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PEOPLE'S
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor BrooUyn
Tabernacle.
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Jamestown, N. Y, August 7.-Pastnr
ftussell of the Brooklyn Tabernacle
today addressed a very large meeting
of Bible Students in Celoron Audi
lorlum. The occasion wui a General
Convention of Bible Students. Tho
ludience was estimuted at nearly
6,(XI0. Taking for his text the above
words, the speaker said:
The Itlble, to be understood, must
le viewed from Its own standpoint.
This, ns Bible students, wo are learn
ing more and more particularly every
flay. In the past wo have read our
liiblcs "upside-down." Many read as
a duty; others as a sort of charm that
would placate Mvlne Justice and
bring us Divine favor. Now we are
learning to rend the P.ible hi a common-sense
way, and to uso our reason
ing faculties In connection with its
statements and prophecies. As a con
sequence, while others are fulling front
the falth-somo Into Infidelity styled
Higher Criticism and Evolution; oth
ers into fanciful wresting of tho
Word of Ood-we nro coming to appre
ciate the Ilible as the most safo and
sane Hook In the world. Correspond
ingly onr faith In Cod increases faith
In his Wisdom. Justl j. iove and Tow
er to accomplish till tiio good purposes
which he purposed In himself before
the creation of our race. Correspond
ingly, too, wo are coming to appreciate
more than ever tho value of the grout
Redeemer and of tho great sacrifice
for sin which ho accomplished at Cal
vary. We are coming to see the truth
of what we once considered poetic
llcenso when we sang,
"There's a wlilenena In God's mercy
Like the wUfoneii of the ami."
We are seeing moro clearly ns the
days go by the meaning of the Scrip
ture which declares that eventually
the Redeemer "shall see of the travail
of bis aoul and be sntlsfled." We per
ceive now that the lltllo handful of
aalnta walking in the Master's foot
Meps from Pentecost to his Second
Advent aud sharing In the "First Res
urrection" is not the end of Divine
Love for our race, but merely its be-flnnlng-"A
first-fruits unto God of
tils creatures" (James I 18), We aro
now seeing that, according to the Di
vine purpose, the calling and election
of tho Church to tho spirit nature,
to the divine nature, must be com
pleted before the Bocond step in tho
great Divine Plan of Salvation begins
the recovery of tho world from sin
and death conditions, to human per
fection and Paradise restored.
"Let Dead Bury Their Dead."
No Pilble topic requires more careful
discrimination In Its study than does
the subject of death. This Is mainly
because of tho general confusion of
mind which came upon Christendom
during the long centuries of the
Vburch's comparative darkness, when
P.Ihlcs (tho Lamp of Cod upon tho
Christian's path) were scarce, and
when few could read tho truths of
priceless value, that were chained to
lecterns. In conseuenco of this con
fusion wo hear Intelligent people talk
Ignorautly and stupidly respecting
death. They make confusion worse
confounded by telling us of Adam's
nplrltual death and discussing "nut
ural" death aud "the death that never
dies," etc., etc.
To get tho Blblo view of death we
need to brush away such foolish bab
bllngs aud confine ourselves to Ilible
language and the rational thought von
nected therewith. Tor Instance, ac
cording to tho Ilible. there Is no "nnt
ural death" it Is not natural for man
to die. It Is according to tho Itiblo nr
rangement and man's nature that he
tdnmld live live eternally, as do tho
nngels, If obedient to the Dlvlno com
mnnds. Death, therefore, Is the un
tiutural thing! Do we think of nngels
ns dying, and of heaven as filled with
cemeteries? llavo they doctors and
undertakers there? Surely not! Yet It
would bo Just ns proper to speak of
natural death amongst tho angels as In
respect to men.
