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r , Pastor Russell's Serm on KANT MANSIONS IN HY FATHER'S HOUSE jesos Is Preparing One ol , These For His Bride. HEAVENLY HOME FOR LOYAL ptor Ru"'11 8y Jaw. Hoped ear Earthly raraaiM ..c.w, - - ! . U.. I.. Concerning m riooin New Hie .Teachings Nature and Home Wore . ...!. Wai Neoeeeary, but Me As- .ured Them He Would Come Again. Runtime the Spirit of Truth Would Comfort Them. Buffalo, N. T., Dec. 15. One of Tastor Russell's dis courses bere today was from the text: "In My Father's House are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you. I will come again to receive you to My- self." John xlv, 8. than fa For more jour thousand years before the Savior come, no suction had been made re gncetliiR nny home for humanity aside from tills earth. The paradise of Eilwi, lost through disobedience, and r:n,r imago In humanity, almost obliterated by sin and death, God promised to restore. Tho right to life forfeited by Adam for himself and his race, God purposed to restore la an ihn willing and obedient. But all these liipulnes were to come through a Re deemer, tlio Mediator of the New Cove- nniit. the Messiah, Humanity kuew not the possibilities nf Restitution, but Israel had the fact tvmfied In their Jubilee year of Rest! tntlon. which occurred every fifty rears. Thov also bad typical sacri fices of a I'ussover lamb and Atone ment Imiv offerings, representing some tiipnns liV W hlch God Justly met for tliem the requirements of Ills own Ijiw. Thev realized not that this satisfaction of Justice would be ac couinllshcd by the death of tho very Redeemer who subsequently would be the Restorer. Their minds naturally dwelt espe cially upon tho great fact that Mes cluli was to be of Jewish stock; and that Israel was to have tho first chance of the choicest blessings In connection with Messiali's Kingdom. As they nulled fnv Messiah and Ills Kingdom, they fondly anticipated their own na tional blessing. Seemingly, they over looked the fact that the blessing would be an Individual one, In harmony with tho Divine arrangement. They hoped for a resurrection from the dead "at the lust day," In tho great Seventh Thousand-Venr Dny or Epoch, and ex pected It to bring them from the sleep of death back to earthly conditions. Somo of them hoped for a "better resurrection" than the majority, be cause of their loyalty to God and theli willingness to suffer for righteousness; but even these expected to be, not an gels, but men. AVas not Abraham him self promised that nil the land which he could see should, eventually, be his? What could this mean except that ho would be resurrected, as an earthly being, to enjoy this promised Inheri tance? St. Stephen points out that Abraham never received, In fulfilment of God's promise, as much of that land "as to set his foot upon." (Acts ni, 5.) Undoubtedly, therefore, the en tire promise of the land Is future. The possession will come to Abraham, and will be given to his seed, his posterity, after him. Heavenly Promise "Liko Unto An gele." wis plan was allowed to rest as though forgotten until Jesus began to accomplish another and different work He began to call the Bride class from amongst manklnd-both Jews and Gen Ules. Without explaining the full de tails, Ho invited all who desired to be come associated in His Kingdom to wise up theli cross and follow Him. He promised them a lolnt-helrsblp with Himself in His Klnedom. He told them that those who attain unto that Age and the resurrection, would net mer marry nor be elven in marriage "like unto the angels" sexless. Luke . 