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We arc going to continue our stock rcductiQn sale for the next
thirty days only. The prices quoted below are only for stock on
hand, and in NO case will goods be ordered at these prices. Every
article listed is a real bargain, and represents only a few of the
many that we are offering you at this time.
10 per cent Discount on all SHOT GUNS and RIFLES!
Lawn Mowers!
Two Drummer lawn mowers, 16-inch, were S3.00, now $2.00
" Liberty " " " 4.75, " 3.25
One 16-inch Blue Star, ball bearing lawn mower, was 58.00, now 5.50
" Gold Star. 4 9.50, " 7.00
" 18-inch " " 44 4 4 44 " 44 10.00, 44 7.50
44 44 44 12.50, 44 ...... 0.75
44 17-inch Royal 44 13.50, 9.50
44 18-inch Grand 44 44 44 41 44 13.50, 44 ...... 9.50
Gasoline Stoves!
In ii ! if 1$ im I
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Four 3-burner Quick Meal gasoline stoves, were $10.50, now $7.50
Two 2- " 8.50, " 6.75
Four 3- " Junior 4.23, " 3.23
SAD IRON
12 Marvel Gasoline Sad Irons, were $5.00, now $3.G0
LITTER CARRIERS!
Two Star Litter Carriers, steel cable, were $23.00, now $19.50
One Lowden 23.00, " 17.50
GASOLINE ENGINES!
One 4-horse Fairbanks gasoline engine, was $185.00, now - - - - $135.00
" 7 horse Chopie gasoline engine 150.00
44 4-horse Waterloo Boy gasoline engine, friction clutch, mounted ... 110.00
BASE BURNERS!
One No. 60 Radiant Home base burner, were $52.50, now
41 A It
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48.00,
$45.00
41.50
RANGES! c
One P. B. Copper Clad range, formerly sold for $71.50, now $oU00
" No 8135 Majestic range, was $62.50, now 56.00
" " 645 " " " 57.50. " 51.00
" 18-inch Radiant Home range, was $50.00, now 40.00
Blue Enamel Quick Meal range, was $81.50, now 63.00
Two 18-inch " " " high closet, reservoir, and formerly sold for
$52.50, now 44.00
Two 18-inch Foster ranges, with reservoir and high closet, were $45.00, now 35.00
One 18-inch Majestic range, slightly used, was $57.50, now. . . , 40.00
LANTENSi!
SPADES!-
From 50c Up
Other steel goods
Jin proportion.
No. 2, Cold Mast, that sold for $1.00, now 75c
" 1, " ' .05, " 40c
" 2, Copper Lanterns, that sold for $1.50, now $1.15
Three Dozen Hand Sickles, that sell
for 25c, now 15c
Washing Machines!
One Maytag power washer, was $25.00, now .$20.00
" A. M. C. A. power washer, was $22.50, now 18.00
Guaranteed ALFALFA SEED atQ
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$9.50 PER BUSHEL
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V IWHEELBARRQWR!
Common Wheelbarrows, that hae always sold for $2.00, now 1 4q
Garden " " " were $.175, now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.To
Extra large Garden Vheelbarrows, that were $4.75, now . . ' 3 75
Everything in the Hardware Line Will Be Discounted-
Nothing Held Back!
Br
mi REDEEMER
FOP, WORLD'S SIN
Umi Opportunity For Sal
vation Guaranteed
POT RUSSELL AT BERLIN,
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According to God'i Plan Opportunity
For Eternal Ufa Is to Be Extended
to All Mankind Faith, Obedionce
and Loyalty the Qualification.
Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth.
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Berlin. Aug. 18.
Pustor Russell of
London and Brook
lyn hud ii splondid
hearing here to
day. This Is bis
third visit. He
spoke through an
Interpreter. II 1 s
text was, "He Is
the propitiation for
our sins (the
Church's sins), and
not for ours only,
but also for the
sins of the whole world." I John 11, 2.
As the Jews applied alt of God's
promises to themselves and left none
for the Gentiles, uutil the end of the
Jewish Age, so we Christians have
been inclined to appropriate to our
selves all of the gracious promises of
the Dlble, leaving nothing for the Jews
and the world in general until now,
in the ending time of this Age and the
dawning of the Millennium, we are
coming to see God's Word In a clearer
and more beautiful and harmonious
light. Now we see special promises
for the Jews In the past, special prom
ises for the Gospel Church, promises
for the Jews In the near future, and
still other promises and blessings for
every creature. And the more the light
increases on the pathway the more rea
sonable the Divine Plan appears to us.
