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I PAGE 4. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. THURSDAY, MARCH 5. 131. Tbe plattsmoutb "Journal Published Sem i-W eekly at Plattsmouth. Nebr. Entered at the PostofSoe st PlatUmoutli. Nebraska, as second-class mail matter. R. A. BATES, Publisher Subscription Prloe; S1.50 Per Year In Advance "PRIVATE" GRUENTHER. :o:- iiio larmcrs arc getting ready for spring work. Senator Hitchcock made. par tial payment on an obligation Governor Colquet of Texas is long over-due an obligation m,t waiting very patiently owed not alone by himself but by numerous other prominent lead ers and by the entire democratic party of this state when he recommended to Secretary Me-J Adoo the appointment of Chris Clruenlher as revenue collector. -:o:- A COMMON ERROR. . Adolph Mondheini, whoever he is. has written a clarion note to the Chicago Tribune, pointing out the Heedlessness of poverty ami ignorance. Ho insists that the laws are unjust, and that their revision, upward or down ward, or in some other general direction, would prove a pana cea for the world's ills and joy would be uneonlined. This is a common view of the situation, an. T results in too much politics, which upsets business condi tions an.l interferes with the progress ine country ougiii io make. You have your troubles, whether they be poverty or ignorance, and you can't solve them with the ballot, r.et over that idea, and 'hustle. If ignor ant, study, for there is no royal or political road to education. If poor, work and save and scheme and try to do belter, and pay less attention to your favorite can didate and inarching in the parade, for, unless you are in politics for the pie it produces, polities probably won't get you much. And, while the govern ment is extravagant and ex pensive, you are apt to find, upon investigation, that your own foolishness is more so. poverty is pitiful, and largely the result of ignorance, but ignorance and poverty are both more frequent ly a result of shif tlessness than such laws as may burden the statute books. Adolph should guess again. . . . -n: . It. Ii. Metcalfe is positively coming back to Nebraska to stay. S niio . of his most intimate friends are opposed to his run ning for governor, but as between lick Metcalfe and Charley Bryan, the former would poll two votes to the lalter's one. Metcalfe could possible be elected, while Bryan would surely be defeated. And what is the use of talking of a earidiate who cannot poll the full strength of the democratic party in the state? :6: One test of a man's loyalty to his town comes when he reaches a condition of properity. If he is sound, ho will not swell up he will be the same loyal citizen as before. How often have we seen men make money in this com munity, only to spend it else where; how often have we seen them boosters for their home town when they needed the home town lo aid them in winning out, only to turn a deaf ear to all ap peals when their success had been reached. :o: It is the privilege of repub lican newspapers to find fault with a democratic administra tion, hut why say that V. J. Bryan has made a failure as sec retary of stale, when they know that such an assertion is as false as h 1 itself? Such assertions are entirely uncalled for, bo cause the staunch. men of oven the republican party know that Mr. Bryan has filled the position of secretary of state as accept ably and as honorably and ef ficiently as it ever has been filled. :o :" At all events should Uncle Sam be compelled to go to war with Mexico, Secretary of State Bryan can justly claim that he did his utmost to prevent it. :o: The suffragists attempted to A farmer in Pennsylvania found a nickle inside of an egg, indicating that the hen is afraid of the banks. -:o.