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GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Si Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have In Use For Over 30 Years THf Cf HTUR COMPANY. VT MUKRir ITMIT, NIW VOMK CITV. mm wibii Ji iiwi o iiwii i I ii 1 uiiuwmiiiaiijBmMMWHiKii Mfrmxr I 1 II 1 1 - - I- 1 IE L People Who Attend Games are Else Harm Only Day For several weeks the legislature j 4m been wrestling with the Sunday beball question, and at Inst the bill permitting Hint amusement on Sunday Tb&R passed both house and senate. Now the law has been adopted, the governor says lie will veto It, because that part of the state from which he emanates is opposed to it. Thus the governor becomes sectional In his ad ministration. We do not wish to ap pear depraved nor Bleeped In sin, but "for the life of us" we cannot see . w herein playing baseball on a Sunday afternoon, as It is played In most cities, Is demoralizing or detrimental to the men who play or who watch the game. Am a rule ministers are the ones who find greatest objection to the game, and we would not find fault with them. Sunday Is their busy day, and they could for the most part, handle more business on that lajr; In other words, they want the men to go to church, Instead of to the ball field. We are with the min EL PJID II HARM 10 ClifY Young Men! ' II' f 1 fturtrtij Urmia CClntliri and tans. Look at the and then come and let us put you into some of them. Suits Priced from $10 to $35. The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes Manhattan Shirts Stetson Hats Stiltcz Fletcher's Li Always Bought Not Doing Himself or Anyone of Recreation for Some. isters In wanting to see more men go to church; they ought to go, out of respect to the greatest Institution In the world, out of respect to them selves and their families. Tiut for the man who goes to church on Sun day morning, and wants to go to the ball game In the afternoon, we have a fairly good opinion. Baseball Is the finest, cleanest sport the world has ever known; It has the largest following of any pastime, and among the many that love It most are those who cannot go to the game on any other day than Sunday. The man who has sat at a desk all week,! or stood behind a counter or over a lathe for six days of the week, work ing long hours perhaps, might find many worse ways of spending Sunday afternoon than at the ball park. It is undoubtedly true that a baseball game Is noisy and there Is much loud talk, but It Is, at the very least, a wholesome noise, and rarely harms the man who Is most exuberant In his YOU who are first in the field when it comes to clot Ins, should see the new Spring styles that we are showing. Our two most popular models this season are the Apollo (3 button coat) and the Master (2 button coat.) The most noticealle differ ence between these garments and what we sold last season, is the close fitting effect; less padding in the shoulders, smaller and shorter sleeves, higher cut vests and semi loose fitting trousers. Patterns mostly blues, grays our windows new model in Vehicle vocal demonstration. Rut every man ought to go to church on Sunday morning, whether he attends the ball game in the afternoon or not. Mr. C. L. Anderson Better. The many firends of Mr. C. L. Anderson will be pleased to learn that he Is much Improved today and was able to leave his bed this morning. fter suffering so severely as did Mr. Anderson Thursday evening, It Is u-rtainly encouraging to note his im proved condition so soon. he Attendance Quite Large and the Audience Very Attentive. From Saturday's Dally. At the revival service last evening Prof. Sutherland sang, accompanied by Mr. Holmes with the piano, "His Cye Is on the Sparrow and I Know lie Watcheth Me." The solo touched a responsive chord in the hearts of the audience, as well as Farmer Iiewls, who patted the blind pianist on the shoulder and said, ' you re getting better all of the time, boys. You are Improving right along," or words to that effect. The subject for the evening pre sented by the evangelist was, "The Uplifted Christ," the words being about as follows: "If I be lifted up from the earth I shall draw all men unto me." The speaker referred to the seven wonders of the world 'men tioned by the phylosopherB, but great er than these was the uplifted Christ. He stated that Mount Etna had been considered a wojider because of being the highest mountain In the world, but a higher one was the Mount of Calvary. The Pacific ocean had been called the greatest ocean in the