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Christmas shopping. And don't for
get to trade at home.
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Albert T. Patrick complains that
be is legally dead and that the state
therefore has no right to keep him
In prison. But a dead man ought
not to kick on his quarters if the
other prisoners don't object.
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An esteemed Republican contem
porary published in the heart of the
protection belt, the Altoona, Pa.,
Tribune, protests against the quips
and gibes of newspaper paragraph
era over the soaring prices of the
necessities of life and declares It is
no joking matter. "A man who can
stand off and make Jokes concerning
the cost of living is either an irre
sponsible Individual or very wealthy
one," declares the Tribune. "The
bulance of us approach the matter
with serious minds and heavy hearts.
We do not know what is going to
happen." Our Republican contem
porary In quite right. And yet it is
n staunch advocate and denfender of
the vicious system of protection
which has promoted the condition it
bewails, for the profit of the trusts
at tbe expense of the people.
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Till: PRKKKIXG DAMaKK.
It would appear that the only way
In which big business can be allowed
to throttle competition and dictate
prices in the United States is by the
enactment by the congress of legis
lation Hlmilar to that which the pres
ident In his Des Moines speech ad
vocated. We are now coming to a
crucial of overawes congress to
mldates or overawes congress to
modify the anti-trust law in the way
the president suggested, we may Just
as well submit to have the prices of (
everything we buy and everything we
well fixed by the aggregation of cap!
ial which now. rules the country.
Our readers may assume that be
causo President Taft was exalted to
his high position on the recommen
dation of Roosevelt therefore any
thing that he may suggest is In the
line of the Roosevelt policies, and
may therefore fail to read his re
commendations closmy. We pointed
out at the time of this speech that
any such legislation as tbe president
urged would give the big business
free scope absolutely to do as it
pleases with the people. It Aldrlch
had made this suggestion the en
tire country would have cried out
ngalnst it, but coming from the pres
ident, the supposed friend of the
Jtoosevolt policies, people have as
sumed that It was all right. Noth
ing has surprised us more than tho
' nppnrent blindness of tho American
peoplo mid tho pnlltilul leaders to
the real effect of the president's sug
gestions. As we Bald before, bo wo
say now, that, his position Is lncon
clvable except on the theory that
lio has gathered around him a lot
of corporation lawyers and turned
over to them tho task of framing
legislation, such legislation as will
bo acceptable to Mr. Aldrlch and Mr.
Cannon. Wallace's Farmer.
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A MNMTKIt ASPECT.
Patriotism is a noblo virtue, but
patriotism and Jingoism are not sy
nonymous. Tho people of this coun
try as a whole are deeply patriotic
but they have an admirable sense
of Justice and an appreciation of
the virtue of not going off half-cocked.
Ilenco they are not getting wild
ly excltod over, the Nlcaraguan af
fair. There is a suspicion in many quar
ters that there is an ulterior motive
concealed in the effort to proclpltate
warfare between this great country
and tho weak little Central Ameri
can government. It is known that
New York financiers have been and
are acquiring valuable concessions
In all the Central American repub
lics. In many of these countries, in
cluding Nicaragua, so-called "Ameri
can" parties have been created. The
revolution in Nicargua is being fi
naced from some source and it Is a
natural Inference that the source is
Wall street. It could not exist a day
without strong financial aid. It is
suspected that the ultimate outcome
aimed at is annexation to the Unit
ed States, a process which would
richly line the pockets of the emin
ent American financiers and revolu
tion promoters.
Until the people of the United
States have better assurance than has
so far boen vouchsafed them that
there is not a "nigger In the wood
pile" In the Nlcaraguan affair, there
will be no widespread public demand
for United States troops to move on
to Managua.
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1'lWtti THE IUKY WORLD.
One of the sensible projects which
the United States government seems
inclined to Indulge In is that of life
saving stations for tho coal min
ing regions. This proposed depart
ment which has been started up,
but which is still In its Infancy, pro
poses to establish stations similar to
tho life saving stations In the sea
service which may bo avallablo In
case of such disasters as those at
Cherry, 111. The scheme Is one of
much merit but Its practical ef
ficiency depends largely on tho men
who carry It out. The practical ap
plication of It Is the stickler. Let's
hope it succeeds.
