Have a Straw
Buy your straw hat today and get the full bene
fit. Drop in when you're by here and see the mag
nificent line we are showing in every new shape:
Sennetbraids, Panamas, Porto Ricans, Bangkoks,
Manillas and Mexicans. Every price from 5c to
S10. They're worth more than they cost when the
sun shines hot.
Children's Wash Hats, 50c
C. E. Wescott's
Always the Home of Satisfaction
s
ons
BATTERING DOWN
WALLSJF HELL
Hot tha Srteol of the Bible,
Says Pastor Russell,
BUT THAT OF THE DARK AGES
Local fJews
will visit at (he home of Mrs. Ada
Moore and family for a few days.
From Wednesday' Daily.
Miss Marilla Maxwell came
down from Fremont last evening
and will visit here with her rela
tives for a time.
F. E. Vallery was a business
visitor in the metropolis today,
depatring for that city on the
early Burlington train.
Sheriff Quinton and County At
torney Taylor were out in the
vicinity of Greenwood yesterday
attending to county business.
J. N. Jordan and wife drove in
this morning from their home
near this city and were passeng
ers on No. 15 for the metropolis.
Nicholas Ilalmes, the Weeping
Water miller, was in the city to
day for a few hours attending to
Pome mailers at the court house.
C. L. Graves or the Union
Ledger came up last evening from
his home and spent several hours
here looking after some business
matters.
Henry Born, wife and son were
passengers this morning on No.
15 for Omaha, where they visit
ed for the day with relatives and
friends.
Misses Nora and Jennie Bat
ton departed this afternoon on
No. 23 for Newman Grove, Neb.,
where they will visit over Decora
tion day.
Mrs. F. B. Manley of Grand Is
land, who has been here visiting
San) G. Smith and wife for a few
days, departed this afternoon for
her home.
A! ' E. Lakemorie 'orie 'of the
prominent residenls of the west
ern part of the county, was in
the city today looking after busi
ness matters.
J. E. Johnson came down from
Omaha last evening on No. 2 to
attend to sonif business matters,
as well as to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Manning of
near Eagle motored over this
morning from their home and
From Tuesday's Dally.
L. D. Hiatt and wife of Murray
were up last evening to attend
the class play at the Parmele.
Tom Mapes of Helena, Mon
tana, arrived last evening for a
short visit here with his mother
and sister.
A. M. Holmes returned to his
home at Murray this morning,
after a short visit here with rela
tives and friends.
Frank E. Schlater and wife
were passengers this morning for
Omaha, where they spent the day
looking after business matters.
W. G. Boedeke rand wife came
up last evening from Murray to
attend the class play.
Mrs. Henry H. Tartsch arrived
last evening on No. 2 from her
home at Sioux Cily to make a
short visit here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Ballanee.
Col. J. B. Seybolt of Murray
came up this morning from his
home and was a passenger on the
early Burlington train for South
Omaha to look after business
mailers on the slock market.
Quite a number were in the city
last evening from Union to attend
the class play, and among them
were the following: Mr. and Mrs.
John McCarroll and daughter,
Miss Nettie; Misses Ruth Garri
son, Lola Wolf, Ida Clark, Dovie
Barkhursl, Messrs. Rue Frans
and Harley Thomas.
Harry Creamer, wife and little
son came in last evening from
Red Cloud, Neb., for a short visit
here with Hie parents of Mrs.
Creamer, Rev. V. L. Austin and
wife. This morning Rev. Austin
and Mr. Creamer were passeng
ers for Omaha to spend the day.
Miss Golda Noble, accompanied
by her brother, V. Everett Noble,
were passengers for Kearney this
morning, where they will attend
the commencement exercises of
the Kearney Military academy, at
which time Iheir brother, Evan
Noble, will graduate.
B. L. Philpot of Weeping Wa
ter drove up this morning from
his home in a line new Maxwell
"35", which is one of the latest
on the market and a very hand
some appearing machine.
Mrs. Belle Waterman and
daughter, Ethel, of Hay Springs,
who have been here visiting at the
home of Judge and Mrs. B. S.
