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TriirmraMriri ttwt trr tti i .fS,..ri Tifirwmiiirtiiiiiirii i Itillilfi u ii l,n I -.l.-U -" ' -.;.- TB DAILY OAPITAIi JOURNAL, SAJ.EM, OREGON, SATURDAY; FEBRUARY 12, 1010 PAGE FOUR 1 .PEOPLE'S Ofe. fx , Sermon by CHARLES T. RUSSELL, Pastor Brooklyn Tabernacle. V ; JBrdoklyii, Feb. C.-Tbo fourth and final mooting for the consideration of dogtrltlal aurjrendcrs necessary to Church' Federation was hold today, Brooklyn's largest auditorium, the Academy of Music being crowded. Pastor 0. T, RlftWOll, of tho Brooklyn Taberna'ble. delivered tho address as follows: Sknvlng viewed during the past three Sundays what tho leading dcnomlna u!ra8would''iieed to sacrlflco In the In terest of Federation, wo come today to tho final discussion of this series Tho dWeli Militant and Triumphant and her Interest In the Federation move ment. Lot us endenvor to tako so broad a view of this subject that thcro will liSlifTrooin fdr 11 If agreement Stftlli" part of true Christians of any denomi nation. Sjnneccssary as It maybe to explain toHhis largo and Intelligent audlenco tifo slgnllieance of our topic, Tho (uroUlllI,mjtt and IHfasyChurcli TJ. umphdnt, IMhust thlnlwbeyond Jttie thmisnndj uliont of lhnlllions who to-niorrdw JJI receives reports of . this discourse ffljtori that greM, chanifcl of the vrId$rW$p. Ui0$&ular.tirosB. Hence I explain that the term Church Militant signifies the ''htirch In wnr- - fare, struggling with tlio powers of of 11, whllo tho Church Triumphant sig nifies the Church victorious, glorious, joined with her Lord, the Heavenly Brldogroom, as Ills Brldo and Queen in tho great .Millennial Kingdom soon to bless and uplift tho world of man kind. I should further add that whllo in this discussion wo havo considered tho various denominations of Christen dom and tiioir creeds, wo must today ignore nil human systems and creeds. "Vo must tako tho broad, general ground of tho Scriptures and recog nize only one Church. v Nor may wo mako tho raislako of saying that tho ouo Church is one Sect. No sl!Ct, no denomination, however great and Influential and numerous and rich, either in sordid or historic wealth, can bo conceded tho right to nppropiiato tho namo which our Lord gave to all truly his disciples. Surely none of us is sectarian enough to dis puto this prenise. Wo must- learn to recognize tho Church of Christ from tho muno viewpoint as docs tho Head of tho ChurQh. Wo must' learn tho forco of St. rotor's words to Cornelius, "Of n truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in every na tion ho that foa roth him and worketh rlghtoousnosB is 'nccuptod with him" (Acts x, si, ar). Taking, therefore, tho Scriptural view of tho Church, wo recognize it ns tho "Body of Christ" of many mem bers, over which he Is tho lload. It is composed of consecrated followers of Christ Irrespective of all donomlna .Uoniil llnos-those who, turning from siu, accept Jesus as tholr Redeemer, through whom they Have forgiveness of slus and reconciliation to tho Father tlioso AVho havo becoino disciples of Christ, taking up their cross to follow him and who have received tho beget ting of tho holy Spirit. Who could dlsputo that theso aro the Church of Christ? Who shall say that they must belong to this Communion or that, or lose their relationship to tho Head, Christ Jokiu? Tho nposllea novor re ferred to Baptist Christians. Methodist Christian. Catholic Christians,, Pro bytorlnn Chrlitluns, te., but morely to those whom wo hnvo described and whom tlioy atylort wduts "tho Church of tho living Cod, whoso names are written in Ueavon" iIJl4'wi xli, 23; I Timothy 111. IB). Lot us koop strictly within tho linos of Cod's Word and "avoid tho errors of tho prist. Lot us today consider this Church as the Church Mllltuut and prospectively tho Church Triumphant. , Tho Qliujrch JWlUnt, If wo