Nov Do Yourself
a Real Favor J
FALTER MAKES GOOD !a ccciuo pYC
nimiiiiiin in mi ill I wsisiiw
bnlmlNb IN IBffli
OU'LL find an extra suit or
J two a great luxury; one very common mistake
men make is that they wear one suit too con
stantly; bad for the clothes; t Two suits worn alter
nately will outlast three worn
steadily.
Now, we're making the ex
tra suit proposition interest
ing to you; because we're get
ing the Summer goods clear
ed for the coming of our Fall
stocks.
We're making price induce
ments to you to buy now; its
a help to us to have you buy
now, to get this Summer stuff
nut of the wav. It's an ad
vantage to you to buy now, because you get good
clothes for a good less than ordinary prices:
Here's the way we're selling suits now:
SUITS WORTH SALE PRICE
$16.50 $10
22.50 $14
30.00 $18
h?4 -V '.v in
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Is Pitted Against Pennsylvania
Champion in First Round of
the Tourney.
The Omaha tennis tourney
opened Saturday afternoon with a
great list of entries, half of the
states in the union being' rep
resented. There are 120 enteries
in all. George Falter of l'latts
niouth was nnlueky enough to be
pitted against H. J. Hennell, a
Pennsylvania crack, but he put up
a splendid game, getting two
games in the first set and one in
the second, the scores being b-
and o-l. Paul Morgan will con
test today with the noted St. Paul
plaer, Joe Armstrong.
Falter will enter the consolation
singles, which begin Tuesday, as
will Morgan if he is defeated by
Armstrong. Plattsniouth lias a
large number of tennis en
thusiasts, and they are much in
terests in the Omaha tourney.
Thev were well pleaded with the
good showing made by Falter
Saturday against the Alleghaney
mountain, champion.
The best match of the day was
between bnimiiiiinil Jones of St.
Louis and Lyman MrConnell of
Omaha, the SI. Louis man win
ning, -'! and 0-1 .
OF ALMTY GOD
A Much Needed Lesson l.i an
BUT WHAT IS ORTHODOXY?
Pastor Russell
Teachings In
vf& i
Mil A i
IPASk- tfilSjtll)
Manhattan
Shirts
Stctnim
Hats
PICKPOGKET DOES
SOME NERVY IRK
B. F. Crook, an Old Man, Is Rob
bed on Train Platform Late
Saturday Night.
Some pretty open work was ex
ecuted by a pickpocket at the Bur
lington depot when No. 2, running
as the second division of No. 14,
reached Plattsniouth Saturday
night about 10 o'clock. R F.
Crook, a well known farmer, liv
ing in the west "part of town, in
gett ing off the train, had a pocket
hook and knife taken from his
trouser's pocket.
The "dip" did not do his work
skillfully and without Crook
knowing it, but. deliberately rais
ed up his arm with one hand and
went into Ihe pocket with the
other. He then ran north along
the side of the train with Crook
after him. The latter is an old
man and the pickpocket was soon
lost sight of, disappearing in the
darkness.
The pockelbook contained about
$7 in money. The police were, un
able to locate the man Saturday
night or Sunday.
Want Road at La Platte.
A large delegation of farmers
from La Platte and vicinity were
in Panillion Tuesday forenoon
consulting with the county com
missioners in regard to opening
up a road from the main traveled
road to the Platte river, where a
wagon toll bridge is being built
across the river. At present there
is no regularly opened road to the
bridge site and it, was the object
of the delegation here to convince
the commisisoners of the neces
sity of constructing such a road.
The material for the bridge is al
ready on the ground and the con
struct ion work will he commenced
at once. The enterprise is being
financed by a bunch of Nebarska
City capitalists. Its construction
will shorten the distance between
Omaha and down river points and
the bridge will he assnrred a larp
patronage from the start. Papil
lion Times.
TWO THOUSAND FEET
OF TRACK WASHED OUT
Delay of Burlington Trains From
West Caused by Unusually
Heavy Rains.
The washout on the Burling
ton Saturday, which caused the
morning train from Denver to be
ten hours late, was between Hoi
brook and Cambridge, 2,000 feet
of track being washed out. Be
tween six and nine inches of rain
fell in western Nebraska and the
Republican valley.
The damage done by t he wasn
out has been repaired and Bur
lington trains from the west are
arriving here on schedule. Dis
patches today state that there was
more rain in the central and west
ern parts of the state Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Sanders, who has
been visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Snead since Friday
evening, returned to Omaha last
evening. Miss Sanders has a
position as stenographer in that
city.
