JESUS NO LONGER
AMAN
SInc3 His Resurrection He Is
"Tfee Lord of Glory."
Begotten and Born of the Spirit,
Tut to Death In Flesh,
Quickened In Spirit."
London. April 23.
-Pastor Russell
preached In Lou
don Tuheriinclc to
day to a crowded
house. Ills theme
wn.s the resurrect
ed Lord, no longer
u iiiiin, hut ascend
ed where he was
liefore mmle pur
taker of the divine
nature. II Im text was, "He wns put to
death In flesh, hut quickened in spirit"
(1 Peter HI. IKi. The speaker said:
In the past those of us who contin
ued to believe In (he resurrection of (he
dead, held some Inconsistent theories
respecting the inntter which served to
make the resurrection doctrine the
more absurd In the minds of those op
posed. For Instance, we clalpied Hint
the l.ninn, the Son of (Jod. left the
heavenly or spirit nature and. accord
Injs to the Scriptures, was made ile:h.
nd that He was resurrected from the
dead a human or lleshly being and as
tended to heaven with n body of llesh
In the same breath we acknowledged
that human nature Is a little lower
than the micelle; and thus, while still
wishing ( honor the Redeemer ami to
ee wisdom and love In the Heavenly
Father's Plan, we assumed (hat the
v8vlor. since Ills ascension, has had
body Inferior to that of the angels
tmd out ol harmony with Ills surround
lags; and that this In to be to all eter
Iilty a part of the cost of human re
deraptlon.
How absurd! Do not the Scriptures
frtloiilnrly tell us that In His resur
rection the Ron was highly exalted by
the Father, far above angels, princi
palities and powers and every name
tbut is named? Ho they not tell us
that "flesh nnd blood cannot Inherit
tbc Kingdom of Ood?" Ho they nut
telt us that the elect Church, In order
to bo tin) Itiide of Messiah nnd Ills ns
oclate In the heavenly Kingdom,. must
be "rhamjcil. In a moment. In Hie twin
Ming of an eye." In order that she may
be made like Hlin, and because "flesh
and blood cannot Inherit the King
dom"? We have been too careless In
our study of the IHvlne Word On this
Mihject. ns upon others, we have as
Buincd that our forefathers of the
"Dark Ages" understood the matter
thoroughly. We forgot Hint those who
lost no much of the Holy Spirit Hint
they could burn fellow Christians at
the stake were quite likely to be more
or less confused on nil questions ;ni
"the path of the Jnt Is us a shhilii !
light shining more and more unto the
perfect day." and II Is now our priv
ilege to learn the way of the Lord more
perfectly. In the light now shining upon
the Hlble through the aid of our won
derful concordances nnd other P.il.le
Mudy helps
Begotten of tht 8pirit Then Born.
Our difllculty on this subject arose
from our failure to understand Ilia)
union nnd sjioif natures are distinct,
and that God has provided two dls
tlnctly different salvations for mini-
klnd-the salvniiou of this Age being
eniuslvely spirliual. while Hint of the
next Age will be exclusively human
We are not to think of these natures
s blending, but. according to the
Iiord's Word, we are to view them as
distinctly sepiirale W hoever Is of the
human uiiiure Is earthly, fleshly
Whether perfect or degraded Whoever
ts of the spirit naiure Is heavenly
whether perfect or degraded. Thus
when '"he .(iii was made flesh and
dwell mining us." lie was human
though uulilenil-lnsl And the fallei
ngels me still Mplril beings, iiltlmiu
'iii on iiom inviiie tavor and fellow
snip . in tuner wenis. iiuuiau imuir.
ts not an Imperfect form of spirit n.i
ture but a totally separate and dlstin
nature.
The l.O'jo, the Only Itegotien of t lit
Father, "whs made flesh" (John I. 11
He wait not n spirit being Incareer.iie
Wi a body of flesh and wealing It as
ferment, or living In It as h house. He
became like others of the race, except
Mint "He wan holy, harmless. Hcpnrnte
Troin sinners." while nil other are sin
fcert. Imperfect. Like other men. the
aim Jesus w as not a dual being -
spirit being living In a human frame
He was merely human.
