- 4 t. .a if :. , ,i ! i-'i MESSAGE JOYFUL FO?Ji!ESiN-S!CK Tlie Master Spsaltelli Bairn - For Woiindad Hearts. COMFORT FOR SORROWING. Pstor Russell Says That Whin Trou ble pomes Few Doubt the Existence of God Human Sympathy Alone Is Impotent to Comfort the Sin-Burdened Soul Eternal Blessing Fol lows the Acceptancs of the Divine 'Command Scriptures Misunderstood. Augunt 13. Pus lor Kussell of Brooklyn Taber nacle took for bis text today I lie words of J s ii k, "Let not your heart be troubled; ye be lieve In Clod, be lieve also In Me" (John xlv, l). As u s ii u I there was a good crowd and closest atten tion given tln:ugh out. The Ppeuker said In part: The world' does well to keep up a cheerful, outward demeanor to "drive dull cure away" to the best of Its abil ity. Nevertheless, there Is great force and weight to St. Paul's words to' the effect that "the whole creation is groaning and travailing In pain togeth er, waiting" for Messiah's Kingdom and its long-proinjsed blessings to lift the curse of sin und death and to re store to munkind the smile of the lea ther's favor. Reason though they may tbat there Is no personal God that there Is merely a blind god of nature, an evolutionary force, etc., neverthe less, deep down in the heart, men be lieve thut there f a God. Almost un consciously the mind attributes to Him Wisdom, Justice and Power but little of Love or sympathy with bumuulty and its frailties. ThIs very intuitive knowledge of God is closely associated wltb many human trouble. As the root of nearly-every trouble, perhaps deep below the surface, is sin disobedience to recognized principles of righteousness, and a fearful looking for of retribu tion, and uncertainty as to what it will mean. This is true, not only of many Christians, but frequently true also of others who have made no pro fession, who have taken upon them tu solemn vows of obedience. .This troubled heart condition does not always show npon - the surface. Sometimes the troubled heart is in the theatre to try to forget its troubles, rlometimes Its owner is immersed In sinful pleasure-seeking, in eudeavorto drown some haunting grief. Some times relief is sought through Intoxi cating liquors or narcotics; some) lines 1c suicide. Sometimes the troubled otiv is on the stage. .One cannot sure ly know that the merry la ugh and witty Joke and cheery sung do not cniue fruui a troubled heart We are sure that they do. in many tustaiii-es. for fi-e queiitly those who have been indii;g lug In merriment have committed sui cide a few minutes thereafter, leaving messages that their hearts h:ul been Keverely burdened, while but wurdly cheerful. We have much sympathy with these sorrow-laden hearts. As a race we are walking through "the valley of the shadow of ileal h." day by day. On every hand we have reminders of tills grief, disappointment, headache, heartache, etc. If we are measurably free from ' pain ourselves, yet have sympathy, we are pained in the Inter st of others. If none of our own dear ones has recently died, the great Enemy. )eatli. has laid hold upon llie home of n neighbor, a brother, and he 1s bereaved and a reilex shadow falls upon our hearts; and further, the thought comes that uur home may Invaded by the great KnoMiy which h;is already swallowed up twenty t!im tiand millions of our race and thai by Pi vine permission, because we are mi tiers and because sinners are nn worthy of everlasting life i(- . .The Fear of the Lord. ..In our troubles we, sooner or later realize the lack of human sympathy or,, at least. Its- inipotcncy. reeling our helplessness, we instinctively look to our Creator In the hour of trouble emarkably few doubt the existence of tlod. As Jesus said. "Ye believe lu fiod." rtur as we look to the Almighty for protection and consider Divine Justice and realize our own weakness en and sliortcomlnus. the heart of man fails. How could he think that the Omnipotent One would have Interest In or care Tor sin h a worm of the dust M he feels himself to be? How could Divine Justice look with iiuy sym pathy upon the course of selfishness which h. recognizes stretches out be hind him In full view of the All -Seel tig Eye? "The Tear of the Lord s the bei-ln ting of wisdom." Is the Inspired Me sage. Surely many have this begin iiing of wisdom come to them at some period In their life's experience. l!ut such a fear Is (he start to wisdom only when It leads the fearful one to great r carefulness of living and to n de sire for the Heavenly Father's ppprov al. If this be the leaiMiiy of the fe: r 1Mb Indeed the precursor of. ihe lend