TA.an root. . DAILY OAPI TAL JOOUM1 aULKU. OMOOlf, BATTODAY, 8EPTEMBEB 13, W3. Pastor GOD WILL LAUGH AT HUMAN PRIDE An Old Prophecy Is About to Be Fulfilled, Says Pastor Russell. HAS DOUBLE APPLICATION. It Applied to Juui Paraonally, but Alto to th Body of Ch'riit, th Church Th Kings of th Erth. Th Rulr Amongst God' Peopl. Th.ir Coalition Vain God Will Laugh at Tham Jnus Will Deride Them Th Breaking a a Potter" Ve...l Will Follow Thou Who Put Their Trut In Him Will B Bleeeed. On the Atlantic, September 7. Pas tor Russell's text for today was: "He that Bltteth In the Henvens shall IniiL'h: the Lord I A ! shall have them In F V "I i derision." (Psalm 2:4.) Ue said: The vast ocean, on which this stately ship Is but a toy, reminds me of "God's mercy, like the wldeness of the Bea," and also of the vastness of Divine Power, and hu man Insignificance In comparison. Hu manity may Justly feel encouraged by the progress made in the past century. Mighty ships of steel, a thousand feet long, currying thousands of passengers, have replaced the wooden dories of a century ago. Propelled by steam, they are Indeed leviathans of the deep. The oceans have been underlaid with ca bles of steel, carrying Intelligence to the ends of the earth. And this majes tic steamer Is outfitted with a wireless system of telegraphy, by which she is continually in touch with slater vessels and with the world. And these are only a few of the many nvenues of progress being trodden In our day. Those not guided by the Word of the Txird are puffed with pride, and dis posed to feel that our grandparents a little way back were mere monkcjB. God's people, guided by their Fa ther's Word, and by tho spirit of a sound mind, are held back from such delusion. They see that there nre not many great or mighty today, as com : pared with the notables of the pust. They see that God Is behind the won derful developments of today; for wo are living In "the day of Ills prepara tion" (Nabmn 2:3) for Messiah's King dom, and the Reign of a thousand years. These perceive that God la gradually lifting tho veil of ignorance and superstition; and that, according to His promise, men are now seeing out of obscurity. Withal, our blessings are coming In most natural way. The printing press, present-day moll service, tele graph systems and telephones, and world-wide education, are bringing the thinkers of earth In close touch the world over. Scarcely Is a discovery made of any kind, anywhere, that Is not known world-wide within a week. A million minds engage upon tho same project, with the result that there are still further Improvements, still more wonderful Inventions and all these procedures repeated! Btircly the only explanation Is that God Is back of the present Intelligence now coming to the world. Ills time has come to bring blessings to mankind, distend of the curse which so long has provalled. King of Earth Set Thamsalv. The kings of the earth, In a broader sense, Include flnanctal kings and cap tains of Industry, as well as political chieftains. These wise men of the world have grasped tho situation only In part They perceive the 1WhhIiu:s and the riches rolling in upon the world throiiKh human Invention, and are fortifying themselves In luxury and power beside tho golden streams they have corralled. Thus they have "set themselves." according to our text. Moreover, the m'ers of the people the ecclesiastical . rulers and princes-are allllluted with them. Together they take counsel. Their next step will bo to put their counsels Into practice. "Let U Brtak Their Band." Tor centuries past kings and govern ments have been more or less restrain ed by the peoples they governed. And the peoples have been moro or less guided by the lllhle, and Its spirit of liberty. The new conditions of our day, however, hove evaded many of tho regulations and restraints of the past The restraints ore necessarily unequal to the new conditions, And the people are Intent upon making new regulations to cope with the Trusts and the wealth of the llnanclal kings, and