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HERE ARE THE
DEAD NON-ELECT?
Our Friends, Neighbors, Holy,
Unholy, Civilized, Vile?
HEAVEN ON EARTH BY AND BY.
factor Rusiell Claim Bibla Taaching
to B Not Universalitm, but a Uni
versal Opportunity to Haar of the
"Only Nam Given Under Heaven
W her by W Mutt B Savd."
Galesburg, 111.,
July 30. Pa a tot
Russell of Brook
lyn, and now also
of London, deliv
ered addresses to
large audiences at
tbe Galesburg
Clinutuuu.ua today.
His topics were,
"Where Are the
Dead?" and "The
Judgment of the
Great White
Throne." We re
port the former. Each address lasted
for nearly two hours, but so deeply In
terested were the audiences that they
teemed not to note tbe flight of time.
He said:
No other question could be of deeper
Interest to thinking people than the one
nv before us "Where Are the Dead?"
Our ancestors, our neighbors, our
friends, are dead or dying, and our
selves with them. What will be our
condition when the spark of life flick
ers out? I huve no new revelation on
this subject. I have merely for my
guide what Is recognized by all Chris
tians as the Divine revelation on this
Mibject the Bible. I hold that there
k no other source of information com
parable to it
Before presenting his own findings
n the subject, in the Bible, Taster
Itossell reviewed the findings of oth
ers Christian in general. The agnos
tic Tiew, that there is no life beyond
the tomb, he could not entertain. He
beHeved that man's organism, so much
higher than that of the brute, implies
not only an all-wise Creator, but His
benevolent intention for man's future.
He examined the Catholic view, and,
.while according full liberty to every
Catholic to believe what to him seems
reasonable respecting the dead, Fustor
Russell could not agree with Roman
Catholic teachings. He summarized
their view to be that a very saintly
few were fit for heuven and that they
went thither. He complimented the
justice of their Intentions, that a com
liaratlvely small uumber of humanity
were worthy of eternal torture.
For his own part, he could not Imag
ine any human being, on account of
liny human weakness or depravity, as
meriting endless torture. The Catho
lic view, that all heathen and prac
tically all I'rotestants and Catholics
In death to purgatory, he could not
agree with for two reasons. First, he
buds no Scriptural authority for such
n view, ami secondly, his mind cannot
accept the thought that an all-wise,
all-just, all-loving and powerful Cre
ator will torture His creatures for cen
turies In any such manner as Catholics
generally believe, and as halite's great
poem, "Inferno," so graphically de
jikts. Our Protestant View la Worse.
Pastor Russell declared that lie was
Protest nut, in large measure be
muse his parents were such. But ho
declared that while he sees many
truths both in Protestant and In Cath
olic teachings he considers that the
Protestant view respecting the here
after of the dead the most diabolical
conception to lie found on the face
of the earth, the grossest blasphemy
against the Divine character and pro
vision for humanity. Had he nothing
better to offer lie would not be address
ing his audience on the subject.
Perplexed and disconcerted by his
early teiu-lilngs. he had. when a youth,
discarded all human creeds, and the
Bible as well-believing that the latter
was the basis for the former. It was
a happy day for him when he learned
that this was a inWt;ile when he
learned that the creeds of the Dark
Ages are diametrically opposed to the
teachings of God's Word. Now his
Bible has become to Til 111 a new boo!;
the most wonderful book In the
world. Its teachings he now sees to
be. beyond oil comparison, the most
logical the only rational presentation,
and a most glorious one respecting
man explaining his past, present and
future .-is prearranged by n wise, gra
cious and all-pnwcrful Creator.
Two Protestant Views.
Protestant views respecting the here
after are :ii.mis. but two In particular
represent P'KtHstant thought In gen
eral: (li The Cal inisilc theory; (2)
the Arniinlan theory.