r to., wisdom As proper fei r or rev erence for the Almighty con es In. t acts as a restraint upon sin It tends to make onw mere thoughtful, more careful, more lse. ' In seeking for a better wajr. f Come by the Narrow Way. Jetas addressed -the worvfi of our text to Jews who. under the instruc tion of the Law given by Moses, had Wiied of Divine righteousness and tint' Divine requirements of all those who would come Into harmony with Him. They believed lu God. They recognized Ills Justice. They were de siring to be Ills people; they had heard of Jesus; they had traveled with Him as His disciples. In a, general way they believed in Him. To a large de gree they accepted Him as the prom ised Messiah - and yet they found .It ditllcult to exercise a fulness of faith. Probably there are many lu this same attitude of mind today some In this audience and some in the larger audi euce of millions which will be reached by this sermon In the public press. 1 would like to bear home upon the hearts of these the very Messnge that Jesus gave to those who heard Ills Voice: "Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe In God, believe also in Me." Hear Him saying to us today, You already believe In the Creator and Ills Justice. You already have the rever ential fear. You already desire to draw near to God. You have heard that He has sent His Son Into the world. You have heard that this Is a manifestation of His love and sym pathy for you. You have heard that while you tire condemned as Imperfect, as sluners, as unworthy of eternal life. Divine provision has been uu de for your recovery through the Redeemer. As you believe t lie Father's Justice which condemned you and which Just ly holds you at u distance from Him as unworthy of His favor, so now be lieve also in Me. Relieve that the Father hath sent Me. Believe that It Is Ills Love for you that prompted the Bending. Relieve that His Love is as strong as Ills Justice. Relieve that nis Justice and Love will co-operate for your eternal comfort and blessing. If you will accept the Divine terms. Losing Our Heart Troubles. The Father knows your heart trou bles. He wishes the burden to be there until you shall appreciate Its weight until you shall be ready to cry to Him that you are sin-sick, weary, troubled, and above all, hunger ing and thirsting for righteousness and desiring reconciliation to Him the smile of Ills Face. He has not waited for all of this to take jdace before making provision for you. He has an ticipated your needs, your longings, your necessities. He has already pro Tided the Redeemer, who Is Mighty to save. If Divine Justice is exacting to the last degree, believe that Divine Love, as represented in the Redeem er sent of God, Is equally exhaustless. boundless sufficient for all your needs. If you will accept of this, the Divine arrangement ' through Christ, your heart troubles may be at an end. You will still have troubles In the flesh, weaknesses, aches and pains, but your heart will be Joyful and happy In a fellowship Divine with the Father, through the Sou. How to Get the Peace. Ab! says one. 1 have beard of God and of Jesus and of the Invitation to reconciliation, but 1 know not how to proceed. To whom shall 1 goV How can I gain a hearing lu my case to ob tain the blessed assurance, Thy sins are forgiven thee; go and sin no more. Which, church shall I Join? To what priest shall 1 confess? First of nil, my brother, or sister, al low me to rejoice with you that you have come Into the condition where you are seeking and knocking for the opening of the storehouse of Divine favor, because "He that seeketh shall find and to him that knocketb It shall be openeiL'' Continue, then, to seek and to knock and very soon the bless ings will be yours. See, first, whether or not you are seeking the proper bless ing. You wuut forgiveness of sins that are past You want the assurance of Divine, love and care. You want the Heavenly Shepherd to take you for oue of His sheep and look after your interests, both temporal and eternal. If so, good. You are seeking the very thing that ?od Is pleased to give. Many are seeking something else seeking to have some of self-will and some 'of God's will, some of sin and some of righteousness. They seek In vain until. In purity of heart, they seek that which God Is willing to give. All of God's gifts are by graep. Mono of us could claim them on the grounds of Justice or merit. We cannot keep God's perfect Law, not because It Is too exacting, but because we urn fallen. We were born In sin. shapeu in Iniquity; in slu did our mothers