with the great power of political kings, as represented In modern mili tary armaments and organizations. The Bible Is tho great stronghold of liberty. Through It the masses of civ Dilution have learned that kings and peasants, rich anil poor, must nil even tually stand before the Judgment Seat niul bo Judged by one Law. This same lllhle portrays to the public the Divine I'ln n of the coming Jubilee of Restitu tion tho rolling away of tho curse nnd the Installation of God's blessing, through Messiah's Kingdom. It shows that the Mslnnlc Kingdom Is near, and that It will be Inaugurated In the midst of a great Time of Trouble, symbolically represented by ft IVter a a conflagration, as respects eccle- iiiritA alt-; PAMOjtgljSSELL Russell's Jaatical Interests, and subsequently the social Interest of the world. Thus the Bible stands; and th spirit of hope and liberty which It Inculcates la the Divine restraint, the "bands," the "cords," of our context "The kings of the earth set themselves; and the rulers take counsel together against Jehovah and His Anointed, saying, Let as break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from ns." The form which this opposition will assume toward the Bible and Its spirit of liberty, the spirit of the New Dis pensation, Is difficult to detail In ad vance. We see, however, nnder the guidance of the New Testament, that this prophecy had a very limited fur fiiment at the First Advent; and the fulfilment there may give us a clue to the larger fulfilment now nigh at hand. Jeiue th Head, th Churoh Hi Body. The Lord's Anointed Is The Christ of glory Jesus the Head, the overcom ing Church the Body. This prophecy was fulfilled In respect to Jesus when Pilate and Herod, as representing the worldly powers, took counsel with the chief priests. Scribes and Pharisees, as representing the rulers of the people of God. The religious rulers were lead ers, prime movers, lu the opposition. What happened to the Master Him self in the way of opposition from the religious rulers and, under their insti gation, from the political rulers, is what we should expect shortly as the fulfilment ef this prophecy. The op position that will arise will be against the Lord and agnlnst those who are particularly His representatives and mouthpieces In the world. The feder ated religious Interests, fearful of the Truth, and with cherished plans op posed to It, will Bhortly denounce It as Cainphas denounced Jesus. Ills dec laration was, J.t Is expedient tbnt one man perish, rather than our whole na tion. (John 11:50.) As Jesus was cru cified "for the good of the cause," as seen by the religious rulers, so we may eipect that the last saintly members of the Body of Jesus will similarly suffer for the supposed good of the cause, as viewed by, the Scribes and Pharisees of our Diif. God In Heaven Shell Laugh. When Jesus was crucified, His ene mies supposed that His Influence would be gone, and that their projects would flourish. But God laughed at them, for they were really accomplish ing Ills will. It was necessary In har mony with God's arrangement that Christ should suffer. Similarly, It Is necessary that the lust members of the Church, the Body of Christ, Bhould suffer with Ilim nnd enter Into His glory, by the resurrection "change." Then, too. Instead of succeeding, the pluns of the rulers all failed. Under Di vine disfavor they entered the time of trouble, which culminated in the com plete overthrow of their polity. Here wo nre to expect the same. The Di vine purposes, Instead of being thwart ed, will be helped onward by human opposition to the Divine Plun. The plans of these kings and rulers will be measurably curried out because (see verse 1) the heathen, the Gentiles, the Irreligious, will rage, will be In tumult, striving for liberty and bless ings in their own strength, not know ing of the Divine arrangement for the inauguration of the new Kingdom, which Is to bless all the families of the earth. Genesis 28:14 ; Galatlans 3 :10, 2a The declaration further is that "the people