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Pastor Russell's Sermon
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PAINS OF HELL
i EXPLAINED TO US
Pastor Russell on Misconcep
tions of Bible's Teaching.
TRUTH AND BEAUTY HIDDEN
Thi Dangers of Ignorance and 8upr
stitioiThe Werahip of Hypocrisy
j and Faar Oraat 8pura God Sseki
Worship Only From tha Ravarantial
j and True-Hearted Popular Miscon-
oaptlona of Hall Tha Injury II Hat
I Dona and la Doing Trua Chrlatiani
Should Awake to Trua Bibla 8tudy.
Paterson, N. J.
April 27. -raatoi
Russell preacbei
this afternoon It
tha Opera House
Hi topic was "Be
yond the Grave.'
We report his dls
course to Bible Stu
dents on the text
"Tha sorrows ol
death compassed
me, and the palm
of hell gat holdup
on me'-Ps. 110:3
Opening; his address, the Pastor apol
0Klzed for tba selection of such a text
II would much prefer to talk along
the lines of Christian character-build
log and tba necessity of growing li
grace, knowledge and love, and tbui
becoming more and mors copies ol
God's dear Son. His apology was thai
his text, sample of many other Blbk
statement, Is so grievously misunder
stood as to stand In the way of Chris
tlao progress. In conjunction with
other Scriptures, It was woven tntc
terrible theorltm dnrlng the Dark Ages
Those theories became Imbedded In tht
various creeds of the time, and so ob
atrticted the channels of thought that
the grace, truth and beauty of the III
ble were hidden. Many noble hearts,
be claimed, are famishing for lack ol
the refreshment of God's Truth, by
reiison of tbe fossilized errors which
block the way.
"Parish for Lack of Knowledge."
The Scriptures foretell conditions ex
actly as tbey are today. Tbey declare
that there shall be "a famine In tbe
land not a fumlue of bread, nor a
thirst for water, but of bearing the
Word of the Lord." (Amos 8:11.1
Again tbe Scriptures declare, "My peo
ple are destroyed tas. lack of inowl
edge." (Uosea 4:0.1 It la certainly true
that there are as many honest-heart
ed, conscientious, well-meaning people
In the world today as bare ever lived
per tin pa more Yet these well-mean
ing people are perishing, famishing,
tor lack of spiritual nourishment
True, there are noma who claim to be
well-nourished and to And In tbe popu
lar pulplta of the laud all tbe spiritual
refreshment and s'trength they need.
But these are as nothing compared
with the millions who give a different
tcntlmony. I am glad tbst those who
attend worship regularly, and ure well
nourished and well satisfied, have
whnt they desire, at the mouth of a
hundred thousand preachers. 1 am
reaching out after "tbo lost sheep of
tbe house of Israel," through the secu
Isr press. They tell we thru' I am reach
big millions of the unchurched every
week. My renders are the discontent
ed, the nnsatiallfd. perishing fur lack
of knowledge, hungering and thirst
ing after the right ways of Uod-the
ron I teachings of the Bible,
My heart goes out to those as the
heart of Jesus went out to the sntne
class, nearly nineteen centuries ago.
We read, "tie lnul compassion on the
multitude, for lie beheld ttmt they
were like sheep having no shepherd.'
I am srvklng. aa an tinder-shepherd,
to bring then hungering, thirsting,
perishing sheep to tbe truo "Shepherd
and Bishop of souls'-the Lord Jeans.
I am seeking to remove from their
minds the prejudice aud various ob
structions wblch have hindered the
flow of God's grace and truth to tbelr
beurts. I am seeking In the Master's
name to present to tliem the Bread of
Life. th Water of Life. 1 am not seek
ing to build up another denomination.