all aivw that wo hnvo hoforo our mltide the itl Cjiuroh, tho Ohureh ot tho Now Testament, lot us notlco that thoro Is a nominal Church also and that wo are not competent to fully dctorinjBO which are tho real and which aro tho uumhiul Chrlstinns ox copt by Iku tAit whluli uur Lord has given "by their fruits shall know thorn." WUIIo tin mil Church of fully consecrated bellevom, fnlthful to the Lard and ltl Word and tho principles of right KusnisR. is roprosoutod by a very small miuilwr, thcro Is u nominal Church rolutwl thereto as U a slioll to tho kornel xf a nut. The nomhiRl Oburch include tUotw vlw muiiusr if wlioafoatieiulaiK-oou worship Implies h rolatloiiNhip to Christ without having goue tho ImiKth of a full falth-aooopt-nc of Mm "i WttvrtUcn. rUnp with out hn.YiK f"1,y turned 8,u oven In their heart and without having niado h full t-ouwrtlott to gurve the irtl. This nominal cIhsh tuny be Hub dlvJdtttl into bollovoin wl aro favor ably dlownl Uviml Christ and riKht uftmumm; others who retard the Chureh as merely uioraJ club do Plguetl foi' s4'lal d moral benefit or Inttueuetf uiiwm the world, by couuter RftiHK sinful in'Uu'iuoe. sUH others. i,Ant-! Hinfut nnd eelBsb, hav- lag uo faith wlmtoor Jt Jesus aud no ettee wlutver for monuur iuu poo -pulpit;.. FEDERATION VAHJE The Church Militant's Surrender to the Church Triumphant. "Say ye not, A Federation, to all them to Whom thU,peop!e hall "say, A Federation; neSker ieafye 'their fear, nor bo afraid" (Isaiah viii, 12). O oO-- ' ;-Q Ing tho name of Christ hypocritically, merely as n garment to deceive, that they may the bettor gan tholr onds. Thus we find tho nominal Church to consist of: (1) Hypocrites; (2) Moralists; (3) In differonts; (4) Soakers afto; godliness; (C) The true Churbh, "the sandtlflcd' in Christ Jesus" (I Corinthians, 1, 2) "meinbers of tho Body of Christ" prospective members of tho Church Triumphant. Fightings Without and Within. Every member of "the Church of tho first-born" was called "to suffer with Christ" that ho may bo also later glori fied with him in tho Millennial King dom. Only those who will stand thai test 9f faithfulness under sufferings, trlnls, crossos. solfsaorlflccs, havo tho promise of sharing with Christ the. glories of the Church Trlumpnant. "If we bo dead .with him. we shall also live with him; If wo suffer with him, we Khali also reign with him; If wo deny him, ho also will deny us" (II Timothy II, 11, 12). But "'why ' should the Church fight?., Is she not .commended to llvo peace,' ofcly wh-ali? Are not Christians;-;.. uortcu 10 war noi wiui uiu-imi wvuauiqj and to be smitten on both .(ilie'eks, rather than to return evil for evil? Where, then, comes In the fight? Who are the foes? Surely none would as sail a non-resistant! AVo reply that the facts do not bear out that suggestion. Our Lord nnd his apostles were peaceable and non-re-' slsfant, obeiilont to kings and laws, and yet thoy suffered violent deaths, as well as stripes and Imprisonment. They had their names cast out as evil. And those who persecuted and ma ligned them verily thought that they did God service. All who follow in the Lord's footsteps must expect simi lar treatment, because, as Jesus said, "Tho servant is not greater than his Lord." "Marvel not, if tho world hate you, yo know that It hated mo before It hated you. If ye wero of tho world, tho world wojildjovc his own; but be causo ye arc not ot the world, but I have chosen you Out of tho world, therefore tho world hateth you" (John xvlil, 18, lib. Tho Master said, "The darkness hateth the light," which ex plains why tho chief religionists of his time, being of wrong condition of heart, Instigated his crucifixion. They wore, of the darkness, living outwardly holy, while In heart they wero far from consecrated to God. Tho very holding up of the torch of Truth was painful to them, reproved them and