-- I'erhaps if Undo Sam could lind out just what the average Mexican wants besides war it would help some. : :o: This winter seems to have been arranged alphabetically, ! 11. 1 1 11- 'I wiiu zero me last mnig in us order of business. :o: Some people srtoiu to think that they haven't anything to do on iv io run for oinee. u is a good thing to beat such fellows We have them in both parlies. :o: Mexico is not being advertisei very freely this year as a winter resort :o Court is a poor piace in which to settle school, church and There are very few democrats family rows v.. ..l- .. ........ i.. ...:ti. ik.xI ill j.i ui a-rvii jn)uiai Willi iiiui .q - . . a i i i i ranx aim nie oi me pari, enjoy- The final blow to Hie hobble ing so fully the respect and con- skirt was the refusal lo accept it li.lence of all elements, more en- as a contribution to charity titled to the thanks of many can-J ;o: didates to whom he has given The federal government should unseinsn ami eiiecuxe support, serve notice that the Mann act more admired and loved by shall not. hemmo m instrument. democrats on the firing line, than 0f blackmail tiiis (piiet, modest, loyal and iionoramo gentleman irom l'lauo The Brittanie is larger than county. The statement made by Hie Titanic, but there are still Senator Hitchcock when he tiled ,m. iarf:e icbergs that need Mr. tlruenlhor's indorsements watching. that "they represented all shades or democratic opinion and eon- Of course if Mr. Curtiss should slituted a stronger indorsement devise a Hying boat that crossed than could possibly bo secured the Allantie the i. le wonl.l l. for any other candidate for an Sl, excited over it that Ihev would :o:- Hed-headed girls, take cour age! An eastern artist, in his list of the eight prettiest women k Workl.d wi, ,u.aJ am, heal.( ollico" is sweeping, but no more omphalic than the facts warrant. When such generous and gen-J eral support is given a man who m .New lork, names a woman whoso hair would offend a bull. :o: It looks now like Itoss Ham mond will be compelled to vacate mo collector s oince and turn lo tlll. u charge that republics over the affairs of that oillce to Chris (irunther. Well, that forget Mr. Wright's pessimism. :o : The person w ho has been 'read ing that handbook on military etiquette to (ieneral Villa must and hands for democratic prin- have turned two pages at once ciples and democratic candidate." uusolhshly and without reward or expectation of reward, it con stitutes a fairly effective answer seems the proper caper, :o: capture the anti-suirragist meet , ing in Omaha Monday, but they didn't quite corne it. are ungrateful. Chris Ouenther is a plain. unfrilled democrat. Ho is not rich in worldly goods. His early I)o wo believe Jim Duhlman years were spent in the hard tight would make an able congress- to helo summit a widowed mo h- man? u bet your life. And er ami her little brood, instead of i we also believe ho can poll morel in college. He is not addicted lo votes than any other man who "biled" shirts and would prob- can receive the nomination, also, ablv shv violently at a spike-tail :o: led cat. But though poor in chal- Plattsmouth sportsmen will ties he is rich in the love and re- have their shotguns in their soct f all who know him. lie- cases mis spring and their nip niei me training oi me scnoois boots hanging on the wall. The I he is highly educated in the . . . I t 