The American Federation of Labor
seems to be in a good way to drift
upon the rocks. President Gomp
era who espoused Bryan's cause in
1908, seemB destined to be carried
down to defeat and disaster along
with all who have been brave
enough to take a stand with the
Great American. The federation has
lost the Switchmen's Union strike in
the northwest. All reports to. the
contrary, this Is the fact. Now it Is
proposed to line up the different
trades in a fight on the steel trust
The chances of the federation to
win are lnnnestlslmal, yet their lead
ers are for It. The steel trust 1b
almost impregnable. The courts are
behind the trust and, under Taft,
they are becoming every day strong
er. Labor lost the light In 1896
when he had a chance. The lower
holds little except the Inevitable.
August Escholbnch gees thunder
lug down tho aisles of time sa fnr as
St. Louis Is concerned. August, after
thirteen long weary years, secured a
seat In a street ear during the rush
hour. It was nn epoch In his ex
istence a red-letter day In his life
Ho was much glonted over this
strango happening in a quiet llfo and
he laughed merrily. Anon he ex
pectorated upon tho floor of the car
beenuse he would not give up the
coveted seat a sent fought for, for
thirteen years. Then uprose tho pas
senger next to him and placed him
under arrest. The passenger was a
parutary officer. Yet In his disgrace,
and with the nlnlons of the law hov
ering and encompassing him about,
August smiled and was full of glee
for ho had achieved the acme of
St. Louis ambition he had1 a seat in
a street car.
President Taft a few days ago
spoke to a long line of the employed
on the Bowery. Theso men formed
what is known as tho "bread lino,"
something supposed to be only pos
sible under Democratic administra
tions. Much has been said and much
has beon whltten of hard times un
der various administrations. Almost
Invariably we have found the Repub
lican papers referring to the times
being the rosult of Democratlo gov
ernment. How much is the Bowery!
"bread line" to be accounted for? Is j
it possible that when President Taftj
addressed this long line of half-star- j
ved, ill-fed men, he was still talking
to the Jllfated ghosts of the 1893
panic, or was he talking to the grim
spectres left behind by the Repub
lican panic of 1907. Let the facts be
stated correctly. The "bread line"
of the Bowery Is a result of Repub
licanism blind and rampant a legi
timate outgrowth of years of pater
nalism on the part of the national
government a rt.ult, the harvest
of which must be appalling.
At last we know. Lieut. Robt. E.
Peary Is the "true discoverer of the
north pole." The National Geo
graphical society has spoken and W.
E. J'oore, head of the weather bur
eau, a government job, has placed
the official seal of approval on
Peary and Peary has frankly owned
that he and he alone, could have ac
complished the task. This was not
enough all the foreign ambassadors
clapped hands and Joe Cannon ap
proved. Why investigate further?
Are not Prof. Moore, M. Jusserrand
etal and Cannon sufficient? When
they speak the stars pause In their
comses maybe.
To a man up a tree the accounts
of the Antl-Zelaya demonstrations at
Managua, Nlcarguan, look very curl
ous. We seem to have reached the
k
high stage of civilization of central
Europe where one way of winning
a fight is to buy tbe enemy. Cer
talnly the press dispatches Indicate
this. We are told of Nlcaraguan
patriots cheering the United States.
A truly fine setiment. Imagine
how we we would read of American
patriots cheering Germany! Yet the
one Is as prqbable as the other. The
line of distinction between the bri
ber and the bribed is still exceed
ingly fine.
One of the pathetic sidelights of
life is that in tbe papers of Mrs
Emma Peck, who committed suicide
In St. Louis. Mrs. Peck who was a
widow, had preached optimism
look at the bright side. She killed
herself in a room surrounded by
"Be Cheerful" signs. Why none
knew. The only witness said she
stopped out of a telephone booth
and said: "You have no right to say
that to me." Whoever the assassin
was these words must haunt him or
her. Mrs. ?ock succumbed before
the hard blows of the world and she
Is but one known martyr of thous
ands. The sunshine and optimism
are good but the shadows are ter
rible In this life.
