0.1. HID INCREASE
E
Many Attending the Meeting at
Chicago Unfavorable to the
Proposition.
Dr. E. W. Cook, head physician
for the M. W. A. insurance
order, returned from Chicago yes
terday morning on No. 15. The
doctor was a delegate to the meet
ing, which met for the purpose of
considering the question of the
readjustment of rates. For some
time it has been apparent to those
in charge of the departments of
administration of the affairs of
the order and doing the work of
collecting the assessments and
paying the death claims that the
company could not long continue
to pay its losses with the present
rales. And in view of the fact
that many of the slates have al
ready passed legislation requiring
fraternal orders to keep on de
posit in the hands" oTslale author
ities securities' proportioned to
the amount of insurance at risk
hi the stale, l protect its policy
holders, it becomes necessary for
every fraternal order to create
and have on .hand a suHicieiit re
Herve fund to meet the require
ments of the laws of the stale in
which the order seeks to do busi
ness. Actuaries were present at I he
Chicago meeting and gave infor-
mation on the data furnished
from the books of the company,
and demonstrated to the satisfac
tion of a majority of the dele
gates that a readjustment and a
considerable increase in rales
would have to be made or the
order would undoubtedly not long
survive. The M. W. A. has 1,
200,000 members within the ler
ritory in which it does business.
Head Counsel A. R. Talbot of
Lincoln was present and made a
strong appeal for the readjust
ment of the rates, while on the
other hand thcro were strong men
there who argued just as strenu
ously for a mainfainanee of the
Id rates. It was shown that the
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RATES
To the People of Cass and
Sarpy Counties:
I wish to announce that I have taken
charge of the Singer Sewing Machine
business and repair work, held for 12
years by Mr. W. L. Street, with office in
Plattsmouth. Those who contemplate
purchasing new machines or desire to
have the old one repaired will be cour
teously treated and expert attention
will be given your machine needs.
t
Singsr Solving
VJ. J. On
Telephone Mo. 312.
ivercoaii
The time has come for us to say good
bye to the few remaining members of our overcoat family.
We have sent a good many of these fine fellows out into the
world this season and they are all "making good" so far as
we can find out. We do not intend to carry over a single
overcoat into next season and to accomplish this we have
cut the price deep. No monkey business about it, but a
genuine reduction of 20 to 50 per cent. Come in and see
what $7, $10, $12 and $15 will buy now in the overcoat line.
Discount price strictly net cash.
C. E.
escott'
ALWAYS THE HOME
readjuslment at this lime would
affect 50,000 old men in the order,
while if the matter was put over
for two years, or until the next
great encampment, there would
be about 135,000 old men affected,
ft was argued by those against re
adjust ment that 400,000 members
would be lost to the order. But it
was argued in reply that it would
be better to lose this number from
the membership and be placed on
a firm foundation, financially,
than go on as they had and go to
the wall.
The step toward an increase of
rates was advised by the insur
ance commissioners of sixteen
states, and other states havo en
acted laws looking toward the
same end. The M. V. A. is the
first fraternal order to comply
wilh the recommendation of the
cnmpiissioners. and the advice of
the Mobile (Albania) convention
which met in 1910. Under the
plan the rates of members under
5i will he increased from 50 to
100 per cent. Many heated argu
ments and red-hot speeches made
the Chicago meeting one long to
be remembered in insurance
circles.
In County Court.
The creditors of A. V. Wollen,
the Elmwood implement dealer,
who made an assignment a short
time since, met at the county
judge's office today. Judge Bee
son was in bed with an attack of
grippe and .could not meet the
creditors. Some of the interested
parties failed to aimear and those
mii.jeii I iniilil iln lillln an in tif
half a dozen out of about twenty,
were on band with their rep
resentatives. The estate is suf
ficient to pay all claims and have
a considerable sum left. E. T.
Comer, who has been in the pump
and windmill business at Elm
wood for some time, attended the
meeting and will make arrange
ments to succeed Mr. Wollen in
the implement business and com
bine his former business with the
new line.
William Biel of" Murray was
called lo Platlsinouth today to
look after somei mporlant busi
ness matters.
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OWN, Agent. I
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OF SATISFACTION
Report Exaggerated.