Iloanlte ahow a certain mensiire of
suivea already attained. I am receiv
ing more tlian five thousand letters I
wit-k from hungry sheep and others.
who, so far ss denominational Chris
tian systems are coucerucd, are home
less Everywhereall over the world
-these Instead of forming a uew de
nomination, are nsstH lstlng themselves
with Bible classes for the study of
God's Word. I am simply doing all
In my power to help them out of dnrk
a Into God's insrvelous light out of
misunderstandings of the Bible Into
right appreciation of It: out of Ignor
ance Into a knowledge of Cod; out of
Ignorance of the Savior and Ills work
to a true knowledge of lllm and Ills
glorious Kingdom, which Is yet to
bless all tha fnuillle of the earth.
It may be Interesting to know that
while I am advertised br the news
paper syndicate as the Pastor of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle congregation ot
Independent Christians, and of a slml
lar congregation of London Taber
nacle and of the congregation of Wash
ington Temple. I have additionally
beeo cboaen Pastor of more than one
hundred and fifty of those els was of
Bible Student, to which I have si
ready referred. They elected me ras
ter without any suggestion or solicits
ilea ot my part la so doing, I under
stand mem to signify that toey recog
nize the Lord Jesus as tbe great Di
vinely appointed Shepherd of the true
sheep, and that tbey desire me to
serve them In any way that 1 can as
an nnder-sbepberd.
Through the columns of Tn Watcb
Tower, I visit these elasses regular
ly twice a month, doing a pastoral
work to the best of my ability-leading
them to tbe Fountain ot Grace and
Truth and breaking for them tbe Liv
ing Bread, tbe Word of God. Addi
tionally, tbey have my weekly sermon
snd a weekly treatise on tbe Interna
tional Sunday School Lessons.
Tha Trua-Haartad Should Rejoice.
One would suppose that all ot tbe
one hundred thousand ministers and
all their flocks wonld rejoice to know
that the unchurched, straying sheep are
being reached with a Message of God's
Love and Mercy which is appealing to
their hearts snd working a transforma
tion In their lives. Many do rejoice,
but alas! a few are Jealous, as were
some of the scribes and Pharisees of
Jesus' day. Of these we read, "They
were grieved tbat He taught tbe peo
ple" the people whom they could not
reach, the sheep that were straying
and famishing.
As those Jealous scribes and Phari
sees antagonized Jeans and tha Apos
tles, because tbelr hearts were out of
harmony with tbe Good Tidings, so It
Is todsy with some. Unable to uphold
tbe doctrines wblch have driven away
so many of tbe intelligent of their
Bocks, famished for Truth, a few min
isters are angry with us. True to the
Master's prophecy, these seek to say all
manner of evil falsely against as, for
His sake, for tbe Truth's sake. Yet
In spite of their unchristian course, the
poor straying sheep are hearing and
recognizing tbe Voice Divine, are com
ing back to the Word of God, are being
sanctified by the Word of Truth.
I Proceed With My Text.
If thla were the only text mistrans
lated and misunderstood, the ordinary
reader would doubtless pass It by, say
ing, "I do not understand It. Probably
It is a figure of speech." But this text
is merely a combination of mistransla
tions, all of which are connected with
an eternal torment system ot doctrines
Invented during tbe Dnrk Ages. It Is
this combined system which has such
power over men's minds. This power
of error, this power of fear. Is turning
Intelligent minds away from tbe Bible.
Hence It la our duty to break down the
false doctrines, and to clear away Uie
obstacles which binder the flow ot
Truth to tbe minds and hearts of the
people ot God tbe straying sheep.
Nor are these straying sheep all, or
chiefly the Ignorant Tbey tnclude
nmny of tbe ablest minds and truest
hearts In the worldminds snd hearts
too true and too logical to believe pnl-
publo falsehoods, or to profess what
they do not believe.
Tbe Psalmist Is merely telling of his
severe Illness, from which by tbe grace
of Cod he recovered. He would have
us understand tbut It wns not merely s
slight ailment. He described bis emo
tions In the language of our text, say
ing, "the sorrows of death compassed
me about"; that la to say. tbe sadness
associated with tbe thought that he
was about to die, about to leave bis
friends, In the poetic form of tbe He
brew langunge, be repeated this
thought; namely, "Tbe pains of hell
gut hold upon me." In our modern
language this would mean the pains ot
death, or the pains ot the tomb. Tbey
were pains that lndlcited the approach
of dissolution. Nothing In this text
has the slightest reference to anything
In the future lifo.