Tho term spiritual death so frequent'
ly used respecting Adam and his fall
U wholly unscrlptural. No such ex
prcssion Is found In the IUble; neither
Kuril a thought. Adam could not dl
a spiritual death, because he w:ii not
a spirit being. He was an earthly be
Ing-not au angel, but a man. As i'i
Kcrlpt'.ire declare of ii u.i, ' i 'in
mndest him a little lower ih:.u tli.- i n
yds; and rmwuesl !;!ui yv,v: anil
honor, and didst set hint over tli works
of thy hau ls"; "over the bests of
the Held, the list) o," t!ic sea n:id th"
fowl of the tilt'" (Mehicv.s II, Psalm
lil, !. Ci.
It is. therefore. nl'ourJ for us to
condone louder to speak of Adam dy
ing a spiritual death, while admit
ting that he was not n spirit being.
It was simply the man Adam that
died. Ills death, however, did Include
the gradual processes of decay, and
affected not only his bones and mus
cles, but also his brains bis every
mental and moral quality. The sen
tence, "Dying, thou shnlt die," took
bold of him as an entirety; benee
ire And, as the Scriptures loclare,
that there Is "none rtghtoous; no,
not one" none mentally, morally or
physically right All bars sinned.
AU come short of the glory of
Cod In which Adam was created.
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PULPIT...
PREACHING TO
THE DEAD.
"For thi euf wj G'prl preached
lio to them that are dead, that they might La
judged according to men in the fleh, but alive
according to Cud in the ipirit" (I Peter nr., 6).
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From the moment of disobedience and
Divine condemnation Adam and bis
race have been judicially dead and
gradually going down, down, down, In
degradation and Into the tomb.
Speaking of the dying race from the
Judicial standpoint our Savior called
them all dead. He declared that none
has even a reckoned life, except such
as by faith accepted him as their Life
giver Savior. His words are, "He
that hath the Son hath life; he that
bath not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of Cod abldeth on lilm"
(John III, 3ii). Speaking to one who
believed on him the Savior said, "Let
tho dead bury their dead"; go thou
nd preach the Gospel (Matthew
vlll, 2"J). Prom the right standpoint
his meaning Is evident. Let tho dead,
the condemned and legally dead world,
look out for Its own nffalrs. You be
como one of my followers and carry
my messngo of life and hope to as
muny as have ears to hear!
"Dead In Treipasees and Sin."
Thus the whole world of mankind
through heredity, through Inherited
weaknesses, through participation In
tho sentence that enmo upon father
Adam Justly, are all Judicially dead in
respassos and in Bins not one of tho
rneo is worthy of eternal life upon tho
only terms and conditions which God
can offer namely, perfection and obo-
dlence to the Divine standards.
Jesus preached the Gonial amongst
those Judicially dead through trespasses
and sins. A few had the hearing car
and accepted tho good messngo and
gnve their hearts to God and accepted
the terms of dlselplcshlp to walk in
the Master's footsteps in the narrow
way faithfully unto death willingly
offering, aacrlflclally, their little all in
the service of God, his Truth, bis
righteousness, his jteoplo. These few,
as we have seen, tho Savior recog
nizes as hnvlng lift as having "passed
from death unto life" (John v, 24);
nevertheless their change was only a
legnl one. Actually, according to the
flesh, they were still Imperfect, fallen,
dying. But by Divine arrangement
their new minds, their new wllls.were
nccepted of God In Christ and their
flesh ignored ns dead, and they were
begotten by Col of the Holy Spirit as
New Creatures and becamo sons of
God. As sons, they were freo from
all the previous condemnation that
came upon ttietn ns memtiers or
Adam's race freed through the Impu
tation of tho merit of the Redeemer's
sacrifice applied on their behalf. Thus
they attained tho liberty of the sous
of God freedom from slu-condemna-
tlon. So we rend of them;
'He enmo unto his own (nation
Jews) and his own received him not;
but to as many ns received him, to
them gave he power (liberty, privilege)
to become sons of God even to them
that believe on his name (his greatness
lis Messiah), who were begotten not of
tho will of tho flesh, nor of man, but
of God" (John I, 13).
