THE POWER OF CIIRISITSGOSPEL Brings the Unworthy Back to Fellowship With God. THROUGH JESUS' SACRIFICE. Pastor Ruttell Explain! How the Wick ad May Be Transformed by Divine Graca Thoaa Who Surrandar Thair Haarta to tha Radaamar May Ba Hia Companiona In Glory Reconciliation tha Firat Step. Cleveland, Ohio, June 23. Pastor Russell delivered two addresses here today, one In the Hippodrome on Euclid avenue. One of his address es we report as follows.- Ills text was: "And you who were one time alienated and ene mies In your mind PASTOR. IcUSSEiD by wicked works, yet now hath fie reconciled in the body of Ills -flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and un re- provable In Ills sight, If ye continue Id the faith," etc.-Colossians 1, 21-23. Our text is a wonderfully condensed statement of the grace and power of the Lord operating in Ills Church Ills faithful footstep followers. The more we ponder our text and its context the more we must admire the lengths, breadths, depths and heights of the Divine Tower enlisted on our behalf, and admire also the faithfulness and ability of the Apostle ns the Divine mouthpiece. It is really too wonderful for the natural man to believe that the grace of God could ever present before the Divine presence and glory, perfect ed, holy, faultless, Irreprovable, such Imperfect, unworthy creatures as we by nature are! Well did the poet ex press our sentiments in the words: "I'm a miracle of grace!" The Apostle is not speaking of Tower Divine working in the heart of a perfect man, fitting him for glory, houor and Immortality on the Heaven ly plane. He declares, on the contrary, that His words apply to those who were at one time alienated from God, Opposed to Him in their minds as a re sult of wicked works. Such even Di vine power is able to transform. The key to this transformation lies in the humnn will. If it be fully surrendered to the -grant -Kedeemtif,. II undertakes to bring about the grand results de clared in our text. Force indeed could be used, and the Scriptures assure us that force to some extent wl.ll be used during the period of Messiah's reign, but now, in selecting those who will be Jesus' companions in glory, none are dealt with except such as give to the Lord their hearts, their wills, de siring Him "to work in them to will and to do of His good pleasure." Reconciliation tha Firat Step. The great Apostle did not neglect to here reiterate the fact that before any thing could be done by way of recou riling sinners to God a sacrificial work was necessary. The great Creator's sentence of death upon the rnce could neither be ignored by Himself nor by any other. No reconciliation to God could possibly be accomplished which would bring the sinner back into full fellowship and the enjoyment of Dl Tine favor and everlasting life except as the penalty for original sin should first be met. So the Apostle reminds us that the One who is able to pre sent us holy and blameless and un re provable is He who has already made reconciliation for us "in the body of His flesh through death." Let us pause here long enough to lni press upon our minds this great Bib Heal fact, that It was the death of Jesus which secures for Father Adam (and incidentally for all of his race con doomed in him) a release from the death sentence which came upon him as a violator of the Divine Law. And let us not forget that there is an In finite difference between a death sen tence which God did inflict and an eter nal torment sentence which the creeds of the Dark Ages misled us into be llevlng was the Divine penalty pro nounced against the sinner. It was because the sentence, "Dying, thou shalt die," was pronounced against Father Adam that the death f Jesus wus a Hansom-price sufficient to secure the sinner's release aud the release from death by a resurrection of - all of Adam's posterity who shared the results of his sentence. Thus we see the force of tho Scriptural declara tion that "as by a man came death, by a Man also came the resurrection from the dead; for as all in Adam die, even so all in Christ Bhall be made alive every man in his own order." I Co rlnthlnus xv, 21-23. But the Father's grace operating In Christ Jesus designs more than merely the abolishment of the death sentence, To merely redeem us and merely bring us back Into the condition in which death overtook us is not the Divine Program. It Is further reaching; it aims at our complete uplift out of sin as well as out of death, its penalty- out of weakness and out of Imperfec tlon of every kind. It alms to make us holy, righteous; and the Apostle leaves no room for any misunderstand log respecting the degree of righteous cess. The result is not to