1 I iv is against them m this sec- si tnooi oi experience, oi sou-no tion of the United Stales. r.ial and self-discipline. Plain in o: i uis nanus and simple m m a. id failed lo nofe that he had got into the list of "don'ls." :o: A man at Sullivan, Illinois, knowing that a bomb sent him by mail was a bomb, opened il a id was killed. The women can have all the credit for boin curious. :o: Billy Sunday, it is reported has some IS, (Mid conveits to his credit in Pittsburg, Pa. Am what a pity-Harry 'tl'haw was no privileged to bo at home durin; me campaign. :o: The United Slates should raise an army of 25",ooo and go down into Mexico, capture Huerla am Villa, and together with a few II. 1. a t i oiners. nans: tiicm until nicy an ESCO EXTENDS USING VELGOM! rse couM tiV.r nr.-I prr.'r rt f .rta ct Second Advent friends ltcliere. but 1 (Jie r;cn. rf ;.-!" :n'p rrTld--l f -r th world of mankind 'ir.I.-r the m r,.- Pastor Russell's "Movies" Run ning From Goast to Coast. CHURCH TO BE EXALTED SOOH Great Feast Then For Famished World Mankind Starving For Mes sage Which His '.Movies' Supply. Reign oF Sin and Death Nearing Con clusion Kingdom of God Soon to Be Established Introduced by "a Time of Trouble" Overruled to Constitute a Channel of Blessing Famished Hearts Crying For Love and Sym pathy They Shall Be Satisfied. th creeds of practically all denunin i- tlviis of Christians recite, t Ii.it our . I-ord's Second Advent aid the osta! Iishment of IPs Kingdom v III .signify to mankind the end of ir.!uti-.ii. the end of hope, and i:Imt in t a!l except ; the elect few n great bnrni:: I.iy. r.ir too long Ave L.ir allwpl tli'.e I tr;;iSitIoi;s of iltii t bvl'ii I it:r Jn! triti.jn 'f Hi- Kin-'t "f'-i jruil Tii t n-r Innk r.rth la t'.-r --r?. t.'.e triM-T-H,jt i;i t:i n t;:e T- t'." t iry i !.i'-e lir rn.i ! sl.i ! I-ia'i ZS. Thu Dstructiv Work. iuoiit. tf corne Let ween ot:r heart ai..I j '- " 1 l" the Krit l.k-Ii.u-s fcet forth in 1,1 j refr.-!.;... i i-. t-rtr...r t...- .e-tri.- Wen!, an.l nov.- due to the Church ar,.l j'f tU'r:r h-.y.iri t r r .-w I .t)U:-. to the worM. It Ii very proper tl.nt I "Ai:-l II- v. H .I-tr-r In t..i !-.r t, those xvho are living la sill.-n iti-.n fr.-m j fa.-.- of th ror.-r! t- rxt "v.-r r .. t;Ml. in wilful sin. ,vho;;-d real:::.- that xvll t!.it f.4 -v. r a . the esl.Ml.!i.-hiii-ut of His Kiii '.:..n w ill ! inti-.n. (-r- ... 1 v. u i i. laean a Keiya f j:ii:hteouf-n.--. whkh I 't'.T thr.n tU fit f U:.-r.t:: ... . . . I ... I ' . I. I .! r . Will l,C stlHtly e;i..sil t lUf'.r T- :vi;tri,.."ii ruMoti.s v.r.ys-of pu-.il t tvery foria i from that :r.-it r U t:. r of Im.'ii'.raiity. ei'-.i-l t every f..r:a I I'i f. it ri-'h ' a'-i tr'i f iiijuti-e :i:t t i;a jni'v, ;iNl .. !ar. f th-ir a-Ivar.t.ir-. that fh wn; a- I . ? A PASTOR, U5StlL) San Frr.nci.iro, March 1. Tasiois Ilfssixts rnoTo Drama of Citation- as intro ducwl here today in the Va!'iicii Theatre before crowds. The dc hnt of the.-e lihiiis here ai proai lies a co:i;!etion ef a chain of Tasto:: ItlbSKI.I.'.S rnoTo IM'.ama fi-em Coast New York. C!eve- overy form of trickery. H.i:n. iA fal. pretense. Hut surely Caii-tinin w!i- are siekinvr !; live in hiniMny with the IMvine It'.r of Love, for ;!. f-r the iit i'hl.or. for the lr t!icr. for rn ules. have ev-ry reas;i t lok fr wnr.l to, tbt lo.i for. to hoie f.r tJe ."uiniiiir -f the I .or J's l;nl"rp a t?.'. njost dc'siralile thin-: to l im a-iro.!. Il.ilced. it is thus tlescribed ill IhM hi iiu. ;: "Tlio d's.;e of :t!! nations shall .i.iic.'