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PEOPLE'S
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Ptitor Brooidyn
Tabemacie.
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Brooklyn. Sept. 4. Pastor Russell
preacbod today In the Academy of Mu
sic, our largest Auditorium, tbe "Tab
ernacle" being of Insufficient capacity.
Ho bad a very attentive bearing.
Tbero were many Hebrews In tLe
large audience. lie said In part:
"Coming events cast their shadows
before." Startling shadows are all
about us. A great change In the af
fairs of men Is Indicated and acknowl
edged by all thoughtful, intelligent
jieople. The world's pace during the
jmst fifty years astonishes everybody.
Js'cw condition meet us on every hand.
The majority of books written half a
century ago along sclentlUe lines are
considered rubbish today. Rules and
customs and theories of tint past, sup
posed to lie Immovable and absolute,
are abandoned as worthless In chem
istry. In manufactures, In art. In
finance and commerce. All these
changes necessitate a new view of so
cial conditions and n re-examination of
tbe relationship of religion and the
I'.llile to man and his conditions, a
seen from the present viewpoint. The
business and social world have been
compelled to Keep pace with the steps
of progress, some of them gladly and
some of them reluctantly, liut reli
gionists have been placed In u most
awkward position. Religion and mor
al sense constitute the backbone and
fiber of the best progress in civiliza
tion. The perplexity of religious
thought, and Its manifest Inability to
adjust Itself to tho changed conditions,
Is working a serious disadvantage to
all disposed to look to tho Almighty
for guidance In life's affairs.
The Increase In worldly wisdom, tho
Improved human conditions, tho ad
vancement along sclentlllc lines In ma
terial prosperity hnvo turned many of
the world's brightest Intellects awny
from God and from tho Bible. Many
of tliese. still professing Christianity
In an outward, formal manner have
really abandoned it In favor of a theo
ry of "civilization." They have wan
dered from the Divine Revelation, the
Bible, into paths of speculation their
own and other men's. They have cogi
tated that the reverse of the Bible
statements lu the Truth-that Instead
of man falling from the imago of God
Into sin and death, be Is rising from a
brute or monkey piano upward, grad
ually, to Divine belghU. Instead of
looking for a great Deliverer, Messiah.
Savior, Life-Giver, they are hoping to
be let alone by any outside Influence,
that certain fancied lawa of Evolution
might help them upward and onward
to glory, honor and Immortality.
The result Is that religious thought
today everywhere and in all denomina
tions Is chaotic. Tho whole of Chris
tendom has practically become Agnos
ticadmitting that they do not know
the Truth nor how to adjust their rea
soning faculties to present consecrn
tlon. They nro In an expectant atti
tude seeking light Nevertheless many
fear the light lest it shall make mani
fest cherished errors or selfish hopes
nd ambitions which must bo abandon
ed. Hut they are still pretending to
' know many things which we and they
know that they do not know. Hut
dully tho nt rain becomes more intense.
Gradually everybody Is recognizing
that there Is a great crisis along every
linethat the people are awakening
and thinking and will no longer re
ceive their errors.
Converting the World to God.
Fifty years ago Christian people, full
Of faith in the i'.ible which they seri
ously misunderstood and read with
sectarian spectacles of various colors,
were fully agreed that God had given
his Church the commission to eouvert
the whole world nnd to establish Mes
siah a Kingdom, when the uatloni
would learn war no more, but beat
their swords Into plowshares and their
epears Into pruning hooks. Zealous
Christian people urged that the hea
men were going down to a hell ol
eternul torment at the rate of ninety
thousand every twenty-four hours
And uoblo men and women sacrllked
their earthly Interests for the assist
unco of the heathen-to prevent that
awful catastrophe, to help thwart tin
very program of God which hour
other Christian people of an earlier
day had declared was predestinated
and foreordained as unalterable. Good
was certainly attempted. We trust
that some good was accomplished. Wi
know that some harm was done, h
that fallacious conceptions of the char
acter nnd plan of tho Creator were
promulgated amongst the heathen
which have hardened and embittered
some of them.
