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PEOPLE'S PULPIT...
Scrrnon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL
Putor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
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Sunday, November 21. Pastor Hus
noil, of Brooklyn Tabernacle, preached
today to a crowded house from the
above text. He said :
No other book treats the matter of
human woe and sorrow In the wise,
tender, sympathetic, helpful manner of
the tttble. It assures us that however
cold, heartless and disappointing the
world may be and our frleuds may be.
or those from whom we may have ex
pected better things, we have, never
theless, a God of sympathy a Hod of
love. No heathen religion knows any
thing of such a God. With them God's
attributes are merely more" or less of
ferocity. Their pods are to be placat
ed mid worshipped from fear of what
they otherwise would do to their crea
tures. The God of the Bible assures
us of his love, bis sympathy. In all of
our distresses his Interest In our af
fairs and his provision for the ulti
mate welfare of all those who will
come Into the attitude of loving right
eousness and hating Iniquity the only
proper attitude of heart, the only one
which he can approve and bless with
everlasting life.
A Night of Sorrow and Death.
The Scriptures point out to us what
we recognize to be the truth that the
-world has been under a pall and blight
and curse of death for sir thousand
years. Appropriately our text de
scribes this period as a dark time of
Lard, blighting experiences, a night
of weeping of sorrow. In harmony
Wjlth this figure It declares that "dark
ness covers the (clvlllzedi earth and
Cross darkness the heathen."
Not alone does this condition affect
those who are In alienation from God
through Ignorance and superstition
and the power of sin. but It affects
also those who have accepted the
grace of God. who have turned their
backs upon sin and who are seeking
to walk in the narrow way. In the
footsteps of Jesus. Well does the
Apostle say. "The whole creation
groanetb nnd travalletb In pain to
gether until now. And not only they,
but ourselves also, which have the
first-fruits of the Spirit, even we our
selves groau within ourselves, waiting
for the adoption; to wit. the redemp
tion of our Body." tliH Body of which
Jesus Is the Head t r . uief and we
are symbolical members or an under
prlestbood (Romans vlll. !. 'Mil.
There Is a difference, however, be
tween the Church and the world In this
groaning, as suggested by the Apos
tle's words. The world groans aloud
without alleviation, uud even Its wait
ing for the manifestation of the sons
of God is a waiting in ignorance; for,
being out of touch with the Eternal
One. they know not of his gracious
purposes and arrangements for these
are kept secret from all except his
sanitllied oues. "The secret of the
Lord Is with them that fear (revcr-c-neei
him and he will show them bis
Covennnt" (I'snlm xsv. Hi. These
who ssess the secret of the Lord
"sorrow not as others who have no
hope" (1 Thessalonlaus iv. 13). They
"groan Inwardly" aud wait for the glo
rlUcntlon of themselves and all the
brethren, members of the symbolical
Body of Christ, by participation In the
First Ilesurreetlou. The hopes of these
must be realized llrst. before the bless
ing tan come to the "groaning crea
tion" in general. The latter are wait
ing for the manifestation of the sous
of God; namely, the Church In glory.
A Light In a Dark Place.
The Bible represents Itself as being
the candle of the Lord, the lamp of
Divine Truth and enllgbteument. But
it nils us that its light is not for the
world cither uow or at nny time
future. Its light is only for those who
by faith and obedience unto consecra
tion seek to walk in the footsteps of
Jesus. They need the light. God pro
vides it for them. These are repre
sented by the Prophet as saying to the
Lord. "Thy Word Is n lamp unto my
feet, and a light unto my path" (foot
step!)) (Psalm cxl.t, 105). This light
evidently does not shine far into the
future, but enough for each onward
step as It becomes due.
St. i'eter auiplllles the same thought.
After telllug us of the assurauce which
he himself and his associates had upou
the Mount of Transfiguration when
they beheld "the vltlon" (Matthew xvli.
M)i of the Lord miraculously trans
formed and with him Moses and Eli
jah and heard the voice from henven,
it wus forceful to their mluds as
teaching the coming of our Lord lu
glory. In due time. Nevertheless, says
the Apostle, honoring the Bible above
any vision. "We have n more sure
word of prophecy; whereuuto ye do
well that ye take heed, as unto a light
that shlnetb lu a dark place, until the
day dawn, and the day star arise"
(II Peter I. 0). liidicutlug that the
morning is at hand and that the Suu
of Righteousness will soon fulfil Its
mission of blessing all tbo families of
the earth.