Our Baptist friends. In their revised
translation of the Bible, have cbosou
for such passages as tbls the expres
sion, "the underworld," Instead of the
word "hell." Yet even here there Is
ilnnger of the averngo render not catch
ing the true thought. Far simpler lind
far less liable to be misunderstood,
would It have been, had the translators
said. "The pains of tbe tomb." The
Itcvlsvd Version of the English Bible
reads, "Tbe pains of Sheol."
Why Not the Whole Truth f
Kvery learned minister knows tbat
the Hebrew cord Sheol really menus
the grave, the ptt, the state ot death.
Why do they hesitate to tell the people
the whole truth on this subject? Why
do they translute It part of the time
"the grave" snd lU other times "the
underworld"? Why do they use the
translation, "the grave" In one place,
and "the pit" lu another, and then re
fuse to translate the word at all In the
third Instance, but give tbe word
Sheol? Was It their Intcinlou to cou
fuse the people? What Is the motive?
We wish that some of these great meu
would explain.
The Rtaaon For All This.
We would like to have our minis
terial brethren state their reasons for
pursulug a course of biding tbe truth
ou the subject of hell. Only because
they ueglect to give the reasons do we
feel ut lllierty to suggest theiu. It
seems to uie tbat these ministers sre
of two rlnsm. slid tbut tbelr reasons
sre therefore slightly different All
of t licm seem to agrve that It would
be daiu-cruutt to tell the people that
tied Is really a timl of Love, and itint
the lbs-trine of an eternity of torture
I entirely niiscrlptnriil. finding uo
foundation whatever lu the writings ut
the AiMistles.
They fear to tell the people that
these dix-trlues were built up during
the Park Ages bv the very men who
manifested so little of the Spirit of
jlod aud so little knowledge of God'a
will respecting Ills people that they
burned cue another at the stake. They
fear to tell tbe people that during tbe
Dnrk Ages our blinded forefathers
took the parable and dark sayings of
Jesus as literal statements, quite con
trary to the Master's evident Inten
tion. These they supplemented with
certain erade misconceptions ef tie
symbolisms ot Tbe Revelation, from
tbe combinations they made scarecrow
doctrines, blasphemous In the extreme,
which never produced saints, bat wblch
led men astray Into thinking that they
were copying God In tbe deviltry
which tbey accomplished one toward
another.
Tbe fear now seems to be lest tho
public should once perceive that tbe
creeds ot Christendom, while contain
ing much good, are cankered, wormy
and vitiated by those doctrines of de
mons. Why should they fear to tell
tbe people tbe troth? Perhaps It Is be
cause the religion of our day Is built
so largely upon man-worship, system-worship,
creed-worship and not
upon the Bible. Perhaps tbey fear
tbat if tbe creeds were thus discredited
It would mean that tbe ministers of
tbose creeds will be similarly discred
ited. Perhaps they fear that tbe peo
ple would never again have confidence
in tbelr teachings, and that tbua all
the various party walls of Christendom
which for so long a time have divided
the sheep would falL We cannot defi
nitely know of their reasons, because
they do not tell ns, we can only sur
mise. Others, very worldly-wise, have be
come Higher Critics, and do not believe
In tbe Bible at alL They are really
agnostics. But tbey do sot desire to
advertise tbelr lack of faith, lest It
should detract from their esteem
among men. They prefer to pose as
believers, and to hope tbst the time
will come when all tba wealthy and
intelligent will become unbelievers
slso. Then they will declare, "We have
not been believers for many years, bnt
we kept tbe matter secret, fearing to
be misunderstood as opponents of tbe
best Interests of society."
