THE TODFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAItOH G, 1910,
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THIS SERMON IS A REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURE
PEOPLE'S PULPIT...
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Sermon by
CHAKLGS T.
RUSSELL,
Paitor Brooklyn
TabcriiftcJc.
-Ooo
Cumberland, Mil., Fob, 27,-Pnator
ItiUHt'll of Mroolclyn Tabernacle, Now
York, preached twice hero today In
our lurt;rtit auditorium. Ho In well
known Intro ntnl luul ibiu nudlonceii.
Wo report hln dlaeouriio from the
OllOVO'tOXt II H fllllOWH'-
Today tliU prophecy la fulultod In
our mldntl NotwttliHtnmtliiK thu fact
tlmt OurbiK tin pHt century IHbloH
have been printed mid circulated
ntuunic tbu people by the mlllloii, and
notwItliMandliiK thu fact that educa
tion bit bvcuuiu tcoiieml au tliut rich
nnd (Htor, old mul yotiiiK, bavo iho
ability to rend (Jod'H Word, novcrtho-
"le.tii wo are lu tbo midst of tbo very
famine pocllled by tlio Prophet. It
ecom nliuoNt Incredible that wo iihould
bo fninlHliliiK now with Hlble In our
home, whim our nalutly forefather
did not fninMi, tlionuti education wan
limited. Tlio wcrot lien In tbo fact
that tucreiiHltiK Intellttfunco on every
'bund linn awakened our reasoning fnc
ullh'H nlonif rulb,'louM linen, anil tbo
renult U thn Kiinwliijr of buncerluour
heart. Our heart nnd our lleuli cry
out for a IIvIuk nnd n true CJod-n
Jod Krenter tbnn ournclves-inqro Junt,
uioro powerful, uioro loving. Feellni;
our own luiiMoncy, wo nioro tbnn
over feel our m-nl of tbo Friend above
'nil other with u lovo that atlcketb
doner tbnn n brother'.
Couieiuently wo ennnot And tbo
rent and refreshment and comfort
rout thu Hcrlpturo which our fore
fathom derlvel. Coineijuently the
youiik' men nnd tbo pure.it of henrt In
tint world are repelled by the religion
of tho pant an rcprcnontod In tbo
creed of nil deuomlnntlouH. They
nro hungry for the Truth. They are
thlmty for the refrenhmont which thoy
need. Intellectunlly ninny nro look
I iik. wandcrlnjj, from sen to en do
IrliiK tho brenil of life nnd tbo wator
of life. KcauntiiK tho creeds of nil de
nomination they find them practically
alike ni reaped theories of eternnl
roprolmtlon and dnmnntlon for all ox
' cept tbo elect, tho anluta. They nro
faint for Inck of uplrltual fmHl nnd
drink. They oven look to the henthen
nnd examine tho Thconnphy of India,
the Hiiddhlnm of Japan and tho Coufu
anlm of China, neektmr for omo nut
tofyliiK tHirtlou of Truth. Thetto are lu
mime renpectn like tin) prodlcal aon far
from home. They perceive the awlti
Uh content with tho hunk of bust
noun, money, pleamiro nnd politic, but
their uplrltual loittflnpi cannot bo ant
lnlled with tbo hunk which the nwlno
eat. They nro thought peculiar be
iuho of their Interest lu Hplrltunl
thliiK. They nro mlnutidentood by
their bent earthly friend. Tlioy muitt
loam that In rtiolr wandering along
tho highway of nclenco and world
rollRlon they will never koI antlnfac-
Ham im n tm lr I ri i lit nfktu Jn.
mvmi t iiviv it ihiiiih" vim; v v
nomination, lu every part of tho world,
No ono think of looking to tho Bible
for refrenhmont and treiiKtb. Tho
Higher Critic of nil denomination
hnvo branded It unrollnblo. Tbo Pro
feasor In all the great College ore
reprobating tho Utblo and openly
laugh at tho thought of finding there
either broad for tho hungry or water
tor tho thlrfy.
