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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1912)
J....-t: JJ rviCT-.-,-;.i.u.iui u. When at Portland THE JAPANESE IM Pastor; Russell Praises Kind Demeanor. DEfLCBES LACK CF FAITH. Notsd Prsscher Discourse! on ths Im portsnes ol the Will ind Its Propsr Dirtction Nv Year the Time to Choose a Right Line of Service Faith In God of All Grace Necessary to 8trength of Character and a Perma nent Civilisation. T ok Ic Japan. live. .'list.- The Knri'lii MU-l"ii!) I ii v i' s 1 1 g ii lion (.'OlllllllllCl' Is IH'IV iiiiiI mi1 nc unluil every , oiu tesy nnil every facility. Pan tor ItiiKscll, Chair inan of Hie Com inltl', delivered two inldiesses to day IIo lind one of ear fineHt Audi toriums. iIib Y. M. C. A., and n InrRO ntteudiim-e. In Ids audience of Kngllsli reslileiitH were Diniiy Jiiiiinee. Very earnest alien- tlon was fc'lveii IiIjii. Wo report ou of his nddrehscs from the text, "Choose. ye this day whom ye will nerve" (Josh ua xslv, l.'o. He wilil: I ii in deeply Impressed with tue great progress which your luillon has made, which Is manifest on every hand. Hut alas! I fear that here, ns In civilized lands, some of the progress Is injur! oils.- The Japanese uud every oilier people need a faith hnllast. It if) nee esmiry to HlreiiKlh of character ami a permanent civilization. Without It, In a little wlille Hi.? whole world will he KM cot Into anarchy. Indeed I foresee Unit awful condition uppioachiuj,' rap Idly-ln l'.iirope. In America and hero In Japan Laments the Lack of Faith Ballast. The basis of anarchy is n hick of faith ballast; anil alas! our wonderful Il linois, Willi their hue equipments, are the real cause of the condition which Is iipproacliliiK. In Kurope and Amur, lea this iiilldellty Is glossed over wify the name of Higher Criticism, but here i see dial you more candidly label It AkuohIIcIsui and Atheism It appall ed mo lo II nil that llie progress of your scholars fain Shlntolsni, Confu danism and Ituddhlsni has not been toward Christianity, hill toward total unbelief. I have been handed. a report from three of your schools which has made me heartsick. Out of a total of 4(11) NtudciilK I professed Christianity, 17 the religion of your fathers, (ill de dared themselves Atheists, '.'Ml! regis tered as Agnostics and 411 were so be wlldcred as lo be non-coniuilttal. Alas, my friends, even your prover bial politeness, gentleness, kindness of character and willingness to dlo for your Kuiperor can not exist long under the Inlluenee of such a lin k of faith ballast And what your scholars of today believe will surely relleet in your masses dliortly. And I urn hound In euiidor to admit that n very similar condition of things prevails' through out IOurope and America. The outlook la ominous Indeed. Whatever we may lie, the closing of olio year and the opening of itnntlier furnishes a favorable opportunity for retrospection as well as for god reso lullons. I trust that my audience ugrees with mo in this. The greatest power In tho universe is the pmver of tlie will, and we are all learning how Important a matter It is that our own wills unci tlie wills of our fellow-crea-lures be rightly directed. It Is In Hue Willi this thought that the Wise man declared that "greater Is a man that ruletli his own spirit than he who con quers a city;" and, "As a man wllleth In his heart, so Is he." (Proverbs, xvl. M; ixlll. 7.1 War and Rapine Not Noble Objecto. Of old Alexander tho drent willed to bo tlie eoiuiueror of the world, and lit a cost of wealth and streams of blood he accomplished wonders. Wo are Kladnnlly learning, however, that war and rapine are not suillclently no ble objects for (he human ambition ud will. Instead, the bright minds of tho world are turning- toward the conquering of the earth. Highways lira cast up, rails are laid, trains are run, mountains are pierced, rivers are spnnncd with bridges, and tho human will Is using steam ami electrical pow er lu uvery direction in n marvelous manner. I situ not emphasizing those well known facts so common to our observation, but calling attention to tho irll behind nil these results, with out which they would uot bo attained. And what Is thus noted In the achievement of tho world reminds us that we each and all havn win- ' whtch shoul.l be rightly directed and forcefully exercised In all of our for Boual affairs, our lives, our ambitious, ur family and social attainments, A will-less man Is a good-fec-naugnt ITow Important, then, It Is (hat all of our wills should bo wisely, rightly dl reeled, that our Ikes may bo mn.ie as ncoessful and useful ns possible, fr the glory of our Creator and for tho welfare of our fellows, ns well as for our own ak.