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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1911)
"A SINNER ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD, YET ONLY A CHILD, ELECTROCUTED light Ilav3 Lived a Thousanri Years Brooklyn, March 5. I'nstor Russell preached tills uft ci'iiciiiii in Brook lyn's laryost Au ditorium nml in the evening held A tjllestluu Meet- Ins. I It services wero crowded nml V.',M-. - .1,,,,,. liitMi-nt it-oo. manifest. , The text f tli lifter- iKK.n service mis. thenceforth THEItE SHALL iil-I NO MOKE IDKATII Ol'l AX INFANT OF liAYS, NOIt OF AN OI.I MAN WHO IIATII .NOT I'lLLFI) HIS DAYS. for 'j 1 1 1; dvim; one shall r.i: BUT TIIF- CHILI) AT AN IIl'N MlED YEARS OI.D-A SINN Kit AT A UUNIiIiKO YEARS OLIt. UK SHALL UK ACCl'IiSEI " ('FT OI F FROM LIFK (ISAIAH 1..W. liOt. The ftpealicr said: Our text Is n part fif the Iiivlno lrophocy of tin? blessings which will come to Israel mid In Hit; whole world during Messiah's clot'luus rclK'i f thousand years-lii'uiiinliu; with tin; flows of this Gospel Era. Kiicci'cilliiK Verses ti'll I Iim I III I lint glorious Epoch liit'illordlsm will lie u limit; "f tho jinvt. "Tlii'y shall build house nml iiilKil.lt them; they shall plant vine yards uinl cut tlio fruit of Ihcin; they tdinll imt Imllil uinl iinoiher Inlinlilt; tlit'.v shall not plimt nml-nnollier cat." Additionally we rend, "They shall not labor in vn In nor brim; forth for trou lilt.'." Further we rend tli.it tlu'ii tlio "Wolf ii id the lamb shall feed togeth er nml the lion hIi;i1I cut fodder like tho Imlloi I;." No Ep'rituol Ghrep, Oxen, Wolves, Etc. No end of confusion linn lccn cre ate! by the Intent of wull-mcnnlni; people to lippl.V these prophecies lis Hit) rewind of the Church In licnvcn. Nothing In the Scriptures warrants lis In thlnklm t In; t there will lo spirit unl, lienvenly sheep mid oxen, wolves and lions, vines mid houses, plantlm? and liiilldinir. Those who reject tho I clear I'.llile tenclilnu respecting n Mes- i simile rel::n of rhhtoonsiiess ennnot I understand Hiu Bible nt nil. Not u single passage of the Old Testament tells of heavenly hopes or protnlNes. Only n few of tliein tcnell lienvenly things nt nil. nnd then Indirectly. Ah, for Instnnce, In the types of the Old Testament the garments of tho High I'rleht, glorious mid Iiimi nt if til. symbolize, o helleve, the heiiventy Krnndeur, honors nnd glories of Mes siah during the period of Ills reign. Similarly (Jed's promise to Abraham declnres Hint Ills Seed, His posterity, shall lit) ns the stars of heaven nnd lis the minds of the seashore. Noth ing III this statement Would necessa rily tench a lienvenly state or condi tion. Only by the nld of the New Tes tiuiicnt ii nd the Holy Scriptures' Illu mination can we Neo that two Seeds of Alirnlinni nro tllHtlnctly referred to, the stars Indirectly Implying the Hlr Itunl Seed, w hile tlio minds of tho sea shore refer to Abraham's Natural Seed. Ah It Is written, "I linve con stituted Thee a father of many na tions" like unto (!od. So the Spiritual Seed of Abraham It now being developed. With Its com pletion this Ago will end, nnd tho Nat ural Seed of Abraham will return to spec I n I favor and become, the leading nation of tho world under tho guld ance nnd direction of tho ttplrltual nnd Invisible, yet All rowerful, Kingdom f Messiah, Tlio blessliiK through natiirnl la rued will Kradtially extend to every nntion. In that the door will bo open t by which all nations may como Into nnd become n part of Abraham')) Heed, nnd thus Into harmony with Messiah's Kingdom. Whosoever re fuses this Kreat privlleKO nnd blessing of Messiah's Kingdom will bo destroy ed from nniongst the people In the Sec ond Death. ; Hundred-Year Old Children. :;-r : L ' Centenarians of the present time nro h" , ", . ,,, 1 nill clearly unders nm ng the terms few, ii ml they by no menus nro Ilka r, . . . . .... , ,. . i!or I'lvlne gritce. Ilut ono hundred chlldreu. rsnally they nro wrinkled nnd , ,;. . . , . haggard. Wo nro to remember, how ever, the Itlltlo record that several of the earlier members of Adam's race lived nlno hundred yenrs, or rather, they were inoro than nlno hundred years In coming fully under tho sen tence ngnlnst sinners "Uy ono mnn's disobedience sin entered Into tho world, uinl death as a result of Bin; nnd thus