BAR ASSOCIATION
FAVORS CHANGES
Siiggssh Im Ralcal Diilsr
er.ccs !n Ccuit Frccsta.
CSLY MATEri-L ERf.ORS COUNT
Lawyers Agree That This Only Should
Be Cause for Reversal Jury Com
mission for Omaha Rcscoe Pound
Indorsed for Supreme Court.
Lincoln, Dec. 30. The Nebraska
Bar association indorsed Roscoe
Pound, loMiiorly of this city and now
proies.sor of law at Harvard univer
sity, for a position on the United
Stntes supreme bench, mado vacant
by the death of Justice. Harlan. Tho
aesorlnCon also went on rocoid as fa
voring some radical changes In j.idlelal
jinKnIiiie in Nebraska The report,
which wan adopted, was brought in
by the rend ttions committee, com
posed of Howard Kennedy of Omaha
and E, I. Cleni"tits and T. J. Doyle of
Lincoln.
The ret onmniidat ions w ere lor a re
vival of the oMice of district attorney,
Ue reduction of tho number of per
emptory challenges in eriuiinal cases,
the del'' aidant being allowed the Hnnie
Dumber as the (date, which is to have
tho sfnnio number as at present; the
enactment ot a statute direct in;;
courts In every dago of criminal pro
cedure to disregard technical errors or
defects, and that, no judgment shall bo
reversed that does not affect the sub
stantial rights of the defendant : the
appointment of a Jury commissioner
in Omaha; the commencement of
civil act'on by original notice, and
five sixths of n jury In civil cases to
render a verdict.
There were some objections to all
tho proposals except the one that noth
Inc but material error should bo
g'onnd for reversal by tho supreme
court and on this there was unanim
ity. The other recommendations, how
c vor, were finally adopted.
Paul L. Martin, dean of Crolghton
law school, discussed the "Trained
?"wvcr" in his addp'ss, declaring the
bar had lost much of its old time pres
tige and that only more strict require
nwtitn for admias'nn could restore It.
Tho report of the committee on edit
t.ntlon was along the same lines and, If
It is adopted, candidates will have
more strenuous time than at present.
If the new regulations nro adopted the
applicant must Ijave had four years In
lil v h stbool, at least one year in a law
school In nddit'on to private study
which will enable the candidate to
T'.ihh the examination.
The annual meeting of the associa
tion concluded u It It a banquet at the
l'ncoln hotel, at which there was a
largo attendance.
Bond Company Campaign.
State Auditor Barton and Hanking
Commissioner Uoyco arc preparing a
campaign against bond and land com
panics organized In other stales and
which collect money on Installments.
The Inquiry about tho Standard Homo,
whose agents have been solli King bttsl-
tichs In the state without a license,
Martod things. The company Is In
corporated in lie'aware and has bead
olilces in Hirminghnm, Ala. It Is con
ducted on the bond building and loan
plan. The Alabama state officials say
i hey know nothing about its standing.
Another company which Is being In
vctlgnted la the Mexican Land com
pany.
Douglas County Helps Out.
Douglas county caine to the rescue
of the state treasury with a remittance
or $r5 2i!. Thomas county paid In
Jlfl.1 and Valley county, J4.32L Those
payments, with others which are ex
ported to come in rapidly now, will
place Treasurer George In a position
to take up all the outstanding war
rants, of which I hove are at present
about $250,000.
Cafeteria at University.
The proposed cafeteria at the unl-
vu.vity is to be a go and In a few
days work will he commenced remod
eilne, the l;as"iirnt of the Temple at
the university lor that purpose. The
purpose Is to give students the noon
meal at n reasonable price. It prob
ably will be run by the university
Wning Men's Clubdom association.
One Saloonlst In Case.
.Indue Cornish, in the case of Flor
nee ltrennan, vho sued three saloon'
keepers for damages, rules tlint action
vti be maintained only against one
and tho action a:;alnst Herman Stein-
kuVor and Many C. Jensen was dls
missed, that avniiist Heiirv C. Seeloy
being retained on the docket.
Arapahoe Man Married Upon Train.
