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(EY OF KNOWLEDGE LOST BY PHARISEES Modern Application of Jesus' Words by Pastor Russell. ...... . ! THE LORD'S BLESSINGS HIDDEN i Kt the Jewish Expounders of the Law Refused to Instruct the Common Peo ple, So Do Our Modern Doctors of Divinity Failure of the Scribe and Pharisees to Endorse Jesus Barred His Message to the Multitude, Who Trusted the Scriptures. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 5. The Acad emy of Music was crowded today to hear Pastor Rus sell's discourse ou "The Lost Key Of Knowledge." Tak ing his text from Luke xl, 52, ho said: In tho New Testa ment the word law yer has a very dlf- WA (PA5TOOy55ELL) forent meaning from our general usage. It applied to those religious teachers of tho Jews who made special professions of sanc tity of heart and earnest desire to know God's will, as expressed In tho Mosaic Law, and to teach the same to the people. The corresponding class of today are designated Doctors of Divinity. Our text, therefore, with this correction reads. "Woo unto you. Doctors of Divinity, for yo have taken away the Key of Knowledge; you en tered not lu yourselves, and them that wero entering yo hindered." "The Common People Heard Jesus Gladly." It was the custom amongst tho Jews that lessons from the Law and tho Prophets should bo read every day In their synagogues. Tho people were thus familiar with the letter of tho Divine Law and promises. Tho ma jority of them, of course, were Illiter ate, for educational facilities were not what they are now. As a result only a few claimed to have an understand ing of tho spiritual part of tho Law and tho Prophets. These were chiefly of tho literary and wealthy classes. To these the common people looked for guldnnco respecting tho Divine will and plan. Aa an Illustration. When the com mon people heard Josus gladly they were unwilling to trust their own Judg ments, bat Inquired, "Have any of the Scribes mid Pharisees believed on Mm?" Have the Doctors of tho Low, tho Doctors of Divinity, endorsed Him? They have made a study of these things and we would rely more upon their Judgment than upon our own. Rut none of tho Scribes and Pharisees endorsed Mm, aud lienco comparative ly few of the people believed Mini and become Ills disciples. Tho common people were hungry for tho Message which Jesus brought It is recorded that they said of Jesus' teachings, "Never mnn spake like this Man." Tho nation would have gone over promptly to Josus hnd tho Scribes and Pharisees, tho Doctors of the Law, set the example and given tho word. Moreover, the teachings of Jesus liar 'monlzed the message of tho Lnw and the Prophets over which tho Scribes and the Pharisees and the Sadducees had long wrangled and disputed. Had the Doctors of the Law been as hua ry for tho Truth as were the people, undoubtedly all of their differences of interpretation of the Old Testament Scriptures would have speedily been solved in the light of tho then present Truth and knowledge of God, which was shining upon tho Bible through tho Holy Spirit, Jesus and tho Apostles being Jehovah's mouthpieces. The Key of Knowledge Buried. In our text Jesus charged tho Jewish i Doctors of Divinity with tho responsi bility of having taken away the Key of Knowledge, refusing to use It them Helves to enter Into the great apprecia tion of the blessings then due, and hid ing It from tho commou people who trusted them so Implicitly. We charge that the same thing Is truo today. Not only were tho Jewish peopto typical of spiritual Israel, and their Ago typical of this Age. and their Harvest typical of the Harvest or closing tlmo of this Age, but additionally, now as then. "God's people perish for lack of knowl edge." (Hosealr.O.) Now, as then, the Doctors of Divinity will not uso tho Key of Knowledge themselves, to en ter heartily into the wonderful prlvl leges and blessings now duo, and nihil Honolly they have burled the Key of Knowledge, hiding It from the people under n mass of forms and ceremonies But Is Knowledge Necessary? In our lord's day tho Jewish Doctors of Divinity, or Itsbbls, contented them solves with telling tho people what they should do aud what they should not do, but they did not teach tho poo pie they did not help them to any im derstnndlng of the deep meaning of the Law and tho Prophets. In our text Jesus said lo the "D. D.'s." "You bind heavy burdens on tho people, grievous to bo borne." but you do not attempt to carry those burdens yourselves. It Is so to this day with the Jewish Itabbis. ns well as with other Minis ters; for instance, a minister stands as a representative and mouthpiece of the church creed, which In round-about terms declares that