THE MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1910.
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PEOPLE'S PULPIT...
Grieving the Spirit.
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Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pailor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
Htlllllll)1, Off. UI.-i'UNtor ItllKMI'll of
tho llrnoklyn Tiitwriuirlv tiri'iiiliml lo
tiny from, tho tint, "(irlcvi not lliu
hull- Htilrll
Hfiilisl unto tho iliiy oMlWuVriua'
(KIiIidmIiiiin W, !!()). lie mild:
Mont t'vlilonlly our tixt Ih not ml
dri'HNfil to tin hcMilH'ii, who Icnow not
liil, nor to tho iiiiihm'M of ('lirlNtcnituiii
oven, Imt inort'ly tt thOMo who romt t
nn liitltnntf nciinlntntii'0 with tli
IHil nml. who hiivti rt'colvcil liU liolj
Kplrll iih n Ncnl, murk. I'vliloiiu'. proof
tlinl thy y nml by will itliiihi tin
frulllou of llidr Iiohh-iIii i ouiiltl
of tlnlr mli'iiipllon, )lr iiIiumIiiii il
llvvmnco from nln nt.il dentil romll
tloiiH, MohI nMMirwlly no nn roulil
Krlovo the holy HjitrU yho Iwul not n
wlvwl It!
Tin' cxpnvwlon. Iwly Bplrlt of Ofxl,,l
hrnt twrjl cxnctly In tho unim? KunNp'ni
If wo wrrc Mpcnlflnc to a ilcnr cattily
frliMiil. wIiohi Fiyinimtliy, frlhiwhlp,
fnvor wi hud learn to lrui rrjr
hlulily Of ftirh w nilrtil My In rury
nltnllnr lneitiKi, If you do iwi and no.
It would numiredlj wnnml nnd irrlrr
inr npirii r your uonrr rnena i n
Intlumtlon would lie Hint you would no
loitKcr lmv lilx cMtmn nnd for nn
lofor: Hint Hie n'prrhwidcd conduct
would cnuw inorc or litw or n breach
Ix'lwcen you nnd your friend It would
not nicitn I tin I hli nrqnnlnltinrr would
tiorowmrtly c cut forcrcr. ntrfl thnt lu
would tifcotnc your cnniiy. ItiMcml o
your friend It would uicnn, rnilicr,
Hint tuivltiK been your friend lie would
cittiH'in you no ungtr worlliy -of Hit'
in nn dcfjnif of fellowship and conll
Ocncp nn iH'forc lie would no Ioiiri
trcni you iim n ilenr nnd Intlmnt
friend, ntnl couiuiuiilcnlc to you 11
pin n nnd iirmnccincutN bIiwk rnrioun
lluea lie might Mill wnk Un l
pnNcd by, nnd trent you In errry way
Minlly. yel there would be n dlfferptice,
n roolnewi. .n KepnrNllon, n cloud, lie-
tween, f you entccinnl Hi lore
your friend. IiIn fellnwNhlp, hi inter
est In nil of your nffnlrn, you would
iiHNiireilly l continually tm jrnanl !
in iiothiuK Hint iiilcht wound, nrrend
Krleve 1 1 1 tit and nllenate IiIn ayi'npathy
nnd fellowHlilp- cnjiecliilly If b were
on n higher jilnne of wealth or honor
or Intelligence limn yourself, and our,
therefore, whone pntronnpp. mlrli- ami
oiiiimI you needed and ilrMrrri
'I hi, we take It. In Hie thought bo
tiliid the AptHtle'M word "arievt' lu
our text II la dourly nlll'il with the
thought of offcndltiK our beat friend
our Creator, our IleHTenly Tnther. V
lire not to rt the tlwliKlit Hint the
Krent Creator of the Hulrerae could be
netunlly cuuaed aorrow, Krlef. repln
liik pnln. by nuy conduit of oura. He
Ih toil Krenl mid we are too luxlcnlll
cunt. Vet our Heavenly Knther takes
note of iin nn n world of innnkliid tie
Iiiih provided for our rellrf from aln
nnd IIm peimliy, deiith. He li apn'lnlly
llllereMleil III those who huve ri-lxinilcd
to lilx cnicioiiK iirofferti. "Mkv ua u fu
(hut pltleth Ida children, m the Ixird pit
leili thorn Hint reverence hint" (I'miiIui
rill. l.li. I IIm pity extended beyond
HilH-wen to love, when we heartily
ucccpU-d lila fuvor and innde full con
aovnitlou of our little all to him. It
wiih then Unit lie wna pleused to aeal
iih, to Klve ua I lie murk or Htntnp of
aoiiHhlp, to evidence to ua that we hnvo
iH't'lt boRolteii ngatu to a New Nut tin',
to immortality, to alary witti niiuMjf-
tf an be that we continue faithful to
our vow of cooHeerntlon.