Why should God select one nation or
people of one religious cult for glory
and make preparations from the very
beginning of creation for the eternal
torture of all others? Surely we have
been most Inconsistent In our interpret
tatlons of the Divine Message, yet Just
as surely the all-wise One knew of our
plight and permitted us to remain In
darkness until now; and lie is able to
overrule our measure of blindness so
that it will be of no Injury to us.
Perhaps, Indeed, the beauty of the
Divine Word and Plan la much more
perspicuous now because of the dark
ness in which we all were bo recently
Involved, and perhaps the same prin
clple later on will apply to the whole
world. When all shall emerge out of
the darkness and Ignorance and an
porstltlon Into the glorious sun-light of
Divine truth and grace, undoubtedly
the contrast will make the blesstng9 of
the future all the more precious, and
the more Incline every knee to bow.
After Divine favor bad first granted
opportunity to the Jews to accept the
Redeemer, shedding upon them first
the special light of the Gospel, then
the Message was seut forth without
restriction gradually through Asia
Minor. Into Greece and into Rome,
and then favored chiefly the Germanic
nations n nil niuongst these I include
the Rrltlsh people and the larger pro
portion of our American population.
In :!)"" I'les, tj", t)H" P.'foruiatioa
Mveiiie!iT f)iind Its e!:f :: ihercnts.
The Message o." Christ ha wade great
in clvil'.j-a'lon ufl ih'e" unt!o::s !f has
touched. In proportion as they
received the Message In simplicity a; d
j)urtty, and In proportion a the;: l;a . e
lived out their Christian profession as
footstep followers of Jesus.
Less Favor, Not Lets Worthy.
So far as human Judgment can dls
cern.the Divine records show that these
favored peoples were not superior to
others less favored. The Bible shows
us some noble characters amongst the
Gentile nations before the Redeemer's
day and plainly Intimates that God
Intentionally bestowed III favor uxn
n BtlQ'-ueekod race, less tractable than
others of that time. We see tho same
thing In respect to the operation of
God's grace during this Gospel Age.
Apparently tho peoples of India and
China were more docile and of much
more likely soil for the Gospel Mes
sage than the fierce Goths and Iluns
and Frauks to whom the Gospel was
more particularly directed. How un
likely It would Imj that the less-favor
ed nations should have no provision In
tho Divine Plan!
On the contrary we perceive that a
special election, or selection, of a saint
ly class was made during the Jewish
Age Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and
nil the Prophets and saintly Jews.
(Hebrews xl, 33 40.) And since the so
lection of the saintly Jews tho calling
of the Bride class, chiefly from the
notions of Europe, Implies that when
this spirit-begotten, Spiritual Israel,
spiritual children of Abraham, shall bo
completed, then all notions will lie
alike favored In the distribution of the
coming blessings declared to be for all
other peoples, kindreds and tongues.
No Predestination to Misery.
While speaking last Sunday In the
groat Victoria Hall of Geneva my mind
naturally went back to the days when
that great and good man John Calvin
cut such a swath In religious sentiment
that It still Influences about one-half of
all Protestants. I saw the monument
to Calvin, and I snv the monument
unveiled this very year by Calvin's fol
lowers to the honor of Servotus, whom
Calvin so horribly burned to death at
the stake. Inded. I nm sure that the
monument, as It declares, was not so
mih'h of tribute to Pervetus us a pro
test a;r;ilnst Brother t'nlvln's atrocity
committed In the name of Jesus, the
Bible, and the God of love.
We must give John Calvin credit for
emphasizing the doctrine of Kloctlon,
although we cannot give him credit for
making that doetriue. for of course It
was a Bible doctrine fifteen centuries
before his birth. Had ho been con
tented with emphasizing the election
for the Clisiri'li und had ho said. "I
know not what will be the fate of the
non-elect," he would have deserved to
this day our unstinted praise. But
alas! to err is human. Calvin was not
content to leave the matter thus. He
reasoned out his theory, and, his head
being Imperfect, his conclusions were
defective when he surmised that oil
of the non-elect, whether Infants or
giay-beadi'd. were predestinated to
eternal torture. This feature, purely
Culvlnlstio. ami strictly unscrlptural.
has been the c:ius of untellable dlttl-
cultles In the theology of Christendom
from Calvin's day until now.
The Key to the Problem.
The key which solves the problem Is
so simple that we wonder thut we have
all so long overlooked It. The key Is
found In the promise made to Abraham
that his Seed was to be the Elect-
Jesus the Head and the Church Ills
memlxTS Jesus the Bridegroom, typi
fied by Isaac, and tho Church His
Bride, typified by Rebecca. Isaac's
wlfo. And this Seed of Abraham when
completed, according to Divine prom
ise, is to be the channel for blessing
all the families of the earth the living
and the dead. The blessing that is fo
foiue to all Is clearly stipulated by St.