-liar;' ii However lu-l' h tie few favored hy pre.i nt comliii may piease-I to have tiling- iv:::a;ri :is tio-y :.re. t mass4s of ir.aiikind. if t!:ey I.trt converted fr i:i iiiirira ii"e v .u;HTtJ th'ii, an 1 l ro':uI.t to m know f of tl I--rd nr r!'. ": a" Th ."it o fV.. .. -v ti ). t!i" l: ii'fi rf tl' - iUi':-ir':, w.T s r.Mer the cl ;:! a-.d darUr . t' r f hri:or.ir,f-e. nr I I. t I .: f liorrs of m iriK'n l !:!:; .f t! - kiiiiviiO;i f th p!"rr of r ! !: ri-- t!. f.i' .f J--.'i- Cf.rit r I. r I. Wh.if a w..n,!.Tf ;! rh.-u..-! -i I how p!a 1 ra inir.d vi'.l i -. r.' t of, v t L.iro that f 'i't T'l'T.-!. I : t .i.'. t ? rf I f tV- irf!- H i o;' 1 hindo- t!i-T:i froru ar-yv- i ati: .z It. Sl.l Mr t Fc'-oot. T! - I'roj.;.. t r .! t ii .-r:' far ther, '.ivi;..-, - n; I i; tenth in ti-? -rj-." y,.r tU-': i. coi rv: f r. rilli!-d fiit !ead. (ianiiiiMi and delivered There are hundreds of thou- taste?, ho is a true penllcinan if Thai's the way to settle Hi sands of ahlo younp; Americans J tlio penllenian lo one who is not who are ready at their country's afraid to work with his hnnds, call to gro to war with Mexico, who esteems honor above fame, U'he patience of this country has loyal service above personal about run its limit. Urrandizonienl, and who loves hi: f :o: ie i low man. It is rumored that Carl Couch- loo often, in politics, the re- er of Wahoo desires the demo- wards and honors pass by this .... . . .. .... craue nomination lor secretary type or man ny over tno Heads of stale. Let's see didn't Carl of "the boys in the trenches" to I . ... ... run for tins olhco once upon a j rest on me nrows or those who, time? Anil, by the way, he is a while they may lie equally coni prelty "good fellow, too. pelent, perhaps, are less deserv- injr. Chris Cruenther is just a col. ItoosevelL is accused of plain democralic soldier a botanizing on his Soutli Aincri- soldier because he believes in the can trip, and the great faunal cause and loves it. Though he naturalist may bo expected to has frequently sat in the coun- break out of the brush to hurl a oils with loaders, where his on- few short and uglies, and add to orgy, his fidelity and his astute- the lnembership of his dis- ness proved invaluable, he is in tinguished Ananias club. As truth a private in the ranks. It soon think of the colonel going is as a private that he is known in for ping pong as wasting his and esteemed by his fellow- strenuous life poring over puny soldiers, it is as a private he plants. would prefer to be remembered :o: wnen ins work is done, and it is Several Moiehead asked us governor's friends of Coventor whole army of privates that in this eountv havohvU he recognized when ho is rencatedlv as to the recognized. World-Herald. candidacy for eon-I :o: way trouble for good. :o:- The primaries will not bo held till August, but the intervening time will quickly speed. In cidentally it may bo observed that there is not much doing ja the matter of candidates. Re fills now seem so uncertain a? to not greatly stimulate ambition, :o: Mr. I.obock says ho intends to tile for the nomination for con gross again, and never thought of running for governor.' All right, Mr. Lobeck, but pleasi hear in mind that Jin'i Dahlman is a race horse, and a hard one to boat, at that. :o: Most eorlainlv if stale or ganizations of business and pro fessional men are to be devoted mly to the extraction of grealer profits, regardless of the service rendered, the less the people have of them the belter. -:o: Ulorney Ceneral Martin says candidates for nomination on the progressive ticket may file for fl I.... 1.., II. T 1, . I ll-ll.,,, ,. .....1 .. 