IJucoln, "Ye. :P.--Karl Shock of
Arapahoe and Miss ltn hnel lilven of
WeMein, W. Va . were married in the
vestibule ol' a Itui 'lington westbound
train and departed on the same train
for the'.r new homo at. Arapahoe. The
two j onus people were yo ithful sweet
hearts in West Virginia, where both
Molded until about a year ago, when
the young man eanio to Nebraska to
win bis fortune
Man Hurt in Ice House Sues Armour.
Madison, Neb., Dee. SO. Smith Ar
buckle has lomnu'iicod action in tho
dletrlet court of Madison county, No
-m-irduv against Armour At Co. to re
iovcr damages in the sum of $10,000
for Injuries which he alleges that he
sustained on Nov. 23, at Memphis,
Nth., wl.lle employed in the defend
ants Ice house at Unit place.
UDY SiUH WILSON.
"Heroine of Mafekhg,"
Who Will te Mrs. Leeds'
Guest on Yacht Cruise.
Xi XiXjt?:r-X:
MRS, UlUS PLANS CHUISE
arty Will Make Trip In Yacht to Far
East.
Paris, Dee. 30. Mrs. W. D. Leeds
has chartered the Semirnmls rro.n
Ixird Anglesey and intends leaving Na
ples about Jan. 16 for India, Ceylon,
Singapore, China, Japan and the Phil
ippines. She will have with her the Duke and
Duchess of Manchester, Lady Sarah
W'lson, the "heroine of Mnfoklng," and
one or two other friends.
LABOR LEADERS
CALLED TO COURT
Heads cl Striking Unions Or
CereJIo Appear Monday.
Kansas City, Dec. 30. To answer
what they believe Is a government
prosecution under the Sherman anti
trust law, charging them with re
Ktrnlnt of trade--the first suit of that
nature ever filed against a labor lead
er in the United States-three officials
of the unions whose men are striking
for better working conditions on the
llarrlmnn lines were ordered by the
government to appear Jan. 1 next In
the United States circuit court of the
eastern division tif Illinois at Danville.
The men summoned were M. F.
Uynn, general president of the Rail
way Carmen of America; J. A. Frank
lin, International president of the
brotherhood of Ho'le: ini'l .era, and A.
Hlnpmnn, vice president ol' tho boiler
makers. The, court k minions was Is
sued at the order of Judge Wright of
the federal district co irt and It Is ap
proved by Fdward D. V.'hlte chief Jus
tice of the United States.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE TABRIZ
Occupancy Is Result of Nine Days'
Siege of City.
rahrlji, Persia. Dec. 30. A nine-
days' siege of this city by the Rub
slan troops has resulted In Its com
plete occupation by the Russian forcej
and the dispersal of tho combatants
beloimlng to the- constitutional pro
gresslve party. Numerous casualties
were sustained by both sides, the Rus
sians alone losing from 100 to 200
men, while t'.io losses of the Persians
were very sever", although the nutn
ber cannot, be ascertained.
Saf Conduct for Shuster.
Washington. Dec. 30.-Russla Is
making preparations for the safe pas
sage of W. Moninn Shuster, Jr., dis
missed treasurer general of Persia, out
of that country, according to dispatch
es received at tr.e state department
from Ambassador Ou'ld at St. Peters
hur1?. Mr. Shuster's party, it is be
lieved, will sttirt fnnn Teheran within
n w;eek. The party Include! Mr. Shus
tcr's wife and two daughters.
Offer of Oil Stock Made to Dol'ey.
Cleveland, Dec. 3').-S. H. Oarrett
Tepel a (Ivin.l ng'-nt of Charles A
Sandals and Mhert S (irliTln. on trial
In the federal cn ut here for alleged
mls'ise (if t1 r mails to di rn'ud, testl
Fid that !Mel; of Ce Sterling Oi'
co:ep:nv lad been of.'ef d to J. N
Do'lev. tate b" nk com'nissioner of
K.insi'c, lor h''i ludtvi meat o'
eonir 'iiv Cr'f'n. on the vtand hefo'-r
O.nntt WH ca'led, testlll 'd that Dol
I.h- ( ( n-jenleii to g'l to Oklahoma lo
Ins;. ( I Ih'dr propeH'es. but refused
to do so the day hefo;v the pnrty was
to start.
