BUXT CAPITAL J0IJR1 AU - MIJHB. OBKhom SATCKDAT, JILT 6, 1912. mb two Outings in Oregon Pastor Russell's Sermon VIA THE niE TRINITY' , OF THE BIBLE Ezra Logical Than Ilia Trinity of tiie Creeds, , - t. ,s ( I'-Wg gli?Mllj THE SCRIPTURES ABE LOGICAL Pastor Russsll Shews tha Bibla 8tu dant How to 8k th. Mind of the Lard on Important Bubjacta and Aota aa a Ouida In Halpiny to Salvo Our Man-mad. Myatariaa. Syracuse, N. I, June 80. Pastor Russell addressed two largo audi ences hero today, one In tbe Empire Theatre. We re port one of bli dis courses (roai this text: "To us there Is but one God, tbe Father, of whom are all things, and we in ' IIIin;nndone Lord Josns, by whom are all things, and we by Him. Uowbult there is not In ev ery man that knowledge." I Corluthl nu Till, 6. 7. For long centuries God's people bare own confessing a Divine trinity, taught by tbe creed, which was. Incompre hensible; and invniitlme they bare been neglecting the trinity taught by the Illble, whlcb Is more reasonable. If tbe trinity of the creeds was ques tioned, boly liandd were lifted In hor ror, and the questioner wus told that the subject was a inyatcry, wblcb he roil Id not possibly understand, but to doubt It would uienu his damnation! Therefore ho must profess to believe what he did lint understand, and there fore could not lielleve, The mysterious proposition was souietlroos put In one form and some time In another. Borne stated It to lw 3 l I In one. But other stated It differently, 1 I 8 Is one. No wonder If corns of the more Intelligent speci mens of our race declared themselves Incapable of understanding sncb math malic, and loo honest to confess and prufusa what they could not believe. Many of these honest souls have boon forced by their candor lo remain out Ide the various denominations of Christendom. Under sncb preMiire It should not surprise na that there Hun sprung up 10 equally iinscrlptiiriil theory, styled I'nlversallMii, .IcMlrluit to worship God. ret too honest ami mtno'lc utlnii to take false prel elisions of faith. These have been driven to uu antagonism of tbe popular theory of the trinity to the extent of Ignoring the Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teach ing of the llllile to this effect. In l word, (he great Adversary, during the Dark Ages, succeeded In swinging the pendulum first to one eitreme and then to the opposite eitreme, while the very Truth, whlcb the Ulble pre sents. Ilea midway between them. As tlllile students, let us seek to know Ihe mind of the Lord on tbli subject, ss well as on other subjects, assured Ihit the Wlmlmn which conies from atxx'e Is alone cspnhle of Riving us pnM-r instruction and guidance, and of solving our niao-mnde mysteries, i Consider Now Our Text. Note tbe simplicity of the Bible statements our text being an exam ple Not once from Genesis to Reve lation does the word Mails occur. Not Mice is there any hint of such trinity is (be creeds dtscrlh-icpt in the Mte text-1 John v, 7-whlcb all schol irs, Including trlultarluus, agree Is rpurlniie not found In Greek menu-ei-rlpta of au earlier date than the srvunlh century-evldeutly "doctored" fey Koine trlullarlno Doctor of Divinity 10 meet his lung felt want. Our He lse! English Version omits the In tcrNiinted parts f this text Intro diuiMl a Unit the seventh century to iipsrt the trlnltarlao theory si :lniiMb the revisers all profess to be iritiltnrlana. When one's attoutloo Is rall.