be merely a righteous will, or a righteous purpose, urn with an Imperfection o& accomplish ment, but so thorough a work that when It Is finished we will be faultless and unreprovable, not only in the sight of our Redeemer, but also la the sight of our Heavenly Father. Ah, no won der if we are astonished at the won derful power and grace of God which this declaration reveals! Ya Are God'a Workmanthip. The same Inspired pen exrVnlus else where to us: "Ye are God's husban dry," ye are God's workmanship, tl Corinthians lit, 0.) Let us not lose sight of the thought that "it is God that worketh in us, both to will and to do of Ills good pleasure." (Phlllp plans 11, 13.) While the Lord Jesus Christ, as our Elder Brother and the Captain of our Salvation and the active Agent in our redemption through His death, Is associated with the Father in all of this work of our perfecting, nev ertheless we are not to lose sight of the fact that all things are of the Fa ther, as all things are by the Son. The two are in perfect accord, but the Scriptures assure us that the Tlan it self was the Father's and that He gra ciously invited the Son to the partici pation which He enjoys. When we think of the Divine crea tive Power our minds go out to the wheeling orbs which encircle our earth, to the millions of suns and hundreds of millions of planets which fill the space about us and which we call the Universe: "Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge; there is no speech nor lan guage where their voice is not heard" declaring the omnipotence and omnis cience of our great God, their Creator. We say that these are works worthy of a Creator, and we are surprised that the Great Eternal should in any sense of the word Interest Himself and Ills great Tower in a transforming work in connection with our hearts and lives. Nevertheless, the more wo consider it the more we are convinced that the creation of angels was n greater dis play of Divine Tower than the crea tion of the worlds. Likewise the crea tion of man In the image of God was a far greater creation than that of the material I'ulvcrse, because man was created in the Imago and likeness of His Creator Adam was a miniature copy of God in the flesh. The Divine intention respecting Adam and his race in general, the III ble assures us, Is Restitution restora tion eventually to all that was enjoyed by our first parents lu Eden and lost through disobedience sin. The Ileav enly Father has arranged that the sor rows and tears Incidental to the relgu of sin and death are not to be in vain. He purposed man's redemption and restoration from before the founda tion of the world foreknowing as He did the course of Adam as a free agent, his disobedience and fall under the death penalty. . Thus the Scriptures assure us that in the Divine purpose Jesus was "the Lamb slain troin before the foundation of the world." And they assure us that the Lamb who was slain is nlti mately to be given. the dominion over the whole earth, and for a thousand years shall exercise n reign of right eousness, justice, iove.and power with a view to the reclamation and restitu tlon of all the willing aud obedient of the human family and the destruction of all those who love sin and hate righteousness and who therefore ar styled "corrupters of the earth." Rev elation xl, IS. Wa Ara God'a Naw Creation. As we have just seen, the great and Important work of human restitution the Father has delivered over entire to the Sou, the world's Redeemer; as we read: "He must reign until He shall have put down all enemies" even death, the last enemy. Then He will deliver up tho Kingdom to God, even the Father, says St. Taul. (I Corin thians xv, 24-28) But our text Is not discussing that work of Restitution which belongs to the coming Age of Messiah's glorious reign of righteous ness. On the contrary, it deals with the specially favored and specially blessed ones who 'during this Age are being called, proved, tested, polished prepared for Jolnt-helrship with Jesus lu His Kingdom. These are special objects of Divine care, whose blessing consists not in restitution to earthly perfection and an earthly Eden home or Paradise. These are called of God with a "high call lng," a "heavenly cnlling" to be "heirs of God aud Joint-heirs with Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans vill, 17.) These, St. Teter tells us have been granted exceeding great and precious promises, that by these promises as the Divine power or energy working in them they might become partakers of the divine nature. II Peter 1, 4. Ah, now we perceive the special sense in which Divine Power la being exercised toward the called and elect Church from that which will