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PLATTSKIOUTH BERN-WEEKLY JOUItNAL.
WOJMDAY, JUNE 1, 1914.
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Ymmy men's tics are so flashy
this sprinpr that sirls arc caution
ed t wear asbestos waists.
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Now it is said that former CSov-t-rnor
Aldtich may enter the race
aaiii this year. Oh, Lord!
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Tee Hessian 11 y may be ilamas
intr Hie wln-al crop in some sec
tions, but we don't hear of any in
this county.
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Kill Price is si ill in the race
f.ir collar ess. lbw louir w ill he
remain in, since CJovernor More-
head is out?
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New York lawyers have joined
together to help the poor. Up to
this time the poor have been
helping the lawyers.
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Always keep l the right in
pa-Miiir autinbiles or teams on
lh road, as the law directs, and
thus prevent collisions.
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Somebody inut have told
Hickefeller that gasoline was be
in:; um'iI to kill dandelions. The
price has been raised again.
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In the absence of any further
news from tlonsul fcfilliman, it is
pre-utned the Mexicans are hold
ing him until the opening of the
Silly season.
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Mr. Rockefeller is furnishing
additional employment. He has
hired some more guards for his
home in New York. Standard
il pays the bill.
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Ross Hammond, who recently
lile.j fur the republican nomina
tion for governor, j a slandpat
republican from away back. He
doe.-n't pretend to deny this fact,
either.
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The lht woman minister to be
ordained was $) years old, but
the ai:. of the fu st woman to vote
in a general election will con
tinue to be a mystery for some
years.
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Women are now wearing; very
small hatsT but are paying- more
for them. Pretty soon they will
be ja i iiir their milliners a large
cah deposit for the privilege of
goin- bareheaded.
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Uncle Sam certainly is between
the deil and the deep blue sea in
the Mexican matter. He can't
a! lord lo lay down, and neither
can he afford to slaughter Mexi
cans just because they think he
is a coward.
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Our own great lawjer and or
ator, Hon. Matthew Tiering-, may
yet get in the race for congress.
If his friends at the capital city,
of which they are legion, suceed
in their elforts, we may be able
to anounce his candidacy for
sure in the next issue of the
livening Journal.
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"C.en." Coxey evidently can't
come back. He will lead an army
of six men into Washington if the
six hold together that long-. A
press dispatch form l'rederick
town indicates that the general's
commonwealth army that was go
ing; lo Washington had disinteg
rated, even as snow under the
August sun. The day for Coxeys
lias passed. Today the world has
tise 'for the man who works, and
when tilings don't jro right, he
eeps on working- to make them
come right. The discontented
;fHovs who get in line and start
to march on Washington have
little sympathy from the public.
An English scientist declares
nature intended every man to
have several wives. Hut did na
ture intend to show him the way
lo support them?
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If a law similar to the pure
food and drug; act were enacted
to govern publications, many col
lege catalogues would have to be
greatly changed to be lawful,
judging- from a recent report of
the Carnegie Foundation.
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There are unite a number of
leading- republicans in Lincoln
and throughout the state who
have signified their intention to
support tiovernor Morehead for
re-election, no matter who the
republican candidate may be.
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Charles Marshall of Nebraska
City has entered the race for the
republican nomination for con
gress, making live republicans in
all Lyford, of Falls City; Toby
and Fdgerton, of Lincoln, and
Anness and Marshall, of Otoe
county, plenty of room for more.
So, "Come on, boys!"
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After July 1, all poslolliee
money orders will be payable at
any ollice in the nation, regard
less of what ollice they may be
drawn upon, providing they be
presented for payment within 30
day from the time of issue. Af
ter 30 days they are payable
only at the office on which they
are drawn or the ollice of issue,
any time within one year. This
makes more work for the depart
ment, but is in line with that
inaugurated by the department
with a view of making the service
more eflicient.
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A prominent Lincoln repub
lican sat in our sanctum last
Monday afternoon talking about
polities in general. He casually
remarked that he was a repub
lican, and intended lo support
CJovernor Morehead for re-election
simply because he had made
a good, clean administration. He
also remarked that there were
hundreds of republicans in the
capital city that were going- to
do the same thing-. He also said
that alter the governor had de
clared his intention to run again,
he heard one of the best posted
republicans in the state remark,
thy very day the governor had
made his decision, that at least
20,000 republicans would support
him for the same reasons that he
had for doing so.