3C, 3d. ao wonder the Apostles were sur prised! No wonder NIeodemus hesitat- to endorse nnmothlnir n different from what he had anticipated in the "y of blessing; and he come to Jesus h night to Inquire further! No wonder the Master's words wero perplexing hen iie sa,j ye must be born Win!" X0 wonder Nicodemus, In per- Piexlty. asked about this spirit birth found the answers perplexing! sns did not attempt to give him IU explanation, but merely said that " De had difficulty In understanding earthly things, how could he expect to understand Heavenly things. John "etitution Wait, but Not Abandoned, Tho whole matter Is plain In the light ?f tho New Testament teaching. Bc- ;'jre tho time for blessing the world " Is fleeting therefrom a class to Jstltute the Bride of Christ, the jalthfm Little Flock. The Church Is to associated with Him In blessing the uman famnv wlth itesrJrutlon. But "V nrl'l class itself la to experience L nKo f nature from human to pb KU4 This was difficult for the Apot- limlar-ut.irwi 'fri' . " . - continually revert to an earthly king -., w vuu aiiwuT repented heir attention nwa, from the earthly He declared, "My Kingdom I. his Age" and told the disciples that Ho would come again In nn-u great glory, and all the hoi with Him; and that then He would rtt upon the Throne of His Glory-upoa faithful even unto sacrificial death. The Heavenly Maneiom. Tho Lord endeavored to draw tho minds of Ills followers away from tho earthly hopes of an earthly kingdom which they held In common with all Jews. Tho dlsclpios knew of various orders of beluga on the augollo plane Cherublm, seraphim and ordinary an- gcis. uesun rnauu no suggestion of changing His disciples Into any of these angelic orders. Rather, He gave them to understand that they would consti tute a new order of creatures. The questions then naturally arose, Is Micro a possibility of having a still different oruer or licings on tho Heavenly plane? Did not tho creation of man a little lower than angels Imply a sulilcleutva. rlety of creations on the angelic plane ana nigner f Theso questions would seem proper enough; and to these our Lord's words make answer: "In My Father's House are many manslons"-raanv anart- menta, many divisions. Yet all are holy, ull aro In full accord with Illm and with each other. "I go to prepare place for you," My followers-a neavenly mansion, St. Teter, discussing the subject, tells us that In God's providence the Church Is not only a New Creation, hut a cren tlon on a higher plane than any other of God's creation. St. Paul says, that our Lord Jesus, having finished the work which the Father gave Illm to do, "ascended on High," to the right hand of the Divine Majesty, to the place of chief favor. Ho declares that this po sitlon is ''fir abovo angels, principali ties and powers and every name that Is named." Epheslans 1, 21. St. John, speaking of the Church, de clares that wo may not yet fully appre ciate what we shall be, but we may "know that, when Ho shall appear our Redeemer, we shall be like Illm for we shall see Illm as Ho Is." (I John 111, 2.) St. Peter, however, tells us the real height to which tho Church, the Bride of Christ, Is to be exalted. He says, God hath given "unto us exceed ing great and precious promises, that by theso working In us His wMl we might become partakers of tho Divim nfl(;-c."-ll Peter 1, 4. io the Plv ie niitiira 'I'l. 7. . -nMnd.werecWMA'Ca: before Inheritors of his death s n S' 1110 con.d no,, joM, ; to His own just ,lWs. recoil,., " s sons. Before thev ,,u .... Divine begetting 'f u , s , f t 'ey must first be Justified lu the PI. vino eight. U was to Justify th ii,.m...i,..i.i ... Faith that Jesus llseninl,,,! in .i. there to appear In the presence of thai for us." ii. immu.Mi . ,.. I-uther the merit of ls :..