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Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pallor Dtoolclyn
Tabernacle.
Three Men and Two
Women Whom
Jesus Loved.
Text, "Lord, Mo Whom Thou
Lovctt li Sick."
QOO OOO"
GIiIciikm, Jiii 20. Pnittor ICiinnoll of
tho Hrooklyu Tiiburiinvlo iireitclii'd lioro
twlco today In Orchestra Unit. Ah
URtinl ho had n lurKu and titti'iitlvu nu-
fllollCO. Wo (UOtO ODD ()f lllll (llflCOlirHCN
In niirt ItN foIIoWH!
All men who him any knowktlKo of
Jeaim out rem lilm Cliruitlnnii, Gentile,
and .Town, All iinm whatever their
rdlKloiiM conviction nro ready tondmlt
tho Huriinxiliit; tiwwmnlltjr of tho irrcnt
Naznrcuo mid IiIh wonderful wordn of
Ufo. It Ifi nu rcnpcctH hid MrnBlalmlilp
tlint thoy (lltTur. Howovor, wo mil)
nilt that if ho wcro notthonpcclnlHorv.
nut of Johovnh, tho Ron of (J ml, nu
" ho cTa lined, hunt Into tho world on n
jieclal mlHNlon, then ho limit of neceic
Ity hnvo been either u deceived ninn
or a wlckrd luipontor. Iltn wonderful
IHTnoiiallty and wordn of Juntlco and
wlndoiii and lovo contradict the
tlioiiKht that ho wan cither Ignornnt or
a deceiver. Ileuco tho only tenable
ground In that ho wiin n deceived ninn
or i'Ino that ho wnH Indeed tho Hon of
God who acted and npoko and per
formed mlraclcii tindur Dlvlno direction
and jKiwer. Wo hold that tho evi
denced of bin teaching overwbolmlnRly
corroborate tho truth of bin claluiH.
4 Hut hero wo mako a dlntlnctlon be
tween tho claliuH which our Iml Jchuh
made for hlmnolf nnd other claluin
which havo been made for him with
out IiIh Htiuctlou and without apostolic
or other Inxplrcd corroboration.
Let It not ho nuppoiied that wo nro
forKettlni; tho length and breadth of
Jcmiti' lovo for all humanity and n npo
clnl lovo for all of bin dlflclptc, yea,
for all who loved rlj;hleouMica and
ought, mi ho did, to do tho father)
will. In keeping with thin waa bin
prayer for bin dlnclplen on tho night
iioforo bin crucifixion, In connection
with which wo rend, "Jcmm hitvlug
loved bin own, loved them unto the
end" (John sill, 1). And ngnln bin
tntoment "Greater lovo hnth no man
than thin, that a man lay down bin life
for bin frleudn" (John zr, 1.1), And
again bin Mntoment, "Who In my moth
er, mid who n ru my brethren? And
ho Htrotchcd forth bin baud to blndlncl.
plcn, and natd, Heboid my mother, and
my brethren! l-'or whonoover Bbnll do
tho will of my father which In In
Heaven, tho natno In my brother, nnd
nlnter, nnd mother" (Matthew xlll.
48-CiO), Thene exprennlonn glvo un a
Rllmpnn of the length and breadth of
tho lovo of Jenun. Hut for tho present
occnnlou let un consider tbonu pemoun
whom Jchuh In wild to hnvo upeclnlly
loved.
"Joiui OaholcJIng Him Loved Him."
The rich young nobleuiiiu who came
to tho Lord wild, llnbbl, what good
thing Nhall I do that I may Inherit the
Kingdom of God? Jenun miltli unto
Iiliu, Thou kuowent the command
tnentn . . . and ho unld unto him,
MiiNtcr, all theno havo I obnerved from
my youth. Then Jenun beholding him,
loved him. Jeuun lovingly admired
tho young man who wiih tliun denlroun
of being In full accord with tho Heav
enly Tather'n will. That young man
had very much of the MiiHter'H own
tiptrlt. IIu wauled to do right and be
denlred to hnvo tho gift of God, eter
nal life. Ho thought tlint ho munt
havo merited thin by bin faithful atten
tion to tho Law. Yet ho know that ho
had not attained to eternal life, that
tho dentb xoutenco wan Mill upon him,
lie nought counsel of tho grcntent
Iliibbl, tho grentent Teacher. That
Teacher loved ho earnest u wnlrlt nnd
proffered him ndvlco on what bo Mill
lacked of coming fully up to Ood'a ro
(lulrcmoutH of thono who will bo grant
ed a placo In tho Metinlanlc Kingdom,
' which in "duo tlmo" In to bless Israel
nnd, through Israel, nil tho fnmlllea of
tho earth.
