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KUfilAN IMMORTALITY DIVINE IMMORTALITY Tta Difference Between in tiie m, Thess (the One Only a Provisional Gift, i the Other an Inherent I. . Quality. Li' - iS Lynchburg, Vlr- glula.May 11-Pas- tor Russell, of Brooklyn Taberna cle, N. Y., preached twice bere toduy to attentive audi ences. We report one of the dis counts, which was f i7hft$WtiiTCn preached from the words or tuo Apos tle. "Cbrht brought life and Immor tality to light through (he tioapel." The speaker said: All around us we boo what the Scrip tures dcslgnato a reign of sin and death. The various forum of life lu tature the trass, the flowers, the low er animals and man exist for a brief summer time of life, then wither and flle. This does uol strike us us trance, except In conjunction with bumunlty, and that becnuso of man's greater Intelligence his appreciation f the value of life, his growth In knowledge and his nblllty to uso life's Opportunities with bis increased wis dom. The disposition to Khun death Is not peculiar to man; It Is the law ot oat inc. '1 ho mnnllost creature, by Instinct. Ilees from death. The law of elf preservation Is properly Raid to bo the tlrst law of nature. The lower ani mals, like man, have sensation, an at t.reclatlon of pain; but nil these things are much moro pronounced lu Immuni ty t tin a In tho lower nnliuals; and the lower the form of life tho more alight are these sensations. We aro not de fending vivisection, but we quite agree with scientists that the pain, tho suf fering of the lower animals, Is as noth ing lu comparison with that of hu manity. We even note the fact that the more re lined a human being, the more intense his Buffering. Corre spondingly, refinement and intelligence bring fear of death and desire for life everlasting. All inunklnd seem, instinctively, to Lope for a futuro life, even though with the majority the hopo Is accompanied with dread respecting its conditions However, ouly the lilble reveals a ra tlonul basis for faith respecting a fu ture life a survival of the general death conditions everywhere prevalent. The hen then hope for a futuro life, but none of them furnish a logical basis for such expectations. Only In the P.lblo can this be found. The heathen hope Is represented by their great philosophers. Socrates and Plato. Their hope Is. In brief, that. In tlew of man's great superiority over the beast, it must bo he will have a future even though to all appearances death means the same to the human as to the brute. Tho Rlble explains that man was Indeed created In Ills Maker's Image ti ml likeness and granted tho privilege of eternal life on condition of obedience, but that he disobeyed and therefore teeame subject to death; and that death, the penalty, effects him exactly as It docs the brute creation. P.ut the iMblo does not leavo the subject here. It tells of (iod's pity and love, and of Ills provision to rescue mankind from In and from death. God Meatt Man's Emergency. Blnce the 1)1 vino sentence Is that only the perfect may live, Adam and bis race, as Imperfect sinners, could not have eternal life after a violation tf the Divine Law; but to meet this emergency, IHvtno Love provided a Redeemer, who died, "the Just for the tinjust"; "As by nian eamo death, by Man also comes the resurrection of the dead; for as all lu Adam die. even o all In Christ ahull bo mado alive; very man In his own order" (1 Corln "thlans i, 'il'SM. Thus God has manifested Ills char acter In a way and to a degree which could never have been known to an gels or to men hud He not permitted In to enter the world. Ills Justice baa been manifested In the Infliction f the death penalty upou our race for li thousand years. Dlvtue I-ove has been maulfested In the arrangement made by which the Ouly Begotten Son of Uod. on the heavenly plane, counted It Joy to leave Ills glory and honor and be made flesh and die for our sins Before the Divine Plan shall be fully consummated, liod's Wisdom and Power will also atand fully revealed through Ilia dealing with sin and singers. Through the merit of Christ's death. Adam's transgression will bo fully off et, and the penalty of Adam's sin will be fully paid to Justice; and Adam blmself and all of his posterity, who bare shared his penalty, will be set free from the sighing and crying, the tialn and trouble, mental, moral and physical, lu Mental to (he execution of the death sentence against sinners. Thus, through the death of Jesus, Dl vine provision has been made for future eternal life for niaukltnl-for o many as will appreciate the prlv liege and conform themselves to the Divine laws and avail themselves of the privileges which will be granted. Ths World's Salvation Walts. now natural It Is for us to be Ira measuring our knowledge and experi ence, leave us little appreciation of the span of Eternity, from the Divine standpoint We are inclined to say. If God designs to do uuythlng for man's aid, why does he not do It Im mediately? We cry