death passed upon nil men, becnuso nil nro sinners (Uomnns v, 12). Gradually, and especially since the (lots, when a great clinugo took place In our cosmogony, human longevity las docrenscd. wlillo mentnl, moral nnd physical allmetils linvo Increased. Several of Adani'ii children did 'not have their first born child until nfter they were a century old. In continua tion of this, nnd correspondingly lu contradiction of tlio Kvolutlon theory, we find that (ho Ancients wero strong er than we, mentally ns veil ns phys lcully; for they Intermarried brothers with slaters and cousins without in jury, whereas today the mental weak ness of the race Is sin h thnt ono out of every one hundred nnd fifty adulU Is lu nn Insane asylum, nnd the mnr rlnge of brothers and alsters Is pro- I tilblted. and even the mnrrlnpe of e j vnd cousins Is disapproved and tic la rtfpohMiiii; Tor ImreasiiiB wenU-iuiiu tdues.s. We see, then, that our text, desi rib Ini; Messiah's Kingdom, inertly vx pining that Itestitutiou blc-slii-s w ill reiover imiiikind from the cti'ects of the full, ho that It shall then bu as It was in Adam's day that full human r!j.'htness. maturity, will be reached In a century and that a man ilyini,' then would be dying In childhood as com pared with the remainder of the race The further truarmitee Is that imno will die even nt u linieii.d years of ape, except wilful Klnners who, refus ing to submit themselves to the regu lations of Messiah's Kingdom, will then be cut off from life as unworthy of liny further favor at the hands of the Ki'cat Itcdceiiier Messiah nil of whose dealings will represent IMvlne Justice, Wisdom, Love mid Power. Man'i Years ae a Tree's. The Scrlp'ures tell us that under Messiah's Klnploiu the days of a man ulinll be as the days of a tree. And It Is believed that some trees live to be lit least n thousand years old. 'J his Is tJod's provision for every mm-every member of the human I.iuiily aftcr He shall have iicc-omp!!:!ic.l the work of this (Jospel Ago, the selection of the Spiritual Seed of Abraham, typi fied by the priests nnd I.ctltcs. "The Church of the First-born, whose names are written In heaven." Messiah's Kingdom Is to dominate the' earth for a thousand years, wl-.h r view to blessing Adam nnd all of hi posterity w bh a view to upliftiivi them from sin nnd degradation am; death. The uplifting Inlliieuces wli begin lit once, following the j:re;it Unit of trouble with which tl's Kiaglou. will bo Inaugurated. The Judgment of the Lord will bo abroad In tin earth and the Inhabitants of the w, r!i will learn righteousness. None uhal' longer need ay to Ids neighbor or hi; brother, "Know thou the Lord; for nil shall know Illm, from the least unto the greatest of them," for "the knowl edge of tho Lord shall (111 the whole earth" (.ler. ml, Isaiah xl. Oi. Whoever, then, by obedience to the laws of the Kingdom will avail himself of the blessed privileges of Itolltu tlon (Arts III, l'.i'JU, will not only bo helped upward out of mental, moral nn 1 physical Imperfect Ion, nlep by step tit ward perfection, but, o long as he progresses, he may live clear down to the end of that blessed thousand years. If wo had never seen trees; if our own experiences had been w ith veg etal ion hiii h as perishes within n year, we might have dlllhulty in believing some one who would tell us of having neon trees centuries old. Such a state ment would Keen) ns unreasonable to us ns to tell us tint humanity could live for a thousand years or forever. Have we not Indeed seen children old and wrinkled looking, yet only in their lectis? Ami have we not seen others cheerful, fresh nnd compara tively young looking at sixty nnd sev enty? All Unrighteouiness Is Sin. At the present tinio Ood "winks" nt much of tho wrongdoing that there Is In the world. Ho does not Interfere with It. lint of course ev ery transgression cnrrles with It nat urally more or less of a depraving In fluence on the transgressor's mind nnd body. The conscience is the most ten der nnd the most Important element of our human nature. Whoever violates It, whoever Injures it, much or Utile, will proportionately bo disadvantaged lu the future and will have nil the more dllllculty In rising up gradually out of his degradation and weaknesses, even with ull Hit) helps that will then be available. Thus will be