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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY M, 1910.
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pjlor Brooklyn
Tabernidc.
Ooo
FEDERATION VALUE
The Church Militant's Surrender
to the Church Triumphant.
"Sj ye not, A Federation, lo all them to
rhom thu people hU uy, A Federation J
ee&Het (ear ye Uir (ear, nor be (raid'
(ltaiah vra, 12).
OOO
ilroofclyn. Feb. C-Tho fourth and t ,nS th nam of Christ hypocrltlcnlly.
final meeting for the consideration I icrc,r ns SMiueht to deceive, that
iuvj umj iuq ucuvr t,"u iuirtr vuua.
Thus wo find the nominal Church to
! consist of
f doctrinal surrenders necessary to
Church Tederatlon was held today.
Brooklyn's largest auditorium, the
Academy of Music, being crowded.
"Pastor C. T. Russell, of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle, delivered the address as
follows:
Having viewed during the past three
(1) Hypocrites; (2) Moralists; (31 In
dlffercnts; (4) Seekers after godliness;
(5) The true Church, "the sanctltlcd Id
Christ Jesus" (I Corinthians, 1. 2)
"members of the Body of Christ"
prospective members of the Church
true, the saintly, the "sanctltlcd In
Christ Jesus." Nevertheless It will bo
composed of two classes, as lllustrat.
ed by the Priests nud the Unites In
the type, (ll Jesus glorltled, the ami
typical High Prtcst. and tils faithful
footstep followers, the ntitttyptcnl tin-tler-prleathootl
otherwise his "Bride."
Together these are styled a Royal
Priesthood or a Kingdom of Priests.
St. Paul tells us that MclchUcdek. who
was a priest upon his throne, merely
typified the Church Triumphant-lleul j
THIS SERMON IS A REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURE J APENESE
i ii .no a OOQ. n true, the salntlv. the "snnctltleii Jn
T Christ Jesus." Nevertheless It will bo QV UAVCO Dill
PFAPI F'Q PHI PIT r.'.0 ui HA I to HILL
M. JLJl ML ML4JL4 WJJ ML V JLrfA 1 !
Press and Politicians of Nippon Ex
citedly and Adversely Discuss
New Allen Measure.
and Body The C hrist, "A priest for
ever after tho order of Motehliedek"
a priest upon his throne. During the
Millennial Age that glorious Priest,
Head and Members, will bless and up
lift, rule and Judge, the world of man
kind, with a view to recovering ns
many as possible, as many ns will
obey htm, from the ruin of sin nud
death. Durlug the thousand years of
the Melchlmlck reign nil the families
of the earth will be blessed with op
portunities of return to human perfec
tion and to earthly Paradise. The
willing nml obedient will bo destroyed
TOKYO, Fb. 12. Seeing retnlin
jtion in tho action of tho house intiui
' grntion committee in considering fuv
ornbly tho Httyes nuti-ulien bill, Jn
pnnso pross nttd politician through
out the empire today nro oxcltudly
' nml ntlvorsoly discussing tho meas
ure. Tho Hayes bill, which hero np
; pears iikly to become n law, pro
vides that no nlien shall bo admitted
into tho United Stntes if ho is found
ineligiblo to booomo a citizen. This
Sundays what the leading denomlna- j Triumphant
tlons would need to sacrifice In the In- I Fightings Without and Within.
in the Second Death. At the close of is considered as paramount to tho
the Millennium, Christ's Mediatorial ' exclusion of all Japanese nud Asint-
terest of Federation, we come today to
the final discussion of this series The
'Church Militant and Triumphant and
tier interest in the Federation move
ment Lett us endeavor to take so
broad a view of this subject that there
will be no room for disagreement on the
part of true Christians of any denoml
nation.
Unnecessary as It may bo to explain
to this large aud Intelligent audience
the significance of our tonic. The
Church Militant nnd The Church Tri
tamphant, I must think beyond the
thousands present of the millions who
to-morrow will receive reports of this
discourse from that great channel of
the world's progress, the secular Press.
Hence I explain that the term Church
Militant signifies the Church In war
fare, struggling with the powers of
trll, while the Church Triumphant slg
tfies the Church victorious, glorious.
d with her Lord, the Heavenly
'groom, as his Bride nnd Queen
e great Millennial Kingdom soon
ess and uplift the world of man
I should further add that while
an this discussion we- have considered
the various denominations of Christen
6om and their creeds, we must today
Ignore all human systems nnd creeds.
