DAILY CAPITAL JOmSAL, SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1912.
Pastor
SAVED BY FAITH,
NOT BY WORKS
God's Arrangement For the
Church's Redemption.
PASTOR RUSSELL AT HALIFAX.
Ncn!ty Fop Faith How It li of God
and How Wo Co-work In Our Own
Faith Dtvalopmont How It May Bo
Developed or Retarded by God'o Peo
ple Duriny the Coming Reign of the
Meaiiah Worki Will Be the Bail, of
God'. Judgment
nollfax, N. S.,
Sept. 20. Pastor
Russell Is here to
address a Conven
tion of Blblo Stu
dents assembled
from Now Eng
land and the Prov
inces. Wo report
one of bis dis
courses from the
text, "By grace
are ye saved
through faith; and
that not of your
selves; It Is the gift of God" (Ephe
slims II, 81. lie said In purt:
The relationship between faith and
works In tho matter of tho Church's
Bill vn tlon bus been a question of con
troversy for centuries. However, this,
like other subjects once mysterious,
yields to tho clearer light of our day.
Now we perceive tho Importance of
bold faith and works and the relation
ship they bear' to each othor. Faith
Is the all-Important factor In God's
sight, because In our fallen condition
wo cannot do perfect works and because
God cannot consistently accept and
reward any but perfect works.
God's arrangement for us, therefore,
lu Christ, Is that lie will Judge us,
not according to our works, but accord
ing to our faith. Nevertheless, good
works are recognized as a demonstra
tion of onr faith. So surely as we have
the proper faith In God and His prom
ises It will manifest Itself In works,
even though we cannot do perfectly.
So St. James points out that Abra
ham was not justified without works,
but was required to demonstrate his
faith by his works, even though they
were not perfect works and could not
have Justified him.
Age of Faith Age of Works.
If we call this Gospel Age the Age of
fulth, none should misunderstand us to
mean that works are now wholly Ig
nored, but rather that works take the
secondary place. Likewise, when we
say that the coming Age of the Mes
sianic Kingdom will be an Age of
works, none should understand us as
meaning that faith will then be Ig
nored. Works will then Be the basis
of the Lord's Judgment In dealing with
the world. Thus we read that they
shall be "Judged every man according
to his works." (Revelation nil, 12.)
Judgment according to works, yet not
without faith, may perhaps appeal to
some of our minds as being the more
reasonable, the more Just form of Judg
ment. However, when we come to
note the difference between the condi
tions of the trial of the Church of this
Age and the future trial of the world
during the Menslnnlc reign, we can see
readily the reason for the different ba
sts of judgment
The Preaent Qraoe Age.
In the present time the Lord Is se
lecting from the world a special class
to be the Bride of Christ, and He prop
erly makes fulth the test. (1) Because
In the Divine estimation fnltb In God
Is one of the grandest elements of
character, the one most essential to
.such as will be entrusted with high
positions and authority In the King
dom. (2) Because the Judgment accord
ing to faith meets tho various condi
tions of the present time as a Judgment
according to works would not do.
The Lord calls now for such ns will
walk In the "narrow way." domonstrat
lng that If they had perfect bodies as
Jesus' body was perfect they would be
perfect In works as well as In faith.
In the next Age, the Divine plan will
not be the selection of self-sacrificing
ones for the Kingdom, but the bless'
Ing of humanity with an opportunity to
return to the full perfection of human
nature. They will be required merely
to demonstrate their loyalty to God In
the use of their lives faithfully in
obedience to Ills Law. The reward for
the sacrlflcers of this Age Is to be
glory, honor and Immortality, the Dl
vine nature and Joint heirship with the
Lord Jesus In His Kingdom. The re
ward for obedience to be given In the
next Age will be humhn perfection In
the Image and likeness of God, with all
the earthly Inheritance originally given
to Adam lost through Hln and redeem
ed by the merit of Christ's sacrifice.
And since the objective points of the
two Ages are different so will be their
methods and conditions.
We have already considered the con
ditions of the Church's trial; let us
net notice how different will be the
conditions of the world's trial, accord
ing to works. In the coming Age. The
feign of Satan and sin now prevalent
Is to give way; Satan Is to be bound
for a thousand yenrs that he mny de
ceive the nations no more for that pe-'
Hod. The darkness. Ignorance, super
tltlon and misunderstanding of God
"id His plans, etc., which have pre
vailed for the last six thousand years
HI pass away. Instead, "the Sun of
Righteousness shall arise with healing
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in His beams." The darkness of Igno
rance, superstition, etc., which at the
present time covers the earth, and
gross darkness the heathen, makes
faith lu tho present thuu a very pre
cious thing Indeed which only compar
atively few can or will exercise.
