TEE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1910.
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THIS SERMON IS
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PEOPLE'S
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pattor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
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Sunday, Jan. 30. The third meet
ing for the consideration of Church
Federation was held today. The spa
clous Urooklyn Acudcuy of Music was
crowded with Christian people of till
denominations to attend the third
of the series of four meetings called
by the Peoples Pulpit Association.
Pastor C. T. Itusscll of the Brook
lyn Tabcrnaclo addressed tho large
audience for nn hour and a half.
The deep Interest felt was evidenced
by the profound silence, as well as by
the eagerness of face. The text was
the same as on tho two previous occa
sions, "Say ye uot, A Federation, to
all them to whom this people shall
sny, A Fedcrntlon; neither fear ye their
fear, nor be nfrald" (Isaiah Till, 12).
The speaker said:
We meet today to consider what sac
rifices would need to be made In the
interests of Federation by the three
oldest denominations of Christendom.
Of these Lutherans hare least to sur
render. Their tenacity for tho Word
of God they may still maintain, even
though others of the federated bodies
might more and more abandon the
Holy Scriptures, under leadership of
tho Universities. Colleges and Semi
naries teaching Illghcr-Crltlcism-Infl-dellty
and the Evolution theory. The
Federation nevertheless would still
permit Lutherans and others to lovo
and reverence the Word of God nnd
yet be in fellowship. Almighty God.
the Son of God and the Holy Spirit,
.firmly believed In by Lutherans, would
nil he acknowledged with more or less
of mental reservation by all the de
nominations associated In tho Federa
tion. Nothing along these lines would
need to he abandoned. Kven Luther's
plea of consnlistantlatlon in the Eu
charist may be held without objec
tion. Even tlu- honor of being the first
denomination of the Reformation
might still be held. We conclude then
that Lutherans would not be required
to sacrifice nnythlng.
Some Things In Common.
Episcopalians and Catholics have
Bono things In common. They each
claim to represent the original apos
tolic Church. They each claim
(through their bishops in the laying on
of hands) apostolic authority. Their
common claim Is that all other denom
inations of Christians whatsoever are
false churches without Divine author
ity and hence not to be recognized or
tolerated. Accordingly no minister of
another denomination would be per
mitted to preach either In n Catholic'
or an Episcopalian pulpit. And If by
mischance such a circumstance should
occur It would bo considered neces
sary to purge the sacred spot by n
kind of le-eonsecratlon. From the
stnndiM)lut of these denominations all
others oro heretics; but, they say, not
willingly so, but Ignorantly so.
Here note the fact that a cleavage is
In process amongst Episcopalians. A
minority, termed lilgh-churchuieu, are
gradually separating Homeward, while
the majority are sharing the senti
ments of olher Protestants, to the ef
fect that the mutter of "apostolic suc
cession" is probably less Important
thau their forefathers supixscd. For
the purposes of this, discussion we
may without otTc-usc Ignore the high
church miuorlty nnd say that the
Scriptures which plainly foretell the
perfecting of Church Federation indi
cate that it will Include Episcopalians,
but will not Include Catholics. Never
theless the Intimation is that while
tho Federation will be a Protestant
one, It will not be antl-Cnthollc. On
tho contrary the two great systems,
Catholic and Protestant, will frater
nize and eo-oxruto along various Hue
especially In the manipulation of so
cial and political lutlucuces.
The breadth of the Episcopal creed
will not call for particular sacrifices
In Federation. If only their pride on
the subject of njKwtolIc succession can
be satisfied. They are all prepared to
admit that uo particular wisdom or
holiness has been communicated from
geueratlon to genoratlou, from bishop
to bishop and from bishop to lower
clergy through the laying on of hands.
They are willing to admit that there
have been mou us wise and others as
foolish outside as inside their Com
munion. They are willing to admit
that uo greater light ukhi the Word
of God nnd its meaning has come
down to humanity through Its chan
nels than through outside channels.
They nre willing to admit that their
clergy have uo more of Divine Grace
and Truth. Wisdom and Power than
have others of God's people, both cler
gy and laity, outside their boundaries.
