FAREWELL
REGEPTON
10
Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz and Family
Will Move to Canada
This Spring.
A farewell reception was ten
dered John Schwartz ami family
at thoir horn.' last Friday by the
icighbors of his vicinity. Plates
for eighty were laid, the neighbors
planning the pleasant afTair
bringing with them well filled
baskets from which the dining
table was soon spread with a most
appetizing dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz have de
cided fo move to Canada this
spring and the neighbors near
whom they have lived for the past
four years decided to have a social
lime "with them before they go.
Mr. Schwartz is one of the most
ye.nial of men and his good wife
fossesses equally as many friends
as her husband. Mr. Schwartz
as resided in Plattsmouth and
vicinity for the past fifteen years,
and Mrs. Schwartz is a native of
ihe county, so that both of them
kave endeared themselves to their
umcrous neighbors and friends.
For a long time Mr. Schwartz re
sided in Plattsmouth and was an
employe of the Burlington shops,
but for the, past seven or eight
years has resided in the country
and devoted his time to farming.
Below is given a list of the friends
he has accumulated during his
farming career and who partici
pated in the pleasant event Friday
evening:
Stephen Wiles and family,
Charles Jean and family, R. L.
Propst and family, Fred Spangler
and family, Frank Wiles and
family, Henry Eikenberry and
family, Glen Perry and family, W.
I. Jean and family, Ted Wiles and
family, Oscar Oapen and family,
Luke Wiles and family, Fred
Beins and family, John Living
ston and family 13. W. Livingston
and family, drover Livingston and
family, Lloyd Ganen and family,
Coon Vallery and family, Will
lummell and family, W. T. Adams
and family. A. L. Huffer and fam
ily, J. E. Wiles and family, Mrs
llario Oapen, Mrs. Maltie Wiles
and Henry Trout of Plattsmouth
In the evening all of the young
people of the neighborhood turn
ad out, and with lots of refresh
ments, made the evening one long
la be remembered by Mr. and Mrs.
Sohwnrtz.
In Justice Court.
The trial of P. A. McCrary and
Weal Kennedy, which was to have
ccurred before Judge Archer
this morning on a complaint of
Ighting and raising a disturbance
at a dance in the Second ward one
week ago last Saturday night, was
postponed on request of McCrary's
attorney, 1). 0. Dwyer, who had
business in the district court to
day. Chief Raincy and Mr. Dwyer
agreed to have the matter heard
In Judge Archer's court Tuesday,
March 12.
Critically III.
Fred McKinney, who has been
ick for three or four weeks with
a complication of lung and kidney
trouble, has been in a critical
ondition for the past two days,
and his recovery is dispaired of.
He is a son of A. J. McKinney of
this city, and was married less
than a year ago and is a young
man about 22 years old.
Fine Hogs for Sale.
A limited number of brood sows,
Hampshire and Ihiroe breed;
either bred or open, due to farrow
during March and April. Some
are registered and some are
gTades. Also three male hogs
Apply to F. II. Dunbar, Hole
Riley - Plattsmouth.
In District Court.
Nellie D. Montgomery, through
a-cr attorney, C. A. Rawls, has
ommonced a suit to quiet the
title to live acres of real estate
situated in section 20, about three
miles east of Murray. James A.
Archer is made defendant in the
Knit.
Registered Full for Sate.
One thoroughbred registered
Holstein bull, three years old. Ap
ply to Hotel lliley, Plattsmouth.
F. H. Dunbar.
For Sale.
300 split buroak posts, carriage
and buggy. See Lloyd Oapen, ad
ministrator of F. M. Young estate.
151 acres. All lovel. Hog tight.
70 acres of the finest alfalfa. Fine
house. Close to school and good
town. $13,500; $3,500 cash, 810,
00 on time at ( per cent. Writf
h C. B. Schleicher, Brady, Neb.
SWARTZ
FAMILY
Watch It Grow.
At the call of C A..Rawls, chair
man of the committee to take sub
scriptions to the Y. M. C. A. and
sell membership tickets for the
same the committee met at Mr.