A similar procedure has been In prog
ress throughout nil this Gospel Age
from Pentecost until now amongst tho
world of mankind Judicially dead. It
has reached n considerable number;
but not many great, however, not
ninny wise, not tunny rich, not many
noble, not many learned, chiefly tho
poor of this world and tho mean
things, the Ignoblo things (I Corin
thians 1, 20-28).
"We Are Saved by Hope."
Wlillo speaking of believers begot
ten of the Holy Spirit nud New Crea
tures In Christ Jesus ns having passed
from death unto life, the Itlble, with
equal expllcltness, tells us that tho
resurrection of tho mind, the will, of
the New Crenture, Is not the comple
tion of his salvation. Ho hits received
a grent blessing, a great salvntlou;
but what ho uow enjoys Is merely a
fore-taste, au "earnest," or hand pay
ment of tho grent blessing which he
will receive eventually, if faithful to
his Covenant unto death. Tho fruition
of tho hopes of tho New Creation will
be attained In the end of this Ago at
the Second Coming of tho Redeemer,
when he comes to set up his Kingdom
In power and great glory for the Mesa
Ing and Rnlvatlon of tho world, when
"every kneo shall bow and every
totiguo confess" (Psalm vl, 23). Tho
Scriptures point tho New Creation, the
Hotly of Christ, tho "saints." the
Church, to that Illustrious day as tho
time when they shall experience their
glorious chanse from earthly to heav
enly conditions when In n moment. In
the twinkling of an eye tho resurrec
tion power will lift them wholly out
of enrthly conditions to the perfection
of thu "Divine Nature."
Describing this "First Resurrection"
of the saints tho Apostle says, "It Is
sown In dishonor, It Is raised In glory
It Is sown In weakness, It Is raised in
power; It Is sown a natural body, It Is
raised a spiritual body" (I Corlnthinns
it, 43, 41). Respecting this glorious
consummation of the hopes of the
Church, the Apostle declares It to be
the end of our faith, the salvation of
our souls "the grace (salvation) that
shall be brought unto you at the reve
lation of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ" a Teter I 13). For that glo
rlous time tb Lord's people are to
wait pattest!?, realizing that, as New
Creatures, tbey are being terted by the
weaknesses and frailties of their old.
bodies reckoned dead. They are to
f,how then- loyalty to God by fighting
a good fight agalast the weaknesses of
the flesh, against the allurements of
the world and the snares of the Ad
versary, n
This Lijfct Upon Our Text.
Consider now, in the light of the
foregoing, the meaning of St Peter's i
, words used as our text. e perceive 1
bow the Gospel message from first to j
last has been preached to a dead world i
to a world under sentence of death j
to a world dead in trespasses and In j
sin and unworthy of Divine notice, j
The messago bas not gone forth to
every creature yet. The Divine pro
mise Is that eventually every eye shall
see and every ear shall be unstopped,
and then "the knowledge of the
Lord Bhall fill the whole earth" and
"every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess." Rut that will be
during Messiah's Kingdom of right
eousness, which will last for a thou
sand years for the world's uplifting.
That time has not yet come; hence
that glorious message which all must
hear and those glorious sights which
all must Bee and all confess are not
yet revealed. As yet the message can
bo appreciated only by a comparatively
small proportion of our race, "even as
many as tho Lord our God shall cnll."
The Redeemer says that they must
not only be thus "called of God." but
that they must bo "drawn" by him, In
order to be blessed during this Age.
Ho says, No man can come unto me,
except the Father which sent me druw
him, and he that cometh unto nio (thus
drawn) I will in no wise reject (John
vl, 4 1, 37). For these few of the drnd
world tho Gospel In the present time
Is intended. No others have the ear to
hoar. Rut whllo those who hear ore
few In comparison to the millions of
tho world who do not hear, neverthe
less they are many in comparison to
the still fewer who accept the call un
der the conditions and limitations of
the narrow way of self-sacrifice.