Th Lord' vlewtlt.
Ah a father he waichcH over the In
tureHta of itilx couHccrulcd clans. A I
UioukIi, iih the Scripture any, they mo
"few," he cMtltniitcM them very highly
mid, nuiouKHt oilier prcrloua tuuiica,
Klvek to HtcHc KotiM of Hod tho Utlu of
"Jowela." Tho cxperlt'iicea of the prea
cut life are Intended to polLih theae
Ji'wela to prepare .them foru heavenly
Nuttlni; In tho Iteuurrectlou Mornlui;,
"They ahull be mine, anlth the Lord of
lionta, In that day nhrn 1 make up my
juwola" (Malachl III. 17).
Am tho lapidary flrat waahea the dia
mond which lnn been picked from the
tulry clay; aa ho then critically exnm
Iiich It to note Itu very beat iHxalblll
tloa; aa he then u'Itcn dtrrctlon to the
workman reipoptlnt; Ua cutting nnd
subaoqiirntly rttipectltir Ha poltihlntr,
wo have thr Dlrlue llluatrutlon of how
(Jdd'u prorldcuce tlirosik the holy
Spirit, the holy I'awer of (JihI, over
rulcti and mildew In all tint xperlcuufa
of thlu cotiHocrateil "Jewel" claaa, It la
ronulrwl of thoiii that they exerv'lao
fnllh nnd learn to rejoice In trlbuln
tloiirt, aH well an In more plrnmirabU
exjiorlcticcH. Itnowltifr that they are In
God'u liiinil, nnd that, If thry urn nub
mWalve to him, he 'will "work nut for
theni a far more excccilltii; mid oIer
mil, wi'lKht of Klory" throiiKh tho dla
upt)iilutincntH. (he frlctloua, the aor
i'owh, the leafs, the iwikuIhIi even, of
earthly oxpcrlcnccN If theso be on
dured for r:hteiutiuoaa' nuke,
O 1 1 1 1 1 1 k down to human comprchen
tldli, the Lord rcprcHciita lilinsi'lf nn
plt'MHcd or dlspU'iiNcil, rejoiced or jtrlev
oil, after the maimer of the moat nohlo
of the htunnti family, lleciiuae of li Ih
Koticroull.v, It Ih btiucvok'iico, li Ih desire
to io kooiI unto nil. nud impcclally to
the liniiHchnld of faith, and particular
ly to tin; fully consecrated, our Crea
tor tnlciw pleiiHttre lu tho worltliiKout of
u icenl Plmi of Silvitllnn for humunltv
Text, "Grieve Not the Holy
Spirit of God, by Wlncli You
Were Scaled Unto the Day of
Deliverance" (Eplicsinns iv, 30).
tton upon our hcnrla, auiillutr ua, mark. 1
liiK ua, continually deepening tho lm
prenxlon, ovitnttially iriuiaformliiK ua, ,
until, by the final elniiitfc of tho Klrat i
ItoHUrroctlou, (ho acnliiiK iirocoaaca ,
ahull luivu been nccompllahed. Then ,
tho KlorlottK promlxca of Hod'a Word
liiivliiK been fully realized, wo ahull bo
lllie our Lord on (ho aplrlt plnuo nnd
ahnrcra of IiIh lory. Tlieu wo ahnll bo
Krnnteil tho prlvlli.'Kca of aaaoclutloii
with him In hla Millennial Kingdom
work for thu uplifting, tho roatlttitlon. i
tho hlcnaluK of larael mid nil the fa tri
ll lea of tho earth. Hut let tm not for
Kt't that no oito Ih Healed with tho holy
Spirit of promlae, except hu linH turn
ed from aln nnd accepted our Lord
JcHtta iih hla HeileemeT and who Iiiih.