In no uncertain tornm tho Master
gnvo tho young man to hoo that while
bo bad been keeping, probably to the
bctit of bin ability, tho comiuiinduieiitu
of tho decalogue, bo had only Imper
fectly discerned tho meaning of tho
Dlvlno requirement of lovo for bin
neighbor an for hlmnolf. Tho young
man wiih very rich. And to fultll tho
ruiulromoutH of tho Law to lovo bin
neighbor an himself would havo meant
not tho boarding of wealth, nor uccctj
Hnrlly tho distribution of It nil, but
tho wIho uho of It In tho Interest of bis
fellowmeu. Hut to gain a nharo in the
Kingdom would retpilro oven more
than thin. Ho must take up bis cross
and becomo n followor of .Tosun walk
ing In tho oteps of full obedience to
tho Dlvlno will, Tho price wan too much
for tho young man, nnd ho went bis
way. Jomih merely answered tho tpien
tlon but did not urgo the young man
to tluiH present himself a living
ftco to God and bis service. Indeed In
no ciibo did Jchuh over do moro than
luvlto-novor did bo urge. On the con
trary ho advised, Sit down Ilrst and
count tho cost of dlsclplesblp,
Whut could wo Hurinlso respecting
tho oternal dentlny of thlH young man
who had been striving so earnestly to
keep tho Law and to gain oternal life,
nnd who turned from Johuh and de
clined to tako up tho croBH and follow
him? Could wo suppose that Divine
Justice would send such n mini to eter
nal torment under tbeso condltloim?
If tboro wero such a penalty ovor him
could wo NUppoHo that Jenun would
havo allowed him to go without urg
ing him strenuously, without at leant
wnrnlug him, that by bin course ho
wan making tho choice of eternal tor
ment? Can wo nuppoNu thai our Man
tor know that all tho peoplo whom ho
nddrenned add who failed to accept bin
uicHnngo would bo consequently con
nlgncd to eternal torture, and that
ho let them go without urging tho mat
ter upon tliein? Wo could not no
think! Thank God wo nro gradually
getting free from tho bondage of error
fastened upon un by those who mln
translated certain wordn in our Illblc.
Wo get tho proper view when wo re
member that Jchuh' menHiigo at that
tlmo wiih "Tho Gospel of tho King,
dom." Ho wiih merely Inviting who
ever might hnvo tho ear to hear nnd
tho heart to appreciate tho privtlego
to becomo tiHKoclatcd with himself In
tho glorious Kingdom for which bo
told bin dlnclplen to pray, "Thy King
dom come; thy will bo done on earth
ns It In done In heaven." Wbnt tho
rich young mini lont wnn tho special
privilege of becoming a Jolnt-hclr with
Chrlnt In thnt Kingdom which. In due
time, will lio established nnd whono
mission will bo tho blessing of Israel
nnd tho world. It will bring to thcrh
"timet of restitution of nil things
which God hnth nixikcn by tho mouth
of (ill tho holy prophets slnco tho
world began" Acta III, 10-21.)
"H Whom Thou Lov.tt Is Slok."
Our text standn rclnted to a Tory
wonderful chapter in our Lord'H min
istry. Jenun with bin dlnclplen wnn
nbout threo days' Journey from Itctb
uny, tho homo of Lnznrun, Martha and
Mary. Hut they knew bin where
abouU, for bo wnn n special friend and
their home wan bin homo whenovcr
ho won near Jerusalem. IiuiruM took
seriously ill. Hut the two slstcp, Mar
tha and Mary, feared nothing, slnco
they had such great confidence In Je
sus, even" to belief lit bin nblllty
(o awaken sleepers from death. They
thought It proper to send tho Mns
ter word respecting Lnr.urus, but
not proper to dictate to him what
should be done. In the case. Itnthcr
they left to himself to decide wheth
er ho should spent; the word and
rebuke the dlseaso or whether ho
should como to Ilcthany and tako
tho sick by tho baud ami say, Arise.