out. O Lord, haste! baste! I'.ehold Adam's children, men tally, morally, physlcully. lu a deplora ble condition, unable to help them selves, dependent upon Thy mercy. Thy salvation! Like sheep we are laid In the grave; like tbe brute beast we seem to perish; we have only a promise of a salvation from death through the Retlocmer, and a resur rection from the condition of death. Put Cod will not be hastened, lie bag wlsfl us well as gracious pur pose. HO tins a acunue ume ror every feature of Ills great work, Ilo has al lowed four thousand years to pnsa be fore He even sent His Son to begin the work of redeeming mankind, by tho payment of a ransom-price. He has allowed nearly two thousand years since to elapse without recovering mankind from sin and denth condi tions. It Is for faith to trust; and yet It is but natural that we should In quire, why this delay? For what docs God wait so long? Tbe reply Is twofold (1) Cod leaves time for the blrtb of a sulllclent number of Adam's children to people or OH tho earth, purposing ly possessed by the Heavenly Father alone. We read. "The Father alone bath Immortality, dwelling In the light which no man can approach. Whom no man hatb seen nor can see." The Only Begotten of the Father, the l.tnj. when mode flesh, revealed tbe Father to mankind (John 1, 1S. The faithfulness of the Logos as the' Man Christ Jesus was rewarded by the Fa ther wlih glory, honor and Immortal-Ity-the divine nature. And this great privilege has been given to an elect "little flock," the Bride class, to become associated with Jesus In the Bufferings of this present time and In the glory to follow. The Invitation to Church f"" the example Of JSsus their Redeemer, to walk In Ills steps, to sacrifice earth ly Interests and with Him become par takers of the divine nature glory, hon or and immortality (II Peter 1. 4). Our Lord Jesus corroborates the same thought, saying. "As the Father hath Inherent life (Immortality in tbe high est senso of the word deathlessness), so hath He given unto the Son that no should have Inherent life." and that He might give it unto whomso ever He would the Bride class, the overcomers. "more than conquerors." Everlasting Lift For Humanity. As we have seen, the Almighty alone, possessed Inherent Immortality until He gave it as a reward to Ills glorious BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE MRS. TOM WALLING that the powers of procreation and the, g(JIli ,.Tll0 rgiinlng of the creation pattest! The few years of our Uvea, begetting of children shall not continue In the future as In the present. lie declines to us that those who attain to that world to como "will neither marry nor be given In marriage," but In this respect will "bo like unto the angels," who have no children, who do not propagate their kind (2i Incidentally, In connection with man's fall ami recovery. God purposes a ino't wonderful manifestation of ills Wisdom, Love and Tower In the bring ing Into existence of a new raco of ngs. riot only higher than human nature, but higiier also man iingonc natures. God purposes a New Cren lion whose members will be limited In number and all lie made partakers of the dhlne nature "far above an eels, nrlnclnalllics and powers." This New Creation, tho most wonderful ex empllfliatlon of Divine power ever manifested or ever to bo manifested, he has arranged shall be developed during this. Gospel Ago and In con Junction with the reign of sin and death. It Is to bo developed rrom amongst Blnners, and Is. In rank and time of development, to take prece dence over tho salvation of humanity from sin. sl kness. Borrow and denth, to nerfeetlnn and I'nradlse restored. world wide. Ths New Craation Divino, We have already mentioned tho glo rlous exaltation purposed of God for the New Creation. St Peter tells us that these will attain tho divino ua ture; and this attainment will bo through, or by menus of. the power of God working In the heart as the result of faith lu "the exceeding great and imxloiis nroiiilses" (II Peter I. 4) These will not be coerced Into obedl puce theirs will be voluntary siilunls hlon to the Divine will. The test upon them will be loyally and faithfulness to God to the very limit to tho ex treme of self-denial, and voluntary humiliation In the service of right eousness, following In the footsteps of Jesus. Indeed. Jesus Is the first and the Head of this New Creation. None could attain It except by and through Ills aid. He is the Captain of their salvation, lie Is their Forerunner In this great "race" to which, with lllin. they have been Invited of God-the re ward of which, to the faithful "over comers." will ho "glory, honor and Im mortality." Seeking For Immortality. Tho Apostle writes concerning tho Church, the elect "little flock" of colled. choseu and faithful ones. He tells us that by perseverance In well dolus we are to attain glory, honor and iminor mlltv: ami that this reward, to the faithful, will come In tho Urst Kesur reel Inn. when mortality shall bo clothed