fulfilled tho Scriptural declaration, "Whatsoever tt man bowoUi, that nlso ulinll he reap." With ull mankind redeemed there will bo nothing whatever of tho past chargeable against any on the books of IMvlne Justice Tlio great "High Priest," by Ids belter saerlllces, will linvo mnde full satisfaction to the do mantis of Justice, but tho weaknesses, mentnl, moral nnd physical, resulting from more or less wilful nnd dellher nto sin, must still bo reckoned on, and thus every Idle word nnd every Idle thought, every Idle nnd vicious nctlou of tho present time, by making Its mnrk upon the characters of men, Is providing for corresponding dllllcul ties on their part In that glorious day of their opportunity. Tho Hiiggestlon of our text Is that tho Brent Messiah will not temporize, for tho entire period of Ills reign, with those who do not show a proper nppreolntlon of opportunities when fully brought In contact with them I years Is quite a considerable period of probation nnd surely every rensonable mtnd will concede that so long a de lay In meeting out tho full penalty of sin, Second Denth. manifests the extreme limit of reasonable mercy. Tha Church's Triumph Shorter. Tho Church, whoso trial Is lu prog ress during this Gospel Age, receives Individually a much shorter period of probation than our text declares will bo granted to mankind lu tho future. God's saintly people nro expected to develop character and to approve themselves to God ns "overeoiners" within a very brief space of life. And not only so. but they nro required to "wnlk by faith nnd not by sight." They merely have God's, Word ns re spects Ills Justlco nnd I.ovo nnd gra cious plans, while, In the next Ago, the world will have the actuality In utend of the prorulse-tho world will walk by sight. "Tho glory of the I-ord ulinll bo rtvealetl nnd nil flesh shall see It together' (Isnhih xl, C). itio world during Messiah's reign will bo privileged to walk In n high way of holiness, from which all the stumbling stones will liiivt been gath ered out. Hut the overeotuers of th ' Chun-h class are required t walk In the narrow way, steep, narrow, rug- Bed, and beset w ith snares of the Ad versary, l or we are not ignorant of his snares" (II Corinthians 11, 11). We are not to forget, however, that these differences tetween the Church ! uml I he world tire fully offset by the di'Terences of rewind. The overcoti ers of the Chun h are to Ik rewarded with glory, honor, linnim lailty. "iho divine nature," mid be joint heirs lu the Kingdom ns members of the great Messiah. The world Is to have no . Kiich change of nature from human to spirit, but is to hate the earthly na ture restored or perfected !u 'Ijini, If obedient, and to enjoy too earthly I'dt n. ) Truly God's w ays are e (iial. True nnd rlj. hteous art; Thy ways. Lord God Almighty! (llevehition xt, :t, 4 Humsnity't Final Test. The ('hurt h's test takes pl.ieo l:t the present life. And In each member thereof the matter of worthiness or un worthiness of eternal life on tho spirit plane for all time Is detcrailned nt death. Not so with huuaelty In j't'iieral. As we have Just seen, some may Ihe for only u bundled years and then be cut off in the Second l'ath, be cause found unworthy of further op portunity. Others, y nvailing tber.i sehes of the privileges and n n.'eil ig obedience to the laws of the Kingd-un, may live to the very close (,f il;t. thou sand years, and ie found unwotihy of eternal life. S i'l v.'.'.-r may m fully appreciate I'lvlne 'A i-dont. Justice. Lov e and r.iw-r a:i.l ".) iv l.eco ie s . Obedient thereto t!:U Ood wii! hs pleased to grant tN'.a e;.i!ul life. Thdr days, their livi-s. will , far more than the days f a tree. The wi r'.d of mankiad, nt t! . ccn-c!u-lon i f Messiah's rein f righteous ness, will have attained n-T.in t! e per fivtloii originally enjoyed by fail.er Adam. I.Ike Li at they w 1.1 bu In Frien. w hich then wiil be worM-v ide. Tho-.' porfes t human Meg wi:l he iss;i;;icj to Hand a test-;. dcmoiistr-.te. t. I rove their r.bolute loyally l,i ; J nn..l Lis rlghtcviis law. r.s Adini was tried, tested, pr-wn l'i Fdea. A Adam was p-cml-i-d cti-rr. il life if his test proved him leva! to his Maker. his restored r.i e w!:i have N-fore then the offer of ct. M.al life If they s!:;-!! manifest their oN-diem e sr.'isf.o. loi i.y. Satan Loosed