. Hut the Redeemer hccuuir a dual brlmi
hen He received the begetting of the
Holy Spirit at the time of Ills bap
tlnm. Thenceforth, for three nnd n
half years, until His crucifixion. Id
was dual. The Mesh was the same
Ami the spirit begetting received from
the Father constituted Him a ueir .';
new person He not only thereaftei
bud new hopes, based upon IMvIm
promises, but He had a new mind or
new will specially illuminated, quick
tnrd. rnliiihtrm-ii by the Holy Spirit
From the time of Ills baptism HN
flesh (ull I hut belonged to His human
ftuturei was given up to die In the
carrying out of the Heavenly Father's
purposes Thenceforth the Spirit -be
-frolteu One waited merely for the ac
compllshniont of His sacrifice accord
Jug to the Father's will, and for a new
m
body,a glorious spirit body, in the res
urrectionHis completing or perfect
ing ns a New Creature.
Three and One-half Years Our Lord
Wat Dual Being.
Hence, during the period of our
Lord's ministry, for three and a half
years. He was a dual personage. So
fur ns form nnd organism were con
ceroed He was a man. but so far
as mind nnd purpose mid Interests
were concerned He was i-huiHjvda
New Creature, a spirit being; earthly
things had passed away. The New
Creature followed the instructions of
the Divine Word and providences to
the extent of mortifying the flesh
aurrenderlng it fully for the accom
plishment In It of the Divine will.
The cup which My Fnther lintb pour-
d for Me shall 1 not drink It?"
The great Teacher Himself gives us
the picture of a human birth as illus
trating the experiences through which
He passed mid the similar experiences
through which nil of His faithful fol
lowers must pass in order to reach
the plane of heavenly glory. This pic
ture contains three distinctive views
(1) begettlng-(2) quickening (3) birth.
These three tep were Illustrated by
our Lord's own experiences. He wuh
begotten of the Holy Spirit at the time
of His consecration at baptism. He
was quickened or energized by that
Holy Spirit nfler Ills forty days' ex
perience In the wilderness when He
began Ills active service as "the Mes-
aenger of the Covenant," selecting His
Bride, the Church.
When He finished Ills sacrifice at
Cnlvnry the man Jesus was dead, and
the New Creature Jesus, spirit begot
ten nnd quickened and developed wns
three and a half years old. According
to the Divine Program He slept In
hades, the tomb, and on the third day
wns bom from the dead, raised up by
Divine jiower ns o New Crenture.
being given n spirit body of divine
nature glory, honor, immortality:
Him hath Jod highly exalted" (Plii-
llppinns II, 0). Ho did not loso His
personality, His Identity, and could
thereforo properly sny, "I am He that
llvetn and wns dead" (Rev. 1, 18).
"Now the Lord la That Spirit."
II Corinthians III. 17.
Thus wns our Lord "put to denth in
flesh nnd quickened In aplrlt" made
alive in spirit, a Spirit Being. True.
He was also quickened hy the Spirit.
It was the Father's Spirit or Power
which raised Him from tho dead, us
tho Scriptures declare (Romans vlil.
11). Indeed, ns the Apostle reminds us,
all the blessings of Divine providence
are of the Father. From Dim comet h
every good nnd every perfect gift.
He Who thus ascended up on high,
the Prince of glory nnd partaker of the
divine nature, Is tho same Who first
descended to the earthly uattire, yen.
Who was humbled even unto death,
even tho death of the Cross, nnd went
to the tomb ns the sinner's substitute
or ransom price. The forty days whit li
Intervened between the Redeemer's
resurrection nnd His ascension taught
two great lessons:
(ll That the crucified One was no
longer held in the bonds of death, no
longer u prisoner In the grave.
('.') It also taught that the Risen One
was different In many respects from
what He wns before He died. No Ion;;
er was He a man. No longer was He
flesh. The body of flesh prepared for
Him for the suffering of death had
served Its purpose. He needed it no
longer. The Father hnd raised Him
up to the plane of glory ngnln. As n
quickening iW He wns with tho dis
ciples during the forty days, Instruct
ing them during the few moments of
each of Ills seven or eight nppearnnees.