the favored people of God, nominal Christendom will Imagine a vain thing." They will be deceived, as they are at present, Into the expecta tion thnt they will be able to convert tho world and bring In the Messianic Kingdom, or into believing, as some do, that Messiah's Kingdom has al ready come and hns Ineffectually been attempting the control of the world un til now. They are waiting now for a few millions to be poured Into the missionary treasury to effect the world's conversion nnd to insure God's will being dono on earth as lu Heaven. The picture of God's laughing at the poor human pride which will thus vaunt Itself Is a forceful one. The failure that will come both to tho pro fessed people of God and to the world will be a great lesson In humility. never to be forgotten. Tho absurdities of the position would make nil laugh. If they could strip themselves of their pride ami realize that, without Divine Interposition, God's will could never prevail on earth' as In Heaven. "A Haughty Spirit Before a Fall." The Lord's uext step will be to pro duce the Time of Trouble, which will teach mnuklnd the great lesson they have declined to learn otherwise. "Then shall Ho speak to them In Ills wrath, and vex them In Ills sore (lis pleasure." That will be the Time of Trouble so prominently mentioned throughout the Hllil. "a time of trou ble such as never was since there was a nation," "no, nor ever shall be" aft-erward.-Danlel 12:1; Matthew 24:21. Human pride, human schemes, which have Ignored tho Divine Program, will all In thnt time of trouble show their weakness. The result will bens describ ed by the Prophet. Hut "when the Judg ments of the Lord arc abroad lu the earth, the Inhabitants of the wurld will learn righteousness." (Isaiah 2(1:0.) Hu manity' heartaches and disappoint ments will eventuate lu blessings, as they "hall realize God'i great and wonderful Plan, with Its length and breadth and height and depth of in finite Love, in I ho Kingdom of Mes siah. "The desire of all nations shall come." (Haggal 2:7.) The Iron rule will compel oUillence, while the Mes sage of God' gruco will, as promised, go forth a the Sun of Righteousness, Inaugurating the New Day. The concluding verses of this pro phetic Psnlm clearly Indicate that the trouble under Messiah' Kingdom will burn against those persons and those Institution which are unjust, un Sermon righteous, unholy. On the contrary, an who love righteousness and bate In iquity will be welcomed to associate themselves nnder Messiah's standard, whether they be rich or poor, influen tial or otherwise. A Seen In Former Times. However strange it may appear to ns now, a serious misinterpretation of this very prophecy of the Second Psalm was made by our well-intentioned forefathers. And that misinterpre tation brought into the world a vast amount of trouble and persecution. It came to be generally believed that the Redeemer would not come to let Dp His Kingdom, to bind Satan and to bless the world. A new theory rose, gradually culminating In the year 800 A. D. It claimed that the Church, be fore experiencing the resurrection "change" at the Second Coming of Christ, was already the Kingdom of God and fully authorized to reign. Un der this theory, missionary work was carried on with a vengeance. The sword, the thumb-screw, the rack and the stake, as well as the national wars, were all considered proper agencies for the enforcement of the Christian ffith. This Second Psalm was espe cially appealed to as the authorization for such unchristian conduct It was claimed that, although Jesus was . absent, His Church was author ized to reign over tho kingdoms of the earth, and to bring them into subjec tion. All kinds of intrigue and schem ing were considered to bo Justifiable to the accomplishment of the Divine purpose; thnt Messiah through the Church Bhould conquer the world, that the nations might be broken with a religious sceptre of iron and dashed to pieces, or plotted against and torn In pieces by their subjects, as might be possible. The kings and