La Follette Allies Direct Primaries.
N'uH'i nultlmote, ()., I eo. 30.
Semitur l. M. La Follette, on his thlr.1
day of progressive missionary work In
Ohio, mine here from Toledo. The
Initiative, referendum and recall nnd
combinations nnd trusts were again
discussed, but the main tenor of Ms
remarks he-e were for direct primary
elections.
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MEAT BUSINESS
RULED BY POOL
Fcrnicr Secre!ary Tells cf Chid
ing Cocnl.y M3 Scclbcs.
PRICE DETERMINES EACH WEEK
Values of rresh Beef and of Cattle
Fixed at Meetings of Packers' Com
bination Veeder Tells of Inside
Workings of Pool.
Chicago, Dec. 33. Direct evidence
that a packers' pool was in existence
rrom 1893 to 1896 and that It, after
luFpendlng operation two years, re
lumed control of the country's fresh
meat business, was given in the pack
Pis' trial by Henry Veeder, who ad
mitted that he acted as secretary of
the organizat'on.
It was the first positive testimony
offered by the government regarding
the existence of the old pool which it
Is said met under the name of "Pot
Oiflce Dox No. 217," everv Tuesday r.r.l
ernoon on the sixth floor of the Conn
Bel aian building, Chicago, to fix tho
pilco chartrod for fresh beef, to agre
on the price to.be pa'd for cattle and
to allot imong its members tho
Amount of meat to be shipped into
the different centers of distribution.
Henry Verder, who Is a sou of Al
bert H. Vender, the veteran attorne,'
for the packers, followed his father o.i
the stand as the second witness called
by the eovernment. His ctory of the
Inside workings of the old packers'
pool was not half finished when court
adjourned. He admitted many of the
material allocations made by counsel
for the government in their opening
address to the jury.
Jlotween 1893 and 1896, the members
of the pool were Armour & Co., Ar
mour Packing company. Cudahy & Co.,
O. II. Hammond & Co., St. Louis
Dressed neef and Provision company,
Morris Co. nnd Swift & Co., accord
ing to Henry Veeder. In 189S
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger entered
the combination, the witness said.
Describes Weekly Meetings.
He described the meetings he'd
every Tuesday afternoon, at which he
said report? of the last week's busi
ness of the different members were
received and allotment of the net
week's business was divided on a per
centage hnrlfl.
Tho wltnear snid the country was
geocrnphicnlly divided into five sec
t'ons. each known by a letter of the
alphabet and that each of the mem
bers of thP alleged pool was similarly
designated to prevent publicity.
lie testified that a record was kent
of the amount of meat shipped to tht;
different branch houses and weekly
statements were sent to the members
showing the cost, average price re
ceived rnd the mareln of profit on
fresh bepf In tho different cities.
The witness gave a minute desrr'p
tlou of the Intricate system used by
th alletrod pool In keeping Its ac
counts nnd transacting Its business.
Attornevs for the defendants made
an unsuccessful effort to prevent the
witness from answering ouestions re
garding the Inside work'ngn of the
pnokers' pool, but Judge Carpenter
overruled every objection and direct
ed the government to proceed wltb
tho presentation of Its case.
TURKS DEFEAT ITALIANS
Official Messare Tells of Twenty-four-Hour
Battle In Tripoli.
Washington, Dec. 30. A twenty-four-hour
battlo. In which the Turkish
troops defeated the Italian force.
killing half of it In the rout, Is dis
cussed In official messages from Con
stantinople, made public at the Turk
ish embassay. Tho message was trans
mitted to the Imperial ministry of war
at Constantinople by the commander
of the Turkish troops from Tobruk,
Tripoli. The Turks loRt seven killed
and a few wounded.
Bomb Found In Chicago.
Chicago, Pre. 30. An Infernal ma
chine, consisting of a quantity of high
power dynamite In a box and designed
tc be exploded by a series of springs
actuating percussion caps, was taken
from three boys by the police here.