con ceive us. Re our wills ever so strong, our flesh Is weak. The Divine arrange ment of this Gospel Age Is adapted to this very condition and Is open for the honest-hearted the sincere peni tents, the ones fully determined for righteousness. You need not come to any earthly prieft but. ns the Master said, go to the Father, in secret. In prlvute. Go not In your own name or merit or worth, but In the merit of the Re deemer. Go S rlpturally. claiming Him as your Advocate and appealing in Ills N'tr,e for the forgiveness provided by Divine mercy to cover all the sins of the past und provide for all the Im perfections unwillingly yours for the future I'Teu to the end of the way. Coming thus. Jesus becomes your Priest, your Advocate with the Father. "We have an Advocate with the Fa ther. Jesus Christ, the Righteous" (I John II, 1). "Let us come with courage to the Throne of grace flint we may obtain mercy end find grace to help In every Mine of n-od" (Hebrews r. Id). Wliri will yo-,' sny to your Father n yoy present locreif in the name of Jesus, do yon ask? In prayer tell Him thut you are sick of sin and desirous of Ills righteousness, In every way. Tell Him of your appreciation o? the glorious qualities of Ills ClWrftcier and of your desire n be -as mnob coiM'orui ed to that Character as possible. Tell Him ttuit you know you tiuw nothing worthy of His consideration, except the merit of Jesus to be Imputed to you which will be the covering for yout Imperfection. Tell HIui thut you present your all thus Justified by faitb. that the merit of Christ mo; Ite imput ed; that you desire to be a livlug sac rifice to be faithful unto death to nim, to Ills Message In the Rible and to all who are, with you, following in the good way to the Kingdom. Daily Dying Daily Living. Those who have acted uiu the above directions of the Lord's Word and who have thus been accepted of the Father and begotten of the Holy Spirit, are thenceforth New Creatures In Christ Jesus. To them "old things have pussed away und all things have become new." Their souls are not troubled, because they have passed from death unto life, from TJlvlne dis favor to Divine relationship, as sous of God and "If children, then heirs, heirs of God and' Jolut-heirs with Jesus Christ, if so be thut we suffer with Him. tluU we may also bo glori fied together" (Romans vlil, 1"). Those who reach this blessed state are uo longer heart-troubled. They will have troubles from the world, the flesh and the Adversary, but withal they have rejoicing "The peace of God which passeth all understanding" ruling In their hrnrts. Hut the end Is not yet. The body has been separated from the will. The will has become Identified with Christ and represents the New Crea ture, which 'will not be perfected, and In Its new body, until the resurrec tion. Meantime, as the Apostle teaches, the flesh must be considered and treated as un enemy because of Its weakness, its fallen condition. A struggle, a battle, must go on contin ually to the end of the course. "Uo thou faithful unto death and 1 will give thee a crown of life." The faith fulness of the New Creature, the will, will be judged by Its loyalty to the Divine will and its strenuous endeavor to keep the body under to be dead to the flesh and to the world and to be alive to the will of God. Every day should make us more alive as New Creatures and more dead as old crea tures. ''' i .. In this way we are, as the Apostle puts it. mortifying or deadening the flesh and beiug quickened or energized, or made alive in spirit This is the resurrection process for the New Crea turethe death process for the old creature. .It is a matter, as the Adob tle explains, of rejoicing in tribulation, knowing that the trials and difficulties of the present ''time, under God's prov idence, are working out for the faith ful a, sliare In that "far more exceed ing and eternal weight of glory" prom ised to the Elect, the Bride of Christ a share la the J'lnerdom which shortly, through the pex-t f ho First Resur rection, will be exai'cd to glory and dominion over the earth. This Is the spiritual Seed of Abraham which, dur ing Messiah's Reign of a thousand years, is to bless Israel and, through Israel, all the families of the earth (Galatians 111. IK)).' We cannot give this message to the world, even as Jesus could not do so. it is better for the world that their hearts should now be troubled o a considerable degree. Those who nro In the most dangerous position, perhaps, are the ones who have no troubles in the present life and. therefore, no In centive to seek the greet Rurden-Rear-er and fellowship with the Father through Him. Jesus said of such. Woe unto you that are rich! for ye have re ceived your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you! j for so did their fathers to the false prophets" (Luke vl. 24-201. Scriptures Misunderstood. At the present time we have 1.200.. 