-rin. ... and proposed to ndopt us as Ills mem' bers. Then Plvlne .1 11,11 1 .... Advocates proposal, nml ilit .., , , lul ,,,,, the acceptance of our proffered sacrl flees, as tho members of Jesus. ion dnys after our Lord left 111. Apostles, the Pentecostal blessing came upon them. St. Peter explains that It was the Heavenly Father's rec ogultion of Ills acceptance of the fol lowers of Jesus who were enterlnirlnln covenant relationship through HI111 by the covenant of self-sacrifice. The transaction Involved all sahsemient members of the Household of Faith to tho end of this Age. As a result, the Holy Spirit camo upon the consecrated. They were to be made children of God; and "If children, then heirs, heirs of God and Joint-heirs with Christ, our Lord, If so be that wo suffer with Illm, that we may bo also glorified together." Romans vlll, 17. viO- llU. t Ol'NTltY SniOOI. TKiriir,. I AS riUI.lt HEALTH FlU'CATOH The country se'aool tu-!,er should I L'" a puMI,. health clueutor, luvoiMing 1 7 "' wi.u ics 1-:. .North, of Now Wk -lt.v. author of an article on "Sanita tion In Rural Communities," just is. !;i'ed by tho Fulled States ltureau of Uucatlon. As tho iniural intelloc ll'l leader of his community, the ru 'al teacher, ho Muilntalns, lm for I'uhllc health In tho vo.mtiy v.imt the "'(Hlleal Inspector and seliool nurse "" iiuciK in 1 ne oily iKiuit the w to clean llvinr. Mere teaching of physiology is nut what Is need.d. Ph-;ology may sat iMy the curiosity ( t-,i,,-,. to "iivlr luternal organs. i,m lt does not proteii theni lu any v.,y agalnu tu- oeicuio.-is irmii coiltaiiiinated li.il',; 'yi'hoiil :Voni lmpuro water, rising generation, whether In country or in tho eity, has ,1 right to ho instructed in tho tirsi principles of sanitary science. Fur from being too ditlicult to teach 1.1 too elementary selavl, the suhj ci public health can he made I ilotstaiul.ihlo and Inter, - iin,- rf TweatT-Three 01 The the Owing to the Extremely Mild Weather this Season We are Overstocked on MEN'S 1 1 otli un Su. h a The Heavenly Three. Following the testimony of the Word of God, wo recognize Jehovah (lotl Himself, from everlasting to everlast lug God, the Head, the King, the Fa time nf whom are all things. Next to the Father we recognize our Ilonvenlj Lord, whose name at lirst was the l.o cos, the Word of God, His Messenger. who HUbseouently was made llesh iiu-olt- niooiiL' us and redeemed us; and who, as u reward, has been exalted to tho Divine nature and is set at we right hand of Jehovah God, to begin His work of blessing maiiKinu. 11c tt-nlrs also until the Church, His isrmo. nhll have been completed and shall have passed beyond the veil, to tic ior- ever with Him on tho uivmo piau. ITtu .Tolnt-helr. " K.1 . . - II These are tho Heavenly inree-uo f ti.o Tt v no ature, iar iiuo. u.. other natures, all other planes of ex istence. Yet always we are w r .n,iu that the Head of the Church Is Christ, and the Head of Christ Is God, as St. Pan) declares: for although all of God's blessings aro v yet thoso blessings are all from the Fathcr.-I toriniuians via, in nnsslne. we shouiu 11010 these Scriptures and all the Scriptures ii .i.nw that the Heavenly Father was not His own son u..u the Heavenly Son was not His own Father. In our text mo .- -dares "In My Father's House are has special privileges and spec ial iww- ment that the imue, u -" - - f ta to be brought into the highest of Heavenly mansions, me '" fure. to to Job.t-l.elr with her I.rd n His Messianic reign and In His em lasting glory thereafter. Growth In Grace. Mistakenly, lu the past, ninny of us have supposed Justification to be the goal of the Christian merely tho for giveness of sins. Now wo see that this was a great mistake. Now we seo that Justification by faith Is only a stepplngstono to sanctltlcatlon-the begetting of the Holy Spirit as New Creatures in Christ. Moreover, we see that, even our sanollllcatlon by the begetting of the Holy Spirit Is not ulllclent, nor our goal. The Spirit-begotten ones must prow In grace, In knowledge, lu nil the fruits and graces of the Holy Spirit. They must be tested and proved as to their loyalty and faithfulness. Fiery