MlfilJU'Oltl) MAIL TKIBUNK, MBDFOBD, OREOON, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1010.
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PEOPLES
Scnnon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Putor Dfooklyn
Tabernacle.
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Utlcn, N. Y Auk. ill.-Pniitor Itu
noil of Ilrooklyn Tntxiruuclu iirritcticri
lioro twice lodny to Inrco nmllunccH.
Wo roport ono of hl dlscourituii from
tho above toxt. Ilo wild In parti
Ono of llio wondorful tlilnM nbont
tho Illblo Mini tlio CbrlHtlnulty founded
upon tho IUuIo'h toacliliiKH In Hit) fnct
Mint It contains no much nynintuhy
comfort for ttiu boronvml, tho mirrow
ItiR, tho troubled. TIiIh In not true or
nny other hook or any other roHghm
In tho world. And who U thoro that
doca not nt mmio tlmo In llfo iiimmI ajrm
pnthy, now! oucouragiMiicnt. ntl
powerful nod lovluj; friend audi iih our
Illblo aHHiiros tin our God In to nil who
will iiccopt hln fnvor7
Hut our jjreat Advoritnry, Bntnn,
ROokN to tunko thu llk'ht appear dark
and tho durknciiN appear light. Ilo
Het'kH to uitntlvo tho tcntlmouloM of
Gori'a Word, nnd, to a very Krcat !
un-e. hln deception linro boon niiccohh
ful, H8 U wltuuancd by thu crevdn of
Christendom, rrnctlcttlly all of our
crwd, won thotiKh thoy niuicrt that
God In KrucIoiiN. merciful, kind and
loving, contradict thla description of
him nnd hln Plan for humnnlty in
luoiintroun tcrinn. tlendUh In tho ox
Home. Tho majority of creodn toll iih
of hla foroordlnatlou nnd pro-iirruugo
uicut of whntnoowr cornea to pntts anil
that thU olKulfli'fl that u tutlutly hand
ful will k'nln otvrnnl llfo lu Joy In
heaven, nnd that tho utmalutly thou
anuria of mllllotiN of heathendom nod
Cbriiitondom ant equally foroordnlned
to apoud an eternity of torturo foiv
known, forelntoudrd nnd provided fur
before their creation. In there com
fort lu thl? In mich n plnn Cod-llki
or Batnnlc? Could tiny Intelligent and
Kood being rejoice In kucIi ii plan of
damnation or iducorely woralilp an Al
mighty Clod who would no uilauao hl
unlimited (tower to dlntrrnH hU crea
turca, "bora In rIu. nhnpeu In Iniquity:
lu mIii did their mot hem conceive tuumV"
Tho minority of Christian creed de
clare the name reiiultn, hut that they
were not designed of (Jod. not fore,
known by him. not prodwttlnnUil. They
toll iih In other worda that we hnve nn
Incompetent Clod, wvllmenuliiK. but
deficient In wisdom nnd In wver. In
there nny comfort In ihtu Would ll
assuage the grief nnd pain of those
aurferliiK In eternal torment If they
could bo assured that their lot wax
such, not because of Dlvluo premedita
tion nnd design, but because of Divine
Incompetence? Surely Micro lu no com
fort to be hud from nuch n view!
After nil. we l'roieatnnta tlld not
mnko much of an Improvement upon
the theory held by our forvfnthcra
against which wo protested lu tho alx
teenth century. Surely purgatorial
tortures of n few centuries are no
worse, no less comforting than our
Protestant conception of an eternity
of torture for nit the non-elect. Our
Catholic forefathers manufactured Pur.
gatory without n shred of Scripture
upon which to bnae tho theory. They
built It In tholr Imaginations; they lu
vented Its llrcn nnd tortures. Our
ProtcHtant forefathers, ubIuk their Im
aginations, gavo us ou eternal tormout
hell not moro tangible, not moro Scrip
tural than Purgatory. Thoy did In
deed use n Scriptural term Bhcol.
hades, hell but, overlooking tho fact
that thoHo words ull ulgnlfy the state
of death, tho condition of tho dead,
they wrested tho language nnd war pod
It In nn uuBcrlpturnl manner to signify
torture. Tho penalty or "wngo of Bin
Is death." They inado of It torturo
everlasting, without tho slightest au
thority of Scripture except n misunder
stood nnd misapplied parable, which,
rightly understood, teaches n totally
different lesson. The fill no Gospel
has surely lost Its power. People arc
becoming too Intelligent to endure It.