We must take the broad, general
ground of the Scriptures and recog
&lze only one Church. '
Nor may we make the mistake of
saying that tho one Church is one Sect
Ko sect, iio denomination, however
great and influential and numerous
and rich, either In sordid or historic
wealth, can be conceded the right to
appropriate the name which our Lord
gave to all truly bis disciples. Surely
ftone of us is sectarian enough to dls
Ktte tbls premise. We must learn to
recognize, the Church of Christ from
the same 'viewpoint as does the Head
-ef the Church. We must learn the
force of St. Peter's words to Cornelius,
Of a truth I perceive that God is no
respecter of persons; but In every na
Hon he that feareth him and worketh
righteousness is accepted with him"
.(Acts x. :H. 35).
Taking, therefore, the Scriptural
view of the Church, we recognise It
mm the "Body of Christ" of many mem
bers, over which he Is the Head. It
la composed of consecrated followers
it Christ Irrespective of all denomina
tional lines those who, turning from
Bin, accept Jesus as their Redeemer,
through whom they bare forgiveness
f alas and reconciliation to the Father
)Kee who have become disciples of
Jrist, taking up their cross to follow
and who have received the beget
t of the holy Spirit Who could
pute that these are the Church of
rlstt Who shall say that they must
yeibag to tbls Communion or that or
lose their relationship to the Head,
Cfertet Jeeus? The apostles never re
ferred to Baptist Christians, Methodist
Christians, Catholic Christians, Prett-
Sterlan Christians, etc., but merely to
we whom we have described and
Whom they styled saints "the Church
C'the living God, whose names are
written In heaven" (Hebrews xli, 23;
I Timothy ill, 15). Let us keep strictly
Within the lines of God's Word and
avoid the errors of the past Let us
-today consider this Church as the
Cfcnrcb. Militant and prospectively the
Obarch Triumphant.
Tho Church Militant
" If we all agreo that wo have before
ear minds the real Church, the Church
ef the New Testament, let us notice
that there is a nominal Church also
and that wo are not competent to fully
determine which are the real and
which are tho nominal Christians ex
cept by tho test which our Lord has
gven "by their fruits ye shall know
em." Whllo the real Church of fully
eonsec rated believers, faithful to the
Xjord and his Word and the principles
ef righteousness, Is represented by a
.Tory small number, thero is a nominal
Church related thereto as is u shell to
the kernel of a nut. The nominal
Church Includes those whoso munuer
ar whose atteudanco on worship Implies
9 relationship to Christ without Iiavlng
one tho length of a full faith-accept-a
of him In Haerlflcc, perhaps with
having fully turned from sin even
their hoarts, and without having
lo a full consecration to serve the
1. This nominal class may bo sub-
..ded into bellovers who are favor
ably disposed toward Christ and right
eousness; others who regard the
Church as merely a moral club de
signed for social and moral, benefit or
laluence upon the world, by counter
aetlsg sinful Influences; still others,
'Miter at heart sinful and selfish, bar
la ae faith whatever in Jesus and no
whatever for morality and aa
Every member of "the Church of the
first-born" was called "to suffer with
Christ" that he may be also later glori
fied with him iu the Millennial King
dom. Only those who will stand the
test of faithfulness under sufferings,
trials, crosses, self-sacrifices, have the
promise of sharing with Christ the
glories of the Church Triumphant.
"If we be dead with hlni, we shall
also live wltii him; If we suffer with
him, we shall also reign with him; If
we deny him. he also will deny us"
(II Timothy II. 11. 12).
But why should the Church fight?
Is she not commended to live peace
ably with all? Are not Christians ex
horted to war not with carnal weapons
and to be smitten on both cheeks,
rather than to return evil for evil?
Where, then, comes In the fight? Who.
are the foes? Surely none would as
sail a non-resistant!
ics. mo press is a unit in denounc
ing ns a reinitiation aimed nt Nippon
becatisesof tho Japan refusal to tie
cede to terras of Secretary Knox's
Mnnoliurinn plan.