But Why Is ThU Thu?
. Why does God permit the reign of
eln and death, Injustice, unrighteous
ness, sorrow, trouble, pnlu. headaches,
heartaches, etc.? Why does ho not
deal with humanity graciously, kindly,
lovlngly,as a Father as ho deals with
tho angelic sons of God? is it Just
er loving on the part of our Creator
much sympathy do we suppose t'wt
these Uoynl Priests should haveV Are
they not to be on the Divine piano of
glory, "members of the Body" of Mes
siah, the great kingly priest after the
order of Melrhlxedck? Ami or him has
not the Apostle written that he must
be a faithful and morvlful High Priest,
able also to sympathize with the peo
ple lu their infirmities? Does he not
declare that It was for this reason that
our Lord was touched with a feeling
for humanity's Infirmities? Ami Is It
not In perfect keeping with this that
all those accepted as "members of his
Body" should have such experiences lu
this sacrlttclug time as would demon
strate their loyalty to the Lord and
.iit,.iitt,.k HiMi- il.i.m nnmtntlmtli' In.
to bring forth millions of his creatures h d h! conmiltUHl l0 ,
under these admittedly unfavorable To uch btf commHl
condltlons-bcset by weaknesses and fe f huumu ,YSJJ(0(( imllft
slnwnrdness ftvm their b rth and sur-1 f sm nm, lWth colulon!j,mMl.
rounutM Of outers similarly wean, mm
WEEPING ALL
NIGHT
"Weeping May Endure For
the Night, but Joy Cometh In
the Morning" (Psalm xxx, 5).
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beset by Satan and his million wick
ed spirits? Is It Just that we should
thus be In an unequal tight subjected
to weaknesses and dying and Imper-
tal. moral and physical?
The Morning of Joy.
How glad we should be that our
lleavenly Father's sympathy for us
feet conditions on account of the sin will provide "a morning of Joy" to be
You May Not Think
of a Clothing Store
of onr tlrst parents nnd then, on the
same account, be lu dauger of an eter
nity of torture with nine hundred and
ulncty-nlnc chances out of a thousand
against us?
No. thank God. that thought of eter
nal torture which came down to us
ushered In. lu his "due time!" Addi
tionally he sympathizes with us to the
extent that he has given us lu advance
a message and Revelation and expla
nation to comfort us, to sustain us In
the way! We have already seen that
this Revelation Is only for those who
from the dark ages, and which we for have the eyes of faith and the ears of
a time supposed to be Biblical, we tltnl
now Is quite unscrlptural. when Judg
ed in the light of the Bible's owu tes
timony. The eternal torment doctrine
assuredly is not of God, not of the
Bible, but. as St. Paul declares, one
of the "doctrines of devils."
The Inheritance of weaknesses,
blemishes, sorrows, pain and trouble,
to which we were born, is quite suttl
clent nnd, according to the Scriptures,
these are all part of death, and all
faith at the present time. "Blessed are
your eyes, for they see; and your ears,
for they hear." "lie that hath an ear
let him hear."
We recognize the wisdom of God In
withholding the secret of his plan j
from the world In general. We recog- (
nize thnt for the world to know tho
deep things of God at the- presetit time
would be Injurious rather than help
ful to them. It might possibly work
an Interference with the Divine Pro-
reach their culmination iu death, gram. Nevertheless we nre uounu to
which Is the real penalty for sin pre- sympathize with the poor groaning
scribed by our Creator. The fact that creation In its blindness nnd Ignorance,
these blemishes still continue with tho The poor world kuows not why It
race proves that their sins are not camo into belug. Iu an animal fash
yet blotted out. and to this agree the ' Ion. eating, drinking, etc.. It seeks to
Scriptures which point us to the on- use tbe opportunities of present life
coming glorious day of blessing a 1 "! after a few short years full of
thousand years long, the Millennium, trouble. It goes down Into the tomb,
in which Divine blessing will be be-! isnorant of the purposes of Its crca
stowed upon every member of Adam's t usually considerably enthrall
race. The merit of Christ's sacrifice. ( by toar respecting the future bc
the ransom-price for sinners which he yml ,ho portals of death,
laid down, will by that time be innde , IIon" we may rejoice In spirit as we
available "for the sins of the whole i perceive the length nnd breadth and
world."
The merit of that sacrifice bns al
ready been applied to. the Church
"The household of falt'h"-slnce Pen
tecost. It has brought to this class
very special privileges, though very
different ones from those it will bring
to the world during the Millennium.
