THE iOSDFOBD X1ATX TRIBUNE, MliDWBD, 0B1S00N, SUNDAY, JiMSBRUARy (i, VMO. THIS SERMON IS A REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURE ' II AV IC Ahh KINDS W IHtV COHDWOOI) KOU H.YMC Ooo ooo PEOPLE'S PULPIT... Sermon by CHARLES T. RUSSELL, Pastor Brooklyn Tabernacle Ooo Chicago, Jon. 2. Pastor Iiusscll of Brooklyn Tabernacle, New York, prtnehed here twice today to large au diences. The Auditorium of world wltio celebrity for its size and excellent acoustics, afforded the Immense audi ence a superior opportunity to hear Pastor Itusscll's discourse in the after noon. We report his ovenlnp discourse based on the foregoing texts. He said: The opening of a New Year Is like the opening of a new ledger. It is u favorable time for. determining what should be disposed of in the protlt and loss account and for putting into effect resolutions governing the New Year. The fact that thousands of resolutions will be made at this season only to be broken later under the impact of temp tation, should not discourage us from making such resolutions ourselves and advising the course to others. The man or woman who makes no Hcsolu tions or Vows makes little progress In character-building. Foor, fallen human nature needs all the bands and brace? and supports which a well-directed will can give it. We are not advocating hasty, and sometimes unreasonable, vows and resolutions and pledges thoughtlessly taken. What we do ad vocate is thoughtful, rational sitting down and counting the cost, and then and there resolving with the full strength of the character, with the full determination of the mind, to pursue tho way' which deliberate Judgment tells one Is the proper course. A Christmas Vow or Resolve. A Christian, like other men, can be benefited by such Resolves to himself, which should bo sacredly kept, In pro portion as be respects himself and would be respected. These Resolutions may apply to sundry affairs of life his home, bis business, his personal habits, etc. But when the Christian comes to consider his highest Interests, he at once recognizes that they are those by which bo is related to his Creator and his Savior. At the very beginning of his Christian experience, after ho had longed for righteousness and turned from sin; after his eyes bad Been Jesus as his Redeemer; after bis ear of faith bad beard that he was reconciled to God through the death of his Son and had forgiveness .of sins through faith in bis blood then came to him the most Important moment of his life. For God, through bis Word Invited him to make a full consecra tion of himself (including every earth ly interest and affair) to the Lord and his service. The proposition, in the language of the Savfor, was that he should lake up hla crow and follow Christ; and that as a reward be should have in the present life tribulation from without. but the peace of the Lord within, and in the future life experience a share in tho First Resurrection. That change to glory, honor, Immortality, the Dl vine nature, means Jolnt-helrshlp with his Redeemer In his great Otiice and work as the Mediator between God and the world during the Millennial Age. Tlw teems are clearly stated, self-denial, cross-bearing, service for Christ, faithfulness unto death. The rewards also, as clearly stated, are crowns of life and membership in the Royal Priesthood, a seat with the Lord In his throne, an opportunity of being one of the judges for helping and up lifting mankind during the Millennium While stating the conditions clearly and distinctly, through his Word tho Lord did not urge cousccratlon, but said rather that each should sit down first and count the cost. After having counted the cost, whoever chose to ac ccpt tho proposition did so by making a Vow unto the Lord a Consecration Tow of full submission the full sur render of tho will. This was to the intent that thereafter uot only tho conduct of life, but the words of the mouth and the meditations of the heart should bej&ceptablp to the Lord- This comprehensive" VoW is Symbolized in baptism, which, rightly understood, as explained by St. Paul, Is u buptlsm Into membership In tho Body of Christ (the Church), and this by baptism or 'Immersion "Into Christ's death." 