Hut by and by practical people
sought for statistics, and now know
that there are twice as many heathen
lu the world as there were n century
ago. Of course, there are unthinking
and uiistatlsticul people who refuse
knowledge ai:d who are' today claim
Ing with a cointnendnblo zeal, but n
rcprehem.ltile Ignorance, that large con
trlbutlons eif money would e'liitlilt
'them to c.i pure hc whole world f t
God ei Ulel. ss. tile inn"CM ID
longer sc.- ih-. matter as t! cy (.:d. .(tie!
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Messiah's
Coming Kingdom
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"Behold, a King shall rrgn in
righteousness, and princes shall rule
in judgment' (Isaiah xxxu, I ).
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can no longer be swayed to the same
extent Thinking people refuse to be
lieve that God for centuries has sat
calmly viewing the situation, allowing
millions to go to eternal tormeut
They refuse to believe that their
hearts and sympathies are more ten
der than thoie of their Creator.
Even Jhe heathen are getting awake
to the inconsistency of what has been
given them under the Gospel label.
They are finding out that the worel
Gospel signllles "good tldings."and that
what lias been preached to them Is the
most awful message conceivable that
all of the heathen and the majority
of their civilized neighbors ami friends
nnd relatives have been decreed, sen
tenced, foreordained, to eternal tor
ture because (if Ignorance, because of
a misbelief lu respect to which they
were thoroughly honest. I'ei'plexe-d.
the missionaries ask. What ..;!ll we
preaeh? The message' ef damnation
docs not sound good to the heathen,
and they do not run after It nor feast
their souls upon It. The question
conies to the ministers nnd professors
of colleges throughout Christendom
and they are perplexed what answer
to give. Tho majority of them have
become "higher critics" nnd no longer
accept the Hilile as the Word of Goel;
they ore Evolutionists nnd no longer
believe the Gospel which the Mission
ary Societies were eirganled to pre
clalin. They are in perplexity. And
many of them are prepared to aban
don the former theery of missions and
to continue their work henceforth
merely along huninnltnrlnn lines. In
deed, within the hist twvnty-Uve years
missionary effort has turned gradual
ly to secular education nnd medical
practice lu the interests of tho heath
en, with little religious doctrine and
so much the better.
Everybody Is agreed thnt the King
dom of Messiah conneit be brought
about by the wholesale conversion of
tho world. And logical peoplo se'e
that larger numbers have been lost to
Christianity In civilized lands during
tbe last twenty-five yeurs than were
ever claimed to be converted amongst
tho heathen. We say lost to Christian
ity, because why should anyone be
called a Christian who has lost all
faith In tbe Ulblo In the Law, the
Prophets and the teachings of Jesus
and his Apostles? The great cloud
of bewilderment which oucompasse's
Christendom is realized by all earnest
peoplo churchmen and others. And
no wonder there Is a certain dread
associated with the dark cloud. What
kind of a storm will result? And what
will be the effect upon the great re
llglous systems of civilization? It is
to join hands agulnst these ominous
conditions that the clergy of all de
nominations are arousing themselves
In favor of Church Union or Federa
tion of some sort Hut tho people
tho people feel comparatively little
Interest In the proposition, which they
will not oppetse, however.
"Th Hour of Temptation,"
Hev. 3: 10.
The ditllculty with the present situa
tion Is that we have stupidly and blun
deringly misread the .Hlbh. We have
twisted what we did re'iul and picked
out certain portions which ple-nsod
best our fancies und supported best
our various civeds. We have neglect
ed the honest, truthful study which we
should have given to our Heavenly Fa
ther's message. The confusion of
Christendom is the re-suit. That con
fusion and perplexity tho Scripture's
portray, assuring us that we are In the
midst of n great falling away from
faith lu Goel and lu his Uevelutlon.
Wo see fulfilled all about us tho won
derful prophetic and symbolic picture
of I'snlin Ul. A thousand fall at our
side and ten thousand at our right
hand-only the "Israelites lnde'ed," lu
whom there Is no guiles will be kept
from stumbling In this evil day. The
chaos which wo already see every
wheru In evidence Is only beginning.
God's Great Remedy at Hand.
The fault of Christendom has been
tho rejection of tho Divine Flan and
the acceptance Instead of a human
plan. The Church was going to con
vert the world-going to conquer the
world for Ji'sus and present It to liliu
is a trophy, Alas, wo have not been
nblo to convert ourselves, which is
tho particular work the Master gave us
todo. Greater humility would have
shown us our folly long ago.