whoever does not live a saintly life will suffer an etor nlty of torment. Is not thl a pier- ' V " w , on burden to rut opon any conscien tious soul? lias it not tau.sed unten able anguish to many of God's true people? Aud has it not repulsed aud ' driven many from God and the liibie, : thousands of the most Intelligent tuintli I tu the world? As the Jewish Doctors of Dlvin'.ty j rnrried no such burdens, neither do I the Doctors of Divinity of Christen I doni. In prlvute tliey acknowledge that I they carry no such burdens. In public they give the Inference that they do not so much by (wsitlve terms as by """ voice, and by the general fact that they ! stand for aud as representatives of the creeds which so leach. It does not ex cuse these Influential teachers for them to claim that In their ottlclal capacity they lose their personal responsibility and shift it upon those who made the creeds and those who adopted them. The people are no longer trusting the creeds. They realize that the creeds contain many Inconsistencies, and that greuter light Is today shining from one page of the Bible upon another, than shone in tho days when those creeds wero formulated. The common people trust the Bible Jesus, tho Apostles and tho Prophets. They know that all of tho creeds of Christendom claim to bo built upon the Inspired Record. They understand the Scribes and rharisees of today, the Doctors of Divinity of Christendom, to give assurances that those creeds prop erly present tho teachings of the Bible. Tho creedal chains would becomo ropes of sand If ail the prominent Doctors of Divinity of Christendom came forward and publicly renounced them, as they nearly all do In private conversation. It Is this matter of misleading the people, deceiving them, that consti tuted tho basis of Jesus' charge, against tho Doctors of Divinity of old, and we believe tlfht His Judgment Is very simi lar today respecting tho Doctors of Di vinity of Christendom "Ye have taken away ye have hidden tho Key of Knowledge. Ye have not entered In yourselves, and them that were enter ing yo hindered." Christian peoplo today are so dis gusted with the creeds which have sep arated them and their forefathers Into six hundred different denomina tions that they arp quite ready to dis card them all, and to come together as one Church of the Living God to study the Bible In Its own light Systematio Key-hiding. Tho Scribes and Pharisees of our day aro proving themselves to bo tho anti types of those addressed by Jesus lu our text, and have a substitute for knowledge. Taking away tho Key of Knowledge, they say to the common people, Do not bother your head about doctrines; leave doctrines to tho clergy; let the clergy endorse all the creeds, however conflicting they bo. We do this In order to lull rou to sleep. There Is nothing so calculated to dis turb tho Christian's rest as tho discus sion of the doctrines of Christ. If there bo in any congregation those who cannot feel satisfied without some kind of Hlblo study, let them have It, but get them rather to discussing tho geogra phy of Palestlno and tho habits and customs of the people, etc., rather than the prophecies of old or the Interpreta tions of them, as given by Jesus and the Apostles. We ministers will keep aloof from such Bible study; we will not let on but that wo understand these prophecies thoroughly, but we will keep a watch upon tho Bible classes, and Interfere only If we find some brother therein who Is Inclined to delve after the doctrines of Christ and the Apostles. One minister, voicing this opposition to Bible study, especially along the lines of differences where It would bo of special value, said. "Tho Church is like a great Hospital, (everything like doctrinal discussion must be banished and excluded, Just as In a hospital nil noise Is forbidden, that the patients may sleep, or Just as In a nursery noise Is excluded that children may sleep." Alas! It Is too true that tho nominal church of Christ Is like a Hospital, many of whose patients aro blind and deaf aud asleep and mentally coufuaed. But tho trouble Is: These got Into this condition becauso of a lack of health ful exercise; and keeping them quiet will but turn the present hospital Into a Cemetery. What tho churches of all tho denom inations need Is the Word of God as presented In tho words of Jesus aud the Apostles: "The words that 1 apeak unto you, they are spirit, and they are llfo." Tho sin-sick and lame, the blind and doaf and mentally perplexed need to hear tho voice of Truth "Wonder ful Words of Life" otherwise they will become more sick and will perish a a Christians, but to become alive per. haps aa "lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God." An