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O0 PEOPLE' CHARLZS T. RUSSt.Ul Pastor DiooUyn TaL.cr.-ude. 1 SI ; Washington. D. C. March 13.-Pus tor Bussell of the Brooklyn Tuberna cle, New York, preacbeel here twiet today to splendid audiences. One ol his discourses was eutltled. "The Over throw of Sutau's Empire." V'e report the other oue from the text above quoted. Pastor Russell said: As Christians in the light of this wonderful Twentieth Century we stand at the parting of the ways and mut decide for right or for wrung, foi truth or for falsehood. In respect tn our religious convictions. Without questioning the sincerity of our fore fathers, we all object to their theology It is in vain that ministers and Bible class teachers longer deny tin facts of the case. Nor will Intelligent and honest people agree that it it- right that through their creeds the should profess one thing, and in theli lives and general conversation they should Ignore or ubsolutely deny tin teachings of those creeds. Yet this Is the positlou of practically all the think " lug people of Christendom. Their con sciences will not stand for this much longer. If they retrain from telling the Truth and taking their stand for It, they will not only sear their con sciences (I Timothy iv. "Ji and corre 8pondingly separate themselves from God's favor, but additionally theli course will sooner or later bring upot. them the disapproval and contempt of all honest (tcople. For although the masses nre not yet aroused on the sub Ject, they are rapidly getting awake. Do you wish me to illustrate what 1 mean? Do you wish mo to show It. what respect all denominations are ashamed ot their creeds und unxiou to hide the fact that they ever pro fessed them or were anxious to give them some new Interpretation more consistent with the broader thought 4tnd more generous sentiment common to civilized man In this Twentieth Century? I will do it Our Methodist frieuds are ashamed of that feature of their creed which de clares that the Almighty is now doing everything that Divine Wisdom and Power can accomplish on behalf ot our poor race to bring all to a full knowledge of Christ and to opportu nity of faith and ouedipuce. They real ize that there is a weakness in this argument. And wheu they protest that God must work through means, and hence that the responsibility lies at the door of Christian believers to carry the Gospel to the heathen, they realize that this Is an Illogical urgu nient too. I'or why should onr Great Creator send to eternal torment mil lions of his creatures, because of an insuiiiclency of zeal on the part ol tome of their more enlightened fel low-creatures? Acknowledging the Inconsistency of such a theory our good Methodist brethren tell us that they hope that God has some other way of saving the ignorant of heathen lands and. perhaps, of civ Hired lands Wo appreciate the loving 1 heart which prompts this answer and we agree that it is truethat God has (mother way for these, lint when we attempt t point xiut what that other way Is, some of these dear friends in quire. Is It Methodism? Did John Wesley preach It? Our answer is, No. Brother Wesley did not preach it ami did not know of it. Not because it Is new, but because it Is so very old and was loot sight of during the "dark ages" for fifteen centuries before Brother Wesley was born, lie was feeling after it. yearning for it. ' hun gering and thirsting for it. but thel "due time" for It to be made kuownl to God's people had not yet come in Brother Wesley's day. He preached the eternal torture of all Mankind,- ex cept the sane-tilled believers in Jesus the Savior. But In his preaching of the love of God he was used of the Almighty to wondrously prepare the hearts of Christendom for the broader message of the Bible now due to be seen and understood. Wesley's Gos pel of the love of God has mellowed the heart of Christendom, which once was frigid under the cold teachings of Foreordlnutlon, Predestination, etc., of the Westminster Confession of Faith once the basis of nearly all Protestant Communions. If we and our Methodist brethren could maintain the 6ame degree of spiritual warmth that Wesley mid their forefathers enjoyed we might do with out further instruction. But we can not do this! None enn stand still: Christians today are losing their holi ness, their sntictilicatlon their zeal for God Is giving place to zeal for a sect. The light of the Millennial morning which for a century has been gradual ly breaking upou Hie world, stimulat ing thought In every direction, makes it necessary