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The estimate is made that the
usual cost for graduating
Cirl
in a High school is 50 for gowns,
(lowers, gloves, etc. Many fam
ilies spend a great deal more
than that. Some spend less, but
they are perhaps wealthy people
who do not fear criticism if their
daughters dress simply. For the
workingman with several girls to
put through the public schools,
Hi is is an item of expense worth
study. Parents who have ambi
tions for their children like lo
give them a good send-off. They
feel obliged to play the game
with the rest. The result is that
many girls drop out nf uinh
schools before the last year, los
ing the cream of the course and
of the social pleasures that go
with it. In view of these facts,
Hie movement for the simple
gowns for school commencement
seems lo be gaining ground. It
meets with opposition from vain
and thoughtless people. But our
schools cannot be truly demo
cratic .so long as this heavy and
needless tax is imposed.
A VIC JIM Of DELUSION.
Charles W. Bryan's commen
011 Governor Morehead's llnally
consenting to allow his name to
go before the democratic pri
maries, is an expression of sur
prise "that the governor has
yielded to the entreatries of the
reactionary element of the demo
cratic party."
This is only a fresh example
of that spirit of intolerance on
Mr. Charles W. Bryan's part that
to borrow a comparison from his
great and distinguished brother
has done more harm to the demo
cratic party in Nebraska "than
all the wars, pestilences ana
famines combined."
One of the strangest and, at
the same time, one of the most
discouraging aspects' of this men
tal altitude of Mr. Bryan is that
it seems to be genuine. He ap
pears to be the victim of an hon
est delusion. It is a form of de
mentia that makes him believe
that whoever fails to agree with
him on any matter political, be it
important or unimportant, a
question of principle or of policy,
of men or of measures, must be,
f necessity, a "reactionary" and
verv probably on the secret pay
roll of Wall street. It is a species
f paranoia that divides the
lemocratic party, in his precinct,
in his city, county, state, into just
two classes those who do un-
questioiiingly what he wishes
them to do and tells them to do,
and "the reactionaries."
George W. Berge of Lincoln
ias been throughout his political
career a loyal Bryan man and an
earnest and intelligent radical
hit current report has it that,
for weeks, Mr. Bryan has been
frowning on his candidacy as
'reactionary" in its spirit and
backing William II. Thompson of
Grand Island, than whom no
more arueni uemoerat or un-
elfish follower of W. J. Bryan
ever lived, when 11 is friends
urgently suggested him for gov
ernor, was waved imperiously
aside as "impossible," by Brother
Charles, because "the reaction
aries wanted him." Be wouldn't
lo at all. Seemingly 110 man in
Nebraska that the democratic
workers were able to suggest
would do at all. None was worthy
o represent his party and carry
its banner. When finally, in
lesperalion, a large body of the
democrats of the state united
their efforts lo draft Governor
Morehead, and demanded that he
Jo for the party now as much as
he party did for him two years
1 go, Mr. Bryan again steps
blithely to the front and hurls
mother of his "reactionary"
nickbals. And he hurls it, as al
ways, like a man of excom
munication, to damn hopelessly
md eternally every democrat who
Joes not promptly agree with him.
There is probably not a demo
crat in Nebraska, excepting Mr.
hyan himself, who does not re
alize how silly it all is. There
ire doubtless great numbers of
lis loving but despairing friends
who would reason with him. if
they had not learned from repeat-
d experience how impervious to
eason he is. This newspaper
would itself like lo talk with him,
almly and sensibly as it always
talks, and point out. with all the
oving tenderness of a brother,
the folly of his ways. But it
wouldn't do a lick of good. For
the first poser we would put to
Mr. Bryan would be to mention
that John E. Miller of Lincoln
leaded the Morehead petition.
nd to ask, triumphantly, "Is he
reactionary?" But sadly we
must confess it would be no poser
at all. Mr. Bryan would sweep it
aside with the simple answer, "Of
course he is. since he wants
Morehead to run for governor,"
and smile, blandly, and we could
say no more. All we can do, all
hat the democrats of the state
can do, is to take "Prince Charlie"
as he is. thanking- a merciful
'rovidence for his virtues while
doing their utmost to overlook
his faults, and make the best of
him.
And to make the best of him it
w ill bo necessary to be "calm even
when he is most excited. The
democratic- parly will soon be
entering upon a campaign which
in Nebraska as in other states
must be won by hard and intel
ligent fighting. This is no lime
for factionalism and intolerance
It is a time for getting together
to the end that the Wilson ad
ministration at Washington may
get its Nebraska indorsement at
the polls in November. It is
time for united effort to place
Nebraska, like the nation, under
democratic government. The
party that divides lo light with
itself when in sight of the enemy
is doomed to a sad tomorrow.