upon with Immortality; when the new body, glorious and of the divine nature, will bo grauted to each of tho faithful. as instead or tuo uesmy nnu imoir feet bodies of the present trial time, In other words, our trial Is not to dem onstrate the perfection or Imperfection of our flesh, for this Is already known to God and to us. and to all. "lu my flesh dwelloth no perfection." The trial Is to demonstrate tho loyalty of tho will and of the heart It Is faith fulness In conquering the will of the flesh and bringing Into subjection to the will of God all the powers of the natural body, so far as possible. It Is the test of its loyalty to principle, to righteousness, to God. St Paul, as oue of these loyal ones, declared before his death. "I have fought a good light, 1 have Mulshed my course, 1 havo kept tbe faith; hence forth there Is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me at that dav. and not to me only, but to all those also who love His appearing." This Includes all who are hungering and thirsting and striving for that righteousness which Messiah's King dotu Is to bring to the Church through the First Itesurrectlon. Righteousness will eventually he brought to the world through the establishment of the Mes slanlc Kingdom, which will put down all things contrary to tho Divine will, and uplift every person and principle loyal to God. The Immortality for which the Apos tie declares tbe Church is to seek Is of a different kind entirely from that which the world mty expect It Is a different kind even from that which the angels possess. It Is the I minor tality which Is a feature or qunllty of the divine nature. This Immortality, tbe Scriptures assure ns. was original- of God." P.y and by. lit the First Ites urrectlon, when the elect "overcomers" shall enter upon this so mo piano of Immortality, the opportunity to become of this nature will he closed, so far as the Scriptures declare. The Immortality enjoyed by the an gels, otherwise spoken of In t lie Scrip tures as everlasting life, is not Inher ent Immortality, but an eternal main tenance In life by the Creator, subject to the condition of obedience and right eousness. In this same senso of the word Adam was immortal, but his immortality was dependent upon his obedience. When he disobeyed, Divine- provision for his sustenance was wlthdrnwu. He was expelled from-Eden that tho sentence of death might take effect, "dying thou shalt die." Similarly. Satan and otb ers of the angels, because of disobedi ence, w 111 be destroyed, hence their Im mortality was conditional, ns was that of humanity. The redemption to bo accomplished by the Redeemer during Ills reign ns Messiah is to reinstate all tbe willing and obedient In hutnnn perfection and Divine fuvor. as these were enjoyed by Adam before his transgression. All tho wilfully wicked, all not desirous of returning to fellowship with God through the Redeemer, will be destroy ed In the Second Death. The test will bo so thorough, so crucial, that God declares that there shall bo no more crying, uo more dying; which Implies that there will he no more sin thnt the lessons connected with human and angelic transgression will be so thor oughly learned that tbnso found worthy of eternal lire will have their charac ters eternally fixed In respect to right eousness nnd sin, as God's character Is fixed and unchangonble. Last Sad Tribute to Thlj Noble Lady Will Occur Tomorrow Afternoon at 2 O'clock. Margaret Johanna O Rourk was born February 1802, and died May l, 1JM, t,ged i years, 3 months and :0 days. Mrs. Margaret-Walling was a nutie of i'altimore, Maryland, and removed with her parents to Michigan when quite small. After residing lb -re for a lime her father, Mr. Maurice O'Rourk, re moved with his family to filen wood, low;1., where they resided for some cers, and in 187'J re moved to Pi utsmouth, when Mrs. Walling was a young lady of 17. She was popular with her as sociates, viming Ihe love and re spect of nil with whom she be came a ' piiiiiiled. As deputy register if deeds under Mr. G. C 1 armcle, .in. made the acquaint ance ot n aiiv persons throughout the eountv, her duties in that office licnur performed with tin utmost Ode'ile. the records never being more accurately kept, than when nniY' liei charge Mrs Walling had always taken a lively inlerct in every enter i rise c.ilnii.ilcd to belter social conditions in 'his city. The pub lie libraiv is a special object of her car.', m d (-'he was one of tin ladies to assist in organizing the Young l.it.liis' Head Room as sociation, and was treasurer o this association to the time o Per death. She was . manred to I nomas Walling September 24, 18, am has been a resident of Plalts mouth for thirty-one years. Mrs. Walling is survived by her hus band and four children, namely: Robert. Maurice, Thomas John, (leorge Leonard and Mary Mar garet,. Also one sister, Mrs. Kate Melhigh, residing at Falls Cily, Nebraska, and two brothers, J. J. O'Rourk of (lulherie, Oklahoma, who arrived today, and