for our Methodist breth ren, ns well as for us all. to awaken to the wonderful privileges of our day for Bible study: to ascertain the real teaching of God's Word, which. In the dark past we all seemingly rulsunder stood and misrepresented. Already the most Intelligent one-fourth of Meth odism not only rejects Brother Wes ley's theory, but alas, repudiates the Bible also! It accepts Instead of Sal vation that most dangerous form of Infidelity known as Higher Criticism nd that most uu-Scrlptural proposl- COO PUI I H e Choose Ye This Day 'Between Truth and Error. "Choosr You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve... 11 Jehovah Be God, Serve Him" (Joshua xxiv. 15). oc( tion of human Evolution, which denies the fall of our race and makes void Christ 8 redemptive work and the glori ous result thereof human restitution (Acts ill. BKJ3i. Bury th Dead Past. God forbid that we should bury any Of the doctrines of Christ aud nis twelve apostles! On the contrary let us strive to resurrect these from ttie rubbish cf human traditions which eighteen centuries have plied upon them. Let us instead bury our niau made creeds, of which we are ah ashamed. Our Presbyterian friends some years ago set a noble example to all Christendom In the burial or taoir Confession of Faith and their substitu tion Instead of a much simpler auu much more rational statement. But. No, I must correcr myself here. This is what they should have done but did not do. Instead of burying the old creed, not only from sight, but also from odor, they have merely covered the corpse which is admitted to be dead and placed the briefer and better Confession atop the winding-sheet They assuredly declare that it is not a substitute but merely a representative statement, llenco every time we read the re-statement, we must hold our noses to avoid contamination from the odors of the carcass beneath. Not all must do this, for, as the Apos tle suggests. All have not their senses exercised to discern. But all inteili gent Presbyterians are being rapidly driven not only away from Calvinism but, alas, away from the Bible ulso, because of their erroneous supposition that the teaching of Calvlu and the teachings of the Bible are oue and the same. These bright minds nre not merely lost to the Christian forces. They lie come active agents In the promulga tion of nntl-Blbllenl teachings. Tliey are engaged in pulling down the Bible and substituting for Its teaching Dar- wiu's Involution theory. These sincere men are to be found in the faculties of all of the Colleges. In the highest pul pits throughout the hind and in tii, most prominent positions in business ami social lite. Their loss id faith In the Bible has not made 'them murder ers or thieves. Their noble Inheritance from the past preserves to them an tij Tightness of character which the lo-:-of a fear of hell-torment has not under mined. While they are no loi:,'i' Christians from fie l;ib!i r.in'drniii.t Ho longer believers In .le.iii-. a- a lie dimmer-th-'V niv still lulievt-rs i Jesus as a uroat Teacher :'.:ul a )...!.' Loader of men. They fall to clis'-cr the fact that if I , pcs.al as the" Son of tied and the !: deeiner of men. aw' was not sn (. m-i -ail of being a noble example, hi life and (cachings were most stupendous frail. 's and ilcccu tions. Captist3 and Diicijlc.-, Awrk :-..r.f When we say that Miis av. aKcuiii'; Is also reaching our lla.iiist ai.l our Disciple brethren, til it mil be under Mood to mean that all of these tnuc been asleep until now. remaps n would have been better for them tf souie who have gotten awake dining the past thirty years had slumbered longer. Those long awake have prin cipally gone off into Darwinism am; Higher Criticism. I'.aptlst aud Disci pie schools and Colleges and Theolog leal Seminaries, like those of oilier de nominations, are manned with the brlghtest minds of the denominations, and all with one accord teaching High er l'1'll.icista. iulidellty nud Darwinian Involution. With one accord all are engaged in overthrowing the Christian Faith of the rising generation. They are doing this Intelligently, wisely, cunningly, but not with evil motive. Having gotten awake to the Inconsist encies of their creeds these scholarly men. concluding that the creeds truth fully represented the liibie, abandoned faith In the Scriptures to the same de gree that they have abandoned faith In the creeds which their Intellects have repudiated. Now they are seek ing to gradually help Christian people of all denominations to what they e (in sider the higher plane of Truth. What they