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"WHAT ll'JHEB GF MAN IS THIS? Even Ihs Winds and th3 Waves Obey Him." On the Atlantic, Nov. 13. Pastor Uussoll of the Brooklyn Tabor nacle Is hotnewurJ bound. He declares tltut bo greatly en Joyed bis visit t Great nritnln. where be jirfiu li ed !n twelve of the irliK'lpiil cities, In cluding throe Sun days In London. rPA:.IORU.5SFLL He greatly admired the reverential sub-strata of religion thought In nritnln. Whether or not the people nre really more holy than their brethren In the United States and Cnnada. they are. he says, as a rule, more reverential in their demeanor In their attitude toward Divine things. Pastor Itussell consideri public thought in Great Britain to be ut least twenty yours behind that of the State In respect to the ttible as a Divine revelation. This Is much In their favor, he Kays. The Evolution theory nnd so-called I Holier Crlliclmn of the Bib'.e. have, he says, wrought groat ha v ie amongst the clergy mid more idii' uli'd purple of America. He finds In Great lirltaln the same destructive scn'iinciits at work, but they have not yet reached the masses with such force nnd polonltiif power. Faith In God unci In the Bible as his Word Pastor Itusicll has specially sought to Incul cate. He feels greatly encouraged nnd hopes to see his friends nnd the pub lic of Great Biiialu soon naln, as t'J-y request. His love for our British cousins has not, however, diminished his love nnd Interest In God's jieople of America. If Americans nre less rever ential It may nlso be said that many of them nre more Independent and more courageous In their convictions respect ing the Truth. The British friends should, ho thinks, cultivate nn Inde pendence of thought; while Amorlcitu Christians, losing none of their cour age, should cultivate a spirit of rever ence for God. for bis Word and for all holy things. Pastor Russell Is enjoying U's usual good health and continues his literary work on the sea. as on the land. A representative of the American Press Association and a stenographer accom pany him. Pastor Russell's address for today was from the following text: "What manner of mnn Is tills? For ven the winds and the waves oliey him." Maitlww vlll, 27. This text Is taken from the G.wpel narrative of tho storm on the Sea of Galilee, during which Jesus wn asleep In the hinder part of tho vessel, until tho sturdy sea men. appalled by the storm, cried to blni. Master, cures! Hhou not that we perish? Then the "Savior arose and rebuked the storm nnd there was a great calm. When the fishermen disciples beheld this they said. What kind of person Is this that even the winds and the sen obey him! The speaker declared that ulthougf more than eighteen centuries had passed, the same qucmlon Is going the rounds of most civilized peoples of the world "What manner of man Is this-.'" Some of the best thinkers and noblest hearts of all nationalities, Jew mid Gentile, agree that Jesus of Nazareth was a most wonderful man. It Is still n greed, as In the days of his presence. that "never man spake like this man!" Home, Indeed, called him a deceiver. Others said that he was under (ho con trol of evil spirits. Others, going to the opposite extreme. nvMnrcd that this great Jew was Jehovah himself. who. for the time, was masquerading us o man. "Wondsrful Words of Lifa." . Pastor Russell contends that the greatest of all Jews told the truth nbo'.it himself, ns well ns about other wallers. When ho prayed to tho Fa ther with strong crying and tears In jctiiscmatie (Hebrews v, 71 he was not shamming, lie was not perpetrat lug n fraud and deceiving bis disciples then and since. We have great sympathy for the fel low-couutrymeu of Jesus who, falling to understand him, caused his ex ecu tlon. considering him a inennce to their Institutions. His wonderful works, his wonderful words of life, of w hich It Is recorded that the public declined, "never man spake like this man." and In general his wonderful personality, seemed really Incongruous with his general demeanor. Not claiming to be Jehovah, not claiming to be his owu Father, as some now tench, but. on the contrary, declaring, "My Father Is greater than I," lie nevertheless claim 'd a special relationship