The willing nnd obedient of the world
will then get nstilutlon gradually
height and depth of the Divine Pro
gram for the future and the blessings
which It will bring to this "groaulng
creatlou!" How we long for the time
to come when the Church shall be
made ready, through the sufferings of
this present time for the glories of the
future of the Kingdom! No wonder
the Apostle declares. "He that hath
When you think of buying Christmas presents for
a man, but really you'd better. It's about as safe
a thing as you can do, if you want to give a man
something he's sure to want.
We are showing a large and exclusive line of
Neckwear, each boxed in a fancy holiday box.
Also a large line of
Gloves, Mufflers, Reefers, House Coats,
Bath Robes, Umbrellas, Night Clothing,
Shirts, Combination Sets, ( Tle' Irc nd ) Collar Boxes,
Suit Cases and Clothing.
Come and let us show you these elegant lines. The earlier you look
the better assortment we have to show you.
f I ill I
Hosiery
1 5c Up
this hope Iu him purltieth himself even
(Acts ill. 20). back to human Derfectlon t !,s be Ithe Lord) is pure (1 John III,
and a world-wide Edenic home. The 3k IIc ' our exemplar, our pattern,
blesslug upou the Church is different. Vo se!k to col)y uIm- Although we
The promise now made to those who . "'"" "ope to he like Mm In the .
can nnd will wnlk by faith and not by flc8u- we can be like him Iu the spirit J
sight is a beavenlv one. Thcv are to of our ,nlu(, "Ul1 us be of the char-: MILLIONS ARE SPENT
have a heavenly or spiritual reward ! ncter-llkeuess which the Father will JO AID THE FARMERS
LOTHING
C 1 o 4Jsv x x,ar
Pennants
5c Up
and in their resurrection become par
takers of the divine nature and have
no share thereafter in human nature,
lie pleased to honor with a share In
the "First Itesurrectlou." By that glo
rious "change" we shall be made like
WASHINGTON, Dec. Secre-
The conditions of the present time are ! ",,H actually and see him as he Is and tnry WiNon has issued n fetntemcnt
pointing out thnt the I nited btntes
share his glory
Morning, of course, cannot be ushered
severe, proiwrtlouately to the great
ness nnd grandeur of their heavenly
calllug. The terms of nccentance to
the divine nature include not only " until the rising of the Sun of Bight
faith and love, but a self-sacrltlclng i eousness. its beams of grace and
will. These sacrifice their earthly res-1 Truth will Hood the earth with the
tltutlon rights and privileges for the 1 "slit ot ,lu-' knowledge of the glory of
privilege of suffering with Christ, that ud ,0 sut'u n degree that It will drive
they may also reign with him lu bis out- expel, all Ignorance, superstition
me uiuruiiig oi joy. me .Millennial .... ia unniv, ; ,i, .;,.!..
Millennial Kingdom.
Learning by Suffering.
The same thought Is elsewhere ex
pressed. Only those who hear his voice
and obey him us the Teacher sent of
God will be successful Jn their en
deavor to become members of the
"Itoyal Priesthood," now being select
ed from
during the
borhood of $18,000,000 a year on ex
perimentnl work in increasing tlio
'yield nnd efficiency of tho farms of
the country.
I Tho statement wns inspired by the
charge rnnde by William C. Drown,
and sin. which have worked such
uiuue in our ruee. i
But what Is this Run of Itlghteous- j President of the New York Central
ness? Wheuco tomes It V The Bible linen, nl n dinnni- in XW York thi.-t
, ,t... .t i...
week, that the nation could beltor nf
ford to invest the cost of one bnltlo
fchip in agricultural experiment work
the world. Only those who ' ut'ai ,s n synonym for the Seed of than to expend it in the nicrcnoo of
o Millennial Age, will hear i Aurnam. of whom It Is written, "In 'tho nnvy. A bnttledup costs npprox-
nnswers the question by telling us that
It symbolically represents the lird
himself and the elect Church of this
Gospel Age. The Sun of Jtlghleous-
F. N.CUMMINGS
T. W. OSGOOD
OSGOOD & CUMNINGS
and obey will there receive this ereat u,ee 8,m" a" 1,10 "niim or me earth nnntely .fU.uuu.oiiu.