Ramsey, were passengers this
afternoon for Omaha, where they
will visit for a short time.
C. M. Seybert of Louisville was
in the cily today for a few hours
looking after some matters of
business.
Must Do as Others Do.
People usually want to appear
greater, richer, than they really
are, saying that they must do as
others do and that they cannot
keep behind their neighbors. Un
fortunately, they forget to con
sider Iheir physical and mental
strength. The unceasing nervous
strain, the constant excitement
and worry, the heavy meals and
strong drinks must effect their
health, must shorten their life,
unless they are very careful. We
call those careful who do not
neglect the slightest indisposition
or nervousness. They use at
once Triner's American Elixir of
Bitter Wine to tone up their
weakened body. A good dose at
bed-lime and another in the
morning will drive out of the
body all waste matter and will
give new strength to the digestive
organs. This remedy is recom
mended in diseases of the stom
ach, the liver and the intestines
At drug stores. Jos. Triner,-1338-
1339 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago,
111. After a hot bath rub the body
with Triner's Liniment and all
stiffness of muscles and joints
will quickly disappear.
For Sale.
New buggy, ahrness and No.
single driver. Outfit at the home
of Geo. Marks, Nehawka.
Wes Kivett.
M Warm Weather Tip
That Should Be a Help to All the Feminine Gender
Cool, roomy, Underwear Muslin at from
25c to $5.00
Either Lace or Embroidery Trimming.
Silk Hose, the Gordon make, at from
50c to $2.00
White Waists-Acorn Brand
79c to $5.00
The kind advertised in
mail order houses that
children's parasoi-Cot. can be bought here at
ton and Silk
1 9c to $ I
i
i
n
least 50c cheaper.
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Jesus Promises to Destroy the Bible
Hell Why the Superstitious View of
Hell Should Bo Battered by All Lov
ers of Truth Tho Bad Effects of the
Error Faith In True Qod Is Vanish
ing Becaueo of This Colossal Error,
This "Doctrine of Demons" Inven
tion Not Learning, but Ignorance,
Opposes Error's Destruction.
Kansas City,
Mo., June 1. ros
ter Ilussell ad
dressed here today
largo audiences of
Bible Students.
We report oue of
bis discourses, In
which he declared
the hell of the
Bible a totally dif
ferent one from
the hell of the
Dark Ages. This
error, he said, still
casts a gloom over the masses and hin
ders a proper appreciation of the Di
vine character re Love nud Justice.
lie took a combination text: "0 Sheol
hell, I will lie thy destruction" (llo-
sea 13:14); "0 Hades hell, where Is
thy victory?"! Corinthians 15:53.
My text, said tho Pastor, teaches
that Jesus will destroy the hell of the
Bible, the tomb the stnte of death,
lie will do It by delivering all man
kind from death by the resurrection.
Thus He will ultimately gain Ills great
victory over sin and death, and deliver
humanity from their power. No one
but Jesus can do this. Hence we must
wait for the appointed time the es
tablishment of the Messianic Kingdom.
Meantime, it la ours to batter down
tho hell of torment which for centuries
has troubled God's saints, and turned
tho hearts of the masses from their
Creator.
The Tastor dealt some rigorous
blows at the doctrine he condemned,
They were not blows of anger nor of
sentiment, but Mows of logic and of
Scripture. He urged his hearers not to
think that the cultured and intelligent
ministers oppose him. Ills opponents
are comparatively few, he said, and
they are of two classes. Some good,
and honest, but Ignorant; others thor-
oughly informed, who no more believe
In a hell of torture than does tho Pas
tor, dodge the question and give the
impression that they believe it, so as
to hoodwink the people, and keep them
in darkness on a subject of the moot
vital Importance to human happiness.
now and throughout eternity.