to God; nnd this he demonstrated by such miracles as the one of our lesson. Had ho done ii nd said these things as a member of one of the popular sects of his day. lie would have been reverenced. Had tio Joined In with the Pharisees ami winked at their Interpreting the Law 1n one way for tho people and In an other manner for themselves, he would toave received much honor from the rich and the poor, the learned and the Ignorant Hut he antagonized all these by his humility In mingling with the common jwople. occoptlng some of them as his special disciples and send ing them out as his representatives. This specially branded him as foolish In the eyes of the worldly-wise. This Kpcclnlly discredited him. not only ns ji man and s teacher, but particularly ns one who claimed to be the Messiah, the King of glory whit wrs set up k 1 X '4, 1 ,J J I an Empire. We can we! see why wor!dly-w: people ef that day or this day would consider such a person a fraud, a pretender, a deceiver. Ap pearances were against him. Jesus declared that the Father sent him and that he delighted to come In obedience to Jehovah's will, to be his agent and servant in the outworking of a great plan for human redemption. Those who deny all of this, and who have awakened so much confusion amongst Cbrlstlans, and have wade the (Josjie', of Christ Impossible to the Jew, should give an account of them selves and explain by what authority they contradicted the Great Teacher "The Father Is greater than I." And when they claim that the death of Jesus was merely a farce, and that he as Jehovah merely stepped out of the body of Jesus nnd perpetrated a fraud and pretended to bo dead and aroused bis disciples so to think and so to teach, and pretended Inter to be raised from the dead those who thus teach and w ho thus confuse the winds of all Christendom nnd Jewry, should ex plain away, If they can, the plain state- went of the Apostle that God raised up Jesus from the dead by his own power on the third day. "Art Thou a King Then?" ricturo tho Great Teacher walking with his twelve Apostles, a nondescript crowd of those who heard him gladly not many great, not many learned, not many rich, not many noble. Hear hi in telling them those who acknowl edge themselves to be Ignorant and un learned (Acts lv, IS) that. If faithful to hlrn, he would "grant them to sit with hlin In his Throne" "J-Wns the twelve tribes of Israel." The state ment surely seemed fraudulent, and ho had not the heart to condemn the Jew s who so misinterpreted him. St. Peter did not condemn them, but distinctly said, I wot, brethren, that in Igno rance yo crucified the Prince of Life, as did also your rulers (Acts ill, 13-17). Can we wonder that the learned Jews of l!int day were confused? They did, Indeed, hcr of his miracles his recovering of sight to the blind and of strength to tho withered baud of the impotent mnn; and, In the case of Laz arus, at least, they had demonstration of his power over the dead. They per ceived thnt these miracles were Laving an Influence upon the wasses that they detracted from their own esteem amongst the people. They knew that many of Jesus' sayings were wonder fully wise and thnt bis criticisms of their own Inconsistencies were re markably sharp. Yet withal, they said. we know thnt he is a fraud, because of his peculiar claim to be the Messiah and the Son of God. This claim of his discountenances all of bis teachings and mighty works. It cannot be true that ho Is tho Messiah that our nation has waited for theso wore than sixteen centuries. God would surely send Messiah a sufficiency of demonstration of glory and power to couvluco the most intelligent of our nation, the Scribes and Pharisees and Priests. What they all dissent from, repudiate and denounce, must be false. For ths Good of the Nation. The Jewish wise men of eighteen centuries ago concluded thnt a wan who set the mnsses agog with antiel- pullon of himself ns tho Messlah-Ivlng, yet was without nu army and without financial backing for a cnmpalgn, would present their nation to tho Ro- uinns In a ludicrous light. As a result they wight have taken from them, at tho word of tho Emperor, the civil and religious privileges and rights they were enjoying. They took