Five centuries into there were no
Protestants all were Catholii s and be
lieved in three places fur the dead
lieaven for the silutly few; Purgatory
for the general inas of mankind: and
bell, everlasting torture, for the Incor
rigible.' Luther and coadjutors got to
studying the Bible, and. tlnding mull
ing there respecting purgatory and
ninss for the dead, they threw these
out. Figuratively, they smashed com
pletely the Idea of Piirg.'.tovy. A little
later they were pcrplcvd and said to i
each other. We have smashed I'mua-
tory, but now what shall we do with ,
all these thousands of millions who '
have been there in our imagination I
Ail
ft. centuries roasting, sizzling, and
hoping some day to attain an eteruitj I
of bliss.
The thought of their responsibility1
in connection with the thousands of
millions blanched their checks and
made their hearts quail. They looked
at each other In territled bewilder
ment. Their noble, geuerous hearts
led them to desire to put the whole
mass directly into heaven, but. as they
searched the Scriptures on the sub
ject, they found, as they had always
believed as Catholics, the Bible teach
ing that only the saintly, the footstep
followers of .Tesns. the "overcomers"
of the world, are fit for the Kingdom
of neaven. In despair they said to
each other, This leaves nothing for us
to do but enlarge hell many times
and stuff the entire mass therein,
writing over the doorway. "Who en
ters here abandons hope." They did
it, but It was a sorrowful matter,
quite . contrary to their generous
hearts.
Greatest Theologian John Calvin.
It was when the Reformers were
feeling very sad for what they felt
they had been obliged to do with the
heathen and with their neighbors and
friends and the vast majority of tbelr
own families, that Brother Calvin ap
peared. "Cheer up," said Calvin. "Of
course we all are sorry, but It is not
our fault. The shame of such a con
clusion is not ours. 1 will show you
the way out of the dilemma: charge
the whole terrible business upon Al
mighty God! Say that He foreordain
ed and predestinated things thus, and
that we cannot help it!"
Pastor Russell said that these good
men hesitated for a time about charg
ing against God what they had been
ashamed to acknowledge as their own
plan and doing; but seeing no way out
of the difliculty they finally agreed,
and then extolled John Calvin as the
greatest theologian the world had ever
known. Calvin arranged the entire
matter into a philosophy and his doc
trine became the basis of all creeds of
the Reformation period, including the
Westminster Confession of Faith,
which is generally acknowledged by
Presbyterians, Baptists, etc. Thus,
said Pastor Russell, we Protestants got
our diabolical theory resisting the
dead. We "must confess that it is
much worse than the theory of our
Catholic friends. If we could not ac
cept theirs because it was unloving,
unmerciful, unjust and ungodly, surely
we cannot accept any longer our own.
Brother Wesley's Gospel of Lova.
The blessings of the Reformation
were considerably overshadowed and
handicapped by the great Calvlnlstlc
error of an all-powerful God, desti
tute of love, vindictive and devilish
to a degree never approximated by
any human degenerate. Centuries
later that good man, John Wesley, ap
peared. Ills soul cried out against
the Injustice and lovelessness of Cal
vinism; and his claim that God is luce
has pernicuted Christendom to such an
extent that even those denominations
which profess the Westminster Con
fession of Faith and Culvinistic theo
ries do not really believe it. We must
love Brother Wesley for bis largeness
of heart even though we must con
fess that he had a less logical head
than had Brother Calvin.
Brother Wesley and the majority of
his followers failed to see the incon
sistency of his claim that God is love,
and yet that nine hundred and ninety
nine out of every thousand are to be
eternally tormented-because the mass
of them had never heard of "the only
name whereby we must be saved;" and
because others who had heard did not
live contrary to their tendencies; did
not live saintly lives!
Pastor Russell declared that Wesley
and Cnlvin put exactly the same saint
ly few Into heaven, and put all the re
mainder Into eternal torment. Hence
It was a mere question between these
two men as to whit this was so. and
not as to the fact. Calvin said. "It Is
God's will and He foreordained It
thus." Wesley said. "No, God Is love,
and love would never do thus. It was
the result of Divine lack of wisdom in
their creation, and lack of power to
help after their creation. Hence the
fate of the masses."