-tl to this Hpurlous piiHsage, the iHiiigllng character of the addition to the .HiHtle's words Is quickly discern isl St. John Is thereby iiuido to say ItiNi the Knl her, Ihe Hon and the Holy fpint are going aliout heaven testify him tn the angels that Jesus Is the Hon f :). Rven a child mind ran dls--vre the absurdity of this statement, rt orclr the nncels knew that Jesus m-i tlie Ron of God before tie came into the world and during Ills earthly Nilnl-iry end since, without any neces H r for a testimony to this effect from the I til her. the Hon and the Holy Spirit The Testimony of the Bible. Hie Illble seta forth that Jehovah Is Ihe Almighty God, and that our Lord Jim Is Ills Hon. Ills offspring, glorl iMisit exnlted to Ihe Fathers right ho n t of power, dominion and glory sit Ills Chief lteire.eiitntlTs and Alien? Iii all mutters The Father anil 1 1 it. fiiiu. although different persona, are ne in the Heime In whlcb our Lord hum suited -one In mind. In purpose, a, piMtt. lu action. In everything except .ii iwrson. How clearly the Master Jtaltil ml to us. and bow atiangely n owrlooked the foroe of Ills words ben II prayed for the Church that iiitubt all ! "on, evrn a Tuou. Anther, iiti'l I ro onef The oneneas erf inr Churt li la certnlnly not out emu r iieriMin. but oneness of faith, ,i(w. imrnunjy. fellowship, oven la U) r-tima of the father and the Son. :(! vt the filatr' wwOe at jour convenience at borne. They are found In the 17tb chapter of 8t John's Gos pel As for tbe Holy (Spirit, tbe spirit of Truth, the spirit of God, tbe spirit of Christ, tbe spirit of holiness, tbe spirit of a aound mind It la tbe antithesis, or opposite of a spirit of error, a spirit Of vacillation, tbe spirit of Satan, or opposition to God, a spirit of un righteousness, or untidiness. These are not different spirit beings, but emanations from spirit beings. As the spirit of Butnn Is a spirit of evil, or an avtl Influence, mind or disposition, a pow r emanating from Satan, so contrariwise, tha spirit of Ood Is a spirit of holiness, righteousness, truth, tha emanation and display of lli Divine will, purpose, ener gy and power. And this Holy Spirit pro oseds from Ood tha filthy. And our Lord Jeans Christ, being In the fullest harmony with th Father, His Spirit Is th sam spirit of holiness and truth. And all of God's consecrated peo ple, to th extent that they have th mind of Christ, the Spirit of Christ, hav tha Holy Spirit, and shed forth this holy In fluence upon all with whom they com In contact. Thus ws se that there Is a trinity of th Scriptures very different from th trinity of th creeds a beautiful trinity. Befora we proceed to demonstrate the Itllile trinity and to glv n array of Scrlptur texts proving It, let us alone backward and not well tha oondltlons and circumstances which save lis to th erroneous theory of th trinity set forth In our creeds, samely, as stated by some, that there are three Clods In on person Ood the Father, Ood the Bon, Clod th Holy Spirit. Or, as stated by some other persons. Thero Is on Ood In thre per sons, or a trinity of Oods with on aim and object The Origin of the Error, It will not b disputed that for mor than four thousand year there was no suggestion of a trinity of Oods, nor of mors than on Ood, amongst th Israel ites. The heathen nations recognised gods many polytheism and at least on of then as having a trinity. But Ood's peo ple wer warned against all then, being Instructed In these words, "Hear, O Is rael, th Lord our Ood Is on Lord Je hovah. Thou ahnlt hav no other god mighty ones, rulers before me." (Deu teronomy vl, 4.) It should bs noted that our Illble recognlr.es earthly gods or rul ers, but non of these wer ever to rank with th great Eternal One, whose Word and authority must stand supreme with those who would bs III people. Indeed, th word tlohlm, as used In the Bible, and translated gods, signifies merely stents ones. Jehovah, being the Mightiest Ons of all, Is frequently referred to by this word tfohlm. And sometimes, by way of show ing Ills pre-eminence over other mighty ones (elonlm), II Is styled th All- Mighty On. Th word eloMn I slso used In th Uibls In respect to angels, became they are mightier than men, es pecially when they cam to men ss Di vine agents, bearing th Dlvln massage. In an butanes th term tloMm, or gods. Is und In referring to men-men placed In positions of might or authority ths seventy elders of Isrsel. Exodus lit, i till, , I, ; Psalm Ixxxll, t. As we shall shortly show, ths words oi Jesus and the Apostles fully corroborate th teaching of tha Old Testament, adding that Jesus Is tha Son of Ood, and that th call of this Gospel Age la for tha gathering of the Church, to be under and associate sons, "partakers of the dlvln aatur."