They said it hnd been given to them
by an electrician Kdward Herbert,
Herbert snld he had found it In a va
cant lot.
Woman Clerk of Court Will Retire.
Kansas City. Dec. 30. After nine
teen years' continuous service as clerk
of the United States circuit court
here, Miss Adelaide Utter, who was
the first woman to he appointed to a
federal court clerkship, will retire Jan.
1 The clrcu't court will go out of ex
istence at that time, having been
merged with the federal district court
Roosevelt Puts Lid on News.
New York, Dec. 31. Theodore
Roosevelt announced be would decline
to make nubile In the future the names
of persons who should call upon him
"nnd anything that they say or do not
fay." Co'onel Roosevelt lind nothing
to sav upon any other topic, he de
clured.
Crippled Destroyer Towed Into Harbor.
Washington, Dee. "o. The crippled
torpedo boat destr ..'or Wnrrlngton,
which was run down olt Hatteras In a
gale by an unknown ship, wns safely
towed Into Hampton Roads by the rev
enue cutter Onondaga, which also
brought the destroyer's crew.
THE JAPANESE"
COMPLIMENTED
Pastor Bmssll Fraises Mr
Kind Demeanor.
DEPLOYS LACK OF FAITH,
Noted Preacher Discourses on the Im
portance ot the Will and Its Proper
Direction New Year the Time to
Choose a Right Line of Service Faith
In God . of All Grace Necessary to
Strength of Character and a Perma
nent Civilization.
T o k 1 o, Japan,
Dee. 31st. -The
Foreign Missions
Investigation
Committee is here
and are accorded
every courtesy ami
every facility. Pus
tor Uussell, Chair
man of the Com
mittee, deli-4er--(l
two addresses to
day, lie hud m e
of our finest Audi
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VASIOK fllibttll
toriums, the Y. M.
C. A., and a largo attendance. In las
audience of Lnglish residents were
many Japanese. Very earnest atten
tion was given liim. We report one of
bis address's from the to:;!, ''Cho.,se
ye this day w hom ye will serve" (Josh
ua xxiv, l.'ii. lie said:
r mil deeply impressed with the great
progress which your nation has made,
which is manifest on every hand, l'.ut
alas'. 1 fear that here, as In civilized
lands, some of the progress is injuri
ous. The .In pa nose cud every oilier
people need a faith ballast. It is iuv
essary to strength of character and a
permanent civilization. Without It. i:i
a little while the whole world will be
swept Into anarchy. Indeed I foresee
that awful condition approaching rap
idlyIn Luri'po, in America and here
In Jupau.
Laments the Lack of Faith Ballast.
The basis of anarchy is a lack of
faith ballast; and alas! our wonderful
schools, with I heir line eiuipmeiils. are
the real cause of the condition whh h
is approa lilng. In Kurope and Amer
ica this infidelity Is glossed over wilh
the name of Higher Criticism, but be;e
I see that you more candidly libel It
Aguosiii Ism and Atheism. M ::piull
ed me to lin.l tba! th" pre; : ess nf
your scholars fro'.u S'alntol-uu (Vml'n
danism and P.iuMhism has i.ot h:'i.:
toward Christianity, but toward ,'.:,
unbelief. I b"ve been banded a report
from three of your s hools whidi b:i;
made lue beartsi. k. Out of a talal ',
K)! Students 4 roic-sctl Cbiisll inity.
17 the religion of your fathers, no do
clured themselves Atheists. regis
tered as Agnosiits and III were so be
wildered as to be nou-i onimlttal.
Alas, my friends, even your prover
bial politeness, gentleness, kindness oi
character and willingness to die for
your Kinperor cannot exist long unth r
the inlluence of such a lack of faitii
ballast. And what your scholars of
today believe will surely relied In your
masses shortly. And I am bound in
candor to admit that a very similar
condition of things prevails through
out Kurope and America. The outlook
is ominous indeed.