Hawl's olllce last week and map
ped out the territory and allotted
the work, and on Monday morning
of this week the committee be
gan the campaign to raise the re
quired $2,000.
A careful estimate has been
made of tne necessary outlay to
get the necessary working ma
terial to carry on the enterprise
as it is done elsewhere, and the
completion of the enterprise will
reflect credit on the town and
those who reside in Plattsmouth.
The Journal will print the list
from day to day and we will all be
interested in watching the list
grow. Two of the leading frater
nal organizations of the city have
tarted the list with nice con
ributions as follows:
Knisrhts and Ladles of Se
curity $50.00
P. E. O. Society 35.00
E. II. Wescott, C. A. Mar
shall, R. Glen Rawls,
Floyd Partridge, John
Hatt.jr 50.00
B. Could, John Crabill,
R. A. Bates, J. P. Sattler,
Thomas Wiles, Leland
Briggs, T. II . Pollock, C.
F. Mayfleld, II. D. Travis,
E. Weyrich, W. Clement,
II. F. Coos, M. S. Briggs,
Robert Rebal, d. L.
G.
Farley 150.00
J.
II. Kuhns, Jennings
Seivers, E. C. Hild, Ed
Lutz 40.00
0.
K. Staats, Floyd Mc-
Danicl, B. A. Rosencrans,
A. J. Beeson, Joo Peters,
W. D. dock 00.00
G. Frickc, II. M. Socn
nichscn, E. W. Cook. Har
ris Cook, C. H. Smith,
Tom Stokes, A. J. Sny
der, John Bauer, jr 80.00
E.
Wurl, J. M. Roberts. R.
M. Schlaes, Jesse Perry,
Henry Perry, Hallie
Perry G0.00
Plattsmouth Improvement
Society 13.50
H.
S. Austin, Ed Zuckweiler,
II. N. Dovey, George
Dovey, J. II. Haldeman.. .
A. Rawls, T. P. Living
ston, Fritz Fricke, Paul
Morgan. Arthur Troop..
50.00
50.00
II.
F. Moore, Fred Mann,
Dr. Frank Cummins, Wil
liam Baird
40.00
A Friend, A. O. Moore,
Robert Newell, Will
Adams, Frank Gobelman,
C. C. Wescott, Woodmen
of the World 70.00
Hugh Cecil, R. F. Patter
son, John Hollstrom. . . .
F. Andrews, Joe Iliber. . . .
30.00
20.00
M. Hildf N. C. Abbott, E.
L. Richey, Ed Bratncr, T.
M. Patterson, James
Mauzy, C. II. Warner, C.
S. Johnson 80.00
Geo. Falter, W. A. Robert
son, B. A. McElwain, J. P.
Falter, C. C. Parmelc,
Pollock Parmele, R. B.
Windham, Albert Cla
baugh, Joe McMaken, D.
B. Smith, L. W. Gade, D.
C. Morgan, Dr. J. S.
Livingston 130.00
J. M. Robertson, C. H. Tay
lor, George Becker, W.
II. Newell, F. M. Richey,
J. L. Richey, J. K. Pol
lock, F. A. Powell 80.00
Hilt Martin, Truman
Waugh, Jess Warga,
Fred McCauley, James
Birnie, William Brink
man, Robert Hayes 70.00
E.
R. Travis, John Falter,
Carl Dalton,' A. L. Tidd,
Grant Wetenkamp 50.00
J.
E. Wiles, II. A. Sch
neider, L. V. Copcnhaver,
Clarence Beal, W. L.
Austin 50.00
R. Hunter, Frank Shel
R.
don, Dewey Zuckweiler,
C. D. Quinlon, Burdelt
Briggs, deorge Poisall.. 00.00
Byron Clark 50.00
C. L. Stull, Henry Tee
cotter, J. W. Sage. , 30.00
Lady Minstrels 100.00
II. S. Burthold, L. L. Wiles,
W. C. Tippens, Guy
Reese, Clarence Staats, O.