counsel and determined that In the interests of the pence of the nation this golden-tongued miracle-worker should either be ex posed as a fraud or bo killed. They tried first to expose bliu by trapping him In his language In tho presence of his followers and the multitude. Hut his Intellect was keener than theirs nnd the thrusts they made at littn re bounded to their own discomfort and established hi own standing in tho estimation of fc'.s followers am' v tho eyes of tho people. One of t!ese ef forts to show up tho hollowness of his claims aud their fraudulent' and to discourage tils followers Is worthy of particular notice, as it furnishes us tho key to the sentiment of tho rulers and also the key to the real facts of the case which those rulers fulled to discern. Ths Kingdom In Your Midtt. The Influential Jews said, Let us question this fraudulent Messiah re specting his pretentious, not with any hope of correcting him, but with a view to opening tho eyes of his follow ers to tho weakness and fallacy of his teachings. Then they will see the hol lowness of tho hopes they are enter taining and their foolishness in leav ing their vnrlous avocations to bo come his followers, in the hope of sit ting with him In his Throne. They will see that ho has no prospect of ever securing a Throuo and that they are merely deluded by hltu in such expec tations. They inquired of him, When will your Kingdom appear? How long will It bo before you sit upon your throne and have your followers with you In the Throne? How long before this Messianic Kingdom will rulo In Palestine and extend from Its borders to tho ends of tho enrth? After you have answered us these questions we will ask you others respecting your financial support and resources your own quallllcntlons, and your subordi nate officers;- tho arms for your sol diers and the supplies necessary for such a world-campaign as you are about to begin, according to your tenchlngs. The Great Teacher's brief answer entirely silenced every objection. Ills questions, hud these men been "Is raelites Indeed." would have been so deeply Impressed 'upon t tiem that they would have followed up the matter with an entirely different line of ques tioning than st first ilmtempls'-'d. List ih y . if . r : Iicu- when their iji:es!in.i.-, int. uij-d to entrap tae Teacher airl M;iier. were answered and foiled they merely acknowledged their defeat by their silence. The nu swer was uot. as imperfectly trans lated iu our Common Version The Kingdom of heaven Is tcilhin you. by ocrltlcul Pharisees, but. My Kingdom, the Kingdom of heaven, of which I am tho King, will not apjtear at all. It will be an invisible Kingdom it comes not with observation or outward show. Ye shall neither say, Lo. It is here, nor, Lo. It Is there; for It will be every where in the midst of you. amougst you. invisible but all-powerful il.uke xvll. 20-'J2i. Truly, what manner of man was this, nnd what manner of message and Kingdom was bis. so different from anything the Jews had ever expected? Can we wonder that only a compara tively small projwrtlon of them were in the heart attitude to receive this message respecting a Spiritual King dom? We cannot wonder! Even his most Intimate disciples did not grasp the depth of bis teaching until, after his death and resurrection, they, at rentecost, received the special on lightenmont foretold for the servants and handmaidens iJoel II. 20i. Then understood they the true depth of the teachings of him who spake as never man spnke. Then they compre hended that he was the only begotten Son of God who. In obedience to the Divine program for Israel mid the world, Imd left the heavenly courts and glory of tlio splilt nature and been made flesh "The man Christ Jesus." (I Timothy II. vi. Then they under stood, not only tlint he was a pc.'l'cl man, but that, through tl:e !ri'i:i'r.i of the holy Spirit which came uhui him at baptism, he was Indeed God's Anointed, the nntityplcal Priest, anti typical Prophet and aiitltyplcal Klng uot that he was these In the flesh, but that the new spirit nature, begotten iu li I in through thnt nnolntlng, was perfected In the resurrection, mid Hint It Is the gloiifled Christ on the spirit plane who will accomplish all the great