blessing of eternal salvation-eternal bt l,,t'fi8wl- ihe Mystery hidden for Secretary Wilson recited the ense
life under Divine favor, free from the n,,,mo tr,om mau? '8 ,UL fact 1,1111 thf of n fanner who wns raising only 'JO
curse. The reward to the world In tho . u,urc". ,0 8'"!rIt' w't'1 ,ler "d ln , bushels of potatoes to the ucre nnd
close of the Millennium nnd the re- PU'ry feature of his glorious work, not , l)Ilpnl(!(1 , ,,, dortnrtmont for
sitii in 111 rrfi t9 inir iiioa in vn nnimt ---- - --fi - - - - -1
elude eternal glory, heavenly glory and
joint-helrshlp with the Iledeciner bin
self ln his great work of administer-
And wo have our Lord's own words
that this faithful class will be re pre-
on tho fintno land.
ing cod's blessings to the world of nen,ed 1,1 ,ho Brent Sun of HiKhieous-1 How One Doctor Successfully Treats
Pneumonia.
"In treating pneumonia," says Dr.
W. J. Smith of Snnderrs, Ala., "tho
only remedy I uso lor tho lungs h
ness. the great Messiah, the grcut
Prophet. Priest. King and Mediator be
tween God and nfen (Matthew xlll, 43i.
"What Manner of Peron."
mankind, ns Mediator of the New
Covenant between God and men tho
world.
It seemed wise to our lleavenly Fa
ther that our Lord Jesus should learn
obedience through sufferings and bo
tested in respect to his willingness to
endure sufferlm; for rlehteousness'
sake, now appropriate It Is that tho He refers to lis. who know that tho use tnis remedy many times in my(
same Father should make similar ar- present order of things Is the reign of medical prnctico nnd hnvo yet failed:
rangements for all of the Church. ' sin and death from which our Lord to find a cuso whoro it has not con-
lellver us. What manner of trolled tho trouble. I hnvo used it
.i i I . H V ' , ' Chamberlain's Cough Kcmedy. While,
the Church. Inquires as to "what man- f j . ' ' '
ner of persons we ought to be In all cor" i woia trcnt otnor Hjmp
manner i,t hole llvln,. n,l ,lll0u tomS With different tnedlClllCS, I lltlVO
ENGINEERS
whom he will receive from amongst died to dellvt
the race of Adam to be members of , persons ought ice to be, who have heard myself, us hns nlso my wife, for
m ."T I,rIo,sthood un(ler 'Ie,sus' th0 ' !1,e r',m,,s "nvltntlon to Joint-helrshlp (;0U;1S nri( co,,g rcpetedly, and I
nigh Priest of our order. We seo a In his Kingdom, nnd who know that mogt w:iilniv ftn(1 cl corfnllv rocom-
necesslty for this, not only as respects : we are now on trial to determine by Tr T
of our own heart-loyalty to tho Lord, unwort hlness of that glorious position couRh rcm(dy to my "knowledge-." J-or
but additionally we see a wisdom on 1 to which we have been called by God's H"lo by Leon D. Ilaskins' Pharmacy.
God's part In thus preparing a priest- favor! How paltry, how insignificant,
hood of tho future. Tho term priest , do all tho affairs of the world appear
as recognized amongst the Jews was In comparison to this great prtze set be
not merely one who offered sacrifices, fore us in the gospel!
although every priest was of necessity i And what should be our attitude to
a sacrifices Tho speclul mission of wards the world, seeing from this In
tho priestly tribe amongst tho other side standpoint of Divine Hevelatlon
tribes was that of instructing, helping, ! the real condition of tho world and
healing, teaching. And so God is pre
paring a Boynl Priesthood for tho Mil
lennial Age to bless, to heal, to teach,
to uplift all the willing nnd obedient of
humanity.
Tho royalty of the priesthood signi
fies that It will no longer bo a sacri
ficing class, for all sacrificing will bo
at an end. It will be a glorious class,
royal, of tho divine nature, nnd repre
sentatives with our Lord Jesus of tho
Divine power. As priests who will
haro to do with judging and chasten
ing, healing and helping humanity, how
God's sympathy for It? Its Ignorance
should make us very sympathetic, and
very much disposed to lend a helping
hand of relief In every possible man
ner. We should be ever ready to re
move the scales of blindness from tho
mental vision of nil who give Indica
tion of n desire for God any who
neeni to be "feeling after God, If haply
they might find him" (Acts xvll, U7i.
Only such will be ready for tho King
Horn, fit for the Itoyal Priesthood, ev
ery member of which must be "touched
with a feeling" for earth's iuflrmltles.
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