This Is the very picture given la our
context "Thoy ehnll-wnnder from sen
to aoa, from the North oven to tho
Eait; they ahall run to and fro to nook
tle Word of tho Lord and shall not
find It. In that day shall tho fair Tir
Bins nnd tho young men faint for
thirst" (Amos ylll, 12, 13).
Th. Bread of Lift and Water of Ufa.
These hungry hearts must loam that
there lu only tho ono Hatlsfylng portion
under tho Bun tho living and true
God, and Jesus Christ whom bo has
sent to bo tho Dread of Life for tbo
world, and tho mcssago of grnco from
his lips to bo tbo Wntcr of Life. It In
ours to cnll tbo nttcntlon of this Truth
hungry clans to tho Croat Teacher who
declared, "My flesh Is food Indeed and
my blood Is drink Indeed; except yo
cat tho llcsli of tho Son of Mnn, nnd
drink bis blood, yo bavo no llfo lu
70U" (John vl, 55, 53), Hut scarcely
will the Intelligent of our day henrkon
to tuouo words, so prejudiced nro their
minds by tho fallacies which becloud
tholr undorfltnndlng, Thoy sco not,
neither do thoy understand tbo good
ness of Cod.
Why Is this? Why arc thcao Bible
In millions of homes, Cnthollc and
rrotestnut, neglected? lleonuuo tbo
pcoplo know not tlmt tho bread of life
aud tho wator of llfo which thoy nook
aro blddou therein. Why Is this? Wo
answer that conditions wero very
much tho sumo In Israel at tho time
of our Lord's Flint Advent. Tho ox
planatlou ho then guvo Is applicable
now. Ho said, "Vo do niako void tho
Law of God through your traditions"
"tho tradttloim of tho ancients" (Mark
Til, 13; I Peter I, 18). Ho now, tbo
traditions hnndod down from our fore
fathers really mnko void, nionnlngloss,
ungracious, tho mossngo of God's Wis
dom nnd Lovo sent to us through tho
Lord, tho apostles and tho prophets.
Those who still hold tennclously to tbo
croeds of tho past nro thoroughly
blinded now to tbo truo teachings of
God's Word, while, nlas, the majority
-of the independent thlukors, In reject-
'A FAMINE
IN THE LAND
"I will p-nd (mint in die land I not
(mint of tirruf, nor iliirtt (or wlT, but
ul liraring I do woidi ol ilia Loid" (Amoi
viii. II).
lug the dogmas of tbo piiNt, Imvo re
jected the Hlblo nlno, believing that
the teachings of tbo creed truthfully
represent God's W.ord. Tbeo are wnn
derlng hither and thither, hungering
aud thirsting, looking for tbo bread of
llfo and wnter of llfo, nnd finding It
nowhere, beeatiHo they seek not where
nlono It Is to bo found.
"Ho, Evtry On That Thirtieth, Corrte
Yo."
Hot Yo nil tlmt hunger for Truth,
Come ye. There Is nn nbundnnco for
us all lu our Heavenly Fathers won
derful jirovlHlon In tho Hlble. Desert
lug all tbo croeds nnd traditions of
men, let us giithor at our Heavenly
I'nl her' Hoard ns bis family, as his
children. Let u proro the truthful
tie of bis declaration tlmt "Like as a
father pltleth bis children, so (ho Lord
p(tleth them that reverence blui." Let
11 seek nnd obtnlu the satisfying por
tion. Ut us nntlsfy our longlngfl at
thu table of Divine provision. Mark
tbo Lord's words aud consider how
truthful thoy nre, "Messed nro thoy
tlmt hunger nnd thirst after righteous-
neKs, for they shall bo filled" (Matthew
v, 0). It Is this Truth-hungry class
that wo addrc. Wo know tbelr
heart-longings, for wo bnd the same.
Wo know tho satisfaction which they
crave, for wo have roeelved It nnd nn
therefore doubly glad to baud forth
the bread of llfo and tho water of life
to those who delre It. Thero are
plenty ready to servo the appetites of
thono who long for pleasure ball
games, society fetes, chess, travel, etc.
Wo bnve not a wonl to say ngnlnst
these. It Is not our thought that thoy
uro going to etenial torment; henco wo
do not frantically beet them, annoy
them. Ict them bavo their pleasure.