the Judges of the earth who recognized the Church as Messiah's Kingdom were accounted wise. They must serve with fear and literal trembling. On many occasions verse 12 was quoted as a warning to kings and to princes that they must keep In line with the be hests of the Church kiss the son, a claimed vice-gerent of ChrlBt lest he be angry and they perish by the way. As Revelation 20:1-5 tells us thnt the Reign of Messiah's Kingdom Is to be for a thousand years, and that during that time Satan Is to be bound, so it was claimed that this ecclesiastical system must thoroughly bind and dominate Satanic power, as represented In every thing thnt opposed It. In full harmony with this misinterpretation were some of the facts. For exactly a thousand years Ec cleslastlclsm prospered nnd ruled the world from A. D. 800 to A. D. 1799. The spell which had held Europe and much of the world for ten centuries was broken by Napoleon. When he carried the Pope a prisoner to Franco, the world wondered. Could It be that the spiritual power of Christ's King dom was ineffective agnlnst tbe great General, Napoleon? What did It mean? The answer came promptly enough that this was merely another fulfil ment of Scripture tho loosing of Sa tan at the end of the tbousnnd years (Revelation 20:7-10.) The prediction was made, and fully believed, that very soon the adverse conditions would pass - away, and the ecclesiastical throne be re-established in greater power and glory than ever before. But instead, Eccleslasticism .has waned. In September 1870 Its last support gave way In tho French defeat of Sedan. Forthwith the King of Italy took away the last vestige of temporal power. Awakening of Bible Studente. Since then, Bible students, and In deed the whole world, nre awakening to the fact that no real Millennium of blessing was enjoyed during the thousand years of the past We see Instead that It was a period of great darkness, superstition and Ignornnce. Furthermore, tho whole world Is be coming convinced that the blessings that have come to us during the past century are not in Satan, but of God. Indeed, we are learning more and more to appreciate tho fact that all these wonderful things of stenin pow er and electricity, with their hundreds of applications for the advancement of science and the blessing of humanity, are foregleums of the true Millennium. Moro nnd moro we are realizing that we ore in the dawning of that New Day, and that the present time of sci entific development and enlightenment Is but a preparatory epoch, making ready for the coining blessings of Mes siah's Kingdom. The Scriptures Indeed describe the present ns "the day of Ills preparation" preparation for the thousand years of Messiah's Reign and the blessing of mankind. It Is not for us to soy dogmatically how soon these blessings will burst upon the world In fullest measure. Sonic Scriptures Indeed seem to Indi cate that they aro very close-Impending; but the great Tlmo of Trouble with which these blessings will bo in augurated Is a 1 1 mist upon us. Tho dis content prevalent everywhere is lead ing on mpldly toward the trouble. How much need we have to remem ber our text! How much the kings nnd princes of the world need to bo In structed and to be wine to serve the Lord with fear, and to rejoice with k hope and yet with carefulness) How much all men need to remember tho closing words of the Psnlm: "Itlesed are all that put their trust In Illm." The glorious Head of the Kingdom was exnlted t:iore than eighteen Cen turies ago. The First Resurrection will soon complete the Body of Christ, the Church, through which God ho designed thnt reconciliation shall be extended to the world. Soon the King dom will take to Itself Its great power ruder the II ishlp of The Messiah. It will go forth conquering, for the pur pose of blessing, uplifting humanity, for whom Chrlut died. BEES. SMUGGLED OPIUM. LevtTSD raa iin wuulJ San Francisco, Sept. 13. Customs officers were combing Belvedere Island, the site of the home of some of San Francisco's richest