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THIS SERMON IS A REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURE
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PEOPLES PULPIT...
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Ala 1
Srnnon by
CMAKLES T.
RUSSELL.
Pastor Brooklyn
1'abcrtiacto.
The Glorious Liberty
of the Children
of God.
"Tlio crcnlurc nlto ahntl lc de
livered from llic l)ondnKc of corrup
tion into the yjoriom liberty of the
children of God" (Roinani viii, 2 1 )
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Hrooklyn, Jul . 1'nntor ltuwii'll of
tlio tlrooUlyu Titbernnclo prenchv! to.
Ony In llrooldyu'ti InrKoxt Aiiilltorltiin,
tlio Acmloiny of Mimic, from the it t
text, to n crowded mill ntluntlve iiuill
unco. Ho null):
Tomorrow will tut colulimtctl iik "I. Hi
orty l)ny" by A merlon iim In nil pnrtH
of tliu world, To fioino. of cnurm. It
iiii'miin n liollilny, a tlini' of ri'ciciitliiii
lint to otlii-rn of tin It niciil(M ulniii'iiily
of "Liberty oiiIIkIimwiIiik tin1 oilil'"
Cvou tint i'ihmiiIun of tlio Hcpilblli' MUM
COIinill) tllMt III! lillllll'IICP linn KOII"
forth from Uu'ho Hlioron to t lie uilis
tiioMt botiiuM of onrtli an liilliii'iHi'
4it;nltint tyriiuuy, unit In it lirond. ecu
rntl wny In lino wltb tlio Clolden HiiU.
which rcHiM-cin tlio llburtlON of otlii-r
h It ilctdroii IIh owu to be rcitpvctvil
It In dllllciilt to CHtlinnto tlio wclhl
of Inltiiunco iittiu'liliiK to tlio miiiinroiix
lotti'M koIiik from thw liori to
ivory country unilor licitvuti, to ovcry
liiuulut nuil vIIIiiku mid city It In dlr
tll'lllt 10 CHtlllllltO tlio llllllKMICO of tlio
riowxpnpcnt mid iimkmlIiich which k
forth from thin Inud liriusllni: tlio lovo
of liberty, And yet. ilenr frleudi. uvcry
ilny nuil ovory yonr, tin our IiIviim urn
tun, wo couio to Nt'o uioru mid moro
lltluetly wlint coiiKtlttiK'H true "IIh
orty," mid to clImliiKiilHli thin from
"llcemn'," which Homutliiii'K wtrnH tlio
livery of liberty, to Krowdy inlnropro
noiit It.
Jt Is not HtirprlHluu thut tunny who
como to our nliitri' from Inmln when
pcrmiunl llherty U nlinont unknown nre
liiclluiil to execi more liberty thnii
wo enn safely ticcord them. They nre
obliged to lenru Krnduiilly the Iciuuiii
thm noclrtl liberty wlgullluii. not tier
noun! llreime. hut the iwrnilwiloii to do
only thoHc thing which will not Inter
fere with tlio righto mid llbertlc of
otherii. IntUitl. thin Ik the leniton
which nil must lenni tu order to he
good, tucfui eltlroiu of thin ltepulillc;
it lebiton theroforo to be lenrued by nil
who would enjoy true liberty. It In
the letoioii of nelfcaiilrol; the lesnon of
(ulndliiK onn'ii own bUNlnetm: the limnn
of npenklUK evil of no innn; the lonii
of dolus good unto nil men nw wo Imw
opportunity; the Ichhoii of Intruding
on the proper right mid privilege of
no ouo olno, Hut tilnx, how few of the
world tiuvo come to rightly view the
liberty of which wo boiiHt!
In ths 8chool of ChrUt.
It U In tlio Kehool of Christ Hint the
pupllri or disciple of the Lord Jentm
limy lenru of him. the (Jrent Teneher.
the Importnut lonnoti of self-control nnd
the tiroper uxerelse of our owu lib
orty. without eiicroiichlng upon the
irlghtn nnd liberty of othern. Alii.
dour frlendn, we mutit concedo Hint tv
Muarknbly few of the Lord's people
ihnvo lenrued this lesson mid uro ipiull
Jllod to Kruduntu nlong this lino! Mirny
followers of Christ continually prne-
mIho Injustice In the little thing of life.