We are not venturing these re
marks at all in advocacy of Gov
ernor Morehead's renomination
There will be plenty of time be
fore the primaries for democrats
to make up their minds whether
he or some other would prove Hit
most available and worthy candi
date. What we are seeking to do
at this time is to put the demo
crats of Nebraska on guard
against that sort of factionalism
ami intolerance which, ir it is
encouraged and grows, will spell
ueaui to democratic hopes in
Nebraska. World-Herald.
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One of the prettiest public
movements of recent years has
been the competition established
in many places for the beautify
ing of home grounds with flowers
and shrubbery. A wonderful
transformation can be made in
mall home easily by tasteful
work. A raw and needy lawn i
a temptation to the children of
he neighborhood to turn it into
1 sandpit. When you get flowers
started, even the kidlers can bt
made to see the necessity of keep
ing off. Children almost invaria
bly like flowers, and are willing to
lelp raise them. In this way tin
most unpleasant, parts of a tow n
can be made the most attractive.
little cottage surrounded by
grass and flower beds attracts
more interest man a handsome
mansion. In the former cast; the
impression is given that it is Ihc
KTsonal work and love for
beauty of the owners. In the case
o'f the wealthy estate, it is too
videnlly the paid work of hired
men.
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We would hale lo live in Lin
oln and attempt to have any
thing to do with politics. The
epublicans and democrats alike
are somewhat jumbled up, and at
the present time one could hard-
tell where he is at. The hap
piest people in the capital city at
the present time are those who
lave nothing to do with politics.
man from out in the slate
lardly gets in the hotel (be In; re-
lublican or democrat) and regis-
er, when some one of the cele
brated politicians steps up to see
what his name is, and soon this
celebrated politician has him in
oe. and propounding to him all
manner of tiuestioiis regarding
wdilics in his section of the state.
Sometimes this is a great annoy
ance to the newly arrived, but
ifler a few moments' conversa
tion the celebrated politician bids
lim good-bye and is oil' to report
to his boss the interview he has
enjoyed with Mr. So and So, who
ays "everything is encouraging
or the ticket in his section."
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If you will arise some; morning
at i;30 or 5 o'clock, dear slum
berous reader, witness the rising
sun gliding the tree tops and see
the dew-drops glistening on the
grass, and observe how at that
lour nature is up and doing, you
will realize how much of theyJay
and what an enchanting part of
it you are missing.
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When the country has nothing
else of absorbing interest it can
always resume the New Haven
probe. . i
a n iiiif 11
fi 6H TRIUMPH
Jesus Was "Put to Death In
Flesh, Made Alive In Spirit."
HAS BEEN HIGHLY EXALTED
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Our Lord's Ascension Purpose o V
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Manifestations to His uiscipies
Pentecostal Blessings The Apostle
as Witnesses of Jesus' Resurrection
Our Lord's Extreme of Humiliation,
His Extreme of Exaltation TheTrJ
umph of a Great Conqueror Follow
ing Him a Royal Priesthood Then
a 1 1 l - c rr . Kf : ' 1 1
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May 31. Pastor
Russell's
PHOTO
fairiou4
DRAMA
OF CREATION
beautifully pic
tures our Lord's
ascension and the
subsequent out
pouring of the
Holy Spirit at Pen
tecost. . Tho edu
cational value of
pictures Is well
known; and the
public are very
appreciative of the DRAMA as a means
of instruction along Biblical lines.
Wherever it is presented, large crowds
are In daily attendance.
Tho Pastor's text today was, "When
lie ascended up on High, He led a mul
titude of captives." Epli. 4:S, margin.
It is appropriate, began the Pastor,
that on this day. celebrated as the an
niversary of Tentecost. we should have
well In mind what we celebrate. Ten
days ago was the anniversary of our
Lord's ascension. In one sense .of the
word, our Lord Jesus ascended at the
time of His resurrection from thedetidj
tor tnen lie leit tue Human nature an
the tomb for the Divine nature and
immortalky. He tarried, however, for
the space of forty days after His res
urrection, that He might establish and
instruct His Apostles.
During that time He was Invisible
to them, except when He manifested
Himself by appearing miraculously in
various forms to convince them that
He was no longer dead, and that He
was no longer confined to human coz-
dltious that His resurrection had mads
Illm a spirit being again, on a higher
plane than He was before He took hu
man nature for the suffering of dcr..
in order to redeem humanity.
