one mile from Central Point, all good land, good buildings, nbont 40 acres planted to standard vnrictics of apples and penrs from 1 to 4 years of ngo, balance in alfalfa. This plnce will subdivide nicoly. It is easily worth $100 an acre mora than is asked. W. T. YORK & CO. If you nro interested in Medford property, talk with our rity man, Mr W. V. Mooro. J. E. ENYAIiT. President. J. A. PERRY, Vice-President. JOHN S. ORTH, Cashier. W. B. JACKSON, Ass't Cashier. THE MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL $100,000.00 SURPLUS 20,000.00 UNDIVIDED PROFITS 15,000.00 SAFETY BOXES FOR RENT. A GENERAL BANKING BUSI NESS TRANSACTED. WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE. KV HMM PLUMBING STEAM AND HO! WATER HEATING All Work Guaranteed Prices Reasonable : COFFEEN . PRICE 1" r St RltdJuo C . Phone 303 tummmmmmmmsimmmmmmmmmmmHmmmmmmammammmmmmmmmmmmm II GOLD RAY GRANITE CO. Olfioe: 209 West Mum St., Medloid, Ore. Operating Quarry at Gold Ray, Oregon OKALKKS IN BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND CRUSHED GRANITE I Crater Lake Route (910 LOCOMOBILES 19.0 The cars of the Crater Lake Company will 2eave Hotel Nash on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 a. m. Round Trip $25.00 Children under 12 years, half fare. Secure your tickets at the hotel. CRATER LAKE TRANSPORTATION CO. J. C. NEFP, Manager. Medford Address: Nash Hotel. Single rooms or en suite also rooms 'with bath Che finest Sample Rooms m the city. Hotel Moore Fire Proof Rau-Mohr Company Proprietors. European Plan Big machinery is now excavating the ground, northwest comer Main and Ivy streets, for the new HOTEL MEDFORD Watch the dirt fly and hurrah for Medford. SPEND THE SUMMER AT Newport, Yaquina Bay The Only Beach in the Pacific Northwest Wbero the pretty Water Aeates, Moss Agates, Moonstonea Cornelians and Rock Oysters can bo found. Outdoors vSport ojf all Rinds Including Hunting. Flshln , digging ttock Oysters, Boating, Surf Bathing, Riding, Autolng, Canoeing and Dancing. Pure mountain wator anC tho best o food at low prices. Fresh Crabs, Clams, Oysters, Fish and Vegetables of all kinds dal ly. IDEAL CAMPING GROUNDS, with strict sanitary reg ulations, at nominal cost. Low Round-Trip Season Tickets from ull points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho on Bale dally. Throe Day Saturday to Monday Rate from S. 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