Kingdom will terminate,
As the Levltes were much moro nu
merous than their brethren, tho priests,
so there Is another class In the Church
corresponding styled "a great com
pany, whose uumber no man know-
eth." In that they were not specially . , . n . , .,
predestinated. These less earnest, less 1,1 "J 3 P ICUratlOn.
zealous than tho faithful "little flock." 1 T0K0, reb. 12. The eightth
will roach a plane of glory through ' anniversary of the ratification of tho
tribulation also, but with less Joy. ! Anglo-Japanese nlliaiico will bo cel-
These. we are told, will be with the ; obratod here tonicht.
r
Tho Drjtish ambassador here", tho
premier nnd lending Jupnnese dig
nitaries, will bo entertained nt a
banquet by Minister Kouuira who
will make the principal speech.
We reply that the facts do not bear I long for the time of their "change" In
Bride as her companions. As Levltes
they will serve God In his temple, but
not be members of the temple class,
the Priesthood. Theso will have palm
branches and be before the Throne,
while the Boyal Priesthood will have
crowns and be In the throne ns mem-)
bera of the Body of Christ I Cl'ltKI) WITHOUT A KNIFE.
Th Church Militant's Surrender. J Al,0,lt lht years aKo, after hav
A1I the soldiers of the cross, ex- lnK consulted several physicians who
perlenclng fightings without and with- J failed to euro my wife, I cnTled!n Dr.
In against the powers of sin nnd dark- ing of No. 725 J street. Sacrnmen
ness and their own weaknesses, surely t0, Cnl. After making an oxamlna-
out that suggestion. Our Lord and his
apostles were peaceable and non-resistant,
obedient to kings and laws,
and yet they suffered violent deaths.
as well as stripes aud Imprisonment
They had their uames cast out as evil.
And those who persecuted and ma
llgncd them verily thought that they
did God service. AH who follow In
the Lord's footsteps must expect siml
lar treatment because, as Jesus said.
"The servant is not greater than his
Lord." "Man-el not If the world hate
you, ye know that it hated me before
it bated you. If ye were of the world,
the world wtftild love his own: but be
cause yeare not of the world, but I
have chosen you out of the world
therefore the world hateth you" (John
xvliL 18. 19i. The Master said. "The
darkness hateth the light," which ex
plains why the chief religionists of
bis time, being of wrong condition of
heart instigated his crucifixion. They
were of ibe darkness, living outwardly
holy, while In heart they were far
from consecrated to God. The very
holding up of the torch of Truth was
painful to them, reproved them and
excited their animosity. Human na
ture Is the same today. Notwlthstnnd
ing the fact that heretic-roasting has
become' unpopular and intolerable to
the world, there are methods of pri
vately and symbolically roasting,
slashing, wounding and killing prac
tised by those estranged from God.
though sometimes highly esteemed of
men and wearing vestments only
slightly less glorious than those worn
by Calaphas and Pilate.
"Who Scourgeth Every Son.'
The Scriptures explain that there Is
two-fold reason why Jesus and all
of bis followers are required to suffer
for righteousness' sake,
(1) It is requisite to their own char
acter-development tbat they should not
only profess absolute loyalty to God
ana to Truth, but that this loyalty
should be put to the test. Thus we
read of our Lord that though "holy,
harmless, nndcflled," he was proved
perfect in his loyalty by the things
which he endured by his obedience
even unto death, even the Ignominious
death of the cross. The same princi
ple, the Scriptures assure us, operates
in connection with all whom God is
now calling to be Emmanuel's associ
ates in the Millennial Kingdom. They
must suffer with him if they would
reign with him. They must walk in
his steps (Galatians v, 11; vl. 12; II
TbessaI6nlana 1, 5; II Timothy I, 12;
II, 0. 12; III, 12.
(2) These experiences are designed
of God to qualify us to be Judges of
the world during tho Millennial Ago
that the Christ, Head and Body, may
be merciful aud faithful towards the
people of earth. LlkowJse It Is proper
that the world should know that Its
Judges havo thus been tempted and
tried, and nro ablo to sympathize with
them In their weaknesses and In their
endeavors for righteousness and more
willing to help them up. up. up to hu
man perfection than to consign them
to tho Second Death.
Although this conflict has lasted for
moro than eighteen centuries It has
not been long for any nlngle Individ
ual. With the Master himself the trial
period was only three nnd a half
years. Ou the whole, as compared
with eternity, tho entire Gospel Age of
Sacrifice, na tho Master said, Is but
"a little while." And as for tho af
flictions and testings themselves, St.