000,000 that In no sense of the word are called by the Lord, and therefore have had no opportunity of respond ing to that call. With the thought that has prevailed for centuries, that these uncalled millions are doomed to eternal torture, the hearts of God's people have been very sorely troubled, and Infidelity has been very greatly assisted Into a denial of everything pertaining to Christian faith, All agree that it would be very unreason able for the Creator of those 1.20O.OOO. 000 to expose them to the danger of eternal torment, and not give them the slightest opportunity for henring of the only terms of sulvation from It Rut when we get the correct, the Pcrlpturnl view of the matter, we see that the peualty upon those 1.200,000.- 000 Is. "Dying thou shult die." and that In this particular they are not different from their fathers, who were under the same curse,. or sentence of death the Adnmle condemnation. We see from the Scriptures, too. that our Lord Jesus "by the grace of God. tasted death for every man" "to be testified In due time" (Hebrews II. !; 1 Timothy II. Ci. Jesus, therefore, tasted denth for a If these J. 200,000.000 and for all their forefathers. He has given the ransom price for their sins as well ns for ours, the Church's, and a resultant blessing must come to them as well as to us. The coming blessing Is a rescue frotr the sin and -death conditions In which they were born; on opportunity for rising out of these ronditlons of degra dation, up. ep. i;... o fun perfection of nature, ami all ih.it was lost through Adam's disobedience. This work of Divine Grace, we see, Is to lie accom plished for the world during the Mes sianic Are. when Christ and the Fleet Church will constltuto God's Klnar dom. with power and great glory for the blessing of the world. BIG SUNDAY SCHOOL ; CONVENTION IN OCTOBER One Hundred and Fifty Delegates Expected at the Annual Convention Here. The animal convention of the Sunday School association of Cass county will be hoi,? in Plattsmouth some lime in October. There will bo about 150 delegates, who will be cared for by the local Sunday schools. There will be a number of prominent speakers, among thorn Dr. Shopard of St. Louis, W. N. Halsey of Omaha university, Dr. lhslop of the north Nebraska conference, Margaret, Ellon Brown of Lincoln. V. H. Kimberly of Lincoln ami the west county talent. This is a series of eight county conventions to be given in south eastern Nebraska. The associa tion is-intenlominational. ! -KK-M-H"WH-M"M union. Ledger. .J. I rhH--H-W!-'H!H-'!":"H Mrs. f,. ,. Hawls of l'lalls inoulli and Mrs. J. I. I'nnih of Hlair were here last Friday ami were guests of Mrs. Fannie Kikonbary. Mrs. ("ieorge Am of Chicago came Monday evening lo visit relatives ami friends a few days. She had been visiting several weeks with Samuel Luce's family at Alma. William Ost, August. Ost and Curtis Price departed last Friday morning for South Dakota to look over that country with a view of making some investments in land. W. II. Mark concluded that his "Brush" automobile was too small to siiit him, ami Monday he .went lo Lincoln aid purchased. a , fine new t-eylindor 25 horse-power car of the "Overland" make.,,.-. ; A. E. Stites and wife returned yesterday from Ainsworth, Iowa, where they had been visiting a few weeks. ' Mrs. Stiles''' sister, Miss Myrtle Slewait, came home with them for several days' visit, Mrs. E. O. Barker, a sister of the five llilthaway brothers, ar- rived on the Wednesday evening; train from Dorchester lo visit relatives and to meet, her many aciiuaiOlances at. the reunion. She wfn accompanied by her daughter, Mrs, .Mabel Luci, whose home is at liorchester. Edward. Orimes and wife of St. Louis arrived here Tuesday for a visit, of several days with rela tives and numerous friends, all of whom are greatly pleased lo meet them. They have been enjoying a trip to Colorado, stopping here lo visit during the Old Settlers' re union. County Commissioners Swilzer, Friedrich and Jordan and County Attorney Taylor wore here Satur day and went out to inspect the road at the point where little Ruth Olsen met, her accidental death on July 22. Their object was to get the facts with a view of making a satisfactory settlement, wilh Mr. Olsen