1 Only such as make this Vow are ac cepted at all as members of The Christ, and anointed with the holy Spirit. It Is respecting this Vow that St. Paul urges, in tho words of our text, "I be seech you, (Justiiled) brethren, by tho, mercies of God, that ye present your bodies living sacrifices, holy, accepta ble to God, and your reusouublo serv ice." Our contract with tho Lord Is entered into, made secure, by the Vow of Consecration, and the remainder of life Is merely u testing of the conse crated one, to determine to what de gree he really meant the Vow; to what degree he uses bis every endeavor to be dead to the world, dead to self, dead to all earthly things and aUre toward God and the Interest of the Millennial Kingdom to which he has consecrated himself as a "member" of the Dody of the Mediator of the New Covenant (Jeremiah xxxi. 31; Gnlatlans, ill, 20). "I Will Pay My Vow." Let no one, lightly undertake a Vow eato the Lord. It carries with It weighty responsibilities. It would bo better every way tlmt nono should taknthc Vow without n"r8t(uii(lorfffiii(l iug the mutter ui)iWiiUirlrig"f ully Info, the spirit of the resolution be innkev PRESENT YOUR BODIES. "What Shall 1 Render Unto the Lord My Cod For All Hit Benefit Towk1i Merfl Will Tke the Cup ol Slvatwa and Call Up on ihe Name ol the Lord. I Will Pay My Vow Unto the LonT (Palm an. 12). "I Beseech You. Birthrrn, by ihe Mcreiei o( God, That Ye Prevnt Yout Botliei a Litng Sacrifice, Holy and Acceptable Unto Cod and Youi Reasonable Service" (Routant ui, I). O OQ- .. Once made and accepted by, the Lord through the lmpnrtntlott of' the holy Spirit, it cannot lie annulled. Rut wh.t should wo wish to annul the Vow? Why should attyouo who puts his hand to the plow look back? To use tho Apostle's Illustration, why should the! hand in the Kingdom sow mat was wasinxi return to wal lowing In the mire? Why should wo. after having renounced the world utul received tho begetting of the holy Splr It, and after having tasted of the good Word of God and the powers of tin Age to come. lose the precious tnstt and appreciation of these. and return in craving to the beggarly elements of tho world? Surely there hro no good reasons for so doing. Surely the Joys of the present life, us wll,us the hopes of the Kingdom to come, all should en courage us to fully "set our affections on things above and not on the things beneath.' The world, tho 'tlesh aud tho Adver saryall exercise Influences contrary to our Vow or Resolution to the Lord to bo dead to the world and to self that we may be ullve with Christ und share his glory suffer with hlut. that we may reign with him. The poet has expressed the rjroper thought herersay lug. "My soul, be on thy guard. Ten thousand (oca arise; The hosts of stn nro prossJnjj hard To draw theo from the prtxe.'" Much of our success in keeping our ow or Consecration depends upon two things:' (1) The clearness of our grasp of the situation when we made our Vow and the thoroughness of our Intention; the amount or weight thereof; the wilt power exerted for righteousuess. (2) An additional feature of great weight in the matter U the degree of our knowledge. It Is in line with this thought that the Scriptures declare "My people pcrtsh for lack of knowl edge." God has given us his Word and informed us that It Is "profitable for doctrine, for reproof and for cor rection in righteousness, that the man of God may be thoroughly furnished." lie has advised us to search the Scrip tures and to forget uot the nsseui bllng of ourselves together. And where his advice is followed and tho Scriptures are searched dally, uot in a formal manner, but with a desire to know and to do the Lord's will and to be guided In his way, a strengthening of the will is effected. Correspondingly, there is a weakening of the evil In fluences which oppose us us New Crea tures and our Vow. Tho Word of God Is so arranged as- to provide "meat In due season" for all of his faithful peo ple, whether old or young, In every time. As "babes In Christ." as young men aud as full-grown sons of God, It Is for each of us a storehouse of Grnce and Truth, to make us strong in the Lord aud in the power of bis might. Only by appropriating this spiritual food can we have strength to fulfil our Vow, to finish our course with Joy and to attain the Kingdom. Item by item, as our minds ure able to grasp its un folding prospects of glory, honor and immortality, we ore thereby strength ened by the Lord's might In the inner man. In proportion as we realize tho facts of the case we may appreciate what a great largatn the Lord has offered us we surrender in consecration our earthly rights, privileges and pleasures. and receive in return more happlfylng spiritual blessings In the present life and the Inheritance of tho unspeakable blessings and glories of the future. It should, therefore, become much moro easy to pay our Vows with a willing heart, as we grow In grace and iu knowledge of tho Lord and his Word, Indeed, as tho Apostlo suggests, It is possible for us to reach tho place wbero we can "rejoice In tribulation also" knowing that thereby our future bless ing is increased. "What Shall I Render?" As the consecrated believer consid ers what God has already done, and what he proposes yet to do for his faithful, gratitude wells up in his heart and bis inquiry is, "What shall 1 ren der unto the Lord for till his benefits V" The moro he considers tho matter, tho moro he realizes thut his talents and opportunities are necessarily small, In significant. It is from this standpoint that tho poet wrote, "O for n thousand tongues, to slug my great Redeemer's praise." It Is well indeed to show our npprc clutlon of God's grace by songs of thankfulness and praise, but wo uro to remember that not merely poetic ca dences are our acceptable songs, but that from tho proper standpoint life Itself is the proper hymn of praise to bo continually rendered to the King of kings, "Singing and making melody in our hearts unto tho Lord" will imply that our works will be In Imrmony u song of life" (KphesiaiiH.v. 10). Taking the Cup. ' The Psalmist's answer, prophetically represents the attitude of heart of all the faithful. Uach Is expected to say, "I will take the Cup of Hulvutioii and eall upon the nauio ot the ord" (Psalm cxvl, 13). The eup of salvation at the present time Is the "Cup" which opr Lord proffered to his disciples, Buy ing, "Till Is my blood of Ihe New Covenant sbi'd for tunny for the remix tion nl slut, iniiili y uJI of It" (Mai thew xxvL 27, 28) It is n "Cup" of j suffering, self-dunlal, self-sacrliico, as i respects the earthly things which wo give up. surrender, that wo may at tain the heavenly thlims as Joint-holm with our llodcwiier. There might bo danger, however, of some getting tho wrong thought on this subject, There Is a peculiar pleasure In drinking of the Lord's "cup" of self-sucrlllce, which those who Imvo never partaken of can not hope to understand. It Is tho pleasure of fellowship In his suffer ings, as St. Paul explains. And a part of the pleasure connected with that "cun" U the associated hope of drink- I.... ...t.l. ...... T ...1..... I" iii wiui our im ui in: iMiu-r m Joy apd glory and blessing In the King-1 dom. ns be promised. i The necessity of pnrtaklng of this ; "Clip" of the Lord Is shown by the 1 Savior's words to two of his disciples who Inquired, saying. "Lord, grant that we may sit with thee, the one on thy j right hntul and the other on thy left j Our Low's reply was that they little realised what ' this high privilege of sitting lu the Mil- i lennlnl Throne with hlni would cost. Ho Inquired. "Are yo able to drink of , the cmj that 1 shall drink of?" (Mntthow j xx, 22- the eup of suffering. Ignominy, . dishonor, death ?"nud to bo baptised with tho baptism that I a in baptized with?" not the baptism Into water. My best fit, S7.G0 por cord, Ami I have tuniio good ill' for ?