But, when tho shadows and dark
ness ahull tieo away, when tho True
Light shall shlno, when "tho knowl
edge of the glory of the Lord shall
fill the wholo earth ns the waters cov
er the great deep"-theu fulth will not
be at Its present premium, because It
will then be very easy to exerclso
faith. Moreover, while perfect works
are Impossible now, because of our lin-
perfections of the flesh, porfect works
will gradually become possible to the
world In the next Age, becauso as they
progress In the light and In obedience
to the laws of that Kingdom they will
gradunlly be recovering the perfection
of the flesh, mental, moral and phys
ical. And as they recover these pow
ers correspondingly more and hotter
works will bo required each vear. each
century, of their experience.
Finally, before tho glorious Epoch
hall conclude before Messiah shall
turn over the Kingdom to Justice-all
tho willing and obedient will hove
come to full perfection and hence to
full capacity for perfect works and
God will domand them; they will
therefore be tho standard or test in
the world's trial Dny-"They shall be
judged every man, according to his
works." In both these Judgments wo
see Justice and Mercy harmoniously
working togother in the Interests of
those on trial, tho differences between
the two operations being such merely
as adapt them to tho conditions of tho
Individuals on trial.
Come Now to Our Text,
A glance nt our text shows thnt It re
lates to the present Age and not to tho
period of Messiah's Kingdom. Tho
Apostle Is addressing those called to
jolnt-heirHhip In tho Kingdom, of
whom he says In the context that
"God lu mercy hath quickened us with
Christ and raised us up together to n
heavenly station lu Christ Jesus, that
lu the Ages to como we might show
the exceeding riches Of Ills grace In
Ills kindness toward us through Christ
Jesus." Without question these words
apply to the Elect Church, and with
equul certainty they cannot properly
be applied to the non-elect world,
whose onnortimltv for blessing belongs
to the next Age and will come to them
from the Falher. through the Son, by
the Church In glory.
Our ftxt rnnfnlntf nnnthor stntpnient
which has been the cause of much dis
pute, namely, the one which declares
that we nre saved by grace through
faith, and that not of ourselves. It Is
the gift of God." It Is easy to under
stand the forepart of this statement
tint vt nn snverl bv crura, and easv
also to understand the Inst part, name
ly, thnt we are not saved by works ano
tJinr. thnrpfore. none of lis hns anv
ground for boasting In our salvation.
"By nature we were children of wrath,
even as others." We were under the
sentence of death and could not recov
er ourselves from that condition. What
ever, therefore, should be done for us
tn holn na out of our condemnation and
fallen condition would necessarily be of
grace, and also of God. Now we come
to the more difficult part of our text
"That Not of Yourselves.''
How shall we understand the sug
gestion that the faith is not of our
selves but Is the gift of God? Surely
God does not exercise faith for us, ana
surely also He does not develop the
faith" in ns by some miraculous power,
for in either of these cases the saints
would be merely machines, reacting as
acted upon, This would neither de
velop nor prove character, nor in any
wise fit and prepare us for the glorious
work to which we have been called.
How is It God's gift?
There Is one view of this statement
which we believe clears It of all mys
tery and mlikes It entirely harmonious
with Divine Justice and our responsi
bility. It Is thin:
Faith Is possible only where 'there
is a basis of knowledge; In proportion,
therefore, ns Divine providence grants
us knowledge of fllmself and of His
great Plan. In that proportion Is It
possible for us to exercise faith In
that rinn. and by our endeavors to
demonstrate the strength and sincerity
of our faith. While It Is true that our
knowledge depends In large measure
upon our application In the study of
the Divine Word-upon our use of the
means and opportunities placed within
our reach by a kind I'rovldence nev
ertheless there nre millions of our race
who have had no opportunity what
ever for knowledge.
For instance, during the more than
four thousand years from Adam to the
days of Jesus, knowledge and oppor
tunity for faith were very limited.
