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DAILT CAPITAI' JOCRXAL, SALEM, OKEGOX. S.TRPAY. OCTOBER 7. 1811.
BUT ONE CHURCH
OF THE LIVING GOD
Pastor Russell Solves a Per
plexing Problem.
THE TRUE CHURCH LOCATED.
Graat Preaeha and Harmonize De
fines tha Haal Chriatian 8aya Ha la
Not Mada by Denominational Rltaa,
but by Taking Up tha Croaa and Fol
iating Ja.ua All Who Daaira to
ftarve God Will Raeaiva tha Dlvlna
Blaaaing and Entar tha Premlaad
Land Aeadamy of Mualo Crowdad.
Brooklyn, JT.
I., Oct l.-Pas-tor
R n s t 1 1
preached tbli aft
ernoon In Brook
lyn's largest and
finest Audito
rium, which was
crowded to hear
bis discourse on
"Which la the
True Churchr It
may not be strict
ly true to say
that everyone In
the large audience went home fully
futUfled that he bad located the nne
true Church to which the r.lble con
tinually refers. It Is not too much to
DKHert, however, that the vast major
ity of tlione who beard were both
pliMiscd ' nnd convinced. No reully
great mini Ik without his enemies, hut
It may surely be suld that Fustor inn
sell Is galnlug uinny friends through
out the Christian world every week
through the widespread reports of his
sermons. The text for the occasion
was, "Tho Church of the Flrtit-Borns,
whime names ore written In heaven."
Hebrews zll, 23.
Church of Christ Ona Not Many
lie adverted to the Scriptural rec
ords which refer to tho Church of
Christ ns one, not as many. Pastor
Russell declared that in this matter
the Church of Home and the Church
of England hold aloof from many
Protcstnnt denominations. They claim
that to recognize them as churches
would be uiiHcrlpturul, since there Is
but one Church of the Living God.
The various Trotestant denominations
started out with similar views, similar
theories, though todny they have aban
doned them. The Church of fcngland
formed an organization separate from
that of Home, believing that the for
mer hud been tho one truo Church but
had departed from tho faith, and that
It was the duty of the faithful to rec
ognize her as Rubylon, confusion.
The claim to be the true Church thoy
applied to themselves. Similarly, Pres
byterians, Methodists, Congregatlonal
lsts, Adventlsts, Disciples, etc., have
withdrawn, and mnny of these origi
nally claimed to be tho one true, loyal,
faithful Church of Christ. Todny,
however, the pendulum has swung to
tho other side. Moreover, tho narrow
ness of the past Is rapidly giving way.
All are learning that to be a Christian
means more than merely to be Im
mersed; more than merely to be sprin
kled; more than merely to believe In
tho doctrluo of Election; more than
merely to believe In tho doctrine of
Freo Grace; more than to believe In
tho doctrine of TrnntmhMtitntlatlnn or
Consubstanttatlon. With this enlarge
ment of mind Christians are Indeed In
danger of losing sight of the fact that
tho True Church Is the custodian of
"tho faith once delivered to tho snlntB"
which acknowledges "one Lord, one
Faith, one Raptlsm, one God and Ou
tlier of nil, nnd one Church of the liv
ing God."
Ona Church In Many Churchaa
The key to the situation Is found In
our Lords words: "Not oil that say
unto Mo, Lord, Lord, shall enter Into
the Kingdom of heaven;" not all who
cull themselves Christians, with one
denominational tog or another, are
members of the one Church, the Church
of tho First-borns, mentioned In our
text. As good, rich milk Is sometimes
onlli'd cream, so all tho members of
Chi'l.stlnn denominations are sometimes
called Christ InnsIn a complimentary
sen::e, becnuso not unsympathetic with
truo Christ Ian principles. Neverthe
less, only those In nil denominations
who have conformed to the conditions
TtMjiilred of Christian dlsclpleshlp. the
saintly ones, consilium the True
Church "Tho Church of the First
born, whose names oro written In
heav c:i.
