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CP Olfl WE EiHE'TiftsKS? TO WHOM DID V.E DO SO? The Celebrated Brooklyn Pastor Back From Britain. Okluhonm City Nov. Ii7. Pustor Kuhm-11 of Itrook lyn Talorn:i(ie ad dress! lure audi enees here twice today In our prlu rlpul Auditorium, We report oue of hi addresses from the following text "O, (five thank unto the 1-orJ, for ha li good ; for hla mercy onriureth forever" I'Biilm evil, L Thanksgiving Day appeals to all of tlx, find we are glad that t ho Pilgrim Fathers long years ago .started the custom. They 'placed It at the end of the harveHt and In recognition of the fiunie. The keeping of such a day ap peals to all civilized mankind In a con siderable degree, because our Great Creator ho organized u that the qual lty of reverence, of worship, lies prom Inently on the ton of our heads. The inun or woman, rich or poor, educated or Ignorant, liond or free, who has not thin organ of veneration developed in considerable measure cannot be Appre ciative and deferential toward his Cre ator, and hence would not enjoy Thanksgiving day. We are glad that these are comparatively few. We are glad to hii)h)ko that tho majority of this great nation of civilization looked up to Cod with grateful hearts nnd rendered him thanks for blowing munlfcstcd. Hindrances to True Rtvtrtnct. Nevertheless, the numbers Increase yearly of those who are losing their reverence for the God of the Illblc nnd vaguely turning towards a God of Na ture, of whom they profess to know comparatively little. These Irreverent and unthankful fellow-creatures are not generally the most Ignorant of our race, nor the least favored la temporal mercies and blessings. Among them are many lenrued, wealthy, Influential. Their condition Is well represented by that of a young woman who called at my titudy recently. In substauee she wild. "I have lost my God. I am un happy. I am hoping that you will be able to assist mo In finding him again." Thank God, we were able to assist her, and now she Is able to give thanks to God la all sincerity. I am not shaking to the Irreverent In this audience, nor to those of this class in tny larger audleuce of millions all over the world, to whom I apeak through the public press. I am speak ing to others who, while not yet fully lu the faith, are still disposed to give thanks. I speak to these be cause I realize that each day Is bringing to the world greater intelli gence, more Independent thonghtful ness, In a wider uso of reason. I xpeiik liecause my experience teaches (hut miles these bo. fully armed with the Truth nnd awakened to independ t;iit thought, they nro aluioHfcc"rtaln to full Into tinbellef-Kvolutlon, Higher Criticism, and a mere form of godli ness, which denies tho real power thereof. ,K Ths Truth Shall Makt You Froo. The Great Teacher prayed for his rollovers, "Sanctify them through thy 'Truth; thy Word Is Truth (John xvll, 17). To be forearmed with the Truth Jh to lie (tafegiiii riled against the error. To be Ignorant of the Truth Is to full n prey to the error especially In this "evil day," when "a thousand Khali fall at thy side and ten thousund at thy right hand" (Psalm xcl. 7). Tho l:luiiity with us has been that many have supposed that the conversion of the world and Its Hiinctlllentlon can bo better Accomplished by misrepresenta tion of lHvlne Character und Justice. I'm-oiisclously we have learned to twist and Interpret our Hibles to fit the erroneous creed which were hand -d to us by our well meaning fore fathers. The Day of Judgment upon, these false creeds Is upon us. Un less we learn that they do not prop erly Interpret the Hlble, wo will re ject the Itlble when we reject the reods-nud that must be very soon for nil thinking people. "To the Law nnd to the testimony; If they speak not According to this Word, It Is because there Is no light in them" (Isalnh vlll, 20). Causes For Ingratitude. "Come, let us reason together, sulth the lird!" If our creeds tell us truly that we were nil born damned, either to Ptirgntory or to eternal torment, Khould we give tlinnks ou this ac count? If our creeds tell truly that mi elect bnudful of saints will escnpo tho torture, how do we know wheth er or not we belong to that elect hand ful? Have we autllclcnt information n this subject to give thanks there for? If our creeds tell truly thnt near ly all the members of our families, nearly ail of our neighbors nnd friends, lMlng unsnlntly, not "snnctined In Christ Jesus," not followers