1.. ... .11. .,.1 ..I .ivc. n JJeeu llie journal. si .yimuc: vaiicci.- io omiiti U mini nn inn llio w.imo :i nnv 11 ii- 1III1IUII.'II VIII' Tl 'l(..ii l.kn.l ..P f I .... . I I . . im4ri nf u iui tune lliui I r"i i-uu m iin.'iic jiimii ii n u i 1 . J (tp Ir!v III COUIIIJCS iiro Governor Morohcad will be licenses next summer. An hlo nrnproissive vole was i ier caiuiKiate ior congress, and when aiiraeuvo young woman has an- L.,,.,1 (lr ii,e lidnl vote of the the proper time arrives every I nouncod that she will spend a voter in the. First congressional month in the depths of the deep districl will bo fully advised of forests clad in September morn the fact. So there need not be style. You know what those county at the last election. :o: And now it is rumored that any worrying on that score. :o:- The situation in Mexico seems to be growing worse. The alleg ed court martial and execution naughty men will do. They will simply go hunting for "bear." :o: Describing Ceneral Villa as Hilly Thompson has consented to the use of his name for governor. Mr. Thompson is a splendid man, but for some cause or other he is J T - a very poor vote-geiier. in: half devil and half cur" is sureLhouM h, recognized by the na- r one Beaton, a British subject, to be resented. The dogs have tional administration with an owner of an 100,000 aero ranch, many staunch friends who resent nnnmnf menf in which there will followed by the disappearance of having them mentioned in this jj0 SOme renumeralion in dollars an American railroad mechanic connection. ani, t.enls f Ulo .services ho has and two other British subjects, :o: rendered his parly in the many alleged, likewise, to' have boon Owing to a shortage in the vrnrs oast. UnL it. seems that 'murdered" because of their na- wheat crop and in increased de- these kind of democrats are the tir-nality, has created intense ex- maud for bread at lower priees, last ones lo receive recognition citement on the southern border the past year has been a hard one from lhos who claim lo pull the of our own country. on the milling interests. strinss hehind the throne. to Const I'ustou land. Cincinnati. IndianaioIis and St Louis Chicago and other places soon. The Valencia, which is one of the finest theatres in the West, v.iil he. what might he called for the present. the home of the I'iiot(-I)i:ama on the! Coast. The D::ama will he proda.-ed daily, both afternoon .and evening. I'arts I. and II. were run today: parts III. and IV. next, and so on. The elite of the city were well rep resented. Reserved seats iwhhh. by the way. are five to all these exhibi tions, and no collections were soon ex hausted. It is unquestionably true that Pas tor l:ussell has brought to the Coast ine hiicsi collection or motion-picture ; even ll;at phv and slides ever shown here, and a long j i .'.: i oroo-tses I sail! Verify I .it! 1 -..! t',.. ii t, rr '.ho Truth as ;.ls Word preset It. n;.,, ,,r, ,MV.. Would l e glad and rej ,.. e hi tl. sal- l j,,,., .. ,.r T, s r . , ,. . vation nhi-li is lo ca,.- to l! o world .. .r f ,..irt;,-4 throeg:. t;o,!-s Kin!o,.L The g.-l f I ,iN,,.ry nM r.a..Tl r( Sri j: , lK..,t:i l.iis wuri.i nam i-ii: I iao m-s ; r. - . .r . - . .... . , . ... 1 " uu'.i rsiainiing in j.iai. .lini iiiM mu i - t.T- h-s o! sen red the gion,-;:s I!..-.-iu- wha-h tcloi!g t i the Day of the c-;;.i':ihx.itr.r . f the Kingdom t,f the I.or 1.--' Cotin thi:;ns 4:1. True, the K?ngdo:i of the Heavens darkness for iirht. and l.i.der th rors of the world s d.