If v.t hrd r hn of sfnvdiv;t nnd scat
tered thiv-erh It n pnpr of tncks un
til the latter were quite hidden from
view, surrounded and covered in the
sawdust, we know that wo could take
n magnet nnd. by passing It to and
fro amongst the sawdust, the magnet
would attract to Itself every tack.
The tacks of this Illustration repre
sent a small class of Immunity, xenlous
I be;irt for God and righteousness.
Tho magnet represents the ;os1 In
vitation wlih h Is now passed up, and
down, hither nnd thither throughout
the i lvlllxed world, and to some ex
lent. Into the heathen world.
When we convince our henrers that
the mui-elect of this Age are not disca
rd t oferr.r.l torment, tint will have a
t!oss!:i of Inferior degree to thnt of
"the c!ivt." the effect should be to
rieht our minds and to cnuse us to
think carefully sed critically of the
trlngent tor::; of fllsclploshlp whle
James C. Dahlman, "Cowboy" Mayor
ef Omaha, "Throw the Lariat".
Mayor Jas. C. Dahlman Is of an In
teresting and Impressive personality.
Starting his career aa a cowboy, he
la at present mayor of Omaha, and
has tha following record to his cre
dit: 8hrlff of Dawei county,
1 -vwaj,-
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the Bible lays down as conditions for
membership In the one true Church.
Heretofore, with the false thought
In mind that all except the Church
would be eternally tormented, we
have all shrunk from making any rea
sonable application of the Scriptural
texts regarding sulntshlp, dlselplesblp,
the becoming members of the Church
of the First-born. This was partly be
cause of fear for ourselves, lest we
might not come up to the standard of
salntsblp, but especially was It be
cause of our realization that the great
mass of humanity In Christendom, as
well as in heathen lands, came far
short of the terms of dlsclpleshlp luld
down In God's Word. Today the mat
ter comes close borne to us aJl, for we
realize that many who were very near
and dear to us have died outside of
the nominal church, and far outside
the special line of conditions wblcb
marked the Church of the First-born.
Amongst other texts cited by the
Pastor as showing the exclusive and
high standard of the elect Church, we
ote tho following: "If any man will
be My disciple, let hi in take up his
cross and follow me; and where I am
there shall My disciple be also;" "To
him thnt ovcrcometh will I grant to
sit with Me In My Throne;" "Strnit
Is the gate and narrow Is the way
that leadcth unto life, and few there
be that find it" (Luke Ix, 23; Matthew
rtl. 14); "Let us lay aside every weight
and the sin which doth so easily beset
us, and let us run with patience the
race set before us" (Hebrews ill, 1);
"If these things be In you and abound
the graces of the Holy Spirit tbey
will make you that ye shall neither
be barren nor unfruitful In the knowl
edge of our Lord, for so on en
trance shnll be ministered unto you
abundantly Into the everlasting King
dom of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Chrlst."-II Peter I, 8, 11.
Looking Through the Type
St. Paul Informs us that all the vari
ous features of the Jewish Law were
types of still higher, still better
things. In our text the expression,
"Church of the First-born," bus ref
erence to a type instituted In the very
beginning of Israel's history, when
God brought thut people, by the bund
of Moses, tho Mediator of the Law
Covenant, out of tho land of Egypt
To this typo the Apostlo refers In his
expression, "The Church of the First
born." Tho entire nation of Israel,
twelve tribes, God had separated from
the other nutlons to represent those
who would bo a blessing to all other
nations, under tho Abrahamlc Cove
nant God's oath to Abraham was:
"In thy Seed shull all the families of
tho earth be blessed."
Pharaoh, King of Egypt, was hold
ing back tho nation from going Into
Palestine, tho Land of Promise. Oue
chastisement after another failed to
movo hliu to submission until finally
an Intense calamity availed. The
tenth pluguo was the smiting of tho
first-born of Egypt, while the Israel
ites were protected, thiu showing Di
vine interest In and care over Israel.