Paul, saying. "God our Savior will have
all men to be saved (from tho condem
nation thai came on them through
Adam) and to come unto the knowledge
of the Truth."-! Timothy il. 3-fi.
Tho basis of the Apostle's argument
Is set forth in Romans v, 12. He there
shows that Adam, and not his race,
wns put on trial in Edeu that Adam
and not his race was directly condemn
ed but that Adam's race were Involv
ed through heredity, by inheriting the
weaknesses and dying conditions of
their parent. St. Paul then shows forth
In the same argument that ns condem
nation and death thus passed from
Adam to all of his race, so Christ Jesus,
having become Adam's Redeemer, Di
vine mercy through Him extends be
yond Adam to all the members of his
race who were involved with him in
the death sentence by laws of heredity.
The argumeut is plain. To see It is to
be convinced, because it is so logical.
And It could not be supposable for a
moment that God would provide the
ransom-price for all mankind and fall
to make it operative, because the great
mass of mankind went down to death
without a knowledge of it many of
them during the four thousand years
before Christ came Into the world to
give Ills life a Ransom.
The explanation is that all went
down into tho Bible hell down to the
tomb, the death state, in harmony with
the sentence, "Dying thou shalt die."
Provision is made for tho red?mptlon
of all from sheol. (Hosea xill, U )
Christ died for all and, as a result,
there Is to be a resurrection of the
dead, both the Just and the unjust.
(Acts xxlv, 10.) The Just are the Justi
fied, und are the comparatively few who
have heard of God's grace and have re
sponded and come into fellowship with
the Father and being approved of Him
are to huvo share In tho better or First
Resurrection. Tho remainder of the
world, equally redeemed with the pre
clous blood from the power of the
tomb, are all to como forth unto a res
urrection of the dead, "For as all In
Adam die, even so all in Christ shall
be inudo alive, each in his own order,"
-I Corinthians xv, 22.
-"is. a e Stletfl 1 '
The Church's Sin the World's din.
How clearly our text defines the fact
that the Church Is a separate and dis
tinct class from tho world a class call
ed out from the world. As Jesus said,
"Ye are not of the world, even ns I am
not of the world," "for I have chosen
you out of the world." The ordina
tion of the Church Is to association
with the Redeemer In His great work
of witnessing now for tho Truth, show
Ing faithfulness even unto death and
sacrificing all tho earthly interests, to
the intent that they with tho Redeem
er may later on bo associated in the
work of blessing the world as tho null
typical, the sphituul, Seed of the Abra
uamle promise. (Gulatluns Hi, 20.) All
along we read in our Bibles thut "Je
sus Christ, by tho grace of God, tasted
death for every man." (Hebrews ll, 0.)
But other texts misunderstood, be
clouded our Judgment and led us to
think that this text meant every man
in Christ We all know that the Bible
declares that "God so loved tho world
that lie gave His only-begotten Son,
that whosoever bellevcth on Him
might not perish but have eternal life."
(John ill. lfl.) We found it difficult to
limit this text to tho Church when it
specifically declares tho world. We see
now that It applies to tho Church first
and to tho remainder of the world aft
erward. Thoso who in the present life, dur
ing this Gospel Age, hear of Christ
and have their eyes and understanding
open to recogtiljo Him as tho Son of
God and the Savior of men these
shall not perish in the Second Death,
but pass immediately by faith to a
reckoned everlasting life, which will
be completely theirs when they shall
have experienced the glorious "change"
of the First Resurrection. We are
glad now to see that the Divine pur
pose still holds on with respect to tho
world that was lost and redeemed
We perceive now that God Intends to
bring all men to a knowledge of the
Truth. More than that. He Intends to
give the world the assistance of the
Rovnl Priesthood for a thnisind years
for their edification, iuHirnciiou and)
uplifting out of sin. degradation,
death, buck to full H-ifc'tlon of tn
image of God In the flesh, freely pro
vided for oil who will couie unto th
Father through the precious arrange
ments then operative.