But He was teaching them equally
when Invisible to them. He noted their
perplexities. His several appearances
were In different forms aa n gardener.
as a traveller, as a purchaser of flsh
on the shore of Ijtke Tiberias, calling
out. "Have you any HshV and then.
"Drop the net on the other side."
He "revealed" Himself to the disci
ples in vnrlous wnys In connection with
those mnfcrdicnfioHA nnd then straight-
way Ho "vanished" out of their sight,
to be present with them, unseen, for
days. For Ideutlllcnilon lie appeared
on two occasions In a body bearing the
ttinrks of Ills criiclllxlon. During those
forty days the faithful Teacher estab
lished the. faith of Ills followers In
Himself ns the glorified Messiah, their
Heavenly Bridegroom, Who would Int
er come ngnln nnd receive them unto
Himself and at Hint time glvo to them
also a similar resurrection "ehamje."
that they should be like Hlni. "see Him
as He (" and not ns He iron, nnd share
Ills glory-becnuse "flesh and blood
cannot Inherit the Kingdom of Ood" (I
Corinthians iv. 60).
"Above th Brightness of tho Sun."
St. Tnul. the Inst of the twelve Apon
ties to tie called (to tnke the place of
JudiiHi. needed, ns well ns the others,
to he aide to to if . to the resurrec
tion of Jesim. Of this He tells us.
snylnft. "He wns aeen of Cephns, then
of tho twelve: after that He wns seen
of above five hundred brethren at
once; after that fie wns seen of J nines:
then of all the Apostles; and, Inst of
all, He whs seen of nie also, as of
one prematurely boru" (I Corinthians
xv. 581.
In the ordluiiry course of events St.
Tatil would not hnvo seen the Lord un
til Ills remirrectlon. when he himself
would come forth ns o member of "the
Church of the First born." He there
fore describes his view of Jesus on his
way to Diimnxciis as being like that
of one born before the tluio. In other
words. St. Paul saw the Lord as He
it and not as He was. He saw the
Lord of glory, and not tho tuau Jesus
Tho appearance wns glorious Indeed
lu various parts of the Bible angels in
their uoriuol condition are pictured ns
brlght-slilnln ones. Thus one of the
Prophets fell as dead before an angel
it the Lord, who.se face shone as the
tun. Thus Juhn the Revelutor, granted
1 glimpse of the glorified Christ, fell
is dead l;fore Him. The effect of this
jreat light above the brightness of the
un upon the eyes of Saul of Tarsus
was destructive iiml a miracle was
accessary for their repairuieut.
Thus the Lord identified Himself In
plory with His former self, the man
Jesus. Those lessons of the Lord
ihould not have gone unheeded. We
ihould not have thought of the glori
fied Messiah as a man. The effect of
the wrong thought has not only be
clouded our appreciation of the Sa
vior In glory, but has also confused
tnnny respecting His Second Advent.
It Is snfe to say that even yet the ma
jority of those who are expecting the
Secoud Coming of the Son of (3od and
Ills establishment of His Messianic
Throne are looking for Him ns a glori
fied man, forget dug that He sacrificed
Himself ns a man, and that He took
not back that sacrifice, but received
exaltation to the more excellent glory
than that which He had left to become
our Redeemer.
These wrong expectations respecting
Messiah's Kingdom have turned the
benrts of many In a contrary direction.
I'hey have reasoned correctly that the
establishment of an eHrlhly Kingdom,
with Christ the King In the flesh and
Ills saints joint-heirs with Him In His
Throne, also lu the (lesh, and with an
?artbly court-would be a condition of
things Inferior to the present one and
apparently very Inadequate for the ac
complishment of the great things
which the P.lhle promises Messiah's
Kingdom will secure.
The proper thought respecting the
resurrection of our Lord and Ills pres
ent glory shows us clearly that His
Kingdom, when It shall be established,
will, Indeed, be a benvenly Kingdom,
a spiritual one. From this standpoint
only can we see tho force of the Apos
tie's contrast, when ho pictures to us
how Satan, ambitious and scheming to
be tho F.niperor of the world, took the
path of disobedience. He Indeed gain
ed his desire mid Is the "Prince of this
world" over u sorry Empire, lu which
sin and death reign. On the other
hand, the Apostle points us to the fact
that our Redeemer, loyal to the Heav
enly Father to the core, humbled Him
self to take the human nature, to be
crucified; nnd that therefore God has
exulted Him nnd will give to Him the
Kingdom now usurped by Satan, the
Prince of this world.