Daniel O'Rourk of Louisiana. I'lmiJiiutmi...! mi , 11 : ..twini.1 :l.i,:iTX',:rl;-l,T A , a a m You can get any style or size you wai t in MEN'S MUNSINGWEAR. Long Sleeves ankle length Short three quarter length " knee length No Regulars, stouts and slims, from boys size to 3 00 pound men. The most satisfactory underwear made. What's the use of monkeying with any other kind. Buy Munsing and be satisfied. Prices $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2, $2.25, $2.50. iiE3 THE HOME OF SATISFACTION Da 2XETfiEZ32S3 "Remember that Mr. King, gen erally known by the name of "flood Roads" King, will lecture at the Parmele theater in Plaits- mouth on Saturday, May 20. F.very farmer in Cass county should hear this lerlure. STRANGER FOUND SICK IN MISSOURI PACIFIC YARDS THE ROOK CAUGHT ON THE WRONG PLACE Life and Immortality. The Scriptures, us we Imvo already Intlninteil. use t he word immortuUly In more restricted sense tlinu Is com moti In our general hsiiko. mey up ply the word to the Puttier and to the Son. nnd to the It rule, tho Lnnibs Wife. Tho blessing of everlasting life provided for ungels mid for men found obedient to tho Divine will Is Scrip turnlly called, not immurtalHy, but everlasting II fo. Thus the Scriptures explain the two fold work of Christ: (1) The work for the world, In providing for nil the will ing and obedient of mankind, ever- Instlng life; ('Ji the work for the Church. In making possible for tho will ing nud obedient of the liriilo class, glory, honor nud Immortnllty, the di vine nature. The Scriptural expres sion Is that "Christ brought llfo nnd Immortality to light through tho Gos pel" ill Timothy I, 10). Everlasting life was Intimated in the remote past, but uot speclllcally stated. Tho dec laration that "the Seed of the woman" should "brulso tho Serpent's head" Im plied a recovery from sin and death, a victory over the Adversary, a release of mankind from the death penalty. Hut It was not spcvlflc. Tho promise of Cod to Abraham, that In his Seed all the families of the enrth should be blessed, contained an Intimation of a Divine provision for the restoration of humanity from death and the present fallen condition, a restitution to eter nal life conditions. Hut there was nothing specific In It The Trophets also gave Intimations of coining bless ings through a great Metwlah, but fail ed to say that eternal life wonld be tbe graud result Th Glory to Come. Not until the Savior appeared and made Ills consecration onto death, oo behalf of the raco. was It proper for even II Im to give such assurances. But after Ills eonseeratlon, during the three ami a half years of Ills mlnia try. He declared Ills mission to be tht seeking and recovery of that which was lost, and the giving to III foot step follower of a share with nirnself. not ouly In the sufferings of Ibis pres ent time, but In the glory to come. Now Is the time In which, by holiness, faithfulness, loyalty to (lod and to the Truth, and the laying down of life for the brethren, we may make our "call ing and election sure" to the highest Imaginable reward glory, honor and Immortality, the divine nature. "Ol for that glorious dawning wt watch and watt ami pray, Till o'r th hflKlit the morning light shall drlv tht gloom away; And when tha hvavenly glorf ahr) flood th earth and sky, Wa ll blrna tha Lord for all his works nd pral him br and by." He Is a Young Man and Unable to Speak or Understand the English Language. From Saturday's Daily. Chief of Poliee Rainey last evening came upon a youtiK man about Hi or 17 years old lyinjr in the M. P. railway yards, apparent ly very sick and unable to speak Kntilish. It is supposed the young fellow is a Mexican, lie gave his name as Philip (leusan. The city physician, Dr. Martin, was summoned, and from his symptoms, which the ollleer fear ed was smallpox, diagnosed the ease as that of lung fever. The youth was given a bed at the bum shanty last night, but this morn ing Ihe matter was laid before County Conunisisoner l-'redrich, and the young man was taken to the jail, where he will be com fortable nnd where his medicine . a . lit. ran lie given nun reguiany ny those already on the ground. An interpreter is being sought who can speak to the stranger nnd give him directions for taking his medicine, but such a person seems dillleult to find, and under Ihe circumstances the boy rannot receive (he treatment his case would seem to demand. And He Has a Finger Seriously Injured in Con sequence. From Saturcliiy'a Dally. Yesterday while Mr. Z. S. Vos- burg was fishing near the big bridge, and after he had succeed ed in landing 2 nice ones, he met, with an accident which required Ihe services of a surgeon to re lieve liiin. The accident occurred while Mr. Vosberg was baiting his hook for anollicr trial at angling, when in some way be allowed the hook lo slip and the sharp point ' imbeded the hook in the second! finger of his right hand in such a manner that Mr. Voslnirg could not. remove it. lie got out his knife and al