-s. ,-,.,, to ,. therefore, lu harmony with our text that we "choose tilts day" our courso ior me commjr year, yea, for life. and. that we tavi cW. COMPLIMENTED that we bend every energy to the oat worklng of that resolution or will Japan a Flowery Kingdom. This choice does not necessarily mean that all must turn right about face and go In the opposite direction to that In which we have been going. I am not a believer 111 the theory of man's total depravity. Wherever I travel 1 per ceive marks of sin. depiuvlty, human Imperfect ion weakness, but I also per ceive evidences of good irteutlous, good endeavors, noble resolves. Is It not because sin at the present time Is prolilal.le. advantageous, pleas urable, or mnni to be one or all of these, that It H sought after, desired and given so large a control In human affairs? Is not this true because we nro uuv miller the domination of the Prince of darkness, the Prince of ibis world, whom the Scriptures declare shall la; bound for a thousand years and deceive tlie nations no umre, by putting light for darkness ' When the deception shall pass away and mankind shall see clearly the Joys und p'wnnis of righteousness, will they not prefer them? And If In that glo rious Kpixli right doing brings bless ing and rieasure, nnd wrong doing brings all the disadvantages and stripes, may we not expect that the majority of humanity will seek right eousness, seek harmony with Uod, and thus seels tlie Joys and blessings of Divine favor and everlasting life .My brief stay in Japan has given ine a keen appreciation of what tlie Japa nese have already attained as a peo ple-entirely aside from Christianity I perceive many things in Japan, close ly connected with your religious cus toms, which put to the blush certain conditions prevalent In Europe and America, where Christianity has been dominant for centuries. We are to ac knowledge the good wherever wo sec It. nnd so now I freely acknowledge that 1 perceive amongst your people an esthetic taste, a gentlenessof demeanor and a loyalty of heart which I fully appreciate, even though these quali ties came to the Japanese, not through Christianity, but through Shlntolsni nnd Buddhism. Indeed. I must apolo gize for much of the rudeness and crudeness of the so-called Christian na tions, of wlil'-li you have heard through your learned men nnd of which you know something through contact with the soldiers and sailors of thesu lands who come to your ports. I would hnve you understand that the teachings of Christianity cover every form of courtesy, gentleness, brotherly kindness and hospitality. Tho very keynote of Christ's instruc tion to His followers Is line, out of a pure heart-and that each should do unto his neighbor ns he would that his neighbor should do to him. The fruits nnd graces of the Holy Spirit of Christ arc prominently set forth In tho Bible meekness, gentleness, patience, long-suffering, faith, hope, Joy, love. You should know, moreover, that, while these qualities are very general ly Ignored amongst the representatives of Christendom, there are, neverthe less, faithful disciples of Jesus who study dally to put Into practlco all these qualities marked by Dlvlno ap proval. Tlie difference seems to be that these esthetic qualities or graces In your laud have become a national trait with the Japanese, whllo In Christendom, so-called, (hey are prac ticed only by a proportionately small number, tho remainder rather boasting of and cultivating qualities the reverse of these, as more helpful in tho battle for llfo and for money which Is mani fest