additionally, conaccrutcd unto death
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T. W. OSGOOD
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iwinizca wiih tin- "jtronuitiK creation '
nnd hna prmulaed naalatniico-dcllver-titicc.
Hut hla Wladoiu dolermlitea thnt
the lexxoti of tho NlnfulneM of alii and
the blltorncaH of Ita fruit niiiHl Prat bo
thoroughly learned Then the deliver
nucn to iltfhteniiHiieHH nml life may bo
the belter appreciated ntnl nil dnlip'r
of a reveralou lo aln lie ncolded. nml
an eternity of rlKhd'oiiHiieaa nnd bleaa
Int.' remit.
Prnparnttnii for thla urent prnttrnni
tinH not biTlt awlft, nor la hnate neceM
wiry The eaon of aln nnd Ita bitter
frultnco haa enmo lo the world dtirlns
alx ihotiHfltid yenra, Hioiieh no alnclo
rneiiila'r of the rnce neiiled or received
ao prolonitetj a leaaon, Tho flrat alep
of recovery wna nccompllahed by our
Itedeamr'a mitIIIc of hlinvetf The
aerond atep ban lMen In procran alnce
IVntisooat (tha rallliitf and atrrptlust
of the antltyplcal Lvvltrx) aiwlally
nmoncat thr of Hi antll,vpUnl prleat
IiokI, who now rejolclnrly anffer wllh
the preat HIkFi Prleat They lay down
their lire In hla aervlce. under the
promlKo thnt In the Klrai Iteaurrectlon
they ahall lw with their Itrdwmer nnd
ahare tila Klnry and, na a "roynl prleat
hooI" under him. rule. Inatnict. nnd
oyery way naalHt In tiillftlui; the
Strnnnliur rrentlon" diirlnR tho llllen
tlt I ICItiKdnm of the prent Mediator.
wIioho inembera tliey will bo Till atop
lu the Divine Plan la apoken of lu the
KcrlpturoH na "The Myatcry of Ood:"
Hint tin Church now lielnj? aeleelwl nre
"fTirflrr" of The Chrlat Ah aoon na
thla "inyntery bidden from nRca" ahall
Im completed nnd the Church tn glori
fied, with her Iird. then our prayer
nnd the prayer of our Redeemer will
fx-fln lo hare fulfillment- -"Thy KIiik
dom come; ihy will be done on earth
na It la done In henven."
Not nil who have untned the niyno of
ChrlHt; not till wbohvn turned nwny
froa a la; sot all b bare teAm faQ
couaecrntlon of Hiemaelvea even will
attnln to the Ktorlotta "thdiRa which
(Jod hath In renervatlon for them that
love him" Only auch of the conae
crated na learn In the School of Chrlat
the great Icanoti of supremo love to
(JimI and heart obedience to hU will
(outward nlxdlenco alao to tho extent
of ability) only thcao will bo uccoiiutcd
worthy to ahnre In tho KlnKdom. It
la tunic that nre mentioned lu our text
aa aeleil ty the holy Spirit of prom
ise mid wnltliiK for tho reaurrectlon
morulni;, the dellvernnce day, the day
of attainment to the Ktorloua thlngH
which (Jod haa lu reservation for tho
fultliftit. Aa n IovIiik parent watchea
the profcrea.1 of hla child In achool. ao
tho Henvenly Knttier la Interested In
our protean, nnd deHlroua that wo
ahull make our ouIIIiik nnd our election
euro to tho henvenly glories. Hence
ho picture himself na ptta.inl with our
pniRreaa nnd na grktvd when wo fnll to
learn tho neceaaary leaaoua. Ho haa
promlNcd ua n plnce with our Lord In
hla Millennial Kingdom Throne, but
the protnlae la a conditional one. Our
Uodeonter expreaaea It thiH "To blm
thnt overrninctli will I grant to alt
with mo In my Thmno. Thua wp get
n glimpse of (Jod'a Hpcclal Intereat In
each of hla consecrated, aplrlt-bogotton
children, TKsy M Inm m
urn amlle In mpiaVM wa vhm7
tho ItisIi-emer'H footatejwi. A fallnr
to walk tn thla wny jrrierra the Iord'a
aplrlt or figuratively lirlnga tila frown
Instead of his amllo unit tonda to aep-
arale us from Ills love
The child of (Jod should eok to ever
live In the sunshine of tho Henvenly
Fitthe.r'H favor. Whatever clouda nrlso
between auch nnd their very boat
earthly frleiidH will ho light nflllctlons
Indeed, If they still nbldo In fellowship
with tho Henvenly Father nnd the-Son.