Satan will be bound for the thousand
years of Messiah's reign. Tho spirit
unl Prince of darkness will bo deposed
and the spiritual Prince of Light and
Truth, ns the Falher's honored Agent,
will be Inaugurated as King of kings
and Lord or lords. And "He must
reign until lie shall have put all ene
mies under Ills feet" the last enemy
being death. Adauilc death, the death
Introduced through the deceptive lie of
"Satnn. who wns a murderer from the
beginning nnd abode not In the Truth"
(John Mil. -II).
St. Paul, according to the Greek text,
Institutes a comparison between Sn
tans course nnd that of the .oos
(Phlllppliins II. Co. He there implies
thai Satan was ambitious mid sought
to grasp Divine prerogatives, but that
tho ,oos "did not meditate n usurpa
tion to be equal with God," but. on
the contrary, humbled Himself and
made Himself of no reputation. Nev
ertheless, eventually, in the outwork
ing of the Creator's great Program,
the One who humbled Himself will be
the Kxnlted One. nnd the one who ex
alted himself will bo abused. The
Apostle urges the Church to follow the
example of .lesus-"Humble your
selves, therefore, under the mighty
hand of God, that He may exalt you
in due time" (I Peter v, i.
Church of tha First-borns.
As the Only-Begotten of the Father
was begotten of the Holy Spirit at the
time of His consecration, ns an embryo
New Creature, and as He was born of
the Spirit or perfected aa a New Crea
ture In Ills resurrection, so also the
Scriptures Indicate must be the course
nlong which the Church is to follow
Him. None can he born of the Spirit
unless first he has been begotten of the
Spirit nnd quickened of the Spirit. It
Is through this spirit begetting, quick
ening and birth that the "elect of God,"
-...It .It I .1, . . -
called during this Age to n change of
tintiiru in-.. M,i.i., v ... ........
tinture. are made New Creatures-
"nietnbers of tho Anointed One." the
Christ, the Messiah, the Mediator be
tween God nnd tho world, under klntrs.
under priests, under-judges, In asso
ciation with their Lord, the Chief
Priest and Bridegroom.
In the present life the new nature Is
merely begun, and, as the Apostle de
clares, we have It ns a treasure In
earthen vessels-ln earthly bodies. He
again declares that all the splrlt-begot-
ten ones are In a conflict lu which It la
requires that I hey shall prove tbein
selves "overcomers." Their special
conlliet Is with their own flesh. The
New Crenture. ilie new will, must nior
tify the diM-ds (if the flesh, the desires
of the Mesh It must "tight a good
fight" and demonstrate its lovaltv to
God and the principles of His right
eousness. Otherwise It will not be ac
counted worthy or "meet for the In
herltnnce of the saints lu light" (Col
I. 12i.
The First Resurrection, or Chief Ues
nrrectlon. Is to be that of the Church
It must be completed before the
world's resurrection can begin. And
concerning this First Resurrection It
Is stipulated Hint none can have share
In It except the blessed and the holy
And for these a reward ts promised,
that they Mm II be priests unto God and
shall reign with Christ a thousand
jears-on the earth, over the earth, as
earth's spiritual Empire aud Ruling
Government, to put down sin aud to
uplift righteousness.
What You Read in Our AdSi,what voucan
depend upon when ycu tome to look at the goods. They are just as we tell you
here. - are lowing fabrics this. Spring in fl.ie blue serges and silk mix
worsteds ;,t S20, 522, 524 and $27 that are S3 to $5 under price for this class of
tailoring. We hsk you to compare them for your own satisfaction. Some more
new stK
i- Hist received.