citizens, for a cache of smuggled opium. Informa tion that such a cache exists was fur nished to the federal authorities by Douglas Tilden, Jr., nephew, of the H H MM HI HMMttMM ! ' The Markets MM Wheat unchanged and hops at a standstill is the condition everywhere Oregon's hop crop will bo probably 10 per cent above the average, but the crop of the world over is considerably short of normal. One of the features of of the wolrd's market is the general shortness of the hide supply and consequent high prices. The cattle shortage is partly responsi ble for this, but not entirely so. The tremendous amount of leather used in automobile trimmings has cleaned the market, and on top of this Argentina, which is one of the greatest sources of supply, , has in order to increase the cattle supply, very wisely passed laws forbidding the killing of all calves and the slaughtering of heifers under six years old. The result of this is the slaughtering of nearly a million loss cattlo in Argentina alone than on aver age years. Tho peach market is cleaned out and prices aro firm. Poul try is scarce ond prices tend upward. Eggs are quoted at 34(ffi33 cents. . PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc. Wheat Track prices: New Club, 79S0c; new Bluestem, BofffiSOc; new Fortyfold, 80c; new Bed Russian, 78(i3 Fife, 78c; Valley, 80c. Millstuffs Bran, $23.50 per ton; 79; Fife, $25.50; middlings, $31. Flour Patents, $4.70 per barrel; straights, $4.10; exports, $3.653,65; valley, $4 70; graham, $4.60; whole What, $4.80. Corn Whole, $37; cracked, $38 per ton. Hay Fancy Idaho timothy, $1718; fancy eastern Oregon timothy, $1510; timothy and clover, $1415; tiinothy and alfalfa, $1315; clover, $8.5010; oats and vetch, $1011; cheat, 1011; valley grain hay, $1011. Oats No. 1, white, $2523.50 per ton. Barley Feed, $2424.50 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $2728. Groceries, Dried Fruits, Etc. Dried Fruits Apples, 10c per lb.; currants, 10c; apricots, 12 14c; peaches, 8llc; prunea, Italian, 8 10c, nilver, 18c; figs, white and black, H7c; currents, c; -raisins, loose Muncatel 7Hc; bleached Thompson, 11 c, unbleached Sultan ai, 8c; seeded, 7H8V4c. Coffee Roasted, in drums, 1832c per lb. Nuts Walnuts, 17H18c per lb; Brazil nuts, 12 He; Alberts, 16c; al monds, 1618c; pscans, 17c; cocoa nuts, 90cl per dozen. Salt Qranul-.t 1, $14 per ton; half ground, 100s, $10 per ton; 60s, $10.75 per ton. Beans Small white, $6.50; large, White, $5.50; Lima, $0.30; pink, $4.15; red Mexicans, 5c; bayou, $5.90. Sugar Dry granulated, $5.65; fruit nd berry, $5.65; beet, $5.45; Extra C, 5.15; powdored. barrels. $5.90: cubes. , Sugar Dry granulated, $5, barrels, $6.05. ' ' 'I Rice No. 1 Japan, 55Vjc; cheaper gruues, inc; soutnern nead, 5(a'Hc. ' -- TTnnuv r,n:nA A! r,K7?1 UK VVI l.JH0gS) fti pe, Fruits and Vegetables. Stock ogs, per lb 7 to fu.e Apples Now, 00c$2.25 per box; apricots, 75o$1.25 per box; canta loupes, $1,252.00 per crate; peaches. 4000c per box; watermelons, $1.25 per cwt.; plums, 75c$l.2j per box; pears, 75c$1.50 per box; grapes 75c$1.50 per crate; casabas, $1.75 per dozen. Tl . lA r unorm body A tUrCS and Under WM " one of the first fflr the motorist ) i ne standard Oil for Motor Cart Fulfill, this requirement exactly. It doe. not thin out in the sometimes intense heat of Arizona and --uincrn vamorn.a; yet its low cold test keeps it from becoming heavy in the cooler climates me r acme INorthweat. ZEROLENE -The Carbon Sold iy Dealer Euerywh Standard Oil Company PORTLAND SAN FRANCicrn t sculptor, who learned of it through an accidentally overheard conversation in a San Francisco park. Even the most fashionable residences are being searched on the theory that Chinese servants of the owners might be the culprits. It is easier for boys to be boys than it is for them to be quiet. Tropical Fruits. Oranges, Valencia, $4; navels, $4.50(3)5.50; Florida grape fruit, 5.507; lemons, i8.5U(u)10 per box; pineapples, 7o per lb. Vegetables Beans, 34o per pound; cabbage, 22'2a per pound; cauli flower, $2 per