Ab n consequence attendance at
Churches In decreasing nnd rerorence
for God In diminishing. Infidelity, call
cd Higher Criticism, etc., Is Increasing.
Tho need of tho hour Is tho Gospel
of comfort. St. Paul declares whnt
wo nil know, namely, that "tho whole
creation grouneth nnd travaJloth In
pain together until now waiting for
tho manifestation of tho sons of
God." Here wo uec tho necessity for
this Gospol of comfort. Wo ueo also
thnt God has provided It nnd that It Is
coming to the world In the end of Mils
Ago, In tho dawning of the new Age,
It will come to the world In general
as soon as the elect Church shall have
been selected nnd, by tho "First lies
tirroctlon" power, glorified with her
Lord ui Ida Kingdom class, as the
glorified sons of God, whose mission
It will bo to bless nil the families of
tho earth.
"Father of MarolaaQod of All Com
fort."
When St. Paul says. "Knowing the
terrors of the Lord," ho evidently re
fers to the fnct Mint our Creator him
declared thnt ''the wage it sin h
death" mot eternal torment); that "the
iou that slnneth, It hIiiiII die" (not live
In torment): that "nil the wicked will
God destroy" (nut prcscrvo In flroi;
and that only such as come Into vital
relationship with the Redeemer can
have overlaatlnx life, Knowing them
tltffltfs reapectluR tht Divine govern I
A REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURE
lows nml regulations of .Mi'mnIhI'
Kingdom will begin in rise up, up' "I',
out of their fallen, degraded coiiilitli'ii
of sin, and he hroujtht hack lit ml Unit
wns lost In Adam mill redeemed ill
Calvary, lu proportion iih ilie, lll
retrace their Mteps nnd come Inn It Into
Divine fellowship their shame will tie
creaso nnd their contempt also. Final
ly lu tho couimiuiuatloii of that ago all
who will may hnve attained full res
toration nnd roKonorutlon nnd free
dom from shame and contempt. Tho
unwilling nnd disobedient nnd rebel
I Ions will bo destroyed In tho Second
Denth "twice dond, plucked up by tho
roots" without hope of nny further
resurrection or restitution.
"Comfort With Thaw Words."
SL Paul urges thnt Christians should
not ho Ignorant concerning those who
nro iisleep-tlmt they "sorrow not oven
im others who have no hope," It I
bad enough to think of millions of the
heathen as beiiiK totally xlnct. hope
lessly dend. without nny prospcctH of
u resurrection. Tho sumo would ho
truo respecting our neighbors mid
f f jiidn, pnrenlM nnd children, brothers
nnd slsteni, who nro not saintly, who
nro not In "Christ Jesus," who nro not
walking after tho Spirit, who are not
heirs of God nnd Jolnt-hclru with Jesus
Christ our !ord. And If It would he
n sore trial to think of them as utter
ly destroyed lu death nnd without hope
of Resuscitation, resurrection, how
much worse would It hnvo been when,
In our misunderstanding of God's plans,
we thought of them nn being In either
Purgatory or eternal torture. Such n
false conception of tho Divine plans Is
oven worse than to believe them with
out hope nnd extinct.
Tho Apostle proceeds to point out the
basis of Mils hope lu these words, "If
wo bellove that Jesus died ami rose
again, even so them also which sleep
lu Jesus will God bring (from the dead!
with (by) him" (I ThessnlonlatiH Iv. Hi.
So, then, the Apostle declares, the
resurrection hope Is the Christian hope,
nnd tho Uisls of tho hopo of this resur
rection Is Mint Jesuu died thnt ho mlghl
he man's rnusomer Mint ho arose from
tho dead that ho might ho the great
Deliverer of mankind, the Prophet.
Priest and King of God. ami that he
might gather to himself the elect
Church, the llrlde, tho Lamb's Wife,
ns his Jolut-helr.