Let them wait for tho time to como
when something may occur lu Uiwlr
experience which will put them Into
tho class of the broken-hearted nnd
contrite of spirit and cause them to
feel after God, If Imply they might
Hud him ns a satisfying portion. In
harmony with tbo Master's direction.
It 1 our nlm to "bind up the broken
hearted: to comfort those that mourn;"
to tell them of the oil of Joy which tbo
Lord U willing to bestow for their
spirit of hcnvlucA nnd sorrow for sin
(Iiutlntf Ixl, 1-.1). As the Mntcr ex
pressed 110 reproof of lboo engaged
In any form of mornl reform, even
nscctlcUm, so It Is with us. Wo desire
to oppose no ono who Is doing nny
good work, whether ho follow with us
In every particular or n6t- Thero are
so many engaged In doing ovll works,
and so few engaged In doing good, that
not ono of tho Intter class can bo
spared from tho ranks of tho service of
righteousness.
As tho Master did not give his time
to tomperanco roforuij nor social re
form, nor political reform, but did
glvo hla tlmo to tbo Instruction of the
pcoplo In tbo doctrines of tbo Divine
Word, so let us bo Intent to follow
his Instruction in this matter, not
teaching for doctrines tbo precepts of
men, but the Word of God, which ltv
eth and abldoth forever expounding
unto tho people tbo Scriptures aud as
sisting thorn to seo tho length and
breadth of their meaning. Novertho
los. as tbo rollgloun teachers of tho
Master day hated Jesus nnd his dis
ciples for this cause, "Hecausa they
taught tho people," nnd persecuted
thorn becnuso they did not walk In
tho boatou paths of tbelr day, so wo
mny expect nlso to bo hated without
cause; so wo may oxpect that tbo
scribes aud Pharlsoes and Doctors of
tho Law today will bo grieved becuuso
tho pcoplo nro taught, becnuso tbo
light of tho kuowledgo of tho glory of
God shining In tbo faco of Jesus Christ
Is presented to tho pcoplo as nn In
conttvo to lovo nnd obedience, Instead
of tbo doctrine of eternal torment. It
mnttors not Mint all tho educated min
istry today well know, nnd would not
for a moment deny, tholr disbelief lu
tho doctrine of otornnl torment, If
cross-quoutloued, Nevertheless many
of them bate us nnd oppose us, be
cnuso wo show tho pcoplo tho truo
Interpretations of God'e Word, and lift
boforo tbo eyes of tholr understand
ing n God of Lovo, Just, Merciful,
nightcous altogether, and fully enpa
bio both In wisdom and power to work
out all tho glorious designs which bo
"purposed In himself boforo the foun
dation of the world:"
(1) Thoy perceive that tho teaching
of tbo doctrines of Purgatory nnd eter
nal torment has not had a sanctify
ing Influence upon mankind In nil tho
sixteen centuries In which It has boon
prenciiod. Thoy fenr that to deny
these doctrines now would mnko n
bad matter worso. They fear that If
tbo Gospol of tlio Lovo of God and of
tho Hlble that It does not tench eter
nal tormont for nny wero mndo gon
ornlly known, the effect upon tho
world would bo to Increase Its wicked
ness, to mnko llfo and proporty loss
sccuro than now nnd to till tho world
HtlU more tbnn now with blaspbomtos,
(2) Thoy fenr nlso tlmt a cortnln
amount of discredit would como to
tbomselVos bocnuso, knowing that the
Hlblo does not teach eternal torment,
according to tho Hebrow nnd Greek,
original, thoy secroted tho knowledge
from tho pooplo. Thoy fear that this
would forever discredit them with
tbelr hearers. Hence thoy still out
wardly lend their lullueiico to tbo doc
trines of eternal (otture, whlWt they
do not believe, nnd feel angry towards
us beeatiHo wo teiirb tho people tho
Truth upon the Mibjort, which they
know will bring to theiu hundreds of
Uestlons dllllcult to answer or dodgo,
Ood's Love Conitralneth Ut.