-ty nth l-as I'.ii-I i;; twei.fv t' run will follow. About- l.".ot;; people novr attend the Photo-Drama of Ci:e atio.v daily. The Gospel is Iiehig preached iu a mcst enticing manner; a long-felt want is heing supplied. In his syndicated sermon in the fore noon Pastor liussell's subject was quite approi'riate "A Croat Feast for a Famished World." It is believed that his audience agreed. His text wus: "And in this Mountain shall the Lord of Hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things." (Isaiah 2o.C.) He said: Throughout the prophetic Scriptures the word Mountain is used as the svni- v.iii If Irtro !: d. :!-. Scri; t-:res ted r.s. liy "a Thne of Tio;--,!.. sa ! as r. v-ei- w;u" bi-.'ore I l.cvi r v. '.'A lw ::ft r v.ard; a Th.ie of 'Ir.u'.le v. 1.1 U u:! involve ad rati H:.-. a:; I pri-jdos. .-.i d kindreil.--. ::nd t..i:'ues. :n l ery 1 art of thi .i;.!; :: Th.ie of Tn-al ie from whL!i t!ie;e wid no t ;oa;o exe. j t for those who have 1 io e the I.rd. even t!:- V.t High, th-.-ir Ih fuge and 1 1 a I, da t '.on i. salia :.t;t iu u. .-hnre of troi.:.!.- the ;''..!U !? ov rru! y ,ul ii:i:::4.r .f l.::z:.r, ;.iry. r.;d t t i.h.ety thousand are g Iz.g i t th t"'--.'f every day. Th I rd V IU u thr. IT h et that vviih the -Sa! d-",i.. t t of Ii, Ki::-'i ni '. .II - i a ..i.-h -f ... I t a-.c; ir;-:. :ni of D it: . ;i;:'a-. t ';.;! nr UJ t'.:, r.K e. d v.: g '.. I j c-a . .V.,. .He the ( f.,.- i v. t'.ir.l SiZi. Ii',- gi-.ri. -at :x Tr. t-.C ! wid !; Ad of our 5 rr ' ;.re ; -r 1 i::'ia.a!i'y n---i.,,.-.I v. .i'.i t'.-- nd-tt f y;-i ai:.l I ' I'll. I! v vi ia a.. mil r--j'.'ee in t!.- .en- Dt ; i --.T: -.. Dvi h v. 1 i. !j the r, ' i ' a : ,; f r tliat it v.iil ci:i: ' ::!e a -hai:neI of Messing to mankind, ly preparing tledr henrts for the Message of Divine I.ve and Crace. com :-i- d in hrit and Hi- rtsiiH'iidn;; work at Calvary. What the Scriptures? Turning from the Ignorance, sup r stition. durkiit s and terrors of the Dark Ages, h t us l ..k stld further into the inspired Word of t!:roi!-.-b the Apost'e-: a:: I Prophets. From these : ,,f j;, let us hear some d. script ?ou of thi Wi d .M h a of ., :r n. e r"r ti the d . ::.g I T-H-, s. j : i:.::t,:,g t; . ::j . r- :r!i I ti e III . rty f tl e s. :w of fre.. ; ! i.i fro:. i i'. -.;:!. f 1 ;-i fr- - a -a.: S I'.af nc;i i I'ft ii. t Th j I.or ! p;rp-i vt v.-r-'.y f . re-T:i-; the pe.v.r of i!e;j::i. h- th I it h.-" j tw.i'.', e.vi..g t.p o.:r r:i '-. ' ':t a !- '.h'."ii"? .t '.v.i;!..v ?:p I.ar'i f-i vict -ry." T! t t.d.. ! i-!i :. :rM, y It.-.s -ngorge I ; !f nitfi t r fj t!. n sand t s. ni l I f..i- I f r rri-. to teieav. it vi ti-: . -AU t!: it ire In tli grave 'ii!i :...ir t .. v Kingdom shnil bring to our sin -curse ! race. ? i... . .... 1 . . .. Ih)I of a kingdom. Larthly governments ! , ,. ,,. ,;,.,... ,,,.,. ,,... are represented as mountains and hills, while the Lord's Coverninent is ret re sented ns being established "in the top of the mountains." It is this Moun tain, or Kingdom of God. which is re ferred to in our text. It has i:ot yet been established in the earth, and hence its blessed work has not yet been realised. We still properly pray. "Thy Kingdom come; Thy v. ill be done on earth, as it is done in Heaven." e i. I... I a-. I ...I c some l. senppou of tr:e j ,.,r?., The- .:i.illr few. v.'..-.. fi', bhssings which pu:-es His j f,.:,,,, ;. , , t--r.-: w.d -on:e forth t tiii r r:'e fi . i . f life. The Seriptures tell us that Cl ! x. .. ....i.-.p- r ti.e i,. ' i tr . ' whom oive never known traiy. vviil corrv f. nh t a r-1 rr-ti ! trial, by Judg-.er.r. by .ii-. !. hi.. . I it'i mankind has been starving for th Message of Divine race that hidioa of our race have ;-o;;e dwn in igno rance and superstition, famished for lack of the Word of Clod. itself shad 1" d.