Chancellor Avery has sent post
cards to the parents of all
students in the university and to
prospective students, relative to
the typhoid fever situation. The
statement says: "False reports
have been circulated in regard to
typhoid conditions among stud
ents of the university. There have
been about thirty-five cases; one
death has occurred. The use of
the N street well, the supposed
source of contamination, has been
discontinued. All water is now
treated with hypochlorite, render
ing it practically free from bac
teria. Very few cases are being
reported in the city. At no time
has the percentage of people in
the city ill with the disease been
as great as in most of the small
er places in the country where
typhoid is an epidemic. The total
number of university students
stricken is less than 1 per cent of
the total registration."
No Defective Material.
In the news item appearing in
the Journal regarding the injury
01 ai jiui'Kei, wmie lettering a
coach at the coach shop a few
days ago, it was inadertanlly
staled that Mr. Burkel received
his injury by having a scafTold
break with him, percipitating him
lo the floor. The facts were, as
the writer is informed by Mr. Bur
kel, that he was painting from a
ladder and one which had a broken
rung and not on a scaffold at all
when (he accident occurred. Mr.
Burkel was descending the lad
der, and forgetting for the mom
ent that the rung was missing,
stepped for it, without looking,
and consequently fell to the floor,
wrenching his back. He did not
Ihink much of it at' the time and
continued work for the rest of the
day, but the next day the sprain
was loo sore to let him go to work
and he has been off duty since,
Injured While Coasting.
Two small sons, 6 and 10 years
of age, of Ferdinand Duda, yes
terday afternoon met with quite a
severe accident while coasting, re
quiring I he services of a surgeon
to stitch the wounds received
from an overturn. The little fel
lows were on the long hill on
Maiden lane, in the west part of
the city, when two much larger
and older boys coaxed Ihe little
chaps to ride down wilh them.
When on a part of the hill where
a deep ditch is located at the side
the older boys conceived the
notion that it would be great fun
to have an up-set, ami steered the
sled into the ditch. The result
was that each of the little ones
was badly bruised and received
scalp wounds which required five
stitches in one instance and six in
Ihe other. It. is iuckv Hint one n
both were not killed.
Has Leg Brokne.
Mrs. William Miller returned
from 'Omaha last evening, where
she had been to visit her son, True
Miller, who bad the misforl one In
tret his loir broken im. Anv ind
Week. Tbe vomiir mmi hn,i l,n.
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,,-., ,,. niiscnauce, inn
muses gui to MCKing and one Of
I Hem landed (in J rue s leg. lireak-
illg llnlli bones below Ihe kliee.
.Mrs. I'.lsje lleillev and three
children, wlm have lieiMi paying
two-weeks' visit to Mrs Hedlev's
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ALL MANKIND
TO BE BLESSED
Its Glory o! G:d Shall Fill th3
Wa Earlti.
THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM
Pastor Russell, at Singapore, Declares
the First Work of the Messiah's
Reign Will Be the Binding of Satan.
Error, Ignorance and Superstition
Will Ce Scattered and Obliterated.
Heathen and Christian Alike Shall
Ee Saved.
Singapore. Jan.
28. Pastor Rus
sell's Txt for to
day was, "Of a
truth I perceive
that God is no re
specter of person:!,
but In every un
tkm he that fear
eth III in and work
eth righteousness
Is accepbd of
Him" (Acts x. 34.
33). A report of his
address follows:-
Never before have I seen so cosmo
politan a city as Singapore. The
swarms of Chinese, Malays, Hindoos,
Javanese, Siamese, Singhalese, Bur
mese, Afghans, Madrassl, Tamils and
many other nationalities are here Inter
spersed by representatives of practi
cally every nation In tbe world. Hence
forth New York City must In my mind
take second place a a respects cosmo
politan population. The sight of these
commingled peoples, only a few of
whom know of, worship, or In anv
wise acknowledge "the Only True God.
and Jesus Christ whom He hath sent."
stirs my heart, and my head as well.
My heart goes out In sympathy for
them. My head Inquires respecting
God's provision for the three-fourths of
humanity who have never heard of
Hlni and the salvation which He has
provided In Christ.
We recognize the clear statement of
the Apostle that "Without faith It Is
Impossible to please God" (Hebrews xl.
C); and his question. "How shall they
believe In IIIiu of whom they have not
heard?" (Fenians x, 11) and also the
commission: "This Gospel of the King
dom shall be preached In all the world
for a witness; and then shall the end
come" (Matthew xxlv, 14). "Properly
enough we ask. What kind of an end Is
coming, and what will It mean to the
twelve millions who know not God and
to the thousands of millions of their
ancestors who died similarly Ignorant
of Hlni?