everywhere nmong them. Disagrees With Missionaries, I llnd myself unable to ngree with tho teachings of the missionaries which have reached you, however hon est Homo of them may hnvo been. Knowing that an essential feature of Shlntolsni Is reverence for deceased ancestors, many missionaries, I four, hnve done violence to your tenderest feelings nnd most deeply seated con victions when they told you that your ancestors. Instead of being objects of worship, are damned of Cod nnd hnvo begun their experiences of a torture which will last to all eternity, becnuse they did not know nnd therefore did not nceept Jesus Christ as their Mes siah and Savior, and did not become Ills followers. 1 will not discuss tho sincerity of these brethren in thus doing violence to your most sacred nnd tender senti ments; will merely say that to my understanding they have misinterpret ed our grout Creator's Plan and the explanation thereof furnished us In our sacred Scriptures. Instead, 1 give you the Whip Message, that your forefa thers, w hom you so deeply venerated, are, according to the Bible, asleep In death, sweetly resting from nil labor, strife, vexation nnd turmoil, awaiting the morning light of , new Kpoch. That glorious period, when they will be awakened and come forth under more favorable conditions uwn (i,p present, under a reign of righteousness, and to a clear knowledge of the Truth, Is to be Inaugurated by the coming of Christ, the world's Messiah He comes to establish Ills Kingdom and to over throw the rrlnce of darkness. II,. comes to break the shackles of Igno rance and si;, sickness and death, and to set mankind free from these. His Kingdom will set up tne glotlous stand ard of righteousness and truth and ren der every assistance possible for hu manity to come Into hnvmouv with the Wvlin will In that glorious lay. which, I ptf. Heve, is very near at hand, everything that you nnd your ancestors have learn ed In harmony with meekness, gentle ness, patience, long suffering, brother ly kindness, love, will be that much of an assistance your nplirt toward the full perfection of tlie Divine n-iont of character And, similarly, be i ties, whether they were Japanese or nominal Christians, will have that much whereof to be ashamed, and to overcome and rectify. Doe Not Wish to Be Misunderstood. Do Dot misunderstand me. I am not Ignoring the fundamental Christian doctrine that "Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, and rose again for our Justification." I am affirming that doctrine and carrying It to Its legitimate conclusion. The Bible, the Inspired Authority of Chris tendom, clearly teaches that the sac rificial death of Jesus, tho Just for the unjust, was not for a mere handful, but for the entire race. Tbnt sucrltl clal death took place more thnn four thousand years after Adam's sin, but It is" to be made efficacious for Adam and all of bis race-not merely for those who have heard the Message of Divine grace, nor merely for those who have lived since tlie sacrifice took place, but. ns the Bible declares. "Je sus Christ, by the grnce of God, tasted death for every man." (Hebrews 11,9.) Another Scripture distinctly shows that the Divine favor nnd blessing re sulting from Jesus' death is not only to be a benefit to tho Church, to those who now believe and walk In the foot steps of the Itedeenier, but will ulti mately benefit all the remainder of mankind. Thus we read, "He is a propitiation (satisfaction) for our sins (the Church's sins), and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." (I John II. 2.) All mankind, therefore, must ultimately receive a benefit, a blessing, as n result of Je su.s' death, and this will Include your ancestors. This Is the method (iod has adopted for the fulfilment of His glorious promises of thirty-five hun dred years ngo to Abraham to which promise our Creator gave His oath, that wo might have strong consolation and faith in Us fulfilment. The prom Ise Is that "All the families of the earth shall be blessed." and, addition ally, tbnt. the blessing shall come to them through Abraham's Seed Christendom's Great Mistake. Tho great mistake made by Chris tendom