through tho holy Spirit the aplrlt of
love, the aplrlt of Truth, th aplrlt of
olh'dlenre. Hie aplrlt of self sacrifice.
Indeed, If earthly friendships nnd
earthly lovea bo entirely severed
through faltbfuluraa to the Lord, the
loyal one may reach the place where
ho can "rejolca In tribulation alao,"
8aled by th Hcly Spirit.
A seal h an authoritative mark,
With a algnatura a aeal Implies that
the contract of the docameat la no
longer open, no longer a mere pro
posal, but an accomplished, tin la lied
agreement or bargain, In oUles times.
seals were usually Imprewnl la wax
whllo It wna yet soft; tho aeal Itself
represented a coat of arm or some
thing representing the personality of
the one who used It. The prossuro
upon the aoft wax wna gradually In
rrensod nud then hold (Irmly until tho
wnx had cooled, hardened, nnd permit
ted the removal of tho hcaI. without
Injury lu tho Impress which then wits
clearly rovouled. This la Hk mental
picture which our text brings licforo
our minds. (Jod our Creator, our Fn
her, linprossoH upon our wIIIIikj hearts
his holy Spirit his own elmrnotor
HkenoHs, which Is specially oxompllllcd
for is lu tlx words mid doings of our
The Ooallno Operation.
God'a holy Spirit, In effecting thin
aonllng of our hcarls. In malcliig thla
Impress of the Divine character upon
us na Now OretitiireH. uses various
means. Olio of those Is tho Word of
GckI, sometimes called "tho Hword of
tho Spirit." Its Instructions, encour
agements. wnrtilngH and promises con
stltiitit n power of OisI upon Uio hcnrtH
of IhoHo who lovo rlgliteoustiess and
bate Iniquity nud who nro striving to
Rorvo the Inl with wjlllng nud self-
sacrinclng hearts, Tint Word of (Jod j
may rencn omers niai iniiucuce uiem
mon or less this way or that, but only i
upon this one special class docs It cxer-1
else this tealhiff siwcr. Another agen
cy for tho ImprivMilng of tho Divine
will, "the mind of Christ." tho holy
Hpuit. upon our hearts U God'u I'rov- J
Idencei. Theao. boworer. can be right- j
ly understood only by those enlighten- i
cd by the Word, tho niblc. and can be
rightly npplled only by tho meek, Uie !
humble, the tmatful. who hnvo mndo '
tho consecration nud nro Booking to !
tniitce their calling and clecHon sure.
The holy Spirit iihoh theao different
means of developing In tho consecruted
onca the mind of Christ, tho aplrlt of
God. the holy Spirit: nnd tho sealing
thus effected mnrka each Individual na 1
one of the Lord's "Jewels." one of tho I
Lord's "mcmlKTS." In preparation for
n shnr with the Lord In Hie henvenly
Kingdom. There Is a blessing experi
enced In conjunction with tho sealing (
Itself o Joy, n pence, n rest of heart, 1
which the world can neither give nor
of tho present time nro merely n fore
taste or "enmest" of the great Inherit
mice which Is to lie theirs with the
completion of their experiences In the )
School of Christ. In tho end of this
ago nil of these faithful ones, "not
tMBy," "a Uttli flock." wtn jwcts the
end of the Journey nnit. tiy tho First
Ttefliirrecllnn. Iio "ehannrd In n moment.