Christians, of course. In thinking of
tho resurrection of the dend. would prl
mitrlly, chiefly, consider their denr
ones of the household of faith: hence
tho Apostle continues his nrgumeut,
saying, that those of the Church living
at tho tlmo of tho Second Advent will
not precede or hinder those member
of tho Church who hnve died during
the past centuries, for the dead lu
Christ shall arlso first shnll bo awak
ened first from the sleep of death.
"Thtm That 8Up In Jaiui."
Wo cannot think thnt tho Apostle re
fers merely to tho Church In this case,
for uniformly. In speaking of tho resur
rection of tho dead, he refers both to
the Church nnd to the world, the
"resurrection of the Just nnd of the
unjust." So lu this case ho evidently
refers both to the Church and to the
world ns "asleep lu Jesus." The ex
pression will bo noted as different from
another one of his respecting those
who "sleep In Christ." The latter ex
pression evidently refers to tho Church
ns tho glorified members of Tho Christ.
Hut In speaking of those nslecp In
Jesus ho evidently tins roferenco to the
whole world of mankind. Tho whole
world died In Adam without having n
volco In the mnttor of their birth or
trial or condemnation. "Condemnation
en mo upon ull becnuse of one man's
disobedience." Likewise Justillcutlon
Is to pass uiKHi nil of our nice through
the precious merit of Christ's iincrltlcc.
Tho fnct thnt ho "died, the Just for the
unjust." constitutes his death n satis
faction price for the sins of the whole
world.
From this standpoint, therefore, the
whole world not only died In Adam,
but now sleeps or waits unconsciously
for n resurrection of tho dend through
tho merit of our Redeemer's sacrifice
If wo bollcvo thnt Christ died for our
sins nnd Inld tho foundntlon thus for
his great work of blessing tho world o
mankind, Including the Church, the
tlrst-frulls, let us believe nlso that
God who began his good work will not
stop until he shall have brought forth
Judgment unto victory until nil tho re
deemed world uhnll be brought to n
knowledge of tho Hedcomer and of the
Heavenly Father and to nn opportunity
for llfo everlasting through obedience
The world died hi Adam "In Adam all
die." Jesus Is tho Redeemer of the
world. "liven so all In Christ shall be
mnde nllvo."
Tho message has reached the Church
only, nH yet. In due tlmo It will reach
every member of the rneo. Tho Church
Is already reckouedly quickened from
the dead by the holy Spirit nnd will
shortly be born from the dead lu the
"First Resurrection." The world.
therefore, from the Dlvluo standpoint
Is not dend In Adam now, hut merely
asleep In Jesus, waiting for tho glori
ous tlmo when, his Kingdom establish
ed, he shall call all mankind from the
prison-house of death, from the tomb,
thnt each may learn to the full of the
graco of God lu Christ, nnd hnve op
portunlty for attaining llfo ovorlOBtlug,
These nro the words lu which wo are
to comfort ono another wordB of hope
respecting the resurrection of tho dead,
both the Just and the unjust words of
sympathy, words of assurance, words
that show that Gcd I" belter thnn nil
our fears; that yet lu a little while
ho that shall come will establish his
Kingdom first the Church lu glory
and secondly Israel and nil Mm fam
ilies of the earth through thorn. Kvery
thing connected with tho Divine mes
Dago Is full of hope, full of encourage
mont, full of blessing, to thoso In tho
coudltlon to receive It.
OQQi i i i i n ii ! iQ
PULPIT...
Most Comforting
Words,
Words of Life
"Comfotl ono another with theie t
word" (I Tlicualoru'flni iv, 1 8),
ooo '
merit we penwndo men everywhere,
"Ilo y reconciled to God" nnd thus
attain the only eternal llfo which ho
promised.
Hut. on tho other hand, nolo tho
kindly description of our God which
tho Apostle furnishes, "Illumed bo
God. even the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, tho Father of mercies,
the God of all comfort; who com
forteth us In all of our tribulation,
that we may bo nhlo to comfort thorn
Mint nro In nny tribulation, by tho
comfort with which wo ourselves ore
comforted of God. For ns tho suffer
ings of Christ abound In us, so our
comfort nlso nboundeth by Christ.
And whether we lx nflllcted. It la tor
your comfort and salvation or
whether we bo comforted. It Is for
your comfort and salvation, know
Ing Mint ns yo nro partakers of the
sufferings, so shall ye ho nlso of the
comfort" (II Corinthians I. 3-7).
