DAILY CAPITAL JOUKNAI, SALES!, OREGON. SATURDAV, JUNE 25, 1010.
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PEOPLE'S
Sermon by
CHARLESvT.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
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Louisville, Ky., Jnno ID. Pastor
Jtusscll of tbe Brooklyn Tabernacle,
New York, today addressed tbe Inter
uaUonal Blblo 8tudcnta' Association
here, using tbo above text. Ue also
giva a public address under the, aus
pices of tbo association. He bad crowd
ed 'houses and earnest attention. On
tbe above text be sold In part:
I address you, dear friends, as Chris
tians, students of God's Word, and not
as sectarians. Although tbe world Is
full of denominations, each claiming to
be tbo Church of Christ, wo all admit
that there Is but the one "Church of
tbe firstborns wbose names are writ
ten In heaven" (Hebrews xti, 23). This
conviction Is being borne in upon us
more and more as tbe days go by, and
as tbo eyes of our understanding open
more widely to tbo teachings of God's
Word. We realize Increasingly that
our division means our shame in tbe
eyes of tbe world, and that our Crccdal
contradictions Imply that we are not all
led In all things by tbe Holy Spirit, tbe
teachings of wblcb cannot be Yea and
May upon tbe sanio subject It Is tills
tieutlment which Is taking hold of the
ministry of all denominations and mak
ing them anxious for an outward show
of Dnlty lu Church Federation, which
will shortly be effected. The Christian
public, however, and especially Bible
unidonts. are not deeply sympathetic
-with tbe Federation idea. They real
ize that at most It would bo u gloss of
deception so far as doctrinal oneness
is concerned: nnd that otborwlse It Is
but a business or worldly combination
Bible Sttidunts are more and more
coming to prefer the .Lord's way tbe
Scriptural way. They are coming to
realize that what God's people' need Is
not more organization but less organi
zation, not more exp'lclt creeds but
tbe one Hinridnrn f i. ilowsblp wblcb
the Bible sets up, They are learning
tbnt this simple creed Is: a turning
from sin and acceptance of tbe I-ord
Jesus n the (tcdeemer from sin and
death and the full consecration of the
believer, mind und body, to know and
to do the Lord's will to the best of bis
ability, under the Lord's providential
guidance. We all see that this simple
bond of fellowship Is tbe only one laid
down in God's Word, nud that whatso
ever is more than this Is Injurious
bondage to men and to systems. Wo
all see that "the Church of tbe Living
God whoso names are written In heav
en" is composed exclusively of such as-
conform to the terms or this simple
-creed that these alono will constitute
"tbe Body of Christ which Is the
Church" "the Bride, the Lamb's wife,"
whom ho will accept und unite to him
self in tbo end of this ngu. We all see
that tills .class alone If referred to in
tbe Scripture as "tbe elect" who nro
tdbo associated with the Savior In bis
glorious Spiritual Kingdom, which, in
visible to men. Is shortly to be estab
lished In power nnd great glory foe the
, blessing of nnturnl Israel and through
bcr for the blessing of all tbo fumllles
of tbo earth living and dead.
"Workmen Not Ashamed."
Let us couslder the latter parr of our
text first: The Apostle's suggestion Is
that Timothy and nil the ministers of
the Gospel of Christ are professedly
unrktnrn, laboring under the guidance
of God's Word, lu tbo larger sense
every Christian 13 a tnluister of tbe
Gospel, or. as St Peter declares of all
tbo consecrated, "Yo are a Royal
Priesthood, a Holy People, a Peculiar
Treasure." In the eud of the age. will
'como a reckoning time, a showing of
results. "Every man's work that he
toatb wrought shall bo made manifest"
il Corinthluus 111, 13i.
Our text urges that Timothy, and
every faithful servant of God should
. ba uo loyul to God uud bis message
that In the grent time of examination
dn tbo end of this age prepnrutory to
the Introduction of tbe Kingdom the
, allowing shall bo one of which we need
not be ashamed. Let us. then, as Chris
tlan Blblo Students of all denomina
tions gathered here today, ask our
Belven respecting our owu work In the
world, and bow It must appear to God.
to ourselves, and to our fellowmon
yea, how It must shortly bo made
manifest to nil!