I am. of course, familiar with the
diverse theories of tbe various denoni
Inatio'is of Christians, voiced by their
creeds. "I defer to these to the extent
of saying that ninny noble men are
today and have In time past been as
undated with these Christian denoni
Illations and their dlQering presenta
tlons. On account of their piety and
learning these men deserve respectful
attention, but we cannot admit that
they were Inspired nor that their con
clusions are Infallible. It la our priv
ilege, nay, it Is our duty, to try their
suggestions as we would test a gold
coin. First, wo would ring It. If tne
ring were unsatisfactory, we would
apply the acid test and thus demon
strate It. Similarly, no human creed
should lie accepted lis infallibly cor
rect without the application of tests
Does It have the right ring? Does its
teaching comport with the Divine
character? Ia It reasonable, Just, etc?
Secondly. Will It stand the acid test
of the Word of God? If not, It must
lie rejected,' even though its baser
metal le covered with a plating of the
gold of Truth.
Tried and Found Wanting
It Will not do for na to say what we
gum or what Is our opinion or what Is
toiiwhotly't rlse't yum, while at tin
same time we acknowledge the Bible
to be the Divine Message. If the HI
bio bo the Divine Message, as St. Paul
says, "It Is worthy of all acceptation."
(I Timothy Iv, 0.) If not worthy of all
acceptation, It Is not worthy of ac
ceptnnce at all. and nil Christian hopes
built upon the Bible would corre
spondlngly fall. The lesson of this Is
the Huliilarltu of the Truth-the Bible
What does It say about the heathen?
We nsk this question of the various
creeds of Christendom and hearken
lo their reply.
A considerable class of very good
people by their creeds tell us that If
f'0(1 h"'- foreordained the heathen to
salvation ne would have seen to It
that the Gospel would bo preached to
them; and that their not hearing tho
Gospel signifies that Ood "passed them
by" lis "non-elect;" that tho "elect"
are lo be found only amongst those
who have been favored of God and
who ueeept that favor and are "sane
tilled by the Truth" and "inadii meet
for tbe Inheritance of the saint In
light." . (Colossliins I. 12.)
Another class of people by their
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creens, which no huimi i'.i " r"
. iiiAin t.,11 iw tlit llo.v believe as
IV, 0lly ,,,.lt .., ,,,, anihcr cm
uitlon. namely, that "Ihe elect." In or
,i,.r to !, of "the clod." must In
brouirht to a knowledge of water h:l
tism complete Immersion- and must
obey this leaelilna: otherwise tlx y an
a "!0 ,r,,'-v "AH'" Tl,,,s h'""
nRT .
hen thou ninsses are completely passed
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'WSTOR. RussrlD
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enroute for au eternity of nery torture
most horrible suffering.
Another theory held by equally (rood
Christian people denies that there Is
auy "ele-Uon" In respoit to the mat
ter, and denies that any particular
amount if water Is mvossary. although
it dos recommend a little. This creed
or theory declares God's love for the j
heathen, but says that lie made faith
In Jesus' sat rillcial death a condition
of salvation ami that the responsibil
ity for the heathen's not knowing, and
consequently their going to eternal tor
ment, rests with Christians them
selves. They say that God did 11 is
part In profiling the Savior and that
the carrying of this knowledge Is whol
ly dependent upon Christians. One
would think that with this view few
Christians would tie able to sleep a
single night af;er once assenting to
stu h a responsibility and realizing how
little they have done or have been able
to do to meet the responsibility.
Some dear people holding the views
last mentioned have started a "Men
and Religion Forward Movement."
They promise to use about two mil
lion dollars In starting the movement
and thereby to colhvt a fund f thirty
million dollars tslx million pounds).
Dear people! How I love them for
their zeal, even though It be as the
Aposi'o said, "not according to knowl
edge!" Itoma ns x, 2.
If they could stand In Singapore's
streets and Journey with us a little the
eyes of their understanding would be
opened. They would begin to figure
out that the sum they expect to spend
lu converting the world would be lit
tle over half a penny per soul! They
must Indeed think the heathens cheap
whon fliev reflect that the estimates on
the work of the Uev. Billy Sunday a
year after his meetings show a cost
of about six hundred dollars per soul,
with doubts entertained respecting
the salntshlp of even these. The Unit
ed States Government statistics and
tho British Government statistics show
that a century ago the numbers of
heathen were six hundred millions
and that today tho number Is double
that, namely, tweivo hundred millions.
A Better Hope Found.
Whichever of the fore oing views
might seem to ua less objectionable
than the others, surely none of them
could satisfy our heads or our hearts.