crate; corn, 1015e doz.j cucumbers, 2040c per box; eggplant, 57c per pound; head lettuce, 3540c per dozen; poas, 57c per pound; pep pers, 08c pound; radishes, 1012c per dozen; tomatoes, 4060o per box; garlic, 10c per pound. Potatoes New, 75c$l per cwt; sweets, $2.25 per crate. Onions Oregon, $1.50 per sack. Dairy and Country Produce. Butter. Oregon creamery, solid pack, 30c per lb.; prints, box lots, 34c. Kggs Oregon ranch, 3435e per doz. Cheese. Oregon Triplets, lOVjc; Dai sies, 17c; Young America, 18c. Poultry ileus, 1516c; springs, 18c; ducks, young, 1213c; geese, 1416c; turkeys, live, 20c, dressed, 25c. Veal Fancy 1516c per pound. Pork Fancy, 12 l-2c per lb. Provisions. Hams 10 to 12 lbs., 2223c; 12 to 14 lbs., 2223c; picnics, 14Vic; cottage roll, 17M..C. Bacon Fancy, 3031c; standard, 25 (h20c; English, 2122c. Lard In tierces, choice, 14Mic; com pound, 9 3-4c. Dry Salt Meats Backs, dry salt, 13 14c; backs, smoked, 1416c; bellies, dry salt, 14 Vic; smoked, 18c Smoked Meats Beef tongues, 25c; dried beef sets, 22c; ouf sides, 20c; In sides, 23c; knuckles, 21c. Pickled Goods Barrels, pigs feet, (14; regular tripe, $10; honey comb tripe, $12; lunch tongue, $22; lambs' tongues, $40. Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. Hops 1913 contracts, 1718c; 1913 Fugglcs, 2021c; 1912 crop, 161-2 18c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1016c pei pound; valley, 1819c. Mohair Choice, 3031e. Hides Salted, 12c per lb; salted oalf, 1617c; salted kip, 12c; salted stag, 6M:c; green hideB, llVjc; dry hides, 21c; dry calf, No. 1, 25c; dry stags, 1213y2c. LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET. Bran, per ton $26.00 Shorts, per ton $28.50 Wheat, per bushel 80c Oats, per bushel 3540c Chittim bark, per lb. 4Mi5c Hay, timothy $15.00 Oats and vetch .-...$10.00(5)11.00 Clover, per ton $5.009.00 Cheat, per ton $10.00 Butter and Eggs. Butterfat, per lb., f. o. k. Salem....31c Creamery butter, per lb 3131Vje Country butter, per lb 2225c Eggs, per dozen .2223c Poultry, Fryere 1618i Hons, per lb.TZZZ!IZIl'ivj14' d. -.iv. c WO,OID, J,tJJ- ,1) ..........,..., 8c Steers, steera 78o .45c Cows iuno, UDi Krfb Ewes, per lb 40 pring lambs, per lb 4V45c Veal, according to quality U13c Pclta. Dry, per lb nf Salted country pelts, each 65c$l Lamh pelts each 250 maintains its m all tempera all conditions, requirements of -! Proof Oil, J 1 ere. FATAL EXPLOSION. cnitsd run uasio will. Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 13. Ludwig Mamlock, aged 18, is dead here today, and George Sheele, aged 42, is not ex pected to live as a result of terrible burns the men received in an explosion of creosote gas at the plant of the Carbon Chemical Works. The two Mrs. f. t. hillertci j 270 N. Commercial si . V IT CklNCC One-fourth off on all trimmed k until after the Oregon State Fair! Mrs. P. E. Fullertor. IUI IP A IP F1 1 C 11 IU rk I Jw ilJ; THE KIND THAT GIVE THE USERS ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION YOUR HEATER SHOULD BE SELECTED WITHW? , POINTS IN MIND GOOD HEATING QUALjJjH j ECONOMY OF FUEL, SAFETY AND APPEARAND,1 j. . Our Opal and Carbon atoves cannot be txcM good, even heaters. Every joint in tnem is tight and close J they en fuel-savers. The body of every Opal and Carbon U "mJJ tra thick. nUnUh W.I i.vill- steel. The BO t rl. i i: : ii i. . ... rar ""v " iming are an neavy oei , ery moveable part fits closely, o there can i ger trom fire. ( You do not buy a stove as an ornament, T' flr you would like one which would add to th m 0pI: well as the comfort of your living 'oom. tf and Carbon do this. They are built on tenw ful lines, all the nickel work is very plain and d " nd the bodies are smooth polished steel. t them over. were ..uu.ng crensntj, i. . . tab f i ' thought 0B,S , "Ka match into tk. ' "quit it she think, r-' fvious UtWd0Dl(.wN It. "Wtl!, vti i Suits Coats and Millinery ,' I m now ihi a Verv comply; line of th. new j creation in ; MILLINERY i FURS ' SUITS COATS ; sweaters ; corsets : AND GLOVES t . - r .T- tJ 1 riw 1,hii, fa,;,, -L, ' 1