UflcctliiK to record tlio liberties and
Tights of others. In the Church, In the
home. In business, (he rights of others
tire ll too frequently Ignored or only
pnrtlnlly rccugnUod. It Is more liu
portnnt Hint we lenni to recognUo tin
irlKhts mid liberties of others tlmn to
'.Insist upon our owu rlghtn, The for
tutor course tends to iniiko us (Jedllke:
tho Jnltcr cultlvntcs solflshnoss nnd
frequently getB us Into dllllculty un
tioceutmrlly. The Apontlo's liiHtructlou
Is thut ho fur us possible, wo should
llvu pcacenhly with nil men, which
often necessitates tlio voiding of our
own rlhts for the sake of penco.
This mutter of InslstltiR upon rights
nrul liberties Is movlnj? the world more
nnd tnoro toward contention nnd strife
nd hantoultiK It toward the Brent time
of trouble which shnll engulf the
whole soclnl structure. Doubtless the
Krent majority will be cIiiIiiiIiik their
liidlvldunl rlKhts while nlmost totally
dlHreKiirdlnK tho rlKhts of others. We
urge, therefore, that kind of love of
liberty which Is willing to snerl
llco ih respects Its own prlvlloKPS,
thut It may bo helpful to others In
umlntnlnliiK their proper liberties. Nor
,,'loes this signify thut tho people of
r'Uod should ipiiop their own liberty
j.d tight for the liberty of others
-Jtotlier wo should stimd for the prln
. cJnJes of rlgliteousuess. nnd both by
wirjl nnd precept refrnln from stirring
I i yloleiice, or Jeopurdlzlng the Inter
estHf others. Liberty of conscience
wn should innlntnln In oursolves nnd
ithouliLencnurnge In others.
"LJuiirty of Chlldron of God."
S(. I'nul speuks hi our text of the
llbcrly.tH' the children of Jod " This
prliiiurJIy. Hlgnllles our desertion from
our tiiHkumater. Sin, timl the fiiirrender
of our wills to (lod nuil lighteousness
It inenns.ii repmlliitlou of liberty to
do wrong, mid the grasping, through
Christ, of liberty from bondage to Sin.
Hut, us the Apostle elsewhere explains,
wellndlt Impossible to eouipier fully the
fallen llesh Wo will llnd It Impossible
uh "Now CreatureH" to attain the full
liberty of Sonslilp under present condl
tlons. bpcuuse. us Si Taul declares,
"The (lesh lusteth ngaliiHt tho spirit
nnd the two me onntrnrj the one to
tho otlioiM ((Siilutlaiis v, 17i We have
a constant light to resist the enslaving
Inlluences of Hln-to iitulutaln our ill
erty ns sons of (lod. The victory will
, not be fully attained until our rusup
rectlon, when "This corruptible must
tint on lucorruptloti." Then our new
minds will receive new, perfect spirit
bodies, through which they can oper
ate perfectly, mid exercise, to tho full,
true llherty, truu freedom.
Tho full liberty of the Children of
Uod, therefore, Is not attained In this
present life, but will bo attained In the
resurrection, when wo shall be per
fected In the Master's likeness. And
In thin connection It Is well to note
that this Is the liberty of the ungels
iiIho lllwrty of freedom from Hln,
from tho power mid domination of
error nnd superstition ami weaknesses
through heredity. All (ho angels were
thus created, mid father Adam and
mother Cve ulso were thus created. In
the full likeness of the children of
God, Some lost their liberty by diso
bedience; they beenmo slnres to Hln
mid Death, and have been more or less
hound by these conditions from thou
until now, Ho, then, "Tho liberty of
tho children of God" Is nbsolute tier-fcctlou-tho
Ideal condition for which
the Church Is striving
Tin Qrosnlng Creation.
The Apostle In our text Is discussing
tho condition of the world of mankind
In general, lie reminds us that "the
whole creation gronucth and trnvnlleth
In pal ii together until now" (Itomnus
vlll. S'.'i In the nineteenth verse he
tells us what they nre waiting for,
unmcly, "The earnest expectation of
the (humntu creature wnlteth for the
manifestation of the sous of God."