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THE
THE GERMAN CLUB OF TIE
PLMTS1UTH HIGH SCHOOL
I
Enjoy an Elaborate Affair at the ;
Home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Falter on Third Street.
from Saturday's linlly
The lianijiiet given by the mem
bers of the (iceman club last
cveiiiim' at the home of John
Fuller was a veey charming- af
faie and all'oeded a splendid even
ing's enl.ei lainiiient to I host; ees
eiit. Kvery oll'opl had been put
forth o make Hie occasion one
which would live forcvep in the
memories of I hose paid icipal injj
in it and was a most IIIUiik close
of Ihe eveninns the club have
enjoyed lop-lhee dueiiip this
school lepiu. There were twenty
live present and Ihe affair
Iheouphoiit was asceibed Ihe most
enjoyable of ils kind held fur
some lime.
A very delicious dinner was
faultlessly served in four couies
by Misses Marie Donnelly and
Madeline Minor, a dinner which
consisted of (iepman dihes and
which were Ihopounhly relished
by all
As staled in these columns
in last evening's issue, Ihe menu
was not only written in the (iep
man scrip!, but also spelled iti
I be Oei inaii w av.
Following Ihe dinner an im
proniplu program of (oasts was
had, these being given in the (ler
many language and everything
being in Ihe Oermati style and
manner. Matthew llerold acted
as toaslmasler and introduced
each of Ihe speakers in a very
pleasing manner, each introduc
tion being given in Ihe (icrman
language.
Miss Johnston gave a loasl to
Ihe High school. Hev. Sieger,
who has been " meet ing wilh Ihe
club, gave splendid talks on the
people, customs and count ry of
(lerniany, and gave n loasl lo
"America." John Falter gave a
loasl to Ihe "(iirls," and Miss
Mildred t'limmins to Ihe "Hoys;"
Miss Fern Long to "Germany,"
it,'M' till. ll' U I n Ml llll
j ,., ,, ( ,
i learner.
I.,,,. I M, II.... l.'....., I.. I I..,
Afler I lie program of toasts had
lieen concluded. Ihe guests re
paired to the parlor of Ihe Falter
home, where they indulged in n
social lime. Some German songs
were sung, instrumental selec
tions were given and other
amusements were prat icipnted in,
nil of which went lo make up an
evening of considerable enjoy
ment. It was in Ihe wee small hours
when Ihe company dispersed, re
gretting very much thai Ihis Ger
man club would not meet any
more, but voting the -occasion of
last evening a most delightful
one.
Express Appreciation.
The Red Men express their
highest appreciation lo Ihe gen
eral public for Ihe liberal patron
age enjoyed last evening at the
opera house, and to Ihe Com
mercial club for having Ihe street
I so
nlendidly lighted. Many of
the fiddlers entering did not np
pear in the contest, bul the thanks
ol' the order are tendered those
who look part and helped lo make
the contest a success.
Committee.
K. H. Schulhof,
Plntts, 'phone 286.
piano tuner.
HOME OF SATISFACTION
Injured While Playing Ball.
Master (lonrge Dovey, sun (if
Councilman Dnvcy, met with a
serious accident (his inominjjr
while playing ball on the bar.
S''vo,'al ,,,l""r ,,0's anl.fii'orp
vvm' 1,1 an lenslin(; pame of
hal. ' bailer knocked a
toul which deorpe made an o flop I
lo calcb, and having his eyes on
Ihe hall, ran directly into a barb
ed wire fence, culling an ugly
wound across his face. He made
his way to Dr. Livingston's ollice,
where Ihe wound was dressed, and
Cieorge was taken home in a hack.
SERIOUS AGGiDENT AND
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Falls From Horse and With Foot
Fast in Stirrup Is Dragged,
Kicked and Trampled On.
Harold Olson, the 11-year-old
son of Oscar Olson, living about
I wo miles southeast of Eagle, was
the victim of a serious accident
last Saturday night while about to
mount his horse lo return home
from a singing class that had
1"','n al a eiiooi house south
of his home. Toge'lher wilh a
number of oilier boys, Harold
mounted his horse, but aecidenl
ly dropped his reins as he did so.
W hile leaning to one side lo re
gain same, (he horse took ad
vantage of Ihe opportunity, and
giving a sudden start caused
Unfold to fall from Ihe saddle, his
fool, catching in Ihe stirrup as he
did so.