We read of the sad fate of Hamp
ton Gould Wescott, once a vice-president
of the Standard Oil company,
and shudder for Hampton Is what is
known vulgarly as bug house,
Hampton's weak head seems to have
originated when Uncle Sam had him
on the stand as a witness and
sought to show that Hampton had
been very successful In originating
schemes to find out what his com
petltors sold. This examination was
too much for his intellect and he
is now said to bo mentally bad. Wo
sympathize with Hampton 'tis a
pity he didn't tell who first spoke
to him of spies and Independent
companies It might have saved hlra
much' mental distress.
Senator Cullom of Illinois, has, or
will present to the senate, a resolu
tion seeking In effect to further the
extent of federal stations for tho
rescue of miners from burning or
otherwise disabled mines. The idea
Is more than commendable? It should
be carried out. The execution In
volves once 'more the old and time
worn doctrlno of states rights, but In
view of steady encroachment of fed
eral authority on that of the states,
It would be ns well to waive this
and permit the establishment of
the stations. They are needed and
while the Interests of the domain
by federal authority, it seems but
a question of time when this author
ity and probably autocratic rule,
will prevail anyway.
lwiston School Hoc Ial.
On Thursday evening, December
23, a box social will be held at the
Lewlston school, district No. 7, three
and a half miles southeast of Mur
ray. A short program will be given.
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PEOFLI
Sermon by
CHARLES 1.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
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Sunday, December 19.-Pastor Rus
sell spoke today from the above text
Brooklyn Tabernacle was crowded
with an attentive audience, as usual.
We report the discourse, as follows:
Only those who come to an advanced
degree of knowledge of God's Word
can realize how Divine judgments are
all good all blessed. Under tbe in
fluence of the fog of superstition, not
understanding aright the teachings of
the Scriptures, supposing that they
taught eternal torment for the great
majority of our race, we feared God,
rather than loved him. We dared not
say that such a Judgment was wrong,
malicious, devilish, j et we were unable
to see It In any other light; hence the
general perplexity of Christendom, and
the general alienation of heart, and
many Intelligent iniuds driven to In
fidelity, and the dislike to think about
God and his supposedly terrible pur
poses respecting our race and the gen
eral awe respecting the Bible and the
fear of Its misunderstood teachings.
But now in tbe dawning of the New
Dispensation the Word of God la shin
ing as never before; one passage Illu
minating another, our fear gives place
to reverential love and filial awe. W
begin to understand that the torment
doctrines which we received are whol
ly foreign to the Divine character,
which, on the contrary, Is distinctly
marked by, Wisdom. Justice. Mercy
and Love toward all. We find our
selves now In agreement with the
Scriptural declaration that God's judg
ments are "righteous altogether," and
we delight in them. Instead of a Judg
ment of eternal torment ns a penalty
for sin, we find a judgment or sen
tence of death. We agree to the right
eousness of that vol diet or Judgment.
God had the right to demand of his
creature the obedience he was able to
render. He had a perfect right to de
stroy hlni in death when he refused
tho blessing of life eternal on tho
terms of obedience. Seeing this, how
rejoiced we are to note the Divine
Mercy in the Plan of Redemption for
the sinner and his offspring through
the sacrifice of Christ!' As a result we
have good hope in bis judgments; for
him who once Judged us worthy of
death has with equal Justice redeem
ed us and granted us the opportunity
of eternal life through the resurrec
tion. . . , . . .
It was another part of the Dlvtne
Judgment against our race that, in
stead of the death penalty coming in
stantly upon Adam and Eve, it came
gradually, that through the processes
of gradual dying they might the better
learn the lesson of "the exceeding Bin
fulness of sin" to the intent that, when
granted the new trial secured by the
merit of Christ's sacrifice, they might
profit by it the more. The same princi
ples apply to all of Adam's posterity.