Whnt n wonderful statement respect
ing tho Divine Intentions for tho com
fort of tho world and tho comfort of
tho Church, nil proceeding from "tho
God of nil comfort." Nothing written
In nny sacred books of any people nt
any tlmo reveals such a God as the
God of the Illblo a God Infinite In
Justice, Wisdom. Power nnd Love. It
Is ho that Is "working nil things ac
cording to tho counsel of his own good
will." for the ultimate comfort nnd
salvation of nn many of his creatures
aB will accept his favors, aftor being
brought to a knowledgo of tho Truth
respecting them. The Church Is now
comforted during this Gospel Ago
(saved to the highest plane of tho
heavenly nature) nnd during tho com
ing Age the world Is to bo comforted
nnd saved to tho human nature us
many ns will. For tho world this
menriB tho glorious opportunity of tho
mediatorial reign of Christ which will
constitute their time of restitution, up
lifting, resurrection to nil thnt was lost
In Adam nnd redeemed by tho precious
blood of Christ (Acts ill. 10-21),
"Comfort With Thota Worda."
In order to nppreclnte the meaning
of our text we must consider the
words of the Apostlo preceding It. be
ginning with tho 13th verse. He de
clares. "1 wouhl not have you to be
Ignorant, brethren, concerning them
which nro asleep, thnt ye Borrow not
even ns others which hnvo no hope."
All Christian people agree Mint th
word sleep hero refers to those who
died. They are not asleep lu heaven,
of course, for there nil Is wakefulness
and Intelligence and Joy. They arc
not asleep In Purgatory, of course, for.
according to or.r Catholic friends. Bleep
there would bo nn impossibility. They
nro not asleep In nn orthodox hell, for.
nccordlng to the description given by
Protestants, none could sleep there.
Where, then, are those who are
"nslt-op"? St. Paul snys that wo should
not be lguornut concerning them.
Hav we not been Ignorant lu tho past
foolishly Ignorant? Wo have Ignored
tho Apostlo'n words entirely. Wo hnvo
refused to believe that any nro asleep
and claim that nil nro nwnko. allvo a
few In heaven, tho ninny lu Purgatory
or eternal torture.
Rut St. Paul was right! The en tiro
ItlbU tenches that nil who die fall
asleep. Thus we learn of St. Stephen,
tho first Christian martyr, that he "fell
asleep" (stoned to death). We rend of
the good and had, kings nnd peasants,
falling asleep In death We read that
King David slept with Ills fathers
some of them good, some of them bad.
Wo rend Mint Abraham slept with tils
fathers some of them heathen. The
Ulble tells us where, they sleep nnd that
they will nil ben wakened from the sleep
of death in due time In tho resurrec
tion, during Messiah's reign of a thou
sand years. The Prophet declares Unit
"Many that sleep lu thu dust of tho
earth shall awake, some to life ever- ,
lusting nnd some to shame and lasting
contempt" (Daulel sll, l'i.
Those who wlrl he uwnkened from
tho sleep of death unto resurrection of
life will be tho blessed and holy, the
saintly, who will he associated with
Messiah In the Kingdom work for the
blessing and uplifting of the non-elect,
Those who will be awakened from the
Bleep of death to ahauio nnd age-last
ing contempt will bo the non-elect
world. Tholr slmmo will bo In propor
Hon ns they have enjoyed light, knowl
edgo nnd opportunity nnd hnve failed
rightly to appreciate nnd use these.
They will hnve contempt from their
fellows. In proportion us their short
comings of the present time will he
shown up. Many highly esteomed
amongst men will be awakened to thnt
shame and tigo-lnstlng contempt. But
their ense wbl not be a hopeless one.
Much of their wenkness and derelic
tion were the result of Adam'H trans,
gresslon and the sinful conditions
which have resulted, Including unfa
vorable environment. God hits pro
vided In Christ redemption for ull from
tho bIdb and weaknesses resulting
from Adam's disobedience and thus
tho entire race of Adam Is guaranteed
nn Individual trial under favorable
condltlons-for life everlasting or
death everlasting.
All who will render obedience to tht
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Ocorgo K King of Mcdford is in
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regarding thu effect of forest fircn
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