in tho footsteps of Jchus, not of those "who wnlk not nfter tho flesh, but after tho plrlt" these nil, except a mere hnnd f nl, ore doomed to more horrlblo tor ture than tho worst earthly sufferings we could possibly imnglno for them, uud nro doomed to theso for centuries In Purgatory, according to tho Catho lic; or for all eternity, according to our Protestant theories, enn wo hon estly thnnk God for any of these con ditions, If we believe them to bo true? Can we "worship In spirit and In truth" a Creator who would make uch an atrocious plan? And could f ; i ft .v w J1 we resjuM t Ms honesty If he lnbellr It "gcd tijij'k'i of great j y to nil people"? Assniedry we could n"f! If the foregoing tliliU'S which have come dywu to us from' the "I'tirk Ages' 1st true, of what consequence. In comparison, would be the material bar vests of earth, which would merely en courage and stimulate the bringing Into being of larger numbers of our race to experience those tortures? If there things Im true, rather should we give thanks for famine and pestilence. which would obliterate our rate eu tlrely ami thus save future thousands of millions froift the horrors of eternal torture. These thoughts will come to all Intelligent beings sooner or later, Wo bring them forward now, In order that we may offset them with the Truth that we may show the fullney of theso "doctrines of devils," us St. Paul designates them (I Timothy Iv, 1). We bring them to your attention so thnt we may not only demolish them, but give you Instead the true, satisfac tory portion, the Truth, tho Bread that came down from heaven to give life eternal, not merely to the saintly few of tho Church, but to mankind lu gen eral. Those who get the proper view of our Creator and of his glorious Plan for human salvation will be forever protected from such fenrs and doubts respecting Divine goodness. Getting the proper view of the Heavenly Fa ther's character, through the discern ment of his Plan of the Ages for spir itual Israel, natural Israel nnd the world In general, they will hereafter be able to celebrate every ThanksglV' lug Day much more abundantly, much more Intelligently, much more happily than any in the past. More than this, to these every day will bo a happy day if, rightly exercised by the goodness of God, they shall give him their hearts. Then truly they may Bay, "O happy day that fixed my cholcn On Him, my Savior and my CJwl! Well may this Blowing heart rejoice. And tell Its ruptures all abroad." God's Mercy Endureth Forever. In the Psalm from which our text Is taken the Prophet David repeats this sentiment of Thanksgiving to God be cause of the ever-contlnuunce of his mercy, twenty-six times. Our English translation docs not give us tho exact thought. In vever. Properly translated It would rend, "0 give thanks, for his mercy endureth ever." Tho word ever more nearly represents the thought of tho Hebrew, which signifies not for ever, but to a completion. As long ns there Is any uro for mercy, God's mer cy will continue. When the great Di vine Program shall have been accom plished, when "every creature In heav en, and In earth, nnd under the earth, shall be heard saying, Praise and glo ry nnd honor, dominion nnd might be unto hlui that slttetb upon the Throne nnd unto the Lurnb foiover" (Revela tion v, 13), then there will no longer be need for mercy; mercy will have accomplished lis work. Mercy signifies the setting aside of Justice In some manner, for some rea son. Justice Is the foundation of God's throne the foundation of the Dlvlno Government Justice lind con trol of Futher Adam and offered him eternal life in an Eden home, as a re ward for obedience; or death, extinc tion, as the penalty for disobedience. As Divine Wisdom had foreknown, man disobeyed und the penalty of Jus tice. "Dying thou shnlt die," wus exe cuted. Through heredity all of Ad am's race became Involved all inher ited sinful tendencies and dying con stitutions. For more than two thousand years death reigned under the edict of Jus tice, nnd our race as a whole were sub ject to it A little Inter the Law Cov enant was made with Israel one na tion out of many. It seemed to offer mercy, but did not. They were placed under the Law nnd were merely offer ed eternal life If they could keep the Law which they could not keep, be cause of Inherited blemlHhes, moral nnd physical. It wns over four thousand years from tho time Justice struck tho fatal blow, until Dlvlno mercy stepped for ward with tho healing