P. Newbranch (30.00
Additions to subscriptions
already made C. C. Par
mele, J. P. Falter, T. H.
Pollock, E. d. Dovey &
Son, Ed P. Lutz, E. H.
Wescott, C. C. Wescott, J.
M. Roberts, J. H. Halde
man 190.00
Hubert Will. W. J. While. . 20.00
Total to date $l,7f8.50
Dr. Brown Goes to Kansas City.
Dr. A. C. I'. Mrown and wife de
parted today lo visit friends in
Hastings, Fremont and other Ne-
1 . 1 1 I M a
orasna towns, nciore taking up
their residence in Kansas City.
LOCAL NEWS
From Monday's Dally.
A. II. Clugy of Clarinda, Iowa,
was a guest of his brother, Fred,
several days last week.
R. J. Ilaynie had business in
Oleuwood this morning, which
called him across the river early.
W. J. O'Brien of Gretna was a
Plattsmouth visitor today, looking
after business matters at the
shops.
deorge Vogle of South Bend
came down on No. I this morning
and looked after business matters
for a time.
Henry Teikotter was a pas
senger to Omaha on t lie morning
train today, where he was called
on nusincss.
Raymond Travis of Omaha was
an over Sunday visitor at Ihe
home of his parents, Judge and
Mrs. H. I). Travis.
Miss Amanda Saltier was an
Omaha passenger on the morning
train today, where she visited with
friends between train.
Miss Frances Koubek of Omaha,
who has been visiting her mother
for a short time, returned to the
metropolis thi3 morning.
Fred Ebbinger returned to his
home at Plainview this morning,
after spending Sunday with Mrs.
deorge Weidman and family.
Mrs. Frank dobelman returned
from Sidney, Iowa, on the morn
ing train today, where she had
visited her parents for a few days.
Miss Bell, a former High school
teacher of this city, arrived from
her home at Ashland this morn
ing and will visit friends for a
time.
C. P. Dotson and wife, who have
been guests of M. W. Thomas and
wife for a few days, returned to
their homes at Lincoln this morn,
ing.
George Frater of Louisville
transacted business in the county
seal today, coming down on No. i
to interview the officials at the
court house.
Mrs. Crissman of Lincoln, who
came down from Lincoln Satur
day afternoon to visit her mother,
Mrs. Kinkead, over Sunday, re
lumed to her home this after
noon. John Crabill and wife and babe
visited Omaha relatives this aft
ernoon, going on the fast mail.
Mr. Crabill looked after some
items of business while in the
city.
A. O. McAusland and wife of
Denver visited Mrs. dibson at the
Masonic Home for a time, depart
ing today for Washington, D. C,
"to nominate Teddy," said Mr.
McAusland.
Art rriDuie oi niair anu nis
brother, Ernest, of Kenner, ar
rived on the afternoon train today
and were witnesses in the News-
Ilerald-Dwyer litigation pending
in the district court.
Franc Ballance returned to
dlenwood on the morning train
today, having attended the Eagles'
grand ball Saturday night and
spent Sunday with his parents,
William Ballance and wife.
Henry Fornoff and wife return
ed from Pekin, Ilinois, last even
nig, where they had been for a
few days to visit Mr. FornofT's
mother, who is very sick. His
mother was not much improved
when Mr. Fornoff left for home
Roney Freidrich of Peoria, III.,
has been spending a week with his
cousin, Commissioner M. L. Frien.
rich, stopping here en route from
Pierce county, where he has visit
ed relatives for six weeks. This
morning he departed for his home
on No. (5.
John Schiappacasse went to
Omaha this morning with tin
avowed intention of purchasing a
new automobile. John will prob
ably not patronize the Burlington
after this, but Ihe Omaha-Platts
mnul It-Kansas Oily Scenic Roul
and Ihe Pollock-DulT bridge will
be for John.
Hold Series of Meetings.