The world of tnnnklnd Is now onHlnvod
to Hln nnd Death; they cannot help
themselves; they must wait until God's
time for setting them free from this
bondage. God's time will come In con
nection with the u-lorlllcatlon of the
'church, nnd her manifestation with
tier Lord In tho glories of his Messian
ic Kingdom, Then the groaning crea
tion will bo set free from the bondage
of Sin and Death, under which It now
groans and travails.
Mad Subjtot to Vanity.
Tho Apostle reminds us Hint the
nlnvery of mankind to Hln and Death
enme upon the world through vanity,
or frailty, unwillingly Our frailties
nro the result of sin und of tho Divine
sentence. I'athcr Adam wns dlsobcdl
cut nnd our Creator, In seutenclug him
to death, made the dying condition
such that all of his children would be
Involved wltn him, ns sinners, through
heredity, and thus sharers In his dying
condition. Hut God did not subject
our rnce to (his dying condition, this
slavery to Hln und Death, with the In
tention of blasting the hope of human
ity to nil eternity, much less with the
expectation of Bonding Adam nnd his
rnce to eternal torture. Ilnthcr. we
nre to understand Hint when God pro
nounced the denth sentence upon our
race. Intermingled with It wns the
hope, tho desire, on the pnrt of the
Creator, that tho result of that death
sentence should not be mnn'H absolute
and eternal destruction, after the man
ner of the brute beast. In (ho Divine
purpose there mingles n hope n desire
nnd Intention Hint nil of Adam's race
who will lenrn tho lesson of righteous
ness tuny ultimately bo delivered from
tho bondage of Sin and Death, Into the
truo llherty of children of God. It wns
to secure. In God's duo time, for Adam
nnd his race, liberty from Sin und
Death, that Christ diet! for our sins.
Th Creation to D Delivered.
Our minds now turn to the liberty
which, by God's grace, enmo to this
nation In 1770; and, similarly, Rome of
our nation look to the liberty Hint was
accorded them by the "Kmunclputlon
Proclamation." Hut these etunuclpn
tlons nro nothing In comparison with
the great Kmunelpntton which God
purposes shall como to all the world
of mankind through Christ. Knslnvwl
to Sin, through I'nther Adam's disobe
dience, "Sold under sin." the purchase
of the race by the precious blood of
Christ Is to be announced by the Great
Judgo who pronounced the sentence.
This Is n glorious hope, u glorious pros
pect, but ns yet It Is merely n pro-v
pect. Only the true Church bus as yet
been set free; and she wnltH for perfect
freedom through the "Kirst insurrec
tion." "The whole world lleth In the
Wicked One." nnd still nre aluvea to
Sin nnd Death conditions In every way.
The arrangement of Divine Provi
dence for this great liberation of the
captives of Sin nnd Death Is wonder
full God's Kingdom Is to be estab
lished nnd to exercise his reign or rule
of lighteousness amongst men for a
thousand years! Satan Is to he bound
during that period, thut he may de
ceive and entrap humanity no more.
The knowledge of God nnd the nsslst.
mice of Divine power are to be ex
tended to every creature, bond and
free, rich nnd poor, of every tongue
and nation. Not only will the living
nations enjoy this privilege of release
from shivery to Sin nnd Death, through
the great Hedeeuier, hut. uddltlonnlly.
till who are In .their gruves will have
tho glorious opportunity of being
uwnkoned nnd of being brought to a
knowledge of the Truth, that they may
bo saved by laying hold t hereon -by
conforming heart nnd life to the rules
of the Kingdom of God's dear Son
und thus attaining eternal life.
Truly, that will be u glorious epoch,
when to the great Deliverer "every
knee shall bow and every tongue con
fess, to the glory of God " It will be
grand. Indeed, to witness during the
thousand years of Christ's reign the
gradual liberation of the slaves of Hlu
mid Deiith-lhelr gradual rittnlnmciit
of full mastery over their weaknesses
and Imperfections by tlio assistance of
the gioat Kiiinnclpiiior! .Many of these
poor slaves went down to the tomb In
fearful anticipation of a future of eter
rial torment. How glut! they will bo
when they uwake from the sleep of
death, realizing It as only n momentary
Interim! They will be nilvlsed of tho
fact that the Itedemptlon price has
been paid by Jesus and that, there
fore, ho Is fully iiiallflod and empow
ered to set them free In overy sense of
the word not only from tho cumlcmua
(Ion of death, but also from tho actual
blight of dcuth-tho mental, moral nnd
physical weaknesses, which nro ele
ments of tho death sentence.