excited their animosity. Human na ture Is tho bo mo todny. Notwithstand ing the fact that huretlc-roastlng has become unpopular and Intolerable to tho world, thoro aro methods of pri vately and symbolically roasting, slashing, wounding and killing prac tised by thoso estranged from God, though sometimes highly esteemed of men and wearing vestments only slightly less glorious than thoso worn by Calaphas and Pilate. "Who Scourgotli Evory Son." Tho Scriptures explain that thoro is a two-fold reason why Josus and all of his followors aro required to suffor for righteousness sake. (1) It. Is roiiulslto to their own character-development that thoy should not only profess absoluto loyalty to God and to Truth, but that this loyalty should bo put to tho tost. Thus wo read of our Lord that though "holy, liurmloss, undotllcd," ho was proved perfect In his loyalty by tho things which he endured by his ohodlonco ovou unto dentil, even tho Ignominious donth of the cross. Tho same princi ple, tho Scriptures assure us, opm'u.tod la connection with all whom God Is now calling to bo ICnuniuuiol'a associ ates in tho Millennial Kingdom. Thoy must suffer with him If thoy would reign with I1I111. They must walk In Ills steps (Galatinns v. 11; vt. 12; II Thgeitaloiiliuis 1, 5; II Timothy i, 12; II, 0, 12; III, 12). (3j These o.xporloucrjH 1U0 doslgucd of Clod to nuallfy us to bo Judge) of tho world during tho Millennial Ago that tho Christ, lload and Body, may bo merciful and faithful towards tho pooplo of otirth. Llkawlsu it is propor tlmt tho world should know that Its Judge hnvo thus boon tcmptod nnd tried, and aro able to sympathise with Ilium in thslr wuuknoesoe and In tholr oudoavurs for righteousness and more willing to help them up. up. up to hu man perfection than to consign thorn to the Second 1)oalh. Although this iHtutllct has lasted for more than eighteen centurion It has not been lone for any single Individ ual. With the Master hluutolf the trial period wax only threo and a half years. On the whole, as compared with etfi'iniN, the entire Qospul Ago of Sacrtfh m tlio Master said. Is but 'a little wullp." And as for tho af illettoit and uittluiM themuolvoa. St. I'nul Gives IN proper thought, saying, that at ihu ihe are "light afflictions hut for a mt uiiMi and not worthy to lie eompntv! with the glory tlmt shall ho revealed In us." tho orercomerfl (HoilWIlH vltl. 1S T'u Church T iirrhont The rlmivh in ;lry ar.d In power -!'. i!m 1 !' 1 11 rn s iiid uo in rely nutdti.U 1 or tn on'v tin true, the saintly, tho "sanctified In Christ Jesus." Nevertheless it will bo composed of, two classes, as illustrat ed by tho Priests and tho LeVltes in tuoiMl, (1' 'leans glorified, tbj& nnti tyiiiem Hhjh Priost, and his faithful footstep 'fdlldwerft the nntltyplcal un-dor-nripsthoodothcrwlse ills "Bride." Together those aro styled a Boyal Priesthood or a Kingdom of Priests. St Paul tells us that Molehlzcdck. who was a priest upon his throne, merely typified tho Church Triumphant nead and. Body Tho Christ, ,"A priest for cvor after thtf'Ordor of Mdlchlzcdek'' a priest upon his throne. During the Millennial Ago that glorious Priest. Head and Members, will bless nnd up lift, rule nnd Judge, the world of man kind, with a view to recovering ns many as possible, as many as will obey him, from the ruin of sin and death. During tho thousand years of the Molehlzcdck reign all the families of the earth will bo blessed with op portunities of return to human perfec tion aud to Oarthly Paradise. Tho willing and obedient wilt bo destroyed in the Second Death. At the close of the Millennium, Christ's Mediatorial Kingdom will terminate. As tho Levi t cs wero iTiucli more nil merous than their brethren, the priests, so there is nnother class In the Church corresponding styled "a " great com pany, whoso number no man know efh," in tlmt they were not specially