Elder Weaver, Mrs. Calhoun
and Miss Anna Dryer of Tabor,
and Mr. and Mrs. Endicott o
(llenwood arrived Saturday after
noon and commenced a series o
meetings in South Park. The
services will continue through
Ibis week, beginning al 7:30 this
evening.
Sells Road Machinery.
I'
i oung or .Minneapolis was in
the city Saturday to interview the
county board and to try lo interes
i ii commissioners m road ma
chinery. As Ihe commissioners
were not in session, Mr. Young
had Ihe pleasure of meeting bu
one nf I heir number.
Fop sale bills and all other kinds
of Job work call at the Journa
THE DESIRE OF
ALL NATIONS,
Realization of ilia Divine Prom
ise ta Mankind,
SHALL REIGN OH THE EARTH.
Pastor Russell, Preaching at Calcutta,
Saya That the Fulfilment of the
Lord's Plan For the Salvation of the
World Is Just
Beginning Points'
Forward to Messiah's Kingdom at the
Tim When All the Families of the
tarth Shall Be Blessed.
Culcutta, Feb.
IS. The Foreign
Missions Investi
gation Committee,
appointed by the
International Bi
ble Students As
sociation, Is here.
The Committee ex
pedite their work
by each giving spe
cial attention to a
different featuro
of their investiga
tion. This Is their
third week In India and they have al
ready travelled nearly two thousand
miles. They are keenly Interested In
the heathen and in the Bible, but they
decline to give la advance any hint
of what their report will be as respects
the missionaries and their work.
Tastor Russell, Chairman of the
Committee, preached twice today to
large nnd attentive audiences In our
finest Auditorium. One of hla ad- j
dresses, from Jeremluh lx, 23, 24, wo ,
report. He said:
Your "City of Taliiccs" greatly im-'
presses me, as doubtless It does nil who
visit it. But as I look at Us splendor
I am reminded of that portion of my
text which declares, "Let h.m that
glorleth glory In this, that ho under
staudeth and knoweth Me, that I am
the Lord, which cxerclseth lovlng-klnd-
ness, Judgment and righteousness In
the earth." Wherever we go we per
ceive that man, by virtue of his crea
tion, Is n worshiper. The orgnns of
reverence and spirituality, although
onlv partially developed and much
shattered by ignorauce and supersti
tion, nre to be found In every man and
their position Is the very highest In
his organism. My Journey to this city
has Impressed this thought deeply. !
I stopped en route nt Juggernaut; tho
very name culled up the stories of my
childhood which so greatly aroused my
sympathies for the poor heathen. Mis
sionary reports told of how In Igno
rance the natives would throw them-,
selves before the great Car of Jugger
naut, feeling It an honor to thus sacri
fice their lives to a false god. And
now, here I am on the Ganges River,
of which In childhood I heard ho much
that thrilled my heart with sympathy
how mothers threw their balies into
the Ganges, not because they had no
sympathy with their offspring, but be
cause they desired to sacrifice to ond
propitiate their gods. Now that I am
here I do thank God that, although the
heatheu have not been converted to n i
true knowledge of the great Jehovah,
they have, nevertheless, come under
the strong hand of tho British govern
ment, which, whatever Us defects,
seeks nt least to protect Us subjects
from the extremes of their own Igno
rance and superstition.
The Desire of All Nations.
While it is true that the worst form
of government Imaginable Is preferable
to anarchy, and whllo It Is also true
that the British Government Is
amongst the most Just lu the world,
nevertheless, no government that fallen
man has ever made or can make can
ever satisfy tho ideals of the more In
telligent Ileuce for centuries the hea
then world has dreamed of it Golden
Age to come and Biblo Studeuts have
rejoiced lu the Divine promise that the
Messinnle Kingdom will follow our
present arrangement and that It will bo
proved to be "the desire of all nations."
Oh, since we perceive tho Ignorance
and superstition of heathendom, our
hearts cry out for the promised reign
of Messiah and the blessing that then
will accrue to mankind! The very best
thut we have yet attained, lu the most
civilized hinds, comes far short of the
Divine promise of the conditions to
prevail as n result of Messiah's rule.