Moving Today.
Nenielz & Co. are moving their
ice cream and confectionery store
(o the new Main street location
today. They expect to finish and
open the doors lo the public Wed
nesday of this week. The moving
of such an establishment, is quite
a task, and while Mr. Nenielz does
not, expert to get everything in
lip-top shape by Wednesday, he,
extends an invitation to all to call
and find (hem in the new room on
and after that date.
C. (iilsdorf returned to Peters-
linnr fodav after visiting the
family of Henry Winkler.
LOCAL MEN WIN OUT
ON FEDERAL CONTRAC
Palntlna and Material for mew
Postoffice Building Go to
Plattsmouth Citizens.
A local painter, J. H. Hummer
field, has been awarded the con
tract, by the government to do all1
Ihe interior and exterior painting
of Ihe new postolliee building, and
local paint dealers, Uynott iV Co.,
have been awarded the contract
to furnish all the paint, for the
work. F,d Ilynott and Mr. Ilum-
mcrlield went, to Omaha Friday
and purchased all the material for
the job.
The local men had to bid
against, large contractors, and
they are to be congratulated that,
they secured the contracts. Ihe
plastering is about finished at, the
federal building, and it will soon
be ready for the painters.
Special Pnces
We wish to inform you that we have a few Re
; frigerators, Lawn Benches and Porch Rockers and
Chairs that we will sell at a big discount.
We know that you will not have much use for
them this year, as the hot weather will soon be over,
but you will be buying at a bargain now and have
them next year. '
Just think it over what you can save by buying
now at the following prices.
Refrigerators, regular $43.00, now $32.25
31.00, " 23.23
20.00, " 15.00
5-foot Lawn Bench, regular $6.00, now 4.50
4-foot 5.00. " 3.75
4-foot " Seat " 1.75, " 1.30
Show Us, Please.
A Plattsmouth man has mort
gaged his potato crop and bought
himself a de-ulxe edition of the
latest thing in automobiles. Hi' is
talking of taking the rest, of his
money and the machine, and
spending the winter in a tour of
Continental Europe, where the
i roads are said to be line. ;e-
hawka News.
You will have to show us ihe
color of that, man's hair before we
Cake anv stock in the above. He-
member, Brother Long, we arc
from Missouri.
.HILD
DEALER IN FURNITURE i UNDERTAKING
Pocketbook Was Returned.
A woman by the name of Jen
nings left her pocketbook on the
12 train to Omaha this morning
II had several dollars in cash and
several checks in it. The agent
telephoned ahead to La Platte
and the pocketbook was retuuriied
on Ihe ):!8.
David Churchill's Loss.
Hugh Minor today received a
letter from his uncle, David
Churchill, I hat his hardware
store at. Haven port., Neb., was
((dally desl roved by lire Friday.
Mr. Churchill was born in Cass
county, six or seven miles south
of Platlsmoulh, and is well known
here.
Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Lamphere,
left. Saturday for Hot. Springs. S.
!., and Colorado points for a ten
days' trip.
Again Present Bible
New Liflht Point
Out the Errors of the Creeds Hand
ed Down From the Past Explains
True Meaning of Word of God.
Brooklyn. N. Y.,
August G. - Not
withstanding the
auuimcr season
Brooklyn TiilHtrim
cle was crowded
today. Pastor l'ns-
sell took lor his
text the words of
the Prophet Da
vid. . "W hither
shall 1 floe from
Tliv nroseuee? If
1 nseeud up Into
heaven. Thou art
there; If I make my bed In hell, be
hold, Thou art there" (Psalm cxxxlx.
7, 8. lie said:
We are living in a day when money.
pleasure nud pain seem to be tuo as
sets of the masses, l no ivoiuuou
theory mid Higher Criticism of the
Bible have fostered unlieiier to sum
nn extent that everything intangible
is doubted. Beginning with the col
lege professor und the majority or the
educated ministers this skepticism him
.,.!, ..,,.,,! Mm u-miiihv. who nre sa-
ClUUIUtVU - r r
tinted with the blessings of prosper!
tv To these heaven and heavenly
thlncs seem vagaries as compared
with present enjoyments and nope
Not for a long time have these be
llpvpd In and feared eternal torment
And their present attitude Is one or
doubt rspcctlng everything connected
with the Bible. They well know mat
outside the Bible there Is nothing but
guess work, and they prefer their own
tniessea to those or Otncr peouie,
- 1 1 Ii.
Verr many of them spean cuuuiuij
and tell that they are agnostics, that
they are uncertain nod would like to
he informed respecting the ruiure.
