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MEDFOKD MAIL TKD3TOnS, MEDKV1W. UHWIOy, MONDAY. APRTL 11, 1910. 4 i mm THIS SERMON IS y - ooo PEOPLE'S Sermon by CHARLES T. RUSSELL, Pailor Brooklyn Tabernacle. ... . ..... . . . ... ... .. .QQ o Hrooklyn, N. Y., April n.-1'nntor 0. T, ItttHHuIl of Itrooklyn 'fntiurnnclo prrnchml nth twice tvdny to Hjilciidld autfltuici. On it of liU Ulitcuuraoii won to tilled, "Tlii Overthrow of Bnutn'M Knuilro." Tlu other, wlilch wo mwrt. wu on tlio nocoMilty for ttio Mlllon nlum from tho tuxt aboTO quotixl. I'uxtor Itunnoll mild: , IteMpoctliiK two matters thore can bo no (juenllon: (1) Tlmt tlio early Church thorouRli ly believed In n Millennial Kingdom, hoped for It, prayed for lt-"Thy IChiKdoin coino; thy will ho dono on en rth it It I dono In heaven." (2) It U eunllr certain that today tho doctrlno of the Mlllwinluin U tn IkkhmI na "out of dnto" ont of har mony with tho vlowa of tho Higher Critics and ICvoluilonlnts, who arc filling prnctlcnlly nil the chair In our collrgca and tho majority of tho pul pits of Christendom. What linn led to this radical change on the part of tho rcllgluun wine men of all denoinlnntlnim? Have tho tak en a step In advance or nro they do pnrtlnc from tho pit th-from tho teach tnp of tho ItiHplrvd Word of Clod 7 That they Imvo left the Word of (Jod. that they make light of It, that they profeiui far more whulotn and ability thnn the writers of the lllhlo and a higher liitollcctiml Innplrntion than they, la ludlsputalilo. Tho tiuraUon for ui Ik, Will ChrUtlnnn In coiialder able nuinbera follow thcHo lender nwny from 0m1, away from nil Divine rovelatlon? Will wo put our trout In lltomry prlncen who clnlui tho right to limtnict tho world, not by Divine appointment or authority, but by vir tue of their Inrgo amount of elf Mtiem7 The preoent day concept of tho Church of ClirtM U that Cml planted It nmoiiKMt men iin leu ven In n batch of dotiKh with tho Intent Ihut Itahould propagate ItM'lf until the entire iiiuhh would bo IciiveiiiHl. Hut tho Illblo spotttollc concept of tho Church' men ago In the very reverse of thin Hint It In ptnnted In the world, not with n view to converting the world, but on tho contrary to keep luelf nepnrnte from the world and to draw to Itself MAn many an tho l,ord your GhI ahull call" of the pure lu heart to ancrlllco earthly Interoxta for Divine interests, unto death, and later, by tho tlnt ItcNtirrectlon, to enter Into tho heaven ly glory of the Itrdecmor na hla "Hrhle." IiIn "Wife." UU "700-?-" in the Kingdom glory und the Kingdom work. And the work of that Kingdom in nut forth to 1k the "lilcwdng of nil tho ftunllloN of tho earth." Tho two vlowa nro o radically oppo lte that none ahould confUNe them In their inliidM. If ono la right, tho other la wrotiK. If one la Bcrlplunil, the other la unacrlptural. In tho above Item Dr. llrowii ndtnlta that tho Scrip turnl view entertnlnel by the early Church contemplated the Church In suffering nud lu n temporary or tnber uncle condition lu tho present llfonnd . proinUed n hnre with CliriHt In tun reign lu power nud treat trlory, na 0(h1'h Kingdom during. ttu Millennium. Tho anfo, the proper, the right courjto la to go back and tiiko up itfreMh'tho doctrine of the Mlllennluni-thu doc trine that the faithful of tho Church now being tried nud tented will constl tuto tho glorloiw KltiKdom of Ood's denr Hon after thulr Change from earthly to xplrlt conditions In the Tlrnt Resurrection" (1 Corinthian xv. 42-4-H, Tho Laymon'o Movortiont. Ood hloHH (ho Christian Endeavor nnd Kpwortli I .en pi o and Ktudunta' MhiHlomiry l.enguo nnd tho I.nynien'H Movouiont. nil Inient on "Storming the world for J ohm." Wo henr them wit- new tlint they imvo n zoni ror uwi which we greatly ndmlro nnd would oncourngo. Hut their real la "not ac cording to knowledge." and la there fore considerably mUdlrocted. To uny ono of loKlcnl mind, who will renoon from atnttatlcu, tho thought of convert tug tho world by Ringing n fow rtiua tiiff hymns or holding n fow unthusl- natlc meetings for the collection of monoyl monoyll moreylll would bo childish. Wo do uot deaplae childish ncBH. Wo Imvo all had our share. Hut we' all uhould any with tho Apoatlo, "When I wns-n child, I apnlco as n child and understood ns n child; but when I became n mnn I put away childish thltiRS" (I Corinthians xlll, 11), "ChrlHttan people