Then nil Ignorance, ull superstition,
all sin, nil sorrow, nil pain, nil death
shall be abolished and finally, with
tho willfully wicked destroyed lu the
Second Deuth, the thno will havo
como when God's will shall be done,
on earth ns fully, as completely, as it
Is now done in heaven. When "every
Ineo shall bow and every tongue con
fess" to the glory of God; when "the
knowledge of tho glory of the Lord
shall fill tho whole earth as the wa
ters cover tho great deep;" when "no
man will need say to his neighbor,
know thou tho Lord, for till shall
know Hliu from the least of them to
the greatest of them" It Is for that
glorious Epoch., my dear hearers, that
we should all be hoping, longing,
praying, and striving to prepare our
selves. "Now We Know In Part."
Saint Taul wrote, "Now we know In
part, but then we shall know even ns
also we are known." (I Corinthians
till, 12.) Alas! every true Christian
must realize how his own knowl
edge of God and that of his forefa
thers has so slightly exceeded tho
knowledge of the heathen and that he
.(QSlQgJUSSELlJ
found tt difficult to "glory" la hLs un
aerstanding of God! Only those who
nre adherents to the declarations of
the Rib'.o that "God is Ive," that His
mercy enduieth over, that lie Is like
a pitying father, that He Is the God
of All Grace, the Father of Mercies,
the length, breadth, height and depth
of whose loving-kindness we cannot
measure only Mich have the assur
ances which enable them to ofTset the
horrible theories of our creeds formu
lated la a darker past and which told
us more horrible things respecting our
God nnd His treatment of mankind
than our poor heathen, brethren ever
Imagined.
The Key of the Divine Word.
Rut now the better day Is dawning!
We are swing the glorious outlines of
the Divine character in the Divine
rin n us never before! Our hearts first
(U0 Wllv nuj rebelled against the
ulctuiu or our fallacious reasoning.
And now, In God's due time, when
nature Is yielding up her secrets nnd
chemistry Is making the world anew,
behold, the key to the Divine Word Is
thrust Into our hands, unlocking Its
mysteries and explaining its paralwllc
symbols to our astonished faith! But
alas! meantime many of the brightest
minds of the world have rejected tho
Bible, many of them even denying tho
personality of the Creator; and oo far
have theRo gono in the substitution of
human wisdom for Divine Revelation
that It seems impossible for them to
return to the paths of faith.
Now, however, Is the tlmo for nil of
those who have n hungering nnd
thirsting after God and Ills righteous
ness to begin afresh tho study of Ills
Word In the light of the morning of
this New Dispensation. Not only Is
this necessary for our own comfort
and establishment, but It Is necessary
a'so In tho Interests of others lefore
whom" we stand ns bulwarks of tho
Truth, having on tho wholo Armor of
God, tho Helmet of Salvation, tho
Shield of Faith, tho Breastplate of
Righteousness, tho Sword of the Spir
itnecessary for self-protection and
for the aid of all who "are feeling
after God If haply they might find
nim."-Acts xvll, 27.
Knowing Our God.
Our Redeemer declared, "This is life
eternal, that they might know Thee,
tho only true nnd living God, and Je
bub ChrlBt, whom Thou hast sent."
Evidently the great Teacher had hi
mind the thought of our text not
merely a knowledge about God, but an
acquaintanceship irith Him, such ns
can como only through a fellowship
of spirit uud an understanding of tho
Divine Program. None, however, are
permitted to como to such Intimate
knowledge except ns they shall mani
fest heart-loyalty. Each step of prog
ress In our loyalty to God brings that
attitude of mind which Is pleasing to
Him and which, when thoroughly
demonstrated, will 1e rewarded with
everlasting life. Thus knowledge Is
iutlmutely Isumd up with our eternal
prospects.