Their first-born were miraculously pre
servedto represent in type the Church
of the Flrst-boru. Tho true Church
of Christ are not all that will be saved,
In the Divine Program, but merely, as
St. James says, "These are a kind of
first-fruits unto God of His creatures"
(James I, 18; Revelation xlv, 4). The
after-fruits will come In due time,
under the further development of the
Divine Plan of the Ages as the result
of Messiah's reign of a thousand
years.
Pome time after their deliverance
from Egypt, by Divine direction, the
first-borns of all the families nud tribes
of Israel were exchanged, person by
person, for tho one tribe of Levi. Tho
Invites thereafter represented the
First-born of the Church they alone
represented the first-borns of Israel
passed over in that night Subsequent
ly the tribe of Levi became the In
structors of the nation In religious mut
ters and from them was chosen oue
family for the Priesthood Aaron and
his sous.
The Scriptural picture is plain. In
the nntltype we are still In tho night of
passing over. Soon the Morning of the
New Dispensation, under Messiah's
reign, will begin, and all desirous of
serving God and having Ills blessings
will bo delivered from tho oppressing
power of Sutnu nnd his hosts, typified
by Pharaoh nnd his army. God in
tends to deliver the whole world from
Satan's power. Satan shall be bouud
for a thousand years, during Messiah's
reign, and Is ultimately to be destroy
ed, and the people of God-ull who de
sire to worship the Lord and to enter
Into the glorious Land of Promise
will be led forth. The first -born of
these Is the Church of this Gospel Age,
which will bo associated with Christ
In Ills heavenly Kingdom "the Church
of the First-borns, whose names are
written In heaven."
Prie.ti and Lavltai Antitypical
The entire tribe of Levi was specially
consecrated to the Lord, and specially
separate from the other tribes and was
given no Inheritance In tho land. Thus
the entire Church of Christ nro begot
ten of the Holy Spirit to a superior,
heavenly nature; they will have no In
heritance with mankind in general In
tho earthly blessings restitution to hu
man perfection and participation In tho
blessings of the world-wide Eden to
be. The promise under which they are
now being developed Is a heavenly,
spiritual one. Their change will he a
glorious one from earthly nature to a
heavenly nature they will nil be like
Christ. "They will neither marry nor
be given In marriage, but will In this
be like unto the sngels; neither cnu
they die uny more."
Put ns from amongst those first
borns of Israel the family of Aaron
was selected to be the priests, so from
this Church of tho First-borns God
shows us thnt ITe Is selecting a Royal
three terms; mayor of Chadron, two
terms; Democratic national commit
teeman, eight years; mayor of Oma
ha, six years, and in 1910 candidate
for governor of Nebraska. Writing
to Foley A Co.. Chicago, ha says: "I
ha. re taken Foley Kidney Pills and
they have lven ma a great deal of
Priesthood a "little Hoc." ' Aaron
and his sons were few in comparison
to all the tribe of Levi, so only a
saintly few expect to attain to glory,
honor end immortality with Christ
These are referred to in the Scriptures
as "members of the Body of Christ."
even as the uuder-priests, Aaron's
sons, in the type, were weml.-ers of
Aaron. Under another beautiful fig
ure this Priestly few are styled the
"Bride of Christ" and His Joint-heirs
In Ills" Kingdom and work.
Choaan to Biota tha People
Aa these Levltes, Including the
priests, were elected, or selected, for
the purpose of being the Instructors of
Israel, so we perceive the Scriptures
to teach that the Church of the First
born, when glorified, wi:i be associ
ated with Me.i.slah la His greet work
of blessing and instructing all the peo
pleall the families of the earth. The
knowledge of the Lord at that time
will be made known to ail mankind:
all the blind eyes shall be opened and
all the deaf ears shall bo unstopped.
All the Lerlte class will share In the
work of blessing, which the Lord for
so many centuries has declared
through the mouth of all the holy
Prophets.