Hence they are willing. nu. auxlous.
for Federation, and ask only thut their
"face bo saved," by some acknowledg
ment of the loug (dollied thought that
ability to expouud the Scrtpturtw aud
the Greco of God In expounding tuein
could be had only thP'Uitu their than
nel. They have no delr to roe
their claim to suiwrlor gr' and truth
by measuring swords of th Spirit with
rther minister.
. Cp to the pnaeut time Episcopalian
decline to be iartie to the Federatlun
unleas their special claim tw Id torn
sense or degree recognized. Prldw says
It would never do to retra' t n- v all
that the denomination has stood for
In separation for itnturlei The;
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Mass Meeting No. 3
CHURCH FEDERATION
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Counting the Cost
What Episcopalians, Catholics and
Lutherans Must Surrender.
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would urge Christians of the other de
nominations, especially tho clergy, to
consider the advantage which would
accrue to the Federation by having all
Protestant ministers accept their ordi
nation. They do not claim that It
would make them wiser or better men,
nor more ctllclcnt teachers, cither of
truth or error. But they do Claim that
it would give them an authority in the
eves of the people and give color and
reasonableness to the Federation of
many churches with discordant creeds
posing ns one church in the Federa
tion arrangement.
The argument Is, "The common peo
ple, the laity," are disposed more
thap ever to think for themselves on
religious subjects and to study the
Bible for themselves. If, therefore,
as ministers, you desire to hold the
people in check so that they shall not
thluk for themselves you would do
well to concede the claim of npostollc
succession that uo one Is permitted
to luterpret or teach the Bible except
those who have received apostolic
benediction. It was disregard of this
claim of apostolic benediction which
led to freedom of thought on religious
subjects and ultimately led to the for
mation of the various sects. You
should now seek to restrict further In
vestigation of the Bible nnd further
Interpretation of It by accepting our
theory, by permitting us to grant you
recognition in some simple form of the
rights of apostolic authority through
our bishops. If you do not do so you
will more and more lose your hold on
tho people, for we are coming more
nnd more to a time of individual
thought on every topic.
The Scriptures lutlmate that this
argument "111 ultimately prevail and
grck'.t Protestant denominations be
tlin . vitalized nnd, In co-operation
with Catholicism, for n short while
Jomlnate Christendom socially and
politically, crushing out individual
thought and negativing and black-listing
all lellglous teachers outside the
Federation nnd its Catholic Ally.
From this standiolut the Eplei'ul
system will lose nothing, but even be
a gainer of prestige through the Fed
eration. What Catholics Would Surrender.
For Catholics to Join the Federation
would signify the surrender of n great
deal, and yet. In the light of the Twen
tieth Century, surely much could be
surrendered without any sacrifice of
mauhood merely with the sacrlfleo of
a, little pride. For the Church at Home
to federate with the Protestant
Churches would mean that they ceas
ed to protest aud that she relinquished
her peculiar claims:
(1) That she alone is tho Church of
Christ and has authority to instruct;
(2t That she Is more than a Church
or prospective Kingdom that to her
has been committed by God the ruler
ship of the world In respect to nil mut
ters temporal and spiritual, hence that
she Is the reigning Kingdom of God.
(ID That her Popo is tho authorized
representative of Christ, auoluted and
commissioned of God to fulfill nil the
prophecies of the Scriptures respecting
the reign of Christ, his Millennial
Kingdom, etc. This claim of Papacy
that the Pope's- reign Is de facto the
reign of Christ Is expressed In tho
depuration that he Is tho vico-gerent f
Christ the one reigning instead of
Christ.
(-1) The doctrine of traus-bubstantla-tlon
that by the blessing of a priest
the ordinary bread and wine are trans
muted into the actual soul of Christ
(his flesh and his blood) for sacrifice
afresh In each celobratlon of the Mil..
Whatever moy have-beon true iu the
remote past, assuredly our Cuthoik
frteuds can no longer claim thut all
the purity, all the faithfulness to God.
all the sunctlty of life amongst be
lievers In Christ are to be found In
her communion. St. Paul dechites, "If
nny man have not the Spirit of Christ
he Is none of his," Surely all Chris
tians admit this standard aud h; ror
rectn ess of tho Apostle's teaching
Hence the Ignoring and setting aside
of all creeds and barriers which have
heretofore hindered the Unity of the
Church of Christ might be possible
Thus the first Catholic objection might
easily bo removed In faTor of Federa
tion, or, still better, In favor of Union.