Earth's teeming millions know not
God. Even those portions called Chrin
tian worship the true God with but
slight appreciation of Ills true charac
ter. None of these, therefore, arc in
the condition to claim everlasting life
according to tho touching of the Mas
ter. They nre the non-elect, in contrast
with the faithful few, who are Scrlp
turally styled "God's Elect," "the Very
Elect," and who are urged to make
their calling and election sure by per
severing loyalty even unto death.
In our blinduess of the past, assum
ing that all the non-elect would be con
signed to an eternity of torture, we
have published hi our missionary re
ports that ninety thousand every day
go down Into' death, into Christ less
graves and, by Inference, Into eternal
torture. Alus, bow misunderstood and
how unintentionally misrepresented
has been our gracious Father, the God
of All Grace, tho Father of Mercies.
I Now we read His character hi fairer
lines as we perceive that the fulfil
ment of Ills great and wonderful
plan for the salvation of the world Is
merely beginning thut the election of
. the Church to he tho Bride of Christ
. and Jolnt-helr with Him lu His glorl
ous Kingdom merely marks the time
for tho setting up of that Heavenly
Kingdom, the rule of which Is to bring
such blessing and opportunities to man
kind the non-elect. Now we perceive
that for a thousand years the Elect, on
the heavenly plane, invisible to men,
; "like unto the angels," will live and
reign with Christ (Revelation xx, 4i for
the blessing of the non-elect for their
uplifting from conditions of sin and lin
perfection bnck to the glorious heights
of the image of God in tho flesh, lost
by Adam's dlsobedienco nnd redeemed
; by our Savior on Calvary, and to be re
stored to Adam and all his children
found willing to receive It on Divine
terms.
In view of these things, how reason
able that we tlud the Apostles and
Prophets exultingly pointing forward
to Messiah's Kingdom us the time when
nil the families of the earth shall be
blessed. How this explains to us the
fact that our Redeemer gave so many
purubles Illustrative of His Kingdom-
describing the class which would con
stltute tho Royal Family uud the trials
uud dllllcultles of their way while prov
ing themselves worthy to share with
our Redeemer lu glory; and the condl
tioiis In which they would be at Ills
second coming, when the "wise vlr
Kins" only would be accepted to tho
glorious honor of becoming the Rrld
the Lamb's Wife; . and how the
"pounds" nnd "talents" granted us In
tho present time must be used faithful
ly If we would hear Ills words: "Well
(lone, good and faithful servant; thou
hast been faithful over n few things, I
will make thee ruler over many things
enter thou Int i the Joys of thy L'Td."
How Glory In This Knowledge?
In the past we have gloried as sects
and parties lu our various creed-Idol
of which we are now ashamed. Wd
perceive that creed worship did us all
most as much injury as did Idol vror
ship to the heathen. Nearly all these.
creed-Idols declared eternal torment fof
the thousands of millions who had nev
er heard of the Only Name. Indeed,
nearly all of them claimed thnt only a
small minority of ChrLsteudom wou'id
escape eternal torture. Some of these
creed-Idols declare that so awful a ca
tastrophe us the torture of twenty
thousand millions was foreknown of
God uud predestinated by IIIui before
the creation of Adam. Others claim
the contrary, that God had benevolent
Intentions toward our race at tho start,
but that Ills plans miscarried nnd
would produce the same horrible re
sults, either because of Divine unwis
dom or because of lack of power. How
such presentations distressed every
Christian loyal at heart toward Ills
God and sympathetic toward his fol
lows! Our colleges and universities and,
sad to say, our theological seminaries
are busy turning out unbelievers
Infidels. Nor nre these people wicked
or Immoral in their unbelief; :ho7 are
as well-mnning as over, but hive
lost their way. They reject the Bible
because they believe It to be tho
foundation of tho various Inconsisten
cies In their creeds; they are stum
bling for lack of knowledge; they tan
not believe that man's hereafter is
ono of centuries of suffering, or of
eternal suffering.
Let us now demolish these Idols
which so long have misrepresented
our gracious Creator and b nded us
with Ignorance and superstition. Lei
us receive the Scripture tenchlng only.