Imvo boon fooling thoinsolveii long onoughl" Yen, It la as absolutely Irrational to think of couvortliig the world, iih It la uuscrip turn I to bolluvo tlmt Ood over gnvo ua that Imposalblo commluslou. Tho Unit ed States census roporta ahow that thoro nro twlco na many hen t licit to day as there woro n century ngo, The word henthoti entries to ninny n very wrong Impression, Mnny noblo-honrt-cd ClirlHtlaus Imvo gnuo na mission nrles to tho honthou wholly uupro pared for what thoy met li-tolllifunt ronsnntng nblllty, otc. Thoy found that tho heathen woro full of quetlono, logical questions, too, which thoy um Christians hud novor thought of, and whlcli thoy woro wholly unpreparod to A REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURE ooo 1 PULPIT... i TME NECESSITY IrOR Ti-iE MILLENNIUM. "llinti ol ttliciliinu ilull coma Ifom tlio prewnc o( tlio IjokIi iiJ )) ttull K-tid Jciui drill, whlcli l-rforn w( Krcli-l unlo you whom li-ivcin muil iftain until I In tiiiwi ol reililution ol ill tlilns. wliicli Gad hatli ipoktn by mould ol til liii holy proplitli line tho woild begin.'' Aet iii, 19-21. ooO" " " " nnnwor. Comparatively fow of tho mlHalotiarloa uro ablo to hold their own lu nrgutneiit with intulllgvut puoplo In India, Chlnu, and Jnpnn, Thuro la no dnugor of their converting thouo peo ple. Thoro l more danger of their losing their own rnlth In tho Itltile, becnuso of thulr misapprehension of Home of It tonchlnga- respecting the (illusion of tho Church, tho hopv of the Church nud tho hope of the world! .MUslouarles nre thus handicapped! tt-llll tf rrt,iiiinl(lil,ft n.l (li.i,, I........ 1... l VUt.lK.UItUUUlU ,.,-tll IMWJ 1141, IT , our shores to tell the henthon that iiitTii iiiiutuiiiuin nut,- (,uiu- lu viciiiiii torment nnd that they are going there, too, unless they accept Christ, it lit n rude awakening to hn asked where hell Is? nud why Rod should have condemned them and their fore fathor to auch a horrible eternity and how this could be true and yet ho be n Ood of pity, compassion, hovo? Tho heathen ask, Why the different denominations-the different theories of the teruw of salvation by Wutcr, by (election, by Free Grace, by Joining tho Church, etc. Tho missionary, whol ly nimble to answer the adult native, gathers children nbout hlrn. starts a school nnd does nil he la able perhaps, to Justify his presence in n foreign laud helping the sick and doing tnnny other nets of kindness which uru very commendablo, whether from a religious or humnnllnrlnn standpoint. Prised th Qoipol to All Nations. Our lord's lust ruction wns that his people, should preach the Clou pel In nil tho world for n tclrnr not to convert nil the world, but for n "itifnr" to ull tho world. The mission of the Gospel Is to select the Kingdom class, a "little flock." The llrst opimrtuutty to In come members of this Itoyul 1'rlest hood wns offered to the Jowa nnd, lift er the gntherlug of n remnant from (hem, nnd after their national rejec tion, the message was to go to the whole world Irrespective of national lines, boundaries or Inngtinge-nuy body, everybody having the "henrlng ear." wns In be Instructed respecting Christ and the opiwtunlty of becom Ing tits disciples by n full coiiHecrnllon of mind nud body, time nud talent, even unto ilenth, These were to be promised the reward of u share In the I'lrst ItcHiirrecilon. to be Inember of the Itoynl I'rlestluKKl which, during the Millennial Kingdom of Messiah, will bless nil the remaining families it mankind all tho tion-cU-ct. We nro not complaining about the failure to convert tho heathen! We nro uot faulting the missionaries! We nre taking the Illblo stand tlmt nil of God's purposea are being accomplish d. that God's Word Is accomplishing "tlmt whereto It wns sent" (Isnlnh Iv 111; that It wns uot sent to convert the world, but to gather nu "elect" sn tuple or' "llrst-frults" from nil tin tlmiN (Itevelntlon xlv, 4. It eMUilng luiliiences continue In heathendom, as well its lu Christendom. Hut let nil Christians, missionaries nnd others, know assuredly tlmt their labor Is not lu vnln If thoy nro seeking for the Lord's Jewels to the best of (heir nbll lt,v nm In touch continually with laborers In India nnd Africa nud well know that the pure Gospel or Christ Is not greatly affecting their teeming millions. Hut the Gospel of tho King doin Is seeking out, blessing, snuctl