Tho simple message they sent was,
"Lord, he whom thou Invest In sick."
Tho beautiful, childlike, simple faith
which they exhibited must hnvo been
very precious in tho Muster's sight.
.Nevertheless Jenun said nothing, and
did nothing In tho matter for three
days. Then bo said to bin disciples,
"Our friend Lazarus sleepeth." They
did not grasp bis meaning until bo
said to them plainly, Lazarus In dend;
and I am glad for your silken that 1
was not there. I um glad becauso it
will give mo an opportunity to demon
strate to you ami through you to all
who shall bo my dlnclplen In tho fu
ture the great power of God that In
vested In mo In respect to tho resur
rection of the dead.
All Illblo Students surely hnvo no
ticed how frequently hi the Scriptures
tho word "sleep" In used an a poetical
synouym for death. "Abraham slept
with bis fathers." "David slept with
bis fathers." Prophets, priests nnd
kings nro said to havo slept with their
fathers, whether good or bad. Like
wise tho .Vow Testitment uses tho
siuuo llguro of speech. Wo read that
St. Stephen tho martyr, stoiwl to
death, "fell asleep." St. Paul hkviUh
of the Church as falling asleep In
death and refers to all of our friends,
good and bad, who go down Into death,
ns being "asleep In Jesus." IIo tells
uh that wo neod not sorrow for them
us others who know not tho resurrec
tion hope. All who fall asleep In denth
because of Adam's transgression and
lta death sentence havo In Jesus a
Divinely appointed Itedeomer who in
God's duo tlmo Is to awaken all tho
sleeping hosts of Adam's race. "All
that tiro In their graves shall hear tho
voice of the Son of man and come
forth," They that have dono good
(who hno M'cured Divine approval as
worthy of eternal Ufo) shnll como forth
unto tho resurrection of life full per
fection); and they that havo dono evil
that havo not secured the Dlvlno ap
proval as being worthy of eternal Ufo
shnll como forth In tho resurrection
for Judgment (John v, IIS, IIP) or trial,
for discipline, for correction In right
eousness during Messiah's relgu of
1,000 years.
Coming forth In that Judgment tlmo
or trial time, all the willing and obe
dient will eventually bo lifted out of
sin and death, while those disobedient
to tho light and opportunity will bo
again consigned to death Second
Death, everlasting extinction (John v,
23, 20, It. V.).
Wo havo read our Hlbles too care
lessly lu tho past and have given too
much heed to those who, with less op
portunltles than ourselves, grossly mis
interpreted its teachings. What did
wo think respecting this word "sloop"
nnyway? Did wo suppose that both
tho good and tho bad "sleep" In heav
en? Wo wero told that tho bad would
go to u plnco too warm for sleep. Hut
our own brains nnd our own Hlbles
wo nover thought of using In connec
tion with tho Miibjcot Now, when v
hearken to tho Word of God, how
plain, how simple, bow iciiHowilile, are
Its teachings! Tho dead an- dead mill
not alive, However, III view of God
plan that there shall be u rosin reel Inn
of tho dead "In due lime" he speaks
of tho dead not an extinct like the
brute, but as merely anleep. They
aro walling for tho morning the glo
rloun morning of .Messiah's Kingdom,
when "tho Hun of Righteousness shall
nrlso with healing In Uh benmn," when
Falun shnll bo bound for n thousand
yearn and deceive the peoples no more.
Instead of tho reign of Sin and Death
tho relgu of Itlliteousness and Life
everlasting shall begin. How beautl
fully tho Scriptures itnnwer tho ques
tlon of whero tho dead nlecp, "Many
of them that tlccp In the duit of the
tarth shall awake" (Daniel xll, 2b
"Lazarut, Como Forth."
Jenun and his dlnclplen turned their
steps toward Hetbauy. Poor Martha
nnd Mary meantime wore Horely din
appointed. Not for n moment did they
suppose that their mighty Friend
would nllow thin trouble to como upon
them that ho would neglect to come
or to imo bis power to save Lazarus
from dying. Bo grlef-strlcken nnd so
heart-broken wero they thnt Mnrthn
only enmo to meet tho Master, and her
first wordn were those of gentle re
proach reminding him of their dis
appointment In him: "Lord, If thou
bndnt been hero(lf thou hnibit come
when wo sent tbco word) our broth
er had not died."