"The whole creation groaneth and tra
valleth in pain together until now
waiting for tbe manifestation of the
sons of God" (Romans Till, 22, 10). Tbey
are waiting for the establishment of
Christ's Millennial Kingdom nnder
which they shall have a full opportu
nity of coming to a knowledge of tbe
Truth. ,
This is God's provision for the world
in general. What God did for the lit
tle nation of Israel during the Jewish
Age, and what he has been doing for
Spiritual Israel since Pentecost, in this
Gospel Age, are matters separate and
apart entirely from his general deal
ing with the world of mankind. The
natural and the spiritual Seed of Abra
ham are exceptions to the rule. They
have been granted special privileges
and blessings not granted to tho world
In general natural Israel under the
Law Covenant and spiritual Israel un
der the Abrahainlo Covenant. From
those two nominal Israels special "over
comers" have been chosen or elected.
These shortly, In association with the
Redeemer, will constitute the Kingdom
of God. The overcomers of spiritual
Israel, becoming the Bride of Christ
by resurrection "cbnnge" to the heav
enly nature, will be like him and share
his glory and constitute the Kingdom
class In the highest sense. The over
comers of natural Israel, resurrected
to the perfection' of earthly nature,
will constitute the earthly phnse of the
Millennial Kingdom. - Mankind may
see and have intercourse with these,
but will not see nor have direct Inter
course with the glorified Christ, Head
and Body the King of Glory.
, God Will Judge His People.
So far a8 tho world Is concerned, It
has been under the one general sen
tence of Divine Justice, "dying thou
slink die." But so fnr as uatural and
spiritual Israel are concerned. they have
been dealt with ns freed from the orlg
innl sentence and on trial for llfo or
death afresh under God's Judgments
or disciplines. Thus it It written, "Je
hovah will Judge his people." Not all
nndrr these- Judgments have under
stood them not all were In the condl
tlon of heart to receive their Instruc
Hons. "The secret of tho Lord la with
them that fear him; and ho win show
them his Covenant" (Psalm xxv, 14)
This, during the Jewish Age, Israel
eften lapsed Into more or less of dark
nesa and Idolatry and failed to see
their special privileges and relation
snip t Ood under their Covenant. But
timngat them wore tbe few faithful
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PULPIT...
Blessed Judgments.
"With My Soul Hive 1 Dired Thee In
iSs Night; Yea. With My Spirk Within Me,
Will 1 Seek Thee Early: For When Thy
Judgment! An Abroad In the Earth, the
Inhabitant of the World Will Learn Right
outneu" (Isaiah izvi, 9).
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who with the eye of faith discerned
the righteousness of God's dealing
with them. Of theso were the proph
ets who rehearsed the Divine dealings
and rewards and punishments, that
they were true and righteous altogeth
er and merciful in the extreme.
Similarly during this Gospel Age
Christendom as a whole has not been
In the condition of heart to hear, to un
derstand, to appreciate, the Judgments
of the Lord. But some have been "Is
raelites indeed" who possessed the se
cret of the Lord and who were able to
rejoice in his Judgments hla righteous
dealings. They reullzed by faith God'a
love for them. "The Father hlmselt
loveth you" (John xvl, 27). By faltl
they appropriated the Apostle's assur
ance that "all things work together fu
good to them that love God, to then,
who are the called according to his
purpose (Romans via, 2;)).
God's Judgments In the World.
We have seen that God's Judgments
In the past have been merely with
those who shall constitute the Seed
of Abraham (uatural and spiritual),
through whom, according to the
promise, "all the families of the earth
shall be blessed" (Geuesis xxvlll, 14).
We now note the fact that our text does
not relate to either of these, for their
judgments could be discerned only by
the eye of faith. Our text refers to
the world's Judgments dining the .Mil
lennial Age, Then God's Judgments
will be abroad in the earth not mere
ly confined to one nation or specially
called class, but will include every
member of Adam's race. And while
these are declared to be the Lord's
judgments, note the fact that they will
be administered by The Christ, of
which our glorified Redeemer shall be
the Head, and his "members," when
glorified, shall be the Body the
Church. The Judgments of the LorcT
abroad in the earth will not meau
havoc und dismay to mankind In gen
eral, but the very reverse relief, as
sistance to all who come into line with
the righteous arrangements of that
Kingdom designed for their uplifting
from sin nud death conditions. The
Judgments of that Millennial Day of a
thousund years will be severe even to
destruction only against the willfully,
the deliberately rebellious, after they
shall have been brought to a clear ap
preciation of right and wrong, good
and evil, and their penalties, life and
death.