I ask you, dear renderg, Wero you
constrained to become children of Oml
nnd to render to the Iord thu homage
and tho obedience of your lives
through fenr or through lovo? I am
not asking you whether you never
Imvo f cored; but I am nsklng you
what brought you to tho point of con
secrating your llfo to God? Surely
that was not four! I am aware, of
course, that there Is a proper, godly
fear, rovereuce, and that the Kcrlp
tures dochiro It "Tho fear (rever
ence) of tho Iml Is tho beginning of
wlHdom" (l'Hiilm cxi, 10). Hut this Is
not tho fear of eternal torment, which
tends to drive out love. How could
wo lovo or entocm or truly worship n
fbxl purimHlug tho eternal torment of
his creatures from before tbelr crea
tion? I could glvo you many proof of tbo
power of lovo over tho human heart.
In contrast with tbo ungodly fenr of
the error. God says to u In so many
words, "Their fear toward me Is not
of me, but I taught by the precepts of
men," As nn Illustration: At a Hlblo
Students' Convention not long ngo lu
Ohio n well-dressed gentleman lu at
tendance told mo of bow bis heart bnd
been touched with our prcsenbitlons of
tho
"Lovo Divine, nil love excelling."
Ho anld, "For years I bavo been a
member of tho Presbyterian Church
without being really a Christian at all.
Occasionally I went ou sprees; some
times I gambled and drank, etc., etc.
Not until I received a knowledge of
tho truo character of God as set forth
In your 'Scripture Studies' did my
heart ever como to tho proper attltudo
of surrender to tbo Lord. Thou I was
glad to glvo him my little nil, and
wished It wero more." The next day,
pnsslug from the hotel to the audi
torium ton question meeting, this gen
tleman put a slip of paper Into my
hand, which I supposed was a ques
tion, and I thrust Into my coal pocket.
Ou tho platform I drew It forth ns one
of tbo questions to be answered, nnd,
to my astonishment, found it wns a
check for $1,000. The man bud uot
been nsked for ono cent; but the I.ovo
of God bad captivated his heart aud
gotten control uot only of It, but of
bis pocket-book nnd all. Ho wished to
xhow tho Lord bis appreciation of the
Love Divine, tho length nnd hrvndtb
nnd height aud depth, of which he now
comprehended, ns never before.
Another ense: I met with a Conven
tion of Hlblo Students In Chattanooga
some live year ngo. A gentleman at
tended who lutnxluced himself to mo
saying that be was from Mississippi
uud (but be had become deeply Inter
os ted lu my presentations of tho har
mony of tho Word of God. He said
In substance: "Hrothcr Hussell, I will
uot uttcuipt to tell you bow wicked a
man I was before I got your literature.
My dear wife here, au earnest Metho
dist, said to me, 'John, John, you will
surely go to hell!' I replied to her,
'Mary, I know It! I know It! And,
Mary, I am determined that I will de
serve all that I get. I am uot going
to hell for nothing. One of your tracts
enmo to my desk lu my store. I said
tlmt this wns different from nnythlng
I over understood respecting tbo teach
ings of the nible. It seems mora God
like nnd more rational. I sent to you
for various Hlble Students' Helps. Tbo
result, dear Hrotber Russell, la that the
Love of God has constrained mo, has
conquered me, In a way that tho doc
trines of devilish torments could not
Influence me. Now I seo tho truo
teaching of God's Word. I can honor
htm and worship him and tako pleas
ure In laying down my llfo In his serv
ice. I have made a full consecration
of everything, For n time I sent you
a 50 check every month; but, nrother
ItUBsoll, that was lu the nature of conscience-money,
because the most prof
itable feature of my store trndo was
tbo ante of liquor to tho, Mississippi
negroes, Tboso checks stopped, be
cnuso, ns tbo grnco of God moro nnd
more filled nnd overflowed my heart,.
It brought mo to seo that I must lovo
my neighbor ns myself and do injury
to none. That Is nil gono now, Brother
Russell, nnd my wholo llfo Is devott-d
to tho servlco of God nnd my fellow
men." Threo murderers confined In tho Co
lumbus, Ohio, Ponltcnttnry had from
childhood been trained lu tho doc
trluos of eternal torment In different
churches nnd yet committed murder.