Brethren, We Do Not So Believel
Pastor Russell said, There Is a great
mistake. None of these theories satis
fy your heads and hearts, nor mine.
The dilliculty is that we have been try
ing to accept the errors of the Park
Ages Instead of going clear back and
making our theology afresh from the
words of Jesus, the Apostles and
prophets. Let us do this now and liud
the beauty of the Divine Plan In the
Bible, and a glorious Divine character
such as we know It should have-far
beyond human wisdom. Justice, love
and power. So the Lord says: "As the
heavens are higher than the earth, so
are My ways higher than your ways
nd My plans higher than your plans."
Where Are the Dead?
The Bible confirms the ablest find
ings of science when It tells us that
the dead are frnl and not alive at all.
anywhere. The Scriptures declare,
"The dead know not anything;" "their
sons come to honor and they know It
not; they come to dishonor but they
perceive It not of them." Again the
Bible says. "There Is neither wisdom
nor device nor knowledge In the grave
hrl, the Bible hell whIUier thou
goest' (LYcleslastcs Ix, id).
Where, my dear friends. Is the key
to the whole problem? The Bible hell
Is the grave, xhrnl. hudrn, the death
slate. The salvation which God has
provided Is the salvation from sin and
ft 'il death. V e hope set before us in
the Co 'pel I' "lie resurrection of tile
de:.d. If (!? i'1 v Is ileid there can be
no reur et ;'on of the dead. It Is not
the body which dies that God bus
promised fhnll be resurrected, but the
ou.L Itjras not Adam's body merely
that was punished with death, but It
was his goul, which involved the body
nud every power Ad.un possess.-. Alt
of bis children have shared with him
in hW fall, in his death.
God's provision fur the salvation of
mankind is thut "As by man came
death not eternal torment, by n man
the man Christ Jesus comes also the
resurrection of the dead. For as all
in Adain die. so all in Christ shall be
made alive" (I Corinthians xv. 22).
The Redemption Price Given.
Not only do the Scriptures clearly
set forth that the wages of slu is
death and that thus death passed upon
the entire human race I Romans v, 12,
but they also set forth that the re
demption price, which Jesus gave was
death "He poured out His tnul unto
death;" He made Ills soul an offering
for sin (Isaiah llll. 10. 12).
As a result. "In due time," there will
come a resurrection of the dead, both
of the Just and of the unjust. By the
juxt Is meant those justified and
brought into harmony with God
through faith in Christ. By the unjust
is meaut all others. Thus the Church
will share in the First Resurrection
with Christ; these are the Elect of the
Scriptures. Their resurrection and
complete change of nature has already
begun in them through the begetting
of the Holy Spirit.
They will be like the angels and like
Christ, who is the express image of
the Father's person. Like God and the
angels they, ns spirit beings, will be
Invisible to mankind. These with
their Lord and Head will set up the
Kingdom of God the' Messianic King
dom. "They will live and reign with
Christ a thousand years." These arc
tbe saintly ones, a class recognized by
Catholics and Protestnuts, by Luther.
Calvin nnd Wesley. All are agreed re
specting such a class. The entire point
of discrimination is respecting the
masses of our race for whom Christ
died and for all of whom the various
creeds provide torments untenable, un
thinkable. Th Non-Elect to Be Blessed.
Brothers Luther, Calvin and others,
when they smashed purgatory as un
scriptural, should have said. "We do
not know where those poor creatures
are whom we so long supposed were
In purgatory." They should not have
felt it incumbent upon them to enlarge
hell and to put the thousands of mil
lions out of purgatory into it. But, as
a matter of fact, they all are In hell;
the difference Is that it is the hell of
tbe Bible the grave, the unconscious
state of death, and not a place of suf
fering and torture.