Let us call the roll. Baptist bretb
ren. What h.ave yim to show us workmen-
who rWd not to be ashamed.
, rightly dividing tbe Word of TrothT
., Methodist brethren, what say you?
Presbyterians, next Congregational
Ists. Lutheran. Cnthollcs-all!
, The answer of oue is practically tbe
' jiiawer of nil: "We have ho many bun
drcd Churches They wwtso nmnv
millions of dollars. Their Peoples ur
- niRb. Their wt or mulntenauie
is-sn much. The number or ministers
Is-eo many. The Church collection
amount tq so much The amount eel
lecttHl for foreign missions I-h mush
The amount oxpeuded on Hue choirs
una eicgjim organ b-Hjo much. The
tiKKrcKittcHl debit of all our cliuroliw in
-trn much The unjmld Interest on
many of these dilit Is so much Tbe
time mid ftirrgy expended In fairs
. nswiar. etc . to help par the expendl
Hire i -wi much The nnmbvr of
Oliurcb memlwrshlp many. The
number In timidity tviiooi Is m
tKHiiy "
fafTm m V"v V ji&Y'fe
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PULPIT...
Workmen Needing Not to
Be Ashamed.
"Study to Show Thyself Approved
Unto. God, a Workman That Necd
eth Not to Be Ashamed. Rightly Divid
ing the Word ol Truth" (II Timothy
5, 15).
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Many of our dear Christian friends
say, What lack we ycti Have we not
really attained tpo goal of our Church
ambition? Should we build liner edi
fices or pay larger salaries? Are wo
not straining ourselves wltb collections
at every turn? What more could God
nsk of us? "Wo are rlcb and Increased
In goods and bnvo need of nothing"
(Revelation HI. tO-10i,
In reply we may suppose tbo Lord to
ask. Where did I give you instruction
respecting these things? Where In my
Word did you Und the suggestion that
what 1 desired you to do in the world
was to erect great church edifices,
piles of stone nnd iron and mortar,
polished woods and stained glass?
You are npt rightly rending my Word.
However good In Intention, yon have
failed to "rightly divide the Word of
Truth?' Tbo Temple respecting which
I gave lpstruction Is tbe spiritual one,
tbe Temple of the holy Sptrtt-the Body
of Christ which Is the Church. 1
fear that you hove forgotten tho
true templo of God while rearing
so many temples of earthly ma
terials. Concerning the true Templo
I Instructed you that "tbe templo
of God Is holy, which templo yo are"
"living stones" being shaped nnd pol
ished "for tho habitation of God
through the Spirit." Show me what
you have accomplished In this way.
Show me to what extent you have
rightly divided my Word, and prop
erly Instructed mankind respecting my
glorious chnractor and my great Di
vine Plan of the Ages! Show i me
fruitage of the glorloiu message!
How many In nil the millions that
you report are "New Creatures In
Christ Jesus," who "walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit?" Let me
bear the im-Hsnge of my lovennd
grace In Christ n? you are proclaiming
it! What menti these sectnrlnn di
visions amongst you? Why are there
so many Church edlllces and so few
saintly worshipers? Who authorized
you to put these creecinl fences be--twecn
my people to divide the (lock?
Know ye not that I said, there Is one
flock nnd onet Shepherd? Why bnvo
you so neglected the spiritual Interests
of my flock nnd their Instruction in
righteousness? Why are you so unable
to rightly divide my Word?
Instead of coming together as ono
Church of tho Living God whose names
aro written In heaven you have divided
Into hundreds of sects and parties! in
stead of taking my Word as a wholo
and rightly dividing its tenchlnga ns
between tho different nges and dispen
sations of my work, you have divided
my Word In a sectarian manner. Ono
sect has made one selection from my
Word and another sect has made an
other selection. Thus ye array ono
part of my Word against another part
of It. and bonce get Into confusion
nnd conflict. What have you to answer
for theso things?