The boy, in Ihis helpless posi
tion, was dragged, kicked and
trampled upon by Ihe frightened
animal for a considerable length
of time, when, by mere chance,
his life was saved by the stirrup
strap breaking, thus freeing him
from further damage from the
capers of the horse. The injuries
the poor, unfortunate boy received
were two broken wrists, three
broken ribs, a broken linger, one
side of his chest caved in nnd
many minor injuries. Dr. Long
acre was called lo attend the lad
and now has him on the road lo
recovery. Fagle llenron.
Publio Spirit.
From Saturday's Pally,
Mr. F. H. C.ole and wife of near
Murray, accompanied by his
brother, drove in from their home
'Ihis morning and boarded the
morning train for Ihe metropolis.
Mr. F...1L Cole is Ihe enterprising
gentleman who dragged seven
miles of public road, beginning a
miles east and a mile south of
Murray, and extending to the
church just south of this city.
Mr. Cole's public spirit should be
encouraged hy other men in the
community doing likewise.
Here From Nehawka.
from Saturday's Dallv.
F. A. Iloedeker, the genial as
sistant cashier of Ihe Nehawka
bank; Fdward J. JWdeker nnd
Mrs. A. F. Hoedeker, all from Ne
hawka, were in the city yesterday
evening, coining up in the nuto
niobile. They came lo meet Mr.
A. F. nrodeker, who had been in
Omaha with some stock.
William Miller arrived from
Louisville this forenoon on No. 10
nnd will visit Plaltsnioulh friends
for a sborl lime.
oris
WHO TO THE BOYS
UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE
No More Cigarette, Pipe or Cigar
Smoking After July
1, 1911.
After Ihe first of next July any
boy under Ihe ape of 18 years who
smokes cipaeelles, cipaes or ;i
pipe on Ihe street op in publio
places is liable to aeeest and
punishment by the courts, says
Ihe Lincoln News. This law was
passed hy the last legislature at
the insistence of members of tho
W. C. T. U., who have pledged
themselves to see that it is en
forced. It will he interesting t
watch the outcome of this latest
effort to slop Ihe poisoning of the.
youths by ciparcltes. Ilereofoiv,
Ihe dillicully has been to secure,
proof of violations of the law. The
average hoy is of Ihe opiniim'
thai a "snitch" is about the
meanest persons conceivable, and
thai In tell mi the ir.iin uli.i um.
i ..i:.... ,,,, .,, ,,',
"lit l wii t v iMHI.CI
one beyond the pale of boy so
ciety. The new law seeks to briiu'
force lo bear upon Ihe boy to teil.
It makes his use of the cigarette
an olVense. and I lie only w ay open
In him to secure immunity, und-r
this law, is lo inform on the man
who sold to him. Then tloi
punishment falls upon Ihe seller.
Not all boys will tell, but a cer
tain proportion will do so. This
will have a tendency to. mak
dealers wary, and if they do sell
I hey are open lo exposure an l
punishment. There are men who,
because of tho profit in the busi
ness, will sell to the boys what
is practical poison to them, but
we opine they will fight shy of tho
notoriety arrest will bring tluvn
under the new law.
Our Time to Kick.
Mr. Fdilor:
Our al lent ion is called lo lib
fact given publicity in your paper
that the Knights ami Ladies of
Security refused to pay rent due
Ihe Commercial club for Ihe us.?
of their hall. We beg to slate that
whenever we are privileged lo usi)
il we pay for Ihe same. For
three nights in Ihe first nuarler
of Ihis year we were locked out.
and no janitor or agent could !)
found to open tip; for these nights
wo refuse to pay. For two nigh.
of the present quarter we have
not had Ihe use of the hall. On
Monday evening of this week it
was tnken possesison of hy the
Retail Healers' association, and
we were compelled to hold our
meeting across Ihe hall in Mr.
Windham's ollice. Rome of the
nights that we hud tho use of th
hall in the winter there was no
heal, nnd no janitor service. All
we ask is fair treatment from thd
Commercial club, and we will do
our part. It wou'l require any
diplomatic language to fire in
over Ihe transom if present co'i
diliotis continue.
C. II. Smith. President.
Stewart Horse Clippers al $(.r0
and $t.75. Regular prices were
$7.f0 and $10.75. Only a few left.
At John nauer's.
Miss Nora Italian arrived from
her school at Lousjville this
morning and will spend SumLty
with her parents.
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