be exer cised toward the world lu general God is creating a new order of beings in the Universe an order or class on the divine plane, which is far above that of nngels, principalities and pow ers or any other plane in the whole Universe. This In the sense, then, In which we are God's workmanship and newly created of Him In Christ Jesus unto good works. Only from this standpoint can the beauty and harmony of the Bible be discerned. The Father's providences guided that Jesus should first pass through the trials aud difficulties and self sacrifices necessary to a demon stratiou of Ills loyalty, which would prove III in worthy of the divlue mi ture. And so the Apostle tells us that He who was rich, for our sakes be came poor; that the Logos humbled Himself and took a bondman's form In harmony with tho Divine Program "And being found in fashion a Man, He humbled Himself" still further, even to death, "even tha death of the crow." "Wherefore also ion tnis ac count God hath highly exalted Ulm, and given Him a name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, both of things in heaven and things on the earth." Phlllppians li, 0-10. Nor did the New Creation cease with this exaltation of the Lottos, the Re deemer of men, to the Fathet's right hand of power aud honor an J glory, that "all men should honor the hen even as they honor the Father." (John t, 23.) On the contrary, St. Paul ex plains to us a Mystery, hidden from previous Ages and Dispensations, but now made known unto God's saintly, namely, that the Divine purpose is that a Church class shall be selected dur ing this Gospel Age, to share with the Logo, Jesus, His exalted glory and honor, dominion and power and diviue nature as a Bride class. Thus we read: "It became 111m the Father, in bringing many sous to glory, to make the Captain of their salva tion perfect through suffering." He brews II, 10. Vnd now, as the Father's Repre sentative and agent, for eighteen hun dred years the Redeemer has been do ing the wo.-k of preparing this class which is to be His Bride and Joint heir in Ills Kingdom the class which Is to be associated with Him in the judging and blessing of the world of mankind in general.! Corinthians vi, 2. "Ye Sea Your Calling, Brethren." St. Paul, pointing out the privileges of those who are now being called, says, "Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many no ble are called," but chiefly "the poor of this world, rich In faith, heirs of the Kingdom." (I Corinthians i, 20; James ii, 5.) Thorpe who possess the blessings of the present life in great abundance are thereby disadvantaged respecting this great High Calling, while the poor of this world have their compensation, for the things of tho present time hav. ing less attraction for them, their ears and hearts and "the eyes of their un derstanding" are more ready to discern the glorious things of the Divine reve lation, which the natural eye hnth not seen nor the ear nearu tilings wnim God hath In reservation for those that love Him supremely for those whoso love for God manifests itself in a full consec ration of mind and body to know and to do the Divine will. Our text tells us of the possibilities of our "cnlling" of what God through Christ is able and willing to do for us even bringing us to a perfection of ho liness and faultlessness In the Dlviuo presence at the eud of our race course. But there are conditions, our text de clares, namely: "If ye continue In the faith, grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the Hope of the Gos pel, which, ye have heard and which was preached to every creature which was under heaven." Verse 23. Since there ..are conditions, we must give them earnest heed; for how could we be careless or indifferent in re spect to so high a calling, so heavenfy a Prize as this set before us? Care lessness, neglect. Indifference In respect to the terms or conditions, would be manifesting a lack of appreciation of the gift, the privilege, the opportunity; and this In turn would mean thnt thereby- wo mark ourselves In the Lord's estimation ns unworthy of the proffered honors and glories. "The Hope of tho Gotpel." It should not surprise us that the Apostle lays great stress upon the "Hope of the Gospel" God is not work ing In us with tools of iron and steel or gold or silver to transform or to polish us. Ills fashioning and trans forming tool Is the Hope of the Gos pel. It Is this Hope which the Apos tle declares we should "have as an anchor to our soul, both sure and steadfast, entering Into that which Is within the veil, whither our Forerun ner Is for us entered." (Hebrews vl, 10, 20.) Thus we will be settled and grounded and safe In all the storms of