Ail tbe while, this latter class con
stitutes the greatest menace in the
world to law and order, and are tbe
best agents Satan bas in making void
the Word of God and destroying faith
therein. Robert Ingersoll's methods
of antagonizing tbe Bible were far less
successful than the methods of modem
Higher Critics and Evolutionists.
Faar to Tall tha Truth.
All wbo oppose tbe telling to tbe
public of the plain truth respecting
hell seem to have one common ground
of objection. They say, "With all the
tear of bell that bas been preached
for centuries, see bow wicked tbe
world Is and bow little bnman life Is
worthl See bow every law ef God
and man for tbe protection of life and
purity and property la endangered!
Note that If It were not for our tele
graphs, telephones and Immense police
forces of today, nobody would be
safe, so much more wicked does the
world appear to have become within
the last fifty yearal if the fear or
eternal torment and of purgntory were
lifted from tbe minds of mankind,
would it not make the dangers ten
fold greater than tbey are now? Would
It not speedily be necessary to double
our police force, If tbe masses lost tbelr
belief In a place of eternal torture?'
This Is lame reasoning. It seems to
us. It confesses In one breath. In
spite of all tbe false teacblnga of cen
turies, wickedness bas been growing
Would It not be wise to inquire to
what extent tbe false doctrines, the
misinterpretations and mistranslations
of tbe Bible, have been responsi
ble for the increase in wickedness?
Are men wiser than God? Is It pos
sible for man to Invent some mon
strous, unthinkable delusion wblch
will have n greater power with men.
than the plain, simple Message ot
God's Love? '
But If we were sure that by blas
pheming God's boly name and by
playing upon the Ignorance and super
stition ot the masses we could make
the wicked preserve peace, would It
be wise to do so? Could God's bless
ing be expected upon such a course?
Would It not be wiser tor ns, aa the
people of God, to have faith In Him
and to trust thnt. while we faithfully
present the Truth, Divine Providence
will oversee and overrule Its effect
and will Influence for good?
Experience proves that theirs Is not
the proper thought When wo go to
the records of tbo various prisons, pen
Itintlarlcs, etc., we find tbat nearly all
the worst criminals have been taught
the doctrine of eternal torment Many
of them confess full faith In it Ou
the other band, many Infidels once
violent oppose of God and of the III
ble and Christianity after hearing of
the Love of God. buve thoroughly melt
ed, mid with tears In their eyes have
become loyal soldiers of tbe cross.
We heard f an Interesting esse re
cently. A colored man In prison for
crime, somehow came In touch there
with my sermons, and then with my
book on Bible study. He became a
thorough Bible student, and a master
at handling the Word of God. His
fellow-prisoners came gladlj to hear
this colored man preach the Divine
Plan of the Ages fivm God's Word,
while tbey cared' not at all to attend
the chapel services addressed by the
ordinary chaplain.
lu the "wonderful words of life,"
started by the Muster's lips, aud band
ed down through Ills Apostles, there Is
a sweetness, beauty and power that
cannot be aswxiated with the doctrines
of demons, which became attached to
the Message during the Dark Ages
The Meage of life everlasting,
through the Redeemer and by obe-dlew-e
to lllm. has its offset or alter
native. In death everlasting to tbose
who refuse to obey after full enlighten
ment Eternal life Is tbe gift ot God.
tendered to all the willing and obe
dleut, through the Messiah. All rebels
will be destroyed In the Second Death
(Acts 3 3.1 Tbelr punishment will not
be everlasting torment but "everlast
ing destruction" a destruction from
which they will never be recovered,
will aerer be resurrected.
Tariff Changes Welcomed
and Condemned
Views -J j
of v s
of "-rf
Affairs yA(
Braced Vy
For
Change y J
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By Representa
tive OSCAR
W. UNDER
WOOD. Who
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OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD
yj E are willing to concede that
ffl Immediate free sugar would
pot the producer to grave dis
advantage. But free sugar In three
years WILL DESTROY NO LEGITI
MATE INDUSTRY In the United
States.