Paul gives tho proper thought, saying,
that at most they nro "light afflictions
but for a moment and not worthy to
bo compared with tho glory that shall
be revealed in us," the overcomers
(Romans vlit, 18).
The Church Triumphant
The Church In glory and in power
will contain no hypocrites aud no
Bierely nominal Christians only the
the "First Besurrectlon.' They long
for the time when this mortal shall
put on Immortality; when this cor
ruptible shall have put on Incorrup
tion: .when we shall be like our Re
deemer and see blm as he is and share
his. glory. Gladly, therefore, do all
of God's consecrated people wait for
the blessed change promised at our
Lord's Second Coming, when that
which Is sown in weakness shall be
raised in power; when that which Is
sbwn in dishonor shall bo raised In
glory; when that which Is sown nn
animal body shall be raised a spiritual
body (I- Corinthians xv. -12-H. .
&i). Surely such, having prayed. "Thy
Kingdom come; thy will be dono on
earth as in heaven." are waiting for
the King and God's time for estab
lishing his Kingdom for the blessing
of the world. No wonder the Apostle
wrote of these. "OhtsoIvcs also, which
havo the first-fruits of the Spirit, even
we ourselves groan wltbln ourselves,
waiting for the adoption, to wit the
redemption of our' Body" the Body of
Christ the Church, through the power
of the "First Besurrectlon" change.
This will be our glad surrender to the
Church Triumphant, when we shall
hear the Master's voice saying, "Well
done, good and faithful servants; enter
ye Into the Joys of your Lord. You
have been faithful over a few things.
I will make you ruler over many
things" participants in the Millennial
Kingdom glory and Its dominion of
earth for tho uplifting of mankind
(I Corinthians vi. 2; Revelation 11. 20i.
Uriion er FecUratlorv Which T
I ask you, my bearers, and Indirect
ly I ask the millions of my larger con
gregation whom I address weekly
through the public prints, What ad
vantage will ncerui to tin Church Mil
itant through the ou-comlng Federa
tion? 1 reply that great advantage
tlon, he pronounced It a case of ab
scess of the bowels, for which he ac
complished successfully a cure with
out a knife. About a year ago he
also treated her for heart trouble,
with which ho had the samo success.
Some time .back ho cured mo of a
cane of kidney trouble. Anybbdy
wanting any reference can address
mo nt No. 528 Oak avenue or Ante
lope, Sacramento county,
H. J. ATWOOD.
January 8th 1910.
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manner expected, but along the lines , ' " . ... w.
lines I I cagie rumi ?;uo a. m.
of the Divine promise that "All things I
shall work together for good to, tliein
that love God to the called according
to his purpose." The Church Federa
tion, which the Scriptures distinctly
SllOW US Will III. (Ti'Clil ivlll lli-lllrln
the various rkisses already Indicated:- '
(1) Hypocrite-: 2i Moralists, i t. Fol-.
lower. .,fcir off: (4i Saints, '
But lu the Federation the Moralists
and Higher Critics will be dominant
forces. The .saintly will less than ever
be In evidence and appreciated. The
outward, and apparent success' of tho
Federation will seem wonderful for a
moment but the results will be disastrous.
The saintly few, guided by -God's '
Word and holy Spirit, will awaken to I
tho true situation and becomo separat-1
cd from tho nominal mass. Their mis
guided hopes as respects tho bringing
about of a spiritual Kingdom on earth
will bo thoroughly shattered, and, more
than ever, they will look to the Lord
as tho source of help and wait for his
Kingdom to come through the Re
deemer's advent and the Resurrection
'change,"
in a word. God's saintly people need
no outward Federation, even ns they
need no credal fences. So far us these
ure concerned, the sooner all barriers
between thorn ure leaped and they
como together us members of one
body. Joined to the one Heavenly Head
and Lord, the better. Lot C'hurchlunl
ty produce its Federation nnd seo Its
folly and failure, us outlined In our
text. But let the saints of God draw
near to him and to each other In a
spiritual Union and realize to the full
the meaning of tho Apostle's words.
"One faith; one Lord; one baptism" i
one "Church of the Living God whoso
names are written In heaven." This
condition cannot bo attained through I
outward bonds, but can be attained
only through drlnkjng Into the one
(Spirit obtainable through the proper
-anderstandlng of tho Word of God.
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