have almost anything in fact Is better than the "creeds" they have repudiated. They are working hard and succeeding well In Introducing their falth-destroylng theory into the minds of the rising generation through the school books. From these they not only have eliminated everything sympathetic with Bible faith, but In the stead hnve Introduced the, sub versive doctrine of Evolution. As for the rank and flic of Baptists and Disciples, probably three-fourths of them still hold vaguely and indcll nltely to the Bible and their Confcs slons of Faith though both of these denominations In their Innocency of mind think that they hnve no creeds that they take the Bible only. As these dear friends own ken to the In consistencies of their Confession and teachings they are In great danger of following their lenders Into a repudia tion of everything pertaining to the past-Into Higher Criticism-Infidelity and Darwinism. "Choosa You Thi Day Whom Y Will Serve." Joshua's words to the Israelites, aft er they had come Into Canaan, consti tute our text. Joshua perceived thai the Israelites were in a trying position and Unit it was their duty to devute promptly and thoroiiti'y which cnti:-si-they would take. So we may s"e to day that Christians of all dcnomina tions are In a trying mmiIi:i and that a prompt ileciston to stand by God nnd the Bible is the necessary Jhing for those who would be delivered trotu the durkuess of the past and avoid tailing Into the Adversary's great deception ot the present Into which their leaders are guiding them. Unless they heed speedily, the blind leading the blind will fall Into the ditch of Darwinism aud the mire of Higher Criticism There are not many ways to escape this threatening calamity! There is only one way the Bible way. Many Baptist and Disciple ministers are be comiug awake to the Inconsistencies ot their positions aud drifting without foreknowledge of where their course will end. For Instance. I hnve be-fore me the words of the Iter. Dr. Mac Don ald of my owu city, Brooklyn, on Feb niary '.'7th. This gentleman speaks of the Baptist Confession of Faith as "these muddling clothe ot an ancient duymatixm." And respecting the Bap tlst doctrine which recognizes only Im mersed persons as members of the Church of Christ and heirs of salva tion, be says, "Uencctorth it can be re garded to be a dead an the cities ot Sodom and Comorrnh. and a irortlnlu burifd" The gentleman rejoiced that recently a Baptist minister had been ordained to the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church of Brooklyn who ai'.inned in advance that he. would Invite all to communion aud Church membership who loved the Lord Jesus. He urced that "associate members" should be received Into Baptist communions "without Imposing baptism upon them." This courageous brother falls to see1 wherein the course he advocates is Illogical. What he needs to sh is the real teaching of the Bible on the sun Ject of Baptlsni-tliat It Is baptism into Christ's death, and thus Into the real Church of Chrlst-not the Baptist Church, nor any other human organism Hon, but the Church of God-"The Church of the firstborns, whose nnmes are written In heaven " That roll con tains the names of all the saintly faithful, consecrated believers In the Redeemer of nil denominations and outside of nil denominations. "Sanctify Them Through Thy Truth." It Is not suUieient that we get rid of the errors and superstitious of the past. We must supplant those with the Truth, that "We may be able to withstand in this evil day" (Epheslans vl, 13). It alone will constitute the armor of God. Christian people hold much precious Truth, but hold it In so illogical and confused a manner that It fails to give them the needed strength. God permitted us to cin:ie to this very hour and has permitted the. present tests for the purpose1 of developing U'c characters of the "Is raelites it'ilcd. In whom is no miPe." and for ihe iiirpise ot gMhoriie; oni from them all the tat'1, n n the dial'', and all not at heart copies o lux dear Son. l et me now luietiy miiumi-h y. the errors of our creeds nud hiieliv in dicate the Bible remedy. None ot our Creed-! were too strict In defining the saintliness of the Church 'class, invited to become the Bride of Christ and his .lolnt-heirs In Ills Kingdom. On the contrary. In many respects they were too loose they were not nearly up to the stand nrd of the Master's word. "If any man will be my disciple, let him take up his cress and follow me." "Strait Is the gate and narrow the way which leadelh unto life; and few there be that