True, the Scriptures Intlmnte that nil
will not appreciate the privilege of
emancipation from the dominion of Sin
mid Death, it is not for us to specu
late as to the number who will ulH
mutely bo set free. It Is suiriclent for
lis to know that nil will be brought to
a full opportunity of attaining or re
jecting the emancipation privileges.
All will be free In the senso Hint nono
will die the Second Denth. except by
his own wilful, deliberate sympathy
with sin nnd rejection of the righteous
and liberal terms of thoGrentLlbenitor.
Not Only They but Ourselves.
Pursuing the subject, the Apostlo
rnnrks tho Church of this Gospel Age
ns separate and distinct from the
world. lie shows that thoso who ro
celvo tho begetting of tho holy Spirit
now, nre already children of God. nod
already enjoying full freedom, full lib
craUou from the conclcmnoffon of Sin
and Death. Ho says. "And not only
they (the groaning crentlon. the worldi,
but ourselves nlso (tho spirit-begotten
Church of this nge). which hnve the
first frulm of tho Spirit, even wo our
solves groan within ourselves, waiting
for tho adoption, to wit. the redemp
tion (deliverance) of our Hody"-"tho
Hody of Christ, which Is the Church"
(Verse 23; I Corinthians xll. 27).
Tho Apostle Is here pointing out that
wbllo the world Is groaning under its
share of the Adnmlc condcmnnUon, be
lievers In Christ nlso gronn-though In
a different rummer. The world groans
and trnvalls. waiting for the Church's
mnnlfestntloti-"tho manifestation of
tho Sons of God." The Church groans,
not outwnrdly. but Inwardly, while
waiting for something different Tho
world Is waiting for the manifesta
tion of tho Sons of God. because "Now
nro wc the Sous of God" 0 Joun ll1
2). Our salvation will come, thereforo.
before this manifestation of the Sons
of God. which will bring release to the
world. The elect Church is icaltlng
for the adoption, the dellvornnco of the
Hody lu tho First Kesurrectlon. Our
Heavenly Fntlicr tins already granted
us Hie spirit of adoption whereby wo
can cry. "Abbn. Father." but our ndop
Hon is not yet accomplished, com
pleted. Wo nre already set free In our
mfnii from tho Irw of Sin mid Death,
but will not be entirely free until our
adoption shall bo completed by our
resurrecHon change. The ndopUon of
tho Church by Hie Father will bo her
full entrance Into the liberty of the
Sons of God. her full entrance into per
fection, "changed In a moment. In tho
twinkling of an eye" (1 Cor. xv, S2t.
The Apostlo continues tho sumo
thought, pointing out that tho salva
tion of the Church nt the pVesent Hmo
is not her actual or complcto salvation,
but a liope-snlvnHou or u fnlth-snlva-Hon.
He points out that what wo hope
for Is to be brought unto us nt tho
revelation of our Lord and Savior Je
sus Christ, nt his second advent. He
points out Hint In tho menu time. If
wo have this hope ns nn anchor to our
souls. It will lend us to bo patient In
waiting for the glorious things of the
Divine nrrangement. It will lend us
to wait patiently for tho Lord's Hmo
for our owu blessing mid further op
portunity for service In bestowing
God's blessings upon Hio world. We
nro to wnlt for our dellvernnce. with
paffence, nnd In this we shall bo exer
cising and developing one of tho
graces of tho holy Spirit necessnry for
our perfecting. It Is not sutlleleut
Hint wo lenru to fore liberty; wo must
leant full submission to tho Divine will
nnd to receive our liberty, in kind and
In time, according to the good pleas
ure of the Father.