balm. God's mercy is his love In active operation for tho relief of tho condemned. Al though God Is Love, and henco must always have been loving nnd kind and merciful of disposition, jet tills qual ity of his character was held In re straint as respects condemned men for more than forty centuries. So tho Apostle explains, faying, "Herein was niunlfrstnl the love of God, lu that he sent his ouly-begotten Son Into tho world" "that Whosoever hcllr-vcth In him should not perish, but have ever lasting life" (I John lv, 0; John III, 1(1). lint meantime tho darkness of sin and the misrepresentations of Dlvlno character by tho Adversnry had so op erated upon the fallen raco that eyes had they, but they saw not; ears had they, but they understood not; hearts had they, but they comprehended not, the messago of Dlvlno mercy. They fulfilled tho Scriptures in slaying the Ono sent for their relief. And they hnve misunderstood, slandered, ma ligned, "killed'' his followers-tlie few blessed with tho hearing ears nnd the understanding hearts nnd tho eyes of !ulth. Theso few constitute what the Scriptures designate the true Church of God, Including the Apostles nnd nil the faithful throughout this Age-the household of faith, "tho Church of the First-Horns, whoso names nro written in henven" (Hebrews xll, 2.1). These ronstltute the Lit (lo Flock, to whom It Is tho Father's good pleasure to give the Kingdom, which shortly (Messi ah's Kingdom) is to bless and uplift the world, operating through natural Israel. Mercy Rejotceth Over Justice. Man's necessity been mo God's oppor tunity for the display of bis glorious character-perfect In Justlco, Wisdom, Lovo end Power. While love could not clear the guilty, It could provide a Itedeeuicr to suffer, "the Just for the unjust." Hut I 'nine Justice could not allow this, unless lth the consent of the sufferer. Hence we read that God set before Ms ouly-bcgottcu Sou a glorious Pion and Invited his co-operation therein. The Son assented, left the heavenly, glory, was made flesh and "offered himself" an acceptable sacrifice, "the Just for the unjust" for the redemjrtlon of Adam and his race. The Futher honored him by raising him from the dead to a still higher glory and honor than ho had before, to immortality the divine ua- ture. Now, from his glorious station, he is eniwwered to be the Mediator between (Jod and men between Di vine Justice and fullen humanity. He Is empowered to give the earthly rights which he sacrlflclally laid down for Ada in and his raco to so many of them as will accept the perfection of human nature and its rights and priv ileges upon terms in harmony with the Divine Law the remainder he will de stroy, annihilate "as brute beasts" (II Peter 11, 12; Acts III. 23). As though alt this were not suffl- clently wonderful; as though with all this the Heavenly Father's Wisdom. Justice, Love and 'Power would not be sufflclently Illustrated, exemplified, God added another feature, liefore beginning to deal with tho world as a whole, to give back to the willing nnd obedient of the race human perfection and nn earthly Eden Paradise nnd eternal life; liefore commencing this work of restitution (Acts III, 1!)), the rather inndo known to the Son anoth er feature of his Tlan. He would give to tho Son a Iirlde. a class selected from amongst the fullen race called, chosen, faithful overcomers. These, ns the Joint-Heirs of the Second Adam, will share with him in the up lifting of thoso of Adam's race who will become tho children of Christ through obedience and adoption. The trials nnd testings of nil those who will become tho Bride of Christ must bo similar to those of tho Re deemer. They must suffer with him If they would reign with him. As he sacrificed his earthly llfo and rights nnd Interests, so must they. He ex horted them. "Present your bodies llv lug sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, a reasonable service" (Romans xll, 1). True, there Is a difference be tween theso followers of Jcrus nnd the Captain of their salvation. Ho was brought Into the world holy, harmless, uiulefiled nnd separate from sinners; hence his sacrifice is a perfect one. Those nccepted as his members, ns his Bride, belong to the race of Binders. They were "children of wrath even as others" (Epheslnns II, 3). Their no ceptance ns sacrifices, therefore, wns not possible except as the great Can. tain of their Salvation Imputed to thoso sacrifices a sufficiency of tho merit of his sncrlflce to compensate