Whatever we may be, the closing of
one year and the opening of another
furnishes a favorable opportunity for
retrospection as well as for good reso
lutions. I trust that my audience
agrees with me in this. The greatest
power In the universe Is the power of
the will, nnd we are all learning how
Important a matter it Is thnt our own
wills and tho wills of our fellow-creatures
be rightly directed. It is In line
with this thought that the Wise man
declared that "greater Is a man thnt
ruleth his own spirit than he who con
quers a city;" and, "As a man wllleth
In his heart, so Is he." (Proverbs xvl,
32; xxlll, 7.1
Wsr and Rapine Not Noble Objects.
Of old Alexander the Great willed
to be the conqueror of the world, nnd
at a cost of wealth and streams of
blood he accomplished wonders. We
are gradually learning, however, that
war and rapine are not sufficiently no
ble objects for the human ambltloi
and will. Instead, the bright minds
of the world are turning toward the
conquering of the earth. Highways
are cast up, rails are laid, trnlns are
run, mountains are pierced, rivers are
ipnnned with bridges, and the human
will Is using steam and electrical pow
er in every direction In a marvelous
manner. I am not emphasizing these
well known facts so common to our
observation, but calling attention to
the trill behind all those results, with
out which they would not be attained.
And what Is thus imted In the
achievement of the world reminds us
that we each and all have wills,
wbl di should be rluhtly d! reded nnd
forcefully exercised in all of our per
sonal affair, our lives, our ambitions,
our family and social attainments. A
will-less man Is a good-for-nuught.
How Important, then, It Is that all of
our wills should be wisely, rightly di
rected, thai our lives may be made as
successful and useful as possible, for
the glory of our Creator and for the
welfare of our fellows, as well as for
our own sakes I suggest to you.
therefore, in harmony with our tet,
that we "choose this day'' eur course
for the coming year, yen, for life, and,
finding that we have chosen wisely,
that 'we bend every energy to tne out
working of that resolution or will.
Japan a Flowery Kingdom.
This choice does not necessarily mean
hat all must turn right about face aud
go in the opposite direction to that hi
whh h we have been going. I am not
a believer in the theory of man's total
depravity. Wherever I travel 1 per
ceive marks of sin, depravity, human
Imperfection, weakness, but 1 also per
ceive evidences of good intentions, good
endeavors, noble resolves.
Is It not because sin at the present
time is profitable, advantageous, pleas
urable, or wvhih to be one or all of
these, that it is sought after, desired
and given so large a control in human
affairs? Is not this true because we
are now under the domination of the
Prince of darkness, the Prince of this
world, whom the Scriptures declare
shall be bound for a thousand years
aud deceive the nations no more, by
putting light for darkness?
When the deception shall pass away
and mankind shall see clearly the jjyj
and rewards of righteousness, will they
not prefer them? And if In that glo
rious F.poch right doing brings bless
ing and pleasure, and wrong doing
brings nil the disadvantages and
stripes, may we not expect that tho
majority of humanity will seek right
eousness, seek harmony with Cod, and
thus see!; the J ys and blessings of
Divine favor and everlasting life?
My brief stay In Japan has given mo
a keen appreciation of what the Japa
nese have already attained as a people-entirely
aside from Christianity.
I perceive many things In Japan, close
ly connected with your religious ens.
toms. which put to the blush certain
conditions prevalent In Furope and
America,, where Christianity has been
dominant for centuries. We are to ac
knowledge the good wherever we set
it, and so now I freely acknowledge
that I per- eive amongst your people an
esthetic taste, a gentleness of demeanor
and a loyalty of heart which I fully
appreciate, even though these quali
ties came to the Japanese, not through
Christianity, but through Shintoisin
nnd Ituddhisni. Indeed. I must apolo
gize for much of the rudeness and
cmdeness of the so-called Christian na
tions, of whh h you have heard through
your learned men nnd of which you
know something through contact with
the soldiers and sailors of these lands
who come to your ports.
I would have you understand that
the teachings of Christianity cover
every form of courtesy, gentleness,
brotherly kindness and hospitality.
The very keynote of Christ's instruc
tion to His followers Is loir, out of a
pure heart and that each should do
unto his neighbor ns he would that his
neighbor should do to him. The fruits
and graces of the Holy Spirit of
Christ are prominently set forth in thi
Rible meekness, gentleness, patience,
long-suffering, faith, hope, joy. love.