has been In overlooking the fact thnt Cod's great work thus fur hns been only the finding of the prom ised Seed of Abraham, through whuui the blessing will reach ull peoples. Primarily, this gracious offer was ninde to Abraham's natural posterity, (he nn tlou of Israel, If they could keep per fectly the terms of their Law Cove nant. But they were unable so to do because, like the remainder of tlie race, they were falleu, Imperfect. Then it was that Clod revealed to them that He would send I hem n Savior, who would deliver them from their own weakness and use them In carrying the blessing and favor to the whole world. In duo time God sent Ills Son, Jesus, to bo the Itedeenier. Jesus left the glory which He had with the Father and humbled Himself to human na ture, yea, even to death, the Ignomin ious death of the cross. Thus doing He provided the ltausom-Prlce for the sins of the whole world, for the pen alty upon the race was a death pen alty, the result of one man's disobedi ence. Thus the death of n Just One for the unjust Is sullieient to consti tute a satisfaction of tlie Divine Law, tho redemption of the nee from its death sentence. Thus was secured to all an opportunity for resurrection: "As by a man came death by a Man also conies the resurrection of the dead; for as all In Adam die. even so all In Christ shall be made alive, every man lu his own order" not ail nt once I Corinthians xv, 21, HI!. Jesus, tho Itedeenier, having finished Ills sacrifice, was returned to heaven ly glory at the right hand of Divine Majesty, far superior to angels, etc IIo now Is ready for Ills great work. Why the delay, do you ask? The Bcrlpturcs very clearly Inform us thai n special, saintly class, to be gathered out of all nations, peoples, kindreds and tongues, Is to 'bo associated with the Iiedeeiuor In Ills great work of blessing the world. It Is for this fore ordained company to be called, chosen and found faithful that the Messianic Kingdom delays. It Is my opinion that the delay Is nearly over that very soon tho Inst member of tlie glorious company will have passed beyond the veil, and that then, forthwith, the suf ferings of The Christ, Head and l!odv. being ended. Messiah's glorious King doin will begin. What Israel Did Not Obtain. St. Paul points us to the f.vt that the Jewish Age, up to the time of Jesus, accomplished a great moral up lift In that natlou, but (hat the nation aa n whole was not saintly and hence, as a whole, could noc be the Itedcein er a associates In His Messianic King dom. When Messiali eame to His own and they received Him not. but cru cified Him, they ns a nation were re jected from Divine favor for a time But some of them were Israelites indeed-some of them received Jesus, be came Ills disciples, and were accepted of God by tile begetting of tlie llolv Spirit, nt and after Pentecost, to be members of the House of Sons-mem-bers of spiritual Israel. Since then Divine Providence, has een selecting the saintly ones from evot-v imti.... i ... ..... ..,.,. um.r neaven. to com plete this spiritual Israel Tims St raul declares ngaln. "If ve be Christ's then nrcyo Abraham's Seed, nnd heirs Hccordln.r to the promise" -the promise that all the families of the earth shall be blessed through this Seed - Cnl i thins 111, Id, 20. So today, on the threshold of the .New V.-ar, ,..p nn .. Men of the power of the will, and "the lnipoitauce of its immer ..v.......... ... choosing the bes, things -the thing, represented in Christ and liu i.t.... OospeloftheloveofGod. "Choose ve ... u..y wuotu ye will serve"-God or Maumou. lipi 5 ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT? AcgelaljlePrcpnnlionror,i similaiiiiir?Foot(..nt:'(o!;ili linrtilieStoraacfiSa.lfl Promolcs Dieslionfliefiful ness and Rest.CoiilaLisnc.ihtr Opium.Morphinc norMincral. OT NARCOTIC. jtrdpufouDcsaaimm Pinrfim Sera' JLiSmm AiiseSttd ItiiartoiKirSiir ClanfiedSmja'' h'myre flora. Anerler t Remedv forConsHni Hon , Sour Stomach.Dtarrtaa Worms.CoiiMilsioiis.revensri ness andLoss of Sleep. racSiniile Signature of NEW YORK. Giiflranteed undcrffieFb0 Exact Copy of Wrapper. 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