Whnt mesnngo of comfort did Jesun
express? Did be sny, Martha. LazartiB
In far better off In heaven! Ho In with
tho nngelH! IIo Is singing and very
happy I Surely you would not bring
him bnck to earth ngnlnl Were these
Uio words of Jcaus? No. He merely
said, "Thy brother shall rise again."
IIo thuu Implied that her brother wnn
not nllvo but rcnlly dend. How could he
rlso ngnln if ho hnd not censed to live?
Mnrthn's reply Indicates thnt she un
derstood what wero tho teachings of
Jesun nnd of the prophets. She snld.
"I know thnt bo shnll rise ngaln in tho
resurrection at tho Inst dny." But Jo
mih wished to drnw her nttcutlon to
the present nnd to hnvo her ask him
even at this time to call Lazarus back
from tho sleep of death. So ho said.
"I am tho resurrection and tho life."
You, Mnrthn, recognize mo ns tho Mes
siah, tho Son of Owl. You bcllcvo that
eventually when tho resurrection docs
tnko plnce, God's resurrection power
will bo exercised through me. And
now I nto hero with you. Why do you
not ask mo to exerclso sonio of this
power in .ndvnnco? " Where have you
laid him?
Mnrthn flunlly cnught the thought,
but replied, No, no, Lord, It Is too Into
now. By this tlmo he stlnkcth. for ho
has been dead four days. If you hnd
como when 1 sent you word, or even
hnd gotten hero within n dny or bo.
thcro would have been some hope, but
now It linn gone too far for thnt; for
decomposition ban set in. No miracle
could possibly reorgenlzo broken-down
tissues. Hut Jesus Insisted thnt they
should show him the place. When he
enme to tho tomb, what did the Master
do? Did ho command Lazarus to lay
nsldo his crown nnd harp in heaven
and bid tho angels good by nnd como
bnck to enrtb life? No! Did ho cnll
for him to como up from Purgatory,
tho locution of which nobody knows?
Not What did he say? Addressing
tho tomb, ho snld. "Lazarus, come
forth!" And what occurred? The
dcod one came forth. Ho wns not
nllvo nt all! Ho was dend!
Tho Beloved Family.
Wo rend again. "Now Jesus loved
Martha and her hlster, and Lazarus."
Some havo thought that they discerned
Lazarus amongst Inter disciples of
Christ possibly Hnrnnbas. But nny
way be was one whom Jesus loved,
oven though ho wns not ouo of the
apostles who followed with tho Lord,
And Mnrthn has como down to un ns
a synonym of bustling, energetic hos
pitality, "busied nbout many things."
Yet surely she won loving nnd loyal
to tho Master. Jesus loved Mnrthn
nnd wo may bo suro therefore that he
Iovcb all of similar character. But ho
loved Mary also. And we do not for
get thnt when she gave up some of
her boufcework that she might sit at
tho feet of Jesus and learn of him the
Master declared that sbo hnd "chosen
tho better part." This was tho same
Mary who anointed tho Master with
tho precious spikenard ointment tlvo
days before his burial. Martha and
Mary both loved nnd wero loved of tho
Lord, yet, evidently, Mary's lovo aud
the form It took wns specially npprov-
ed of the Master.
Klunlly wo come to John tho loving
dlsclplo of whom It Is satd that ho was
"that disciple whom Jesus loved."
What a glorious testimony was John's!
Wo remember that ho and his brother
loved the Lord so dearly that they de
sired that In bis Kingdom lu the future
they might bo next to him, one on his
right hand, the other on his left hand.
Wo remember that tho Master answer
ed that only by drinking of his cup of
shame aud Ignominy, aud by being
baptized into his sucrltlclal death could
they hope to sit In his throne nt all,
And wo recall bow loyally thoy agreed
to tbeso terms.
In proportion as we nro desirous of
having tho Master's nproval and smile,
let us each seek to cultivate his char-actcr-llkcncss,
Tho Apostle tolls us
that such copies of God's dear Son nro
to bo honored with n share with him
lu his Kingdom glory on tho heavenly
piano, To such will como tho honor
nnd privtlego of blessing aud uplifting
mankind lu general to an earthly sal
vation In Paradise restored by nnd
by, As wo noto tho special fontures
of chnractor which called forth tho
Master's lovo wo will' moro and moro
bo ablo to copy them In reaching our
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