Do not the Scriptures repeatedly tell
you that the dead fall anlrepT St
Paul writes of those who fell asleep
in Christ; and again, of those who
"sleep in Jesus;" and again that all
would sleep except those saints who
would be changed in a moment, at the
second coming of Messiah. Do not we
read that St. Stephen, stoned to death.
fell aslrept Did not Jesus say, "Our
friend Lazarus sleepeth," and subse
quently explain his meaning saying.
"Lazarus Is dead!" Do we not read
that "Abraham slept with bis fa
thers," and so of the kings nnd proph
ets and all, good and bad? Abra
ham's fathers, being heathen, none
will claim that they sleep In heaven.
Our Catholic friends will not claim
tlr'.t they sleep in purgatory, and sure
ly nobody would claim that they could
sleep In eternal torture. Where, then.
tlo they sleep, and for how long? The
Bible answers. "They that sleep hi llr
dust nf thr vuvlh shall awake" (Daniel
xil. 2). The Bible tells li- that the
weeping, sighing and dying of the
present time will give place to a glnr
ous morning of better things, the re-uir
roction morning.
Not Universalism, but Universal Op
portunity. Pastor Russell disclaims I'nlversil
Ism; he cannot find It In the Bible. e!sc
be would preach It. He finds the Bible
to teach a universal opportunity fa
salvation and everlasting life, but Unit
the gift of God. eternal life, will be
given enly to those who will avail
themselves of the opportunity. I'prii
nil others will come the wa;res of sin.
namely, death. Those who sin wilful
ly. preferring wrong to riht. after be
trig granted full opportunity for refor
llictloil. will be destroyed In th Sec
oi'd Death, utterly, as St. Peter lie
Hares, "like natural, brute beasts" (11
Peter II. 12i.
Heaven on Earth Ey ncl Ey.
It was not In vain that the Itedeemei
tati'tht us to pray. "Thy Kln;rdoii'
conic. Thy will be done o:i e::rth as It
is done in heaven." That glorious time
will come when, as the Prophet i!c
clares, "Kvery knee shall bow nnd ev
ery tongue confess Messiah; nod when
the knowledge of the Lord shall till the
whole earth, as the waters cover the
great, deep; and when none shall nee
longer to sny to his neighbor and li s
brother. Know thou the Lord, because
all shall know Him." Then "they
hall build houses and Inhabit then
and plant vineyards nnd eat the fntlt
of them, and long enjoy the work o!
their hands." Then "the wildern s
shall be glad nnd blossom as the ruse:"
and "the earth shall yield her In
crease;" and the N.rd will make UN
earthly footstool glorious (Isaiah l
1.'!). This Is the hereafter will' h c.du
has provided for the world of nianli a!
In general.
But this long-proniised res'l ntl"i.
blessing to the world, lifting them u
out of sin jii'! d'Tth conditions, cannot
come u:;i;i t'wt t ib-.ynl Priesthooi'
shall have .icei: s .i. ;,.(!, The elctlo'
of the Church, in pn.;::-ess ilnrltl:: till
Gospel Are, is Ceils preia'atlon fir
the Mother ,,f mil' !;!(. The e'er'
saints will lie l;i:ivs ;.nd priests, jial'.''-'
etc.. hi iivmi .-i"ii with .:. f r tin
upli'ti'ig of the Uio'!v.,i!fN 0t in,;ijon
if Lir:iii ui'y - "in due time."
AMERICAN WINS
OUTPERSIA
Teheran Banks Stand by Treas
urer General Shuster.
BELGIUM AND RUSSIA OBJECT.
Supported by Financial Institution,
Shutter I Able to Carry Out Hi
Own Financial Policie In Spite of
Opposition of European.