-!! Hater 1. A. It was after th dead of th twelv Apostles that without Divine authority, th bishop of th church war proclaimed to b th successors of ths Apostles, snd to possess Apostolic authority, aa teach ers In th church, snd whose words wer to be taken as of plenary Inspiration. It was these bishops In council who declared th doctrln that I x I Is on-tht Ood Is ons being, of thre personailtle or man ifestations, all thre being equal In power and In glory. The question I Why did they mak such a statomentf Why should they concoct so unscrlptursl snd so un reasons))! a proposition? Ths answer Is that It was dons to combst certain errors prominent In their day. They flew from ons extreme to snot her. As soon as Christianity bream promi nent enough In th world lo attract ths attention of th Oreclan philosophers, they eonfessed soms of Its teachings to be grand and noble, but they attacked th thought that Jesus wns mors than a msn and that Ills death was In sny sens of th word necessary ss th Atonsment uric for th sins of th world. In pro portion as they ndesvord to discredit th Hetlwiner and to deny Ills prehuman eilsloncs, proportionately did th oilier party xalt and xtol Illm, until tney claimed for Him that which neither II nor th Apostles ever claimed, namely, that II wns ths rather ss well ss ths Bon that It was not only equal to th Father In power and glory, but was ths sams In person, etc. eta Hearken to th Words ef Jesus. A llttl Scripture I worth far mor ihan a great dual of reasoning, much more than all th statements In sll ths ervtuls, becaus th Word of God I TruSh, and th testimony of our creed has Ions aero been proven untrus In many particulars We will tske the words of Jesus first ol whom th r'sther said, "This la My be loved Son, In whom I sm well pleased;' "Srar ye ll.si"-Miilthew III. 17; Luke Is, 96 Jesus declined. "My Father Is greater than l."-Jolin lv, SX. "My Father la greater than sll." John I. is "Of Mln Own Self I can do nothing. ' John v, 3U. "As the Father bath sent Me, so send I you. "-John xx. 'Jl. "1 enma not to do Mln Own will, but ths will of Illm that sent Me"-Julin vl, Ther I e unity hate nmnlfesied an ab solute unity of mind snd purtmse, because th Itedeenier eouuM nut to da Ills own 111, but th Ksthur's will, llenc they wer one, even ss w will be on with each other If we as disciples sr In har mony with th Father will and Word. and In harmony Willi our ltedemr's counsel. Hear Jesus ssslni After HI death, after Ills resurrection, when speaking to Mary, II said. "1 hav not yet ascended to My Father. 1 ascend to My Father and lo your Father; lo My Clod and lo your tlod." tJnhn xx. Il l "Hey y of Him whom the Father hath snnetlllrd and sent Into the world, Thou blaephemcst bacaun I asld, I sm tha Son of Oodr'-John x. N. Perhaps th alrons-tisi testimony of th Scripture residing Ihs exalted position held by the lUMevoiur Is Ihe word of our lird Jeens lllmeolt, "That all men should honor th Hon, even ss they honor th Father" (John v, 19 This Is In harmony with th thought at th Father and lh Bon being of on mind on wilt, on purpose; but It distinctly snows that they sr separate persons, otherwise w could not reveranc th on as w rvr- nr the other Oor text Is lo the point. It declare lh faith one dilvev, to th saints, snd says nothing about lh trinity three Oisl In one pt-rson "To u ther I on God, th Faiher." Th context hnw tbst ths Apostle I contrasting our faith with th faith of others who rco-nls gods many snd lords many W Chris tiana, say th AiKtstl. rvcognis