fylug, tmpplfylng, encouraging some, hl-re nud there; some, who Imvo ears of fnlth to hear, eyes of faith to nee, nud obedient hearts to obey the "call" to suffer with Christ nnd by and by to reign with him for tho effectual blessing of all the families of the earth, by uplifting the willing out of their present conditions of sin nnd degradation nud death. Tho Millennium a Necotilty. Wo hnvo shown the vnluo nnd nec essity for the doctrine of the Milieu nlum that all Christians who would hold' fast to their niblea ns n fnlth anchor nnd who would mnko progress lu their study of tho Wort! nnd be co-lnborcra with God in tho gathering of "tho elect" need to boo that the elect only pro now called to bo heirs of tlio Kingdom for which wo pray, "Thy Kingdom como." Thoy need to sco that tlmt Kingdom is God's provi sion for tho future blessing of tho non- fleet. Thoy need to seo that the Bible doea not tench, nn many of them sup pose, that tho uuluta nro called of God to sit In the honvonly balcony mid look ovor at the non-oloct In otornnl anguish, nud hear their cries. Next lot us noto that tho Millennium Itself Is an absolute nocesslty for the world, according to the statistics or tho w&Vldly-wlHo. Mnny collogo pro fotiflors nnd 1). D.'h nro inclined to spouk glibly of tho Second Cotulug of Christ being far lu tho future "tlfty thousand years yet," say sumo, Hut ovldently these learned gentlemen Imvo uot used thulr educational ndvnutngcs In connection with such statements Any school boy can ilguro up what the population of the earth would bo ono thousnud yravH from now, tnklng the present population as pep the consus at sixteen hundred millions nud the ratio of InereiiHo iih hIiowii by tho ecu bus iopor(H at H per cent In ton yoaix. Tho total would show a,37o,!l'J5,000,00( population for tho year 2000 A. D, uioro than 2,000 for wieh person now living. What would humanity do if the carlh wcro crowdod to that exIeiitV Whcro would tho iiecwsnry food, fuel and clothing bo found V Computing all the tillable portion of the earth at twctity-llvo million sipinro miles or six teen billion acres would give but nun aero for the support of two hundred and ton people, or less than llvo sipiaro yards each, At tho close of a second stub period. IHKJO A. A, at the same nite, thoro would Iw ten persons for each sijuuro foot of standing-room, lu other words thoy would stand llftcen deep on each other's bends. What slmll wo think of tho wtidom that tolls us that tho Millennium Is flftg thou sand yearn off? Tho nnnwor Is found in Isaiah's prophecy (xxlx, 14), Aro wo naked how tho Millennium If at onco introduced would avert the dif ficulties of tho first statement, two hundred nnd ten people for each ncro of tho hnbltnblo earth? We re ply that tho Bcrlpturofl clearly Inti mate that tlio rapid Increase of our race is associated with man's fallen condition; ns our Creator declared to mother 13vo after her disobedience "I will greatly multiply thy sorrows nnd thy conception" (Genesis til, 10). Tho Earth Shall Yield Her Ineraasa. The Scriptures also Intimate that with the return of humanity towards perfection tho average Increase will bo less, and that eventually tho human, family will come to tho condition where there will bo neither marrlngo nor giving in marriage, and wbero sex conditions will bo lost In a untform ttamlard of humanity embodying the qualities at present displayed in the two sexes. Further, God'a promlso for tbo lllllonnlum 1 that under hla bless ing tho earth will yield her increase nud tho waste places bo reclaimed, spring breaking forth lu deserts, Furthermore, recognizing the Divine power In connection with the matter wo can roudlly sec how vast con tinents can bo raised in the Atlantic nnd In tho Pacific Ocean. Hut nslde from theso miracles which properly etiough could accompany tho Millen nial Kingdom of Christ, what can the world who Ignore tho Illblo expect? In other words what shall they expect who claim that the present order of things Is to continue, saying. "All things continue na they were from tho begin' nlng of the worldr (II Peter 111, 4.1 Some may -luipilre. What nbout the resurrection of tho millions who have died? We reply tlmt the world has been only gradually working up to Its present dense population. Tho people living in tho world for tho past six thousnnd years, nccordlng to what wp believe are trustworthy