Let us rejoice In tho election of the
Church to be the Kingdom class and
let us rejoice In tho hope of Its King
dom glory for the bleashig of tho non
elect. Let us rejoice that "the wilder
ness shall blossom as the rose, nnd
that the solitary placo nhnll be glad"
nnd that "God will mako His footstool
glorious," during tho thousand years
of Messiah's Kingdom. So desiring
we will como Into line with our text:
"Let him thnt glorleth glory In this,
thnt ho understnndeth and knoweth
Me, that I am tho Lord, which exer
clseth loving-kindness, Judgment and
rlghteousuess in the earth."
Now We See Obscurely.
Saint Paul declares; "Now we see
obscurely." Only by faith can we
see God's loving-kindness. Tho reign
of sin nnd death for six thousand
ours hus been but tho natural re
sult of the violation of Divine Law
which our first parents transgressed.
Tho beginning of God's work for our
reclamation from Us consequences was
In the sending of Ills Hon to be our
Redeemer. Since then He has been
gathering un elect few to be Messiah's
Bride and Jolnt-helr In His Kingdom.
Soon very soon, wo hope and be-
lleve-the Church will be completed
nnd the Messluulc Kingdom will man
ifest Divine clemency, mercy, loving
kindness, Judgment nnd righteousness
lu the earth.
Tho Bible declures that tho penolty
for sin Is being experienced by hu-
inuulty nt the present tlme-the death
penalty aud that the redemption price
of Christ's death Is sufficient for the
Bins of tho wholo world. It declares
thnt on account of this redemption,
eltlnitttely the resurrection' of the dead
shall take place-" II that are In their
graves shall hear the voice of tho Son
of Man and como forth." It Is be
cause of the Dlvlno Intention that
there shall Isi a resurrection of tho
dead that the Biblo everywhere, IkiUi
lu the Old nnd New Testaments,
speaks of those who have died, Imtli
good and bad, as being "asleep," and
the promise Is that "They that
sleep lu the dust of tho earth shall
awake."
Nor will they come forth to similar
conditions of sorrow that now sur
round us all. On the contrary, the
First Resurrcctlou Is to Ite composed
of tho holy, tho saintly, nnd they are
to be associated with their Redeemer
ns his Bride aud Consort, to assist In
delivering and restoring ninnklnd.
Later the Imperfect, who have not had
their full trlnl, tho great mass of man
kind, will Ite brought forth, that they
may learn the ways of righteousness,
Unit they may learn to know God, and
Jesus Christ, aud In duo time be up
lifted out of the conditions of sin and
death. Then will come the world's
opportunity. How Joyful Is the mes
sage, "There shall be no more death.
neither sorrow, nor crying, nor dying;
for the former things havo passed
away!
Ah, how different Is God's proposi
tion of a general uplift of the worthy
nnd their assistance buck to perfec
tion -to tdl that wan lost In Adam!
How' different Is this from the "doc
trines of demons," which have per
plexed us, which have divided the
Church of Christ Into uumberlesri
sects and parties, nnd which have al
most driven us from Christ nnd the
Bible!
Only those can seo tho grace of God
now whose eyes havo been enlighten
ed and whoso ears have been unstop
ped. Thank God, however, for the
gracious promise that In due time "all
the blind eyes shall bo opened and all
the deaf ears shall be unstopped;"
then "the knowledge of the glory of
tho Lord shall fill tho whold earth as
the waters cover the great deep."
(Isaiah xxxv, 5; Ilabakktik II, 11.)
Then many will respond to the Di
vine clemency and become children of
God, children of tho Messiah, and
heirs of everlasting, earthly Ufo and
Its earthly Paradise, even ns the
"elect" of this Age, who coiuo to a
true knowledge of God, will Ihj heirs
of life eternal on tho spirit plane, far
above ungels, principalities nnd pow
ers and every uamo that Is named, ns
Messiah's Bride and Joint heir.