world, but It could not be compared with the ocean of God's love. He spoke of the wonders of science, that man was approaching closer to tho Deity each succeeding generation, the wonderful X-ray niaohlne, which al lowed one to look through men's bodies and distinguish the minutest part of the interior thereof. This the speaker said was approaching divin ity, and there was Just one more step and that was to read. men's thoughts, this would be divine. The speaker said there were many men who did not accept the gospel because they claimed they did not believe the bible. One had said that the first statement In the bible kept him from believing the story. Another said he could not accept the Jonah and whale story, and another discredited the bible be cause there was not a connected story of where Cane got his wife. Uev. Ix'wls had met one of the lat ter kind while holding a meeting at another Nebraska town; In this In stance the unbeliever led the j evangelist Into a crowded room and said he would believe there was some truth In the narrative if Hev. Lewis would tell where Cane got his wife. Farmer Lewis soon had him going west by informing him that Cane got his wife from his father-in-law, of course. Uev. Lewis then said all of these matters were not Important; that there was sufficient material outside the allegories in the bible which were no doubt meant to teach great truths bo that the wayfaring man, though a fool, need not be mistaken In the reading of the bible. He then re ferred to the fact that the church was the means of lifting Christ up so that the world might be drawn to him, and If the Individual members of the church would live the Christ life that was suffllcent to draw men to Him. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 there will be a men's meeting at the church, at while Prof. Holmes will play. Prof. Sutherland will Blng and Farmer Lewis will give them one "Hot From the Griddle." Mr. John Bukacek and daughter visited the metropolis this morning, where Mr. Bukacek was called on business of Importance. Mrs. Harry Northcutt and children arrived from their home at Omaha last evening and will visit relatives In the city for a short time. Herman Grcedor, Graduate Veterinary Surgeon ' (Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Llcensedby NebraskaState Board Calls Answered Promptly Telephone 378 White,- Plattsmouth n mm I E SUCCESS ROYAL ALBERT HALL CHRISTIAN MASS MEETING In tiie World's Largest and Fin est f.uJilcrs AUDIENCE ESTIMATED AT SEVEN THOUSAND Which Is the True Gospel and What Must Our Creeds Sacrifice In Order to Christian Union? London. April 2. Pastor Rut-sell ad dressed th? bug 5 Convention Ht Royal Albert Hull tonight. Few preachers nre so well known In Great Britain ns lie. Many of the lending newspa pers, hom nere and In America, publish bis weekly discourses. He took for bin text, "1 am uot ashiimed of the Gospel of Christ" ((tomans . l ;. lie mild: Let us'upproai u our subject rever ently! With reverence, beeiiuse mnny of our (Meeds are while with cen turies. They were the creed of our father nnd mothers. They must not be handled ruthlesHly. unkindly. But we must npproiicu the subject with couriige because it is a Christian duty. For long centuries (Sod's people have been divided Into sects and parties, separated by crecdal fences. At one time they gloried In their differences and destroyed one unother In their zeal fur what they believed to be the Truth. Now we see more clearly that none of our creeds nre without flaw Now we are willing yen. glad, to take the Truth wherever we ttnd It and to acknowledge the error, though It be our own. The oneness of the Church requires that we should have this courage! The Interests of the world demand It! We bare come here realizing that the time for covering errors, of which we nrp nshamed. I past; that the tlmp for reverencing God and flls Word has come. Who ever thus approaches the subject can not fall of a blessing from God. In harmony with the Master's prayer. "Sanctify them through Thv Truth: Thy Word Is Truth" (John vll. 17. Art W Not All Christian Our topic must be. What Is the Gos pel of which St. 1'uiil was not nshara ed "the faith once delivered unto the snlnts" "one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism" (Jude 3: Epheslans Iv. Si. The speaker showed that the Komiin Catholic Church. In order to unite with others, would need to cut out of tier creed every 1 1 Ing not found In the Bible prayers to saints, homage to pictures and linages, the sMcrltice of the mass, holy