In Hie twinkling of nn eye." into the '
glorlotis likeness of Hie nedecmer.
Thnt wonderful moment will bo in the
early dawn of the Millennial Day.
which Is the T)ny of Redemption, tho
Duy of Dellvernnce.
Ocllveranea For tho World. j
Hut while Uie Church will be the ;
first to tio blessed In that dellvernnce !
lny, the Scriptures nsstiro us that oth- ,
era nlso will bo delivered "the groan- '
Ing creation." Hut tho Church will be I
flrat every war. nnd then through It na ,
tho riody of Christ, tho blessings of j
rtstitutlon opportunities will bo extend
ed to nit others. Thnt will be earth's 1
great Deliverance Day or. na shown In '
tho Jewish types. It will Is? the nntl- I
typlcnl Jubilee Year, In which the
world will bo released from Its bond-
ngo to Bin nnd death. Aa St. James do-
clnros (I. ISi the Church Is "a kind of
first-fruits unto God of nis creatures." I
Hut tho first-fruits will have n great
pre-eminence, in that tho First Resur
rection will bring them spiritual per
fection, aa well aa n share. In the Mil
lennial Kingdom. Theirs will Ik? an In
stantaneous chnnge. while tho oppor
tunities or tho world will be that of
sradual uplifting from slnjind death
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o rlKlitooiiMiioM ami In wolf fmcrllleo In
Iio Inlorost of othorn.
What a liciuillfnl plcturo our toxt
tlion l'Ivoh im of Hid lirilv Hnlrlt'rt ooora
nlnnw!, na4 ta a woiU-vH
hom't.
'I he prlcTlnic of the hor Sp'rtt, '.bon,
vroilrt n'Ktilf.v that tho PrM'nR ?roc
osh. wnild rtl?ont!nnr: tint the rork
wonlil nJt be accompllHhctl: that tho 1
Word nml rrovldoiieeH of Oml would
not provo offoctlvo lu I ho heart which
hnd prlovod the Spirit. In other wonln,
It Is ivqulnNl thnt thl vorlc of scaling
shall bo fully with our consent (co
operation!. elfx It cannot proceed. Tho
AjKxitle Intliuntefl thai nolf will on our
part, or a recurrence to I he aptrlt of
the world, would bate thla hltanttng
effect. Thla la attown In tho context
procedlnx:, which aliould lx fully atod
led. It Is not our wfcih to dteHxtrnee any.
liody In any roeaaure of well dolnjr. On
tho contrary, we encourage all with
the Scrjptuml asuuranee that not n
Rlivglo net of ktndneaa dune to oae of
the lenat of the Lord'a dtsclptea will
full of Ita reward ct a cup of cold
water. It Is or duty, boweTer, to call
attention, not only to tha uraadeur of
the lrb which the Lord haa H be
fore bis Cuurob, but alio with equal
persistency to call attentWui to the
particular twins upon which It may be
secured. It la not tn Tain that the
pontic wrote. "If ye do thine thine.
ye ahull nerer fall, for o an entrance
Rhall lie ministered unto you abun
dantly Into the oTorlnstlnu Kingdom
I of our Lord and Savior .Tonus Cliriat."
lu lb very Maine connection Uie Apow
(lo i'iiIIk iur attenllon to Nome who
have prleved the holy Spirit where
with they were mmlod unto tlw day of
deliverance, siiylnn: "Hut he thnt lack
eth iIiono thlnea Is blind and cannot
see afar off (Iiiih lost his spiritual Might)
nnd has forgotten that he wiih purged
from his old mIiib" (II Poter 1, 8, W 1
Po, then, dear brethren, let us plvo tho i
more earnest heed to the Word of the
lxird. lent we Bhould lot the bleaseil
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