(.ri), , ml If you want It sawed Into otovowo.nl i will vout cu coats pur cord moro As soon as roads nro hotter wood will he clioapov. 1 rlso do wood anwlng by the cord or by tho hour. I also tuko orders for jour fn.i wotnl, 1 will Imvo your woo.t cut now and dt'llvot tho 8mu to you any tlmo next Ritnimor, and you do not have to iwy for It until dttllvutcd. For fur tbi r tnfornmMoii call iuiu roo mo at 121 South Orupo i-o. AVdford, Or., or phono .m.v.i: ! r. tii . isteln. ".Mitt FOR ALE Laud ! UM Acres of Good Fruit j I utile) west of Grants Pass, j Forty feven lots in Jacksonville, (luo location. , I have also got a lmlr of fine but Into that which Is symbolized tiv ! 'iigar jvmen, nvo month oiti, the wnter -a baptism Into his death, which tun bo bought ut a rwmoimblo The npostles Indicated their willing ness. And we enn do no more, if ; left" to ourselves, undoubtedly the con-' tract would be 'moro than wo would bo sufficient for. Utir sulllclency is of God's providence our great Redeemer ' Is our High Priest and Advocate, able to succor us In every time of need, and able to provide ways of escape from trials too hard for us; able to strengthen us when weak; able to give us the "meat iu duo season ;" able to make us strong in his might; able to bring to our nttcutiou the great mid precious promises of God's Word. Yen, says St Paul. "I can do all things through Christ, which strcugtlicueth , me" (Phlllpplnns Iv. 13). i "In tho Presence of All the People." In the context the prophet declares. "I ..-III nn,. I'.,., .a ,1.,,.. .1... I .....I I.. I . .IJJ w t o mill, int.- 114 the presence of all the people." Pub licly, openly, I will espouse the Lord's Cause. I will remember Ids words, "Whosoever shall bo ashamed of me. and of my words, of him also shall tho Son of Man be ashamed, when he com eth in tho glory of his Father, with the holy angels" (Mark vlll. ;uji. 1 will bo faithful In the performance of my Covenant to such a degree that my" loyalty shall be known to all the broth price. knquiui: GJ. Lewis Jacksonville Bargains For Buyers 140 acres, $V25 por ncre, one miloj from Btnliou, nil cleared; will subdi vide. 3;iVi neres, mileH from Btntton; finest nlfnlfn mid apple laud; ut n bnrgmn. CALL and see us in our New Quarters, 108 W. Main St., next door to York & Co. Realty Office. iRex Market Huth 5 Pech Props. Phone 3071 I REAL ESTATE CITY PROPERTY. New five-room house nntl four lots rcn ns well as to the Lord, who reads I for $2500; with terms. the heart- Yea. and the worldly should know of tho faithfulness of God's ieo plc. even though, uot appreciating tho matter, they should despise them aud count them fools for Christ's sake. Vows of this kind are not for the worldly, even though they be morally disposed. They are yet In their sins, If they reject tho offer of Divine for giveness upon Divine terms of coac eratlon. Such mny not think to take Vowa of consecration to the Lord until first they have renounced wilful sin , and accepted redemption through faith in the precious blood. Until then tlioy remain amongst tho wicked. "Unto tbo wicked God said. What hast thou I to do to take my words into thy mouth las a yowl seeing thou bntest instruc tion and easiest my words behind theo" (Psalm 1, 17). All who do not wish Di vine instruction, all who spurn the Lord's Word, nro in this sense wicked in a wrong condition of heart. We are glad that there is no truth in tho theory that they are liable to eternal torture, but, oh, how much they are missing, nevertheless, of the Joys ot tho Lord in this present time and of the glories and eternal blessings of tho ruturel In closing, dear friends, let mo sug gest to you n little Vow unto the Lord not as Instead of your Consecration Vow, which Is all comprehensive, but as supplemental thereto as specifying certain matters, which are Indeed part nnd parcel of your Consecration Vpw. The thought Is that by this Vow theso particular features of your obligation will bo dally moro prominently beforo ( your mind. It Is my belief that the' taking of It earnestly nnd soberly, and 1 the keeping of It, would bo one of tho wisest Now Year's