candles, holy watpr. Purgatory, the Infallibility of the Pope and the general theorv Hint the clergy alone are the Church and brethren of Christ, and the luliy are merely the children of the Church. lie a -knowledged that so great a concession could scarcely be expected at once; that the study of the Bible must prepare Cut holies to accept it as thu only standard of tho "faith once delivered to the saints." The Protestant Episcopal creed next had attention. Little that was objec tionable was found. One point alone could cause any hesitancy, he was sure -Apostolic Succession, lie urged that do Scripture could be found sustaining this theory in clear terms. On the con trary, he gave numerous citations In proof that the twelve Apostles only possessed plenary Inspiration aud were directly under Divine control-St. Paul taking the pluce of Judas. These are the twelve foundation stones of the New Jerusalem, and the foundations of the holy temple ti'i'iitloued by St Peter-the twelve authorized by the I Master to bind or to loose from dot- trlnes uud practices (Matt, xvlll. IS Election Forordintion Prdtina- tion. The Westminster Confession, the foundation of the majority of Pro testant creeds, distinctly emphasizes the teachings of Brother John Calvin. We win all agree that the words tlrvt aud elation, prt'detlinatrtt and ore ordained art Scriptural terms and that a truth must underlie and per vade them. But It will give none of us any pnln to repudiate entirely the peculiar dctinltlous attached to thesr words by Brother Calvin. Surely we nre nil prepared to deny that a God of Justice. Wisdom. Uve and Power l.ireoo. allied and predestinated from before Hie foundation of the world thnt everytiody but the "elect" should go io eternal torment! If we cannot all agree as to what these terms mean, we can unite In denying Hip atrocious doctrines of the past which have so greatly dishonored our Creator and ourselves and which have driven so uiany honest minds away from God and from Ills Book. BaptNis and Disciple. Pastor Mus sel! declared, have something further to surrender. Surely they may keep water lniiiieron. Surely ihey may claim that, more fully than sprink ling. It represents the underlying thought expressed In the symbol. The uureasonalilp and uuscrlptiiral thing which they must renounce In favor of union l thnt water Immersion Is text of r"iSfrip in the Chmrh of I ChiM. They must admit thnt Cor nelius, at least, was accepted of the Ijnrd and begotten of the Spirit before his baptism to water (Acts x, 47. The Pastor could not think that the Baptist and Disciple brethren would have much difficulty iu rejecting water Immersion as a test of Chris tian fellowship, if owe they saw the matter in Its true ll-tit. thus: The Disciples, fn hold ng that immersion in water Is for the remixxion of Bin. are claiming. In fact, that all not thus Immersed ure lost doomed to eternal torment, according to their theory. Baptists should see the absurdity of claiming that only the water Immersed are members of the Church of Christ, for thus, according to their theory, they doom to eternal torture, as un saved, all of their Christian brethren who have uot been Immersed. Surely Baptists and Disciples, therefore, may be expected to promptly and heartily repudiate these test features of their theories. The Methodist Creed was next ex amined, it was commended for the prominence It gives to the Love of God and His forbearance with the mis representations of those who honestly seek to be Ills children. The Bpeuker asked the Methodist brethren to fore go the worshiping of their Church and to give the more homage to the Lord, lie admitted the masterfulness of their organization, but reminded them that their Fplseopacy is not modeled after anything shown in the New Testament. It does not even pretend to be an au thority along the lines of Apostolic Succession. They must admit that the establishment of its Bishopric was. at I least, semi fraudulent a supposed emergency, born of the error thnt an Episcopal ordination was necessary to an authority to preach. Hall and Purgatory Must Go. Unitedly we must all acknowledge that we grossly misunderstood the teaching of our Bible when we believ ed and taught that our Almighty Cre ator prepared u great hell, manned with fire-proof demons, with the fore knowledge that all of our race would go thither except as a certain few would be specially rescued by the Savior, after Ills coming, when He was not sent for over four thousand years after the fall. Looking back to the "Dark Ages," we behold with horror the terrible effects of this blasphemous doctrine upon good men of that time, who thought they were copying the Divine spirit and methods when they burned one another at the stake, As we huve learned that Purgatory Is not taught In the Bible, so also we have learned thnt this hell of our fore fathers Is unscrlptural that the Bible hell Is the grave, the tomb, the state of death. This Just penalty for sin is what the Bible everywhere tenches. We now know that the Hebrew word eheol of the Old Testameut, and the Greek word hudes of the New Testa uient refer to the prate, the state of death, the tomb: and that they are so translated more times than they are rendered hell. We now know Hint In old Euifllsh literature the word hell was so used as signifying a pit, a cov ered place, u grave. The Pastor an uounced that free pamphlets, discuss " Inir llie word hfll and the l)H ruble of TI . . I Ink Miin and T aviiPllvl afn The Ulch Mnn and Lazarus, etc.. would be distributed by the ushers. Th Divine Plan of tho Age. With our hearts und heads agreed to discard those features of our creeds not found In the Bible and. as far as possible, to harmonize what we do find therein, what is the result? Is it the Gospel of which St. Paul was not ashamed? The speaker submitted that It Is, and believes that all Christians could heartily unite aud fellowship upon Its broad basis. John Calvin and our forefathers were right In declaring that the Scrip tures teach the "election" of a "little flock"; but they were wrong in claim ing that the great mass of Immunity, the non-elect, are "passed by," routed for eternal torture. On the contrary tbey all go to the Bible hell, the grave. They are all unconscious there. The Divine promise guarantees the resur rection of the dead, both the Just and the unjust, by One Who gave Ills life for their redemption "Who died, the Just for the unjust" (I Peter 111. 18) In a word, merely the "called of God" are being dealt with lu the pres eut time, although the remaiuder of mankind are having a "witness" and aro learning lessons which will be valuable to them when their trial time shall come. We have not In the past sufficiently noted the difference be tween the Churvh and the world. The Church Is Invited to walk the "narrow way" in the footprints of the Redeem er, bearing the cross with him. 'itie faithful are promised a share with Him In nis heavenly glory, honor and Immortality. But nothing is said about torment ing the world. The entire race of Adam has been tinder condemnation for six thonsnnd years. The coming of Jesus and Ills death were not In fended to Increase man's condemna tion, but. by providing for their resur rection, to set them free from Adnmlc condemnationto give to each nnd to nil a full, fair opportunity to demonstrate their lore of sin or love of righteous ness, when the latter shall be fully as rasy as the former during Messiah's glorious rt?li.'n of righteousness the thousand years. The reward for well doing will then be human perfection In a slnles Paradise restored. Realizing Wpjley't Ideal. Brother John Wesley lived In a time when practically all Christians had ac cepted Brother Calvin's theory thnt God bad foreordained the great mass of humanity to eternal misery. Brother Wesley's heart was lender and sym pathetic. He could not believe that his gracious Creator nnd loving Re deemer emiid possibly have been guilty of originating such a dlnlKillcal Plnn. Wesley's henrt and tongue re- . -iled. F t others pre:n h foreurdlna iu:n to ( rmer.t fur tion-elett lafants, .3 well us the gn y hair d. In a tiery i.cll He could not do so He must rrcaih a Cod of Love who would not otidemn UN creatures to torture A least uot without some opportunity. Itut lundicnpped by the error respect ing lull poor Brother Wesley was In :id dilemma. He knew not how' any rould get to the awful place without Divine foreknowledge. And he knew not how to harmonize such Divine reknowlcdge with Divine Love. Why should such cuv.turcs as Divine' grace could not save from eternal tor ture be created at all? Noble Christ Ian Brother, he preached to the best of his liht. Now with th lea ret-light upon God's Word, we can see that Brother Wesley and Brother Calvin both contended for Bible truth which they knew not bow to harmon ize. Now we see that this Gospel Ag Is the time In whi h God is calling and drawing nnd sealing with His Spirit and with the Truth His "very elect," the Bride of Christ, the members of the Body of Christ, f lie Royal Priest hood. Now