-troyed. St. I km I i;'W's f ro i i ;r Pr t H"-i.a. saying. D at'i. wT.. r. 1 f . II i.vn TV T Ii t : t Mill.'. Hie l.rea.l wlncit came ,i...-n rram tr..r n,. ,iH.H R,-.t .m: t thi rs ap- iica von t.ie .v.cs-age or iru.:i an-i , .... t ... s;: , Grace whh-h our dear Ihiieemer brought ::i.d oxemphliitl has Indeed been supplied hivi-hly t sme. Sum; I if i:c toivik fi.-iri.l eo.i.ti flu. i'ihm! True, a beginning has been nwJe.!,, !n. ,,r i.i' u-...! 1 im, For more than eighteen centuries sduee our Lord's ascension and the bestow ment of the Holy Spirit nt Pentecost the Church has been in process of se lection, and the Church is sometimes styled the Kingdom, because Its mem bers wheu glorified will constitute the Kingdom class the Pride who will share with the Heavenly P.ridegroom the Kingdom honors and services for the world. It is true. also, that our Lord Is ex alted a Prince and a Savior; and that shortly, at Ills Second Advent. He is to take to Himself His great power and reigu ns King of kings and Lord of lords. P.ut He has not yet d one this. He declared at His resurrection, "All power in Heaven and in earth is given unto Me." Yet He also in His last Message to the Church distinctly pointed out that the time for taking possession of His Kingdom was fit ture; and that the time will surely come when He will take unto Himself His great power and reign, because the time to reign will then have come. IJevehition 11:17. More than this, the signs of the times, read in the light of the Lamp of Truth, the Word of Cod. seem dearly to Indicate that the time Is near at hand for the setting up of Christ's Kingdom. How glad we all should be! What rejoicing it should cause to the whole world of mankind, to know that the reign of Sin nud Death is Hearing its conclusion; that Satan, the Prince of this world, will shortly be bound for n thousand years, that he shall deceive the nations no more until Its termina tion! How we should rejoice that "the night is far spent and the day is ut hand"; that the Millennial Morning Is already dawning; that the Sun of ICighteousnoss is already rising, and that soon the whole earth will "be full of the knowledge of the glory God. as the waters cover the great deep.'-Habakkuk 2:14. A Feast In This Mountain. The bare announcement of the King dom of Cod would strike mankind va riously in proportion as the character of the Kingdom and Its work might bt understood or misunderstood. Thus today to many the mention that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand would carry the thought of "a wreck of mat ter and a crash of worlds." Not only Put the great mass of mankind have been s- deaf and so blind that they see not. neither do they understand nor re ceive the grace of God. under present conditions. How glad we are that "all the blind eyes shall be opened, and all the deaf ears shad !o unstopped" (Isaiah r":3). and .that "the whole world will thus be prepared for the true knowledge of God. whose goid:jiss and loving kindness and tender mercies will undoubtedly have a softening and mellowing effect upon hard hearts! Blessed the Hungry. There are many hungry hearts hi the world. Many whose bodies are well nourished have famished hearts, which cry out for love and sympathy. He who reads the hearts, who knows what is in them, has prep:: nil this feast which will surely satisfy every legiti mate, righteous desire. Those who al ready are the Lord's people, and who have already feasted at the iM.uutifid table spread for the Church, can ::p froxim.ite to some extent the iniuiity that will be spread lie fore the world in this great feast foretold through the Prophet in our K-xt. There will be several differences, however. Iv tween our present foa.st and that tor the world. The present feast is merely a feast of promises which must le partaken of by the exercise of faith. The feast Uescniiou in our text win l-e a very actual oue. The realities of the bless ing of IJestitution of health, of strength, mental, moral, and physical- will there be bountifully supplied. t be partaken of freely by all who ap preciate them. Again, the present fc.:st Is a spiritual one. relating to a inaveniy Kingdom glory mid honor things n-t seen as yet. except by the eye of faith To the contrary, the fenst for the world, referred to in our text, will consist of earthly bounties and bh-.-ii:gs. niov tangible in kind as well as excellent in piality. All that was lost In Adam will be tendered to such us will acccj t the mercy. The Prophet In attempting t de scribe the bo'tpties of that feat u-es highly syiubodc:: term, and dcscrlU-n it a a "fer.st of fat things, full of mar row. of wiues on the lees, weil rend. ed. Assuredly no language that we coulJ I I ..tit have their vj.-t ry in the v ..rl I. li.u.n are slid ;ivi of Si.:, aid bil lions are stiil Dund by tl j-.r of the t a b. St. Paul and !!. Prophet stiil "ir;t down r tb glori."? Mi.Vu nial Kingdom ifoliowing lk re-urr-e-tion char ge of the Chc.n !.. wh.-n ail shall le l ro;:g'.t t a know :.-!. of tie? Trnth. :.n ! w h. n a!! th. t .ir Sa the prison houe of Death shall cnif forth. lie.iu-.e Jons has red.tm.-d iv.-ry inember of oar rue from the i.n ir of thj tomb. "Wipe All Teart AwJy." We tvmemin r our Ib-d.-emcr's tender words, "Come iKito Me, ail ye w!e Ia tor and are heavy la 1. ti. a:id I wid give you rest." (Matthew- ll:- Those who have .n-ccpted His gra. i us invitath n. m l obtained from Hint the ret of faith, have found thit it I m meant th" t aneeiiution of their tr-ti!.:s In a large d -:rce. We. then. soot.U ... able to understand the next statement. In our context. The I-or I G l wYd wiie nw ay the tears from ;T ail faees." It D t lie same Menage givu in Pevoh'.ti n. where the ante King ! ni. uri i. r the figure of the New J.-ni-salem. is brought to our attenti n. Ti: ? Heavenly Ikalh-r wlil wis away th.f tears, not '.ire tly. but iiid.ni t!y. through His S n. the Ibsi.- ia.-r. Tears are the marks f sorrow, pain, suffering: ai d the pe'i- stat in'.t that C l Himself wlil w I away th tears of t:.i:.hind Is a l-'anti.'ul and forceful suggestion of how the Powr of the Hi-'iest. Is shortly t. !? i-r.i-j.l oyeil. r.ot I:i ti e eternal t rr: ..a t of the world. 1 it In its i!i"i:r.:. Its r; iift Ing. and tlie removal f IT sorrow. When we rcr mWr that there nre Ti tears In ileavcn. a:d that tile J yn f.f t!:at blesil state ar nue .f fs sinlei ess. r;:r liet.rt r.T-rfi.'W iti thanksgiving ;is we catch, in th p. ti tlmeght. the r.sr.rai:ce that rdl sin. sr. I all sorrow as the result of sin. and ad tears an 1 mark of sorrow, v. iil forev er pass away pj that harpy rime. Let n one imagine that this sfgT.! fies r.Tdver;i h f . .n. iif' r S. r!; tures frls-.w- ,:h that nrdrcr-.il of.rtn t.!ty for sjilTation vail l.e a. l ord. . ht.z flint n ui" r.cept those w!:o :i vail tii. -w selves of this opportunitr I t a hra-ry accept.. nee f f. ,. Iijvlri... a;rai:.-:-.e:if. an 1 a hearty ol..-.?;t.r., e to ti e l iw of the Kingdom, wid get th. gr.-it b!ess lijof lif ev er'af'og .!! o'.'.ts. wil ful sinners, wlil l, destrt T-.-.I la thj Secoud Death.