Wltb shame of face wo must all ac
knowledge that "We have done thoso
things which wo ought not to bnvo
douo and bnvo left undone those things
which wo ought to have douo. nnd
thero Is no help In us." Tho proper
thing for us to do. dear Christian
friends. Is to got down upon our knees
before the Lord nnd In contrition of
honrt to acknowledge that wo have
wrought no deliverance In the earth
(Isaiah xxVI. 18i: that our sectarian
differences nre our shnmo; that tbo Ig
norance tbnt we have all been In re
specting tho Word of God Is hunill
Intlng. Now that our eyes are open
so that we can comprehend ns never
before tho harmony of God's message
from Genesis to Revelation, it means
a rich feast nnd blessing to our souls.
The Word of God becomes moro pre
cious to us dally ns wo becomo nblo
to comprehend It Our duty Is to fly
to tho assistance of our dear brethren
nnd slstora in Christ, of all denomina
tions, uud to call upon thorn to Join
with us lu a determined stand for
righteousness, for Truth, for God nud
for bis Word.
Wo must show them tbat Ignorantly
wo and they have dishonored our God
by misrepresentation of his chnractor
and misrepresentations of tho real
teachings of the Blblo. Wo must point
them to tho fact that the Blblo does
not teach that nil mankind except tbe
"Elect" snluts will bo consigned to an
eternity of torture nt the hands of tire -
proof domous. We must show them
that tbo clrct(oa or tho Church durlug
this agea saintly llttlo tlock-does uot
mean lujury to tho non-elect 'that,
on the coutrnry, It Is the Divine pur
pose that the elect snluts with their
great Redeemer In glory shall consti
tute God's Klugdom. Thnt bis Ktug
dom wheu established will bind Satan,
put down sin. banish Ignorance, error
and suH)rstltlon and uplift mankind by
"restitution," by resurrection processos,
up, up. up. to alt tbat was lost In
Eden by disobedience and to all se
cured for Adam and bis race through
t,bo great trnusneUnn ot Calvary (Acts
III. 10-21)
"RlQhUy Dlvldlno the Word of Truth."
Alas, how tittuy lutflllgfiii people
have turned anlile from following
Christ anil from Inuring the voice of
God through the Blbla! Ama. how
muuy nre looking to Theosuphy, to
Bplritbun, to Christian SvieiH-u, to
Cough
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Pectoral mill cttlainLttt all JouUtti.
Do at hetm- lie times, tow.iv ii..'
Higher Criticism, to Evnlutlon-wau.
derlng farther and farther daily from
!the "faltb once delivered to tbe saints"
(Judo till. We fault them no more
thnn we fault ourselves. ,As a whole
we have been workmen uho need to
be ashamed. We have dishonored God
through misunderstanding and misrep
resenting his Word und bis Character.
We have driven away from God and
the Bible some of tbo most intelligent
of our fellows, by reason of the con
tradictory nonsense of our creeds.
The Apostle urges. "Study to show
thyself approved unto God." We aro
not to suppose, therefore, tbat tbe
highest of nil science, that which per
tains to tbo D.fvlno purposo nud tbe
Divine plan, can be acquired without
study. We are not In this claiming
tbat Btudy "alono would bring tbe de
sired results of proper knowledge. Wo
heartily ngreo in the Scriptural prop
osition tbat "tho world by wisdom
knows not God." We are not there
fore to study along tho lines of world
ly wisdom, but along tbe lines of "that
wisdom that cometb from above"
along tbo lines of tbe Inspired Scrip
tures. Wo must study! Whoever will
not study will not know. "Tbo secret
of tho Lord Is with them that rever
ence Him." And reverencing him
means tho giving of our best thoughts
and talents to tho study of bis Word,
that wo may "know tbe things freely
given to us of God" (I Corinthians 11,
12).