The Pastor went on to explain care
fully that during the period betweri
His resurrection and Ills ascension cur
Lord taught His followers not alcr ,
by His words, but also by His ccndcc
They had not yet received the LTclj
Spirit, the speaker declared, and fce.'i
could not understand or apprcc.c .-
spiritual things. They could there'er-.
receive instruction only along ccVrr
lines. Jesus was raised from the deal ;
spirit being, far above angers, irlrz.
palitles and powers. Had Heor.e el
rectly to the Father without man' for'.
Ing nimself to Ills disciples, tu.;
would not have been able to ur.ucr
stand the truth of the -natter. Iitzc;
their lessons were given thcrn lai-gclj
in pantomime, corroborated by t-.e
Master's words, explaining that itv.i
necessary for Messiah to die in crdcr
to redeem the world, and that it vex
also necessary for Him to rise fror
the dead and to ascend on High aru
re-enter the spiritual plane of existence
In order that from that higher piano
of being no might be the more capatic
of filling the great office of Prophet,
Priest nnd King for mankind.
The Pentecostal Blessings.
After fortv davs. during which lie
was invisibly present with His disci
ples, except on tho few occasions when
He manifested Himself for a few mo
menta each, our Lord ascended to
Heaven. Ten davs afterward, the
Holv Snirit came from the Father
upon the waiting Household of Faith
The outpouring of the Spirit evidenced
to them that they were Justified freely
from all things through the merit of
the Redeemer's sacrifice, that their
consecration to sacrifice themselves
had been accepted of the Father, and
that thenceforth they might count
themselves as iolut-sacrificers with
Christ members of His Body, mem
bers of "the Church of the First-borns.
written in Heaven," members of the
Seed of Abraham, in whom all the
families of the earth are to be blessed
Tho Pastor then demonstrated that
only Jews received the Pentecostal
blessings. Until three and a half years
thereafter, in harmony with a Divine
promise made to the Jews, the Gen
tiles were excluded. Then the time
came for the Gospel to go to the Gen-
tiles. The record informs us that Cor-
nellus was the first Gentile to be re-
ceived 'into spiritual relationship with
God. Until God's due time for "the
middle wall of partition" between Jew
nnd Gentile to be broken down, he
could not receive the spiritual bless-
ings. Eren then be was received, not
beca'use of Ms works and prayers, but
because of faith In the redemptive ccc-
rifice'offered upon Calvary.
Seen by Saul of Tarsus.
V, The Apostles were to bear witr.cs3 to
the-resurrection of Je3us; tut 3c.cz
having lost his place, which was glvcu
to, St Pan V it was proper ttzi tho lat-
r tit
fRASTQfe RUSSELL
ter stioula arso be able to bear wit
ness to Jesus' resurrection. Recount
ing those who had seen our Lord after
His resurrection, St. Paul says, "Last
of ell He was seen of me also, as of
one born before the time." Jesus ap
peared to St Paul in the glory of Ills
sp-rit bein. "shining above the bright
ness of the sun" at noonday. The
sight caused injury to Saul's eyes.
The Pastor then pointed out how In
appropriate and unsatisfactory such a
manifestation would have been if the
Redeemer had so appeared to the Elev
en during the forty days following His
resurrection. They could not possibly
have Identified the glorious Personage
who shone above the brightness of the
noonday sun w ith the Lord Jesus', their
Friend, their Teacher. Rut to Saul. of
Tarsus, the revealing in Oery ' lights
above the noonday glare, was very ops
proprlate. It convinced hlm,in' ti man
ner that no human appearance could
have equalled that Jesus was no long--'
pr a man and that He was ,ho Impose
tor. St. Paul's conversion was instan
taneous.
It should not cause us
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to marvel
that Jesus ascended, as He-declare'
"up to where He was before," said .'the,
Pastor. It should not surprise, us Ujafc
the Apostle declares that our Lord a-'
cended in dignity nnd ' station fuc
above angels, principalities and'poro-.
ers, nnd above every name that lis
named. On the contrary, it would b$
both equitable and God-like that. thj
great Jehovah should highly h'on6r' HW
faithful Son, the First and the ,La'st
the Beginning and the Ending of the
creation of God.' Could we, he ask erf.
for one moment suppose that our great
Creator would permit this faithful
Sen, or any servant, to lay down life
In the Divine service and to suffer
loss as-a' consequence of his 'obedi
ence? Is it not much more rational to
believe, as the Scriptures declare, that
"Uim hath God highly exalted"? ?