As our Episcopalian friends full to
prove that the apostolic succession to
ordination gave either greater wisdom
or more grace to their clergy than to
other ministers of the Gospel, might
not our Catholic friends reasonably
admit the same?
The second claim that Papacy U
God's Kingdom, that the Pojmjh reign
tuccotwlvely as Cbrikt's Vicegerent
febould uot be difficult for Catholics of
our day to lay atlde. Ilowevor strong
ly it wa held lu th dark past It U
surely little appreciated by Catholics
today No longer do the Pope dotal
nate the civil ruler of Christendom
And no lout-r d the people cuusidei
It wlfce that i hey buid do so. Mun
aud more the iuhiumm apprweiau the
fact that the orlffial kingdom of earth
was giveu to father Adam and that
mankind a hi, ih;.dmi are the uat
ural heirs of the inheritance. More i
!'d more the f pl. are dlapoeed
consider pop-:- .irs emprora a: '
kings a1-' mf-rf ''gv.rr- head- with
any real title or ami. tty Horn heaven
to rule or to coerce the people. More
nnd more the masses demand Con
gresses, Parliaments. Hclchstogs and
Doumns. And more and more do they
demand that these shall reflect the
sentiments of the people in civil and
religious matters. The. day of dark
ness and Ignorance in which the peo
ple believed that popes and kings were
Divinely appointed to rule them with
Divine authority has gone by. Gen
eral Intelligence has taught mankind
that it Is n mistake to suppose that
one God-apK)lnted king and kingdom
were Divinely nppointcd to wipe anoth
er Divinely appointed king and king
dom 'off the face of the earth. Hence
popes and kings now admit that they
reign by a popular sufferance, and
their appeals for money, for armies
and navies, Is no longer on the score
that they were Divinely Instructed to
obliterate each other, but ou the score
of Belf-dcfensc.
This claim, however, wholly de
stroys the argument that we aro now
or ever In the past have been under
Christ's Kingdom, cither direct or
through the popes. Neither now nor at
nny other tlmo in the world's history
has there been a reign of righteousness
such as the Scriptures declare Christ's
Kingdom shall be. May we not, then,
with good grace Catholics and Prot
estants admit that neither our Catho
lic popes, emperors and kings, nor our
Protestant kings, emperors and heads
of Churches are reigning with any
DlTlne authority manifest to human
Judgment? Let us humbly admit the
nonsense of the legcuds on our coins,
Catholic and Protestant, to the effect
that kings and popes rclgn by the
grace of God by Divine appointment.
Let us rather sny that they camo Into
power through the exercise of brute
force and In a time of common public
Ignorance. Nor by this do we mean
any disrespect to tho governments of
today rather we have shown that to
day the people nre ruling through
their Congresses, Parliaments, Helch
stags, etc., and that the kings and
emperors nro mcro figure-heads of
power, more or less useful and de
pendent upon the good-will of their
people.
If' It bo asked how we shnll account
for the period of tho dark ages and au
tocratic and devilish misrule, our re
ply would bo to point to the Apostle's
words. He declares that Satan Is the
god or ruler of this world, who now
operates through the disobedient
through those not In harmony with
God, who constitute the vast majority
In Christendom nnd elsewhere. And
we remind you that our Lord Jesus
also spoke of Satan ns being the
Prince of this world or age (John xll.
31), nud of himself ns tho Prince or
Huler of the coming Age, the Millen
nial Age (John xvlll. 30).
Ah, yes! the sooner both Catholics nnd
Protestants admit what they and all
the world now see, the better namely,
that for a long time our great Adver
sary held us In a bondage of ignorance
and superstition, in getting free from
which many bright minds have reacted
towards iufldollty, because they did
not see that many of the teachings of
the past, both Catholic and ProtcMitnt.
were not only Irrational, but most posi
tively unscrlpturnl teachings of men,
nnd, ns St. Paul declared, "doctrines of
demons" (I Timothy Iv, 1).