Fro-n Prison. We nre m i iuform-d of tie par ticulars of the te-t thnt will t!'"ti W applied to mankind. We mercy lave the figurative tK ..ration that Sat in, sin nml everything width Satan r-;-resents will be loose, J for a little sea son nt the close of Messiah's reign (Kevelation xx. 7 I'll. Th. wori 1. full of perfected humanity, "as the sand of the seashore." wiil nil be subjected to the test. Dot how many, or what proportion of the whole, will prove loyal, nml what proportion d'sloyul, we lire not Informed. All thnt we know on the subject, ami nil that Is necessary for us to know, Is that the trial v.::i be thorough nnd Just and that iiM found faithful will have eternal life. 'and all found unfaithful will be counted us. followers of Satan nnd, with him, will bo destroyed In the Second Death. The test which God will apply will be so searching, so thorough, that nl though 1,1s creatures will still be free moral ngents, he is nblo to guarantee that thenceforth "there shall bo uo more sighing, no more crying, no more dying, because nil tho former things of sin nnd death shnll have passed u way." Th R:ward, Life The Punishment, Death. Not it word Is said nbout tho hun dred year old sinner child-being sent to eternal torment, just ns there Is not n word said In the Itlltlo to tho effect that Adam or his children wero con demned to eternal torments. Tho sen tence upon Adam, which his rnco shares by heredity, was n death sen tence. This Just but awful penalty has wrought havoc with our race sickness, sorrow, pain, dying, deuth. God's mercy has provided tho re demption of Adam nnd his rnco through Ills Son, who died, the Just for tho unjust. Tlio death of Jesus is tho prleo which will eventuully se curo the relenso of Adam nnd nil of Ids posterity from tho denth seiiteiico nnd bIvo to them resurrection privi leges provided through Messiah's King dom reign. Hut every ono who hns been eullght enisl, nnd brought to n clear knowl edge of God nnd to tho opportunities provided for his salvation from sin nnd death, Is inoro responsible for the mnniier lu which ho accepts or refuses "tho Rift of God, eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." As the wil ful, Intelligent sinner In tho Church now Is sentouocd to the Second Denth (Hebrews vl, 0; x, 28 31), so, our text tells us, It will bo with the musses of mankind during tho Messianic reign. If they wilfully reject reconciliation to God, they will die tho Second Denth. God hns provided n redemption nnd recovery from tho first death, but as sures us that tho Second Den Mi will bo nn eternal ono. Electrocution. Instant d nth from electric shock will bo tho method of executing the penal ty of wilful sinners during the next Age, and not hanging nor decapita tion. Thus It was that In olden times two of Aaron's sons, having vlolnted their relationship with God nnd hnv Ing disobeyed Illn, wero smitten to death. Fire from tho Lord siuoto them nn electric flush. We mny bo euro that lorturo will not be needlessly In flicted on such. They will hmo every thing, but will not bo tortured. Stripes or punishments, chastisements, nre sometimes used of the Lord, but al ways In n reformatory manner "He chnstcneth every son whom He re celvelh." Ho chastens none others tionn for whom chnstlslng would ac complish no blessing. Such will be andtten down In the Second Denth. Stewart's Y .1 STiM cinne, a mucn Heavier ana is recommena "V wed for use where you have any great sat amoi shaft extra strong and knife and clipper head JO-N B IS IHE Til The rorint rain that was general tli:ou..hont the state made the high ways muddy and thty froze up In that toiniition, leaving them cry rough, and almost Impassable. Warmer weather since that date has softened the surface, and the bumps may be easily srr.cothel down and the ruts f;'d up. Conditions now are highly favcra'. le to the use of the road drag. The application of this method of re pairing roads can be r-ffet tively made at this time. The crowning of the highways with a drag will greatly im prove their endition for the rainy st asrn, width will come soon. It will round th.eni up ?o the water wi!J run off quickly. Thus the work of spiing haulirg will be. greatly re dared. IU?idc3, the farmers are Just now at ease. Of all periods of the year it is the one of bast activity for them. They