Extreme Humiliation and Exaltation,
Pastor Russell called attention to
the Apostle's phraseology in the con
textthat the One who ascended had
previously descended, and that the de
scending nnd the ascending were re
lated as cause and effecL The One
who has ascended on nigh completely
fills the highest position In the great
Divine Government of the Universe-
as Head of principalities and powers.
arcels and men-next to the great J
hcvnh. Xot n thn. Annsfl wnrna .
we must not identify this glorified
One with the One who In obedience to
the Father's will came down from
Heaven nnd ns a man humbled Him
self unto death, even the ignominious
death of the cross. The Apostle calls
attention to these two extremes of hu
miliation and exaltation both accom
plished in the Son of God, the Logos,
the Messiah, the Christ
The Pastor then showed that if some
of us at one time had supposed that
our Lord Jesus nscended to Heaven
In a physical condition, ns a man. we
had entirely misunderstood the Scrip
tures. To suppose that Jesus went to
Heaven a man, the Pastor maintained.
Is to mistake the significance of His
title, the Son of Man, which He pre
serves as identifying Him with Ills
great redemptive work ns one of Ills
many titles. To suppose that Jes:u3 Is
In Heaven a human being, he declared.
Is to suppose that He Is Etill. aa v2:on
on earth, "a little lower than th3 an
gels," whereas the Scriptures ctat?
that He has ascended far higher, sc
that not only men, but also all tLa an
gels of God. are commanded to wcr
ship II Im. To suppose Jesus in Heav
en a human being is to suppose Ilirr
out of all harmony with IIeavenl7 C"T
roundings and spiritual conditions.
Moreover, the speaker queried, cr
we not told that the Church cf CLrl3.
will be changed from the human con
dition to the spiritual condition in tlr
resurrection; and that this ctanga vi!
make them like their Redeemer,
that they may see Him a3 Ha 12, rrt
as Ho WAS that they may see nio
in glory, honor and immortality rr
altation and not as the One who ia
humiliation was made Cesh that He
might sacrifice His flesh on behalf cf
the race of Adam? Answering
own question, he declared that who
we so thought we forgot the Scriptural
assertion that "flesh and blood car.net
inherit the Kingdom of God." Ttlz
statement of Scripture Implies that all
who become partakers of the Dlrinc
nature and share in the Heavsal
Kingdom with their Lord and Redeem
er must be made like Him by the co7
er of the First Resurrection
Difficulties of Unbelievers.
The Pastor declared that he haC
found worldly-wise people very scepti
cal respecting the descent of the Leg'
the Son of God, to earthly conditionc.
but that Christians seem to have mere
diaiculty than do the world to compre
hend the ascension of Jesus to the
spirit plane and its excellent glory.
Both points, however, are Important
Whoever is unable to see that the
Logos, the glorious Son of the High
est humbled Himself, divested Him
self of the spirit nature and took In
stead the human nature, cannot see
that Jesus was sinless. And those who
cannot recognize that He was holy,
harmless, undeliled and separate from
dinners, cannot believe in the sacrifice
e( jesus as being a Ransom for Adam.
to effect his release and that of his pos-
teritv from condemnation to death.
Pastor Russell went into considera-
m,. detail respecting the method by
wich the Logos was transferred from
H,avenly conditions to earthly condi-
tlcns.. He showed that the purity cf
the Logos, His perfection :or organism,
ins freedom from sin,, was preserved.
notwithstanding the fact that He was
born of an earthly . mother who was
not free from tne niemisnes or ma
Adamie, race. The speaker prcttercc
hlu ; hearers. ; free on application,
treatise entitled, "The Undeliled One,"
which he believes shows sclaatiScz
the process used of God by which the
Logos was changed from the higher
to the human nature, yet preserved im
maculate. rAiSerious Error Among Christians.
! Tbe error of supposing that Jesus ia
still a man was shown to signify the
denial of nis statement that He would
ascend up where He was before, and
of St Paul's teaching that He has
been highly exalted to glory and dis
tinction the Divine nature, instead of
the human nature. This error, the
Pastor declared, has led to other er
rors, one of which he cited; namely,
that made by many Christian people
of expecting the Second Coming of
Jesus in the flesh as a glorious Man
and not as a glorious Spirit partaker
of the Divine nature and altogether
disassociated from human nature
Thinking of our Lord at Ills Second
Advent as a glorified Man, they asso
ciate Him with a material throne and
an earthly court The unreasonable
ness of this error leads other Chris
tian people in an opposite direction.