Not Vlee-jjerent Christ.
lu view of the fore-going In view of
tho fact that the Dlvlnu titles of ull
kings and emperors are now abrogat
ed, papacy need feel no special dl
graco to her cause iu similarly ubru
gating the claim that the popes reign
ns representatives of ClirNt or have
authority so to do. Indeed such ;i
claim Is more safely denied than held,
for In the light of our day papacy's
best friends cannot look into the past
nnd polut with pride to any achieve
incuts as properly representing the
reign of tho Prince of Pence Iuimnn
uel. In the light of the present nil of
God's people, Catholics nnd Protesants
of every shade, should rejoice to Join
In tho Lord's Prayer-"Tliy Kingdom
come; thy will be done on earth us it I
done lu heaven." Suroly this Is what
all saints of all denominations should
desire nud pray for and labor for.
Not that we can hope to bring it to
pass of ourselves, however. Nearly
nineteen centuries of efforts show to
the contrary. Even our last century
of great missionary endeavor. Catholic
und Protestant, proves this. United
States statistics show that in the year
1S0O there were six hundred millions
of heathens, and that In the year 1IM
their numbers had doubled there-wcrc
twelve hundred millions of heathens
While continuing our exertions on be
half of the heathens nbroud und at
home, let us tie our faith to the Apos
tie's words and "wait for God's Son
from heaven" (I Thessalonlans L 10).
At tho second coming of Christ and
the glorification of his Church, "his
elect," "his saints," gathered from all
denominations, Catholic and Protes
tant (and some from outside of uli
of them) only then will the glorious
rolgu of Christ nnd the Church begin
Only then will the spiritual Seed of
Abraham be complete nud the work f
blessing the unregenorate world begin
tho Millennial Kfngdom work- the
overthrow of Satan and bis empire
the scattering of darkuewi. lgnoran c
nnd superstition which he funtered
tbe flooding of the earth with the light
of tho knowledge of th glory of ; !
the restoration of natural Isrsel t
Divine favor the bringing lu of ei
lasting; rlghUtouauetut through a ur-i,
tal, pbytdral nuA moral uplift. Wlm
ever then shall refuse nil tbo,
hi eatings aud pr1vll-j.e will b !
Mroyed from aruuat the people
Tbu eventually lu the clow f "
Millennium God's will xhall be d"t .
on earth eveu as It hi done tu heaven
aa fully, as completely This U tlu
"Kingdom of G-hI'm dear S-n" f r
which we waif and prai And h-
ever ur rr i I Mher kingdoms, e
VETO BILL 18 TO
COMEIJP FIRST
Fato of Cabinet's Success Depends
Upon Immcdlnto Consideration
and Passage of the Veto
Bill.
LONDON, Feb. 28.Tlio Mippoit
er? of tho Asquith mi'iistr as
sume from tho nttitudo of tho king
that tho veto bill will be passed, oven
if King Edward is compelled to
swamp the'houso of lords with new
ly nppointcd liberal peers.
The fnte of tho cabinet's success
through itR nllinnco with nationalists
ntul Inboritcs, depends upon tho im
modinto consideration nnd pnssnpe
of tho veto bill. Premier Asquith
prncticnlly lias tho king's assurance
tlint if the lords balk nt the cur
tailment of their prerogatives suffi
cient liberal peers will be appointed
by him to carry out tho program of
tho ministry in the house of lords.
It is understood that ttie premier
told tho kiiif; that ho would bo com
pelled to resign tho premiership un
less tho kinc agreed to tho plnu.
STANFORD TRACK CAPTAIN
HITS SOME HARD LUCK
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cnl..
Feb. 28. OwitiR In n torn tendon in
his loft leg, Captnin Scott of the
Stanford university truck team did
not pnrticipnto in tho trvont of tho
team on tho track Itere today. It
is feared thnt Scott has run his last
nice in his collego enrcor.
Scolt injured his log whilo sprint
ing yestcrdny afternoon. It is ex
pected ho will bo kept from trnining
for nt least two weeks ns a result.
Whilo ho amy not lie nblo to sprint
again, it is prnbnblo that Scott will
compote in tho polo vntilt as hereto
fore. GOLD HILL ITEMS.
(By Spectator.)
M. T. Howard nnd Rox II. I.ntnp
mnn returned Friday evening from
tho Meadows district, where they
have boon visiting Mr. Lampman's
father.
j Grant Matthews of Foots Crook
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, Miss Ruby Dungoy camo down
from Fortlnnd Friday to visit homo
folks a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. McClollnn.
former resident of this place, arriv
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place.
Hnrrv While of Woodvillo was (!
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