life, great and small. Our anchorage of faith will give us the assurance of the Divine promise, that "all things shall work together for good to those who are the called according to His purpose," to those who are the "Happy object! of Ilia grace, Destined to behold Ills face." But the Divine 'arrangement is that In order to continue In the faith we must feed continually upou the prom ises of God, and must allow them to have a sanctifying power In our minds, In our hearts and over our words and conduct, making us more and more copies of God's dear Son. As our text Intimates and other Scriptures tell us, the Adversary will seek, to move us away from the glorious promises of tho Gospel, putting fear as an lucen tive Instead of love, or attracting us by worldly pleasures or pride or "the love of money," which Is "a root of all evil." Our worthiness to be of the New Creation will bo demonstrated by the faithfulness, the persistency with which we will hold on and strive against the oppositions of the world, the flesh and the Adversary, and more and more seek and enjoy the fellow ship of the Father and of tho Son. If we know these things, happy will wo bo If we allow them to exercise us both to will and to do the Father's good pleasure, to tho extent of our ability as new creatures In Christ. If we do so, He who began tho good work will complete It in the Day of tho Lord Jesus Chrlst-ln the Morning of the New Dispensation, In the First Resurrection. This means a gradual growing In graco and In knowledge and In the fruits and graces of the Holy Spirit to the extent of our ability. The merit of our Redeemer compen sating for all our unintentional short comings, He will eventually present us holy, faultless, uureprovabte In the Kingdom. LOCAL NEWS From Saturday's Dally. dalen Khoden, from west of Mynard, was a county seat visitor today . Kd Hummel, from west of My nard, was in the- city for a few hours today. 1. P. I'arton of Union was in the city yesterday and registered at the Riley. George Kau'cnbcrgcr wus a pas senger to Omaha on the fast mail this afternoon. Adam Sehafer, from west of Murray, is in the city today look ing after some business matters. L. J. Mayfleld of the Louisville Courier is looking; after some business matters in the city to day. Harry Smith returned from Omaha on the morning train lo day, where he was called on busi ness. George Horn returned from Omaha yesterday afternoon, hay ing gone on the early M. P. yes terday morning. Mrs. Houk of Omaha returned to her home this morning, after visiting l'latlsniouth friends over night. G. Ilengen of near Murray Iransncted business in the county seat today, having driven in from his farm for t Ins day. Fred Masters and wife of Louis ville came down to the county seat on No. i (his morning' and re turned home via Omaha. Our excellent young friend, Coon Lohnes, from west of My nard, was in the cily looking afler some business matters today. William l'uls, sr., and his son, Hon. William Puis, jr., .were in the cily today looking afler busi ness matters for a few hours. Halt. Yolk relurned to his home in fierce county, .Nebraska, tins morning, afler visiting the Jacob Trilseh and M. L. Friedrich homes for a short lime. John Hennings of near Louis Mile arrived on Ao. i llns morn ing and visited his I'laltsinoulh friends for the day, beside at tending lo business mailers in Hit? county seal. T. II. Heeson and family, will have been visit in k relatives at lied Oak, Crest on and Sidney,' Iowa, for a few days, returned yester day afternoon, and will depart for thiHr home nt Alliance tomorrow. ' ilisH Maliel Tracy of University Place is in the cily today taking teachers' examination at the olllce of County' Superintendent Foster. Miss Tracy taught school last term in the Louisville cil,y schools, to which position she will return this fall. -; I. S. White came- up .from his home in Murray yesterday, and in company with his granddaughter, Miss Margaret Iliatt, look the afternoon train for Sidney, Iowa, the home of Miss Iliatt, where, Mr. While will spend a few days with his daughter. Miss Iliatt will re turn to this cily in a few weeks, and laler return lo her school studies in the slate university. Mrs. Heverage and daugtiter, Miss Kthel, arrived in the city this morning from Kansas City, and will make a two wook9' visit with home folks. They were aclled here owing to the serious illness of Mr. Ueverage, who is at present making his home with Mr. and Mrs. George Snyder, and who has been suffering from a partial paralytic stroke. From Monday's Dally. l'al Kagan and daughter spent Sunday with Mr. Fagan's sister, Mrs. O'Donald, at Union. Frank Koubek transacted busi ness in the