Mark the statement of the Prophet
David when prophetically referring to
the Millennial Age; he points out that
the Judgments of that time will be a
cause of gladness. He says:
"Let the heaven be glad,
And let the earth rejoice;
Let men say among the nations, Jehovah
relgneth.
Let the sea roar, and the fulnesa thereof;
Let the field, rejoice, and all that are
therein.
Then shall the trees of the wood alng
' aloud
At the presence of Jehovah,
BECAUSE HE COMETH TO JUDGE
THE EARTH.
O give thanks unto Jehovah, for he Is
good;
For hla mercy endureth forever."
I Chronicle, xvl, 31-31
A Millennial Judgment Day.
Mark the words of St. Paul respect
ing what God has in reservation for
the trorW. He says God "hath up
pointod n day the thousand-year day
of Christ 1 In the which he will Judge
the world In righteousness by that
man whom he hath ordained" (Acts
xvll, 31).
Iu this work ordait'.ed for our Lord
be Is to have associates the "elect"
Church, his "members," of whom the
Apostle writes, saying, "Know ye not
that the saints shall Judge the world?"
(I Corinthians vl, 2.) And the Ancient
Worthies enumerated by St. Paul
(Hebrews lx, 38-40) will nlso be Judges,
but on the earthly plane as representa
tives of the heavenly Kingdom. As It
Is written, "I will restore thy Judges
as at the first and tiiy counsellors as
at the beginning" (Isaiah I, 20).
Our All-Wise Creator, who has 'thus
made provision, both for tbe heavenly
and the earthly judges of the world
In the election from Israel and the
election of the Gospel Age, has thus
demonstrated to the few who under
stand "the secret of the Lord" "the
mystery" hidden from ages and dlp
pensatlons past. It Is evident that
there will be no disappointment, no
failure, In respect to God's great oath
bound Covenant made with Abraham
"In thy Seed shall all the families
of the earth be blessed." The basis of
the blessing is the redemptive work
of Christ finished at Calvary. The
outworking of that blessing will come
through the glorified Lord and his
Church, "his Body." The first work
will bo the establishment of a right
eous government In the hnnds of those
nlrendy proven absolutely loyal to God
and to his righteousness "faithful
even unto death." We may have fill
confidence that In that Kingdom
"righteousness will be laid to the line
and Justice to the plummet," as God
has promised (Isaiah xxtIH, 17). Not
only so, but we may hire full confi
dence that mercy will hare n free
hand there to do all for mankind that
would be reasonable and possible. The
combination of a strong government
with mttvlfu! assistant Is represented
by the fact that our Lord will be, not
I
only the great King, bat nlso the great
Triest rind Prophet cndlVu her. Even
so, also, the Church shall be "kings
ar.d priests" their ofiite. their serv
ice, will be a combination of ruling
and healing, instructing and uplifting.
Everything done will come under the
head of Judgment righteous dealing.
Every good deed. yea. every good ef
fort, will be rewarded Its Judgment
will be a blessing, an Increase of har
mony with the Lord and with a charac
ter development and restltutloual phys
ical experiences (Acts 111, 19-21). In
stead of the ways of darkness will be
the way of light Instead of the broad
rood leading to destruction with the
masses going down thereon to the
tomb will be "the highway of holi
ness." Instead of stones of stumbling
we are assured thaH the stumbling
stones shall be gathered out of the
way. Instead of beastly violence, over
mastering temptations and besetments,
devouring mankind because of their
weakness to resist the Adversary, tbe
Bible assures us that Satan will be
bound and that the wild beasts of vice
and degeneracy will all be brought
Into subjection. Thus "nothing shall
hurt nor destroy In all God's holy
Kingdom." "And an highway shall be
there, and It shall be called, Tbe way
of holiness" (Isaiah xl, 0;.xxxv, 8).