predestinated-, These lcssearuest, less zealous tllann'lio'falthfulp;:llttIe flock." Wlh reifQli a.fplane of glory- through trlbulntion also, but with less joy. These, wo aro told, will bo with the Bride ns her companions. As Levltes they will serve God In his temple, but not bo members of the temple class, the Priesthood. Those will have palm .branches and- be before tho Throuo. while the Koyfil Priesthood will havo crowns and be in the throne as mem bers of the Body of Christ. ; The Church Militant'3 Surrender. All the soldiers of the cross, ex periencing fightings without nnd with in against the powers of sin and dark ness nnd their own weaknesses, surely long for the lime of their "change" In tho "First Itesurrectlon." They long for the time when this mortnl slmll put on Immortality; when this cor ruptible slmll hnvo put on incorrup tlon; when we slmll be like our Re deemer and see lilin ns lie Is and share his glory. Glndly. therefore, do all of God's consecrated people wait for tho blessed chnngc promised at our Lord's Second Coming, when that which is sown In weakness slmll bo raised In power; when tlmt which is sown in dishonor shall be raised in glory; when that which Is sown an animal body shall bo raised a spiritual body (I Corinthians xv. -12-44. 515. 51). Surely such, having prayed, "Thy Kingdom come; thy will be done ou earth as In heaven," are waiting for the King and God's time for estab lishing his Kingdom for tho blessing of the world. No winder the Apostle wrote of these. "Ourselves nlso. which have tho llrst-frults of the Spirit, oven we ourselves groan within ourselves, wnltlng for the adoption, to wit. tho redemption of our Body" the Body of Christ. U10 Church, through tho power of tho "First Resurrection" change. This will be our (lad HUircndcr to the Church Triumphant, when we shall hoar tho Master's voice saying. "Well done, good and faithful sorvnnts; enter yo Into the Joys 'of your Lord. You havo boon faithful over a few things, I will mnko you ruler over many things" participants in tho Millennial Kingdom glory nnd Its dominion of earth for the uplifting of mankind 1 (I Corinthians vl, 2; Revelation II, 20). Union or Federation Which? I nsk you, my hearers, and indirect ly I nsk tho millions of my larger con gregation whom I address weekly through tho public .prints, What ad vantage will accrue to tho Church MIl ltnnt through tho on-coming Federa tion? I reply that great advantage will come to the saintly few, not in the manner expected, but along tho lines of the Divine promise thnt "All things shall work together for good to them 1 that lovo God to tho called according to his purpose." Tho Church Federa tion, which tho Scriptures distinctly show us will bo effected, will Includo the various classes already Indicated: (1) Hypocrites; (2j Moralists; () Fol lowors afar off; (l) Saints. But In tho Federation tho Moralists aud Higher Critics will bo dominant forces. Tho saintly will loss than ever bo In ovldonco and appreciated. The outward and apparent success of the Federation will seem wonderful for a moment, hut the results will bo disas trous. ) The saintly fow, guided by God's Word and holy Spirit, will nwaken to tho true situation and become separat ed from tho nominal mass. Their mis guided hopes as respects the bringing aiwut of a ap.hitunt Kingdom, on earth will bo thoroughly shuttered, ami. more than over, thoy will look to the Lord aa tho sourco gf hulp and wait for his Kingdom to come through tho Re dootucr's advent and the Resurrection "ehnngo." In a worth God's saintly pooplo need no outward Fedomtlou. ovon as they nood no crodal fenoos. So far as thoso are concerned, tho sooner all lmrrlors botwoon thorn are leaped and they couio toeuthor as members of ouo body. JohiBd to tho one Heavenly Head nud Lord, tho hotter. 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