The same original sin of Adr in wa
inherited by all of his race ail there
fore was as much against the clasa
chosen as the Church os against the
remainder of the world. This th
i Apostle declares, saying. "We (the
Church) were children of wrath, even
as others." (Epheslans 11, 3.) We
have merely been delivered from the
curse, tho death sentence, In advance
of the world as a result of special
vino favor enjoyed by us whether
that favor consisted lu not being so
seriously fallen as some, or whether it
consisted in special opportunities for
coming Into this grace. And if the
Church has enjoyed some special fa
vor of God in l)elng constituted the
first fruits of His creatures to be de
livered from tho power of sin and
death, why should wo ever have Im
agined that He had no grace whatever
remaining for our less fortunate
brethren (the world in general)? An4
how could we think of ourselves of
the Church as the first fruits and sup
pose that there would he no after
fruits no general harvest for the
world? James i, 13.
Our text forcefully calls attention to
this double action of Divine grace
first upon the Church and secondly
upon the world and points us to the
foct that the salvation of tho willing of
the Church of this Age, and the salva
tion of the willing of the world In the
next Age two distinct salvations-
both proceed or result from tho one re
demptive sacrifice of the Lord Jcsns
Christ finished at Calvary. Notice the
statement, "Ho Is the propitiation (sat
isfaction) for our sins (the Church's
sins), nnd not for ours only, but oUo for
the sins of the whole icorld."
Will Truth Injure7
Many ministers all over the world,
following tho suggestions of the I. B.
S. A. Convention, have informed their
congregations nnd tho world In gen
eral through the newspapers that they
do not believe In a hell of eternal tor
ture, and that they do not believe that
tho Bible, rightly Interpreted, teaches
this. But there are others who, by
soino Influence, take an opposite course.
They denounce tho Blblo Students,
and myself In particular, for tclllnf
tho pooplo tho Truth. These ministers,
generally without much Influence evea
In their own congregations, have, I am
told, threatened tho nowspopers all
over tho world that are publishing my
sermons that thoy will boycott them
and Influence their congregations.
But the editors are finding out that
narrow minded people never haTe,
much influence, good or bod. Hence
the sermons still appear in nearly fif
teen hundred newspapers in the Eng
lish language and are spreading, I aa
told, into the German and Swedish.
These brethren claim that the worl
Is likely to be lnjnred and to be turned
away from God and the Bible by its
proper interpretation. We answer, No
so. After the preaching of eternal tor
ment for sixteen centuries the net re
sult is that everybody Is losing faith
lu the Bible, which has been mlsu
terpreted, and many are even losing,
fulth in a personal Creator. Is it not
time, even for jwllcy's sake, to discon
tinue tho misrepresentation of God and
Ills choracter to see If the Truth wtlt
not accomplish more than the error
ho-j dom,'?. And rn I'1? P')!lr
question, if we have been slandering
our Creator and misrepresenting the
Bible for centuries, Is It not nil the
mole iVuinTeTi' upon us how to set the
matter rh'lit?
JJ'ln will deiiy tlnfa' t UiaMlfe ft3iv
ptop'eny lire1 "e'ss'TcJure In TToT rlilled .
Christian hinds, whore the eternal tor
mctit lias been preached for (eniurles,
than hi any other part of the world?
We assure tho dear brethren who are
fearful that we have many evidences
to prove the very contrary of their
fears to prove that a better knowledge
of God and Ills love, os expressed In
the Divine Plan of the Ages, Is help
ing many, not only out of Ignorance
and darkness, but also nut of Indif
ferent) nnd wickedness, Into fellow
ship with God. But anyway, how dure
we. ns Christian ministers, either di
rectly or Indirectly, slander the charac
ter of our God in n way nnd to a degree
that we would resent if charged against
our worst enemy?
We fear that some of these misguid
ed brethren are more solicitous for
their own supposed welfare and the
supjiosed Interest of their own church
es than for the glory of God or tho
welfare of tho people. They are afraid
to have the (oplo see the light of
Present Truth nnd gain a clear com
prehension of the Bible, possibly be
cause they fear that this would reflect
upon them ns not having properly In
structed tho people. They seem to
know tint if tho peoplo will rend they
will bo convinced and if convinced,
they will no longer be sectarian, nor
pay good money to help to misrepre
sent God's character nnd keep the peo
ple in ignorance of the true meaning
of Ills Word. This accounts for the
wild and fanatlcni nnd untruthful mis
representations of my teachings! They
give tho peoplo horrlblo misrepresenta
tions of my teachings to hinder them
from coming to a knowledge of the
Truth. In threo different cities minis
tors In this enlightened Twentieth cen
tury have under one pretext or another
collected my books and burned them
after the style of the autodafe of cen
turies ago. In every caso, however,
good has resulted. Saner or more hon
est minds hove been led to Investigate
r-just as when, centuries ago, the Bish
op of London bought trp and burned
publicly the Bibles which Tyndale bad
translated and published.