"Many nro called, but few chosen" to
this high calling of Joint-hclrshlp with
tho Redeemer In his Kingdom.
Ry and by when all eyes and ears of
understanding shall be opened and the
blessing of the Lord through Messiah
shall lie world-wide, it will not be
merely a calling to righteousness that
will be extended. A command will be
enforced by disciplines, "stripes," "cor
rections In righteousness," to the In
tent that the "dead" world In general
may be blessed and be resurrected
lifted up, up, up, out of Bin and death
conditions to the human perfection be
stowed upon Adam and bis race in
creation. Only the unwilling and dis
obedient will die the Second Death,
from which there will bo no redemp
tion, no recovery.
Live In Fleth and In Spirit.
Thoso who hear the Gospel and ac
cept Its terms of consecration unto
death of tho flesh and nro begotten of
the Holy Spirit ns New Creatures,
"partakers of the dlvlno nature," have
bo to speak, n dual existence from tho
time of their begettal of the Spirit.
From God's standpoint they are New
Creatures begotten to the divine na
ture, which, if faithful, they will fully
obtain In tho "First Resurrection."
Yet according to all worldly concept
of tho matter they nre Btlll human be
ings, very much tho same ns they were
prior to their consecration and Spirit
begetting. Tho world may. Indeed, seo
certain changes moro or less radical In
their conduct and words, but, like ns
not, these will appear to the worldly
merely ns fads, fancies, eccentricities.
Perhaps, indeed, ns in tho cose of St.
raul, they may bo considered ns "be
sides themselves" mad. Hence, as the
Apostle declares, "The world knoweth
us not, even ns It knew him not"
(I John ill, 1). The world did not
know Jesus to be begotten of tho Holy
Spirit, the Son of tho Highest, etc..
nor does the world yet know that he
Is highly exalted at the Father's Right
Hand. So also it Is with the followers
of Jesus. They similarly have re
ceived a Spirit begetting and. similar
ly, In duo time, are to experience the
glorious change of tho "First Resur
rection" and be perfected on the new
plane of tho dlvlno nature.
Judged of Men Judged of God.
Note again the Apostle's words re
specting these Splrtt-begotten follow
ers of Jesns, the "little flock," who
wnlk In his footsteps of self sacrifice.
Ho says that thoso will bo Judged ac
cording to men in the flesh, but. ac
cording to God in tho Spirit. Men not
knowing us ns New Creatures in
Christ mny think of us and approve or
condemn ns they would think of and
approve or condemn others accord
ing to the flesh. Tho world will nr.t
boo that In these New Creatures there
Is a buttle In progress tho New Cren
ture seeking to conquer tho flesh nnd
to bring It into subjection to tho Dl
vlno will, but not always ablo to do so.
All wo can do Is to do our best
whether our best shall be ns good as
or better than thnt of our follow-
creatures who nre not Spirit-begotten,
but who may bo less depraved by mi
turo nobler by heredity. Our con
solntion ns New Creatures Is thnt we
nro not to be Judged by human Judg
ment, but by htm who called us and
drew us to himself, who BanoUfled us
through the blood of the Cross, and
who begnt us with his own Holy Splr
It to his own divine nature, lie will
Judgo us accorTlng to the spirit ac
cording to our minds, according to our
Intentions, according to our efforts. To
the faithful who at heart are ovcrcom
ers the Lord eventually will say, "Weft
done, thou good and faithful servant!
Enter Into the Joy of thy Lord. Tbou
bast been faithful over a few tMngv;
I will make thee ruler over many
things" (Matthew ixv, 21).
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We hate to see you go, but we will not carry you over
the winter. Beginning this week
All Straw Hats 'la Off
If you havent bot a straw hat yet or if youi hat has
become dirty and soiled, you can buy a bran new fresh one now and here at sucn a
low figure you'll never miss the money. Strictly price on every straw hat in the
house. Nothing Reserved.