A very similar condition growing
prevails amongst the poorer classes
Bnd the uneducated, wno say. v e ie
Ueved the scholars when they told ub
the Bible was Inspired. Why should
we not believe them now when they
thni- tt- Is a fraud? As the
wealthy doubt that God will special
ly 'favor them, so the poor doubt
whether Gc will specially, disfavor
them. Both classes are reaching the
conclusion that fortune or disaster
rests, not with the Lord, but with
themselves.
The World's Need a God.
The effect of all this loss of faith lu
an Almighty God Is seen on every
hand and Is felt by many. One of the
consequences Is that the religious ele
ment or mans nature is uiuuummb
numb and the nrnsses. rich and poor,
arc seeking a substitute In pleasure;
as the Apostle's words foretold, they
nre "lovers of pleasure more than lov
ers of God." Additionally, ninny of
the wealthy carry on a kind of brigand
nco along commercial lines. Desir
ous of Imitating them, but unable so
to do. others are filling the world with
violence to an extent that Is alarmln
twiil v. Were It not for our
elaborate and costly police protection
life and property would bo far less ro
cure in civilized lands than amongst
tho heathen. With all the protection
afforded by telephone, telegraph, po
lice, etc.. etc.. our rulers and officials
tell us that they are often bewildered
In their attempts to preserve law and
order.
Many learned men believe that there
Is no other God than Nature; and
many of the unlearned nre following
their lead. They reason that Nature
served them ns both father and moth
er, that Nature Is plfiless. unsympa
thetic, cruel. Indeed, this is one or
their si lal arguments against a per
sonal God. for they say that such a
God would not permit the sufferings
we witness on every hand and the still
more terrible sufferings which the
creeds of Christendom have taught
them are In store for all except tho
saintly few.
It is time that wo return to Ihe Bible
proposition and see the truth of the
statement. "The fool hath said in nis
heart. There is no God." Surely there
i miinethttnr wronir with the brain
which, after noting the wonders of na
ture. seen In the surrounding worlds
and systems aud attested In all mat
ters earthly, sees not an Intelligent
Creator! The wonderful adaptability of
our own bodies tells of a wise Creator.
If we compare the human eye. adapt
ed to Its purposes and conditions, with
the eve of a fish, adapted to Its dlfTer
ent conditions, and with the eye of
beetle, adapted to still different rondl
Hons, we see the most Indubitable
proofs of profoiiiidcst wisdom and su
perhuman skill. When we think of
man's wonderful iowers and of tils
great achievements in the world and
then consider his Inability to make a
single living thing, from a mbrol.e to
an elephant, from a tiny seed to a tro
surely we should concede that the One
who ordered nature In the production
of these wonderful variations, and cro
lted niHii himself, must be an Al
ailk'hty. Intelligent God. Surely "Day
into day uitereth speech and night
unto night showeth knowledge" alonpt
these Hues, to those who have the eyes
of understanding to see. It is time
that these rr.-tit tnrlis wore tietrg eiu
ph.isl.'.ed und that the boastful sentle-li-i'ii
who Ignore th.'tu should have
teeir Inn- meii-urw i.ik n. regard e-s of
how many titles may follow their
names. The iihKleiately educated us
well as the illiterate need such a tes'l
mony to come from every pulpit. And
If It does not soou come our olvilia
tlou will be wrecked
All-Seeing Eye Not Omnipresence.
"Thou. Gcrt. seest me;" "The eye of
the Lord Is In every place. 1 liese
Scriptures give us the proper concep
tion of the Almighty. As with the tele
scope, ihe microscope, the telephone,
etc., man can enlarge his range of
vision and heuring, so by powers still
more wonderful the Almighty is cog
nizant of all the affairs of the Uni
verse. We grant that our feeble minds
are unable to comprehend so great, so
universal an Intelligence.
We cannot kuow in what manner the
angels, the spirit servants of God, nre,
as His eyes, lu every place, to take
cognizance of our affairs. We cannot
know in what manner the electric or
lightning flash serves as a Divine mes
senger. But we can believe that a
Soul so Infinitely high above us pos
sesses powers of information as far
beyond our comprehension as the tele
phone and wireless telegraphy and
electric liht were beyond the eompre
henslon which our forefathers had of
those, things In their day. It Is easier
to believe that so great a Being as
the One who formed man should have
nil wisdom and all power than to be
lieve Him deficient of these. The
Scriptural argument Is a good one:
"He that formed the eye. snail lie noi
see
? lie that formed the ear, sunn tie
not hear?"