evidences, would number ultogether nbout twenty thousand millions, nut more than twlco that number could bo burled lu tho Stnto of Texas In ncpnmto graves nnd more thnn eight times that num ber could tlnd standing room in Tex as, ns n school-boy with his pencil could readily demonstrate. Out wo need not look a thousnnd years nhcad. The world will find It self In great trouble very shortly un- less the Millennium bo ushered In. Al ready there la n shortage of timber What will he tho condition of things ono hundred yenrs from now? Al ready our capitalists nro buying up the conl deposits on speculation, rcnllzltig that Its rapid consumption is making It more valuable every yenr. Already geologists nre calculating tho number of tons of coal uot yet mined and tell ing us that with the present nvernge of Increase in the consumption of conl the entire Mipply of tho world will bo exhausted lu less than tiro hundred tcari. What will bo the price of conl ns tho vanishing point is u eared? nud ' how will mankind do without It, and , without wood for fuel unless the .Mil lennium come promptly with Its mlrnc j u Ions provisions? tho tnklng of fuel from our ntmosphero, nnd from wnter. by methods which will, no doubt, be simple, when mankind come to under stand them fully, but which at present nro so expensive ns to be of llttlo serv ice. Other sclentltlc men Imvo been study lug the Increase of Insanity and tellug4 us that progress in this direction Is terrific. Some Imvo estimated that lu less than two hundred years tho en tire world, nt the present rate, will bo lnsano. How opportune It would be ' for the Millennial Kingdom of the ' great I.lfe-Glver to bo ushered In with Its uplifting Influences, mental, moral nud physical! Lnst but uot least "the combination ! of wisdom nnd selfishness In our day, known ns Unions nnd Trusts, Is so In fluential that prices in every commod ity are rising. Yet tho trusts nre not rjulto rlpo yet. Their inn lingers have not fully learned their power. Grad ually the upper nud tho nether mill stones will apparently bo drawn closer togothor, whllo necessity will forco the masses through the hopper. How grent wonld those "glnnts" become within nnothor century or so, if tho Millennium bo not ushered In In tho J interim to "lift tho poor nnd needy out of tho dunghill" using tho scriptural figure of tho work of the Kingdom! (Psalm cxlll, 7.) My friends, lot us stick to tho Hlble nud Its Millennial theory. So dolnu wo will bo guided by tho wisdom from on high ,niul enabled to prn.v with tho spirit nnd tho understandlm: nlso, "Thy Kingdom como; thoy will bo dono on earth as It is dono lu honvon," ami to labor Intelligently ns co-workers with God I Lot us pre pare as pupils lu tho School of Christ for tho great work wnoretinto God has called us by tho Gospol Message "ICvon so,. Como, Lord .lesus: Come quickly " Thy Kingdom como, nud thv will bo dono on earth, ovon us In hnnven " A SNAP IN ORCHARD LAND Ono hundred nnd fusty m-rcs of frco red soil, 10 to 30 foot depth; two wolls, nbout 2i turn .-lenreil; n very (,'rndtinl south hill slope; one-half mile from is-stoflicu, less than ono-fotirth mile from, school nnd seven and opo-h.i i r uvh southwestof Jacksonville Only $30 por ncro, Cull on oi hdijrcsH t&l&fk-itauv JOE THOMAS 222 SOUTH HOLLY STREET. MEDFORO, OREGON PLUMBING T fif flfltri and TTnr. Wafor TTfiaHnfr I All work guaranteed. Prices reasonable. I. F. MOORE AND E. E. 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See C usick & Mey ers Rogue River Valley Depot, West Main Street, Medford, Oregen. i t X 1 :: fi-) RESOLVED vN-" jr The best resolution for yon fgtmmmimim j ' ' J J V. yonr nex sul yu WM : 1 R s-L LjTU Bomethine ont of the ordinary. i " a f-R j i(rf5 e best work and charge it wfJi V 'owes prices. j ; AMjU" W. W. EIFEET ' , I Taint No Use Lookm' for Fiah, Honeys under a 'lectrical cooker. I turns on de switch--and de 'lectricity cooks de oatmeal ! Cookqd evenly all overwithout no bother and no fuss. De cutest lil cooker you ebah see." Why should any housewife 4 - drudge over a kitchen fire when ., General Electric cooking utensils . as simple and inexpensive as this ., i . cereal cooker can do the work , j for them. We will be glad to show visitors how to cook with ' electricity. ..... ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC COMPANY TOM MOFFAT x OR MEDFORD CITY PROPERTY. I HI