find It" (Matthew vll. Hi. Jesus taught that his followers must drink ot hia cup of Kiifferin; and be Implied into hi (tenth and not merely Into wa ter. Our too-low standards have ad mitted to membership In all denomina tions millions who are far below the Master's standards. Our error and deception was the sup position that all who an not saintly, all wiio would not become the Bride of Christ, nil w ho are not baptized Into Ids death, nil who do not drink of his cup of ignominy will be ctcrnullu tortured. This great mistake common to nil Protestants (and in the much modi fled form of Purgatory shared also by Catholics) must be displaced by the Bible teaching that as soon as the elect Church shall be completed and glorified the nntltyplcal Year of Jubi lee will begin; that then for the thou sand years of the reign of Christ aud the Church as the spiritual Seed of Abraham, the no-eccf. of all the fam ilies of the earth will bo blest by the elect (Galatlans 111. 1G, 20; Acts 111, 10-23). Let us, dear brethren, choose this day to Btaud by the Word of God, to reject nil humnn traditions contrary to It and to hold fast the things that are true. Just, loving, good. If occasionally a thoughtless friend asks. Why do you believe in a Millen nium? answer that it la one of the oldest doctrines of Christendom and. above nil, the Bible doctrine. Answer that he who does not believe in the Millennium aud the resurrection then of the world of mnukindVAIl that nre in their graves"-mnst account for the dead In some other way must claim that they hnve been experienc ing pnlu or pleasure for thousands of years, or must claim that they are ex tinct ns the brute beast and will hnve no resurrection or must believe In uni versal salvation regardless of a knowl edge of Christ or obedience to him On next Lord's Day, we will discuss the Millennium and show Its absolute necessity, not only from a Bible stand point but also from a scientific stand point. "Choose yo this day"-to stand for the Bible and reason nnd to op pose the Creeds of the dark ages and their unreason! n. if til i irtotil IOIO The Hotuc of Kuppenhn'i THE SYLLABUS. OF IHE CLARENCE CASE 6 SUPREME COUR In Which They Reversed the Finding of the Lower Ccuit and Re manded the Case for Trial in the District Court. The State Journal this morning prints the syllabus of tho decision In the Clarcnco case by which they re versed tho finding of tho lower court and remanded the case for trial In the district court. The decision holds the admission cf the evidence of sev- rial witnesses culled by the state as'P,Rce ,n Question who, over the on to the ability of the defendant's wit-, J'rtion cf tho accused, testified thnt m s-vs who were in the corn crib tl,( 'V wuwd a team and wagon to bo when the shoodng happened, to s e ! plarocl whore they were informed the ad'r.iy on account of the inter-' t,ie t('n;n nrul wagon had stood and ic.eii.-e m a mam ana wat;on wun ttie r.u.e-., , vu uo """ j Chicago and Omaha, Jiavini Uen Hne of vision, tl.o state's wit noi-scs inhere 'o boards wire said to have !ralk.d lo Cllcag0 juat b,tori, t,,e com. not havir.s !m n pre,, at at the (into fnrmcrly been, and that by standing ;im,ncon!eIlt of Uu; im;ntU nIlt, n,kf.d ta of the P-..,al oec-n mince and only (cn the floor of the granary they could ,ln tak( up lUi rm e h(U, spcnkln;; trim observation, mado.not the spot where it was said f(jr a ,01,K Ume but tt Bhort tlm9 some four months afterward., was , U'o tragedy occurred. The admission Bini.0 he wa3 ,t.nrorred to tnolhor erroneous. These who remember the,of testimony, without proof tbatlrun w,l(.h hlm more u,ne ,a t ... . 0 a . . , case will recall that the witm-sacs who l"e fonuitions as existing at tho tlmo were present at the time of the shoot-J of 11)0 affray had been rosier, d, held Ing with the exception or Leo Thack- erroneous. cr, son of the deeded, testified that 2 "When, in a trial for murder, Clarence fired at Thacker after the the defendant produces evidence tend lattcr had struck him over tho headlug t0 juatIfy th0 kming on tho with a beard. The stato sought to . KroUnd of self-defense, an Instruction show that the witnesses who so t 8.1- ( whlcn limll3 tho ,.i,ht of Bl.if.derenB0 fied were In no position to have.to cne ln tho lawfll, pur!lu,t ot bls, seen the affray owing to tho wagon business is erroneous." Hans vs. and team being in tho road. Tho Sint0 72 Nob. 288. 