God In Heaven and In Hell.
The creeds handed down to us from
the dark past declare that God is ev
erywhere present omnipresent. J ins
Is as unthinkable as it is roonsn ami
unscriptural. Taking advantage of
this error of "orthodoxy, the Auver
sary has turned many away from a be
lief in a personal God. He who Is ev
erywhere Is nowhere. Tho result is
the absurd view which has taken hold
on some otherwise Intelligent people.
to the effect that good and voa are
synonomous. Hence a log of wood
that Is good for somethlug, that can be
made Into something useful, is said to
have good in It, and. hence, to have
ad In it-ditto, a piece of iron, a bed.
a chair, n table. The folly grows into
saying Hint God Is everywhere and Is
in everything. Thus faith la a "god
of nature and happen-so" takes the
place of fu h in the God of the Bible,
whose residence Is In heaven, but
whose Intelligence and power extend
throughout the Universe, in thousands
of ways of which we are only learning
-though electricity, radio activity,
etc., besides angelic messengers that
can come aud go like the wind.
Our text, misunderstood, Is supposeu
to teach Divine omnipresence, whereas
it really tenches Divine omniscience
and Almighty power. The Lord's pres
ence, as represented in His intelligence
and power, nre everywhere, aownore
could we go to be beyond His reach
and beyond Ills knowledge. Were this
thought thoroughly Impressed upon
cverv human mind, what a vast dif
ference it would make in human con
duct from that now seen-m
Street, In bunks, In palaces. In novels,
in ,iloons. In irn milling honses-cvory-
where. It Is the great lesson needou
hv the whole world. Everyone who
believes this should Join with nature
I., ..i..uiin. Divine Wisdom, rower.
in n - -
Justice and Love.
But really the undermining or raun
In tho God of the Bible has been nc
romnlished largely by the tnlsrepre-
On. Bible's teaching. Our
m u Ian"" -
text, for instance, is supposed to teacn
that God is In heaven with the saintly.
rejoicing with them und enjoying uieir
nienHiiri. and that Ho also is in hell
with tho unsalntiy. ionising upon m
sufferings and tortures and planning
with devils for their everlasting con
tinuance. Thluung minus nit- n-j.:
Inir such nonsense, but. ahis. they are
rejecting the Bible, too. hence nave no
foundation for a better, truer mini.
Kverv educated minister knows thai
I tell the Truth to the common people
when I sa.v that the word hell in out
tovt has not the slightest reference to
a place of torture, or even of conscious
ness. Indeed this Is true or everj
m .f ...1 I.. .11 I !.lll.
currence or too worn mo.
sis to Malnchl. In every Instance the
translation Is from the same Hebrew
word, (. which signifies the gvan,
the tomh, and Is thus most frequently
translated.
1 urge upon all ministers of educa
tion to Join with me in explaining to
the public the true meaning of the He
brew word shrol and the Greek word
hade. Whatever may have been their
thought of expediency in tho past they
should see that the mistaken views of
the meaning of these words are un
dermining the faith of Christendom.
The Psalmist really said. "If 1 as
cend up Into the sky. Thou art there;
if I make my bed In hml (the grave).
behold. Thou art there. In the
uttermost parts of the sea. even there
shall Thy hand lead me and Thy right
hand shall hold me." The thought Is
that the Divine Power Is everywhere,
thnt whether we live or die, nothing
can separate us from God's Wisdom
and Power and from tho ultimate ac
compllshment of our rescue from tho
power of the grave, which God lias
purposed and has promised shall be
done throiiu'li the great Messiah. For
His Kingdom we wait and pray.
Is This View Unorthodox;
Tho word orthodox signifies "correct
in doctrine." I am ready to udmit
that my presentation Is not the ordl
liiry one-tmt I claim thnt It Is cor
rect, that it is the true doctrine of the
Word of God. If so. It Is orthodox, ia
the highest sense of that term, ai d er
erything to the contrary, being oppoM d
to the standards of tlod's Word, must
te unorthodox. Everything de;ends
upon our standard I si a ml for (lie
Bible, its touching. Its doctrines, and
therefore am orthodox. On the con
trary. Higher Critics and Evolutionists
and those who hold the creeds of the
"Dark Ages," contradictory lu the Bi
ble, are proportionately unorthodox
heretical. What Christendom needs today U a
return, to the Bible, au Investigation
of Its teachings and, correspond) ;ly.
a rejection of all human creeds, which
are admittedly more or less defective.