we can see also (hat tho Free Grace, fiil' h Brother Wesley realized must be a part of the Dlviue- Program, belongs to the coming Age. 77ir all J ho blintl eyes shall be opened. Then all the deaf ears shall be un stopped. Then the knowledge of th Lord shall 611 the whole earth as the waters cover the great deep. Then "whosoevt r will may come and tjike of the water of life freely" (Rev. xxii. 17i. The Gospel Ago Harvest, Pastor Russell declares that th signs of the times, lu conjunction with the prophecies of the Scriptures, clear ly Indicate to him that we are living In the "harvest time" of this Age. which Is drawing to a close lu the dawnlngr tlme of the New Dispensation, which will soon be ushered In. He wished bis hearers to clearly distinguish be tween this teaching and the cotntnoti teaching represented In all of our creeds. Our hymn books, like our creeds, tell of the End of this Age as the end of hope "the wreck of matter and the crash of worlds." lu a huge bonllre. The Bibv. on the contrary, shows that the most WV-ssed days of the world's experiences are about to b ushered lu. The election of the Church completed, the saints, glorified with the Redeemer on the spirit plane, In visible to nieu. will take control of enrth's affairs. God's Kingdom under the whole heavens will be established. Satan, the present spirit Prince, will be dethroned and deceive the na tions no more for a thousand years. The reign of Messiah In the glory of Divine power will constitute the Sua of Righteousness, Light nnd Troth and blessing to refresh the poor, death-stricken world. Healing will be in the beams of this Sun of Rlghteous-ness-Resfltntiou. uplifting from sin, degradation and denth. As the reign of Sin and Death terminates. to reign of Righteousness unto life ever lasting will begin. The wonderful in ventions nnd blessings of our day aro but the forerunners of still greater blessings. Verily "the night is far spent nnd the day Is nt hiind"-t no great Day of which Jesus and (he Apostles and the Prophets continually spoke. It will be doomsday only fr all the systems of Iniquity nnd un righteousness. "Not Aihamed or the Gospel." Have we not all felt more or les nshnmed of the unsatisfactory pres entations of our various creed-? said Pastor Russell. Is It ut Mine. that, from self-respect, ns wi-ii as from respect for the Almlgbtv, we rcpiull nte them? Have I tint pif?-nted to you this evening the nihie message which the angels prodnlinod at Mis birth of Jesus-'-Behoid. we bring you good tidings of great toy which shrill be unto all pvopler (T.nkf It. 10). No Gospel message reached anvoody be fore Jesus "brought life and immor tality to light through His Gospel This "great salvatlou began to bo sM)ken by our Lord." as the Apostle declares (Hebrews II. 3. None l.enrd It during the first four thousand years, nnd not more than one-fourth of humanity hnve henrd It during tho lust two thousand yenrs. And the message which has been proclaimed for centuries past Is certainly not "good tidings" as a whole, though it contains preclotis truths. What I have expressed this cvenln? Is "good tidings of great Joy" to the saintly few of the clrt t class note. And the ler.ser blessing bf rctitntii will shortly be "good tidings" to all people. It will fulfil the Divine promise to our first parents that "the Seed of th womnn" shall crush out evil. 'Mia!l bruise the Serpent's hend. It will also fulfil the promise to Abraham, bound by God's oath "In thee and In thy Seed shall all the families of th earth be blessed." It accounts for every text appertaining to Election, as well as to every text teaching Freo Grace. It shows the Justice of God Ii permitting the death penalty. It shows the Love of God In providing the redemption for nil. by n "Ransom for all." It ahows the Wisdom of God In thp ordering of all the vnrloits stop of the Divine Program. It will fhow the Power of God In bringing back the dead to life nnd In uplifting nil the willing and oln-dlent of earth to human perfection nnd nn earthly Paradise. And surely the exceedlmf riches of God's grace, of His Wbd m. Love nnd Power nrp nil demonstriHed fn His wonderful favor toward t!o snintlv few now being developed ns the Bride, the Lamb's Wife! (Kph. itans II. 7i. Let us. beloved brethren, lay aside every wek-ht anil hindrance. Let n ronie quickly Into the "narrow way- nnd walk In the footsteps of the R" deciner nnd mi'i! our Vaillnr - n 1 election sit ft'" to n place iv!'h III'H In His Throne, nnd In Hi L-te.nt work pf blessing a I'd Ittlt1n-? v