Tho expression, "The redemption of
our Hody," does not refer to the Lord's
people, Individually, for each of us
will have ti separate body In the resur
rection. Tho Apostle's thought Is that
of the Scriptures In general, namely,
that (here Is ouo Hody, which Is (ho
Church; nnd (hat, so far us our com
plete adoption by the Father Is con
cerned, this must he done lu unison;
he will not receive the Church sepa
rately, member by member, but alto
gether, nt the close of this age. Then
so many us shall have fought the good
tight of faith mid Mulshed their course,
so many as shall be found worthy a
place with our Lord In his throne will
bo "chunged" In the "First Hesurroc
Hon." These will lie presented togeth
er us one glorious Hody. or "Church
of the living God, whose mimes nre
written lu heaven."
So fur, then, ns the world Is con
corned, let us think less of assisting
them to Individual and personal lib
erty tlmn to freedom from the yoke
of Sin. Let us rejoice lu the privilege
nuil opportunity which, If faithful, we
will huvo by nnd by with the Master,
of delivering or setting at liberty from
sin' und deuth the entire groaning cre
ntlon Let us remember that tu attain
this we must become members of the
glorllled Kingdom, which will extend
this blessing to nil tho families of earth
32 BILLS WILL GO
BM PEOPLE
Direct Lcnlslntion Measures Under
tho Initiative for the November
Election Arc All Petitioned For
Will Bo Heavy Ballot.
SALEM, Or., July 9. Thirty-two
Initiative petitions had been filed with
tlio secretary of stato when tho hour
for closing tho filing arrived last
evening, rind that number will bo un
tho ballot for approval or rejection
by tho voters on election day In No
vember. Mnny of tho counties hnvo
some local legislation and several bills
are of stntowldo Interest, among thorn
ouo to prohibit tho mnnu'ncturo and
sale of Intoxicants In the Btato. Six
teen of tho measures are amendments
to tho conntltutlon. Six petitions wero
filed ycatcrdny JUHt before tho tlrno
for nccoptanco of potltlons by tho nec
rotnry of stnto came to a close. The
32 hills to bo voted on by the people
are:
A constitutional amendment pro
viding for restricting the creation of
now counties.
A hill- to provide for proportional
representation In the legislature.
A bill to extend tho primary elec
tions. A hill for tho inspection of public
offices nnd tho publication of an offi
cial gazette.
A constitutional amendment pro
viding that three-fourths of a Jury
may find n verdict In a civil case and
modifying tho state's system of legal
procedure.
A constitutional amendment pro
viding for the raising of funds for
Improvement of highways.
Woman's taxpaylng suffrage
nmondment granting to all taxpay
ers tho right of suffrage
A bill for tho establishment of an
eastern Oregon branch of tho state'
Insano asylum.
A bill to elect delegates to a con
stltlonal convention tho second Mon
dny In October, 1911.
A constitutional amendment to pro
vMo a separnto district for the elec
tion of each state senitor nnd each
stato representative.
A constitutional amendment to
cnuso taxes to bo collected for pub
lic purposes only and providing tho
power of taxation shall never bo sur
rendered, susponded or contracted
away.
An nmondment providing for state
railroad building.
An nmondment directing n uniform
rule of taxation.
An act to Increase tho nalnry of tho
Judge of tho Klghth Judicial district.
An act f!o create tho county of No
smith. A bill to provldo for tho mainte
nance of tho normal school at Mon
mouth. A bill to create the county of Otis.
A bill to annex a portion of Clack
amas county to Multnomah.
A bill to create tho county of Wil
liams. An amendment providing for peo
ple of each county to regulato taxa
tion nnd exemptions.
An amendment giving cities and
towns control ovor snlo of liquor,
A bill for liability of employers.
A bill to creato tho county of Or
chard. A bill to creato tho county of Clark.
A hill for tho support and mainte
nance of tho normal school at Wes
ton. A petition for tho annexation of a
ortlon of Washington county to Mult
nomah coutty.
A petition to eztablish and main
tain a normal school at Ashland. I
An amendment to section 35, ar
ticle 1, of the constitution to prohibit
tho sale of liquor. '
A petition to create an "employes' "
Indemnity commission.
A bill to protect fish on Itoguo rlv- A hill to croato tho county of Dc
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