The masses of Christian ministers are
educated. Treachers in general know
well that the Bible does not teach a
hell of torture that tho words Sheol,
Hades, Gehenna and Tartarus do not
signify a place of torture where all
except tho saintly will everlastingly
suffer. These ministers do not come
forth into the open with me to combat
the error, presumably because they do
not realize that this terrible blasphemy
against the Divine character lies at
the bottom of nearly all the godless
ness and the growing unbelief in the
Divine Word now prevalent To me
It is evident, said the Pastor, that rev
erence for God and faith in the Bible
can never be restored until this great
Moloch of false teaching shall be de
molished. This explains my zeal for
the exposing of error of the past, and
for the revealment of truth on tho sub
ject of future punishment All the
precious promises of the Bible and all
Its Just penalties are negatived and
made of none effect by this colossal er
ror of the past, whenever it is recog
nized, conceded.
The Pastor did not on this occasion
attempt explanations of some of the
three or four parables, which by mis
translations, misunderstandings and
Interpolations have been made to sup
port the God-dishonoring doctrine that
everlasting torture is the wages of sin,
In contradiction of the Bible statement
"The wages of sin la death." He con
tented himself with reminding his
hearers that lie had already preached
on the parable of the "Rich Man and
Lazarus, the parable of the "Sheep
and the Goats," and the Lord's state
ment, "where their worm dieth not and
their fire is not quenched"; and agalu
In Revelation, about the Devil being
cast with the beast and false prophet
Into torment
These four figurative statements. the
Pastor declared, ore the whole basis,
so far as the Bible is concerned, of the
doctrine of eternal torment He hnd
preached upon all of them. Many of
his hearers hnd read his sermons and
wore familiar with the reasonable ex
positions of thoo Scriptures. To oth
ers who have not heard and hare not
rtad, he offered to send bis views In
printed form, free upon postcard appli
cation. The God of All Gracs.
Tho God of tho Bible, snld the Pns
tor, Is such nt) one ns every liumsiu
heart needs and craves. He Is a God
of sympathy and love, respecting
Whom It Is declared (IValm 102:19, 20).
that He looked down from Ills Holy
Habitation and beheld, mid Ho heard
tho groanlnif of the prisoners. "Then
His own Ann brought salvation
(Isaiah 03:5.) The groaning of the
prisoners vas not in some faraway
fiery furnace, but right here on earth
in every home. St Foul declares, "The
whole creation grounetb ami travalletb
in pain together." He Is julto right.
Our race groans because we are slaves
of Sin, nud Sin is paying us the pre
scribed penalty, namely, death.
We are a dying race, mentally, mor
ally and physically. We are more and
more disappointing to ourselves and to
others, and we hasten toward the
tomb, slaves and prisoners going
down into the great prison-house of
Death. That prison-house of Death,
the tomb. Is the Bible hell. All the
aches and pains which come to us as
we approach and enter the prison are
incidental parts of the penalty. But
"There's a wldeness In God's Mercy,
Like the wldeness of the sea."
He has purposed a blessing upon ev
ery member of the race, all of whom
have suffered the loss of Eden hap
piness and of life Itself through the
disobedience of the first man, Father
Adam. The Second Adam Is to com
pletely undo the work of the first, and
is to give to every member of the race
fullest opportunity for reconciliation
and return to the Father's House,
The work of Jesus at the First Ad
vent was only a preparatory one. Ills
death was necessary as the correspond
ing price for the sin of the First Adam.
Only by paying that penalty could He
ever have the right to destroy the great
prison house the tomb, Hades and to
deliver the prisoners by resurrection
from the dead. Ills work was satis
factory. He has been received up into
glory "where He was before," only
with added dignity at the Father's
right hand. There He waits, the
rsalmlst tells us, for the hour to strike
when He shall take His great power
and reign. Fsalm 2:8-10.
The first feature of Ills campaign
will be the binding of Satan. Then
ne will cause the Sun of Rlghteous
ness to shine forth, with healing In Its
beams. The light of the knowledge of
God shall till the whole enrtlu Every
knee will bow and every tongue con
fess. All will have tho fullest oppor
tunity for return to God. and only the
willingly disobedient and rebellious
against light will die the Second Death,
and go into "everlasting destruction."
"He Upon the Throne Said."