Realizing that such an earthly king
dom would be a step backward rather
than forward, they deny the Second
Coming of Christ to establish the long
promised Messianic Kingdom.
The proper thought the speaker de
clared. Is that Jesus accomplished in
the flesh the work which the Father
had given Him to do, when He sacri
ficed nis earthly life. The Father re
warded Illm gloriously by exalting
nim to the highest spirit plane. Now
our glorified Lord Is waiting for the
gathering of Ills Elect, nis Church,
His Bride. These are to share in Ills
resurrection to the Divine nature and
to Git with Him In nis Throne. Then
tvo Kingdom of Messiah, so long prom
33d, will begin to bless the world,
aslng as its earthly representatives,
visible to men, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
and all the Ancient Worthies mentlon
3d In Hebrews 1L
A Multitude of Captives.
The Tastor then showed that ( h!3
text figuratively represents the ascen
sion of our Lord from the earthly plane
to the Heavenly as the triumph of a
great Conqueror. Sin had gained as
cendency over Adam and his race, and
had brought them down to the dust
mentally, morally and physically.
Moreover, this victory over mankind
had been gained In a legal manner,
through the one man's disobedience.
The Logos divested nimself of nis
glory on the spirit plane, was made
flesh, fulfilled the demands of the Law,
proved Himself competent to pay the
sinner's Ransom-price, and "gave nim
self a Ransom for all, to be testified
in due time." Having finished nis
sacrificial work, lie was again received
to the spirit nature with exceeding
glory and to the right hand of God.
Thus, he continued, the great Con
queror is seen returning to the Heav
enly state, acclaimed by the neaven
ly host; and far down the centuries
the prophetic view sees following Him
a great procession. First comes the
Church, the Royal Priesthood, nis
brethren, delivered from the power of
Sin and Death through the merit of
Jesus' blood. These are only the van
guard of an advancing host; they are
"a kind of first-fruits to God of nis
creatures," rescued from Sin and
Death. Later on, for a period of a
thousand years beyond the deliverance
of the Church, the prophetic pen fore
tells countless hosts of every nation,
people, kindred and tongue, to be de
livered from the power of Sin and
Death through the merit of Him who
died on Calvary.
Then will come the glorious consum
mation, the Pastor said. When all
who will have refused Divine grace
shall have been destroyed in the Sec
ond Death, then shall be heard every
creature in Heaven and on earth say
ing, "Blessing, and honor, and glory,
and power, be unto Illm that sftteth
upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb,
forever and ever."
"The Acceptable Year of th Lord."
The Pastor then explained that at
our Lord's First Advent began "the ac
ceptable Tear of the Lord" the time
when God, having accepted the sacri
fice of Christ Jesus, became willing to
accept the sacrifices of all who desire
to become His disciples to take up
their cross and folftw nim through
good report and evil report, even unto
death. The entire Gospel Age, he de
clared, antitypes Israel's Atonement
Day; and the sacrifices of our Lord
and the Church are the "better sacri
fices," foreshadowed by the bullock
nnd the goat offered typically by tho
Jews. This antitj-pleal Atonement Day
Is "the acceptable Year of the Lord,"
as Jesus pointed out God's faithful
people of this acceptable Day are glad
to be invited to "present their bodies
living sacrifices, holy and acceptable
unto God." In the end of this accept
able Day will come the end of all op
portunity thus to sacrifice the human
nature and become Joint-heirs with
Jesus Christ our Lord.
"Times of Restitution."
After the Gospel Age has passed
away, the Pastor declared, there will
be a new period introduced, styled In
the Scriptures, "The Times of Restitu
tion." The acceptable Day for the sac
rifice of the Church has lasted for near
ly nineteen centuries, he said; and the
Scriptures clearly Indicate that tho
Times of Restitution will last a thou
sand years. St Peter tells us Just
when these Times of Restitution will
begin. They will begin as a result of
the Second Coming-of Jesus, the 'Mes
siah,': and. the ; establishment ot ?.nis
Kingdom. Then 'Times ' of, refreshing
shall i come from the presence of the
Lord ; and He shall send Jesus Christ
Which before was preached unto you;
whbm.the Heavens must retain until
the Times of Restitution of all things.
Which pod hath spoken by the moath
of all : His holy Prophets since the
world began." Acts 3:19-21, . . . .
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