I DO NOT ANTICIPATE MUCH
DISTURBANCE FROM THE TARIFF
REVISION; THE COUNTRY IS
BRACED FOR THE CHANGE.
No III Effects
By GEORGE W. PERKINS, Presi
dent Cigar-makers' International
Union
GENERALLY speaking the pres
ent tobacco schedule Is left In
tact My opinion Is that there
will be no great business disturbance.
The COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF
THE COUNTRY ARE WELL FORTI
FIED for tariff revision downward. I
DOUBT IF IT IS GOING TO RE
DUCE THE COST OF LIVING as
much as some men seem to expect It
to do.
Bad For Fish Industry
By M. F. BLANCHARD. Director
of the New England Fish Ex
change
rDE salt fish men will be directly
affected by the tariff. Many of
them will be forced to go out
of business. The others will be com
pelled to move to Newfoundland and
Nova Scotia. The fresh fish business
will be affected only Indirectly at first.
but the ruining of tbe salt fish indus
try will, of course, have Its effect upon
all other branches of the business.
Will Watch Effect
By COURTENAY WALTER. BEN
NETT. British Consul General
In New York
OUTSIDERS will wotch the effect
of the tariff changes on the In
dustries of this country with
great Interest Big businesses have
been built up behind a big tariff wnll
It would seem likely that when the
wall is taken down the BUSI
NESSES MAY FEEL IT.
Protects Birds
By WILLIAM T. HORNADAY
Director New York Zoological
Park
ajaarHE effort to protect American
1 birds by tariff legislation
SPLENDID and Is the second
attempt of the kind. There was one
made many years ago, but at thnt time
tho birds In this country were not suf
ficiently well guarded by legislation to
make the measure practicable. In re
cent years, however, laws protecting
bird life have been passed In many
states and preserves have been estab
lished.
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Sugar
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By CHARLES
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President of
the Louisiana
Cane Growers'
Assoclttlon
HE tariff on American grown
sugar means complete disaster
bow It will affect the ultimate con
sumer I hesitate to think.
Great Harm
By GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM.
Former Attorney General of
the United States.
I CAN ascribe no valid or sensible
reason for tbe fact that legisla-
lng the reduction of tbe tariff on sugar.
The Idea tbat such a reduction WILL
WORK ANYTHING BUT GREAT
HARM or tbat it will benefit to any ex
tent tbe consumer of sugar la to my
mind so fallacious as to be absurd.
Unfair Discrimination
By ANDREW E. LITTLE, Shoe
Manufacturer
IF boots acd shoes are to be admit
ted free EVERYTHING WHICH
rTcn TVTn TnpMivrvir.
TURE OF SHOES should be placed
on tbe free list also. Foreign manu
facturers will have an advantage over
American manufacturers, tas shoe find
ings and cotton linings, which enter
into the product, have no duty levied
upon tbem abroad.
Farmers Benefited
By M. G. KAINS, Associate Edi
tor of the American Agricul
turist 1 THINK the downward revision win
simply abolish tbe likelihood of a
cattle famine without harming
our breeders In any way. Free corn
will make no difference to the farmers,
for we are an exporting country In
thnt respect Canada raises an Insig
nificant crop compared to ours. Our
wheat Is as pood and practically as
cheap as that of tbe Canadians.
Money Saved
By CLAUS A. SPRECKELS, Pres
ident Federal Sujir Refining
Compsny
I HAVE consistently advocated the
placing of sugar on the free list
and have done nil In my power to
reduce or remove the duty on rnw
sugar. My stand Is due to the fact
that I am convinced the AMERICAN
PEOPLE WOULD .BE SAVED NO
LESS THAN $13o.000.000 A YEAR
through tbls revision of tbe tariff.
An Uncertainty
By ROBERT E. MANDELL, Wool
Dealer
sr HE free wool tariff will hnve a
i. FARREACHING EFFECT.
and none at the present time
can tell what It will be.
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