Ixmilon, July 31. W. Morgan Shus
ter, the American who recently took
the post of treasurer general of the
Persian government, has already had
opportunities to learn much of politics
and business under a weak Oriental
government pulled nnd pushed about
by the Intrigues and threats of Euro
pean diplomats. Ills first troubles
have been with one of the most pow
erful chiefs of the government and
with the Russian and Belgian Inter
ests, which combined to break his
power. Thus far the American has
more than held his own.
Reports have come to London from
agents of British houses in Teheran
which give an Interesting story of the
unsuccessful stand the Russian minis
ter, M. Poklevskl, and the Belgian di
rector general of customs, M. Mornard,
made against Mr. Shuster and the na
tional council. The council passed a
law on June 13 Investing the treas
urer general with the control of all
revenues and the sole power to sign
checks on government funds.
M. Mornard previously had drawn
checks on the customs funds. He re
fused to recognize the new law and
claimed that he still had that power.
Checks whbi he signed were refused
by the Imperial Bank of Persia, which
is an English corporation handling a
large part of the government funds.
These checks were for salaries of cus
toms employees. Mr. Sinister issued
duplicates which the bank honored.
This brought matters to a crisis.
Would Withdraw Employees.
Tbe Belgian legation announced to
the PerBlan government that it would
not permit the Belgian employees of
the customs, who form a large propor
tion of the force, to serve under Mr.
Shuster if the law was to be carried
out. The Russian minister went fur
ther and declared emphatically that he
would introduce Russians to adminis
ter the customs before he would sub
mit to Mr. Shunter's single handed
control.
Several foreign obligations, Includ
ing the Interest on foreign loans,
mortlzatlon, the payment of the Cos
sack brigade and the pension of tbe
deposed shah were a charge on the
customs of the north. The Russian
and Belgian diplomats took the stand
that these Interests were imperilled
by Mr. Shuster's administration anil
a'so denied the power of the national
council to pass such a law as that of
June 13. Mr. Sinister thereupon gave
written notice to the Imperial bank
and the Russian bank that no dis
bursements would be made from the
customs receipts until all liens upon
thoin hud born paid.
Binkor Stand by Shuster.
All of tho hanks supported Mr.
Sinister, anil the council, which has
supported li 1 in enthusiastically since
his arrival, stood by him also. The
cabinet was frightened by the Rus
sian minister's threat and wavered for
some time. After a week's argument
the treasurer general prevailed lIIl0n
the minister of foreign affairs to call
upon Mornard to comply with the law.
Then the opposition collapsed. In
the presence of the cabinet anil of Mr.
Sinister, 4ho llclginn director general
of customs gave formal undertaking
to accept the law nnd he and Mr. Shun
ter parted on good terms. It was un
derstood in Teheran that before Mr.
Shuster left Washington the Russian
ambassador there assured him Russia
would tint oppose bis financial reforms.
AMERICANS MADE PR.S0NER3
Socialist, Raid Cuervo Ranch in Mix.
Ico, and Firjht Tflkes Place at Carrizo.
151 Paso, Tex., July 31. Authentic
information was received here flint
fifty Socialists raided tho Cuervo
ranch, In Mexico, taking everyone, in
eluding five Americans, prisoners. The
Socialists were followed by thirty-five
Maderist soldiers and fighting tool;
place at the Carrizo ranch, hut the re
Kiilt Is unknown.
Among tho raptured Americans nrn
Anic Cressy, A. V. Mayes nnd James
Kdmonstr.n. drover Stephens, a cow
boy, was also raptured, but escaped.
Me.it Question I Discussed.
Vienna, July 31. The closing hps
plon of parliament was devoted to a
discussion of the meat question. Pre
mier Frniiki nth'irn made an emphatic
declaration that the government would
never consent to proposals to open the
frontiers for the Importation of for
eign meat nor penult the country to
he dependent upon the American meat
trust.
To Acquire Old Washington Home.