Resolutions Hint' God's people could make most helpful I to tnem in the peculiar tlmo in which we are living. A Vow Unto tho Lord. L Our Father which nrt In Heaven, hal lowed bo Thy name. May Thy rulo come I Into my heart more. and more, nnd Thv , will be done In my mortal body. Relying 1 onhe asaUtance of Thy promUed Brace to help In every time of need, throuirh . Jesus Chrlit our Lord, I register thin vuw. i r-t n 1 1 .. ...mi . , . . . - avuiijt niu x i ciuciuucr ni mo ilirono I of Heavenly draco the Kcnernl lnteret of tho liarvcft work, and particularly the enaro wnicn i myieir um privileged to enjoy In that work, and the dear co-laborers at tho lirooklyu Tabernacle, and everywhere. 3. I vow to mill wore carefully. If no. Bible, rcrutlnlzo my thoughts and words and dolngi, to tho Intent that I may be the better enabled to serve Theo und Thv dear flock. 4. I vow to Thee that I will be on the alert to resist everything- nkln to Bplrlt- um ana uccunuin, anj mm, remember- ric that there are but the (wo masters, hall reslit these snares In all reaion abla ways, as being of tho Adversary, 6. I further vow that, with the oxcep tlon below, I will at all times, and In all places, conduct myiielf toward thore of the opposite ex In private exactly as 1 would do with them In public In the presence of u congregation of the lord's people. (. And, so far a reasonably posalble, I will avoid being In the same room with any of the oppoilte eez alone, unlei the door to the room stand wide open. 7. Exceptions In the case of Urethren wife, children, mother, and natural sis ters: In the case of Bisters-husband, children, father, and natural brother. Should auy of those who take this Vow unto tho Lord desire to inform me of the fact, I shall be very pleased (0 lii'tir from them ut my lirooklyu ud-dress. New five-room modern bungalow on King street, for $2000. 10 acres adjoining tho city limits, for $600 per aero. This is n splendid proposition for subdivision. HUNTLEY-KREMER CO., 214 Fruitgrowers' Bnnk bldjf. Phono 3401. REAL ESTATE SNAPS A bargain 41 acres fruit or ul falfn land, 2 miles from station. Finest fruit nnd alfalfa ranch in Applcgato valley, ditch nnd water right with place; $00 an acre; ensy terms. 00 ACRES of timber seven mllos from Mcdford for salo or trade. Threo tlmbor and homestead relin quishments for salo cheap. Money to loan on city proporty. SiskiyouLandCo 206 Plilpps Building, Medford, Or. Farm Land Timber Land s Orchard Land Residences City Lots Orchards and Mining Claims Medford Realty Co Room 10, Jackson County Bank Building RESOLVED Tho best resolution for yon to make is to como to us for your next suit, if you wnut something out of tho ordinary. Wo dn the host work nnd charge tho lowest prices. W. W. EIFEBT TUB FBOOXK8SIVB TAILOX SEE US FIRST When in uecd of Electric Wiring, or Fixturou, nnd savo Mouoy by get ting bent workmnnBhip. Dynamo Repairine u specialty. FLYNN BROS. HEDFORD'S PREMIER ELECTRICIANS. t - MAIN STREET The JACKSON COUNTY REALTY COMP'Y 604 WEST TENTH STREET. OR 124 KING- STREET. MEDFORD OREGON Office In residence, corner West Tenth and Kino Streets. Always proparcd to show you the best Jack son county has in the real estate Hue from the unimproved land to the best bearing orchards, farm land or stock ranches; also city property. The manager has had ten years' experience In the county, which will aid the prospective purchaser. Seeing Is knowing. We also have modern rooms to accommodate our patrons. Following are Some of our Good Buys 16 acres Newtowns nnd Spitz apples, $16,000 easy terms; juBt ready to boar. 10 acres Newtrmi and Spitz apples, 4-year-pld trees; $5000, easy terms. Several nice small tracts near town just coming in bearing. 360 acres 1 1-2 miles north of EaeJc IV. $18,000, easy terms. 200 acres south Eagle Point, $10,009, easy terms. House, two lots, well locat ed; price $1700; terms. 293 acres near coal mines, $9000, easy terms. ALSO AGENT FOR TIIK SNOWY BUTTK ORCHARD. Two lots, fine location, $1500. Several aero tracts, fine lo cation to subclfvi. lots for sale. ISM