could very profitably co operate to work the roads right now. In every road district there should be an organization of farmers for that purpose. The highways should bo divided into sections and the up-keep of a section he apportioned to a cer tain farmer. There is a great dial of talk about jgnod roads; a great deal of specula tion and deflate; a great many public meetings held and a great many re grets that our road laws are no better than our roads; hut here and now is nn opportunity for practical results. "What Is everybody's business Is no body's business." If a few progres sive farmers in every rural com munity would organize themselves Younpf Men's v-.i: : ' H: t via -' o3 - j frurirtij H5rau5 (Elctljra CW IIU Sen Our Show Windows for New Styles Horse Clipping Stewart's No. 1 Ball-Bearing Clip rer is very strong and compact, all gears enclosed, preventing any damage by be stuck or from co'lecting dirt. It is the only ball-beating machine made. PRICE $7.50 Stewart's 1902 Horse Clipping Ma- nt of clipping to do. lias 6 durable. Both machines usesarje PRICE $10.75. BAOER j and their neighbors they could work miracles on our public highways. The material Is already on the road, a j $10 drag and a little horse power and j human spunk will do the rest. .!! ENJOYABLE 5IHSE On the evening of February 23 the .Mi-ses Anna and Theresa Iiauth, who reside near Weeping Water, while exercising their vocal chords and making the most angelic music come from the depths of the piano were suddenly interrupted by a bunch of jolly friends. The girls, after re covering from their fright, made things lively for their unexpected guests, and so tho evening passed. All sorts of games were played and jolly jests were hurled at one another In a lively fashion. Refreshments were served, of which all partook most willingly, and the guests depart ed for their homes at a late hour of the night. Those present were: Addie, Susan and Valentine Moekenhaupt, Clar ence Erhart, Lena, Uertha, Anna, Frances and Johnnie Stander, Charles, Carrie and Johnnie IJilz, Walter, . Joseph, Harry and Agnes O'firien, Mahel, Crover and Fred I.orenson, Rudolf. Bergman, Fred Hueter, Celia and Andrew Ftander, Charles and Leonard Sehafer, Floyd and Vena Rockwell, Russell Keedy, Ed and Lillic Stelnkamp, Humphrey Murphy, Jim, Mary, Johnnie and Ed Ilecney, Henry Peterson, Mrs. John Rauth and son, Aaron; Mrs. Rose Kelly and daughters, Laura and THE Xy'OU gentlemen who like to as- sert your identity by we a r i n g clothes a little different this Spring than those the average man wears, will find here clothes that are styled tailored with you especially in mind clothes which succeed in individualiz ingwhich add gracefulness to the proportions, refinement to the lines of the body in a degree never before at tained. Society Brand clothes besides being the standard of fashion for young men and possessing the high est type of tailoring are also the most useful. Twenty-six practical features; convenient and time saving. Any of you early buyers come in when in town. Glad to show you the new things. Suits from $10 to $35 Spring Overcoats $10 to $25 The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes Manhattan Shirts Stetson Hats AMtafertM lactone! 'nri 4 feet Annie; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh O'Brien and Mr. and Mrs. Ceorge Schafer. Small Fire This Morning. The fire alarm sounded fierce anl loud this morning and when the de partment lined up for the rare it was found to be at the residence of Al Renner In the southeast part of the city. No material damage was done, a hole in the roof being the extent ot the burning. The origin of the fir is supposed to have been a defective flue. In Justice Court. The case of Butler & Billings against H. R. Gering & Co. was called for trial at 4 o'clock this after noon; as neither side had requested a jury the matter was tried by the court. As the trial was called after the Journal goes to press the outcome cannot bo conjectured. Miss Mattie Larson came up from Nehawka last evening for a short visit with her parents. DR Honnan Gresdsr,! Gradu3!e Veterinary Surgeon (Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Lkcrsci'ty KcfcraskaSfafe Coard Calls Answered Prcmpl'y Telephone 378 White, rlattsmouth Store In Manhattan Shirts ami John II. Stetson Hats
