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
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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)
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A Maik if yunllty.
Kv.-ry T""l riicoiellHoi.iill)' ;'!"
anteed.
Auger Bits
Braces
Squares
Pliers
Axes
CUTLERY
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5 I
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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."-" "
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