Hlble Students elo not need to bo re
minded that nil through the Old 'IVs
lament Scriptures God's promises
abound, telling Israel and all who have
cars to hear of the glorious reign of
Messiah nnd eif the success of his
Kingdom and how the result will be
that "every knee shall how and every
tongue confess to the glory eif God;"
of how "all the blind eves sliail b
eipened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped;" of bow the blessing of the
Lend will be with Israel ri'stored to
his favor and operate through Israel
to the blessing eif all peoples. We re
member the prophecies which picture
earthly governments mid show us their
termination and the establishment of
the Kingdom of Heaven on their ruins.
We remember the Jubilee ' picture re
peated by the IsnielUcs vvery fiftieth
fear, proclaiming liberty for the peo
ple and restitution of all that has been
lost through sin, und w hich Is to be re
stored through Messiah's Kingdom.
I'.ible Students know n!so bow the
New Testament abounds with refer
ences to the Kingdom: the Kingdom!
the Kingdom! Nearly all the parables
that our Lord gave were In illustration
Of something connected' with the King
dom or the class culled out of the
world to inherit tbe spiritual Kingdom.
All such know, too, that the Great
Teacher proclaimed that Kingdom and
tnugbt us and all of his followers to
pray for It "Thy Kingdom come! Thy
will be done on earth as it Is done in
heaven.1" They all know, too, that all
of tbe Apostles refer to that Kingdom
and point tbe Church to Its estab
lishment for tbe realization of her
hepes tbe time when the marriage
of the Lamb will take place the time
when God's New Covenant with Israel
will go into effect. The time when he
who scattered Israel will also gather
them, and when tbe Law shall go
forth from. Mt. Zlon. the Celestial
Kingdom, and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem, the capital of the
earthly princes. God's remedy is Just
what humanity Is coming to realize it
needs. In its establishment, us the
Scriptures declare, "the desire of all
nations shall come" (Ilnpsal 11, 71.
Bible Students nro more nnd more
coming te see thnt this Gospel Age Is
the time in which Messiah is select
ing from amongst men of Jews and
Gentiles a saintly class nnd Is testing
nnd proving their loyalty to God and
to righteousness. These are to be
Messiah's assistants the Bride, the
Lamb's Wife. As Abraham typified
the Heavenly Father, so tho Messiah
was typified by Isaac. And Messiah's
Ilrldo and Joint-heir nnd co-laborer In
bis Kingdom was typllled by Kcliee1
cn. Thus seen the great Flan of God
has progressed well. '
The Great Day of Wrath.
Our negle'ct of the Word eif God and
our study Instcnd of the Talmud and
the Creeels of the dark uges have been
oil r undoing. Unde-r all this wrong
Influence we have failed to cultivate
the fruits of the Holy Spirit-meekness,
gentletie'ss. patience, long-su.-ferlng,
brotherly-kindness, love. In
stead we cultivated pride, ambition,
selfishness. We have done those
things which we ought not to have
done, nnd we have left undone those
things which we ought to have done.
Our help must come from God. Ac
cording to our understanding of the
Scriptures help is ne;ar, but coniing In
nn unexpected way. Frlde nnd selfish
ness blossomed and brought forth a
fruitage of strife. Tbe bad exam
ple set by Christian people bus extend
ed to the world and been thoroughly
appropriated. It has become the spir
it of the world of all classes. Now.
as fultb in tbe Bible Is waning and
respect for God and his Word Is pro
portionately waning, what could we
expect but that which the Scriptures
declare Is at hand, namely, tbe "time
of trouble such as never was since
there was a nation?" The selfishness
which both rich and poor, learned and
Ignorant, have cultivated will. In that
time of trouble, be represented In con
flicts between labor unions and capi
talistic trusts. The Bible declares that
then "every man's hand will be
against bis neighbor" all confldene-e
will be lost the bond of human sym
pathy nnd brotherhood will be utterly
snapped In riotous Belflshness.
The Scriptures Identify this trouble
with Messiah's taking to himself bis
Kingdom power and beginning his
reign (Daniel xll. 1; Revelation xi. IS).