things predicted through the prophets, blessing all Israel and all na tions. In God's due time. Theu they understood the meaning of the Mas ter's words to the Roman Governor,. My Kingdom Is not of this Age; If It were, then my servants would fight for me mid I should not be delivered to death. Then they perceived thut bis Kingdom will be not the less real and powerful, but the more so. be cause a heavenly one, a spiritual one. which. In due time, in the Age to come, will operate through the nation of Israel, Just as was originally prom ised und expected. Israel's Hops Merely Deferred. The Apostles discerned that the hopes of their nation were not blasted, uot destroyed, but will all bnve ful fillment, though the time of fulfilling was deferred. They saw that In or der to make the Messianic blessing ns great ns God Intended thnt It should lie world-wide and unto eternal life it was necessary that a great sacri fice for sins should be made a sacri fice typed for centuries iu Israel's Atonement Day sacrifices a sacrifice lu two parts. These two parts are shown In isni&l's Atonement Dny the bullock of the sin-offering nnd the Lord's goat of the sin-offering. Jesus himself fulfilled the first of these, the merit of which has been applicable to the saintly few of Jews and Gentiles who have, during this Gospel Age. made n full consecration to walk In the Redeemer's footsteps. The second ary pnrt of thu sacrifice, the offering of the goat, pictures the sacrificing com pany of the Lord's fulthful disciples throughout this Ago. These, under cover of bis righteousness, suffer with him sacrlficlally. Their reward Is to be a sh:!re with the Redeemer on the heavenly, spirit plane, participating In his glory, honor and InuiK.'tallty and In his great work of disponing the Messianic blessing to Israel and through Israel to the woilo Surely, neither Jew nor Gentile cn.i object to the Divine arrangement b.v Which so great blessings are about to come to the whole world. Israel an. I the world In general have no part In these spiritual blessings. Nor do they generally desire that gift. The bless- Ing thnt Is for them Is restitution to J human perfectlon-to all thr.t was lost In Adam. The restitution blessings of Messiah's reign will embrace not only humanity, but also all of their Inter ests, Including the enrth. which shall become Paradise rpstored. the glorious home of Israel alone; for be It noted, the Divine arrangement Is thnt all who will ever receive blessings under Messiah's reign must receive It ns Israelites, since the New Covenaut Is to be made with Israel. How ashamed will nil men be when tho "times of restitution" mentloued by St. Peter (Acts 111. 102.1) shall be ushered In! How astounded nil will be nt the goodness of God nnd li s fnlthfulucss In rnspoot to nil tils prom ises! How teyes of nil humanity will look back to the days of Jesus In the flesh, when he appeared amongst men to lay a foundation for his glori ous Messianic Kingdom by offering hlnuielf In sacrifice for the sins of all the people, that thereby he might purge from sin all who ever will come to tho Father through hint, nnd will thus bnve the light to restore the will ing and obedient to full perfection nnd to destroy the rebellious in the Second Death. Ah. then nil will know na ! never before, the force of the words of our text. Whnt manner of mnn Is this? They will know him as bavlng been when a man. The Sent of God. They will know him as the now Highly Ex alted One. far above men nnd angels, rewarded with tho very highest re ward which Jehovah could give to bis Beloved Son, In whom he was well pleased and b.v whose strives Israel and we all shall tie healod. STATE BUDGET IS 3S o! Various Daoari- nrals ire H:d3. MANY NEW BU63 ASKED. Lincoln Hospital for Insane Want! Two More Educational Department Requests More Funds for Its Use. Kearney Boys' School on List. Lincoln, Nov. 12. State officers, heads ot statu institutions und beau--of departments have been at work re centiy making their estimates o, e:. penses lor the coming biennium. Ssev ernl of those have been filed with the' stale auditor and in nearly every in stance the est I mates have been la creased over the appiopriat ousi o. two yours ago. The following