London, July III The Idea of ac
quiring SulfM'nvc manor, in Northamp
tonshire, the inn est rat home of deorgn
Washington, us a memorial to the I'll)
years' peine, h:i awakened great in
tereft in Knulund nnd steps already
have been taken to raise funds lor
that purpose.
FORfilER CASS CHIT BANKER,
C. A. HIE1 KS HIMSELF UP
Louisville Man, Aged, Broken, and Starving, Wrecked a Bank at
Pearl, III, in Trying to Promote Motor Boat Company Took
$45,000 From Bank-Family Lives at Eagle.
Ten years ago Carey A. Manker
was in the bunking business at
the town of Louisville in this
county, being associated with Cal
Parniele. lie bore a good reputa
tion there, his family life was
ideal and there were no troubles
to cloud the life of himself or
family. Hundreds of Cass county
people remember Manker and his
family. They knew him as a man
but a few years past the middle
period of life. Saturday this same
man, aped, broken and starving,
arose from his "flop" in a chean
water front, lodging house in San
Francisco, California, and went to
the proprietor and said:
"I am a fugitive banker front
Pearl. 111. I embezzled $15,000
from the bank of Pearl, wrecked
the institution and escaped. I am
starving and I want to give my
self up. I have been hunted
since 1908."
Manker stnted that he bad used
the funds of the bank in promot
ing a company to manufacture
motor boats, using an invention
called the hydroeurve, which was
expected to increase the speed of
tho boat. A company was formed
and considerable slock sold, but it
took money to exploit the business
I
John Egan Was Ctopped Near the
Mill and His Money and
Tobacco Were Taken.
A hold-up Dial would be more
in place in the tenderloin district
of a big city than in a peaceful
place like IMallsmouth, was pulled
olT Saturday night, John Kgan, a
driver for the Martin livery, being
the victim. The affair occurred
on Washington avenue near the
mill at 9:30 o'clock.
Kgan snys that he was driving
along toward the stable, coming
back from Oreopolis, when two
men rushed out, slopped his
horses ami knocked him out of the
buggy by hitting him across the
head wilh some hard instrument..
They lonk !? i from him of his own
money, SI, 25 belonging to Marl in,
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and Manker put in a little money
at first, thinking that he could pay
the bank back soon. He had to
.put in a little more till finally he
put in a small fortune, hoping all
the time thai he could return it to
the vaults of the hank.
Manker cnnie to San Francisco
from Portland a week ago. Since
his arrival there he has lived from
free lunches in saloons.
The police department received
the following message from D .K.
Allen, Pillslleld, Illinois: "Bank
er wanted; arrest; hold at all
hazards."
In accounting for his wander
ings since he loft l'earl in Novem
ber, 1008. Manker says he first,
went with his family to Phila
delphia. There they bought a
boarding house which failed. Ho
then wandered with his family
about, the country, working as a
carpenter.
The wife and family or the
fugitive banker live at Kagle, Ne
braska. Mrs. Manker's stepfather,
T. R. Adams, runs the hotel there.
Manker visited them last spring.
The children are grown. Arthur,
aged 22, is now in California;
fienevieve, aged 25, (iranzon, 20,
and Florence, 11, reside with their
mother at Kagle.
and also his "Hull Durham,"
which leads John to believe that
the robbers were cigarette fiends.
The men then wrapped (he lines
about, the whip, started the horses
toward the barn and let John lay
on the side of the road. He reach
ed the barn about, half an hour
afler the horses. Blood was run
ning from his forehead and there
was a good-sized lump over his
left ear. '
,The police have no clues lead
ing to the identity of the hohi-up
men.
A. O. U. W. Official.
K. C. Philips of Table Hock,
Neh deputy grand master work
man for the A. O. IT. W. In Ne
braska, is in Plaltsmoiilh on lodge
business,
J. V. (iambic, former superin
tendent of schools, ami his wife,
were guests of Judge Travis and
family yesterday. Mr. (iambic is
now in business in Omaha.
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Plattsmouth,
Nebraska