Thank God. the lntlmntlems of the
Scriptures nro thnt the conflict of thnt
time will be short. It must, however.
last long enough to tench humanity a
lessem never to bo forgotten that God
and his arrangements must stand first
and tuust bo obeyed, if blessing Is
sought. ,
Messiah's Kingdom Invisible.
When It Is remembered that Messi
ah's Kingdom is nut only to bless those
living at the time of Its establishment,
but gradually to nwnken the dead from
tho slumber of the tomb and to give nil
of Adam's race a fuil opportunity for
attaining life eternal or death eternal,
then it will be s'eu thnt the Kingdom
must be a spiritual one. Then. too.
Messiah's Kingdom of light Is repre
sented as superseding Satan's Kingdom
of darkness both spiritual.- With this
thought our text Is In full accord
"A King rhall relgu In righteousness."
(Messiah will be that Great King, bis
Bride being associated with him.)
And "princes shall execute Judgment
In the earth." carry lug out the decrees
and regulations of the Heavenly Mes
siah. This Is tho tnt'uulng of the
Lord's promise to Israel, "1 will re
store thy Judges as at the first, and thy
counsellors as at the beginning" (Isa
iah 1. 'jr.).
Tho princes who will execute Judg
ment will all be Isrnelltish and all
perfect men tried and approved of
God. They will be the Ancient Wor
thies, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and
the preiphets. Thi'se men, great In
faith and o!edienco to God, will be
kueiwn to the Jews as the "fathers,"
as the prophecy respecting them ele
ctaros, "lnste-ad of the fathers shall be
the children, whom tlum (Messiah)
mnyost make princes In all tho earth."
They will bo the children eif Messiah
In the mmiso that they will derive their
resurrection life from him, the Urea
King. Indeed, the Scriptures assure
us that eventually the whole world
shall receive new life from Messiah
In offset to the life received freirt.
Adam forfeited through sin. Thiw
amongst the various tltli-s of Messiah
mentioned liv the prophets we lino
that he will be the W-o-lastlitg fa
ther." as well ns the i'riuee of Feiai'
and nii 'li'y Cloiiim nnd a lumderful
(oliusellor " iisalsh Iv. i.i
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LOWEST ON PAIG
The Council Was Right in Their
Decision and Right Should
Wrong No Cne.
In talking over the paving situa
tion with .Mr. A. S. Will, member of
the council from the Third ward, Mr.
Will gave the writer some Idea of
what "his investigation regarding the
paving blocks had resulted in. He
Interviewed the engineer at Omaha
and inspected work that had been
done with the different kinds of pav
ing blocks. He was shown paving
which had been In for six years;
one city block which had been paved
with Buffalo brick which Is furnish
ed by the Ford people and also a
block which had been paved with the
Puritan paving block, each paving
having been in the same length of
time, and the Buffalo brick was out
wearing the Puritan by far. He
learned that the Puritan paving block
was made in Illinois and burned with
coal an unsteady heat, while the
Buffalo brick Is burned by gass and
Is Biipperior to Illinois shale. The
Buffalo was burned the same through
out the brick, while the block burned
with unsteady heat was not. The
engineer recommended the Buffalo
brick ag the best that could be pro
cured. The contention of Mr. Decker that
M. Ford was not the lowest bidder
is not well founded. While it Is
true Beebe was five cents per square
lower on class B paving, yet he was
5 cents per square higher on class
A paving than Ford. There will be
one block of class B paving while
there will be three times as much of
class A paving. So that when the
actual figures are shown Ford Is still
IV fil FORD IS
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Luther's
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is one of those indispensable farm tools.' To the farmer
who is discriminating, and looks at quality instead of
price, who wants the BEST whether he buys machinery,
clothing, shoes or food stuff. To such a one, LUTH
ER'S FARM SPECIAL will strongly appeal. Up to
the time we put out this great labor saving tool he had
to be content with the old, slow-cutting grindstone or
unsatisfactory emerv grinder, but now he can have the
service of the most perfect farm tool sharpening device
ever invented. There is not a tool used about the farm
that is superior to our FARM SPECIAL GRINDER as
a labor saver. It sharpens everything in one-twentieth
the time it would take on the grindstone. The grind
stone cuts so slow that you would prefer to work with a
dull tool rather than endure the backache and HARD
WORK of keeping tools sharp on it.