Episcopal minister in our hearing urged his congregation to simply rest, not to bother themselves about their own future or that of others. The Holy tamouc .;nurcn, no sain, resembled a ship, In which tho members should come as passengers to bo carried to tho heavenly destination. They need not examine the compass, uor the chart nor tho machinery. All they need to do Is to sit dowu and enjoy tho Journey, trusting that their bop tlsm and tho Iloiy Spirit have given them n free ticket to a prop?r destlua Uon. Necessity For Knowledge, Knowledge of God, tho Bible de clares, Is indispensable for the attain ment of tho Great Prize of tho High Calling.' Thus Jesus said, "This la life eternal, that they may know Thee, the Only True God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou host sent." (John xvll. 3.) We are not to understand this to slg nlfy that anyone who has merely been made acquainted with the fact that there Is one Creator, and that Jesus Is His Son, Is on account of this knowl edge to be granted everlasting llfo. Some tbluK to tie able to make void the various scriptures which tell us of the necessity of making our "call ing and election Riire." by so running as to obtain the prize. (1 Corinthians Ix, 2i i Our Lord's words do not refer to a knowledge about God. but to a knowl edge of or personal acquaintance tcith God and His Son. Aud such au Inti mate nciiiaiutance U uot obtained merely by an introduction, but by companionship; it signifies an Intimacy of acquaintanceship, u familiarity. Everything In the Divine Word en courages those who accept the Divine invitation to draw near to God. to come Into fellowship with Mm. But this knowledge of God which will bring a saintly few to salvation on the highest plane stands related to God's Word the teachings of the Bible for thus God exalted Ills Word, by making it the channel for spiritual re freshment and personal acquaintance ship with Himself. Thus Jesus prayed for us. Ills fol lowers, "Sanctify theni through Thy Truth. Thy Word Is Truth." Any who neglect the Divine Word will fall of the sanctifying power and thus fall of the ultimate acquaintanceship with God which alone will guarantee ever lasting life. Tho reason why the Lord has thus arranged the matter and made knowledge of the Scriptures essential, doubtless Is that thus Ills faithful peoplo may be benefitted; and they alone recelvo the Instruction which will profit them alone, but would more or less Injure others. Thus It Is written, "Ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free." To this class our Lord says today, as Ho said to Ills Jewish followers eight een centuries ago. "To you It Is given to know the Mysteries of tho Kingdom of God, but to all outsldo these things are spoken In parables and dark say ings, that hearing they might not un derstand and seeing they might not perceive." To tho outsiders the Doc tors of Divinity Is not permitted the Key of Knowledge. "Even bo, Father, for so It seemeth good In Thy sight." Matthew xl. 25. 20. What Constitutes the Key? The Key of Knowledge consists of the faithful study of God's Word, with an honest purpose to know the things that are freely given unto us of God. This Implies a consecration of heart for none others would really desire thut they might do the Divine will. And this implies also a faith in our Lord's promise that He that docth "the will of My Father shall know of tho doctrine." (John vil, 17.) It Is this con secrated, conscientious Bible study that is lacking today that Is being discour aged today by the great teachers and Doctors of Divinity. Everything calculated to help Bible study, to get rid of the darkness of the creeds and superstitions of the bast. Is opposed but not openly. The Doc tors of Divinity of our day, liko those of Jesus' day, are wlso and act as though they do know. But they do not know; they oppose real Bible study not openly, but secretly, "for fear of tho people." (Mark xl. .32; xll, 12.t Tho great religious leaders of the Jews wero marked by our Lord as being less conscientious, less honest, than the masses of the people. Concerning the people wo rend that "Jesus was moved with compassion when He beheld the multitude, thut they were like sheep without a shepherd." Aud is it uot so today also? Are uot many of God's people hungering and thirsting for the Truth, and greatly perplexed aud discouraged because, go ing time ufter time to the religious leaders, they have received Instead of bread "a stone," Instead of a fish "a serpent" a false doctrine, a devilish misrepresentation of tho Almighty's characier and Plan in respect to hu- munlty? These devilish doctrines of tho Dark Ages St Paul calls "doc trines of demons," becauso