trials, testings, tribulations, must be allowed to come against them to provo the depth mid sincerity of their lovo for God. Graciously, their testings are not along the lines of the flesh, which Is acknowledged to be Imperfect, weak, and which Is acceptable as a sacrifice oulv through the merit of Jesus. Their testings and acceptance are according to their mind, their will, as New Crea tures In Christ. "I Will Come Again." The Master would be absent during tho period of the selection of the Ilrlde Class-Ill Heaven Itself, let ny Ills Spirit or Power, the Holy Spirit, which Is also the Spirit or Power or inn Father, He would have full" knowl edge of all the Hairs or 111s peon 10 and would providentially make "all tilings work toi-etlier for gnml to im-m that love Ilini." Sillier they iniN: en dure trials and tesiings they must, in 1 order to prove their loyally even nolo j death; but His grace woiuu ne "'it- fieicnt for them, and ins strengio : would be made perfect In their weak- j ncsses; and He would never leave' them, In the sense of abandoning j them. So long as they would a hide , in Illm by faith and by loyally 01 ; heart-Intention. He would overrule an things for their good. Afler tho selection of the full num ber of the lirlde class, He would come again to receive them unto Himself. Ho would come relatively In the same sense in which Ho went away, lu the sense In which He has not lieen pres ent throughout the Age. Ho would come In the sense of taking charge of the affairs of the world. He will take to nimseif Ills great Power and Ix'gln His reign. His first kingly olllco will i mcnoet to His Church. Ho wld call Ills own servants and reckon with 1 them first. Ho will rewam .i.e. ful bv allowing the uuf'iithful to puss Into tribulation with tho world. As Satan has for n long moo "the prince of tho power of tho nlr, "the prince of this world," so Messiah after binding Satan for n thousand Irs, will assume His right'.; title u the KinE of this world, the King of Glo y His Power will also be the "Power of tne Air, w " - simple operation as washing the hands, lor Instance, Ih-coiucb attractive when studied with reference to bacteria. "Personal cleanliness, purity ot toed and of drinks, tho nature of disease, and the method of transference, arc all lliim'.a which can Iks expressed in the simplest terms and made clear to the understanding children," assorts Pr. North. "Milk, Its value as a food. the fact that It is highly appreciated by bacteria, and that It Is therefore necessary to protect it against lliein these are not too difficult for the child to understand." Pr. North eniphasl.es the need of special training in this subject for school teachers. Ho believes that nor mal schools and teachers' colleges should have regular coursea lu public health, so that tho country school teacher may bo armed with tho essen tial facta of sanitary science. ltonmrkablo results may ho e. peeled to follow adeipiato public health work by rural school teachers. It Is esti mated that If effective sanitation were enforced tho present average of -10 years for human life would be pro longed to do. "In rural coniuiuniilcs 'annually -loo.n.10 persons die and about 2.HH0.OO0 others aro seriously ill from infectious diseases. If only one-half of these deaths and cases of slckiicsa can ho eliminated, It means that an Im mense Held of useful work lies at Un hand of tho country school teacher wlio will become a public health edu cator, and will Instruct the chlldnn and the mothers and fathers how lo prevent tho transference of poisonous bacteria from those, who cany them to nso who do not." WINTER OVERCOATS 11 vT? ftil taw -:: if! 4 ii';:! lib 1 I f "i lu older to dispose of them .pilckly, wo tuo offeilng our etulu Men's and lio.vs' Medium and Heavy Weight Wool Overcoats at 20 per cent Reduction Hue of And y.m know- when wo advertise 11 