For more than two thousand years
God made no direct revelation what
ever of His good Intentions in respect
to sending a Savior, and the delivery
of our race from the bondnge of sin
and death. Then the Message sent
was seml-prlvnte. To Abraham God
declared His Intention of blessing the
world eventually, and further that this
blessing would come through Abra
ham's posterity. But what did the
masses nf mankind nt that time know
of thnt promise? Faith In that prom
ise was counted to Abraham for
righteousness: sad th.- same with
Isaac and Jacob. Ultimately the prom
Ise descended to the nation of Israel.
Finally. Jesun came, and thnt which
had been promised began to have nn
actiinll'tv. a fulfilment. Yet even then
the thine offered was so different from
that which the Israelites had for cen
turies expected Hint the majority of
them whollv failed to exercise the nec
essary fnlth and to enter Into the prlv
lieges of the hour-membership In Splr
ltual Israel ns sons of God begotten
Sermon
to a higher nature. So, says tho Apos
tle, "Israel Imlli not obtained that
which he sccketh for, but the election
obtained It and the rest wore blinded."
Only tho few had a sulilolency of faith
to make uso of their knowledge.
"If Our Gospel Be Hid."
St. Tnul declares that tho Gospel is
hidden from Bonie during this Age,
namely, from tho perishing ones whom
Satun hath blinded and these surely
are tho vast majority of the race. As
Jesus declared to His disciples, "Bless
ed nre your eyes for they seo and your
ears for they hear." And thus It has
been all down the Age for more than
eighteen centuries. Only the few have
been so highly favored by birth and
environment, etc., as to be able to see
and able to henr and appreciate the
glorious invitation of this present time.
Furthermore, God's providence has
been exercising apparently a discrimi
nation in tho sending of the Gospel
Message It went not alike to all parts
of the enrth. Beginning with Israel
in rnlcntlno it moved northward and
westward to Greece and to Italy, and
thus spread through and amongst the
savage tribes of Europe, namely, to
such as hnd "ears to hear" tho Divine
call to Jolnt-helrshlp with Christ in
the glorious Kingdom soon to bo es
tablished. From Europe, this Message,
this knowledge, enme to America; and
now, within tho last century In par
ticular, It Is reaching some of the
many millions of India, China, Japan,
Africa, etc., but still with ,the same
limitations. It appeals only to a com
paratively few In any nation "He that
hath an ear to hear, let him hear."
"Not of Yourselves."
Ah, yes, wo can seo a force In the
Apostle's words, "not of yourselves."
It Is Indeed for ourselves to exercise
fnlth when the knowledge comes to us,
yet faith being Impossible without
knowledge, we were dependent upon
God for It. How thankful wo should
be, how appreciative! now sympa
thetic wo should be toward those who
have not been so highly favored with
knowledge or whose condition has been
less favorable to the cultivation of the
hearing ear and of the understanding
heart! Truly God is electing and se
lecting, testing nnd proving tho mem
bers of the Church of Christ
Another phase of the subject well
worthy of our notice Is that our faith
Is largely a matter of development;
first the seed, then the blade, then the
ear, then the ripe corn. When God
gave us the first Impulse toward a
knowledge of Himself and of nis pur
poses, that was the seed from which
faith might germinate if it fell Into a
heart or- mind that was good soil for
It And even those whose hearts are
good soil for the Message of God's
grace and the Kingdom Invitation find
that they greatly need a certain Dl
vine supervision, watch-care, In order
to bring forth fruitage such as the
Lord will bo pleased to accept
What would any of us be today
without the grace of God assisting us
In fnlth and In obedience? Surely the
original fnlth would long since have
withered and died. We must still Bay,
By the grace of God we are saved,
through fulth, not of ourselves. It is
the result of the knowledge granted and
the Divine blessing poured upon us.
Growing In Grace, Eto.
In full line with what we have con
sidered is the Apostolic injunction that
we must continue to grow In grace
and In knowledge and in faith and in
love, and to the extent of our ability
In obedience and good works. And
this growth in grace, this growth in
faith, signifies a continued and further
growth in knowledge. For Instance,
the promises of the Bible contain the
spiritual food upon which we as New
Creatures must feed in order to grow
up to the required likeness of Christ
In order to be fitted nnd prepared in
charncter-and-fnlth-dcvelopmtnt for a
place In the Kingdom.
It should not surprise us, therefore,
to find the Scriptures clearly teaching
that the Blblo contains nourishments
exactly adapted to our requirements.