5c Hats 2 1-2c; 10c Hats 5c; 50c Hats 25c; $1.00 Hats 50c;
$2.00 Hats $1.00; $5.00 Panamas $2.50, Etc.
We have quite a good assortment of sizes left, but advise you to come early for
best selections.
Those sample silk ties at 29c are moving fast. If you want one come at once.
Those summer suits at $9 are the biggest suit bargains in this part of Nebras
ka. You'll be kicking yourself if you miss this.
Other clearance lines are closing fast but there are still many clever bargains for
the close buyer.
Si
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Automobilists are Careless Say
Railroad Engineers.
The State Journal says a railroad
man who has been giving the grow
ing number of automobile accidents
at grade crossings In Nebraska se
rious consideration, Bays that unless
automobile drivers cease attempting
beat a railway train over crossings
that other and more serious acci
dents will be recorded. He says:
"I have been discussing the matter
with our engineers and they say the
number of narrow escapes from ac
cidents are not chronicled and the
public knows but little of accidents
narrowly averted, either through
sheer luck or the vigilance of railway
men. Not a great while ago at York
an automobile driver drove the front
end of his machine under the rear
car of a moving passenger train. No
one was hurt but that was becauso the
passenger train was in the yards mov
ing slowly. The driver was watching
the train, too.
"Just before the recent accident at
Seward one of the men in the auto
remarked that the railway crossing
ahead was a dangerous one because
of the weeds that had grown up
Elong the highway. Not a great
while ago an auto was struck by a
slowly moving train at Sutton. Sev
eral serious accidents have happened
during the past two or three years in
the vicinity of Fremont. Other ac
cidents have happened to auto driv
ers in various parts of the state.
"In one recent accident the auto
driver admitted that he lost his head
and put his foot on the wrong pedal,
stopping the engine of the machine at
critical time.
"Engineers say there is more dan
ger of accidents when automobiles ap
proach the track than when a team is
driven over the crossing. The mach
ine does not shy at a train and is
wholly in control of the driver.
Horses often refuse to cross ahead
of a nearby train, and at other times
when they get on the crossing they
get oft rapidly. Some motor car
men are not good Judges of speed
and distance. If there is a way to
Instill in the minds of auto drivers
care and caution it ought to be
done."
Will iHmnnd More Pay.
A Chicago dispatch under date of
August 4 says: "Representatives ot
engineers employed on sixty-two roll
road systems west of Chicago, at a
special meeting of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers here today
doclded to demand a flat Increase of
15 to 18 per cent.
"After reaching this decision, the
conference, which has been In session
Rlnrn last Monday, adjourned. The
determination to seek this wage in
crease vM be presented to the en
glneers of the respective roads at
once, after which a formal demand
will be made upon the railroads. The
demand for higher ray will effect
about 30,000 men.
"It was said today conferences be
tween the railroad officials and the
engineers will begin about Septem
ber 20, and It Is considered probable
the dispute may be left to federal
arbitration under the Erdman act.
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(KINGS
BYE! StTQiv IHats
Wescott's Sons
The Home of Satisfaction
Pleased to Get Hack Checks.
The Omaha Bee of this morning
contains the following: "In San
Bernardino, Cal., lives a man who ad
mits that Omaha Is not so bad, even
if he did have his pockets picked
here. He Is James Patterson, cash
ier of the Farmers' Exchange Nation
al bank of San Bernardino. When
Mr. Patterson was a resident of Om
aha he was In the railway mail Berv
ive between here and Ogden, back
In 1885-6-7, and conveys his regards
to some of the old-timers In a letter
to Postmaster Thomas written to
thank that official for sending him
a pocketbook, a New York draft for
$30 and a baggage check.