Surely the good men of the past who
wrote these (reeds lu the light of the
tallow candle, If writing them todiy
in the light of tho are lamp, would
amend them considerably, or eise leave
thetu unwritten and meieiy say, We
know not the fate of the heathen.
Some, repudiating tne needs of tbe
past aa no longer tenable, fault the
Bible with being the basis for those
creeds and throw It away with the
creeds. These are becoming Agnos
tics, Higher Critics, Kvolulljiiisls,
Spiritists, etc. And because of their
wordly wisdom aud social standing
these Higher Critics are rapidly under
mining all faith In the Bible as an in
spired Message from God to His poo
pic. They are adrift, some sullng in
one direction and some in another
they have lost their Chart of the .We
nhd the great. Compass of Divine Truth
In the depths of the sea of human wis
dom, which, from the Divine stand
point, is declared to be foodshuess.
Let us not take their course.
Let us, on the contrary, declare that
the dllllculty with the creeds of the
past has been that they divided up the
Word of God amongst them, and that
each creed has n certain amount of
gold us well as n large accumulation of
dross. It would be too serious an un
dertaking for finite to put all the
creeds into a crucible and separate the
gold from the dross. Besides, nil the
sectnrlan prejudices of our in. tines
would contend against us in such a
procedure. Let us take the easier, tbe ; heavens! It will not be a Kingdom
simpler method, to which all Christian , niwljr In name, but In power. In Infiu
people should be willing to accede, , n e. "He shall reign from sea to sea
namely: to wholly cast aside our ' and from the river to the ends of the
creeds and go back to the Word of, earth." (Psalm Ixxll. 8.) lie must
God-to the BIble-to the utterances . reign until He shall have put down all
of Jesus and Hla Apostles and Proph- insubordiuatlou. "The last enemy that
ets. Thus doing many will find to i Khali be destroyed Is death." (I Corln
thelr surprise that, while the creeds I thlans xv. 25, 2(1.) And as for the
have gathered precious Jewels of elect, the Church, tho Bride class, to
Truth from the Bible, they have given , her belongs the glorious promlses
these fnhe netting by which they nils-1 "To hlni that ovemnneth will I grant
represent the Truth whl. h they profess ' to Bit with Me In my throne;" "To hlni
to illuminate. overcometh will I grant power
St. Paul's declaration Is that the ( over the nations." (Revelation 111, Jl;
Word of God Is surllctcut that the man II, -!.
of God may be fully furnished. (II I tine of the tlrst works of the Klng
Tlniothy III, 17.) His further sugges- dom will be the binding of Satan,
tlon Is that we "rlrhtly divide the ! Then will follow the scattering of Iho
Word of Truth" and that "it Is able to darkness of error, ignorance and Mi
make us wise unto salvation.' Let us ! perslltlon, which now beclouds man
follow this course and allow God's kind. -Then the Sun of Righteousness
Word to be lis own interpreter-allow and Truth will enlighten the world and
one passage to throw light upon nn- 'flll It, with the blessings and Joys of
other; and thus let us reject none of , the Lord. Well did the angels pro
file Divine testimony, but, bringing 4 he
whole together, Hud therein the Wis
dom of God, the Justice of God, the
Love of God, the Power of God unto;
sal vat Ion, to every one that bolleveth
to Jew and Gentile.
All Mankind to Be Blesied.
Ft. Peter, by birth n Jew, understood
that the promlso made to Abraham
that his posterity should bless the
world rieant that the Jewish nation
should have this honor. He did. In
deed, know that In nil the centuries
from Moses to Christ the Jew was not
accepted to the honorable position nor
given the privilege of blesslmr the
world. He realized that this was lie-
cause, being Imperfect throiiL'h the fall,
they eoii'd not keep God's peifct Law.
He realized also what St. Paul or
presied, saving. Israel hath not obtain
"d that wli'eh lie seel;eth for. but the
election bnt'i obtained It and the rest
V"o bllcded.- Romans xl. V.
Peter sinpiwed that the entire num
ber of "the elect" would be Jew -. He
had overlooked the prophecies which o the extent that you seek lo live so
declare that only a remnant of Israel Jbcrly and rK'htoonsly. you will be the
would be found worthy and that Gen- better prepared for that glorious
tiles would be called In to couiplde ! Liwich and make the more rapid ml
the number of "the elect." Consequent- rnn es back to full harmony with God.
ly, It was ft surprise to him when tht
Lord sent hlni to preach the Gospel to
Cornelius, a Gentile. He did nut think
Of tbe Gentiles as being under condem
nation to eternal torment, but he thl
assume that the privileges of being of
the eiet seed of Abraham to bless the
world belonged to Jews only.