first thought he would cut it out him self, bill the more he examined Ihe manner in which the brad on the hook was clinging to the quick of the linger nail, the more he was convinced that his pocket knife, was not the proper instru ment to perform the operation. He accordingly cut the line which attached the hook to the pole and came lo town and called on a doctor, who removed the hook in a few moments. Mr. Vosburg slated that Ihe doctor laughed when he saw the predicament Mr. Vosburg was in, and, in fact, he had to laugh him self when he thought of a man of his age doing a trick like that. The injury was dressed, but the finger will be out of commission for a few days. Has Narrow Escape. Two prominent, ladies of the city were walking on Third street last evening when one of them caught her foot under an unused guy rod left protruding from the ground "and came near getting a hard fall. Had she fallen it ts very probable that the city would have been in for a heavy damage suit. Thn old guy rods are a menace lo life and limb, and ther parties responsible for leaving them should be notified to remove them. District Convention. J. P. Perry of Plattsmouth and Rev. A. K. Wachtet of Mynard were in town Monday afternoon making arrangements for tho dis trict Sunday school convention, which is to be held in this village June 2. We are indeed glad to know thnt these gentlemen have selected Union for the conven lion, and assure lliem thai we have every convenience for bold ing such conventions. Union Ledger. Judge Travis at Papllllon. District Judge Travis of Plaits- mouth held his first session of court here Tuesday and Wednes day of Ibis week and made a very favorable impression. He is an affable gentleman, well versed in law, and promises to be popular with the members of the bar. He will give considerable attention to the work here nnd his visits lo Papilion will be quite frequent He will be here again May 31. Papillion Times. Good Hoads In Missouri. The people of north Missouri are evidenliy alive 10 me goon roads proposition, and so is southern Iowa. Redding, Iowa, which is located ten miles north of Ctiant City, Missouri, our former home, hail a big good roads meeting- the other day, which was attended by hundreds of farmers and business men, and the firant City Times, in speak ing of Ihe gathering, says: "Shortlv nfler the noon hour the farmers commenced to nr rive in great numbers with road drags. If D. Ward King could have been present and witnessed the f2 drags of his invention hitched nround Ihe square, he would have been sure that his in vent ion wan not in vain. The roads leading to Redding in every direction had been dragged so that they were like boulevards." D. Ward King is Ihe gentleman who is to address the fanners and business men in Plaltsmouth next Saturday on the good roads question, and everyone who is in teresled in good roads (and who is not?) should come out and hear the most practical man in road building in Ihe I'nili Slates. RUNAWAY WITH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES LAST NIGHT Thrown From Vehicle, Leg Broken and Two Children of Max Herman Injured. from Saturday's Dally. Last evening a Jew named Stein, who has been slopping with Max Herman, and is engaged in gathering junk and also buy tug poultry through the country, was returning from the Missouri Pa cific station, where he had just unloaded a crate of poultry for shipment to Omaha when the team which he was driving became frightened at a shriek from a locomotive and became unman ageable, running away and throwing Stein and two of the Herman children from the wagon. Morris and Ruth Herman were the children, both of whom re ceived severe bruises. Steiii re ceived a broken leg and other bruises. The three were taken in a hack to Dr. Livingston's oilier. where, the broken ankle was set and the injured man was taken to Max Herman's for the night. He will lie taken to tbe hospital to recover from his injuries. Men's shirts made to measure Write for samples of material am' prices. Practical Shirt Makers Station B, Lincoln, Neb. Card of Thanks. The undersigned wish lo ex press their sincere appreciation and thanks to the friends who so kindly rendered aid ami sym pathy during our recent great sorrow, and especially do we thank Joseph Jelinek and the choir of singers, and St. James' lodge for their kindness. Mrs. Frank Slavicek. Mrs. Frances Pecnofsky. Joseph Janda. Hubert Janda. ' Frank Janda. Shouldn't Have Been Started. The Plattsmouth News has blinked out. The Pribble Hros. concluded that it was n losing game. There is only one con clusion we can draw from the obituary, and that is, that while the corpse was active, it made a very good showing, but since it is inactive, the survival of Ihe flitest leads one to turn to the Journal now, as in the past, for the news. The Daily News should not have been resurrect ed. Weeping Water Republican. Mrs. P. K. Ruffner returned from Omaha last evening, where she has been visiting her sons for a time.