100 N. W. 410. court held that there should niso have been shown that tho conditions n3 they existed at the time of the mur dir existed when tho tests made by the states witnesses were made. Tlie remaining ground of reversal are upon tho constructions of the court, the-supcrlor court holding that self-defenso Is not limited to ouo ln the lawful pursuit of his business. Superior court also holds that tho words "at least" when used in con nection with an instruction defining malicious killing when done on a sudden quarrel and in the heat of pas sion as murder ln the second degree, is a limitation which Is prejudicial to tho defendant and precludes the Jury finding manslaughter. Another Instruction is held erroneous on the ground that the citing of tho testi mony of a certain witness by name, usurps the functions of the Jury to determine tho weight to be given his testimony. Tho final ground for re versal is that It Is error to ullow tho Jury to be the judges of the material ity of evidence. The syllabus Is as follows: Clarence vs. State. Error, Cass. Reversed and remanded, lteese, C. J. 1 Upon a trial of an uc.eused un der a charge of murder, certain wit nesses testified thnt they were in a corn crib shoveling corn Into a shel ler nnd that nt tho tlmo of tho trag edy they were standing upon corn In the crib not yet removed, and, looking through an opening between tho boards constituting tho wall of tho crib witnessed the affair which resulted ln tho death of the deceased, their testimony being favorable to tho defendant nnd his theory of Belf defenso. At tho time of the shooting 8 eed m Parato! IF you want to be sylishly dressed in one of the latest models of thebest clothes in America, come to the Quality store and ask for Quality clothes. Our store is a veritable style show at this time, for it contains the most re markable exhibition of new Spring fash ions ever seen in this town. Exclusive styles, in single suits only one suit of a pattern from such leaders as Hirsh Wickwire, Stein Bloch, Society, Kup ptnheimer, Fadclothes Co., R. & W., Sophomore and Collegian. You can be particular and still find what you want in this varied line. Quality line $20 to $35. Competitive line $5 to $18. Wescott 9 HOME OF SATISFACTION DECISION III THE I of tho deceased thero wna a team and wnKon and tho corn sheller near tho crib which were thereafter ro moved and tho beards, between which the witnesses tostifieJ they saw tho transaction, were knocked, or taken off. Over four months thereafter tho state procured persons to go to tho 4 Iwit iiKn.n f...1 I,,...,!,. t si V. 1 , 3 In an instruction given to the Jury upon a trial of one charged wilh tho crime cf murder the law of mur der in the first and second degrees nnd manslaughter was fully explain ed. Upon the request of the Rtato, the court, later, instructed tho Jury that "a malicious killing, although done upon a sudden quarrel and ln If it -jr. r - . i i . , A . .1, "MAW 'h x. ,' r fs v- ' ' 7 pi J Tlx Howe ol Kupprnheimer Chicago 5 onus D tho heat of passion, is, at least, murder In the second degree." Ueld, that in view cf tho Instructions al ready given and of tho uho of the words "at least," tho instruction wa prejudicial error. 4 The Jury ar? tho solo Judges ot what is shown by the testimony of tho witnesses. An Instruction which informs tho Jury that certain facts are shown by a witness, namlnfj him, and quotlnR his testimony, Is errono ous as usurping the function of th Jury. It Is for them to say whether the testimony of the witness establish es the fact detailed. 5 It Is error to submit the question of the materiality of evidence to tha jury before whom the case is being tried. Bai k t.n Old Bun. The many friends cf Monte Strelght will bo pleased to learn that Blnco tho first of tho month ho has bcea back on his old exprc-'j run between gave Omnha and nt his home in this city but which was not so good a paying one ns tho Chicago-Omaha run. He accepted tho chango back to hia old place and lurenftcr will run on trains 1, 2, 3, 4, f, 0, 7 and 12, between those points. Theso nro all good fast runs with tho exception of trains 3 and 4 w hich are slow I runs. Th men working on this run nro in a pool and run first In nnd first out. The new place carries with It a sub stantial Increase In pay nnd is one of tho coveted runs on the system. Mr. Strelght will be ln the city in a few days looking nftcr some business matters and the only drawback his folks find with the arrangement la that his layover Is at Chicago in stead of the Omaha end of the run. v peeling n COMMENCING MARCH 17th J Thursday, Friday! Saturday I will have on display an elegant line of Pattern hats and popular shapes. 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