The merit of the death of Jes is. the
Just for the unjust, when applied on
behalf of the whole world, will be
efficacious for the cancelling of the
sins of the world, and their full re
conciliation to the Father. It will
be Divine mercy, however, which will
prevent mankind from belie; at once
turned over directly to the Father, ns
soon ns tho satisfaction for their sins
shall have beeu tendered nnd uccepted
at the close of this Age of dealing with
the Church. Instead a New Law Cove
nant will be sealed and made operative
with Israel, and under thnt New Cove
nant tho whole world will bp privi
leged to come into relationship with
Messiah nnd the blessings of Ills Klne
dom, which will represent to them Di
vine mercy, power nnd opportunity for
returning to human perfection and au
evcrlastliv;. earthly home or, rejecting
this grace, they will die the Second
Death, from which there will be no
recovery.
The effect of tho New Covenant will
be to bring the willing and obedient
of oil the people of earth fully hack
into harmony with God: and this, at
tained nt the end of Messiah's reign
of a thousand years, will prepare the
way for tho surrender of everything
to tho Heavenly Father, thnt ITe may
be nil In nil. and that the world there
after may be dealt with as perfect be
ings, along the lines of absolute Justice
and without any further need of a
Mediator or other merciful provisions.
Tha Pith of tha Argument.
This is the pith of St. Paul's argu
ment in our text and context. He
points us down to the consummation
of this Age to the time when the
Church of the First-born shall be com
pleted on the plnno of glory to the
time when Israel nnd the world of
mankind will reach the place where
God will Introduce the New Covenant,
typified In the Law Covenant. As the
hitter was Introduced by the shaking
of Slnnl, In n general time of darkness,
thus, the Apostle Intimates, the New
Covenant Is about to be Innugurnted.
In the end of this Age, by a time of
must nwful trouble, of wlilcb that at
Slnnl was merely n symbolic picture
or type. God's voice then shook the
earth, but in the antitype He will
shake everything thnt can le shaken.
Things which nre absolutely Just, true
and righteous will remain unshaken,
and we, the Church of the First-born,
the nntltyplcal Priesthood, will receive
a Kingdom which cannot be shaken.
Tho True Church's Glory
In the past we failed to see who
would be members of the true Church
because our eyes of understanding
were beclouded by error. Similarly,
we have failed to see the grandeur,
tho honor and blessing which God has
promised shnll be the ortl;m of the
one true Church, the "little tlock."
We mixed heavenly things with earth
ly things. We confounded the blessing
of Restitution to human perfection and
an earthly Eden with the spiritual
blessing. We appropriated to ourselves
the promises made to the faithful of
Israel, that they should "build houses
and Inhabit them, and plant vineyards
and eat the fruit of them, and should
long enjoy the work of their hands."
Iu general we were confused.
Now ns we come to see God's great
riiin and the different features of the
same, wo nre able to discriminate nnd
to apply properly the Scriptures relat
ing to each class. The Royal Priest
hood nre to be Jolnt-helrs with the Re
deemer, partakers of the divine na
ture and sharers of their Lord's glory,
honor and Immortality. I Romans II, 7.1
Tho larger company, symbolized by all
tho Levltes, aside from the family of
Aaron, nro to be the honored servants
of the Royal Priesthood: and the world
of mankind are to have the glorious
opportunities nnd blessings of earthly
restitution.
Only the consecrated and spirit-begotten
can have any share In the selec
tion and salvation now In progress,
nnd these must all be tested as to loy
alty to God. to the Trutli. and to the
spirit of righteousness and the spirit
of love. The "lltt'e tlock." the priestly
few who nre to share the divine na
ture, will be composed of swh us have
demonstrated their loyalty to the Lord
most satisfactorily. They wt'.l be cop
ies of ills dear Son, their Redeemer
Slid Lord. This Is the one. true
Church. To membership in j is our
"hljsh calling." The spirit which ev
ery member of It musr have Is the
Holy Spirit. The faith invented by
each member In It Is "the fnlth ouce
delivered unto the saints;" the Impttsm
to which every member of It must vol
untarily submit Is the baptism Into
Christ's death. "If we be dead with
Him we shall also lire wtii: Him "
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them." Yours truly.
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