Let ns "stand fast In the liberty where
with Christ hath made us free." Lt
us accept the Bible as the only sUind
ard. Let us study it and understand
it to the exteut of our ability. Let us
rejoice in every degree of harmony we
all attain in the correct understanding
of It. Let us fellowship as Christians
all who acknowledge Its Divine au
thenticity and who, in harmony with
its presentation, are trusting in Jesus
ns their Iledeemer; and who. In accept
ance of Ills Invltatlou, have forsaken
all to be His footstep followers.
These tiro the real Christians, with
whatever sect or party they may have
become Identified, through the supposi
tion that they were doing tho will of
God. These alone are the saints: these
nloue are running In the race course;
these alone have the opportunity of.
making their "calling and election
sure." The masses known as Chris
tendom are unchristian in every sense
of the word. They aro civilized heat li
en, In the sense that they do not recog
nize any more than do the heal hen. a
personal God of glorious character,
perfect In Ills Wisdom. Justice, Uve
and Power. They realize not His All
swing Eye. And their general lives
show their lack of this knowledge and
this faith.
More than this (shall we say it?)
the majority of professed church mem
bers, so far as we can understand their
scntlnieuts as privately expressed and
publicly declared by the ministers of
their choice, are no more Christians
than are tho Jews. They neither be
lieve the Bible to be tho Divine Rev
elation nor do they accept the Lord
Jesus Christ as the world's Redeemer
from sin and death. Of course, there
fore, they do not profess to consecrate
their lives to sacrlflclally follow O'je
in whose redemptive work they , do
not believe.
The Mystery of the Cross.
Comparatively few of the hundred
of thousands of those who have named
tho name of Christ, and who bava
come under various denominational
yokes, have any knowledge of the
Mystery of the Cross of Christ, the
Mystery of tho Gospel. "The Mystery
which hath been hid from ages and
generations, but now Is made manifest
to his saints" (Colossians 1. 20)
Alas, the majority' seem content to
have merely a "name to live" ami
wish merely to be called Christian
and to wear a Jeweled cross. It la but
the few of those who have tasted that
the Lord Is gracious and have felt nn
enrnest desire to know and to do tho
Father's will at the cost of self sacri
fice. With (he majority the Int'Jiin
tlon that a certain course In life Is ti e
"narrow way," the way of the Cross,
is sulllclent to turn them In an opposite
direction; for, while they would Ilka
lo share the heavenly glories and hon
ors of tho Lord, they are unwllllne to
be sharers In His Ignominy, sufferings
find death.
These, without relinquishing their
desire for righteousness, are disinclined
to go to such lengths as the Master
and the Apostles taught and exempli
fied. Hence, they are not Interested
In the "deep things" of Coil's Word,
but merely In the more superficial.
In the language of the Scriptures, they
are willing to sny. "We will ent our
own bread, and wear our own apparel;
only let us be called by thy name, to
Inko away our reproach" ilsalah iv. 1.
The fault lies largely with ninny of
the clergy, who nre not leading tho
people to "the fallh once delivered to
the saints," but away from It.
The Scriptures most distinctly teach
. . . . i, a
that we are under tuu reign " uu
"Prince of this world." Satan, and
that our Lord at Ills Second Coming
in power and great glory will bind or
restrain this strong one and overthrow
Ids empire, which Is not of Divine nu-
thorlzallon. but built upon nuuiau
weaknesses. Ignorance and supersti
tion. We are distinctly told thnt Sa
tan shall be bound for Hint thousand
years (the Mlllennluuii that he may
deceive the people no more unui im
thousand years shall be finished.
Surely, then, the Lord has used tne
great Adversary to assist In the ac
complishing of the Divine purposes.
Satan may have supposed that he was
frustrating God's plans, but Just as
surely he was mistaken. The Divine
Word Is sure which t declares. "My
Word that goeth forth out of My
mouth shall not return unto Me void,
but It shall accomplish that which I
please, and It shall" prosper in that
whereunto I sent It."
It is time that all who really be
lieve In the Bible, who really believe
that Jesus left tho glory of the Fa
ther and humbled Himself even unto
death, thus providing the redemptive
price for the Church and for the
world, should proclaim these facts
clearly, positively. They should also
declare, n do the Scriptures, the Sec
ond Coining of the liedeemer and the
establishment of His Kingdom In Di
vine power and majesty, for the put
ting down of sin and the llftl'ic up of
mankind to glorious privileges of res
titution, with a Just penally aim Inst
every form of sin. and the Second
Death as the penalty for wilful, per
sistent disobedience.
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