Tboso mon, unden God's provldenco,
received somo of our llternturo "Scrip
turo Studies" aud wero cut to the
henrt when they learned of tho Lovo
of God, ns expressed In tho Divine
Plan of tho Agos. To bo brief: A
knowledgo of the Lovo of God inado
such n chnngo In tho hearts nnd lives
of those three murderers that tbo
prison-keepers took knowledge of them
that thoy had been with Jesus nnd
had learned of him. Hy nnd by they
wero pnrolod and today two of them
nro preaching tho Gospel of tho Love
of God, seeking to bring their fellow-
men out of the condition of darkness
nnd sin Into tho glorious sunlight of
Dtvluo Lovo und Truth, nnvlng tried
thu Gospol of fear nnd damnation and
torture for sixteen centuries; having
seen that under this teaching thero nro
moro blasphemy and general wicked
ness than oven In tho heathen world,
Is it not duo tlmo to glvo the truo
bread nnd wnter of llfo to tho hungry
nnd thirsty ones who, for lack of It,
nro sonrchtug tho earth and many of
thorn falling Into nighcr Criticism, In
fidelity aud other delusions peculiar to
our day?
A WKLrV-KNOWN LMV OF tfOLO,
MODOO AND SACItAMKNTO
COUNTIIC8 CUIIKI) HV
HY IHI.T. WA1I
HINO.
Sacramento, Cab, Jan,, 20, 1910
I wish 'to stnto to tho public for tho
benefit of my followmon nnd womon
that nro suffering from nsthmn, com
pUcntod with kidney troublo, thnt
for years my wlfo was In a fright
ful condition could not sloop only
an sho sat up In bod or a chair, nnd
could not bo rollovod by nny of tho
four doctors that I called In, so I
suggested Doctor Hlng. Ho not only
gave her Immodlato rollof, but In six
months cured her, and she ban not
bnd nn attack or showed nny ym
toms since. This was In August,
1908. And that alio la well and hoar-'
ty, which .can bo proven to anyono I
who will tako tho troublo to call at
C01 1-2 K stroot.
Hoping that this may bo of bono-
fit to somo poor sufferer, I am pleas-
cd to rofor to nnd recommend Dr. T.
Wah Hlng, at 725 J atrcot, Sacra
mento. I
Dr. Hlng has cured many of my
friends of appondicitls without tho
ubo of tho kulfo. W. W. WILSON. .
Mrs E. D. Wilson Is the daugh-1
tor of W, 8. Houston, a former pro-(
mlncnt morchant of Woodland, and
lived In Modoc county for 25 years.'
Mrs. Wilson wan formerly Mrs W. '
D. Morris, wboso husband, tho lato'
Mr. Morris, at ono time represented
Modoc county In the legislature. Mrs. ,
W. W. Wilson formerly resided at1
3115 Cyprcbtt Avonuo, Oak ParMnd
fa nnv at fifll 1-2 TC utrpfit- '
ADMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE.
Notlco Is hereby given that the un
doralgned has been by tho county
court of tho stnto of Oregon'for Jack
son county, duly appointed executrix
of tho estate of J. W. Hnrrell, de
ceased. All persons owning or holding
claims against eald estate are hereby '
notified and required to preeont tho,
samo, duly verified, as required by
law, to mo or my attorney at Medford, '
Oregon, within six months from the
dnto hereof. I
Dated at Medford, Oregon, Febru-j
ary 18, 1910.
PIERE L. HARRELL,
Administratrix of tbo Estate of J. ,
W. Harrcll, Deceased.
W. E. PHIPPS,
Attornoy.
Data of first publication hereof Is
tho 20th day of February, 1910.
BUMMi -NS.
In tho circuit colt rt of tho state of ,
Oregon for tho county of Jackson.