nty On Supreme Ond of ell (rods "Th Ood and Father of our l.ord Jwn Christ as Bt Peter style Him -I Peter t ( Our test deulorea Uusl all UiliMia are f er proceed from the Fatner. tie la the Source and Fountain, the Father of mer cies, "from whom Cometh every good and perfect gift" Ills great Gift to man kind was tha Gift of Hla Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, whom Ha aent Into tha world to be man s Redeemer. Three Oods, equal In power and glory, could not be said to send each other; neither would they pray to each other, as Jesus prayed to th Father "Who In th day of His flesh, when He had of fered up prayers snd supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him J hovah that was nbl to save Him from death, was heard In that Hs feared." (Hebrews v. 7.) An angel was sent to comfort Him and to assure Htm of th Father's love) thut the Father had not forsaken Him, that He was well pleasing In His sight and that He should hav a glorious resurrection by th Father's power in due time. Our text proceeds to acknowledge our Lord Jesus, saying to us, "Ther I ons Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" only on. "Th Bon of th Highest." our gracious Redeemer, "The chlefest among ten thou sand, and th on altogether, lovely" H who Is to be the Bridegroom, the King of th future; He who Is shortly to receive the Church to Himself ss s Urtds and Jolnt-beir In His Kingdom: He who, as King of th world and ss Lord of th world, will reign for a thousand years, snd, backed by Divine power, will bring all into subjection to the Divine will. It Is He who will thus deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father, that Jehovah may be All and In all, and that th glorified Christ may be at th right hand of th Majesty on high next to the Father and we as Ills glorified Bride next to Mm, st His right hand. The Logos "First and Last." Ths Scriptures very explicitly declare to us that ths Heavenly Father Is from ever lasting to everlasting God. But not so Ills creatures. From time to time He has exercised Ills Omnipotent Power snd Wisdom In a variety of creatlona. Neces sarily, however, these had a beginning on was first and th Bible most clearly and repeatedly and distinctly tells us that that first one, "The Beginning of th or atlon of Ood," was ths Lugui. And tha Ulble explains that Jehovah's Flrst-Born Son was highly honored. In that the Father used Illm ss th Channel and Agency through whom all subsequent creations were 'effectod. He It was who was glvsn the honorable commission and privilege of being man's Redeemer, snd of thereby proving His loyalty to Jehovah, snd of being exaltedte..the dlvln Hature, "far above angels, principalities snd pow ers." From the very beginning He was above all other creations effected through Illm; but by this last exaltation Hs at tained. In Ills resurrection from the dead, a place far snd sway sbov sll others next to the Father at Ood's right bend, where H shall sver remain without s peer. And, wonderful thought! Th call of this Gospel Age I to become heirs ol God, and Jolnt-helrs with Jesus Christ our Redeemer, by a manifestation of His spirit of obedience to the Father, snd drinking ths cup which th Father hath poured, and thua attesting our loyalty to Jehovah and to His perfect will In all things, svsn unto death The Logos Was a OodT In the opening of Bt John's onspel w hav a record of th greatness of th Low. And It la much mor clear and dis tinct In ths Greek than In our English. Th word lotat. I remind you, signifies th "word," th "siMsnps," snd hence Is s proper term for a spoctal Messenger In olden times kings addressed their people. not directly, hut through such a messen ger, or loffot, who stood before the king, th latter being screened behind a lattice work. Aa the lotos or messenger received the menage from the king, he uttered or proclaimed It to the people; hence he