for their defects and to make their sacrifices ac ceptuble to the Futher with his and ns part of his they being counted In with him as "members of his Body." My dear friends, those of ut who have the eye of faith nnd the hearing of faith to appreciate tills, the Message of God's Word, mny surely be thankful to the Inst degree. ,Wbnt inoro could our Heavenly Father do for us than he has done ledeeming us, Inviting us to a new nature, glvlug us the aids by tho way, nnd making us Kharers In the Kingdom glory of his Son? More than this, he has been blessing our friends, our children, our parents, our neigh bors, the heuthen-all of muukiiid. of duo family. Thanks Because Cod Is Good. "O, give thanks unto the Lord, for he Is good; for his mercy endureth for ever!" During this Gospel Ago bis mercy has been manifest to all those who tnke up their cross nnd follow Jesus. By and by theso will be glori fied by tho "First Resurrection." Then his mercy will return to natural Israel, under the New Covenant (Jeremiah xxxl, 31), of which Christ and the Church nre "Able Ministers," Servants, Priests nnd Kings. Could nil the world discern, through tho trials nnd tears nnd sorrows nnd Imperfections nnd dy ing of their present experience, the glo rious outcome which God s providing the wholo world, they world be filled with prnlso to him wholoved us nnd bought us back from tho penalty of death nnd who ultimately will com- pleto his glorious work through Mes ilah's Kingdom. Have wo not, ns followers of the Lord, ns Christians, misrepresented tho facts of tho case and endeavored to hnvo people give thanks to God for uiiklndness, Injustice, lovelessness to a God whose mercy never reached us and would never reach nny but n small proportion of our race through the knowledgo of Christ; to a God whose mercy, even to the ono-tentb of thoso who had ever heard of him, he said, would endure only for tho present llfo and even among these bring a blessing only to a mere handful of the elect! Let us go back to tho Word of God nnd freo our minds of tho prejudices ir HUKTstltloti nnd misinterpretation handed down from tho Dark Ages. Let us see the Rlory of our God. ns re vealed In the Bible. .Let Christians give thanks that, by the grace of God. their eyes nnd ears of understanding nro opening to a better knowledgo of him Let them give thanks, not only for redemption from tho death sen tence, but ulso for their cnll to snint ship nnd Its consequent suffering lu this present time nnd its promise of reward of glory on tho spirit pinno by and bji I.et the world give thnnks in pro portion as It'ls able to discern God's goodness nnd mercy for Adam's race that eventunlly through the chnunol of the glorified Church the Divine bless ing will be extended to every member of Adam's race, giving opportunity to all to attain life everlasting with full human perfection and an everlasting Eden upon this now sin-cursed earth. We invite your attention to our very extensive assortment of Holiday Goods that are as new as they are pleasing and appropriate. , ALL Ladies' 0 Size Watch, Elgin or Gents' Watch, 15 jewel, Elgin or SET RINGS! Ladies' Solid Gold Set Rings, all styles and designs Baby Rirgs, Solid Gold, plain, seal and diamond Seal Rings for Gents very heavy.. , CUT GLASS SPECIAL! Jug and Six Tumblers, Cut Star or Sunburst Pattern, per set $1.98 Set of One-Half Dozen Sherberts or Custards, per set. . $1,45 Other Pieces at Very Low Prices !s We have a great line of Bracelets, Lockets, Brooches, Beauty Pins, Clocks, Silverware and Toilet Sets. Look through our stock and you will be pleased! Prices such as the above must convince you that we are giving you a great op portunity to buy goods at an exceptional low price. Why not select your Xmas presents now before the rush. We will put them away until you want them. C.f B. & Q. Watch Inspector. WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. IOUSVILLK. (Courier.) Mike Trltsch and family spent Thanksgiving at Plattsmouth with Mr. Tiitsch's parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cleghorn and daughter Mary, went to Plattsmouth Thursday morning to eat Thanksgiv ing dinner with George Stander and family. Grandma Relchart and Fred Boe deker were at Omaha Saturday to see the latter's brother, Harry, who Is in the hospital again and is In a very serious condition. John Gauer, James Terryberry and John Schoeman went to Eagle Tues day In Mr. Gauer's automobile to attend a shooting match. Archie Gess, who