Woods Lumber company, a corpc-1
ration, plaintiff, vs. Cascade Coal i
Company, a corporation, J. C. Drown
and J. W. Droadbent, defendants. '
Suit to foreclose Hon. '
To J. W. Droadbont, ono of the
abovo named defendants: j
In tho name of tho state of Oregon'
you aro hereby required to appear
and answer the plaintiff's complaint
now on tlio against you In the above
ontltlod court and cause on or before
the laBt day of the time prescribed
in tho order for publication of sum
mons herein, to-wlt: on or boforo the
28th day of March, 1910, said date
being tho expiration of six weeks from
the day of first publication of this
summons, and If you fall to appear
and answer, for want thereof the
plaintiff will apply to tho court tor
tho relief demanded In said com
plaint, succinctly stated as follows:
That the plaintiff bo awarded Judg
ment against tho detondnnts and each
of them for the sum of 1540.37, to
gothor with Interest tboroon at tho
rato of 6 per cent per annum from,
tho 19th day of August, 1909, until
paid, and for costs and disbursements ,
of Bald suit, Including $150 roasona-'
bio attorney's fee and tho further.
Bum of $2.25 paid for filing and re-(
cording tho certain Hen described In
said complaint; that said principal!
sum and Intorcst and costs and dts-'
bursomcnts and attorney's tvo bo do-
creod a Hon upon defendant's rea
proporty montlonod In Bald complaint
and doscrlbod as follows: '
Tho Bbutheast quartor (1-4) of tho
Bouthoast quartor (1-4) of section
four (4) nnd the southwest quartor
1 1-4) of tbo southwest quartor of
section throe (3) In township thlr-ty-soven
(37) south of rango ono (1)
west of WUlmnotto meridian; that.
said described proporty bo sold under
tho ordor nnd decreo of said court, na ;
by law provided, and thnt tho pro-
coods, or sufficient thoreof, bo applied
In payment of said Judgment; that
tbo dofoudnnta and oach thoroot bo
bnrrod and foreclosed of all right,,
tltlo or equity of redemption in or to (
Bald proporty.
Thta summons Is publlabod In' the
Modford Mnll Trlbuno by ordor of.
Hon. F. M. CMklna, Judge of thoi
abovo entitled court, which said or-,
dor was mado nnd ontored on tho 12th
day of iFobruary, 1910, aud the first
publication horoot la the 13th day of
February, 1910.
W. E, PHIPPS.
Attorney for Plaintiff,
't'MIMMMM
BENSON
BARGAINS
Modern Bungalow
Five blocks from busiess center, east front, for $1800.
terms.
Why Pay Rent?
$800 'will buy a five-room bungalow in West End, just
completed, and a good lot; $400 cash, balance $20.00
monthly.
A Snap
Four-room house, with two porches, electric lights axd
well; lot 50x106; price $1000, $600 cash. J -"
Modern Home
Close in; one of the finest homes in the city; nine rooms
and bath; $3850; terms.
Forty Acres
Sixteen miles from Medford; four acres in fruit trees,
4 to 10-year-old; small house, barn and other build
ings; no waste land; $2000; terms.
Twenty Acres
Two and three-quarters miles from Medford; 16 acres
'7-year-old Newjtowns, four acres 2-year-old Bartletts;
$13,000; terms. '
Timber Claims
We have customers for your timber claims, or can loeate
you on a timber claim or homestead.
A Close In Ranch
88 acres, two and one-half miles from Medford; 53 acres 1
' ' to 5-year-old trees; five-room house and Barn: $20,000-;
terms. '
Fif ty-Five Acres
One-half mile from Griffin Creek school; 13 acres in froit,
25 acre3 alfalfa, 10 acres timber; good seven-room
house, barn, etc.; $15,000, $7500 cash.
9 -
A Good Business' Opportunity
One of the best locations on Main street; stock and tea
year lease for sale. Look this up.
The Palms
Is for sale. This is the best-paying roominghouse pfopoei- (,
tion in town.
SUTHERLIN TERRACE
Is in one of tho finest residence sections of Medford. It
is surrounded by fine modern homes and we have plac
ed a building restriction on these lots which will insure
a good class of buildings. Water and sewer mains will
soon be laid. These lots are the best buy in town at the
price $400.
BENSON
INVESTMENT
COMPANY
. OVER FRUITGROWERS' BANK
OPEN EVENINGS PHONE 541