IT IS EASY to sharpen tool on the Farm Special.
Your ten-year-old hoy will tell you it is fun to sharpen
everything on this FARM SPECIAL GRINDER.
BAUER
HEATING!
the low man. ,Mr. Will and all of
the council are to be commended for
their work in the city's interest in
letting the contract for paving. While
all would like to see a home concern
do the business, tho work requires
experience and skill, besides the law
and the public would hardly be sat
isfied were the contract let to other
than the lowest bidder.
TWO REASONS FOR
UNG AT HE
1. our home merchants can du
plicate the prices made by any re
sponsible concern anywhere on goods
of equal quality in the same quan
tities and on the same basis of deliv
ery and payment.
2. You can. examine your pur
chases in the home stores and be as
sured of satisfaction before investing
your money.
3. Your home merchants are al
ways ready and willing to make right
any error or any defective article
purchased.
4. Your home merchants help
support, through direct or Indirect
taxation your schools, churches, li
braries and other public institutions.
1. Your home merchants help
make a good local market for every
thing you have to sell, and that mar
ket more than any other factor
gives your land its present value.
6. Your home merchants are your
good friends, ever ready to extend a
helping hand in time of need.
7. If this community is good
enough for you to live in and make
your money, 'tis good enough to
spend it in.
8. The best citizens of any com
munity are those who believe In and
practice home patronage. Be one
of the best.
9. The merchants in the distant
city give you nothing valuable that
Mr i ?. 4 t-
We'll
C''prrl(M Han SchaiTnc Sc M.
of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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n s sioi! Unse i Luther Grinder a
saves iiuis
FARM Special
PLUMBING!
the home merchants can not give
you and the former cannot and will
uot do for you many things the lat
ter do gladly.
10. Every dollar kept in circula
tion in thhj community helps increase
property values. Every dollar sent
out of this community that could as
well be spent here hinders the wheels
of progress and helps to build up
some other community at your ex-'
pense.
L. II. Kaincy in tlu City.
From Saturday's Pally.
L. II. Rainey and family of Ponca,
Okla., arrived In the city yesterday
for a two weeks visit at the old
home. Mr. Rainey is a brother of
Chief of Police Rainey and Will
Rainey residing immediately north
of the city where their mother also
resides. Mr. Rainey is an old Platts
mouth boy, one who was prosperous
and made good in the southern coun
try. He is now engaged in business
at Ponca and doing well. He has
many friends in Plattsmouth who
are pleased to see him, and learn of
his prosperity in their present loca
tion. Kntertaineel at Fetzer Home.
Miss Charlotte Fetzer very pleas
antly entertained a number of young
ladies at her home yesterday after
noon. Various amusements were In
dulged In and at the proper time re
freshments were served. Those pres
ent were Misses Ellen Pollock, Hallie
Parmele, Doris Patterson, Kathryn
Windham, Madeline Miner, Marl
Donnelly, Elizabeth Falter, Lucile
Gass, Helen' Clark.
P. F. Kelboba and wife who have
been visiting friends in Plattsmouth
for two weeks returned to Omaha
this morning accompanied by Miss
Agnes Knoflieclc who will spend Sun
day with her teacher. Mrs. Knofllcek,
the grandmother of Miss Agnes, ac
companied the party to Omaha.
UR great exhibit of
Fall fashions in men's clothing
and other good tliinp-s to wear,
is now open for your critical examina
tion. You may consider this an invitation
to attend our Fall opening and look:
over the beautiful things shown here.
Thi? season you'll find many beau
tiful new colorings in grays, browns,
blues, plain colors and rich patterns;
stripes, plaids, checks; many distinct
novelties not to be found in other
stores.
There are many new ideas also in
models and styles shown. This sea
son Hart, Schaffner & Marx have
made an entirely new model, especially
for young men, called the "SHAPE
MAKER;" we can promise you a very
pleasant surprise when you see it, and
more when you wear it. Besides this i
we have the new Fall SOCIETY . 1
BRAND models for young men. J
Every young man should see these
styles before making a purchase. I
be pleased to show you.
Stetson Hats
in Our1
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