You should know, moreover, that,
wldle these qualities are very general-1 ture, yea, even to death, the ignomln
ly b.uored amongst the representatives . jous death of the cross. Thus doing
of Christendom, there are, neverthe-1 He provided the Ransom-Price for the
less, faithful disciples of Jesus who sins of the whole world, for the pea-
study daily to put Into practice all
these qualities marked by Divine ap
proval. The difference seems to be
that these esthetic qualities or graces
In your land have become a national
trait with the Japanese, while in
Christendom, so-called, they are prac
ticed only 'by a proportionately small
number, the remainder rather boasting
of nnd cultivating qualities the reverse
of these, as more helpful In the battle
for life and for money which is mani
fest everywhere aniong them.
Disagrees With Missionaries.
I find myself unable to agree with
the teachings of the missionaries
which have reached you, however hon
est some of them may have been.
Knowing thnt an essential feature of
Rhlntolsiu is reverence for deceased
ancestors, many missionaries, I fear,
have done violence to your tenderest
feelings and most deeply seated con
victions when they told you that your
ancestors, instead of helng objects of
worsldp, are damned of God nnd have
begun their experiences of a torture
which will last to all eternity, because
they did not know nnd therefore did
not accept Jesus Christ as their Mes
siah and Savior, and did not become
FIls followers.
I will not discuss the sincerity of
these brethren In thus doing violence
to your most sacred and tender senti
ments; I will merely say that to my
understanding they have misinterpret
ed our great Creator's Plan and the
explanation thereof furnished us In our
sacred Scriptures. Instead. I give you
the Bible Message, that your forefa
thers, whom you so deeply venerated,
are, according to the Bible, asleep In
death, sweetly resting from all labor,
strife, vexation and turmoil, awaiting
the morning light of a new Epoch.
That glorious period, wheu they wll'
be awakened and come forth undo
more favorable conditions than the
present, under n reign of righteousness,
and to a clear knowledge of the Truth,
Is to be Inaugurated by the coming of
Christ, the world's Messiah. He conies
to establish His Kingdom ami to over
throw the Prince of darkness. He
comes to break the shackles of Igno
rance and sin, sickness aud death, and
to set mankind free from these. Ills
Kingdom will set up tne glorious stand
ard of righteousness nnd truth and ren
der every assistance possible for hu
manity to come Into harmony with the
Divine will.
In that glorious Day, which, I be
lieve, Is very near at hand, everything
that you and your ancestors have learn
ed lu harmony with meekness, gentle
ness, patience, long-suffering, brother
ly klnduess, love, will he that much of
nn assistance In your uplift toward tho
full perfection of the Divine-require-
ment of character. And, similarly, bo
It noted, those who have failed to eul-
tlvate these heart and character qunll
ties, whether they were Japanese or
nominal Christians, will have th.at
much whereof to be ashamed, and t
overcome and rectify.
Does Not Wish to Be Misunderstood.
Do not misunderstand ine. I utn not
Ignoring the fundamental Christ las
doctrine that "Christ died for sr
sins, according to the Scriptures, and
rose again for our justification." I am
affirming that doctrine and carrying
It to its legitimate conclusion. The
Bible, the inspired Authority of ''hrLs
tendom, clearly teaches that tf. siw
rifielal death of Jesus, the Just for the
unjust, was not for a mere haudfnl.
but for the entire race. That sneriu
cial death took place more than four
thousand years after Adam's siu, but
It is to be made etlknclous for Adam
and all of his race not merely for
those who have heard the Message of
Divine grace, nor merely for those who
have lived since the sacrifice took
place, but, ns the Bible declares, "Je
sus Christ by the grace of God, tasted
death for every man." (Hebrews il, 'Jtf
Another Scripture distinctly shows
thnt the Divine favor and blessing re
sulting from Jesus' death i not only
to be a benefit to the Church, to I ho;
who now believe nnd walk in the foot
steps of the Redeemer, but will ulti
mately benefit all the remainder of
mankind. Thus we rend, "He is a
propitiation (satisfaction) for our sin
(the Church's sins), nnd not for oms
only, but also for the sins of the whole
world." (I John 11, 2.) All mnnkiud.