We should note further as Bible stu
dents that wo must not study to bo ap
proved of men. but to have tbe Divine
approval. This will bring to us. as it
did to tbe Master and bis apostles, tbo
disapprobation of tbo worldly-wise and
nominally religious. It was the Chief
Priests and Scribes nnd Pharisees, and
hot the common people of the Jews, nor
the Roman soldiers, who were guilty
of the crucifixion of our Lord. And
wo must expect similar conditions, be
cause, as tbe Apostle says, "As be was
so are we in this world." Tbe class
who called the Master Beelzebub Is tbe
same class which will oppose his foot
step followers.
God permits all this wltb wlso and
loving forelntentlon. Nothing connect
ed with the opposing forces Is In any
sense of the word Interfering with bis
great Program. Hp set apart wltb Di
vine wisdom this Gospel Age of nearly
nineteen centuries for the sole purpose
of selecting .from the world "the
Church of the llrstborns" the antltyp
leal Priests and Levltes. Tho restric
tion of his message, the darkening of
counsel, the clashing of creeds, the op
position of the world, the llesh and the
Devil, nre all wisely permitted with
the forelntentlon on God's part tbat
thus all through the Age the way of
tbe cross In the footsteps of Jesus
should be n "narrow way." so that
comparatively few finding It would
care to walk In 1l
It Is those few, that "little flock"
zealous for God, for bis. Word. Jot
righteousness,, tbnt be Is now marking
out as the prospective Joltit-helrs wltb
Jesus in bis glorious Kingdom, wblcb
is to bless the world with full opportu
nities for earthly salvation "restitu
tion." The trials of the faith, tbe pa
tience, tbe lovo, the devotion of this
"little flock" are all designed and not
accidental. Satan and his hosts niuy
think to thwart the Divine Plan and
may mislead and use humanity as their
tools, but It sbull yet be seen tbnt all
of tho Divine purposes shall be ac
complished. Tho Word that has gone
forth out of Jehovah's mouth shall
prosper In the thing whereto be
sent It
St Paul declared of earthly Israel,
that they enjoyed "much udvantage
every way, because to them were com
mitted the oracles of God." So uow.
denr friends. It seems to me thnt you
nnd I and all slucero Christians the
world around enjoy much advantage
every way. Looking to the past we
find great excuse for our dear forefa
thers who, with sincerity of heart so
misunderstood the Divine Word nnd
so misinterpreted the spirit or we
Master that they burned oue another
nt tho stake. We should .not think so
hnrshly of them for this as though
they lived today under tho greater ad
vantages which wo possess. We
should sympathize with them. We'
should consider them ns blinded by
the great Adversary as was Saul of
Tarsus, wheu ho, ns a member of the
Snnhedrln, authorized the stoning of
St Stephen. Wo should think of them
syrapatbotlcally-as St Peter spoko of
tbo Jews who cruclfled the Lord. Ho
said. "I wot, brethreu, tbnt In Igno
rance yo did it. as did also your rul
ers." So also wo should kindly, lov
ingly cast a mantle of benevolence
ovor similar conduct on tbe part of
John Calvin nnd others of our forefn
thers. But as we would not go to tbo
Jewish rulers, nor to Saul of Tarsus
for religious Instruction, neither should
we go to Brother Calvin or others of
i 0r f0rofn,ucrs who were blinded, as
1 ho wnB pccting the true character
o( G(Hj and tho true apirtt f his
Word.
Only within tho past century have
tho masses of God's people been able
even to road the Bible. If they had pos
teased It And only within the same
time hnve they had the Bible to read.
Our great hindrance has been thnt
with Bibles In our bnudn nnd with
ability to us.e them, we looked for In
struction to our well-meaning fathers
Instead of going to God's Word Itself.
Now by Ood's grace the eyes of our
understanding are opened. The won
derful Bibles of our day with their
marginal references," their concord
ances, etc.. and other assistances In
Blblo study are bringing us in touch
with the whole message of tiod's
Word Now one passage of Scripture
throws light upon another and thus
wltb Inoraaslug brightness the Word
of the rrd as a lamp gives light upon
tho pathway of his Church.
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