shows tiie cor.i-,r.ri. c!i of estimated expenses with the app.u priutions for those departments w.nci! have so far filed their estimates: Stat"? treasurer, estimated exp:?is for bleunlnni, $33,5ti0. This b i n i:. crease oi' $300 over two years ni.o. Governor, estimated expenses lor bi cmiiuin,$23.980; same tis two jears ao. State superintendent, est hunted e.x ;nrrcs, 52 1,280; Increase from $iii',jju. Junior rormal schools, $3),o u; i;n Increase fio;n $;l,0u0. Normal training in hi ;h ec!.:!, $100,000; increased from $7;,000. Aid to weak school distiicts, Jl-3, 000; on liKiease from $73,(00. Slate railway commlsslo'.i, estimated expenses, $101,000; increased iroai $'J'j,000. Saiary of office help in creased from $18,000 to $2J,3i:0. The commission asks for $4 ;,5ou lor tne physical valuation department. State banking board, $33,200; rnme as two years ago. More Wanted at Kearney, Kearney Industrial school tor bo;-, $123,700, S3 asnlnst $103,700 two yeaiu ago. 'I he Hu.ary of the asmstui.t j perintendent Increased $i"0; ;m ployees Increased $2,500; malnten ance increased $15,000; geneial iv pnlrs Increased $3,. 00. The toial is reduced $10,000 lor rer.s:-n cf that amount having been appropriated lo. a barn and horses two years a..o. Normal school at Kearney, $!83, 230; an Increase from $1K3,7!0. TU!j estimate inu.ii.Ca $33,iu, ici' a nvw building. Peru norn::.l srhcol, f'.TIXIiO; an increase tioirf $15ti,7.)0. 'luis ostimut.' includes $12,"i00 for au aaiiit.onuJ story for a 1'brary. New nmniul school at Va;iio. ti.j board a-.ks for $103,6 0, in. .ail. . j $35,0.;o for a new building, $15i:) t.' sewer ami water system and $J,U 'j iuv general repairs. Labor Bureau Asks $35,Q0. Ijibcr bureau, $35,300, againr.t $9, GP0 two years ago. This year tin bu reau says this estimate may seem ex orbltant, but any less than the amount av.kod will mean Inadequate services. Ho wants $12,000 tor salaries; ll.iiSU two years ago. This includes' au adul tlonal assistant, two factory Inspect org and an Increase of $000 for the deputy" commissioner. For traveling expenses and oifice expenses the com missioner asks lor $23,'.00, aalnU $3,000. Irrigation' department, J1C.2S0, against $16,580. Adjutant general, estimated ex penses, $73,000, against $61,480 two years ago. The estimate Increases the Balnry of the adjutant general from $3,000 to $4,800; assistant, in creased from $2,400 to $3,000; assist ant quartermaster, $2,00 to $2,400; stenographer and cle.k J:om $1,680 to $3,000; armory rental, from $lo.8"0 to $30,ot 0: enmp instruction, from $33, 00" to $40,000. Asylum at Lincoln, $323,850, against 200,700 two years ago. The new esti mate includes a $30,000 building for mr.le patients and a $50,000 building for female patients. Counties Want Slice of Estate. It Is up to the supreme court to de cide whether a county In Nebraska :nn collect an inheritance tax from beneficiaries of a will of a man who lived and died In New York and from whose estate the New York courts col lected a tax. The case runs against William Burns et al. and is appealed by the county of Dodge et al. Accord ing to the brief filed by the attorneys for the appellees, Ira Davenport, living In New York, hnd sold hinds lu Ne braska to pasties In Pd!ge, Wayne, Lancaster r.ni Plcrco eortl ;s. Ira Davenport died and left ti ls paper to numerous ncr!'ew3 m l nh-res. It Is argued in the brier t'.i.it these counties are trying to co'Uvt t'-.e Inher'tance tax In this stite bocrme some of the debtors of Dnvonrnt !ivo In Nebraska, The lax has bo.n paid once In New York. Normal Board to f'.ert Cec. 15. Lincoln, Nov. 12. Tlu state normnl board will meet at Chadron, Dec. 15, to attend to routine business and par ticipate in the laying of the corner stone.of the new normal school build Injr. which will be done under the auspices of the grnnd lodge of Masons. Men Narrowly Escape Injury. HoldreRe, Neb., Nov. 12. An explo sion of ammonia gas at the Iloldrcge Lighting company's plant caused dam ago amounting to several hundred dol lars. No one was seriously Injured, although two of the night fwee then ob duty had narrow escapes. GROWING t : .n,i.TST " ' V1"' sai.T,rm--wEIRgE HM.L ..jm. .n a Seals Li are not to be found in any store in town but