tho demons, the fallen angels, evidently have propa gated them. They are to be found amongst all of the heathens, but no where In any worse form nor as bad as amongst Christiana of all denomina tions. Is there not therefore a great responsibility resting upon every con scientious minister of the Gospel, that he should step out from amongst the mass of tho Doctors of Divinity, who are hiding the Key of Knowledge and misleading the Lord's trusting sheep of nominal Christendom? "Impossible to Deceive the Very Elect" As we have already shown they can not keep penned, nor keep asleep, nor keep the knowledge from the saintly ones who constitute "tho very elect." Our Lord, speaking of this time, said that tho deceptions would be such that they would deceive if possible, "the very elect" but In their case deception will not be possible, fohe True Shep herd Himself will help the.ni. But. oh. what weeping of disappointment and whot a chagrin and gnashing of teeth will come shortly to the "false shep herds." to the Key-hldlng Doctors of Divinity, when they find that with all their endeavors to bolster up shams and superstitions In which they them selves do not believe, the entire fabric of Churehlnnlty will collapse, as the Scriptures predict! it Is quite unnecessary that I press tho lesson of this text; I leave tho mat ter before you-not merely before this congregation of Brooklyn, but before tho twelve millions of readers whom the Newspaper Syndicate assure us como in contact with my weekly dis courses. Ood will urge and press the "Pearl of Great rr'c" upon nobody. It is for sale to those who will give the price all that they tmv. God has adopted plans and methods which will demonstrate and prove the class wor thy of a share lo Messiah's Kingdom. LOCAL NEWS From Friday's Dally. J. If. Hccker loft fnr Omaha on the early train today, where he was called on business for a few hours. Mis. Ilnmkow of near Louis ville was in the city today inter viewing Treasurer Fox regard inf.' her taxes. Lloyd tiiipen and wife drove up from their homo this morning in time to board I tie early train for Omaha for the day. Miss Herllia Ilornenieir of Mur dock arrived this morning and will lie a guesl, of the August Nolt. infr home for a few days. Mrs. J. P. Keil, who lias been visiting Iter daughter, Mrs. Shroeder, at Cedar Creek for a short time, returned on No. i this morning. C. Jl. Lewis of near Murray was a passenger to South Omaha on I lie morning train today, having driven in from his home early to day. ('. 1 Meisinger of Cedar Creek came down on No. this morning ami looked after matters of busi ness in the county seat between trains. County Assessor H. M. Soen nielisen, V. F.. llosencrans ami Ed Donat left for Nebraska City last evening on No. 2 lo bring homo Mr. Iloscncran's automobile. W. If. Lyman of Weeping 'Wa ter came over last evening on the M. 1'. and was an over night visitor in Itie oily, departing for the metropolis of Mills county, Iowa', on the morning train today. From Saturday's Daily. A. II. FornolV and family of Cul iom were in Hie city today to take in Hie attraction of Colo Brothers' cirrus. Sam Long of South Bend ar rived last evening on No. 2 and looked after matters of business in I'lattsmoulli for a time. Louis Young of near Nohawka visited the county seat- yesterday and looked after important busi ness mailers for a few hours. John Knalio of Nohawka, one of Hie leading farmers in that vicinity, was in the-rily yesterday looking after business mailers for a few hours. Hon. William Puis ami his father, William 1'nK sr.. and their families can e in from their homes in Ml. Pleasant precinct today lo fake in (ho show. I.. H. SlomT. ho real estate! man, who was hero in (ho in terests of the alluvial lands of Louisiana, returned to his homo nt Lincoln yesterday afternoon. Mrs. T. S. Ffandlcy of nichnmrid, Virginia, who has boon a guest of her mother, Mrs. Handley, of this rily, wont lo Omaha on the morn ing train today lo moid her hus band, who will pay a visit to his mother. Mrs. Catherine I.ohnes and Mrs. Henry Lohnes, both of Peoria, Illinois, arrived on No. 15 this niornin gand will visit Philip Stooh r and other relatives near Cedar Creek for a lime. Park Crisswisser of Dunbar ar rived in the rily today and will visit his parents, Robert Criss wisser and wife, for a few days. Park has sold out his business at Dunbar and w ill seek a new loca tion. J. C. Spangler and sons, Elmer, Clyde and Louis, came down from Louisville on the morning train lo see the rhinosroros with Cole rtrolhers' cirrus. They called at this office and renewed their sub scription (o this japer. From Monday's Daily. Will Sharp of Omaha was a I'lallsinouth visitor between trains today. J. I. Corley and wife and R. L. Philpot of Weeping Water were Plattsmouth visitors Saturday. Elmer Root of Lincoln was an over Sunday guesl of his grand parents, J. N. Wise and wife. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Larson spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. R. E. Foster and family, near Union. Mrs. John Fight and Mrs. Wil liam MeCauley were passengers to Omaha on tho morning train today. Adam Shafer of Ml. Pleasant precinct was in the city Saturday, having been called here on busi- 'ness matters of importance. William Shera of Rock UlutVs was a Plaltsinouth visitor Satur day, accompanied by his family, with whom he visited the circus. Oeorge J. Slohlman of Louis ville was attending to some busi ness matters in this city today and called at this ofllce and re newed his subscription for an other year. James Terryberry and Charles Hennings, from near Cedar Creek, were in tho city today looking af ter Muni' liiines mallei's. The Journal acknowledges a pleasant call from them. Mrs. Mills of Wichita, Kansas, who has been a guest of her mother, Mrs. llandley, for a few days, departed for her home this afternoon. Frank Valbwy of Ogallala has boon isiting and attending to business mailers in this locality for the past few days. Ho was visiting with county seat friends last Saturday. J. W. Cullon. councilman from the First ward of Kenosha, was in the city today looking after some items of business, lie was ac companied by Mr. llobson, the saw-mill operator of that village. Donald Despain and wife of Lincoln wero over Sunday visitors with relatives in this city. Mr. Despain is jus! recovering ' from a seige in the hospital, where he underwent an operation. Joe Peters, , Hie contractor, visited the metropolis this after noon, but not to interview tho weather man this time, as ho completed the roof on tho M. W. A. building last Saturday. Itev. Peter VanFleet of Auburn and Rev. A. A. Randall of Ne braska City, former pastors of the Methodist church of this city, arrived this morning and will at tend Hie missionary meeting to day. H. A. Schneider, Tom Walling and Crovenor Dovey expected to attend the ball game at Omaha yesterday afternoon. Orovenor got as far as Clarkson hospital and fagged out. Ho was able to return home lasl evening, how ever. Frank Herold of Lincoln came down Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday with relatives and friends here. Frank is now IraxeliiiK for the J. L. Teeters Jewelry company of Lincoln, and is making a great, success as a traveling salesman. II. F. Newton and wife, nee Miss Imogenc Clinton, arrived from Kansas City yeslerday and were guests of E. If. Wescott and wife over Sunday. Tin's morning Mr. Xewlon deparled for Sioux City, Chicago and New York on a busi ness trip, while Mrs. Newton re-I'li'in.- for a longer visit. Wall White and Sid. W. S. Ask wilh and Col. W. If. Young of I'roken Dow left for Omaha on tho n inning I rain today, where they v i!l meet the board of tho Masonic Homo. Colonel Young has been paying a visit to the Homo and found ever) thing looking tine. It is his duly lo look after the in terests of the Home in different parts of tho stale, and the greater part of his lime is thus occupied. NOBODY SPARED Kidney Troubles Attack Platts mouth Men and Women, Old and Young. Kidney ills seize young and old. Often come with little warning. . Children suffer in their early years Can't control the kidney becre lions. (iirls are languid, nervous, suf fer pain. Women worry, can't do daily work. Men have lame and aching backs. If you have any form of kidney ills You must reach Hie cause the kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys The following testimony proves I heir worth: William Cilniour, farmer, four miles south of Plattsmouth, Neb., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills have been used with the best of results in my family. The patient had been suffering intensely from lameness in the back and could get no lasting relief until she be gan using Doan's Kidney Pills. They did more to check these troubles than anything else that had previously boon taken." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Fosler-Milburn Co., New York, sole agents for the I'll it ed States. Remember the name Doan's and lake no other. Box Paper 22o. Tho special price paper offered at the Journal office a few days ago proved a winner and all was sold within a very few days, and now we are going to offer another lot. In this lot we have placed about 100 boxes of high grade paper, just as good as the day it came from the mills, but not like we are now carrying. This entire lot will be sold at 22 cents per box while it lasts. Come in early and get your choice. NOTED MEN GIVE TRIBUTETO BUTT Tears Bring Abrupt Ending to President Tali's Speech. MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD. Life of Chief Executive Rather Iso lated and Bond Between President and Major Was Unusually Close. Brave Soldier Always in Life. Washington, May C The life of Major Archibald W. Butt as a soldier, nev.sj!ap r'naii, aide to president and lodge number, and his heroic death on the Titanic were commemorated by his eonunauder in chief, a president, a secretary of war, a senator of his native state, a contemporary in the newspaper field and the fraternity of Miwjnry at an impressive memorial service here. The tribute President Taft paid to his late nide epitomized all that waa said: "Everybody knew Archie aa Archie. I cannot go in a box at a the ater; I cannot turn around in my room I can't go anywhere without expect ing to Bi-o his smiling face or to hear his cheerful voice in greeting. The life of the president is rather isolated and those appointed to live with him come much closer to him than any one else. The bond Is very close and It is dliDcult to speak on such an occasion. "Archie Butt's character was single, pimple, straightforward and Incapable of intrigue. A clear sense of humanity lightened his life and those about him. Life was not for him a troubled problem. He was a soldier and when he was appointed to serve under an other, to that other he rendered Im plicit loyalty. I never knew a man who had so much self-abnegation, so much self-sacrifice as Archie Butt. Bravery Not Surprising. "Occasions like the sinking of the Titanic frequently develop unforeseen traits in men. It makes them heroes when you don't expect it. But with Archie It was Just as natural for him to help those about him as It was for him to ask me to permit him to do something for some one or for me. "He was on the deck of the Titanic exactly what he was everywhere. He leaves a void with those who loved him; but the circumstances of his go ing are all what we would have had, and while tears fill the eyes and the voice is choked, we are felicitated by the memory of what he was." President Taft spoke with difficulty and he was forced to an abrupt ending ty a failure of voice and a steady flow of tears. Beside Mrs. Taft sat Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Butt of Augusta, Ga. Opposite them sat Secretary Wilson, Secretary Meyer and other prominent officials. Senator Bacon sit with the members of the Georgia delegation In congress and throughout the mectlnT p'ace were statesmen, sol diers and friends of the dead officer. Tpmple lodge. No. 32. of the Masonic fraternity was seated with the speak ers. MARZVCK HELD IN CANADA Kansas Attorney General Makes Out Requisition on British Columbia. Topeka, May 6. Charles Marzyck. suspected of the atrocious murder of the Showman family at Ellsworth, has been captured in British Columbia. An international requisition to bring him back to Kansas was made out by John S. Dawson, attorney general, and forwarded to the secretary of state. It will go to the governor general of Canada and from there to the gov ernor of the province of British Co lumbia, where the man believed to be Marzyck now is in custody. The five members of the William Showman family were murdered in their home In Ellsworth the night of Oct. 15, 1911 The murderer crushed th head of William Showman, Mrs. Pauline Showman and their three chil dren with a heavy ax. No one saw anyone enter or leave the home. The police have evidence to show that Marzyck waa In Ells worth at that time, and from threats he had made at various times against his wife and her sister, It Is asserted that there Is a strong case against him. PLAN CHILD LABOR WARFARE Methodist Conference Appoints Com. mittoe to Ask Legislation. MinnoaptilU, May 6. Nineteen thousand inlnl&ters will institute a vlgo-otin warfare against the employ ment of children under sixteen years of ago In the factories and textile mills of the United States, It was an nounced nt the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. The employment of children wns termed "u parody on civilization" and "one of the gr?atest of modern evils." To hivestljrnto charges that "in the textile mills alone 100 baby hands are yeatly lost as a sacrifice to the greed for wealth" and to formulate an nppeal to rll churches to fight for na tional legislation against child labor, n romtrdssto'i of fifteen ministers was ordered appointed. Snow In South pakota. Doadwood, S. !.. May 6. Six Inches of snow fell here and In other portions of the Black Hills country. In other parts of western South Dakota rain Is reported, being heavy north of Belle Fourche.