St. Taul Illustrates this matter by say
ing that In the beginning of our ex
periences we, as new born babes,
should "desire the sincere milk of the
Word thnt we might grow thercby"
grow In grace and In knowledge and
faith and obedience. But he admon
ishes us also that we should not al
ways continue to be bnbes. feeding
upon the milk of the Word, but that
by the use of It and the strength thnt
Is derived we should become strong In
the Lord, become manly, nttnlnlng
unto the full stature of manliness as
members of the Body of Christ. And
for this additional strength the Apos
tle tells us thnt we need more than the
milk of the Word we need the "strong
meat" of God's Word, of God's prom
ises, that we may grow thereby. And
again. In all this finding and using of
the "meat In due season" we are In
debted to God.
Not only hns He provided meat In
due season In the Holy Scriptures,
"thnt the man of God may be thorough
ly furnished" and able to "rightly di
vide the Word of Truth." but addition
ally He hns granted help amongst the
brethren, thnt we may build one an
other up In the faith, until we all come
to tho full stature In Christ.
How evident then It Is that our salva
tion through faith Is not s matter of nn
Instantaneous Injection of fnlth Into
us In some miraculous manner, but a
gradual development, ns we have seen:
and how evident It Is that In the devel
opment of tliTs fnlth we nre to be co
workers together with God!
Let us. therefore, be very apprecia
tive of the great privileges granted to
us and use them wisely, lest we should
receive the grace of God In vain nnd
miss this great Prize which has been
offered to us and which we have ac
cepted and which God will be faithful
to give to those who faithfully use the
blessings of His provision
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Makes No Fight on Prohibition.
The Socialist makes no fight on
prohibition. Hut when the prohibition
party attempts to solve the labor
problem It flounders like a horse In
the mud with a broken leg. It gets
nowhere. Its promise of "exact jus
tice to labor, without injury to capi
tal," Is an impossible absurdity.
The prohibition movement la large
ly a moral movement, so confessed.
Put you' cannot have a successful
moral movement at this stage of the
game, under capitalism, and for the
following reasons:
1. Anything and everything thnt
business thinks will bring money to
town will be supported by business
This has been demonstrated a tho i
sand times.
2. The man who struggles for his
daily bread will do anything, or fnvir
anything, thnt will ease his strugglo,
or that he thinks will ease it. There
is no moral force great enough to
challenge the force of the strife for
gnln and the struggle for bread. Th's
patent fact ought to penetrate the
i.onsclauBiiesB of even the prohibition
1st.
Mr. A. H. Meese has tried his hand
against Socialism but he has so much
enthusiasm It blinds his perception
He ought to read up.
Socialist Party Ticket.
For President Eugene V. Debs
Vice-President Emlle Sledel
Presidential Electors.
0. Henry Oleen, Deer Island; Geo.
Dubritz, Falls City; C. W. Bunta, Ash
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Lebanon.
For State Officers
U. S. Senator B F. Ramp
Congress, First Dlst, W. S. Richards
Secretary of State, George H. Hinsdale
Justice Supreme Coourt....C. C. Brix
Marlon County Ticket
Representatives Henry Chapelle, G.
H. McNeal, E. W. Ross, J. W. Jory,
F. J. Von Behren.
County Judge E. C. Mlnton
Commissioner '. .Lewsen Hadley
Sheriff ,..T. J. Clark
Clerk L. D. Ratllff
Recorder E. G. Lantz
Treasurer J. W. Hunt
School Superintendent, Dr. Armstrong
Assessor T. Y. McClellon
Surveyor J. B. Hoss
Coroner B. B. Pehr
Prosecuting Attorney. . .J. E. Hosmer
Justice of Peace for Salem District
R. R. Ryan
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Advice to Expectant Mothers
The experience of Motherhood Is a try
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woman in a hundred is prepared or un
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self. Of course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at
such times, but many approach the
experience with an organism unfitted
for the trial of strength, and when it
is over her system has received a shock
from which it is hard to recover. Fol
lowing right upon this comes tho ner
vous strain of caring for the child, and
a distinct change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming thnn
a happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed child-birth under tho right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing is that,
with all the evidence of shattered nerves
and broken health resulting from an un
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in which to prepare, women will persist
in going blindly to the trial.
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gains Interest each act as she travels
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comedy-drama In its class and refine
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play Is Woods & Chalker's best, and
has a reputation for artistic ability
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on one's sympathy, but It Is inter
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