Beautifully does the Book of Reve
lation picture the coming glories of
Messiah's Kingdom and the blessings
to mankind. Mark that it is the en
throned Messiah who declares, "Be
hold, I make nil things new," and who
tells that, as Jehovah's Messenger and
Representative, He will wipe away all
tears from off all faces and give beau
ty for ashes, and the oil of joy for the
spirit of sadness, Revelation 21:4;
Isaiah 01:1-3.
The God of Love and Grace, the God
who sympathizes with His creatures
and who promises ultimately to wipe
away all their tears, is tho only God
who appeals to the human heart and
head. Our misconceptions in the past
served to drive the' world further and
further away from God, nnd even tho
saintly found It difficult to worship
Him In spirit and In truth so dense
was the cloud of Ignorance and super
stition which enshrouded us. Hark to
Cardinal Newman's words,
"Lead, kindly Light.
Amidst the encircling gloom."
God Is sending out His light and
truth. The encircling gloom Is break
ing. The errors and superstitions
which hindered us from seeing the
beauty of God's Word are being scat
tered. The light from one page and
statement Is shining upon another.
The entire Word of God Is heard as
never before. God is epenklng. His
people are hearing. BIblo Students in
all parts of the earth are nwakenlng
to the unsectarlan study of the Lord's
Word.-2 Timothy 2:15.
True, Satan Is Btlll active. He Is not
yet bound. The Prince of Darkness
hates the light, battles against It, and
enlists on his side as many as possible.
Alas, that he is able to gain a few as
honest and ns blind as was Saul of
Tarsus, nineteen centuries ago. Theso
now breathe out threatenlngs, as did
Saul. But we have confidence that all
sincere ones of them, like St Paul,
will soon see a great light and hear
the great voice of the Master, and be
fully delivered from the evil spirit of
persecution, which, In our day, uses
slander and "shoots out arrows, even
bitter words," to destroy the Message
and the messengers of the Prince of
Light, now shortly to take His power
to reign for a thousand years, subject
ing all things to the Divine standards.
"Doctrines of Demons.
The Pastor declared that In his Judg
ment there is no doubt that the Church
during the Dark Ages came under the
Influence of the "doctrines of demons"
referred to by St Paul ne declared
that the demons of the Bible are
identical with the fallen angels of
Genesis 8. They seek to hide their
identity, representing themselves as
holy angels or as dead human beings
speaking to tho living through roedl
urns, as In Bible times through witch
es, wizards, necromancers, astrologers
soothsayers, etc.
These, under Satan's domination,
have for centuries sought to substan
Hate Satan's He, and to deceive man
kind into believing that the dead are
not dcad-luto believing that Satan
told tho truth, saying, "Ye shall not
surely die," and that God told the un
truth when ne said, "Thou shalt sure
ly die." To turn tho hearts of men
away from the God of Love and Mercy
they have traduced His character and
cultivated human fears
Light and Darkness In Foreign Lands
The Pastor related soino of his ex
perlonces amongst the heathen In In
dla. The inure Intelligent quickly
learned of the difference between the
Message of Hod's l ove which tho Pas
tor bore, nr.d the message they had
heard from the missionaries. Some of
them appeals! to htm to stay longer
for they wanted to hear more. They
declared that they could not accept
the teachings of the missionaries, to
th effect that nil of their forefathers
had gone to a hell of torture, simply
because they never heard of Jesus.
They declared that they could not be
lieve In such n God. even though they
respected tho intelligence of the mis
sionaries on other subjects.
They suld, "Our god do not allow
us to torture eveu brutes or Insects,
and hence would not themselves de
light In torture. How can we receive
the Christian's God. with sentiments
less noble than our own?" The Pas
tor's reply was, Dear Friends, we have
all made mistakes, more or less in the
past God's Word Is now opening up
to us more and more. We are learning
wherein we misunderstood Him and
His gracious purposes. Begin a prop
er study of the Bible. You will find
It soul-satisfying beyond all else.
The Pastor tells that in India scores
of Bible Student classes are springing
up; and native teachers in India, Chi
na, Japan nnd Korea are hearing of
the God of Love and Mercy and of the
better and clearer understanding of
the Bible, with rejoicing hearts. Tho
Gospel of the Kingdom that Messiah
is soon to become the great King, to es
tablish righteousness, to overthrow sin
and to uplift humanity he says ap
peals to the simple minds of the
Orient; especially to those attracted to
Christianity, but unable to enter heart
ily into its service because of the dark
ness, mysticism and unreasonableness
attaching to Its exposition.