without gelling into court, but we are not, informed what con clusion, if any, has been reached. Conductor Al K. May, known to almost every man, woman and child along the Missouri Pacific, from Kansas City to Omaha, will be olT duty for about three months. Mr. Day has arranged lo accompany a party on a lour of Europe, and last Friday was his last trip on this line before start ing; for the easl. He departed Saturday night for Massachusetts, where he will visit relatives several days, then will join Iho party and sail for Europe on Aug ust 17. Mr. Day has been run ning on the Missouri Pacific the past 28 years, and has many friends here and all along the line who hope he may have a very pleasant trip and return lo licket punching on this rond. 7 t ' It"IiI WEEPING WATER. , . -I- J Republican. The public school begins Sep tember II. The new drinking fountains are ready and building and grounds look nice. Harry Towle says his parents have concluded lo slay wilh Cali fornia,. having purchased a home. Harry expects lo go out as soon as he can dispose of his things and collect in a few past due ac counts. Mrs. F. W. Race came up from Kansas City last Thursday and Mr. Race arrived Saturday. The latter left for home Sunday night. Mrs. Ralnour's condition has im proved the past few days and Mrs. Race 13 assisting in caring for her mother. . Mrs. J. M. Teegardcn departed Tuesday for Colorado Springs lo Hl iHHS 6KEAT GATHERING, S Plattsmouth't Commercial Club Secretary Talkt of Boston Meeting "Honest Advertising' Was the Keynote of the Gathering McKelvie Vice-President for Northwest Division, Th' seventh annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America, held at Boston August I to 4, was at fended by -',300 delegates, representing al most every state in the union. It was the greatest gathering of ad-j ertising men in the history of. the world, and the character of the body was very high. j E. H. Weseott, representative of j the Platlsmouth Commercial clubj and a member of the Nebraska i delegation, talked to a Journal re porter today about the convent ion. Me returned from Boston vesler- day morning. t The convention was made up of' men interested in every phase of! the great science of advertising, j Depart mental sessions were held: for Iho national advertising man-! ngers; for Hie representatives of uaily papers ; for Iho represent atives of periodicals; for general advertising' agents ; for the rep resentatives of till forms of out door advertising; for the rcv lesenlalives of agricultural pub lications; for those furnishing and using printing, engraving and business literature; for Ihe'.rep resenlalives of retail advertisers, and for specialty advertisers. As every business nbw sets aside each year a largo sum for advertising, great attention has been given to get the most results for the money expended. This has brought forth (he student of ad vertising, the advertising expert, and now all houses that spend large sums for advertising have specially tVained men who give nil their time to gelling the greatest results out of the appropriation set aside for advertising. So the convention was largely made up of trained men who sell and men who buy advertising. "'Honest advertising was the keynote of the convention," said Mr. Weseott. The speakers, one and all, no mutter what line of advertising they had lo sell or had lo buy, came out strong for the idea that the public is entitled to the truth. 'Sensat iotial ad vertising was likewise decried. Ciive the public the truth and nothing but the truth if you are selling a suit of clothes or a piece of land. Truthful advert ising spend a few weeks sight -seeing. She expected to meet Mr. and Mrs. f. W. Teegarden there, they be ing on their return from their summer tour to the coast. East, week J. W. Bullpj sold his farm of 1(50 acres three miles west, and one south to Andrew Olson, Iho consideration , being $100 per acre. Mi. Biillis has made a good sale, and Mr. Olson has never purchased a piece of land that failed to make him money. t This sale winds up Mr. Bullis' land holding in the county, W. W. Shumate, who has charge of t he A. A. I.aseh orchard, was in town Monday shipping crnbapples lo Lincoln for sale, having boon disposing of several baskets daily. A carload of bar rels was taken out last week, in which to ship apples, Mr. Shu mate estimates the crop at 7,000 r.n g mm i ..... l ... i . . un i in ,,,..,,, imiim in, hi per rein. He says the Wine Saps and Jena- ten varieties will not be a heavy crop, but that the Johnathan and Bon Davis trees have all