reduced price, that it Isn't an limiglmuy reduction from a fletltlou. value. You now have an opportunity to select n stylish dress overcoat for your husband, your brother or your son that will make a most appropriate Christ mas gift, and at a snlni; of twenty percent. You'll find a splendid lino of fain-lea to select from and every overcoat Is cut In the correct i-l lo for this season and th.uouc.lily talloi ,-,l Trade forenoons If possible, ami avoid the afleinoon rush. Our Store closes as usual at 5:30 excepting Friday ami Saturday evenings V M W AM I'KinilSIMi IMU sntv Tho Cherry City Flouring Mill Co. is a new o.mcerii ill 1 in my 01 .-...n-oi, and promises to be one of the bet institutions of lis kind in tin Nmtli west. Tim plant Is owned and operated by Ml'. P. W, I'.eiscr, who has fpa-nl ....ill,,,., nirii lu,l- leOll'-V lo C'lUltl the ,, I mill Willi I lie 1,,'sl possioie mjeono-ij and plans are under way to have tlo-lf products on the nun k, I by the (list of the year. Ilarnaid and Lease machinery has be, 11 Installed thiom bout, and the l'l.m Killer steio will be iimd j Mr. Ccii 1 r will maiiuraetine Chen y Cilv Patent Flour, cln-ny Cily llbo,l. and Whole Wheat Claim 11. In addi tion to HleHC, liriailC.eloelllS It I n hello? loado ,i nianiifaeltiui ft lueakfant food. Wheat, outs, bailey mid all kinds of mill f I will be handle, I and (ho company will conduct a geueml lllltl business. Phono Main r..tl, '' Tudo !l , Sal (Ilegoll. BUff tH.,-l MMI rP"""n Go to Prepare a Place." TT 17 naraware Incorporated ZENITH TOOLS Hand Saws Planes Chisels Hatchets Bench Axes But why did Jesus need to go to pre ma iiiscncs did not ever ii ! - '..,..,,. n,i n were erk-ved and perpu-Acv, -ZTJ, S lon St. Peter brought po ww . . , oViijK( himself a special uunV' . .,. " "R It far from Thee, Urd. tl.tw Bo 11 . .,, hnonen unto Thee. tnlngs sum. re,, Tm,y The dlscipies :" - .,,rw,,re KbS: They wo, dcred why Jesus 1 J t them and attend to J of the Kingdom at that ms were necessary 'to w or Instead of golim' to 1 , d had often toM them tW lteoul Our Lord did not wish 0 K io( any intimation res.; hise Therefore He ft Is exponent for you -necessary i"' nwav. me ,.,1. nlik that of Satan, It will be I Holy Spirit power. His salnN will be odd away with Him, to W Cue and Kmplre, "the Power of .. . . 1. II Tfla Km r 11 a MUH'i"-"- 1 ine nn, - . . . .,,! i, 1 Ilrido 01 vuii-ii 1 Hie foreoriiamco Thus thu eoniiiicieu, when r of the Fleet shall have 1 n i.flfA iritip ttff ,n lestlnirs. an.l smu. .. found and tho fiostiei -km fiiscourage them suuiuii -- merely said, hnf I no away . ..I.I ITft Unless lie sm rM Spirit woua. T frm on ' , ...1 ...1,1 them. lie i':'" "" in High, of whim, "',., in,,,. Which they saw c en , n ,r and which they eiper! put His power ' pvent!ltives to them forth as H Ii m work miracles and to rr'B pel of the Kliif-'doCJ- by A.r Pentecost, who e.D.'.,,rt.n(I t-Ho.y spirit. thsndforlo,n. Oit necesmi Si e , i- T',n .1, glorious King mi Messiah will begin its "7 1 t o Ho y rMP'-et- had Ulnlnl T ch r 11 Inirs. w ucn "' , . , K. Rnd He shall send JcS ( M .vtioii before . V" , nlH ,l,e Tl,nM of Res ',MI ( n,,i;h which id I'""' ""'k . t'x- wrld bee:,n."-y b I 1. I e.lmrt you. bre b M,l ; 'he A,"s!V TU X -f h...1 . r,niin sp being " . , .,, havebeci. i"-. " if l. .,,,,.., ;,i,. !.. let uswa:kin " '; ' . as eiei'o-. trials l perf.-t .M-i.l cn'lre. For If ye do t! rr fall: f'T so an ministered ,i,e ererlastli'K ,nd Savior, Jesu For Woik Worth Polng. Mcfjp) " (l!i. I A Maik if yunllty. Kv.-ry T""l riicoiellHoi.iill)' ;'!" anteed. Auger Bits Braces Squares Pliers Axes CUTLERY o 1 'it 1 1 '' I IvwT 1 A ' .. 1 ... -.1. " 5 I !nry t!,:il we ica.' Puking noibln things, ye ba'l Hitraii' e shall be .'if into unto roti bi.u.m, v Kli'gdoin or ar fhrlat."-" " cloMM UNITY SILVER ealp.m Hardware Company a IOC. J 9 I a! y d ..'