The prayer of our Methodist friends,
"Send out Thy Light and Truth, 0
Lord," is surely being answered, said
the Tastor, even though some godly
Methodists are slow to perceive the
answer. The Message of the Love of
God which pnsseth all understanding
is tho Messngo which was forceful
with our own hearts as Christians, and
is the only Messago which has power;
hence our Master's prayer, "Sanctify
them through Thy Truth; Thy Word
is Trutb."-John 17:17.
Fear may be tho beginning of Wis
dom, but Love is surely its goal. Per
fect love castetb out all fear, and
brings us near to the great Fountain
of Grace and Truth, Mercy and Love.
In His Divlno presence and fellowship
we find a transforming work progress
ing in our hearts and more and moro
such become copies of God's dear Son
and prepared for a share with Iliin In
the glories of Ills Kingdom.
Ignorance and Fear Oppose.
Only ignorance and fear can oppose
the Message of God's Grace, and pre
fer the doctrines of demons. Only the
narrow-minded can pray, "God bless
me and my wife, my son John and his
wife, us four and no more. All of
our breadth of heart and bend must
concedo that a God wise and powerful
enough to be man's Creator must also
be just and loving; for Injustice is un
wise, and lovelessness Is devilish. God
declares that Ills work Is perfect, and
that He made man a moral image of
Himself. Our fallen condition Is a
part of the penalty of sin, as tho tomb
Is the companion of it
No complaint could have been made
by our race if God had left us thus to
perish like brute beasts But tho Bible
declares that He Is rich In mercy, and
unwilling that any should perish, but
desirous thnt all might be recovered
to everlasting life. Again, wo read
that God so loved the world that He
gave His Only Begotten Son that who
soever belleveth on I Ilia might not
perish, but, on the contrary, Instead of
perishing llko the brute beast, might
attain through Christ to everlasting
llfe.-John 3:10.
The world has not yet hod the prom-
ised blessing of God; for the Divine
Plan Is that Jesus must first select
from amongst the world a company of
Ills own disposition of loyalty to the
Divine will. Not until those shall be
fully selected and glorified will the
great Messiah, Head and members, be
completed. Thcu Bridegroom and Bride
enthroned in glory, tho work of bless
ing will begin.
And that work will be the overthrow
of sin, and thus the overthrow of the
penalty of sin-death. It will mean
the recovery of mankind from bondage
to sin and death. It will mean the up
lifting of the partially dead mental,
moral and physical powers to perfec
tion. More than this, it will mean for
those who have died without the
knowledge of the Truth an awakening
from the tomb, that they also may be
brought to this knowledge of God end
to a privilege of sharing in the great
Redeemer's work and merit No won
der the angels sang "Glory to God in
the highest," at the birth of the Re
deemer! No wonder they declared,
"We bring you good tidings of great
Joy, which shall be unto all people"!
God's glory has not yet appeared to
man. False doctrines, Ignorance, su
perstition, still becloud tho vision of
humanity. St Paul's words still ap
ply: "The god of this world hath blind
ed the minds of all them that believe
not, lest the glorious light of God's
goodness should shine into their
hearts." 2 Corinthians 4:4.
The good tidings of great Joy for all
people are as much for those who died
before Jesus as for those who have
lived since. They have gone to the great
prison-house of death, Sheol, Hades,
the tomb. They are prisoners there.
They await the release to be accom
plished by the One who redeemed them
at Calvary. When released, tho Mes
sago of the angels will be fulfilled In
them. They will her.r tho good tidings
of redemption. Sheol will bo destroy
ed. Victory over Hades will bo com
plete. No prisoner shall bo left therein.
All shall be awakened from the sleep
of death. The guarantee for this is the
Word of the Lord, backed by the great
fact that tho Redeemer gavo Himself
"n Ransom for all, to ho testified In
due time." 1 Timothy 2:4-0.