was styled ths logo, th Word. This Is on of th grandest title given to our Redeemer. He wns the Father's lot? o, or Messenger, or Mouthpiece. He was ths Channel of the Highest In all His dealings with th angels, and In Ills creative work; and Inter He became lo men the Vole of Illm- who speaketh from on high, for God hath spoken to mankind peuce, through the blood of the cross of Christ Let us rend together the Inspired rec ord of St John (I, 1-X. 14, 10. Ill; "In th beginning was the hoyot snd the f.opns was with ts Ood, snd th Imom was a god. Th sum was In th beginning with (fie God. Uy Him wer all thins ituidr that were mad, and without Illm was not on thing msde. And th l.uutm was msde flesh and dwelt amongst us, snd we beheld Ills glory, ss the glory ot th Only Begotten of th Father, full ol Jrac snd truth." "II was In Ihe world, nd th world was made by Illm. snd th world knew Illm not He rum to HI own (people th Jews end Ills own received Illm not: but to ss many as re ceived Him. lo them gave He liberty privilege) to becom aons of Ood" Ipar takers of th dlvln nature-1 1 Peter I. 4, even to those who holleve on III Name, who wer begotten, not of blood, nor of th will of the flesh, nor of the will Of man, but of Ood-al Pentecost snd subsequently. How beautiful, simple snd straightfor ward and non-mysterlnus Is Ihe Divine record respecting the Father, the Son snd th Holy Spirit, snd their absolute on ne or liaimonri How different from in nonsense which for so long we endeavored to believe, becaus w thought It support ed by th Ulble! Good Brother Wesley ws on of thus honest souls who was seriously troubled on the subh-ct He re marked thst only the on text. I John 7, oould be used ss s foundation for this dnctrlns. He knew not that Ihe d.fllrullv lay In sn Interpolnllon-sn addition in th Apostle's words. It Is only In cooipina lively recent years thtt the thn-e orltfiua' Oretk manuscripts hav neon nrouulil to light namely, the rtlnnlllc, Vallenii Nu 11X4) snd the Alexandrian Th Beginning of QoH't Creation. Let us hearken to tbe Apoeile Paul's statement reeccttng out ih-m Mt-deeiuer and Ills glorious station 11 iinen-d not a word favoring the ahourd llu-oiv tiiat our Redeemer was Ills own Father nntl Ills awn Son-one In person He di-vhtict In harmony with Bt John's Hulrme.it that our l.ord Jesus wus "ths llesin nlng of the creation of Ond' lltevela tlon III, HI Hi Paul declared that Je sus was "Th Flrst-Born of ver crea ture, that In all thlnus II might have th pr-tnlnnc" tCohMislans t !&. ft And when In one of his stsivments b pok of our Lord Jsus as thoush Hs wer th Father, the Apostle piomplly followed th statement with snoiher. Buy ing. "It Is manifest that th Fslher Is excepted (1 Corinthians Iv, 171. in sll eontitsrlsons, for, as Jesus declared, the Father Is ahov all Our Lord Jeau' own testimony Is thst II Is th First snd th l.nt. "th Alpna snd th Omega, the Beginning snd Ihe lt)nd" of th Dlvln crvatlon In othi words, when th Father created tn Son M never afterwards dlroetly created sny other person or thins Ths Law was the First and lh Last, and by Illm were sll things mad that wer msd Let u then honor th Son ss th Son snd ss th glorious Agent snd Rrpr-srn-stlv of th Fathrr In sll thlngs-by whom (through whom) sr all things of th Dl vln I'lsn; snd let us honor slso lh Fa ther, as "th Kathr of lights." and Fslher of mrcl and grac sml truth, "of whom are all thing" Th testimony ot lh III bl I twaotirut. honotln lo th Father, to th H-'a sml I lh Spirit of hnlln. A th ttrrtpiure dwlarw, "Th words of th Lord are pur, making win th sle-saT-ltw teachable. L 'i.i r9 VCpy ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. AVcgelablePrcparalicnfonls slmilailiiiiieFooiJaP(IRf(iula ling Ute Sumachs aMitals ol' Promotes Didstiotiflifttfiir ness and festXontains rtcithrr Opiunt.Morphine nor Mineral. 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