ours. They embody the Gncst tailoring that can be put in a garment. The material are all cold water shrunk, which takes all tne pucker and wrinkle out of them. You might just as well wear theBP;STas the NEAR BEST. The cost is only a trifle more. These Qual ity Coats are $20 to $35. We hixe Pus-to collar overcoats $9.50, $10, $12 and $15. See our corner windows. L UoscoW's Sons THE HOME OF SATISFACTION AN OPEH LETTER Business Men of Plattsmouth Who Opposed New Jail. The election has passed over, and the majority have their choice, and politically, the people bow to their will and will obey laws enacted for the good of Its citizens at large. But a great many arise to ask why It was that people throughout the county voted against a small appropriation for a county Jail? Was it the small additional tax on each real .Uate owner that stare dthem In the face? Was it prejudice against the county seat? Was it personal feeling that prompted them to vote against the proposition? Let us see where the savings go. Ask the county officials what they have already paid for the keeping of criminals In otbr counties. Sum ;ip the expense amount and let us hear from you. Now we think this, that when a county building is need ed as badly as we need this Jail building, It should be built some where. Let me suggest Weeping Water, or any other place, where a prisoner could be kept safely without the expense of transporting them to Borne other county. . I "write this in Justice to every property owner of Cass county and will make this statement, that you have paid more for the confinement of the prisoners, including transpor tation to other county Jails, in five years, than it would cost to build a substantial building. Of course I can Bee Blgns of tho old feeling that still exists between different parties In our county, which must sooner or later disappear for the good of all concerned, but I wish to remind tho good people of our splendid county seat town, that we have in our midst a few merchants and other business men who on elec tion day voted and talked against the above named proposition. They are well known, their names can be furnished any time when so desired. What do you think about It? Stop for a moment and think again. Business men voting against a small appropriation in their own town men who have made every dollar in their possession hero at home, depend on the patronago of the citizens fur their profits and busi ness and its associations. Let me ask you are they loyal to tho best Interests of their home town? To F 0 I. U 5 .4 , A m Thsso I what extent could they be depended on for appropriation to enlarge the trade of their community? 13 it not about time to sift this class of busi ness men into a class of their own and place them where they belong? Very respectfully submitted, L, G. Larson, The Carpenter. For Sale. Two improved farms In Seward county at $85.00 per acre, one-third cash, balance 10 years at 5 per cent Interest. A 320-acre farm, well Improved, adjoining Imperial, in Chase county. Price $12,500; cash and time. Also, 1,144 acres 20- acres fine farm land, 160 cultivated, new house, wt,;i, wind mill, cistern, water piped, ( .id other Improvements. Must be sold soon. Price only $12.50 per acre; this Is given us as a great bargain. ,320 acres, near Litchfield, Nebras ka, finely improved, fine piece of alfalfa. Price $16,500. Twelve farms In Cheyenne county at from $i0 to $30 per acre. A highly Improved ranch of 1,060 acres, 15 miles from Ord at $20,000, lasy terms. 320 aero, highly im proved, seven miles frcu Ord at $63 per acre. Two well Improved farms In Lan caster county at $100 per acre. Windham Investment & Loan Co. 11-10-whly Plattsmouth, Neb. Charley Relhart, the Louisville liveryman, was a county Beat visitor today, and while in the city gave the Journal a pleasant call. Charley Is a reader of the Dally Journal and renewed the same for another year. He Is a great friend of the Journal, and we always appreciate such stead fast friendship. Alf Nickels, of Rock Bluffs, was In the city today, bringing In some pro duce for the market. Poultry Wanted Spring 8V4c Hens 8MiC Old Roosters 4 Stag Roosters 6 Vi Ducks, fat 8 Geese, fat 8 Digest prices paid for all kinds ot produce. E3