"Mr. Patterson says he knows how
he lost $40 in cash on a Farnam car
on July 21. He boarded the car at
Fifteenth and Farnam, in a crowd,
"and as I had no vest on," he says,
"and carried my wallet in a hip pock
et, the parties who touched me had
no trouble at all." Afterwards the
pickpocket dropped the wallet, the
draft and baggage check In a mail
box, and Postmaster Thomas for
warded them to California. Patter
son was pleased as peaches to get
them."
Tobey's Friends Confident.
A special from Lincoln under date
of August 5 says: "Although he is
campaigning strenuously, using a big
red automobile, the work of Will
Hayward, who is running for con
gress in the First district on the Re
publican ticket, does not forbode his
nomination over George Tobey, ac
cording to several of Hayward's close
friends. They are frankly down In
the mouth about his inability to in
terest people In his campaign. Their
sentiment, although they are friendly
to Hayward, is indicated by the fact
that several bets were made In a lo
cal club Thursday night that Hay
ward would not be nominated. One
other bet was made by a man presum
ably friendly to Hayward, that even
If nominated, he would be beaten by
John Maguire. Bets are ordinarily
not particularly good election straws
but some attention is given these
small wagers on account of the fact
that Hayward's friends themselves
are betting against him."
Picnic at Paradise Park.
Mrs. J. L. Thompson entertained
the members of her Sunday school
class at Paradise park northwest of
this city yesterday. The morning
hours were spent in various games
which furnished plenty of amuse
ment and made the time pass all too
rapidly. At the noon hour a fine
feast was spread in the shade of the
large trees which materially aided
in the good time. The afternoon
was spent in fishing and playing some
more games. Tho fish that were
caught were not very large, yet each
girl In the party had the pleasure of
catching fish to take home with them.
The Jolly picnickers then participated
In a picnic lunch, after which they
drove to their homes, having had a
delightful outing. Those In attend
ance were: Misses Glayds Hall, Jes
sie Whelan, Martha McCrary, Flor
ence Kalasek, Thelma Denson, Opal
Denson, Ida Ledgeway, Beula Parker,
Lottie Kopischka, Leona Dwyer, Mlna
and 11a Kaffenberger, Violet HIgley,
Mrs. Thompson and daughter, MIbs
Lillian.
Miss Fereer went to Council Bluffs
thta mnmtnr to see her pupils In
I dancing.
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Congressman Hitchcock for Senator.
To the voters at the primaries:
August 16th is primary day and I
ask for the Democratic and Populist
nomination for United States Sena
tor. I was born in Nebraska fifty years
ago and have lived in the state all my
life except two years spent at school
as a boy in Germany.
Twenty-five years ago this month
I established the Evening World.
Four years later this became the
Morning and Evening World-Herald,
which I have published and edited as
a radical Democratic paper, support
ing also many Populist candidates.
I am now serving my third term
in congress, representing Dougla3,
Washington and Sarpy counties. I
have been elected in this Republican
district by increasing majorities be
cause people of all parties have ap
proved my course In Congress.
My record shows that I have fought
the trusts, tariff robbery, ship sub
sidles and Cannonism.
I have supported the income tax,
railroad regulation and publicity of
campaign contributions. I assist
ed in the passage of the postal sav
ings bank bill and I forced the In
vestigation of Balllnger and the land
frauds.
In these and other respects I have
not only stood with my Democratic
associates but have co-operated with
such progressive Republicans as Mur
dock In the House and LaFollette in
the Senate.
I trust that my service In the House
has qualified me for a place in the
Senate and I ask your support at
the primaries August 16th.
Respectfully,
GILBERT M. HITCHCOCK.
S. I Furlong In Town.
S. L. Furlong who has kept a rec
ord of events In the vicinity of Rock
Bluffs for fifty years, was In the city
today doing his Saturday shopping.
Mr. Furlong says that In the month
of June there was Just an Inch of
rainfall, and In July was three-eights
of an inch. Mr. Furlong keeps bis
record In a small diary, and he Is now
recording events In the fiftieth book
of this character.
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