they can care for and the fruit will be nice. Contractor fl. "H. Dennis has had a force of workmen busy on Theo. Davis' new farm residence. The building is lo be 28x28, two stories and contains eight rooms. The foundation is of concrete and topped with cement blocks. Mr. Dennis has just finished a barn for Tom Wiles 2Sx3i and 10 feel above the basement. This build ing is on his farm south and west of lown, the old Dan Klepser place, and together with oilier new outbuilding, his renter has a nice place. Red Men Picnic. The Rod Men had a most en joyable picnic at Coon Valley's Sunday, about .'100 being in the crowd that enjoyed I he pleasures of the day. .There were many kinds of amusements, one of which was dancing, which lasted far into the night. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Troop went lo Omaha on the morning train 'odav. i 1 1 ffi RE scon ts.the b.t of results in thtf long run. "Stale things as they iue," was another popular slogan of the speakers. , Along with this idea catne tho demand for clean advertising, ami the representatives of the Ameri ca o Bill Posters' convention said Hint it was now the practice of tin- association to maintain a high standard of publicity in all out door advertising and that they were working against all advertis ing the least bit, immoral or sug gestive. ' 'I oxas was the best organized of all the delegalions al the conven tion, said Mr. Weseott. With 150 l-e boosters, wearing uniform bnts unit badges, they came to the, convention and throughout show i'0 perfect leain-vvork, which en abled Ihehi to capture the con vention for Dallas next year. Iowa nnd Cooi'gia also had splendid organizations. The Nebraska delegation made; a .jooiI showing. In the parado llie delegates aUracted much at tention with each delegate carry ing a bright colored umbrella with llie Nebraska slogan upon if. Each Nebraskan also had a small cow bell and the delegation went sing ing and ringing its way through out I ho convention. S R. McKelvie of Lincoln, editor of fhfl Ne'brasku Farmer and promoter ' "of the excursion, was one of the prominent figures at the. meeting! lie had a place on tin) program, and with much credit represented the Oolden Rod state. In the, 'election of vice presi dents,' each to represent a sec lion of the country, Mr. McKelvie w as chosen vice, president' to rep resent the northwest division. This puts him in a position to do niurM! good for Nebraska in an advertising way. Secretary Weseott will make a full report of the convention at the next, meeting of the Com mercial dub. He said that the way Boston handled the conven tion was perfect, and that the hospitality was way beyond par. Every comfort of (ho deelgates was looked after, nothing being loft, undone, and the program was carried out absolutely as ar ranged. Teachers at Weeping Water. The annual institute of the Cass County Teachers' associa tion Is being held this week at. Weeping Water, beginning today. It will be in session live days. Mary E. Foster," county superin tendent, is in charge of the meet ing. I- The congrogaliiui of the, I Holy Rosary church will give I a dance al the Kalolieky I Sokol hall Saturday even I ing, August Huh. Tcikols I fiOc. Refreshments will be I served. Everybody come and I have a good time. M -"Mt HM"MMW M"I' Civil Service Examination. There will bo a civil aervicA animation for rural carr-r . the postolllce Salurdnv tnorni: at 9:;t0 o'clock.. ,:. im Out of Quarantine. , . CQincilman Newman and Jaine Hickson were "released from quarantine today. They had mild cases! of smallpox. Burlington Picnic Announcements are out tolling of Iho Burlington Employps' as sociation picnic al Capital Beach on Thursday, August 17. Harold Slroighl of Omaha was in town yesterday visiting rela tives. l.ia;i. Miiif k. Stnte of NVtiriiKku, Cuhh County, ?. Wllliion W. tOmt.'n and Krnn'.. (. Itnnfor will tiike notice Hint on ;l;; Till lay of AiiKiiKt, 1911, M. Areh.i, ii Justice of the I'euce of the CUv or I'luttHiiHMith, 1'iiHM County, N-elrrkii, IhkikmI ii n order 'of nttiii-litiinnt f- Hit Hum of lull. Dili In nn net Ion pondlti lie fore liltn wiri'ln (leorire l'im U Is pluhllllT iiml W" 1 1 1 In tit W. CoiUp ;iu,l l-'ifinlt C. Ilenfcr nro l-f enilnnts, Unit the properly of Iho oVfenilimt, -on-flutfriK of a ilelit owlnir !y WVyr . ,V. HailrHlm to the xahl William W. C ' iK-h. IfMM been attached under mild n.iei Said i'lniNO whn continued to the "ntl day of Heptemhor, 1911, at I o'- 'ocH a. in. liatod at I'lnttHinoutli, Nebraska thin 10th day of A u taint, 1911. OoiKfl l'olsall, ritttntlV.