When, therefore, the Holy Spirit
came upon Cornelius, begetting hlni as
a son of God and a jolnt-hclr wiiu
Jesus, the astonished St. Peter, In the
words of our text, said. "I perceive that
God is no respecter of persons, but In
every nation he that fenreth Hiin aud
worketh righteousness is accepted witU
Illm." We have had evidences of this
same Truth throughout this Gospel
Age, for now more than clxhteen cen
turies. God has been accepting pecple
of all nationalities to be members of
this "elect" class. To these, as soon
as they are ronseernted to God, on a
basis of faith Ui JesiTs atoning work,
the Holy Spirit Is given. They become
members of the School of Chrlst-"dls-clplos."
Incidentally they become co
laborors with God In searching out
others who have the hearlug ear aud
responsiveness of heart.
"Every Knee Shall Bow "
Under this arrangement the Lord has
gradually been completing the foreor
dained number of Ills spirit -begotteu
children of the New Creation. Or these
He declares. "They shall be Miae, sallh
the Lord. In that day when 1 make up
My Jewels." (Malachl 111. 17.1 Put when
these Jewels hhall havo been made up
or completed -when the First Insur
rection shall have ushered them intw
their promised estate of glory, honor
and Immortality, then will come the
next feature of the work -the use of
this class, "the Seed of Abraham." for
tho blessing of all the fumbles of the
earth. Natural Israel will be the first
to receive the benefits, as the Scrip
tures clearly point out (Uoinans xl,
25 34). They will In turn be used In
extending the blessing far and wide.
As a result "thtf knowledge of the glo
ry of God shall till the whole earth aa
tho waters cover the sea." Then will
bo tho trial or testing time (o the uoii
elect world. So many as will accept
Divine favor and seek to walk In the
ways of righteousness will be helped
nnd uplified out of their weaknesses,
physical, mental, moral, to all that was
lost in Kden and redeemed at Calvary.
Finally, all the unwilling and diso
bedient will be destroyed lu the Second
Doath-w.thout hope of recovery. As
St. Peter declared, they shall perish
like the brute beast, hopelessly. On
the other band, the willing and obedi
ent shall be blessed and "shall eat the
' good of the land." "They shall build
houses nnd Inhabit them. They shall
plant vineyards and eat the fruit of
them" "and long enjoy the work of
their hands." ' Kventually. "every knee
shall bow and every tongue confess."
to the glory of God-In loyally. (Isaiah
lxv. 21. The earth shall become
the everlasting habitation of saintly
men redeemed by the precious blood of
Christ ami restored to human perfec
tion during the period of Ills IJeign.
As, therefore, I looked at the com
posite population of Singapore. 1 s;.ld
to myself. Quite probably, from all
these peoples. God has selected a few
through Ihe Message of the Gospel-a
few saints to be Jolal heirs with Ilia
Son In the Kingdom. But at all events,
even If none of the elect class were
taken from amongst the heathen peo
ples, surely the riches of God's grace
,H nl)()Ut to abundantly manifested
to nil the families of the earth through
"tho elect"-through their ad in in 1st ra
tion of the Kingdom.
The Goipel of the Kingdom.
Ah! how much meaning there Is la
this expression, "The Gospel of tho
Kingdom!" the good news that God
will have n Kingdom under the whole
claim this same Message, saying,
"Fear not! Behold, we bring you tld-
, lugs of great Joy. which shall be unto
nil people!" a glorious message It Is
now to thousands who have the hear
ing ears and who make their eleitiou
sure to the spirit plane nnd a shitro
In tho First Resurrection! A glorious
Hessage It will be by nnd by to the
sin-cursed world of mankind, to lenra
of the b'esslngs nnd privileges of res
titution which will then bo opened.
with the broadest of free grace to ev-
;ry creature! (Acts ill, r.i-'.M.)
Let me exhort, then, to choose ear
nestly the bixt thlnij, the privileges and
opportunities of (he present time. If
iyoii hear the Gospel, harden not your
hearts, but esteem that you nre living
In the blessed (line In which God Is
willing to accept your little all through
the merit of Jesus. But If you cannot,
understand or appreciate all of my
message, nt least take thl.-s lill'e to
your comfort There W o in'tr il'vi
com i'n.7 "Ihe day of Jesus f'hrbt." And
on me euriy nam itutav.