metropolis this morn ing, going on the early train. John Tignor of Murray, and Jack Chalfant of Union trans acted business in the county seat today. Chief of Police Hen Ilainey sported a new cap and star yes terday, which is quite becoming to the chief. Simon Clark and wife went to Omaha yesterday, where they visited friend for the day, return ing fin No. 2. Frank Smith of the Journal visited his mother at Union over Sunday, returning on the morn ing train today. Frank Vetesnik and wife and babe arrived from Fdgmont, S. D., Sunday afternoon and will visit relatives for a time. John Meisinger, jr., was a coun ly seat visitor last Saturday after noon, driving in from hi farm home west of town. Judge II. 1). Travis returned from Papillion Saturday after boon, where he had been holding court during the week. I. S. White, who went lo Sidney, Iowa, Friday afternoon to visit friends over Sunday, returned on the morning train today. Charles Countryman and wife and babe returned from Omaha on the afternoon train Sunday, where they visited friends for a time. Keniielt Chriswisser and wife and Park Chriswisser and wife motored to Omaha this morning in .Park's new Ford touring car. Mr. and Mrs. F.nocli Mooreland, the king watermelon man, from down east of Murray, was in the county seat a few hours last Sat urday. J. A. Chopieska was a pas senger on the morning train to day, where he spent the day look ing after business matters in Omaha. Mrs. II. F. Newbranch and daughters returned lo Omaha on e afternoon train today, afler visiting the N. C. Abbott home over Sunday. Mrs. Louie Dose and Mrs. Alex Hi.ance ami children returned from South Mend on the morning train today, where they. spent Sun day wilh friends. J. F. Harnian and wife and daughter, Miss Flsa, and her brother motored down from Oma ha yesterday ami called on Plat ts nioutli firemls for a short lime. George Hates and wife and daughter, Hazel, of llavelock, re turned to their homes this morn ing, after spending two days with Mr. Hales' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fdwin Hales. W. I. Newton of Atlantic, Iowa, was over today and visiled I he farm of Luke Wiles and looked over his herd of Red Polls, pur chased a lined young bull, which he will have shipped lo him soon. T. II. Heeson and wife of Al liance, who have been guests of relatives here for a few days, dt parted for Fremont this morning. They were accompanied as far as Omaha by Judge A. J. Heeson and wife. Adam Meisinger, one of Hi Journal's prompt-paying friends and subscribers, from near Cedar Creek, was in tin cily this morn ing ami called at I he Journal olllce to renew nis subscription lor an other year. We are in receipt of a com- miinicai ion irom I nclc loin Ken- nish, who is now at Joliel, Illinois in which he says to give his kirn regards lo all friend and thai he was si ill on deck nnd everything wo .running Unely. ;. r . . County 'Superintendent Miss Mary Foster and Miss .-Alma, Lar son motored to Union Saturday, Miss Foster lo visit her parents, I). W. Foster nnd wife, and Miss Larson lo spend Sunday, with her sister, Mrs. II, F. Foster. Thomas Walling and children, and Miss Kale McIIugh returned from South Heiitl Ibis morning, where Mis Katie and the children went Friday afternoon, ami Mr. Walling followed Saturday, where they spent Sunday with Jerry Mc IIugh and family. Waller Scot I, who has been do ing a job of grading for a side track at Cullom for the Hurling lon, finished hi job Saturday nnd brought his outfit to town. Next week he will begin to grado for the M. P., when ho will have work for all of tho team he can get. Tuesday, June 18th, was the Cfith birthday anniversary of Mrs. William Wiely, living near Murray and she was ninths the recipient of about 70 post card. She was very much pleased nt the kind re membrance of her many friend. Cecil Simmeral of Newmarket, Iowa, ha been a guest of his aunt, Mrs. II. F. Crook, for a short lime and left for Malvern, Iowa, this morning. Mrs. Crook accompanied her nephew and will visit her sister, Mrs. Simmeral, for a few days. Mr. ami Mrs. II. G. Van Horn entertained nt Sunday dinner at their flower home in South Park Ilev. A. L. Zink, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wile, Mr. ami Mrs. T. Slusher ami four daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Slusher came down from llavelock in their automobile yes terday morning, going back in the evening, making the trip down to Ibis city in two and a half hours ami report road in good condi tion. Wurl Brothers Cigars In Omaha "Out Heil." "Keno" and "La- rior-de-Fama" cigar may now he found in the "Smoke House" pool room, opposite the Hurlington depot, in Omaha. Please call for them when in the city. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Tha Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of THIRD PARTY MENCONFER Outline Their Plans for Colonel's Coming Campaign. RED BANDANNA IS BATTLE FU6 Tha Lowly Handkerchief Represents Common People, Declare Creators of Movement Party Created Saturday Night Is Dedicated. Chicago, June 24. Tho Progressive party, born lnfit Saturday night, wa dedicated here. In the presence of perhaps BOO men. some of them recognized leaders ol tho movement, 'Others merely onlook ers, the first formal step was taken. Governor Hiram Johnson of California was empowered to appoint a commit tee of seven members to confer with Colonel Roosevelt and formulate a plan of action. Here is the birth of a new party, said Governor Johnson, when this was done. The movement Is going steadily ahead," said James K. Gartlold o! Ohio. "Those who think this la a flash In the pan are mistaken." ; In the opinion of the leaders, the new party enters the field with a, for midable equipment at the outset. These leaders, however, said that as to the men who took a conspicuous part In tho campaign for Colonel Roosevelt's nomination ench must speak for himself. No definite Idea of the plan to he followed could bo obtained, and It was said tint a period of several weeks may elapse before the program 1b de cided upon. Governor Johnson, In the meantime, wlil act ns Held marshal, and in cooperatlou with Colonel Roosevelt will declilo upou member ship of the committee of seven to guide the preliminary work of the or ganization. Colonel Roosevelt will lenvo foi Oyster Pay this afternoon, aud Gov trnor Johnson will return nt once to California. They will keep In touch with each other through tho malls uiul by telegraph. The meeting was held In tho head quarters of the national Roosevelt committee, under direction of thu most prominent Roosevelt supporters who bar! not left town. Seated at a table with Governor Johnson were Mr Garfield, Mr. I'lnchot, Governor Stubbs Lt Kansas, Mcdill McCormlck of Chi' cgo ami Senator Clapp of Minnesota. Scattered tnr6uKh the: hall ware a large number of, Roosevelt delegates to the ,. Republican .national cpnven tion, as well as, some of tho dele gates to whom, V'lt9 W0l'e refused. It was impossible to ascertain how large a proportion of f ho full Roosevelt blrength nt the 'convention was repro sented, although It ''was 'said' that nearly every state which sent' (loose velt delegates lo , Chicago had Its share of men there., . The red hantanna, handkerchief, was adopted as the "Roosevelt battle flag.'' Most of the delegate's wore flaming bandannas tied to tlielr arms, and others were distributed by the" hun dreds to the crowd. The bandanna, it was said, stands, for the plain peo ple, who, ordinarily use them. "We are all plain people here, and this is a movement of the plain peo ple," said one of tho delegates. Colonel Roosevelt gave his sanction to the "battle flag" by appearing with one In his hand, which he waved tc the crowd on the street. His daugh ter, Mrs. I ongworthi wore a bandanna on her hat, ' REV. SNELL DIES SUDDENLY Cambridge Preacher Drops Dead While Standing in Pulpit. Arapahoe, Nob., June 24. Rev. Lev! Snell of Cambridge dropped dead in his pulpit while trenching at Roberts school house, northeast of Arapahoe He expired while uttering an lucom plete sentence. A physician was called, but it was his opinion that death was Instantaneous. ,,Mis. Snell wus In the congregation and had her husband re moved to the home of A. Mlshler and sent for her son at Cambridge. Rev Hnell was a prominent pioneer of this section audi flried ii 'semi-monthly appointment at Roberts school house, where he prenched to a finkard con gregation. He was about sixty years old and In the early days wasn suc cessful auctioneer fpr-' western thor oughbred sales.' - Golden Wedding Celebration. Auburn, Neb., June 24. R. Coryell and Miss Sarah Carl were married at Janesvillo, Wis.,' fifty years ago and have just celebrated their golden wedding- at Brock, Neb'!, In this county. They had Invited the three children and their familios to spend the day with them, but were surprised when thay came bringing with them 150 friends. The home was too small to entertain so large a crowd and the entire party adjourned to a public hall. Central City, June 24. When ar raigned before Judge Peterson, Her bert Barry, who .is taken Into cus tody while attempting to rob a hard ware store, pleaded guilty to the charge and was bound over to the dis trict court. It is thought that he may not have to wait until the regular term, but that the judge may hold a special session and pronounce sen-tone.