therefore, must ultimately rcelve a
benefit, a blessing, as a result of .Te
sus' death, and this wi'.l Include your
ancestors. I his Is the met nod (oii
has adopted for the fulfilment of
glorious promises of thirty-live hun
dred years ago to Abraham to which
promise our Creator gave Ills oath,
that we might have strong consolation
nnd faith in its fulfilment. The prom
ise is that "All the families of the
earth shall be blessed," and, nddltioa
nlly, that the blessing shall come to
them through Abraham's Seed.
Christendom's Great Mistake.
The great mistake made by Chris
tendom has been In overlooking the
fact that God's great work thus far
has been only the finding of the prom
ised Seed of Abraham, through whom
tho blessing will reach all peoples,
rrlmarlly, this gracious offer was made
to Abraham's natural posterity, the na
tion of Israel, if they could keep per
fectly the terms of their Law Cove
nant. But they were unable so to
because, like the remainder of the race,
they were fulleu, imperfect. Then R
was that God revealed to them Unit
lie would send them a Savior, who
would deliver them from their own
weakness aud use them in carrying
the blessing nnd favor to the whole
world.
In due time God sent Ills Son, Jesus,
to be the Redeemer. Jesu.i left tlte
glory which He had with the Father
nnd humbled Himself to human na-
nlty upon the race was a death pen
alty, the result of one man's disobedi
ence. Thus the death of a Just One
for the unjust is sufficient to consti
tute n satisfaction of the Divine Law,
the redemption of the race from Its
death sentence. Thus was secured to
all an opportunity for resurrection:
"As by a mau came death by a Man
also comes the resurrection of the
dead; for as till in Adam die, even w
nil in Christ shall be mude alive, every
mau in bis own order" not nil at once.
-I Corinthians xv. 21, 23.
Jesus, the Redeemer, having finislid
Uls sacrifice, was returned to heaven
ly glory at the right hand of Divine
Majesty, far superior to angels, ere.
He now Is ready for Ills great work.
Why the delay, do you ask? The
Scriptures very clearly Inform us that
a special, saintly class, to be gathered
out of all nations, peoples, kindreds
and tongues, is to be associated wRh
the Redeemer in His great work of
blessing the world. It is for this foae
ordnlned compnny to be called, chosen
and found faithful that the Messianic
Kingdom del'ivs. It is my opinion thrtt
the delay is nearly over that veey
soon tho last member of the glorioita
company will have passed beyond the
veil, and that then, forthwith, the suf
ferings of The Christ, Hend and. Body,
being ended, Messiah's glorious King
dom will begin.
What Israel Did Not Obtain.
St. Paul points us to the fact thnrf
the Jewish Age, up to the time of
Jesus, accomplished a great moral ttp
11ft in that ratlou, but that the nation
as a whole was not saintly and hence,
ns a whole, could not be the Redeem
er's associates In Ills Messianic Klag
dom. When Messiah came to His wn
and they received Him not. but cru
cified Him, they ns a nation were re
jected from Divine favor for a time.
But some of them were Israelites In
deed some of them received Jesus, be
came His dlsdples, and were accepted
of God by the begetting of the VlW
Spirit, at nnd after Pentecost, to tie
members of the House of Sons mem
bers of spiritual Israel.
Since then Divine Providence has
been selo ting Hie saintly ones frwm
every nation under heaven, to ooiu
r'.ote this spiritual Israel. Thus St
Taul declares again, "If ye be Christ's,
then nro je Abraham's Seed, and heirs
according to the promise"-the proinhw
that all the families of the earth shuH
be blessed through this Seed. Gnhi
tinns ill, Id. 20.
So today, on the threshold of the
New Year, I urge upon you a recogni
tion of tho power of the will, nnd the
Impoitance of Its proper exercise tn
I choosing the best thlngs-the thlnB
I represented in Christ and Ills glorlown
Gospel of the love of God. "Chooee yD
this day whom ye will serve,,-Ge4 r
( Mammon.