has been laid up for the past month with catarrh of the 'stomach, returned home last Sat urday from a two weeks' visit at York, with his sister. Edith and Ellen Anderson and Mary Arvldson came home to spend Thanksgiving with their parents. Miss Edith and Miss Arvldson are teaching school near Wausa and Miss Ellen at Caltonla. Mrs. Swan Loberg is reported im proving nicely. She underwent an operation for gall stones last week at the Swedish Emmanuel hospital and 210 gall Btones were removed, the operation being a very serious one. Pedro Ramarlz Ibaro, an educated young Mexican who ha9 made his home In Louisville for several months and who is a most excellent citizen, has been anxious as to the safety of his father and sister since the upris ing in Mexico, but Wednesday he re ceived a telegram from his father in the City of Mexico assuring him of their safety, but advising the son to remain In America. Head the Dally Journal. We have just purchased u car load of Eencing, of all heights and styles, at prices known on these grrdes of fencing. If you with us now. one thousand rod JOttN HARDWARE! Waltham Movement, Cold Filled Case Waltham Movement, In a 20 year plain J. W. IMiBLL mum stores big one dm A Large Crowd Assembled in Front Awaiting the Hour of Opening. The Gryb-Carr Stores Company, located in the Coates' block, opened up Saturday morning with a big rush. Previous to the arrival of the hour for opening (10 o'clock) a throng appeared In front of the build ing awaiting for the doors to open. The windows had the day previous been filled with Imported blue and white enameled ware, ten-quart dish pans, preserving kettles, stew kettles, wash bowls, etc., at the un heard of price of ten cents each, but only one article to each purchaser. It Is unnecessary to say, that when the hour for sale arrived, these arti cles "went ofT like hot cakes," and in ten minutes after the sale opened there was not an article in either window. And the beauty of it was, these articles were all first-class, and every purchaser went home feeling well paid for getting there on time. They not only purchased the special sale articles, but they took advantage of the several bargain counters to provide themselves with many arti cles needed In housekeeping. The store was thronged the entire day, and the clerks were kept on the Jump in waiting upon those who rame and went. - A Btore of this character ts a drawing card for the town, and such an establishment conducted on the plan this company expects to do busi ness, can not fall to draw the people. Here the purchasers can find almost Get together with your neighbor and get a speceial j I fence. jj 8 1 - - - - & BAUErR, HEATING! v ALL PRICES! $12 50 or engraved case. ... 9.75 $1.50 to 15.00 50c to $1.25 $3.00 to $8.00 5 any article he needs, and the good housewife also finds what she has use for in her household duties, and they will all avail themselves of the opportunity to get Just what they want, and the prices within their means. . The Gryb-Carr Stores Company is a fixed institution in Plattsmouth, and of the kind that Is badly needed. Their five and ten-cent counters will always be filled with such articles as people need, and their large stock of articles, at higher prices, will also be complete, and the prices corres pondingly low. It will pay every reader of the Journal to take a peep at the Gryb-Carr store, even if they don't want to buy. ltcturns From South Dakota. Robert Troop returned last Friday evening from northwestern Nebraska and South Dakota, where he went to look after his farms located there. Mr. Troop found crop conditions as good as in other localities of the northwest. His tenant had allowed about 125 acres of oats to become over ripe before harvesting, and some loss would be sustained on this crop. Grass was looking fine and lots of feed in the fields and pastures to fat ten stock this winter. The Straddle In for It. Colonel Bates is taking rather a gloomy view of the predicament some of the legislators-elect are go ing to find themselves In In regard to the county option legislation. The colonel fears they are going to be troubled whichever way they vote, and the colonel is right. There is going to be a whole lot of pressure brought to bear on some of them to make them vote in accord with cer tain Interests and no matter which side they take they are in for a cer tain amount of "cussing." Nehawka News. Kokomo and American that were never before need any fencing figure PLUMBING!