The Messianic Psalm (seventy-second)
finds its application to that glo
rious Millennial epoch. Thus we read,
"Give the King thy Judgments, O God,
and thy righteousness unto the King's
Son. He shall Judge thy people with
righteousness and thy poor with Judg
ment (justice). He shall judge
the poor of the people, he shall save
the children of the needy and shall
break In pieces the oppressor.
He shall come down like rain upon the
mown grass, as showers that water
the earth. In his days shall the right
eous flourish; and abundance of pence
so long as the moon endureth."
"The People Will Learn Righteous
ness." As already shown, God's dealings In
the past have been with the world only
in the sense of executing a general
sentence for Adainlc sin a death seu
tenco with all' that that Involves of
mental, moral and physical degeneracy
dying. All of God's special Judg
ments have been with those who were
justified to special relationship through
faith. If wo were to judge of the num
ber who will be blessed during the Mil
lennium by the "little lloc-k" of natural
Israel and the "little flock" of spiritual
Israel, saved under God's judgments
in advance of the millennium, the out
come of the world's Judgment would
not appear favorable. But these would
not be fair criterions. Present con
ditions are permitted In order to test
and to prove the faith, as well as the
obedience of those who are under trial
or Judgment and who, by renson of
the fall, have such a faith as permits
them to grasp the glorious features of
the present call. Consequently, "few"
there will be who will And tbe great
reward now offered (Matthew vll, 14).
This is as God designs it, because
be is selecting a special class. But the
arrangements made for mankind In
general are that tbe darkness and sin
of the present time shnll flee away. The
dawning of the Millennium morning,
with the rising of the Sun of Right
eousness with healing iu his beams
(The Chrjst in glory to enlighten the
world), will mean that knowledge will
be granted the world facts, evidences,
proofs. The world will not be required
to "walk by faith and not by sight."
as are the "elect" of this present time.
Instead of the eye of faith of the prcs
eut time will be the eye of understand
ing (knowledge), then. Instead of the
secret of the Lord being kept from the
world, all of his gracious purposes will
then stand fully revealed. "The knowl
edge of the glory of God shall fill the
whole earth as the waters cover the
groat deep" (Habakkuk 11, 14). As a re
sult none shall need to say unto his
neighbor and to his brother, Know thou
the Lord, for all shnll know him, from
tho least to the greatest of them. Every
knee shall bow nud every tongue con
fess to the glory of God (Romans xlv,
11), When every good deed shall receive
promptly and manifestly Its reward.and
every evil deed shall receive prompt
ly Its punishment, the world will speed
ily learn to avoid the punishments and
to win the rewards by obedience to the
laws of the Kingdom.
The Scope of Our Text.
Tho Prophet in our text personifies
Tho Christ, Jesus the Held and the
Church his Body. Note the statement,
"With my soul have I desired thee in
the night" (Isaiah xxvl, 9). The "night"
pf slu has been upon the world for
centuries. The "morning" Is nt hand,
but not yet fully come. During the
night time tbe faithful of the Church
are represented as walking In the light
of God's Word. "Thy Word' Is a
lamp unto my feet, and a lantern unto
my footsteps" (Psalm cxlx, 10."). St.
refer says, "We have a more sure
word of prophecy, to which we do
well to take heed as unto a light shin
ing in a dark place until the day
dawn and the day star arise" (II
Peter 1, 19). In this night time the
"elect" are different from the major
ity of those around them they desire
God's righteousness nr.d they pray,
"Thy Kingdom come; thy will be done
on earth even ns It Is done In heaven."
Song of Moses and the Lamb.
. Those who now are able to "sing In
the night" because of their apprecia
tion of the Divine Tlan are prophetic
ally declared to "sing the Bong of
Moses, the servant of God and the
song of the Lamb, saying, Great and
marvellous are thy works, Lord God
Almighty; Just and true arc thy ways,
thon King of saints. Who shall not
fear thre, O Lord, and glorify thy
name? for thon only art holy: for all
nations shall come and worship before
thee, because of the manifestation of
thy righteous dealings" (Revelation xv,
8.4